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REMFRY, David: Dancers. Boca Raton, Fl., Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2002. Stated First Edition. Softcover, 144 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Modern Art / Collected Works / David Remfry Exhibition: November 12, 2002-January 12, 2003. Condition: Very Good. Some traces of wear to the corners. All pages clean and unmarked. This book was based upon a 2002-2003 exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art of the renowned artist's body of work (begun in 1985). It details an increasingly significant contribution to contemporary British and American art. Also provides a mid-career survey of Remfry's work and features essays by Edward Lucie-Smith, Dore Ashton and Carter Ratcliff. ISBN: 0936859415

PASTERNAK, Boris: Doctor Zhivago: A Novel. New York, Pantheon, 1958. (Originally published in Italy in 1957.) First American Edition. Subject: Novel/Fiction & Literature/Historical Fiction-Russian Revolution, 1917-1921. Hardcover with dust jacket, 559 pp. English translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. ("The Poems of Yurii Zhivago" by Bernard Guilbert Guerney.) Book & jacket condition: Good Plus/Good. Some evidence of wear to the extremities of the book boards with age-toning to the pages. Book is in overall above-average and decent condition with all pages unmarked. Jacket itself is in good condition with a few tears to its edges (duly repaired with protective tape). The world-famous epic of the Russian Revolution which became the inspiration for the 1965 film and won the Academy Award.

GRAFTON, Sue: "L" is for Lawless. New York, Henry Holt, 1995. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Hardcover with dust jacket, 290 pp. Subject: Novel / Mystery and Crime Fiction / Kinsey Millhone series. Book and jacket condition: About Fine. A bit of very light wear jacket extremities. Very tiny scuff located midway on jacket's front cover. No other visible imperfections. All-in-all a nice copy in excellent condition. Book copy signed by Author on publisher's card pasted on the colophon page preceding the half-title page. Exceptional mystery from the Grand Dame of the genre. Exceptional! ISBN: 0805019375

McCOURT, Frank: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir. New York, Scribner, 1996. Later Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, 364 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Autobiography / Memoir / Irish-Americans-20th Century-Biography. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Author's assumed signature found on the the colophon page (preceding the title page). All pages clean and not marked with sturdy book boards. Hints of faint rubbing to jacket edges. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition. Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of best-selling author's unapologetic life from bitter poverty, growing up in the slums of Limerick, Ireland to his ultimate triumph as teacher and world-famous raconteur. ISBN: 0684874350

ROBB, George: Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover, 248 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Women's Studies / American History-Women and Finance. Condition: Like New. A very gently used copy with all pages clean and bright. A unique look and study regarding the emergent and vital role played by women in the development of American finance dating from the Gilded Age up to the aftermath of the Great Depression. An important contribution to women's studies and American economic history. ISBN: 9780252082719

PODAIR, Jerald E.: The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites and the Oceanhill-Brownsville Crisis. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 273 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Urban Studies & History – New York City, 1960's – 1970's / Public Education & Race Relations-The 1968 Oceanhill-Brownsville School Controversy and Subsequent United Federation of Teacher's Strike. Book and Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small smudge to the top-side of the book (nearest to the spine area). A few tears and edgewear to the top edge of the dust jacket. Sturdy and bright black book boards with all pages unmarked and clean. Penetrating study of the tulmultuous race relations in New York City during the 1960's, focusing on the Oceanhill/Brownsville School Controversy which lead to the UFT teacher's strike of 1968. These events drastically altered the social and political landescape of NYC and of urban America for many years to come. ISBN: 0300081227

ARON, Raymond: The Dawn of Universal History: Selected Essays From A Witness To The Twentieth Century. New York, Basic Books, 2002. Originally published in France in 1996. First American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 518 pp. Translated from the French by Barbary Bray. Subject: Nonfiction / History, Modern-Twentieth Century / Essays. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. One inch scuff mark shown at the foot of the jacket's reverse side. Otherwise a jacket in near first-rate appearance. Pages of the book are clean and not marked. A collection of writings by one of most renowned European public intellectuals of the last century. Introduction by the noted historian Tony Judt. ISBN: 0465004075

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Third Edition. Oxford & New York, Oxford University Press, 1979. Originally published: 1941. Third edition published: 1979 (Reprinted with corrections: 1980). BOOK CLUB EDITION. Softcover, 907 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Quotations / Reference. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light wear to the covers (especially the reverse one). All pages clean with readable text. A useful and intelligent compendium of quotations from the world's most famous (and infamous) writers and thinkers throughout history. An indispensable tool for seasoned and aspiring authors and researchers alike.

DIESEL, Eugen, GOLDBECK, Gustav & SCHILDBERGER, Friedrich: From Engines to Autos: Five Pioneers in Engine Development and Their Contributions to the Automotive Industry. Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1960. Originally published in Germany in 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 302 pp. Translated by Peter White. Subject: Nonfiction / Technology-History / Engines and Autos - 19th and 20th Centuries. Book & jacket condition: Good Plus / Acceptable-Good. Long vertical crease on the book's front board with very light edge-wear to the top central extremity. Pages clean. Book has black and white photographs illustrating the milestones of automotive history. Considerable wear to the dust wrapper with chipping along the extremities (but duly secured with protective tape.)An exciting account of the birth and development of the automotive industry. Free bonus included: A vintage car museum brochure circa 1958 (Natural Bridge, VA., Museum of Motoring Memories displaying the Pettit… Leer más

GARDNER, Howard: Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century. New York, Basic Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 292 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Psychology-Cognition & Human Intelligence. Book & jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Light edgewear to jacket's extremities. Book copy has been gently used. All pages clean and not marked. A copy in first-rate condition. Interesting, scholarly but readable study on the further possibilities of human intelligence and its multiple aspects. ISBN: 0465026109

KUNKEL, Clemons: Keys to Unlocking the Universe. Charleston, SC, CreateSpace, 2016. First Edition. Softcover, 174 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Science / Astronomy. Condition: Very Good Minus. Very slight curling to the front cover's lower corner. Otherwise a copy in first-rate condition and fully illustrated throughout. Concise and entertaining exposition of the science of astronomy – designed for interested reader of all ages. ISBN: 9781519577542

MELMAN, Peter Charles: Landsman – A Novel. New York, Counterpoint Press, 2007. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover with dust jacket, 323 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) / Jews and the Confederacy. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Some evidence of light edgewear to extremities of jacket and book copy (particularly at the bottom of the spine). Otherwise a copy in more than decent and near-fine condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Riveting debut novel of the Civil War "is the page-turning story of Elias Abrams – orphaned bastard of an indentured Jewish immigrant – who flees his sordid New Orleans gangland home to enlist in the Third Louisiana Infantry, leaving behind a murder that threatens to unravel his world..." ISBN: 9781582433677

ELLROY, James: My Dark Places: An L.A. Memoir. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY COPY. Hardcover with dust jacket, 355 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir / True Crime. Book and jacket condition: Good Plus. Ex-library copy with all the typical stamps and markings present (Brooklyn Public Library). Jacket flaps pasted to the interior boards. Some signs of wear to book's jacket and extremities (the jacket itself is protected by a plastic cover). Book signed by the author on the blank page following the front endpaper. Still a nice, decent-looking copy with unmarked pages. The best-selling crime novelist's devastating, but moving account of his mother's unsolved 1958 murder in Los Angeles. A most harrowing work as comparable to any of Ellroy's best-selling mystery/thrillers. ISBN: 0679441859

KATZ, Jay: The Silent World of Doctor and Patient. Baltimore & London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Originally published in 1984. Softcover, 263 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Medical Ethics / Interpersonal Communication-Doctors and Patients. Condition: Like New. A copy in near-pristine condition with all pages clean and unmarked. "In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process [this book] examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust – despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy and demonstrates the detrimental effects their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and… Leer más

HARVEY, Robert: Comrades: The Rise and Fall of World Communism. London, John Murray, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 422 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / World Communism – History, 19th - 20th Centuries. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. A bit of wear to jacket's extremities, but in near first-rate condition and appearance. Faint smudge noticeable to side edge of the copy. All pages clean and unmarked and illustrated with black and white photos. An intelligent narrative history of the utopian political experiment first promulgated by the founders Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and culminating in the collapse of the Soviet Union. ISBN: 0719561477

CONGREVE, William: The Comedies of William Congreve. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 392 pp. Subject: Literature / Drama /17th Century British Restoration Comedy / 17th Century British Playwrights-William Congreve, 1670-1729. Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name inscribed on the title page. Normal age toning to the pages, but all clean and unmarked. Some sunning to the book-spine. Overall a copy in first-rate condition. A collection of classic 17th Century British Restoration comedies by the celebrated playwright. Edited with an introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

STIGLER, Stephen M.: Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2002. Stated first paperback edition (third printing). Softcover, 488 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Mathematical Statistics – History / Statistics – Essays, Popularization. Condition: Very Good. Some very light bumping to the corners. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition with all pages clean and unmarked. "This lively collection of essays examines in witty detail the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument 'to the table,' and some of the pitfalls that have been encountered. The topics range from seventeenth -century medicine and the circulation of blood, to the cause of the Great Depression and the effect of the California gold discoveries of 1848 upon price levels, to the determinations of the shape of the Earth and the speed of light, to the meter of Virgil's poetry and the Second Coming..." ISBN: 0674009797

REICH, Wilhelm: Beyond Psychology: Letters and Journals, 1934-1939. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 256 pp. Edited with an introduction by Mary Boyd Higgins. English translation by Derek & Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz. Subject: Nonfiction / Wilhelm Reich, 1897-1957 – Diaries and Correspondence / Psychoanalysts – Diaries and Correspondence. Book & jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Some edge-wear to jacket's top extremity. Book is gently used with all pages clean and crisp and illustrated with rare black and white photos detailing the famed psychologist's life and times. An apt selection of diary entries and letters corresponding from the dissenting pen of the 20th Century's most controversial psychoanalysts. ISBN: 0374112479

HART, Christopher: Anime Mania: How to Draw Characters for Japanese Animation. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002. First Edition. Softcover, 144 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Japanese Animation-How To / Comic Books & Strips-Japan-Technique / Drawing-Techniques. Condition: Good Plus. Some light bumps to the corner covers and a corner crease on the reverse. Copy in overall near first-rate condition with clean pages. Profusely illustrated throughout. Concise and well-written guide to creating Japanese-style animation like a professional. This illustrated guide is written by a noted best-selling cartooning and animation author. ISBN: 082300158X

CUNLIFFE, Barry: The Ancient Celts. Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 324 pp. Subject: Nonfiction/History-Early Europe/The Celts-Ancient History and Archaeology. Book condition: Very Good. Slight edge-wear to dust jacket's extremities but in near fine condition. Lower corners of book copy a bit bumped. Copy is fully illustrated with photos and drawing representing the rich cultural heritage of the Celts. Pages clean and unmarked. Scholarly and fully-illustrated historical account of one of Europe's most enigmatic peoples. ISBN: 0198150105