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Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. ntroductory interview with Frank O Gehry, noted American architect. Essays on bridges and nearly 50 profiles of bridges around the world. Impressive text and pictures. List of the 100 longest bridges in the world. Large format book, 1ST EDITION, LATER PRINTING

Knopf, NY, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A New York Times bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations." [Pub, Info] "Simon Schama is a professor of art history and history at Columbia University, and is the author of numerous award-winning books... [and has] won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. He is a cultural essayist for the New Yorker and has written and presented more than thirty documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and the History Channel..." [Pub. Info] Very minor chipping on spine; book fly leaf has small tear. There is a protective mylar cover.

Viking, NY, 1971. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 288 pages; illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits. 1ST US EDITION

Oxford University, NY, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "An appraisal which goes back to the basic texts, to the great monuments of art and architecture, to the men - Boccaccio, Petrarch and the others - and their achievements: the essence of which historical movements are made. Also recent Italian scholarship." [Pub. Info] Over 225 illustrations. 1ST EDITION

National Georgraphic Society, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "We British are a strange lot; we don't have a noun to describe ourselves in the singular. Someone from the United States can say that he or she is an American, whether from Honolula or Hackensack. But in these islands no one calls himself a Briton or a Britisher. We say we're English, Scottish, Welsh....this book will lead you to a better understanding of us and of the lands that helped ot shape us....if there's one thing the English, Welsh, Scots, and Irish enjoy, it is showing off their countries to foreigners, to those people whom Shakespeare...described as the inhabitants of 'less happier lands.'"" [Pub Info] Sumptuously illustrated.

[Dura Europos] was founded in 303BC... [at the intersection of trade routes on the Euphates. [It] was abandoned in he 3rd century AD... The Parthian Temple, the painted Christian Chapel, and the standing Jewish Synagogue with its four walls covered with paintings from the Old Testament [were] vital sources for the understanding of pagan religions, Judaism in the early centuries of the Christian Era, and early Christianity. The chance discovery of Dura by British troops in 1920 and its subsequent study [by] French and American archaeologists resulted in one of the most famous archaeological recoveries in the twentieth century, [But in the 21st century] ISIS [initiated massive looting of the site turning] the illicit aniquities trade into a multimillion dollar transnational business..."" [PARALLELS] ""Satellite imagery shows a cratered landscape inside the mud-brick walls, evidence of widespread destruction..."" [National Geographic] There is a protective mylar cover. Out-of-print. 1ST EDITION.

The Folio Society, London, UK, Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Essays by J. H. Plumb, Sir Lewis Namier, and Geoffrey Holmes among others. An excellent resource on England at a time of great colonial expansion and the creation of its formidable place in world politics. Slipcase is also in As New condition. This is a 1st thus edition.

Little, Brown, Boston, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "This illustrated guide to the English country style of home decoration features a history of English country taste, an illustrated survey of country houses, manors, cottages, and town houses." [Pub. Info] English country house interiors; numerous color photographs. Large format; will ship via Media Mail. 1ST EDITION.

Harper & Row Publishers, NY, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "In the early chapters, Hugh Thomas considers the origins of life and man as hunter. Later chapters deal with the impact of climate on early history and the coming of agriculture. In the central portion he discusses the intellectual transformation known as the Renaissance, technological advances, and the growth of cities and commerce. The reader is then led with a sure hand through the industrial age and the immense variety of inventions and technical changes since 1750. In the last part of the book, the impact of these technical changes on political and social life is examined. Finally, Thomas traces the disastrous consequences of over-reliance on the state - the First World War, the rise of fascism and nazism, the Second World War and the Cold War." [Dust Jacket] Comprehensive world history. Detailed index. 700 pages. There is a protective mylar cover. STATED 1ST US EDITION.

Butterworth's, London, UK, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Published first by British father and son (both architects and architectural historians) this book has been, and is, the standard reference for concise/accurate descriptions of architecture throughout the ages. "...it is believed that a work in which architecture is treated as a result and record of civilization, will prove attractive to that increasing public which interests itself in artistic development." [Preface, 1896] Larger format. [Please check for shipping cost on multi-volume sets and larger format books.] There is a protective mylar cover. 19TH EDITION; 2ND PRINTING.

Wayne State University Press, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "Moses Jacob Ezekiel was the first American-borm Jewish artist to achieve international recognition. A child of the South, born in Richmond, Virginia, and a graduate of the Virginia Military Academy, he served in the Confederacy in the Civil War, and became an intimate friend of General Robert E. Lee and Mrs. Lee soon after the war. ...Still a young man, Ezekiel traveled to Europe in 1869 to study sculpture in Berlin. His talent and the international acclaim it won remained for many years uncompensated, although contemporary critics praised him as the greatest talent since Michelangelo. ...Ezelkiel settle in Rome, where he became an intimate of many of the celebrated artists and political figures of the late 19th century... Ezekiel's colorful personality, his love of gossip, his unfailing curiosity about the world in which he lived, and his often magisterial opinions about the issues of contemporary society give his memoirs unique… Read More

Bloomsbury Press, NY, Berlin, London, Sydney, 2012. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Master historian Peter Clarke…finds a fresh perspective on one of the most written-about figures in history. When Churchill received the Nobel Prize in 1953, it was not for his role as a world leader, but for literature… Churchill was a gifted and successful writer long before he was a politician, publishing a stream of books and articles over the coursee of his life... Clarke traces Churchill's literary career and unfolds the making of the magisterial work that occupied him on and off for a quarter century: his four-volume 'a History of the English-Speaking Peoples'...long before he took office, the massive project was shaping his worldview, his rhetoric, and his leadership. This was the work that defined the 'special relationship' between Britain and America." [Dust Jacket] 1ST US EDITION

Oxford Univeristy Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. A book that doesn't give all the rules and strategies for winning but, a book that gives us the why and how of games. Starting from 1371 when card games first arrived in Europe from Egypt, this history of card games evolves. Detailed information on the design and production of cards. The meaning of card names and how games developed. A facts-full, intriguing book. There is a protective mylar cover.

Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Introductory G2:G70interview with Philip Johnson, noted American architect. Essays on buildings and profiles of nearly 100 skyscrapers around the world. List of the 100 tallest skyscrapers in the world. Large format book, unusual dimensions; will ship media mail. 1ST EDITION, LATER PRINTING