Search Results: Authors starting with I from Cat's Cradle Books

Moskva: Iskusstvo, 1973. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Russian language. Originally soft cover, bound in buckram over boards as a hardcover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean, tanned text pages. Bright black and white photographic plates of stills from various films in which Zhakov acted as well as candid photos from his private life. Color photographic portrait of the mature actor. 111 pp. plus photographs. ; Filmography and biography of Soviet actor who appeared in films from the late 1920s to the 1980s. Ex-Library; 6.5" (16.5 cm) tall; 111 pages.

Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Book is in the Dutch language. Square, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages, clean and well kept black cloth over boards. DJ has general shelf wear with overall scuffing. ; Book is a Dutch-language translation of the original Arabic text, which translates as "The Ring of the Dove: A Treatise on the Art and Practice of Arab Love." ; 8.75" (22 cm) tall; 282 pages.

Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1956. Hard Cover. Good in Good dust jacket. Signed by author on ffep with brief inscription. Book is square with sharp corners and tight binding and hinges. Pages are clean and bright. DJ has minor edge wear, some scuffing, but integrity is intact. ; Author was professor of English at High Point College (University) in North Carolina. 9.25" (23.5 cm) tall; 111 pages; Signed by Author.

Roma: Nella Sede dell'Istituto Palazzo Borromini, 2006. Softcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book is in the Italian language. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers clean. DJ has very minor shelf wear. Pages uncut. ; Contents: Miglio, Introduzione. Mazzocco, Un'idea politica italiana in Petrarca? Bianca, Petrarca e la sua percezione di una storia della Chiesa. Ferrau, Petrarca e la politica signorile. Varanini, Francesco Petrarca e i Da Carrara, signori di Padova. Ortalli, Petrarca e Venezia fra attrazione e incomprensione. Miglio, Premessa. Cherubini, Arezzo 1304. Scharf, Fra signori e political regionaleç Arezzo da Campaldino a Guido Tarlati (1289-1327). Franceschi, Arezzo all'apogeo dello svilupppo medievale: Aspetti economici e sociali. Bigazzi, Le risorse di Ghita. ; Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo Nuovi Studi Storici; Vol. 70; 10" (25.4 cm) tall; 191 pages.

Helsinki: Tammi, 1985. Unknown Binding. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Square, sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened text pages. Paper over boards has handling wear and light shelf wear. ; Book is in the Finnish language. Novel by Finnish author Eva Illoinen (1934-1987) . ; Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 227 pages.

Jakarta: Restu Agung, 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Indonesian language. Square binding, clean and bright pages. Wraps have general light shelf wear. Governmental document, full text of March 1988 decree regarding governmental leadership and presidential appointments. 8.25" (21 cm) tall; 125 pages.

Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, University of Chicago Press, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Original wrappers preserved in heavy laminate. ; Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War and a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, led a touring military drill team, the "Zouave Cadets of Chicago," before the outbreak of the war. Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 163 pages.

Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 2019. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. No evidence of wear. ; Anthology of essays on the work of Canadian composer Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011). ; 9.0" tall; 261 pages.

Los Angeles: University of Southern California, 1953. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly tanned. Wraps have light tanning, small amount of writing on front. ; Contents: Inlow, Social and Personal Pressures Disrupting the Modern Family. Mohilever, Some Aspects of Social Casework with Foreign Clients. Faraday, Teamwork between the Church and the Social Agency. Milner, The Role of Social Group Work. Departments (alumni, social work research). ; 9.0" tall; 40 pages.

Savannah, GA, U.S.A.: Georgia Historical Society, 1953. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers are faded at spine and chipped at lower back, with general shelf wear. ; Contents: Smith on Jomini and Clausewitz and Sherman's march through Georgia. Funderburke on the Atlanta years of architect Edmund G. Lind, 1882-1893. Levine on black private social welfare institutions in the South, 1880s-1920s. Finlay on Jesse F. Jackson, the Central of Georgia Railroad, and the failure of chemurgy in the depression-era South. Dimmer on recent works on race, class, and politics in twentieth-century Atlanta. ; 9.25" (23 cm) tall; 100 pages.

Madrid: Editorial Mediterraneo, 1974. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Spanish language. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Wraps have light wear overall. Signed by author with brief inscription on half title page. ; Novel by 20th century Spanish author Carmen Iranzo. ; Spanish Edition; 8.25" tall; 199 pages; Signed by Author.

Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1996. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Stapled, booklet-style binding is tight. Pages clean, bright. Wraps have general handling wear. Short historical articles about changing technology in North Carolina history. 11.0" (28 cm) tall; 36 pages.

Leominster, England: Orphans' Printing Press, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages with some foxing. Cloth over boads is torn at upper and lower spine with discoloration and small hole on spine. Overall heavy shelf wear, soiling, bumped corners. Gilt lettering on front is bright. ; Genealogy of the Quaker Featherstone and Hall families tracing their experiences through letters and papers. from the 17th to the 19th century. Fold-out genealogical chart in back. ; 7.00" tall; 99 pages.

New York: Theatre Arts, Inc, 1937. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Soundly stapled binding, although wrappers are starting to pull away. Pages tanned with faint dampstaining at top corner throughout. Wrappers soiled with edge wear and overall handling wear. ; Includes seventy illustrations and a narrative by the influential author, editor, and drama critic Rosamond Gilder. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages; Re#.

Tokyo: Kao Corporation, 1989. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. Textured DJ is clean. ; Posthumous look at Hirohito's life with an eye toward understanding his humanity. ; 9.25" tall; 107 pages.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1952. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Slightly stressed binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Wraps have handling wear. ; Medieval French epic poem in original language, together with introduction and other materials in English. ; University of North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures; Vol. 13; 9.0" tall; 128 pages.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1952. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Text of poem is in medieval French. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Intended as a class text of the medieval poem. University of North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literature; Vol. 13; 8.5" tall ; 128 pages.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light shelf wear. ; Medieval French poem with glossary by Piffard. ; University of North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literature; Vol. 35; 9.0" tall; 211 pages.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Contents: Styan, The mystery of the play experience: Quince's questions. Whiteside, Self-referring artifacts. Elam, Much ado about doing things with words (and other means): some problems in the pragmatics of theatre and drama. Issacharoff, Stage codes. Alter, Decoding Mnouchkine's Shakespeare (a grammar of stage signs). Pavis, From text to performance. Jones, A medieval prescription for performance (Le Jeu d'Adam). Schechner, Performance orientations in ritual theatre. Issacharoff, Postscript or pinch of salt: performance as mediation or deconstruction. Bibliography, contributors, index. ; 9.25" tall; 160 pages.

Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block (visible when closed). DJ has light shelf wear. Challenging many long-held assumptions, Professor Itzkoff, of Smith College, argues that poverty, social pathology, and human degradation are the result of "low human intelligence and the consequent inability of humans to compete in highly complex and dynamic economic and social environments."; Remainder; 9.5" tall; 219 pages.