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Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. "A critical examination of the lives and works of leading thinkers of the period. A critical examination of the lives and works of leading thinkers of the period."" [Pub. Info] 500 entries by 200 experts. 709 pages. 1ST EDITION

Knopf, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. There is a protective mylar cover.

Knopf , 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. ""Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife. -- Rolling Stone"" [Pub. Info]

Knopf , 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Book plate. There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST US EDITION.

Knopf, NY, 1999. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 900 pages.

Wayne State University Press, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "Moses Jacob Ezekiel was the first American-borm Jewish artist to achieve international recognition. A child of the South, born in Richmond, Virginia, and a graduate of the Virginia Military Academy, he served in the Confederacy in the Civil War, and became an intimate friend of General Robert E. Lee and Mrs. Lee soon after the war. ...Still a young man, Ezekiel traveled to Europe in 1869 to study sculpture in Berlin. His talent and the international acclaim it won remained for many years uncompensated, although contemporary critics praised him as the greatest talent since Michelangelo. ...Ezelkiel settle in Rome, where he became an intimate of many of the celebrated artists and political figures of the late 19th century... Ezekiel's colorful personality, his love of gossip, his unfailing curiosity about the world in which he lived, and his often magisterial opinions about the issues of contemporary society give his memoirs unique… Leer más

Bloomsbury Press, NY, Berlin, London, Sydney, 2012. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Master historian Peter Clarke…finds a fresh perspective on one of the most written-about figures in history. When Churchill received the Nobel Prize in 1953, it was not for his role as a world leader, but for literature… Churchill was a gifted and successful writer long before he was a politician, publishing a stream of books and articles over the coursee of his life... Clarke traces Churchill's literary career and unfolds the making of the magisterial work that occupied him on and off for a quarter century: his four-volume 'a History of the English-Speaking Peoples'...long before he took office, the massive project was shaping his worldview, his rhetoric, and his leadership. This was the work that defined the 'special relationship' between Britain and America." [Dust Jacket] 1ST US EDITION