Search Results: Authors starting with W from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Toruń: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, 2016 8vo (22.5 cm), 600 pp, 11 ff of plates. Laminated wrappers. "Supralibros: A Study of Bibliophile Culture and Art from Middle Ages to the mid-17th century." The first monograph on supralibros in Poland from the Middle Ages to the middle of 17th century. The proprietary sign of the ownership of a book is set on the background of bibliophile culture and art in Poland and Europe, with emphasis on the evolution of supralibros and its links to various arts and crafts. 253 illustration in color in the text and 22 color plates. In Polish with the summary in English.

Simon & Schuster, 1990 8vo (24 cm), 352 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket (stamps of the Royal Institution). This is the story of the search to identify the genes that govern human health, illness and behavior. The book also examines the profound implications of genetic research, including its impact on the abortion controversy. It has been shortlisted for the 1991 Science Book award.

Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University, 1996 8vo (24 cm), 61 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. From the blurb: "The three sections in Poland Between East and West represent revised and edited versions of the three August Zaleski Lectures given by world renowned thinker Andrzej Walicki. In them Walicki charts a new understanding of Poland’s entry into the modern age as it sought to reinvent its concept of nationhood after having been partitioned among three of its longtime rivals. Walicki presents new paradigms for understanding the rise and nature of Polish nationalism, the impact of Positivism and Socialism, and the question of integral nationalism. These texts will be stimulating reading for anyone interested in twentieth-century East Central European history."

Oryx Press, 1983 4to (26 cm), XXVI, 603 pp. Publisher's cloths backed boards, in a slip-case (slip-case slightly rubbed). From the foreword: "Jack Walsdorf's descriptive bibliography of books by and about William Morris will stand as a permanent memorial of the traditional craft of printing and of English masters of that craft. Morris did not look to disciples to copy his handwork, rather his message is "to go back to first principles as I did and apply them in creating new design". This book reveals the force and wisdom of that view and in this bibliography we learn with admiration and thankfulness details of the renaissance of English printing which still inspires craftsmen of today".

De Arte et Libris, 1984 4to (29 cm), PP. 451-459. Printed wrappers. An offprint from "De arte et libris. Festschrift Erasmus 1934-1984", inscribed by the author on the first page. The text of unrecorded Henry Estienne II catalogue from the collection of Houghton library of the Harvard University.

Basic Books, 2000 8vo (20.5 cm), XXVI, 361 pp. Laminated wrappers. "This classic work examines the issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre. A revised and updated classic treatment of the morality of war written by one of our country's leading philosophers. Just and Unjust Wars examines a variety of conflicts in order to understand exactly why, according to Walzer, "the argument about war and justice is still a political and moral necessity." Walzer's classic work draws on historical illustrations that range all the way from the Athenian attack on Melos to this morning's headlines, and uses the testimony of participants-decision makers and victims alike-to examine the moral issues of warfare." (from the publisher's description)

Yale University Press, 1992 8vo (21 cm), 532 pp. Laminated wrappers. "The history of Roman Imperial architecture is one of the interaction of two dominant themes: in Rome itself the emergence of a new architecture based on the use of a revolutionary new material, Roman concrete; and in the provinces, the development of interrelated but distinctive Romano-provicial schools. The metropolitan school, exemplified in the Pantheon, the Imperial Baths, and the apartment houses of Ostia, constitutes Rome's great original contribution. The role of the provinces ranged from the preservation of a lively Hellenistic tradition to the assimilation of ideas from the east and from the military frontiers. It was-- finally--Late Roman architecture that transmitted the heritage of Greece and Rome to the medieval world." (from the publisher's description)

Longmans and Co, 1901 Folio (39 cm), [3] ff, 15 plates in color and 15 leaves of text with descriptions. Housed in the publisher's cloth-backed folder (folder rubbed, ties missing, the first two leaves are sunned at the center). This collection comprises beautifully printed facsimiles, intended to be reproduced in their original color, from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum. The first series was published in 1899, followed by the second series in 1900.

Longmans and Co, 1900 Folio (39 cm), [3] ff, 15 plates in color and 16 leaves of text with descriptions. Housed in the publisher's cloth-backed folder (folder rubbed, ties missing, occasional foxing inside). This collection features beautifully printed facsimiles, intended to be reproduced in their original color, from illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum. The first series was published in 1899.

Yale University Press, 2004 4to (27.5 cm), XX, 229 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "A versatile genius whose oeuvre includes paintings, engravings, and detailed anatomical studies, George Stubbs (1724–1806) was fascinated by horses. This handsome book presents for the first time the wide range of his equine imagery, from refined portraits of racehorses to violent scenes of horses attacked by lions in the wild. Taking full account of the associations and status of the “noble horse” in eighteenth-century Britain and the colorful world of its devotees - both high and low - the authors examine Stubbs’s work from different points of view and offer many fresh interpretations. Malcolm Warner discusses how horses were regarded in Britain in Stubbs’s time, the unexpected connection between his horse-and-lion compositions and the creation of the English thoroughbred, and his classicism. Robin Blake examines the young Whig noblemen who were Stubbs’s first… Read More

MIT Press, 1991 8o (23 cm), xv, 311 pp. Printed wrappers (some shelf wear, few notes in the text). From the blurb: Friedrich Nietzsche was a troublesome genius, a figure outside the mainstream philosophical tradition whose very apartness has made him central to contemporary philosophy. Nietzsche and Political Thought reclaims the political implications of Nietzsche's work: it shows how his philosophy of power addresses key issues in modern political thought especially those having to do with the historical and cultural nature of human agency.In this thought-provoking study, Mark Warren claims entirely new ground. He develops a "postmetaphysical" political philosophy that provides a link between Nietzsche's work and the later philosophies of the Frankfurt School and Michel Foucault. Warren comes to terms with Nietszche's views on power, freedom, domination, equality, ideology - topics that recent interpretations have neglected in favor of a focus on the literary and philosophical… Read More

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993 8vo (24 cm), 349 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (small tear of the dj at the head). "German Expressionism, one of the most significant movements of early European modernism, was an enormously powerful element in Germany's cultural life from the end of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Third Reich. While the movement embraced such diverse artists as E. L. Kirchner, Wassily Kandinsky, Käthe Kollwitz, and George Grosz, all the participants shared an almost messianic belief in the power of art to change society. Rose-Carol Washton Long has drawn together over eighty documents crucial to the understanding of German Expressionism, many of them translated for the first time into English." (from the publisher's description)

Warszawa: Ukraiński Instytut Naukowy, 1932 8vo (25 cm), 175 pp, 6 leaves of photographs. Uncut in printed wrappers (wrappers frayed at extremities). This work includes memoirs by Leon Wasilewski (1870–1936), the future Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (in Polish); M. Galin (1858-1943), a doctor and founder of the Ukrainian Scientific Society (in Ukrainian); S. Stempowski (in Ukrainian); Alimardan Alakbar oglu Topchubashov (1863-1934), a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister, and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (in Ukrainian); Georges-Antoine-Marie Tabouis (1867-1958), a French general who, in 1917, was appointed as a commissioner to Ukraine (in French). This volume, the eighth in a series published by the Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Warsaw (1930-1939), consists of a long series of monographs focusing on Ukraine.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns, 1972 8vo (25 cm), V, 283 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Volume 4 from the Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons. Contains sale catalogues of the libraries of Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, William Chambers, Robert Adam, George Dance, Robert Smirke and Augustus Welby Pugin.

Oak Knoll Press, 2003 4to (28.5 cm), XXXIII, 331 pp. Publisher's cloth. This unique bibliography is based on the largest collection of Masonic periodicals in the United States. The Library of the Supreme Council in Washington D.C. holds thousands of individual editions printed by more than 675 Masonic magazines, newspapers and bulletins issued between 1811 and 2001. Almost all entries show an illustration of the original periodical with a detailed list of dates and its complete run of editions. This comprehensive work makes an excellent companion to Walgren's two-volume bibliography on Masonic books. A "must have" for any Masonic library, collectors, and students of Masonic literature. Co-published with the Library of the Supreme Council 33,S.J.

Dover Publications Inc, 2000 4to (28 cm), 160 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Before the advent of modern mass-production methods, books were bound by hand to remarkably high standards of quality. Beautiful and durable, they appealed to book lovers who appreciated not only a book's content but also the quality and craftsmanship of its binding. Unfortunately, the introduction of machine-binding methods, while making books widely available at reasonable prices, also largely curtailed the art and craft of making fine books by hand. This expert guide offers a solution. In its pages, craftspeople can learn the traditional methods of bookbinding and produce high-quality hand-bound books themselves. Thorough, detailed instructions, with over 270 helpful illustrations by the author, cover materials, tools, and equipment (including making your own); fundamental procedures and technical methods; rebinding an old book; making a slipcase, and other essentials. Also included are well-illustrated, step-by-step… Read More

Victoria & Albert Museum, 1984 8vo (21.5 cm), 127 pp, 32 plates. Publisher's cloth gilt, top edge gilt, cloth slip-case with tipped in illustration (slip-case slightly dusted).

Faber & Faber, 1962 4to (25.5 cm), front., 177 pp, 104 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj slightly rubbed at extremities, few pencil marks in the text). "This is an account of the bronzes of Ancient China from the earliest time to the Han Dynasty, and especially of the ritual bronze vessels which are the most important examples of the earliest phases of Chinese art. The introduction discusses the stylistic development and the dating of the bronzes, and gives a brief account of recent scholarship on this subject and of discoveries in China since 1950. The illustrations, of which there are more than 150, show a number of pieces recently excavated, but the majority of the material comes from private and public collections in Great Britain." (from the publisher's description)

Yale University Press, 2005 4to (28.5 cm), XXVI, 1564 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. "In entries written by leading authorities in the field, The Encyclopedia of New England presents a comprehensive view of this important region, past and present. Both authoritative and entertaining, this single-volume reference will be an invaluable resource for the scholar and an irresistible pageturner for the browser. The Encyclopedia contains: 1,300 alphabetically arranged entries examining significant people, places, events, ideas,and artifacts; Fascinating and little-known facts that rarely appear in history books; More than 500 illustrations and maps; Contributions from nearly 1,000 distinguished scholars and writers, including journalists, academics, and specialists from museums, industries, and historical societies; 1.5 million words in 22 thematic sections, ranging from agriculture to tourism, each with an introduction by a leading specialist in the field; Extensive… Read More

Dover Publications, 1973 8vo (21.5 cm), XII, 244 pp. Laminated wrappers. "The subject matter is arranged in 19 chapters, each covering a different aspect of dialing science. All the common types of dials are covered, but the reader can also learn about analemmatic dials, polar dials, equatorial dials, portable dials, memorial dials, armillary spheres, reflected ceiling dials, cross dials, and old-fashioned noon marks. There are also sections on dial furniture, mottoes, the actual layout out of a dial, the equation of time, finding time in other cities, how to find the meridian, how to find time by moonlight -- even how to estimate time from the length of one's own shadow! Directions are given for designing dials for any part of the country, or any place in the world." (from the blurb)