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What Life Was Like: At the Dawn of Democracy Classical Athens 525-322 Bc
Time Life Books 1997 0783554532 / 9780783554532 Hard Cover As New As New 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Walk through the crowded Athenian marketplace, the Agora, past the sandalmakers, wine dealers, and slave merchants. All around you, dancers, jugglers and conjurers amuse you for a coin or two. Visit the battlefields, the athletic arenas, the schoolrooms and the bedrooms of the civilization that brought democracy to the world.
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What Life Was Like: At the Dawn of Democracy Classical Athens 525-322 Bc
Time Life Books 1997 0783554532 / 9780783554532 Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 144 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Walk through the crowded Athenian marketplace, the Agora, past the sandalmakers, wine dealers, and slave merchants. All around you, dancers, jugglers and conjurers amuse you for a coin or two. Visit the battlefields, the athletic arenas, the schoolrooms and the bedrooms of the civilization that brought democracy to the world.
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What Life Was Like: In the Age of Chivalry Medieval Europe Ad 800-1500
Time Life Books 1997 0783554516 / 9780783554518 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Dustcover is clean and bright, shows 1 small, closed tear. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 168 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. A volume of stunning images of medieval people and places. Enlargements of figures from manuscripts, art reproductions, and photographs of artifacts and buildings are arranged on pages that alternate from ivory to parchment backgrounds. The text presents an overview of life in the Middle Ages through descriptions of noble and notable individuals such as Charlemagne, Heloise and Abelard, Thomas Becket, and William Marshal. A typical life story is charted for Abrahil the peasant, and the letters of the Italian townsman Francesco Datini and his wife Margherita reveal life within the rising middle class. The female sex receives attention in the well-known persons Hildegard von Bingen, Christine de Pisan, and Joan of Arc as well as in the section on childbirth and children. The book is divided into four chapters that center on the people of the church, the knightly class, peasants and rural landowners, and town dwellers. The coverage, while interesting and comprehensive, is traditional in its scope and is focused on the areas of England, France, and Italy. An excellent bibliography of scholarly and classic titles is included. The arrangement of topics and pictures invites leisurely perusal rather than reference searches for reports. A handsomely designed, admirably balanced blend of pictures and text. Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
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Abbott, Geoffrey The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold
St. Martin's Press 2002 073947538X / 9780739475386 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing or tears inside book. 240 pages. - Synopsis A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions ,strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. Sometimes it's hard to be an executioner, trying to keep someone from popping up to make a quip when they should have spectacularly sunk without a trace. Or to be told that the condemned to the guillotine won't have a last drink for fear of "completely losing his head." The business of death can be absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these tales of the gruesome and frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker. Did you know: When Sir Thomas More was ordered to position his head on the block, he said "though you have warrant to cut off my head, you have none to cut off my beard?" When the guillotine took three strokes to sever the neck of Isabeau Herman, the mob attempted to stone the executioner to death for cruelty? After the English hanged the pirate Captain Kidd they chained his body to a stake on the Thames River as a warning to seafarers? From the strange to the gruesome, from the weird to the completely unbelievable, The Executioner Always Chops Twice is popular history at its best: witty, lively, and wonderfully bizarre. Biography Geoffrey Abbott served for many years as a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London. Author of sixteen books and contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he has made numerous television appearances. He lives in London.
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Abbott, John S.C. The History Of The Empire Of Russia Containing An Account Of All The Most Interesting Events In That Vast Monarchy
Boston B.B. Russell 1872 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean copy of this scarce 1872 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Dark-green boards with gilt lettering and decoration (clean and bright, shows light wear, light bumping of corners. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. 546 pages. Frontispiece engraving of "The Imperial Family of Russia". Inside book, there is also a very-nice engraving of Peter the Great. The engravings appear to be steel engravings. Engraving have onionskin overlay. Tight spine, clean pages. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's stamp on title page (Library of A.J. Teeling). 5 pages have very-small closed tears outside page edge (blank area).
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Ackroyd, Peter Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination
New York, New York, U.S.A. Doubleday 2003 0385497725 / 9780385497725 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $40.00. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. Nicely illustrated. 527 pages. From Booklist Following the triumph of London: A Biography (2001), Ackroyd confidently and entertainingly delves into a far more elusive aspect of the English experience, the origins of England's distinctive, widely influential imagination. Albion is an ancient name for the island as well as for the primeval giant who made it his home, a clue to the two primary characteristics Ackroyd discusses in this marvelous synthesis: the deeply rooted connection between the English and their land and a reverence for the past. Ackroyd begins by discussing how trees became sacred symbols of life and continuity, and, as he does with each ensuing subject, whether it's the sea, stones, rain, gardens, music, painting, or ghosts, he presents a cascade of evocative examples, keenly interpreting various artists, composers, and dozens of writers, including Chaucer, Blake, Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Austen, and J. R. R. Tolkien. The English imagination is stoked by visions and leavened with wit, Ackroyd avers, forming not a linear progression but, rather, a shining circle that leads back to the "original sources of inspiration," be they Celtic, classical, or Christian. A master extrapolator and wonderfully epigrammatic stylist fluent in many disciplines, Ackroyd has created a key to English creativity past, present, and future. Donna Seaman.
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Alexander, Caroline The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Press 2003 067003133X / 9780670031337 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Appears unread. Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - Price inside dustcover: $27.95. - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 490 pages. More than two centuries after Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man's honor at the dawn of the Romantic age. Author Biography: Caroline Alexander is the author of the New York Times bestseller about Ernest Shackleton, The Endurance, and four previous books. Her articles have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, and National Geographic, among other publications.
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Allin, Michael Zarafa : A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
Walker and Company 1998 0802713394 / 9780802713391 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $22.00 - 215 pages - Illustrated - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - In October 1826 a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris, to the delight of thousands of onlookers. Zarafa/i chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early 19th century.
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Allin, Michael Zarafa : A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris
Walker and Company 1998 0802713394 / 9780802713391 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $22.00 - 215 pages - Illustrated - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - In October 1826 a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris, to the delight of thousands of onlookers. Zarafa/i chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early 19th century.
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Andersson, Ingvar; Hannay, Carolyn (translated from the Swedish) A History of Sweden
Praeger 1956 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy of this 1956 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Blue boards with gilt lettering. Spine shows sun-fading. NO remainder marks or clippings. 461 pages. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's signatire in book front on blank page (M.W. Smith). NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout.
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Arciniegas, German America in Europe: A History of the New World in Reverse
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986 0151055556 / 9780151055555 First Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 298 pages. Previous owner's signature in book front, on blank page.NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears).
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Artz, Frederick B. The Enlightenment in France
Kent State Univ Pr 1985 0873380320 / 9780873380324 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good, clean copy. NO tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 166 pages. Several pages have light highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading.
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Ashley, Maurice Louis XIV and the Greatness of France
The Free Press 1967 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good copy of this 1967 Louis XIV biography. NO tears - Tight spine - Bright pages. 190 pages. Private owner's card and envelope in book front - on blank page. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 16 pages have light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears.
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Barlow, Frank Thomas Becket
Univ of California Pr 1990 0520071751 / 9780520071759 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). 334 pages. Illustrated. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 6 pages show light writing/highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading.
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Barret-Ducrocq, Francoise; Howe, John (translation by) Love in the Time of Victoria: Sexuality and Desire Among Working-Class Men and Women in 19Th-Century London
Penguin USA 1992 0140173269 / 9780140173260 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 225 pages. Synopsis There has been a great deal written on the secret longings and sexual hypocrisy of the Victorian era's upper crust, but almost nothing has chronicled the erotic desires and sexuality of London's working class. Now, in this painstakingly researched book, their touching and emotional stories can be told. Publishers Weekly In the popular mind, the coarse, licentious working classes of Victorian England wallowed in sins of the flesh. A very different picture emerges, however, from the archives of London's Foundling Hospital, where French historian Barret-Ducrocq combed documents of unwed mothers releasing babies for adoption, love letters and testimonies. Although she found evidence aplenty of adultery, prostitution and concubinage, the bestial, anarchic behavior so often attributed to the laboring class is nowhere perceptible. In most cases, a prolonged ``graduated courtship'' preceded sex. Women and men upheld marriage as an ideal, with extramarital sex viewed as an ``arrangement'' for a certain stage of life. This highly readable narrative pulls back a curtain on Victorian sexuality, subverting the stereotyped images of prudish bourgeoisie and lewd lower class.
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Baumer, Franklin L. Modern European Thought: Continuity and Change in Ideas, 1600-1950
New York, New York, U.S.A. Macmillan Pub Co 1977 0023065001 / 9780023065002 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy of this 1977 hardback. 541 pages. Illustrated (43 FULL-PAGE). NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Orange boards with red lettering (clean and bright). Dustcover is clean and bright - shows only slight wear). Previous owner's embossed name stamp in book front (Edward F. Sheehan).
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