UK: Penguin Books, 2016. Reprint. Paperback. Grayson Perry’s book will overturn everything you thought you knew about “art” Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he’s called..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. This lucid and elegantly written book seeks to redefine the economic history of early modern Britain for a new generation of readers. Combining the research of economic historians with the insights provided by recent advances in social and cultural history..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2010. John Tenniel (illustrations). Reprint. Paperback. More
Essex, UK: Longman, 1973. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. With an introduction by Asa Brigs Originally published in 1926 and revised in succeeding decades, Trevelyan's classic work analyzes the social development of England in relation to economic conditions, political institutions, and overseas activities This is the new illustrated edition first..... More
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Contents I THE MALTHUSIAN MARRIAGE SYSTEM 1 Charles Darwin and Thomas Malthus 2 The importance of Malthusian marriage 3 The Malthusian marriage system and its origins II THE VALUE OF CHILDREN 4 The benefits and..... More
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1972. First Printing. Paperback. A first hand account of daily life in China during the Cultural Revolution by the Italian journalist and politician. More
Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1969. Mark Elvin (tr.). First Edition. Paperback. No.1 of the Michigan Abstracts of Chinese and Japanese Works on Chinese History. More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. First Paperback Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. To understand Russian history without understanding serfdom — the peasant-lord relationship that shaped Russia for centuries — is impossible. Still, before Jerome Blum, no scholar had tackled the subject in depth. Monumental in scope and pathbreaking in its analysis, Lord and..... More
Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. Rare. Originally published in Japanese. No 3. of the Michigan Abstracts of Chinese and Japanese Works on Chinese History, edited by Mark Elvin. More
Austin: The University of Texas, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton Tricentennial Celebration. More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1967. Arthur Shilstone (drawings); Saul Bass (design). Seventh Printing. Paperback. From the website of the U.S. website: The all-time best seller among Washington political fiction, Advise and Consent remained on the New York Times best seller list for a then-unprecedented 102 weeks. The book..... More
Petaluma, California: Nilgiri Press, 1988. Second Printing. Paperback. In the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself. In extraordinary visions, they have direct experience of a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created..... More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1956. James Meese (cover painting). First Printing. Paperback. Rare early printing. No. C-209 Owen Wister’s powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an enduring part of American mythology. Set in..... More
New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 2001. Bob Eggleton (cover art). First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Edited and compiled by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon With a preface by Mercedes Lackey Contains the following stories: The Confederacy of Vega (Agent of Vega; The Illusionists; The Second Night of..... More
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