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434 pages. Solid and clean, a little age-darkening, a little foxing and a few light stains on a few early pages; binding slightly cocked, front hinge just starting.This is the second state of the first printing, because the word transposition on pg. 419, line 14 has been corrected, and the copyright date of 1921 is on the copyright page only; no other printing stated. This book was part of a variety-store lending library back when such things existed, and bears the store's bookplate on the flyleaf.Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice, once for The Magnificent Ambersons (1919) and once for Alice Adams (1922). Although mostly forgotten today, he was considered America's greatest novelist during his lifetime, on a par with Mark Twain, led best-seller lists and had many of his novels made into movies, such as Alice Adams by George Stevens in 1935 and The Magnificent Ambersons by Orson Welles in 1942,
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Alice Adams
by Tarkington, Booth
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Stories and Poems for Children
by Thaxter, Celia
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Some shelf wear, soiling and fading, small water stain, tanning of spine, but binding and pages tight and intact, head and heel of spine intact. One or two pages with marks by former children owners, a very small tear on two pages. Frontispiece illustration.A good + copy of Celia's Thaxter's hard-to-find collection for children. Introduction by Sarah Orne Jewett. One of the most popular writers of the 19th century, Celia Thaxter lived most of her life on the Isles of Shoals, between Maine and New Hampshire, eventually running her father's hotel on Appledore Island and hosting a constellation of the most prominent figures of literary New England; she and her famous gardens were painted by Childe Hassam, and became known far and wide; her gardens can still be visited on Appledore.
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The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape and uses of an Ancient City Center
by Thompson, Homer A., Wycherly, R.E.
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A couple of minor tears in top edge of the dust jacket; volume itself is completely clean and unmarked except for inscription from Prof. Thompson to the distinguished medievalist Prof, Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (whose copy this was and whose bookplate it bears), where they were colleagues, and again in 1960/61 at The American School of Classical Studies in Athens when Prof. Setton directed the "Gennadion."The 14th volume of the magisterial 22-volume series The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, this definitive volume traces the history of the center of Athenian civic life from the Neolithic Period to the present. Discussed are civic, administrative, cultural, commercial and religious structures, shrines and temples. Drainage systems, roads, mills and other practical matters of life during the successive periods of occupation and activity are also discussed.
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A commentary on the Dresden Codex: A Maya Hieroglyphic Book
by Thompson, John Eric Sydney
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Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 93.This volume is in new condition, with a 1 1/4" tear on top front of the dust jacket, a 1/2" tear and a water spot on the bottom front of the dust jacket (which does not penetrate to the front board of the book). A couple of small soil spots on dust jacket. Volume shows no bumping, tanning, marks of any kind, no bookplates, not an ex-library copy. (Note: what appear to be gray stains on pages on lower right of some photographs are shadows of our inept photographer.)This out-of-print classic work by arguably the greatest Mayanologist of the 20th century is the last volume of Thompson's three works on Mayan hieroglyphic writing. It is a standard text for students of Mayan writing, and while more knowledge has been gained in the 50 years since its publication, it remains a foundational work in the field.
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A History of Prices: And Of the State of The Circulation
by Tooke, Thomas
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In 6 volumes, covering 1793-1856; vol. 1 published 1838, vol. 6 published 1857. Very Good: no cracks or tears, slight abrasions on spine of volume four.Tooke's groundbreaking analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period, concentrating on the principles of pricing, monetary circulation, issuance and valuation/devaluation of currency, the effects and principles of bank-issued currency, the effects of weather, war, monopoly, transportation and colonialism upon the mechanisms of pricing.
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Notes on Translating Idiomatic Modern Greek
by Trypanis, George A
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Some tanning of the spine and cover and a very little age-darkening, but all pages tight, clean, complete and unmarked except for a couple of neat pencil marks; bears signature of Prof. Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study and "Aθηναι (except with correct diacritics) 1960."A hard-to-find work on the specialized and difficult subject of good English translations of idiomatic Modern Greek.Includes examples, idiom lists, translation samples, annotated translation exercises, examination papers and some historical discussion of the Demotic/Katharevousa spectrum. Some of the discussion may seem a little dated to the modern reader, but Katharevousa runs deep in the modern language, and some knowledge of it is essential to reading a variety of authors.This is the revised reprint of 1954. Generally intended for Greek students preparing for University of Cambridge Local Examinations.
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