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532 pp. Clean and unmarked text in a square and tight binding. Top of text block is a faded blue. Slight wear to the top and bottom edges of the DJ. Black and white photos included.

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and intact covers. Covers are without tears or chips. A solid copy. From the front cover, "A major authoritative guide to the world of classic myth and epic."

642 pp. Book is clean, unmarked, and tight. Creases on the spine and very small scraped area on the front top edge.

368 pp. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the half title page. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers are tight and bright. Bottom outside front cover corner has a very slight bend. Spine is not creased.

In "As New Condition." Full page color illustrations throughout. Signed by the author.

330 pp. Previous owner's name on the top front edge of half title page. Otherwise unmarked, clean in a tight and square cover. Very small crease at the bottom outside front cover. Appears unread.

Text is clean and unmarked in square, tight and intact covers. several small spots on the outside edges of the text block. Spine is not creased. Bookstore ID number penciled in the top outside corner of the front free end paper. From the back cover, "This book vividly describes and deeply analyzes the course of modern Philippine history. It traces the U.S. imperialist domination, evolving from colonial to neo-colonial strategy, that produced the Marcos dictatorship."

Volume and DJ are in "As New Condition." From the front DJ flap, "'The Moral Compass' offers well known examples from Western history and mythology along with a wider selection of tales and folklore from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Drawing on familiar authors such as Hans Christian Anderson, Washington Irving, Leo Trostoy, and John Milton, as well as on intriguing but forgotten tales from centuries past the stories in 'The Moral Compass' are literary and evocative, designed to inspire as well as instruct."

Text has several neatly underlined passages and a comment in a margin. Covers are tight and intact. Very light wear along the bottom of the back cover. Spine is not creased. Volume appears unused. From the Preface, "The life of Keats provides a unique opportunity for the study of literary greatness and of what permits or encourages its development. The interest is thus deeply human and moral, and in the most capacious sense of both of these words."

181 pp. Clean and unmarked text in a square and tight binding. Very slight shelf wear to the text block outer edges but the book appears unread.

210 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in square and tight covers. Covers have some smudging but are intact with minimal wear. Stated on the back cover, "James E. Jackson is the editor of 'The Worker' , the national newspaper which presents the Communist viewpoint on current events."

Several highlighted and bracketed passages. Binding has small nick out of the bottom spine. Card holder attached to the inside back free end paper. Tape on top of the binding with a library label on the back binding. "The purpose of this volume is to set forth and interpret the outstanding features in the development of the United States from 1830 to 1850. it does not seem possible to understand this development without devoting particular attention to the sections of which the nation was composed, for they were as clearly marked as they were influential in their relations with each other and with the Union as a whole." p.1.

144 pp. Cover is very lightly faded. Part of the front DJ lettering has faintly faded on the front cover. Several penciled underlined passages. Otherwise book is clean in a tight and square binding. DJ is clean with very minor wear on the edges.

119 pp. "This catalogue was published in connection with the exhibition "Ballerina in a Whirlpool...in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (September 30 - November 19, 2006). Full page color plates included. In as new condition.

279 pp. Clean, bright , and unmarked text in a square and tight binding. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free end paper. Volume appears unread. DJ has minor and light smudging on the back. Numerous photos throughout.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Illustrations by Will Owen. Illustrated throughout. Illustration page has a closed tear at the top. Lettering is bright on the spine. A bright and solid volume.

In "As New Condition". Fine condition DJ has small store label on the front outside corner. From the back DJ, "The art produced during the Civil War is truly remarkable. From the work of the great photographers such as Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner to the intrepid painters and illustrators, such as Winslow Homer and Edwin Forbes, who were present at the battles, 96 full-color and black-and-white illustrations present a vivid and moving portrait of America at war."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Previous owner's name is on the top free end paper and on the top of title page. Several full-page illustrations. Back free end paper has a small area of glue residue. From the Preface, "Through literature...the stage of life is set before the pupil and his own experiences are deepened and broadened by a sympathetic re-living of the experiences of others. It is the right of every pupil to be acquainted with the best in literature."

In "As New Condition." Text and covers are bright and glossy without creases, tears, or chips. From the back cover, "Crystal and her all-new crew head to China to uncover the truth about the mysterious monoliths known as the Skyspears. But one of them will turn Crystal from the group's fearless leader into its most fearsome foe! Good thing there's a Spidey in their midst to help out the Inhumans."

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and intact covers. Only defect is light shelf wear smudging on the covers. Spine is not creased. Volume appears unused, From the back cover, " 'American Realism' is a cogent account of the turning of American literature from the sentimentality of the "Romance" to the reality which makes up the bulk of contemporary literature. It traces the growth and development of Realism in America..."