Recent Arrivals from Classic Books and Ephemera

Philadelphia: Robert J. Hunter, 1955. Paperback. Near Fine. 40 p.: illustration; 23 cm. Grey card cover printed in black; stapled. A revised version of an article by the author published in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 57, 1933. The Philadelphia Almshouse opened in the 1730s and was later known as the Philadelphia Bettering House. In 1835… Read more about this item

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 340 p.: tables, graph; 24 cm. Purple cover with gilt spine title. No dust jacket. Gift inscription on the title page from the editor, Joe W. Trotter, to Ken Kusmer, Professor of History, Temple University. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 194. Paperback. Very Good. Third printing. xviii[2], 760 p.: tables, charts; 23 cm. Paperback. "Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the U.S., Germany, and Great Britain, tracing the evolution of large firms into… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine. 336 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. Published to accompany the exhibition by the same name. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Near Fine Condition: upper corner of front cover slightly creased;… Read more about this item

Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 2000. Paperback. Fine. Published to accompany the exhibition by the same name. 272 p.: color illustrations; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contributing authors: Roland Dorn, george S. Keyes, Joseph J. Rishel, Katherine Sachs, George T. M. Shackelford, Lauren Soth, and Judy Sund. Includes a chronology and an index. A heavy book; for… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1951. Paperback. Good. v, [1], 80, [2] p., 11 leaves of folded maps; 23 cm. Grey card covers printed in maroon; stapled. Prepared by a group of former German generals and general staff offficers. In Good Condition: chip at tail of spine; staining on some pages, primarily along fore-edges; lower page corners… Read more about this item

Alcobendas, Spain: Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, 1998. Paperback. Fine. 102, [2] p.: illustrations, maps, charts; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The plan for reviving the historicl district of Alcobendas in Madrid, Spain. Text is in Spanish. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/good. xxi, [1], 240, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series The Working Class in American History. Drawing on records of the hatters' unions and trade journals, the author has produced "a self-portrait of self-portrait of workers'… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Co, 1942. Paperback. Good +. viii, 225-458, ix-xiv p.; 26 cm. Paperback with light blue covers printed in dark blue. Contents: The Age of Mabillon and Montfaucon by James Westfall Thompson; The Internationalism of the Early Social Democrats by Sinclair W. Armstrong; Background of Cleveland's Venezuelan Policy by N. M. Blake; The Origins of Pan-Islamism… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. x, 358 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Yellow cover with orange spine title. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. An "epic saga of an essential moment in American Jewish history, the shaping of a new postwar Judaism for the second half of the twentieth century." -- dust jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Paidon Press, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 231, [1] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Grey cover with blind-stamped spine title. Pink endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book is in Near Fine Condition: the entries in the index for Denise Scott Brown and… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 159, [1] p.: black-and-white illustrations; 31 cm. White cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The text and illustrations were previously published in the French review L'Art Sacré. Marie-Alain Couturier (1897-1954) was a French Dominican friar and Catholic priest; he helped to revive the creation of sacred… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Co, 1941. Paperback. Good. viii, iv, 765-1064, ix-xvi p.; 26 cm. Paperback with light blue covers printed in dark blue. Contents: The Historian Theopompos by Kurt von Fritz; The Origin and Significance of Feudalism by Carl Stephenson; Altgeld and the Progressive Tradition by Harvey Wish; Recruiting in Old Orleans for New Orleans by Dorothy M.… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xii, [6], 366 p.: illustrations, maps, genealogical chart; 31 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Published in conjunction with the exhibition by the same name. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping.… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First American Edition. Approx 300 pages: color illustrations; 35 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped cover title. Grey endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A fascinating encyclopedia of imaginary things with constructed text and illustrations, both by Italian artist Luigi Serafini (b. 1949). A heavy book; for international shipping, the… Read more about this item

Seville, Spain: FISA -- Fundacion Internacional de Sintesis Arquitectonica, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Second edition revised. xxi, [242] p.: color illustrations, maps; 41 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped decoration on the front cover. Text is in French, English, and Spanish. Includes an index by geographical region. A heavy book; for international shipping, the… Read more about this item

New York: American Ballet Theatre, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. This is no. 258 of a limited edition of 900 copies. [2], 166, [4] p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Dark blue cloth with red spine title and red, white, and blue cover title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes: full-page portraits of the principal dancers and soloists; portraits of the… Read more about this item

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006. Paperback. Fine. 95 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The history of the Cape Cod cottage from the 17th century through late 20th-century designs by Venturi & Rauch and others. Illustrated with photographs from the Historic American Building Survey and Maine Historic Preservation Commission, as well as contemporary photographs. In… Read more about this item

Modena, IT: Edizioni Panini, 1983. Paperback. Near Fine. 105, [3] p.: illustrations; 21 x 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published to accompany an exhibition of the recent work (circa 1983) of Italian architect Aldo Rossi (1931-1997). Text is in Italian. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; clean and solid.

Tokyo: Éditions Hazan, 1994. Paperback. Fine. 111 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Text is in French. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and solid.