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Paris: Editions Michele, 2016. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 11" X 9 1/4". 159pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. H. Craig Hanna is an accomplished contemporary artist known for his figurative paintings and drawings. Born in 1967 in the United States, Hanna studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the New York Academy of Art. He has gained recognition for his distinctive style that merges classical techniques with contemporary aesthetics. Hanna's works often feature figures depicted with a high level of realism, capturing the nuances of light, shadow, and form. His paintings and drawings showcase a remarkable attention to detail and a mastery of anatomy, showcasing his deep understanding of the human figure. While rooted in traditional techniques, Hanna's artworks also exhibit a contemporary sensibility. He combines classical academic training with bold brushwork, expressive gestures,… Read More

New York: The Library of America, 2014. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". viii, 872pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine stamped in red and gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. With two tan, silk bookmarks sewn in. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A major literary event: Mencken's dazzling autobiography, with 200 pages of his own never-before-published commentary and photos. In 1936, at the age of fifty-five, H. L. Mencken published a reminiscence about his boyhood in The New Yorker, beginning a long and magnificent adventure in autobiography by America's greatest journalist. Mencken went on to gather his childhood recollections in Happy Days (1940), a richly detailed, poignant account of growing up in Baltimore. A critical and popular success, the book surprised many with its glimpses of a less curmudgeonly Mencken, and there soon followed the absorbing sequels Newspaper… Read More

San Diego: Point Loma Publications, 1994. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9" X 6". xiv, 308pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this volume, you learn of the course of Gnosticism. It upholds Blavatsky's startling declaration of the once universal religion from which Gnosticism, and indeed Buddhism and Brahmanism, and early Christianity spring. Basic beliefs of the Gnostics are clarified, and made understandable as we recognise that there is always a direct continuation from age to age of this secret knowledge of hidden and spiritual things.(Publisher).

Franklin Library: The Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very good. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 566pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments. Dust-spotting to all-edges gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With letter from The Franklin Library laid in. A handsome copy of this signed limited edition work by Leon Uris. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Leon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed best-seller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves. When violence spreads like a plague across the lands of Palestine—this is the time of The Haj.(Publisher).

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8". 184pp. Mild edgewear to unclippd pictorial dust jacket, with light edgewear and foxing. Black cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine and light shelfwear. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid first American printing of this twelfth novel in the adventures of St. Vincent Halfhyde by Philip McCutchan.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". 180pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with small tear to upper edge of front panel and head of spine, foxing, and edgewear. Blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild wear to binding, with light edgewear, bumping to head and tail of spine, and slight lean to spine. Foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid first American printing of this fourth novel in the adventures of Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde by Philip McCutchan.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8". 188pp. Mild edgewear to unclippd pictorial dust jacket, with light edgewear and foxing. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to corners and head and tail of spine and light shelfwear. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid first American printing of this twelfth novel in the adventures of St. Vincent Halfhyde by Philip McCutchan.

Baltimore: Montgomery Ward & Company, 1941. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 13 1/8" X 9 3/8". 62pp. Paper wraps show rather heavy edgewear, with tears to edges and extremities, chipping and tears to spine, dust ssoiling, and faint dampstains. Front hinge tender. Binding remains quite sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Blank order form, two Montgomery Ward postage paid envelopes, and typed letter concerning the catalog signed by H. D. Wolf, Manager of Baltimore House. A worn but solid and quite handsome copy of this 1941 trade catalog from Montgomery Ward & Company, with pages and pages of photographs of furniture and interior design.

Hamburg, Germany: Boysen & Maasch, 1912. Limited Edition. Loose_leaf. Very good +. Limited Edition. Loose_leaf. Between 1908 and 1912, the Hamburg Senate along with Ernst Juhl collected 1000 photographs of the city and its surroundings, choosing 90 photographs from photographers A. Bruhn, Rudolf Dührkoop, Mrs. Diez-Dührkoop, Major Böhmer, and O. Hofmeister for this publication, an edition limited to 300, this being number 215. These 90 stunning sepia collotypes are tipped in to imperial Japan paper with printed title, publication, and photographer's name and showcase Hamburg's harbor, farmhouses, sailors, fishermen, the working class, at times in traditional costume, and some neighboring lands. As Ernst Juhl states in his introduction: "The chosen pictures should bring to the stranger and the natives the beauties of the state and land area in front of their eyes and especially to the photographers, the lover as well as the expert, to offer suggestions for artistic undertakings." A truly stunning… Read More

Helsinki, Finland: Lamentations of the Flame Princess, 2010. First Printing, Limited to 500 copies. Paperback. Very good +. First Printing, Limited to 500 copies. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 7/8". 36pp. Staplebound text block within loose wraps, as issued, with verso of wraps acting as a gameboard. Slight wear to edges of wraps, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. This is a highly presentable 2010 first printing, limited to 500 copies, of Hammers of the God, an RPG adventure in the Weird Fantasy Role-Playing Game Lamentations of the Flame Princess. ABOUT LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS, HAMMERS OF THE GOD: By the Sign of the Hammer! A mysterious map and a promise treasure to be won are all that are required to set any adventurer worth the name into the wilderness. But sometimes what is found is far more than treasure. Many that are good and noble will kill to make sure the secrets to be found under the old mountain stay buried. Many that enter the darkness… Read More

Maplewood: Hammond & Co, 1959. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 12" X 9 1/2". Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Inked scribbles and penciled price mark to front cover. A spot of soiling to top corner of front cover. Moveable sky chart is present and functional. Spots of toning to insides of covers. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1959 star chart and planetarium.

Boston: Unitarian Sunday School Society, 1884. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet. 6 1/4" X 4 1/4". iv, 31pp. Rubbing, toning, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. "Unitarian Sunday School" written in pencil at front cover. Age-toning to pages and to edges of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1884 pamphlet of religous instruction.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1986. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 672pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Sunning to spine. Light rubbing and gentle bumps to corners and edges of red cloth over boards. Previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: You will find cogent commentary and up-to-date information on the entire field of human conscioussness studies in this comprehensive collection. It covers three main aspects of study (theory, manifestations, and applications), their neurological corollaries, and numerous related issues.(Publisher).

New York: Routledge, 2023. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 10" X 7". x, 472pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context. Spanning cities from Gda sk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. A collection of contextual studies, local perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the… Read More

Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7". xviii, 414pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Cultural intelligence is defined as an individual's ability to function effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity. With contributions from eminent scholars worldwide, the "Handbook of Cultural Intelligence" is a 'state-of-the-science' summary of the body of knowledge about cultural intelligence and its relevance for managing diversity both within and across cultures. Because cultural intelligence capabilities can be enhanced through education and experience, this handbook emphasizes individual capabilities - specific characteristics that allow people to function effectively in culturally diverse settings - rather than the approach used by more traditional books of describing and comparing cultures based on national cultural norms, beliefs, habits, and… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xvi, 721pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Remainder mark to bottom edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book, which comprises eight chapters, presents a comprehensive critical survey of the results and methods of laboratory experiments in economics. The first chapter provides an introduction to experimental economics as a whole, with the remaining chapters providing surveys by leading practitioners in areas of economics that have seen a concentration of experiments: public goods, coordination problems, bargaining, industrial organization, asset markets, auctions, and individual decision making. The work aims both to help specialists set an agenda for future research and to provide nonspecialists with a critical review of work completed to date. Its focus is on elucidating the role of experimental studies as a progressive research tool… Read More

New York: Routledge, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". x, 566pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.(Publisher).

New York: The Guilford Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xviii, 638pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing to covers and edges of black paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Integrating significant advances in motivation science that have occurred over the last two decades, this volume thoroughly examines the ways in which motivation interacts with social, developmental, and emotional processes, as well as personality more generally. The Handbook comprises 39 clearly written chapters from leaders in the field. Cutting-edge theory and research is presented on core psychological motives, such as the need for esteem, security, consistency, and achievement; motivational systems that arise to… Read More

New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7" X 4 1/2". xiv, 507pp.-1158pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of cloth over boards. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Crease to edges of first 10 pages. Faint soiling stain to bottom corners of pages of last 1/3rd of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1945 manual for scoutmasters. This is Volume Two of the series.

San Diego: Academic Press, 2000. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxix, 783pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue cloth over boards. Sticker to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Handbook of Self-Regulation represents state-of-the-art coverage of the latest theory, research, and developments in applications of self-regulation research. Chapters are of interest to psychologists interested in the development and operation of self-regulation as well as applications to health, organizational, clinical, and educational psychology.This book pulls together theory, research, and applications in the self-regulation domain and provides broad coverage of conceptual, methodological, and treatment issues. In view of the burgeoning interest and massive research on… Read More