Resultados de búsqueda: History/Politics from PittCo Books

1968. Book. Illus. by Boudignon, F.. Trade Paperback. An adaptation of Stendhal with some illustrations, NEAR FINE COPY, TEXT IN FRENCH..

Yale University, 1999. A New York Times Notable Book, biography of Boswell who is considered the greatest biographer for his "Life Of Johnson". FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK PRINTING, NEAR FINE COPY. Trade Paperback. Book.

Knopf, 2001. Book. Trade Paperback. Garwin, the designer of the first hydrogen bomb and Nobel Prize Winner Charpak explore the benefits and risks of Nuclear energy with a historical background. FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF, FINE COPY, plain yellow covers, trade paperback size..

Century, 1924. A VERY GOOD COPY, early biography of Gandhi, owner signature and date on front endpaper.. Hardcover. Book.

Harpercollins, 2001. Book. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (number line includes the number one), NEAR FINE COPY,owner signature on front endpaper of DJ...

England: Oxford, 1950. A classic study of British Medieval history. Chapters include -- " The Orders Of Society, The Boronage, The Boroughs, Jews and Merchants" , "The Church" etc. VERY GOOD COPY, DJ is worn with chipping and rips and a large 3" piece on dj cover cut off, still clean text, no markings with faint foxing of first few pages, very good overall. ( First Edition 1931, this 1950 is fourth Edition.. Hardcover. Book.

Globe Books, 1963. Book. Hardcover. Collection of myths and folktales written for older students but useful to anyone wanting the basics. FINE COPY, COMPLIMENTARY COPY with publishers slip partially pasted to front endpaper stating " Please accept this book...". Tales are from every continent. Very attactive book with decorative cover. Include follow up exercises in the back..

St. Martins Press, 2008. Biography of Hale, ADVANCE READING COPY, FIRST PRINTING, VERY GOOD COPY with small dampstain at bottom corner of cover effecting bottom of 2 pages.. Trade Paperback. Book.

World Publishing, 1875. Book. This edition is a VERY GOOD COPY, cover has some wear and chipping to spine but text is tight and bright with no marking..

Societe Biblique Americain, 1866. Book. Hardcover. New Testament in French language.Decorative cover, Small, 32 mo size, pocket size, some chipping on edges, and spine, still VERY GOOD COPY with gold gilt to fore edge of text, clear title on spine, an 1870 owner signature on front endpaper..

Macmillan, 1883. Book. Hardcover. Lectures given at Oxford collected here. FIRST PRINTING, VERY GOOD COPY. Some fading to the spine, normal wear, foxing to endpapers, owner signature in pencil o/w bright unmarked text..

Art Forms, 2006. Mays is a Researcher and Lecturer in Classical Music and a regular speaker at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Here she gives background and preparation for understanding these operas. FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED by Mays, VERY GOOD COPY.. Trade Paperback. Book.

New Republic, 1976. Biography of the noted African American actor, singer and political activist. A VERY GOOD COPY, owner's bookplate on the front pastedown with a date written under it o/w no markings at all.. Hardcover. Book.

Inner Traditions, 1995. Book. Trade Paperback. Worship of the phallus as a symbol of creativity from ancient times to modern cults, profusely illustrated with photos of ancient artifacts to contemporary art. FIRST PRINTING, NEAR FINE COPY, tall glossy covers and pages..

Beacon, 1991. Collection of Rowbotham's essays on her involvment in the British Women's Movement, (originally published in 1989), this is FIRST PRINTTHUS, FINE COPY.. Trade Paperback. Book.

England: Baseline, 1996. Book. Trade Paperback. A study of immigration and racism in the UK. Some historical info dating back to 1840's and the Irish but mostly covers 1960's and after with non whites immigration. NEAR FINE COPY, FIRST PRINTING..

Harper & Brothers Book. Hardcover. Preface to the Fourth Edition by Lord Braybrooke. In four volumes with illustrations.The First Am. Edition was 1855 published by Lippincott, this appears to be the Fourth Edition of that publication. There is no date given for this edition. Green cloth covered boards with paper labels on the spine , the hinge in Volume 1 is starting but is still attached, normal, slight fading of color to covers, no markings within the bright text. Overall, VERY GOOD COPY of this set..

Century, 1927. Book. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Major plays selected by Brooke and other scholors with an introduction, Elizabethan words are translated in footnotes. Also, each play includes a background on Shakespeare's sources, historical and legend that led to the story. Also, includes, "Henry lV", "Much Ado About Nothing", Romeo and Juliet, Twenty plays in all. There's an owner bookplate on the front endpaper, but no markings in the text, some normal smudgings to cover and some minor fading of the spine but this 1927 collection in VERY GOOD + CONDITION..

Macmillan, 1893. Book. Hardcover. Winter's love of, and observations, as an American traveling through England in the 1800's. An 1893 New Edition, so stated, BRIGHT NEAR FINE COPY, small 32 mo size, no markings in text, owner signature of front enpaper.. "Lucy Morgan Brainard", (from an early Hartford, CT. family)..

Navajivan Publishing, 1972. Book. Original Wraps. Ghandhi's writings on civil rights movement in South Africa, written in 1928, this is the publisher's 1972 printing (10,000 copies) of the original printing. Some normal wear to paper covers but a VERY GOOD COPY. See photos.