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New York: Peter Lang, 2015. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". viii, 256pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Pragmatic competence plays a key role in intercultural communication, particularly for students studying in a target community. This book investigates the effect of study abroad on second language learners' productive and receptive pragmatic competences, as well as their cognitive processes during speech act production. It employs a variety of research instruments, both quantitative and qualitative, to explore learners' pragmatic development over one year. The inclusion of a control group is a methodological strength of the longitudinal study, many such studies often not including a control group. In addition, the study longitudinally examines learners' cognitive processes during study abroad with innovative and insightful analyses. The book makes an important contribution to second… Read More

Colombia: Planeta, 2019. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". 638pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Surface-paper loss to top edge of rear cover. Rippling due to moisture to top edges of some pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. Spanish text. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Carcassonne, 1562. The massacre of sixty-six Huguenots outside of the city walls sets an epic adventure in motion in the first novel in Kate Mosse's Burning Chambers series. "Mosse's fans will relish this tale of secrets, love and treachery" The Times International bestselling author Kate Mosse heads to 16th century France for her hotly anticipated, gripping new historical novel, The Burning Chambers. As the Wars of Religion begin to take hold, a young Catholic girl and a Huguenot believer find themselves in possession of a priceless treasure, and set upon a quest to uncover a long buried secret hidden in the mysterious Chateau de Puivert... With all… Read More

Barcelona: La Fura dels Baus, 1990. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 13" X 9 1/2". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and somewhat heavy toning to covers, corners, and edges. Light foxing and creasing to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this performance program from a production of La Fura dels Baus. La Fura dels Baus (translated "The ferret from Els Baus") is a theatrical group founded in 1979 in Barcelona. They perform in urban settings, and are known for their unusual practice of encouraging their spectators to participate in the performances.

Grenoble: Glenat, 2002. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 12 1/2" X 9 1/2". 175pp. Mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Bumps to corners of pictorial paper over boards. Light dust-spotting to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Text is in French. ABOUT THIS BOOK: For nine hundred years, responding to the call of faith, men have settled in the heart of the Chartreuse massif to put into practice the precepts of Saint Bruno. In this rigorous setting where the mountain and the forest form a refuge far from the bustle of the city and of men, they have found their desert. They founded there a religious order which has crossed the centuries and radiated throughout the world, to watch over the salvation of humanity. For nine hundred years, wars and revolutions, fires, destruction, expulsions, have failed to overcome the high walls of the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the order. Each time the fathers… Read More

[Paris], 1925. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 12 5/8" X 9 3/4". 190-290pp. Text in French. Half bound in cloth with marbled paper over boards with "L'Exposition Ingres" in gilt to spine. Heavy wear to paper over boards, with boards exposed in several places, fraying to head and tail of spine, scattered rubbing, and lettering faded from spine. Bookplate of Dr. Otto and Dr. Lili Frohlich to front pastedown. Circular plate pasted to verso of front free endpaper. 128 in-text black and white illustrations. One tipped in plate on dark, faux-matted paper loose and laid in where it was attached. "Sommaire: Henry LaPauze -- Une nouvelle lecon de Ingres; Arsene Alexandre -- Comprendre Ingres, c'est comprendre la Grece et la France; Fortunat Strowski -- Ingres et le tableau de Stratonice; Raymond Balze -- Notes d'un eleve de Ingres; Leon Berard -- Devant les nouvelles salles du Musee Ingres; Theophile Gautier -- Ingres; Aumaury-Duvual -- M. Ingres; Thiebault-Sisson -- Le paysage dans l'oeuvre de Ingres; Maurice… Read More

1996. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink at front free endpaper. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black cloth over boards. Slight lean to spine. Inked notation to front paste-down and front endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this history of LaFayette, Alabama. Heavily illustrated with names, dates, and stories of the people and locations.

New York: Fisher Scientific Company. Staplebound. good +. Staplebound. 9" X 6". Light creasing and wear to covers and edges. Staples from binding slightly rusted. Pages free of marks and notations. Binding is sound. A pamphlet from the 1950's or 60's published by the Fisher Scientific Company informing readers on the latest equipment and gadgets for laboratories, as well as recent discoveries and research taking place in the scientific community. Examples of equipment listed are the Fisher-Stern Ultracentrifuge, the Fisher Tachometer, the Fisher Elecdropode, and the "New" Fisher Jumbo Stirrer.

Prime Books, 2004. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 181pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A scarce 2004 title from the James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy award-winning author Catherynne M. Valente, here introduced by Jeff VanderMeer. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Here Monsters are hidden ... A lyrical anti-quest through a conscious maze without center, borders, or escape--a dark pilgrim's progress through a landscape of vicious Angels, plague houses, crocodile-prophets, tragic chess-sets, and the mind of an unraveling woman, driven on by the mocking guide who seeks to destroy as much as save. Enter the world of the Labyrinth, where Doors do not wait to be opened, but hunt you in the night. This is Zarathustra in Wonderland, a puzzle which… Read More

Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 10" X 7". vii, 303pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Previous owner's name in ink to inside of front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Whether you're a runner, skier, cyclist, triathlete, or rower, as an endurance athlete you need to race and train as fast as possible without hitting the wall from high levels of lactic acid in your bloodstream. Elite athletes and coaches know that increasing lactate threshold is essential to success. Now you can use this knowledge to push your performance to the limit. Lactate Threshold Training is an advanced training guide to help you improve endurance performance. This innovative book explains the theory behind the training and presents practical programs to improve your lactate threshold and race faster than ever before. The book also includes discussion on the use of EPO and the struggle against doping in… Read More

Cincinnati, New York, Boston: Hitchcock and Walden; Nelson & Phillips; J. P. Magee, 1875. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 9 3/4" X 6 3/8". 2 plates, 289-382pp, 2pp ads. Rather heavy wear to pink printed wraps, with tears to edges and extremities and especially along spine, creasing, soiling, pencilled marks, and previous owner's label. Edgewear to text block. Binding remains quite sound. Pages are age-toned but clean and unmarked. Dampstain to top margin of plates, tissue-guarded engravings. An overall quite solid April 1875 issue of The Ladies' Repository, a literary magazine for women and families.

New York: The Modern Library, 1959. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5". xxxvii, 376pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt and green. Rubbing and dappling to covers. Brown soiling to edges of boards. Gentle bumps to corners and to head and tail of spine. Previous owner's stamp to half-title page. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Lyric and sensual, D.H. Lawrence's last novel is one of the major works of fiction of the twentieth century. Filled with scenes of intimate beauty, explores the emotions of a lonely woman trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for the robust gamekeeper of her husband's estate. The most controversial of Lawrence's books, Lady Chatterly's Lover joyously affirms the author's vision of individual regeneration through sexual love. The book's power, complexity, and psychological… Read More

Belgian World Airlines, 1950. Pamphlet. Very good. Pamphlet. 8 1/4" X 3 3/4". Light toning to covers and edges of paper wraps. Lacks marks and notation. An overall clean, unworn copy of this pamphlet advertising the Lady Sabena Club from Belgian World Airlines. Listed perks (described as "a hat-box full of very special courtesies") include "souvenirs for madam and mademoisille," "experts at your beck and call," special waiting and service lounges," and more. Belgian World Airlines was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2000.

Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1988. Leather_bound. Good. Leather_bound. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xxxvi, 545pp. Rubbing, bumps, and light scuffing to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded. Spotting to all-edges gilt. Gold, sewn-in silk ribbon appears to have been cut short. Foxing to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. Karl John Andersson (March 4, 1827 - July 9, 1867) was a renowned explorer, hunter, and trader. His pursuits extended to the realms of amateur naturalism and ornithology. His legacy primarily stems from the numerous books he authored, chronicling his extensive journeys. He is recognized as one of the prominent explorers of southern Africa, with a significant focus on what… Read More

Boston: Lame Ducks Books, 2004. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". 217pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Spots of surface-paper loss to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this catalog of unique books, manuscripts, and works of art, produced by Lame Duck Books in their twentieth year. Entries are cataloged in alphabetical order, with photographs and written descriptions of each.

Coral Gables: Lowe Art Museum, 1994. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 11 1/4" X 8 1/2". X 39pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light creasing to edges and spots of toning to covers. Small sticker from Hunter Museum Shop to front cover. Inked notes to rear free endpaper; else pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Includes 43 color images of stained-glass Tiffany Lamps. Published for the exhibition "The Lamps of Tiffany: Highlights of the Egon and Hildegard Neustadt Collection" at the Lowe Art Museum,

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". viii, 308pp. Rubbing, creasing, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges of price-clipped dust jacket. Rubbing, soiling, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of green cloth over boards. Lean to spine. Dust-spotting and remainder mark to edges of text block. Inked inscription to front free endpaper. Stickers from Horton's Bookstore in Carrollton, GA to front paste-down and endpaper. Faint toning to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In her fourth novel of the Kentucky frontier, Giles combines her fascination for the past with her gift for storytelling. Had it not been for the loyalty of men like Giles's fictional hero, Major Cassius Cartwright, General James Wilkinson's 1783 attempt to create a Spanish empire in the West might have succeeded. Interwoven with the Spanish Conspiracy are tales of struggles with Indians, of the birth of a Green River… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 2021. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 446pp. Very mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing to top edges. Yellow paper over boards with spine lettered in guilt. Bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—bought, earned, or received; in Europe, Africa, North America, or the South Pacific—through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Land—whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city—is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect, insatiable curiosity, and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works, Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are… Read More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1931. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 9" X 6". xvii, 137pp. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Wear to boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Cloth is beginning to fray at corners and in some places along edges of boards. 1" tear to cloth at edge of spine. Sunning/toning to spine. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing to endpapers and paste-downs. Sticker from Toronto Publish Library to front paste-down. Library borrower's ticket and pocket tipped in at rear endpaper and paste-down. Stamps and blindstamp from Toronto Public Library to frontispiece, title page, copyright page, and to pages throughout. Pages are free of marks and notation. Rear hinge feels a touch tender, however, binding remains sound. An overall solid copy of this 1931 work by Charles A. Kincaid.

New York: Ontario County Historical Society, 1981. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 52pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Penciled notation to rear cover of jacket. Toning and gentle bumps to covers and edges of red cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book reflects the interest of Canandaigua Lake area residents in works produced by local artists depicting the beauty of the lake and the surrounding countryside. (Publisher).

London: The Folio Society, 2013. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 11". xiv, 188pp. Very mild sheld wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative paper over boards. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. Slipcase is clean and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Sir Kenneth Clark possesses a rare ability for conveying artistic enthusiasm to those who might never encounter his more learned studies and catalogues. In 'Landscape into Art' he effectively outlines the growth of landscape painting as an independent art, from the early use of symbols taken from nature to the canvases of such great painters as Constable and Corot, Turner and Van Gogh, Cezanne and Seurat. And today - what changes of survival, he asks, has the image of an enclosed garden in an age of slide rules and nuclear power?(Publisher).