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

Volume and glossy DJ is in 'As New Condition." Photo sections included. From the front and back DJ flaps, "As the end of the war drew near, Allied leaders were divided between British and Americans, air and ground commanders, and advocates of strategic and tactical air operations. On the German side, Luftwaffe leaders Hermann Goring and Dietrich Peltz sought to obey every order to the bitter end, while Luftwaffe fighter commander Adolf Galland struggled to save his last reserves of young pilots from a final and futile slaughter."

Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, tight, and square binding. Volume has slight age toning on the insides of the binding. Volume appears unused. Glossy unclipped DJ's only defect is a very small closed tear on the back bottom DJ edge. 120 full-color and 380 black-and-white illustrations included. From the front DJ flap "The story of the rise and fall, the achievemets and setbacks of these vanished peoples is told in this volume, through a detailed look at twenty-four major events - each a 'milestone' in its impact on its contemporary world and its continuing effect on the modern world. From the creation of the first political state in Egypt in 3000 BC to the capture of London by King Alfred of Wessex in AD 886 - the reader will learn about significant moments in the history of man."

Only volume defect is several small faint dark spots on the outer edge of the text block. Volume appears unused. Price unclipped DJ's only defect is a small closed tear on the edge of the DJ spine. From the front DJ flap, "Burton was a brilliant, charismatic man - a unique blend of erudite scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in twenty-nine languages, he found it easy to pass himself off as a native, thereby gaining unique insight into societies otherwise closed to Western scrutiny. He followed service as an intelligence officer in India with a daring penetration of the sacred Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina disguised as a pilgrim."

145 pp. Clean and unmarked text. Covers tight and intact. Spine is not creased.

Text is bright, clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Several small stains on the bottom fore edge of the text block. DJ is worn around the outer edges with scuffing and a closed tear at the DJ spine. From the front DJ flap, "The monograph 'Inflation Under Capitalism Today' holds an eminent place among Soviet research works on inflation. It provides a thorough analysis of the decisive role played by monopolies in the emergence of modern inflation, demonstrates the link between the development of inflation today and the processes taking place in the capitalist currency sphere."

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square binding. Only defect in this fine volume is the previous owner's name on the front outside top corner of the front free end page. From the author's Preface "New discoveries every year contribute to the growth in our knowledge of the native peoples of Europe and of their interactions with the Roman Empire. Understanding the period during which European societies were in the process of formation is thus a dynamic enterprise. I hope that I convey some of the excitement of this endeavor in the pages that follow."

360 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only defect is several very light spots on the outside edge of the text block. DJ has some minor scuffing but is in very good condition. From the front DJ, "A collection of writings on life and struggles in the New England factories of the 1840s by the Factory Girls themselves, and the story...of the first trade unions of women workers in the United States."

363 pp. Text block is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Lettering is faded on the spine. Card holder is attached to the back free end paper. Library stamps are on the outside of the text block and on the dedicatory page. From the Preface, " This volume represents an effort to describe three features of British history in the forty-odd years before the outbreak of war in 1914. They are: first, the inroad made by commercial and industrial Germany upon the far-flung business empire of great Britain; second, the British national reaction to this German rivalry, and third, the influence of that rivalry upon the shaping of British policy toward Germany." p.vii.

Several brackets written in the margin. Previous owner's name has been marked out on the top edge of the half title page. Covers are tight and square with no tears or chips. A solid copy. From the back cover, " Over the last two decades a major revaluation has been taking place of the colonial Puritan imagination. With the growth of interest in early American literature has come increasing recognition of its quality and better understanding of its place in the continuity of American culture."

428 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers display little wear with a spine not creased. Black and white photos, graphs, and tables included. " The first international conference on the problem of extraterrestrial civilizations, and contact with them, was held September 5-11, 1971...Many aspects of the problem of extraterrestrial civilizations were discussed in detail in the ten sessions of the Conference." p.352.

746 pp. Tight and square copy with very slight creasing in the spine. Text is clean and unmarked. Author signed name on the half title page.

159 pp. In as new condition. Full page color plates included. "This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Lucas Samaras: Paraxena' curated by Matthew Higgs at the 53rd International Art Exhibition...Venice, June 7 - November 22, 2009."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Title page states, "With 105 illustrations from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters." A solid volume.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Outer edges of the text block have light foxing. Price unclipped DJ is worn around the edges with smudging on the back DJ. Introduction by Archibald MacLeish. From the front DJ flap, "Here you will find the complete contents of seven of Sandburg's most highly regarded books: 'Chicago Poems'; 'Cornhuskers'; Smoke and Steel'; Slabs of the Sunburnt West'; 'Good Morning, America'; 'The People, Yes'; and 'Honey and Salt' - as well as poems that first appeared in 'Harvest Poems', 'Wind Song', and 'The Sandburg Range.' "

text is clean and unmarked. Lettering on the binding is bright. Back free end paper and back pastedown is separated at the margin. Some back pages have a stain around the outer edges. Volume has 105 illustrations from photographs, maps, and letters. "Out of the silent working of his inner life came forces no one outside of himself could know; they were his secret, his personality and purpose, beside which all other facts of his comings and goings were insignificant. he became a seer and a sayer; he took responsibility personally; he solved, resolved, and answered terrible questions; or he said, with out-and-out honesty and a desperate toss of his head, that he had no answer, no man could answer; only history and the future could bring the answer." p.480.

96 pp. Full page photos throughout. In as new condition. "This catalogue accompanies the exhibition 'Anna Gaskell: half life' presented at The Menlil Collection, Houston, September 27, 2002- January 12, 2003." quoted from the text.

Text is clean and unmarked. Worn covers are included but unattached to the text block. A collection of twenty-seven short stories.

256 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in tight and square covers. Spine is not creased. From the front cover, "The great existentialist thinker interprets Camus, Gide, Sarraute, and others in this unique analysis of man and the human situation."

Text is clean and unmarked in unmarred covers. Spine is not creased. Volume appears unread. From the back cover, " 'The Tabernacle of David', combines story-telling and exposition to shed light on God's heart in a matter so urgent to this hour. It holds up the heavenly nature of the church and exposes the corruption that is the result of man's fallen, religious nature."

63 pp. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Columbia University November 9 through December 17, 2011. "As new condition". Illustrated throughout.