Search Results: Authors starting with U from Logos Books

Dust Jacket: The only blemish is some edge rubs on the top panel (photo) caused by shelf storage. The remainder of the DJ is pristine.Book: No flaws or blemishes. No marks or entries. No page toning.Additional descriptive photos on request.From the Book "This captivating book reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the Renaissance, they chronicle how style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad experienced life through clothes, and climbed the social ladder through fastidious management of self-image. These bourgeois dandies' agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the sixteenth century: one has to dress to impress, and dress to impress they did.The Schwarzes recorded their sartorial triumphs as well as failures in life in a series of portraits by illuminists over 60 years, which have been comprehensively reproduced in full color for the first time. These exquisite… Read More

No dust jacket.The book spine is heavily tanned and the asymmetrical board design is faded (photo). Board edges and tips are rubbed. Page surfaces and edges are toned, typical of a book of this vintage.All 332 pages are present. The boards and spine are firm and sturdy. No markings or entries on any of the pages. The author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.

No Dust JacketBook:General wear and tear to an 8-decade-old paperback. The panel edges are curled and have rubs and toning to all exposed surfaces (photo). The pages are moderately and uniformly toned, with no marks or entries. The panels and spine junction are still strong and sturdy with no evidence of having been mended. A reader need not be concerned with the fragility of the book.An Internet search shows the following: Scottie's distinctive and misspelled autograph on the first free endpaper (photo) is identical to the one other example of the protagonist's signature written 30 years earlier.All pages are present and the numerous inked illustrations of the Castle's furnishings are clear and distinct (photo).