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Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1973. Soft cover. New. Brand New copy. 80 Pages with line drawings. Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century. Winner of 1978 Caldecott Honor.

Random House, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New copy in like dust jacket. First American Edition, stated. 535 rough cut pages; illustrated with B/W drawings.; pictorial color endpapers with maps. This is a heavy and/or oversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. The first novel in the classic Stevenson Family Saga, The World from Rough Stones is the epic story of two ambitious but poor young people who, at the very start of the Victorian Era, combine their considerable talents to found a dynasty and go on to fame and fortune.

Treasure Chest Books, 1996. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. New. Brand New copy. 56 pages with afterword, references, illustrated with color comic-strips. Recalls the ancient way of life of the Lakota Sioux or Teton people, from ancient times to the arrival of the European settlers, to the present day 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing

This Old House Books, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. Brand New copy. 104 pages, heavily illustrated. Buying a power tool can be intimidating, and buying the wrong one makes how-to projects tougher than they have to be. Our aim in this book is to help you save time and money by choosing the right tools for the job. Master carpenter Norm Abram and contractor Tom Silva, both of This Old House, provide their power-tool wisdom in these pages

U.S.A.: Fawcett Books, 1990. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Fine. Inscribed by Author on front page. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Mylar cover DJ. Both book and DJ in mint condition. 0449905527 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing

Princeton University Press, 1997. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new copy in As New dustwrapper. Third printing indicated by number line. Unread, flawless copy in practically brand new condition: pages, covers and jacket are clean, crisp and unmarked. 24 by 16 cm. 440 pages. Contains index and chapter notes. Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany. Dissolution is his poignant, analytically provocative account of the decline and fall of the late German Democratic Republic. 3rd Printing 3rd Printing 3rd Printing

Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket design by Honi Werner. This is one of approximately 70 copies that were sent out for review with manuscript corrections to five words that were omitted from the last line of page 231. First state of limited edition that has been privately printed. Publisher's original promotional black and white photo of the author laid in. A Fine to As New copy in Fine to As New dustwrapper. Hardly noticeable, slight yellow fading about 1/4 inches wide at bottom of pages and dustwrapper, otherwise as new book. Appears unread copy, pages and cover are crisp and intact. Protected in clear Mylar cover. 0374144141 Summary: One of Anthony Burgess' s '99 Best Novels in English since 1939'. Bernard Malamud, an author of novels and short stories, was, along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1959 for 'The… Read More

U.S.A.: Clarkson Potter, Inc., New York, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by the author on the first page. Mylar cover DJ. ISBN: 0517532328 For detailed description and photos of this book, please contact us

McGraw-Hill, 1971. Hardcover. New/New. Remarkable, brand New copy. Edition not stated. Protected by archival mylar cover.384 pages; navy endpapers; Publisher's decorative Blue top stain. This is a heavy and/or oversize d book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. Alphabetical catalogue of United States, and Latin American authors and their literary works. Other contributors are Eric Mottram and Jean Franco.

Wellfleet Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in Near Fine dustwrapper with clipped price. Pages and covers are crisp intact and unmarked except for very light foxing to endpapers. One inch tear and some ear to the back side of jacket. 228 pages with Notes on the plates and Index. 468 color illustrations by Pierre Joseph Redoute throughout. Heavy and/oroversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. Pierre-Joseph Redoute, often called the 'Raphael of flowers', is history's most famous botanical artist. This edition reproduces the entire 468 watercolours known to survive from LES LILLACEES, thus conveying to posterity all the scientific and aesthetic brilliance of the originals.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Scarce band New copy of stated second printing,1971. Protected by archival clear cover Publisher's decorative red topstain; beige endpapers. Translated by Derek Coltman. Daily life in the French household of Mallet-Joris

Sourcebooks Landmark, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Brand New, truly collectible copy of first printing with full number line. Flat signed by the author in black ink to the title [page. Protected by clear mylar cover. 430 rough cut pages. A woman's body has been found -- murdered, mutilated, tagged and addressed to Lt. Justin Savile V and Police Chief Cuddy R. Mangum. Dubbed the 'Guess Who Killer' by a voracious press, Hillston has a serial killer on its hands.

Edizioni Musei Vaticani, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. Fine or better copy: completely clean, square and unmarked. 216 pages with full color photos of works by 7 Renaissance artists in the Sistine Chapel, the Pauline Chapel, the Stanzas and the Loggias. Several foldout plates. Special 8 page foldout showing the overall view of the side walls of the Sistine Chapel.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in like dustwrapper. Includes original black slipcase. 128 pages with List of illustrations, and Catalogue of Paintings. Contains 52 plates (12 being double-page spreads), including 46 in full colour. Heavy and/or oversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITED or INTERNATIONALLY shipped for quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require either. Translated into English by I. Mark Paris. Printed in Switzerland. Features colour and b&w illustrations throughout by sixteenth-century Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Summit Books, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Brand New copy of Summit Books' first edition. Protected by archival BrodArt cover. 248 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated in B/W and color with more than one hundred photographs, drawings, and engravings; pictorial end-papers. More than one hundred photographs, drawings, and engravings of the places, personalities, and events connected with Edgar Allan Poe augment an exploration of the dramatic contradictions in the life and character of the self-destructive poet and storywriter.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Collectible, As New copy in like dust jacket. First printing with full number line of first English language edition. Protected in clear mylar cover. Pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. 909 pages with Bibliography and Index. Map endpapers; map of Germany and Adjoining Territories at 1620. Note that this is a heavy and/or oversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Please contact me prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. Detailed biography by the son of Thomas Mann of Albrecht von Wallenstein, a Bohemian aristocrat who became one of the most powerful princes in the service of the Habsburgs in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Thames and Hudson, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in Fine or better, price unclipped dust jacket. First English translation edition. Pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. 144 pages with index and numerous black & white photos and illustrations. Translated by Jessie Wood from Psychanalyse de la maison, published 1972.

Edizioni di Comunità, Milano, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine copy in Very Good dustwrapper protected in clear mylar cover. Pages and covers are crisp intact and unmarked except for adhesive marks inside covers; it appears that jacket flaps were adhered to covers at some point. Jacket has some wear on top. 310 pages, illustrated with 134 plates in B/W and 48 in color, applied to pages. Heavy and/or oversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITED or INTERNATIONALLY shipped for quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require either. In Italian. Artists featured: In the text: Marinetti, Boccioni, Severini, Carrà. Sant'Elia, Russolo, Balla, Soffici, De Chirico, Morandi, Savinio, Rossi, Martini, Magnelli, Soldati, Licini, Spazzapan, Scipione, Persico, Birolli, Viani, Guttuso, Cagli, Morlotti, Moreni, Santomaso, Vedova, Afro

Richard D Irwin, 1992. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. New/New. Brand new copy of second edition. 3rd Printing 3rd Printing 3rd Printing

New York : Harper & Row c1978, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine or better copy in Fine or better dustwrapper. First printing with full number line of stated first edition. Pages and covers are crisp, intact and unmarked. Protected in Brodart clear cover. 289 pages including a Chopin calendar, Bibliography and Index. Middle section with eight B/W plates featuring photos, paintings and caricatures. Biiography that provides comprehensive overview of Chopin's life and relationship with George Sand.