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508 pp. The text block is clean and unmarked. The binding tight and square. The only defect is an unfortunate bubble and faded narrow area on the edge of the front cover. Frontispiece and eight other full page black and white illustrations included. Previous owner's name is penciled on the top outside edge of a front free endpaper.

264 pp. Full page glossy plates included. As new condition.

Only mark in the text is a stain on the margin of page 31. Binding is faded and boards are slightly bowed but intact with very little wear around the edges. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the front free end paper. "...the Thessalonian epistles were the first writings of the New Testament and Paul intended that they be understood, and that by a Greek audience. Hence, we must not read into this thing we habitually do. Take it, interpret it in the light of itself, and accept that teaching at face value. It is primitive Christian doctrine, faith, and life." p.7.

310 pp. Volume and DJ in as new condition. From the front DJ flap, "Piercing together decayed shreds of ancient reportage, the author paints powerful portraits of the leading players: Hannibal, resolutely sane and uncannily strategic; Varro, Rome's co-consul, who was scapegoated for the loss; and Scipio Africanus, the surviving (and self-promoting) Roman military tribune who would one day pay back Hannibal at Zama in North Africa."

Text is clean and unmarked in tight, intact, and square covers. very little wear along the outside cover edges. Names of two previous owners are on the top outside corner of the title page. "The most important documents...are included in full. Other documents and readings have been shortened by omitting paragraphs and sections which are tangential in nature. In making these excisions, however, we have sacrificed no essential idea or fact. Wherever possible, we have included materials which present different points of view on controversial issues." p. iii.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only defect is slight discoloration at the top of the text block. Top inner edge of the DJ is lightly stained. Otherwise, the volume appears unread. Author signed and inscribed the front free end paper. From the front DJ flap, "Management professor and West Point graduate, Evan Offstein...offers unprecedented access to the process of leadership development at West Point, as well as practical insights that can be applied in any type of organization that strives to operate on the principle of integrity."

266 pp. Text is unmarked and clean with tight and square binding. DJ has slight wear at the back edges. Price clipped.

290 pp. Clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. In unused fine condition. "This book analyzes the development of microstructure theory from the inventory models through the information-based and game-theoretic paradigms of more recent research.", from the Foreword.

395 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only defect is a very small mark and faded spot on the top of the spine. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. "Tourgee never abandoned or forgot the principles and ideals of racial justice and equalitarianism for which he fought...when the North had turned its back on the Negro and the Civil War ideals...he continued to fight the rising tide of racism and segregation", p. viii.

452 pp. As new condition.

Text is unmarked and clean in intact covers that are without creases, tears, or chips. Covers have some smudging and shelf wear. Previous owners' names are on the inside front cover and on the top outside corner of the half title page. Photo sections included. From the back cover, "The 1960s, a decade rich in contradictions, has alternately been compared with the 1920s for its frivolity and open sensuality and with the 1930s for its political activism and social seriousness. William L. O'Neil's masterly chronicle of these years breaks down all such analogies."

61 pp. Clean and unmarked. In as new condition. Full page classic art reproductions in color. Included is a glossary of Christian symbols featured in the artwork.

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square binding. Photo section included. Volume appears unused. This a reproduction of "The Field Manual for the Use of the Officers on Ordnance Duty" printed in 1862.Tables and graphs throughout.

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and square covers. Text is age-toned. Spine is not creased.

411 pp. Clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. In as new condition. Black and white illustrations included. DJ is bright and unblemished. From the front DJ flap, "In 'Sea of Faith', O'Shea chronicles both the meeting of minds and the collisions of armies that marked the interaction of the Cross and Crescent in the Middle Ages...".

Text is clean and unmarked in intact covers without creases, tears, or chips. Spine is not creased. Photos included. From the back cover, "Provides a significant historical dimension to the present plight of the urban Negro and the impact of his deprivation on the larger community of which he is a part."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Volume enclosed in a slipcase. Slipcase is in very good condition other than fading on the outside edges. Volume appears unused. Translated by John Joseph Stoudt. A card included states, "This translation of Caspar Schwenckfeld's 'Passional and Prayer Book' comes as a gift to you as a gift of the Schwenckfelder Library. Its publication is a part of the commemorative observance in this 400th anniversary year of Schwenckfeld's death. It is our hope that this slender volume may serve to strengthen our common spiritual life."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. A previous owner's book plate is attached to the front free end paper. DJ is age toned with some wear along the outer edges. DJ has a small, closed tear on the top back. From the front DJ flap, "The ideas and feelings of the noted authors who write the hit shows on and off Broadway explode in a fireworks display of 30 articles and conversations and more than 100 comments on the theater, originally written to be read by each other in their own private publication, the 'Dramatists Guild Quarterly'. "

214 pp. Age discoloration on the outside text block. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. 35 pp. of advertisements in the back of the book. Six page illustrations by J. Watson Davis.

Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is slightly smudged and faded at the spine. A gift label to a university is attached to the front free paper. Volume was not put in circulation. A stamped "Received' stamp on a page before the title page. Title is a Life-In-America prize book. From the Foreword, "This book, I believe, might very well be named 'Inside Black America'. For it is an intimately detailed study of Negro life. Harlem, the most complex of Negro communities, is used as a sort of test tube in which the germs of Negro thought, and action are isolated, examines, and held up to full glare to reflect Black America."