New York: A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, 1985. Hardcover. First printing Nov. 1985. [8], 403 p.; 22 cm. Blue cover with silver spine title. Dust jacket with cover art by Enric. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. A stand-alone science fiction novel by the author... More
New York: Timescape Books distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1983. Hardcover. 317, [3] p.; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; mustard paper over boards. Mustard endpapers. Dust jacket with jacket art by Don Maitz. Won the John W. Campbell Award. Book is in Very Good Condition: one... More
New York: Timescape Books distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1981. Hardcover. [8], 279, [1] p.; 22 cm. Blue and red cover with black spine title. Dust jacket with jacket art by Don Maitz. "Book Club Edition" -- on dust jacket flap. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Won... More
New York: Timescape Books distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1981. Hardcover. [8], 275, [1] p.; 22 cm. Black and grey cover with blue spine title. Dust jacket with jacket art by Don Maitz. "Book Club Edition" -- on dust jacket flap. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Won... More
New York: Timescape Books distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1980. Hardcover. [8], 276, [2] p.; 22 cm. Green and black cover with red spine title. Dust jacket with jacket art by Don Maitz. "Book Club Edition" -- on dust jacket flap. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Won... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Hardcover. xx, 249 p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in the Political Economy. The author "documents and explains the transformation of clerical work from a male to a female occupation amidst the... More
Oxford, Eng. Oxford University Press, 2000. Paperback. xiv, 566 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Part of the series Oxford Readings in Feminism. Contributors include: Claire Johnston, Laura Mulvey, Elizabeth Cowie, Christine Gledhdill, Mary Ann Doan, Kaja Silverman, Judith Mayne, Teresa de Lauretis, Pratibha Parmar, and Ana M. Lopez. In Very Good+... More
Cambridge, Eng. University Press, 1899. Printed by J. and C. F. Clay at the University Press. [4], 7 p., 47 leaves of text, 47 leaves of facsimiles; 41 cm. Dark blue clamshell case with gilt title on spine and top; silver fastener. Preface signed: William Aldis Wright. The manuscript, mainly... More
Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 1999. Paperback. [6], 222, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "The essays collected here focus on women in front of, behind, and on the TV screen, as producers, viewers, and charcters." -- cover. Contributors are Michele Hilmes, Mark Williams, Mary Desjardins, Moya... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xv, [3], 354 p.; 23 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. The author looks at 100 years of efforts by Americans to creative cooperative rather than competitive communities. He discusses movements "from Millenarianism and Owenism through Fourierism to Modern... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. Paperback. xix, [1], 378 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "provides a blueprint for a revitalised, positive and inclusive brand of feminism, unafraid of success." -- cover. In Near Fine Condition: pages are browning; clean and tight. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. Hardcover. xii, [4], 231 p.; 24 cm. Blue cover with gilt spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. "In the 1950s and 1960s, as the white residents, real estate agents, and municipal officials of many American cities fought to keep African... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Hardcover. xvi, 445, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine title. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in Culture and Society, edited by Catharine R. Stimpson. "In this pathbreaking study, Micaela di Leonardo reveals the face of... More
New York: Routledge, 2002. Paperback. xv, [1], 569 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contributors include: Kate lacey, Kathy M. Newman, Allison McCracken, Barbara Savage, Alexander Russo, Susan Smulyan, Jack Mitchell, Paul Riismandel, John Fiske, and Susan J. Douglas. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; chipping at head... More
London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1916. Hardcover. xl, 436 pages, frontispiece: 403 illustrations (black-and-white photographs and plans), 1 map; 40 cm. Dark blue cloth on spine and corners with grey cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges gilt. Imprint includes Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. No date... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992. Paperback. [12], 463 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author, Jean Staffford (1915-1979), was an American writer of short stories and novels. She won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for this collection of stories. In Very Good Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; spine cracked; clean and tight. More
Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. x, 329 p.; 22 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Drawn from the author's column by the same name and articles he wrote while Paperback Editor of the New York Times Book Review. Covers the publishing industry in the... More
London: Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Royston, 1653. Hardcover. [6], xii, 1008, [20] pages; 34 cm. Later homemade plain calf cover over original? binding with seven spine compartments between raised bands. Engraved title vignette; woodcut initial letters. Notes are printed in columns. Includes indices of Greek words and phrases... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987. Hardcover. xv, [1], 315 p.; 24 cm. Yellow cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's series Technology and Urban Growth. The author examines the role of the Bureau of Public Roads in planning and building the American highway system from... More
Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1985. Paperback. 121 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with white cover title and portrait of Rembrandt Peale on the front cover. Contents include: Rembrandt Peale: The Career of an American Master by Lillian B. Miller -- The Portraiture of Rembrandt Peale: Artistic Aspirations and Stylistic... More
Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, Schott / Universal Edition, 1973. Paperback. Zehnte Auflage / Tenth Edition. BWV 772-801. "Nach Autographen und Abschriften herausgegeben und kommentiert von Erwin Ratz und Karl Heinz Füssl; Fingersätze von Oswald Jonas. Edited and annotated from autographs and manuscript copies by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Füssl;..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 256 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped title on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Appendices contain lists of orchestra members; world and U.S. premieres; discography and filmography; presidents or chairmen of the board of directors, volunteer commitees, and... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004. Hardcover. vii, [3], 422 p.: maps; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. When the Federal Writers' Project, part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), was terminated in 1939, The Negro in Pittsburgh had not been completed. The manuscript was... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. Hardcover. xi, [3], 226 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light orange-brown cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. No dust jacket. "Temple Univ." stamped on upper page edges. Includes bibliography and index. In Very Good+ Condition: "Temple Univ." stamped on upper... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Hardcover. x, 243 p.; 22 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. "Temple Univ." stamped on upper page edges. Contributors include: Kathrina Glitre, Shelley Cobb, Stephanie Genz, Brenda R. Weber, Lisa Purse, and Lisa Funnell. In Near Fine Condition: "Temple Univ." stamped on upper page edges; otherwise, clean and bright. More