Search Results: Titles starting with J from Palimpsest Scholarly Books

Collection Les Grands Sculpteurs Français. Volume is bound in dark blue cloth, with bright stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition. Illustrated with a section of b&w photographs. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear. 187 pages.

Oblong volume, measuring approximately 10.25" x 9.25", is bound in pictorial stiff card covers. Book is new. 120 pages.
"This book provides a commentary on Turner's watercolours, addressing questions of technique and function, as well as considering the numerous connections Turner had with other artists, collectors and dealers. Accompanies the annual January exhibition in the Scottish National Gallery."

Folio, measuring approximately 12.5" x 18.75", is still in shrink-wrapped publisher's box. 365 pages.
"With his Hollywood good looks, boundless enthusiasm, and mesmeric media presence, John F. Kennedy was destined to capture the imaginations of over 70 million Americans who watched the nation's first televised presidential debate. Just days after winning the election by the narrowest margin in history, Kennedy himself said it was the TV more than anything else that turned the tide. But one man begged to differ: writer Norman Mailer, who bragged that his pro-Kennedy treatise, "Superman Comes to the Supermarket," had won the election for Kennedy. Whether or not that was the case, the article, published in Esquire magazine just weeks before polls opened, did redefine political reporting and journalism itself, spawning a form that would be called New Journalism. Mailer's frank, first-person, irreverent voice reflected on Kennedy's cult of personality, calling him the existential hero who could awaken the… Read More

First printing. Twayne's World Authors Series No. 854. Volume is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. 138 pages.

Large-format softcover volume (8.5" x 10.75") is in excellent condition. 628 pages.

Collection Photo Poche, 3. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.25" x 7.75", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. 16 pages of text & 63 plates. This book provides a selection of the work of Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models.

Folio, measuring approximately 13" x 18.75", is new, still in shrink-wrapped publisher's box. Text is in English, German, and French. 535 pages.
"The Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades, Japan became a less remote and more attractive destination for the international traveler and a popular subject for photographers, both Japanese and foreign.
In 536 pages, this book presents more than 700 vintage images of Japan, texts by a specialist in early Japanese photography, and extensive commentary through thematic sections exploring traditions as varied as tea, silk and Buddhism, as well as itineraries across five regions, all of which guide the reader through this captivating land.
Our travels take us from the enchanting vistas of Nagasaki to the seagirt shrine of Miyajima, long esteemed among the… Read More

First printing. Hardcover and dust jacket are in excellent condition. Illustrated with b&w photos. 494 pages.

Second printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in quarter black cloth and red paper-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear. Black marker marking appears on top edge of text block. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear. 384 pages."Japan is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income. Even during a recession the country is in the black. Japan's school system produces a blue-collar work force possessing skills that come only with a college degree in most Western countries. Its pension and health delivery systems are efficient and relatively inexpensive, and its unemployment rate half that of the United States and Germany. This text suggests that the reasons for Japan's success lie in its "capitalist development state", an economic system in which public service is highly valued, where state bureaucracy attracts the best young minds and where "guidance" by the state is both accepted… Read More

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.25" x 12", is new, still in shrinkwrap. 291 pages."Photographs taken in Japan between the late Edo and early Meiji periods that found their way overseas played a major role in forming Westerners' image of Japan. Among these collections, the pictures gathered by the Swiss diplomat Aime Humbert (1819-1900) in the 1860s were crucial in building lasting representations of the island nation. These photographs offer a striking view on a lost world."

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.5", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. Black and white textual illustrations. x/198 pages."Shows how traditional French fashion has been both disturbed and strengthened by the addition of outside forces such as Kenzo Takada, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Hanae Mori. This book provides an in-depth study of the Japanese revolution in Paris fashion and raises provocative questions for the future of the industry."

First printing. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9.25", is like new. xxxviii/422 pages."This volume presents, for the first time ever, a wide-ranging collection of essays on women in Japanese society written by Japanese women themselves. Drawing upon their day-to-day experiences as daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, students, and professionals living and working in Japanese society, Japanse scholars/writers describe and analyze the historical background, current status, and future prospects for Japanese women. Essays focus on the family, language, art, education, religion, the work place, and politics, and highlight the changes in attitudes and consciousness that are taking place in Japan today. This body of scholarship is unrivaled in scope; there is no comparable collection. Included in "Japanese Women": Historian Sachiko Kaneko describes the struggle for women's suffrage and changes in the family system from the Meiji period through the late twentieth century in "The Struggle for… Read More

Cambridge Economic Policies and Institutions. First paperback edition. Foreword by John Kenneth Galbraith. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is in near fine condition, with small black dot to bottom edge of text block. Binding is sound; interior is clean and bright. Tables. xii/277 pages."Japan's defeat in the Second World War was total, but her subsequent reconstruction was extraordinary. In this compelling book, one of Japan's most eminent economists gives a comprehensive account of the recovery process, and a unique interpretation of the post-war Japanese economy."

Volume 30. Pages 37-321. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.5", is bound in original printed wrappers. Book is in fine condition, with clean and bright pages.

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with firm binding, clean pages without markings. Dust jacket shows very light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xi/167 pages."An intimate view of the influences, encounters and defining historical moments that forged the vision of India's first prime minister Written by Nayantara Sahgal, prize-winning novelist and political commentator, "Jawaharlal Nehru" presents an intimate view of the influences, encounters and defining historical moments that forged the vision of India's first prime minister. Drawing from the Nehru and the Vijayalakshmi Pandit Papers, and from Nehru's letters to Sahgal, his niece, this book combines history with personal recollections to show how Nehru helped navigate India's transition from a colony to an influential, modern nation. Discussing the significant issue of independent India's foreign policy characterized by the… Read More

Folio, measuring approximately 13" x 18.75", is new, still in shrink-wrapped publisher's case. 695 pages.
"In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, they sought to document this living, breathing, beating musical phenomenon that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines.
The book "Jazzlife," the original fruit of their labors, has become a collector's item that is highly treasured among jazz and photography fans. In 2003, TASCHEN began reassembling this important collection of material―along with many never-before-seen color images from those trips. They are brought together in this updated volume, which includes a foreword by Claxton tracing his travels with Berendt and his love affair with jazz music in general. Utilizing the benefits of today's digital technology, a restored audio CD from Joachim Berendt's original recordings… Read More

Collection Poétique. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. 332 pages.
"A travers l'étude des genres les plus divers : récit d'enfance, autobiographie à la troisième personne, mais aussi biographie, interview, entretien radiophonique, film biographique, document vécu, autobiographie au magnétophone, sont proposées ici sept variations sur une formule de Rimbaud : Je est un autre.
Dépliement des instances qui s'expriment à travers le "je" autobiographique le plus lisse : coulisses de la première personne, quel que soit le théâtre sur lequel elle se donne en spectacle. Mais aussi, très vite, mise en question de la notion d'auteur : dans l'interview, dans le récit de vie ethnographique, on a deux auteurs au lieu d'un. A quoi s'ajoute le pouvoir de définition de chaque média : le "je" écrit et le "je" télévisé ont-ils quelque chose en commun ? Si les "Essais" de Montaigne sont nés de… Read More

Harvard Film Studies. Volume is bound in dark gray cloth, with white lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear. Dust jacket display moderate edge wear. 463 pages.

Collection Cinéma classique, série Les cinéastes. Softcover volume exhibits light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. 191 pages.

Softcover volume displays light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. 226 pages.