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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x6x1. 2nd printing. Faint edge wear to jacket. 1969 Hard Cover. Christie Opara, the only woman on the D.A.'s Special Investigation Squad, is assigned by her boss to shadow his daughter to a civil rights demonstration. An ugly group of hecklers soon turns the demonstrators into a riot and someone gets shot. A cop with a bewildered look on his face, stands over the body with revolver in hand. It was an unnecessary killing. The crowd and the public cries for the cop's blood in the days to come. Only Christie, who was standing next to the cop, saw another person do the actual shooting.

New York: Vintage, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. 1st printing. Remainder mark. 2018 Trade Paperback. 528 pp. A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated legislature as an outgrowth of polygamy in 1870, fifty years ahead of the vote nationally ratified by Congress, and who became political actors in spite of, or because of, their marital arrangements. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, writing of this small group of Mormon women who've previously been seen as mere names and dates, has brilliantly reconstructed these textured, complex lives to give us a fulsome portrait of who these women were and of their "sex… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1991. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Signed by author. SIGNED by author. Dent on back cover. 1991 Trade Paperback. x, 444 pp. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Includes several maps. Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society. At once lively and impeccably scholarly, A Midwife's Tale is a triumph of history on a human scale.

Rochester, New York: Rochester Public Library, 1987. Stapled Binding. Fine. Fine copies. 1987 Stapled Binding. 24; 24 pp. Two volume set: William Tichenor: Early Dentist and Inventor (Rochester History Summer, 1997, Vol. LIX, No. 3; Fall, 1997, Vol. LIX, No. 4). With black-and-white illustrations. A biography of William Tichenor, a dentist and inventor in Rochester, New York.

Hong Kong: Military History Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rocco, Keith. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition, #162 of 1000 copies, signed by author. Minor blemish on front board, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2005 Full-Leather. 346 pp. A collection of eyewitness Napoleonic uniform plates from the 1813 Campaign. The highly respected French magazine 'Uniformes' proclaimed Keith Rocco an 'artist in the tradition of Remington and Detaille.' Keith Rocco's artwork has appeared on nearly every cover of 'Napoleon,' the international journal of the French Revolution and Age of Napoleon Bonaparte. Thousands of readers worldwide have been enthralled by Rocco's stunning illustrations of one of the most colorful periods of military history. Rocco has won international acclaim for his depiction of the common Soldiers of the various nations that fought for and against Napoleon's France… Read More

New York: H. Dayton, 1860. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper, faint stain on corner of first few pages. 1860 Hard Cover. xii, [13]-240 pp. 12mo. Light brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece of Damascus, engraved plates and cuts throughout text. An illustrated travelogue of the Middle East and Asia, published by J.N. Stearns under the pseudonym 'Uncle Merry'.

Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. 7x0x8. Liwska, Renata. Brand new from publisher. 2012 Soft Cover. [32 pp.] The holidays are filled with joyful noise. But Christmas is sometimes wrapped in quiet: 'Searching for presents quiet,' 'Getting caught quiet,' and 'Hoping for a snow day quiet.' Irresistibly cute, soft colored pencil illustrations of bunnies, bears, and more paint a magical holiday picture indeed.

New York: Academic Press, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Related article laid in, ink underlining on several dozen pages, bottom corner lightly bumped, small spot on top corner of a few pages. 1982 Hard Cover. 331, [5] pp. 8vo. CONTENTS: Contributors; Preface; Contents of Volume 1; Contents of Volume 2; 1. Beliefs about Conscious Experience - Peter White 2. Consciousness, Self-consciousness, Inner Games, and Alternative Realities - John Shotter 3. Forms of Thought - Neil Bolton 4. Conscious Perception and the Paradox of "Blind-Sight" - Thomas Natsoulas 5. Attention and Awareness in Cognitive and Motor Skills - Geoffrey Underwood 6. Metamemory and Effects of Intending, Attending, and Intending to Attend - Stephen J. Ceci & Michael J.A. Howe 7. Focus of Attention and Awareness of Bodily Sensations - Karen A. Matthews, Charles S. Carver & Michael F. Scheier 8. Meditation and Self-awareness: Physiological and Phenomenological Approaches - Michael West 9. Self-awareness… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Underwood, Leon. Limited edition, one of 2500 copies. No jacket. Address label on front endpaper. 1928 Hard Cover. xv, 269 pp. Introduction by Phillips Russell. A novel told in text accompanied by the striking woodcuts of the author/artist Underwood. -

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Fourth printing. Bottom edge of covers rubbed and bumped. 2009 Trade Paperback. x, 513 pp. Magnifico is a vividly colorful portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, the uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age. A true "Renaissance man," Lorenzo dazzled contemporaries with his prodigious talents and magnetic personality. Known to history as Il Magnifico (the Magnificent), Lorenzo was not only the foremost patron of his day but also a renowned poet, equally adept at composing philosophical verses and obscene rhymes to be sung at Carnival. He befriended the greatest artists and writers of the time -- Leonardo, Botticelli, Poliziano, and, especially, Michelangelo, whom he discovered as a young boy and invited to live at his palace -- turning Florence into the cultural capital of Europe. He was the leading statesman of the age, the fulcrum of Italy, but also a cunning and ruthless political… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. A fine copy. 2012 Trade Paperback. x, 400 pp. Niccolò Machiavelli is the most influential political writer of all time. His name has become synonymous with cynical scheming and the selfish pursuit of power, but the real Machiavelli, says Miles Unger, was a deeply humane and perceptive writer whose controversial theories were a response to the violence and corruption he saw around him. Machiavelli’s philosophy was shaped by the tumultuous age in which he lived, an age of towering geniuses and brutal tyrants. His first political mission was to spy on the fire-and-brimstone preacher Savonarola. He was on intimate terms with Leonardo and Michelangelo. As a diplomat, he matched wits with the corrupt Pope Alexander VI and his son, the infamous Cesare Borgia, whose violent career served as a model for The Prince. Analyzing their successes and failures, Machiavelli… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 100x20x148. First edition. Light scratch on front jacket panel, front jacket flap creased. 2014 Hard Cover. x, 432 pp. Miles Unger has relied on original Italian sources as well as his own deep knowledge of Florence in writing this fascinating and authoritative account of a genius whose work remains as relevant today as when he wrote it.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2005. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 9x6x1. Second printing. Minor general wear. 2005 Trade Paperback. xxvii, 475 pp. This definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II describes the siege of Budapest in unprecedented detail. Both Stalin and Hitler demanded victory at all costs, and the cost was extreme: 80,000 Soviet troops, 38,000 German and Hungarian soldiers, and 38,000 Hungarian civilians perished. The book provides the first full account of this shocking battle.

Washington, D.C: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office/Government Printing Office, 1940. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Ink stamp, some pencil notes. 1940 Large Hardcover. x, 263 pp. These tables consist of tabulated solutions of the navigational triangle, so arranged as to yield computed altitude and azimuth angle by inspection. The scheme of precomputing such values for ready use is a long-established one. It is in the scope, arrangement, and convenience of interpolation, developed by the Hydrographic Office, that these tables are unique. The tables are applicable equally to observations of the sun, moon, planets, and navigational stars, whether observed in north or south latitude. For convenience, the values for only 10 degrees of latitude are included in each volume. This series of tables, commonly known as H.O. Pub No. 214, is intended primarily for marine navigation.

Arthur, ON: Sean George Pressed Glass & Goblets, 2005. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 0x0x0. Reissue. Faint edge wear. 2005 Hard Cover. 352 pp. The definitive work on goblets gives historical information and photograph for every known American and Canadian goblet ever manufactured.

Georgetown: Georgetown University, 1925. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light general wear. 1925 Large Hardcover. The 1925 yearbook for Georgetown University. Contents include: College; Military; Medicine; Law; Dental; Foreign Service; Graduate; Fraternities; Athletics.

Syracuse, New York: Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1927. Soft Cover. Good. Stained, loss to spine head, pages foxed. 1927 Soft Cover. 496-641 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Three fold-out maps follow text. The Beaver in the Adirondacks: Its Economics and Natural History by Charles Eugene Johnson.

Syracuse: Bulletin of Syracuse University, 1903. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Minor general wear. 1903 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Green wrappers. A photographic bulletin for Syracuse University.

Lexington: Transylvania University Press, 1987. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. An exceptional copy. 1987 Hard Cover. xxii, 635 pp. A complete catalog of the collection of medical books owned by Transylvania University Library, divided by category. Includes: Practical Medicine; Anatomy and Surgery; Physiology; Obstetrics; Chemistry; Materia Medica; Natural History; Scientific Periodicals; Miscellanies; Encyclopaedias, Transactions and Works of the Fathers of Medicine. Plus two appendices: Medical Theses; M.D. Degree Recipients without Theses. Index follows text.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. A bit smoky, top page edge lightly foxed. 1995 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. The national bestseller: A medieval murder mystery full of the wonders of the time—and lessons for our own time—by a master storyteller. The time is the fourteenth century. The place is a small town in rural England, and the setting a snow-laden winter. A small troupe of actors accompanied by Nicholas Barber, a young renegade priest, prepare to play the drama of their lives. Breaking the longstanding tradition of only performing religious plays, the groups leader, Martin, wants them to enact the murder that is foremost in the townspeoples minds. A young boy has been found dead, and a mute-and-deaf girl has been arrested and stands to be hanged for the murder. As members of the troupe delve deeper into the circumstances of the… Read More