New York: A Continuum Book; The Seabury Press, 1970. Paperback. 16th printing. 186 p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Foreward by Richard Shaull. A groundbreaking work in the critical pedagogy movement by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; spine is somewhat faded; pages are clean and tight. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975. Paperback. xxiv, 208 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the Praeger University Series. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly rubbed; spine is crased; pages are clean and tight. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1926. Paperback. xiv, 270 p., frontispiece, [40] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Grey wrapper printed in black. Pages are partially unopened and untrimmed. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 139. Includes index. A detailed history of various methods of starting fires, keeping fires, and using fires, including its... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Hardcover. 352 p.; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Red and white dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. A detailed examination of the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement, established in 1972 by President Richard Nixon, who sought... More
Philadelphia: Delaware Press, 1899. Hardcover. [2] p., [320] leaves of plates; 28 x 36 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and cover illustration. "A Panoramic Reproduction of the Most Famous Street Scenes and Historical Landscapes" -- on front cover. Inscription on front fixed endpaper: "John L. Burns... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Hardcover. xv, [1], 203, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Light grey cloth with green spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author lost his eye sight over a period of nearly 3 decades, while finishing graduate school and working as a professor history. After living... More
New York: John B. Alden, 1885. Hardcover. 672 p., 8 leaves of illustrations; 20 cm. Red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Eminent Christians." Contains biographical sketches of 125 Christians. In Good Condition: cover is rubbed and faded; ends of spine fraying; front free endpaper torn along gutter; pages are clean and tight. More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1838. Hardcover. Imprint includes T. Cadell, London. [4], 850 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title "Blackwood's Magazine" and decoration; blind-tooled decoration on spine. All page edges speckled black. Marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Library... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1927. Hardcover. xxvii, [1], 232 p., color frontispiece: map; 16 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and series emblem on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. "Winston Companion Classics" -- at head of tile page. For the use of high school students. Contains five Idylls... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Paperback. xxvi, 505 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Winner of the Speech Communication Association's Golden Anniversary Book Award. Contains an overview of advertising in presidential campaigns in American history and then devotes one chapter to each of the campaigns from 1952 through... More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 185, [3] p.: tables; 21 cm. Dark grey cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Contributions in Women's Studies, number 68. Book is in Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust... More
Rome: Carocci, 2000. Paperback. 215 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Inscribed by the author on first (blank) page. Entirely in Italian. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; edges rubbed; pages are clean and tight. More
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. Paperback. 335 p.: tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Entirely in German. In Very Good- Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; cover and page edges are lightly soiled; pp. 81-96 have browned; otherwise, clean and tight. More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Paperback. xiv, 327, [9] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the series The Working Class in American History and the series Women in American History. Former owner's name on series title page. In Near Fine Condition: cover lightly... More
Oslo, Norway: Spartacus Forlag, 2010. Hardcover. 254, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cover with grey spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper by one of the authors, Roger Kvarsvik. A history of the Norwegian community in Brooklyn from the late 19th century up to... More
London: T. Woodward, 1744. Hardcover. 2 volumes: vol. 1: [8], xvi, [8], 984 p., [16] leaves of plates; vol. 2: [10], 1056, [22] p., frontispiece and [21] leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary? half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Paperback. x, [2], 489, [5] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the New American Nation Series. Stated First Edition. In Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and tight. More
Cambridge, Mass. Inventing the Internet, 1999. Hardcover. viii, [2], 264 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Inside Technology. Contents: White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching -- Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies --... More
Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press, 2009. Paperback. vi, [10], 312 p.: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Gift inscription by the author on half title page. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
London: MIT Press, 1996. Hardcover. xxiv, 412 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Yellow cloth with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. An interesting look at the Internet from the perspective of the mid-'90s, with contributions by Vannevar Bush, J. C. R. Licklider, Vinton G. Cerf, Pavel Curtis, and others. Book is... More
Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover... More
New York: A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, 1994. Hardcover. 381 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Carol Russo with jacket art by Richard Bober, in mylar cover. The third title in the series The Book of the Long Sun. Book... More
New York: GuildAmerica Books in arrangement with Tor Books, 1994. Hardcover. [6], 496 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Dust jcket with jacket art by Ron Walotsky. A Science Fiction Book Club omnibus volume containing the first two titles in the series The Book of the Long... More
New York: A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, 1990. Hardcover. viii, 198 p.; 22 cm. Red cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Carol Russo with jacket art by Richard Bober. Best known as the author of the science fiction/fantasy series The Book of the New... More
New York: A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, 1987. Hardcover. [8], 310, [2] p.; 22 cm. Black cover with red spine title. Dust jacket designed by Carol Russo. "Book Club Edition" -- on dust jacket flap. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. A sequel The Book... More