Search Results: Authors starting with G from Grampy's Bookcase

239 pp. Underlining in the first chapter. Remainder of the book is unmarked. Covers are bright, tight, with very minor wear. Small bookstore price label on the front cover. Quoted from the back cover, " A classic in its field, 'Why nations Go to War' engages students in a dialogue about the human truth behind the mechanistic forces of war."

Text is clean and unmarked din a square and tight binding. Spine cloth is faded on the spine. Very good solid copy. From the introduction, "Marxist-Leninist political economy studies the various modes of production in the sequence in which they follow one another, forming a single process of economic evolution of human society. Frederick Engels wrote in 'Anti-Duhring' that political economy in its broadest sense was the science of the laws governing the production and exchange of material values in human society."

Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, tight, and square binding. Glossy DJ is intact with very minimal wear around the edges. Slight DJ smudging. Volume appears unused. From the front DJ flap, "This book is concerned with the economics of socialism as the first phase of the communist mode of production and provides a systematic course in the political economy of socialism covering the pattern of the rise and establishment of socialism, common social ownership of the means of production, the character of labor under socialism, planned, balanced development of the economy and the economic role of the state...".

59 pp. In "As New Condition". Full page color plates included. Catalogue from the exhibit, Naum Gabo Pioneer of Abstract Sculpture November 4 - December 11, 1999. Essay by Graham Williams.

210pp. Inscription in the front free endpaper. Slight tears and price clipped DJ.

200 pp. Clean and unmarked text in square, tight, and unblemished covers. Black and white photos included. "Perhaps three things have made Joseph Keenan a legend both in the wartime and beyond: a commitment to the national interest over any parochial or limited concerns; an open and friendly manner which immediately set others at ease; and, a belief in the fundamental decency and good will of other human beings." p. ix.

84 pp. Poems are written in Spanish and English. Previous owner's name is on the inside top outside corner of the front cover. Otherwise in "as new condition".

549 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. card holder attached to the back free end paper. Library stamps on the outside edges of the text block. Previous owner's name is on the outside top corner of the front free end paper. DJ is protected with a plastic cover and is bright and intact. Plastic cover is taped to the binding and DJ edges. Tape has left marks on the front and back free papers. A very solid copy. From the front DJ flap, "In 'Theories of History' Professor Gardiner has brought together many of the outstanding writings on the philosophy of history throughout the ages."

935 pp. As new condition.

Text is clean and unmarked. Covers are worn with scuffs. Back cover is mostly detached with part of the spine cover missing. Mel Fiske, the previous owner's name is on the front inside cover. Mel Fiske was a well known journalist, labor organizer, and a member of the American Communist Party. " From "About the Author", " 'The Rosenberg Story' ...just one year after the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, underscores the continuing fight to vindicate the heroic couple whose martyrdom outraged the conscience of all decent mankind, a fight linked today to the rising demand for the freedom of their co-defendant, Morton Sobell."

Text is clean and unmarked in intact covers displaying very light shelf wear. A printed list of other publications "Related to the History of the United States Labor Movement" is inserted in this occasional paper. "In June 1898 Howells helped sponsor a national conference on social reform in Buffalo, New York. The gathering adopted a declaration which asserted 'militarism...expressed in our war of conquest in the Philippines...is but the offspring and incident of the greater menace of plutocracy which has established monopoly government in place of government by the people.' " p. 27.

248 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Lettering is faded on the spine. Inscribed, "To Prof. Ronald Farrell with kind regards Jozef Garlinski Albany, 28.10.74". Illustrations and maps included. Foreword by Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins.

236 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and bright binding. DJ has very little wear, however, is missing the back flap. Illustration section from page 17 through page 96 including Mercury and Gemini Spacecraft. From the front flap, " This book presents...the story in text and pictures of American and Russian space achievements...and covers the forthcoming Apollo project when men will walk upon the surface of the moon."

620 pp. Clean and unmarked text. Appears unused. Previous owner's name is penned on the top back edge of the text block by the spine. Bright and clean DJ.

179 pp. Bright, clean and unmarked text. A blacked- out bar code label is on the back cover. A depository document stamp is on the bottom title page. Color and black and white photos, graphs and maps included.

293 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in bright, tight, with very light wear along the spine edges. Black and white photos throughout. Spine is not creased. Volume appears unused. From the back cover, "...Gurney and Forte have put together an impressive as well as informative historical reference. For each of the 25 flights, a synopsis of the mission precedes an in-depth discussion of the flight. The authors offer and honest, objective, historical record of the space shuttle program. Each flight is discussed and discussed and distinguishing details are provided..."

79pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. In unused and fine condition. Full page illustrations included. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Georg Baselitz Remix Paintings' November 9 - December 22, 2007".

309 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in bright and unblemished covers. Only defect is previous owner's name on the inside front cover. Otherwise appears unread. From the back cover, "This acclaimed autobiography by one of the twentieth century's great satirical artists is as much a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles as it is a memoir of a remarkable artist's development."

Text is clean and unmarked in bright and tight covers. Spine is not creased. Only defect is age-toning. Volume appears unused. Contains a series of essays on topics related to poetry. Authors include John Milton, William Blake, Samuel Johnson, and Edgar Allan Poe.

617 pp. Frontispiece portrait included. Black and white glossy photos included. Book is clean, unmarked, with tight binding. DJ has a closed tear at the spine and front top edge cover. DJ spine is slightly discolored.