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New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good. 1889. hardcover. Turn of century reprint. Stamped decorative cover & spine. Light edgewear, lightly sunned spine, boards slightly cocke… More...

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good. 1889. hardcover. Turn of century reprint. Stamped decorative cover & spine. Light edgewear, lightly sunned spine, boards slightly cocked; v. Light dampstains to boards; corners bumped; soil spot affecting p314-319; else interior and text clean and unmarked, a great copy, 324p. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. ., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1889, Easton, PA: Special Collections & Archives and Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette College, 2016. Paperback. Very Good/None. Pictorial softcover with light edgewear at extremities. Spine is uncreased. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: At the turn of the last century, two superb art glass windows were commissioned for Lafayette College from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company in New York City, Alcuin and Charlemagne (1898) and The Death of Sir Philip Sidney (1899). These two windows are now installed in Skillman Library. Tiffany at Lafayette, a lavishly illustrated catalog, celebrates this magnificent Tiffany legacy at the College with essays by three Tiffany scholars and a description of the restoration of the two windows. The four essays discuss different aspects of Lafayette's windows: 1. Lafayette's Legacy in Tiffany Glass, Elizabeth De Rosa; Independent curator Elizabeth De Rosa, who writes about Louis C. Tiffany's American patrons and his place within the wider European art nouveau movement, discusses the historical and art historical context of Lafayette's windows. 2. The Tiffany Windows at Lafayette College: Paintings in color and light, Lindsy R. Parrott; Louis C. Tiffany's windows and lamps are widely admired and celebrated, but what makes these works so special? Lindsy R. Parrott's essay explores the new types of glass and innovative fabrication techniques Tiffany used to paint with color and light. The essay is extensively illustrated with examples from the Lafayette windows. Parrott is Director and Curator, The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass, Queens, New York. 3. Intimate Blending: Louis Comfort Tiffany's Life and Art, Jennifer Perry Thalheimer; Jennifer Perry Thalheimer's essay examines Louis C. Tiffany's creative activities and his home and family life during the period (1886-1904) of his second marriage to Louise Wakeman Knox, daughter of Lafayette College president James Hall Mason Knox, a particularly productive time for the artist. Thalheimer, Curator and Collection Manager, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida. 4. Tiffany Rekindled: Restoration of Lafayette's Great Windows, Richard Prigg; Richard Prigg discusses the restoration work performed by Willet Hauser Stained Glass, Philadelphia, on both the Alcuin and Charlemagne and The Death of Sir Philip Sidney windows, including descriptions of the different structure of each window, and various problem-solving methods used to re-create missing plates and areas of the windows where the glass had chemically decomposed. Prigg, now proprietor of Sycamore Studio Stained Glass, Landsdowne, Pennsylvania, was studio manager at Willet Hauser during the restoration. [-from the publisher], Special Collections & Archives and Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette College, 2016, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. Hardcover. VG (Ex-gallery owned and copied, with labels on spine and few interior marks; BW illus. are decent yet not crisp and clear, due to copying process.). Photocopy of original book, held in red plastic three-ringed notebook, xx, 144 pp. copied two to a leaf, 43 bw plates. Considers the life and art of American-born artist George Frederick Munn (1851-1907). He was born in Utica, New York in 1851, and began his formal studies in London in 1868. He spent the majority of his time in Barbizon, before returning to America after the turn of the century. In addition to a lengthy biographical essay, this book includes a catalogue of the artist's principal works. The book was originally limited to 1000 copies. Uncommon, in any format., E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto, 1991. 225 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0921912048 B&w photographs, map. "....a nonfiction family saga built around the Goodyears of Newfoundland - their move early in the century from Ladle Cove on the Straight Shore to the newly established town of Grand Falls in the interior; the deaths of three brothers during World War I; the ambitions and failures of the family enterprises; the Goodyears' bitter division over the question of whether Newfoundland ought t o b e c o m e a province of Canada....Through the meticulously recreated story of the Goodyears, David Macfarlane illuminates our past in a fresh and unexpected way. 'The Danger Tree' is about the nature of love, the pathos of war, the meaning o f f am il y. It 's ab out memory and myth, loyalty and loss, courage and country. By turns funny, astonishing, touching and horrific, (it) moves inexorably toward its heart-rending conclusion." Very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, a few ti ny so ili ng s pec ks o n t op of textblock. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, minor edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. VG+/VG+., Macfarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto, 1991., New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1995. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/8" x 6 3/4" 0345392612 PAPERBACK Based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging, the author brings to life the people and events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Wear at edges with some white showing, spine creased, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed, light interior browning. ., Ballantine Books, 1995, US: NYU Press 2015 Edition. The book is moderately shelfworn with water damage to the front cover with minor highlighting to the first 7pp and the first free endpaper removed, otherwise unmarked, tightly bound with a clean interior- In Good Condition. 256pp. The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research and knowledge to change the world. The book gives practical strategies for scholars to become more engaged with the public on a variety of fronts: online, in print, at council hearings, even with national legislation. Lee Badgett, a veteran policy analyst and public intellectual with over 25 years of experience connecting cutting edge research with policymakers and the public, offers clear and practical advice to scholars looking to engage with the world outside of academia. She shows scholars how to see the big picture, master communicating with new audiences, and build strategic professional networks. Learn how to find and develop relationships with the people who can take your research and ideas into places scholars rarely go, and who can get you into Congressional hearings, on NPR, or into the pages of The New York Times. Turn your knowledge into clear and compelling messages to use in interviews, blog posts, tweets and op-eds. Written for both new and experienced scholars and drawing on examples and advice from the lives of influential academics, the book provides the skills, resources, and tools to put ideas into action. Editorial Reviews Review "This relatively short book shows one way in which academics can justify our privileged position and enhance the quality of research and teaching in the process. The Public Professor should be required reading."-Times Higher Education<i/> "In addressing three main themes of seeing the bigger picture, networking effectively and communicating outside the academy, Badgett draws widely on the experiences of other engaged academics, providing a clear philosophical basis for her arguments and offering a wealth of worthwhile and practical suggestions."-Times Higher Education "From one of the foremost publicly engaged scholars in the country, this brilliant and groundbreaking primer for academics interested in applying their expertise in the policy realm is also a deeply useful manual for all policy advocates. Combining astute power analysis of how policy is made with strategic communications advice, stories of real-life experience with an accessible and clear style, Lee Badgett has created an essential training tool for every academic, graduate student, law student and advocate interested in informing public policy debates."-Urvashi Vaid,author of Irresistible Revolution "Badgett provides cogent advice and time-tested guidelines for scholars interested in expanding their research results beyond academia...an accessible and thought-provoking primer."-Library Journal "Professor Badgett has a quarter century of experience successfully conveying results of scholarly research to policy makers and the public. She has written an important book which provides valuable advice for anyone who wants to improve their ability to use their research and knowledge to create compelling public messages."-David Boies,co-author of Redeeming the Dream: Proposition 8 and the Struggle for Marriage Equality "The Public Professor has much to offer by exploring what is possible for those who want to change the world."-Nature "Researchers who want to reach beyond the academy rightly worry about how to maintain scholarly integrity while streamlining their message and accommodating the time constraints of journalists or policy makers. M.V. Lee Badgett gives concrete examples and advice that can help you do both. Whether you want to advocate for a specific policy or simply get your research findings out to a wider audience, this book is a great way to get started."-Stephanie Coontz,author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap "Social change movements need scholars to contribute their ideas and research, and this book will show them how to do it. With great examples and understandable steps, Badgett's book provides the 'how-to'-it gives academics the tools to present their research in meaningful and relevant ways."-Chad Griffin,President, The Human Rights Campaign. Paperback. 5.5 x 0.8 x 8 inches., NYU Press, New York: Prentice Hall, 1990. ISBN 0132098830. Dictionary format: Key events, people, ideas, discoveries from the turn of the century up to current headlines - near 4000 entries. First edition. Hardcover in original priced dj. 7-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. 444pp. Clean interior. **faults: Minor wear at spine ends and tips. VG+ / near fine dj . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine., Prentice Hall, 1990, Llewellyn Publications, 2008. Paperback. very good. Synopsis\nA dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, "Lament" follows 16-year-old Dierdre Monaghan, who discovers that she is a cloverhand--one who can see faeries. Dierdre soon finds herself trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war., FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL SHIVER "Vibrant and potent, YA readers searching for faerie stories will be happy to find this accomplished debut novel." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series." Booklist (starred review) "Part adventure, part fantasy, and wholly riveting love story, Lament will delight nearly all audiences with its skillful blend of magic and ordinary life." -KLIATT (starred review) Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand-one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass-a soulless faerie assassin. An equally hunky-and equally dangerous-dark faerie soldier named Aodhan is also stalking Deirdre. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen's sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind . . . Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey., Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand-one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass-a soulless faerie assassin. An equally hunky-and equally dangerous-dark faerie soldier named Aodhan is also stalking Deirdre. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen's sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind . . . Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.Very good condition copy, Text appears to be clean, Wear to over all book from storage, Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Paranormal fiction; Paranormal fiction, Fairies -- Juvenile fiction, Supernatural -- Fiction, Fairies -- Fiction, Magic -- Fiction, Musicians -- Fiction; ISBN: 0738713708. ISBN/EAN: 9780738713700. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561024223. . 9780738713700, Llewellyn Publications, 2008, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 1st edition (October 2, 2002. Paperback. Good. see pictures,this is a very heavy oversized paperback book it is been in lightly read several times the cover is clean and has good color, it has a dark background with a gentleman sitting with a dog and some books on the cover … There is some wear in a few little scratches on the colored cover itself the binding is glued and it is intact there is a little bit of rolling and bent corners on the right-hand top bottom the interior of the book is clean and has no highlighting or extraordinary marks however on the title page there is an inscription… it has a lot of interesting photographs in black and white in color of drawings and illustrations and paintings that the subject of the book did …. it's not perfect but it's in fairly good shape, there are couple of dirt marks or marks on the edges of the pages but nothing horribly disfiguring… 780374528515 Hogarth: A Life and a World Paperback– October 2, 2002 by Jenny Uglow(Author) A landmark account of the great English artist's tumultuous life and times William Hogarth (1697-1764) was perhaps London's greatest and best-known chronicler. The exuberant expansion and upheavals of city life furnished him with the subjects of the elaborate prints that made him famous, and that remain our finest and most fantastic visual record of eighteenth-century England. Evoking Hogarth's fierce nationalism, his philanthropic vision, and his antagonistic dance with London's artists and patrons, Jenny Uglow's acclaimed biography "crackles with vitality and sparkles with insights" (Michael Holroyd). In the company of his friends and peers--Swift, Gay, Pope, and the rest--Hogarth burned to expose hypocrisy and yearned to be recognized as a painter in the grand old tradition. In decoding his work's details and damning references--to craven leaders and corrupt institutions, and the beloved, tragicomic tribulations of rakes, harlots, and common citizens--Uglow breathes life into his accomplishment and his thwarted ambition, showing herself at every turn "in sympathetic rapport with Hogarth the man" (P.N. Furbank, The New York Review of Books). This is a heavy sucker I will have to charge more because of shipping.....: 800 pages Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (October 2, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0374528519 ISBN-13: 978-0374528515 book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.8 inches approximate without being packed Weight: 3 pounds This would be Shipped Media mail via USPS, since the mail people actually deliver directly everywhere in the US effectively,and we need to support and use the postal service so its there in the future, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system...Your purchase helps a middle aged college girl buy more books and the occasional pedicure. .. a dental visit or two .In addition, I need to downsize my personal library built over the years.…….. I sell books on various sites, among other things, have an ESTY SITE for materials, handcrafted items vintage stuff, under LaxVespa. I deal with the public without delay no endless email, chat boxes, and I can make an immediate decision to fix the issue within reason. Problem with the order just pick up the phone and call me personally or email Before Returning your item:you need authorization email, you can deal through the book site you purchased the book.. or Call Ruth Reaser 213 787 6205 laxvespa@yahoo.com Shipping sent media mail Information about the return and refund policies that apply. Returns are sent back to the PO box on the envelope. No prepaid postage returns, postage credited back , my mistake, or item is not as described. Returns must be sent via media mail it is less costly, recycle save your original envelope or re-use packing and put in a paper bag or your new plain envelope, make a trip to the post office stand in line This weighs a ton the additonal shipping cost is built into pricing, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002, New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. 3 pages have turned down corner tips, rear flap on dust jacket has crease line. Else VG / VG dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, price intact dust jacket. 252 pages, includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index. Economics: globalization 21st century. This book is the first to compare and contrast how these two Asian nations, each with more than a billion people, are spurring a new "gold rush," and what this will mean for the rest of the world. (From publisher description) Clean interior.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good., W.W. Norton, 2007, New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1996. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Four short Henry James novels considered masterful examples of the short fiction form. "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Aspern Papers" show James' genius for creating haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. In "Turn of the Screw" the governess of two orphans, Miles and Flora, becomes convinced that evil forces are stalking them. In "Aspern Papers" a literary historian is obsessed with some letters written by a great poet--and he is determined to get them, and practices deception and trickery to attain his goal. James is a master at describing Americans in Europe and their European experience in the early 19th century. Clean and bright three quarter red cloth binding, green boards, bright and sharp gilt lettering on spine. Dark green endpapers, same color as boards. No edgewear. Interior is pristine. Really nice volume. Jacket is clean and bright. No edgewear. 329 pages. 5.5 x 8.3 inches. 1996, Book of the Month Club, New York, New York, USA, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1996, New York: Writers Club Press - An Imprint Of iUniverse.com, Inc, 2001. 201 Pages. Very light wear to cover corners and edges. No other defects noted and the interior text pages are flawless. Set in 2018, this is primarily the tale of the first Angel of Death, silent since before the birth of time. It is about the secret places in London and those that gather there, waiting for the end of the world. Above the city, ancient gods and their messengers watch these events with cold eyes of bitter insecurity. And at the heart of Saint Paul's cathedral, seven old daemons, children of the true god, the Babylonian deity, Marduk, prepare for the final song of madness that will signal the collapse of all reality; the song of courting angels. Against this backdrop, the sons and daughters of Prometheus prepare for the last days of modern history -- a vampire, a prophet, a storyteller, a fallen angel, a goddess and a woman infected by divinity -- each a manifestation of the city's history. On the threshold of Marduk's resurrection and the descent of reality back into the primordial ashes from which it was spawned, these six faces of the city must stand alone and turn the tide of history. This is a story about preservation, the last bastion of the twentieth-century and the places in each city that lay abandoned by their human architects.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6" X 9"., Writers Club Press - An Imprint Of iUniverse.com, Inc, 2001, New York : Viking, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near fine red hardcover. Near fine red color pictorial DJ. Light wear, clean interior. (1985), 8vo, [9], x-xi, [4], 2-288pp. "The ethos of family is dramatically portrayed by Denise Chong in this tale of her grandmother brought from China as a young concubine by a sojourner to the New World, of the man's wife and the children who would be left behind, and of the author's own incredible discovery of those children six decades later. Here is a true story, woven from letters, photographs, and memories, with more twists and turns than any novel. It is a story of the lives of one family living on two different sides of the globe: in a village in South China before and after the Communists took power, and in the gritty Chinatowns on North America's west coast. The "at-home" wife would hold sacred the honor of the family; supporting her was the concubine who sacrificed her own family in working the tea houses abroad, in "Gold Mountain." In tow was her youngest daughter, the author's mother. It was she who unlocked the past for her daughter, whose curiosity about some old photographs ultimately reunited this family, who had been divided for most of this century." oclc, Viking, 1995, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679408274 . SIGNED by author on full title page. "Walking on Water is a profoundly moving and provocative account - both timely and enduring - of the thoughts, the feelings, the lives, of African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era of the nineties..." Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and loose, minor edge wear, faint soiling on tail edge of pages; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, light black rub on interior of spine head. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 670 pages; Signed by Author ., Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, gift able -first edition copy - full-number line-very clean just minimal wear grand jury boards embossed BT black wrapped spine/iridescent room titling the only flaw I can find of the book is there must've been one of those electronic doodads and some paper on the spine portion of the dust jacket came off what was peeled off/one small tear at the top interior the book is clean unmarked no remainder marks --Pictures included for your review easing into your decision process--Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City--SENT MEDIA MAIL questions can be answered via customer service phone or customer emailing message services -alternative expedited deliveries need to be requested & adjusted price wise...Anthony Tommasini -chief classical music critic -"The New York Times,"& -a pianist. He lives in New York City. First full-scale biography of a dominating figure in twentieth-century American music, Anthony Tommasini tells the richly textured story of Virgil Thomson's experiences as a composer, influential critic, and gay man. Writing with exclusive, full access to Thomson's papers and from extensive interviews and research, he recounts: . Thomson's early years in turn-of-the-century Kansas City's strange mixture of antebellum racial divides...his first steps in the arts, guided by a troubled older man, himself a closeted homosexual in a time when disclosure could destroy a life... the crystallizing of his musical ambitions as an often-contentious student of Nadia Boulanger's in Paris...his pioneering collaboration with Gertrude Stein on Four Saints in Three Acts...his rivalry with fellow composers such as Aaron Copland...how he settled personal scores and advanced his own agenda during his reign on the New York Herald Tribune as America's most important, and best, music critic...his lasting impact on, and sometimes troubled interactions with, younger composers such as Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Paul Bowles, Ned Rorem, and Philip Glass...and through it all the unending struggle to write, and win an audience for, music that spoke directly and simply to the life of his time.--- Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle- Author Anthony Tommasini- Edition -illustrated- Publisher- W. W. Norton & Company, 1997-hardcover first edition- ISBN -0393040062, -9780393040067- -605 pages- Subjects Social Science ' LGBT Studies ' Gay Studies /Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians --Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City---3280 composer aisle BMK2 music, W. W. Norton &Company, 1997, New York:: Dover Publications, , (1994.). Near fine in stiff illustrated covers.. Large format trade paperback. Facsimile edition of a work originally published in 1893 as 'Suburban and Country Homes.' Houses designed to be both moderate in cost and of high esthetic appeal. Over 130 illustrations, floor plans, elevations, etc.) plus 2 articles: 'Suggestions on House Building' by A. W. Cobb and 'How to Plumb a Suburban Hous by Leonard D. Hosford, which provided the late Victorian era homeowner with valuable advice on sewage disposal. Unpaginated., Dover Publications, New York: Truman Talley Books - Plume - Penguin Group, 1992. 706 Pages Indexed. This is the December 1992 First Printing. Remainder mark on bottom pages. No other defects noted to tight square book with near flawless interior un-read text pages. Illustrated with maps. This extraordinary work recaptures the whirlwind events sweeping the world on the calendar day that may be the most momentous of the twentieth century. A day that will live in infamy was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's characterization of the unquiet Sunday that was, on the western half of the globe, December 7, 1941. In this riveting re-creation, the vast, worldwide scope of the major turning point of World War comes to unforgettable life. Stanley Weintraub's meticulously researched, kaleidoscopic book is startling in its revelations and in its juxtaposition of events. It is gripping history. A superb look at the events which led to America's entry into World War II. Professor Weintraub goes beyond focusing on the bombing of Pearl Harbor to discuss the war in Europe and the actions of President Roosevelt in those crucial hours, and he brings the reader into the lives of not only high-level decision makers but also the activities of ordinary citizens for whom the bombing completely altered their lives. Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. Senator, Hawaii, World War II combat hero calls this book a masterly montage of what was going on around the world, hour by hour, the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. An engrossing verbal cinema that demonstrates the power of language in thousands of words that offer us what pictures cannot say. Contents: Maps, The Day Before December 6 1941, Long Day's Journey, The Day After December 8, Curtain Call Doomsday, and Sources and Strategies. . First Edition First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6" x 9"., Truman Talley Books - Plume - Penguin Group, 1992, NEW YORK: THE SCRIBNER BOOK STORE 0 Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition First Printing.. Light blue cover with red leaf. Undated circa 1940's. About 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 with about ninety pages. Secure binding with clean pages and light cover edge wear. From The New York Times: Scribner Book Store, 75, Will Close Next Month By HERBERT MITGANG Published: December 07, 1988 The handsome Scribner Book Store on Fifth Avenue - a symbol of literary continuity since 1913 and part of the only landmark building in New York City originally designed to house a bookstore -will close on Jan. 22. The reason is a tale of precious Manhattan real estate, one as familiar as some of the stories that can be found on the bookshelves under the grand staircase and vaulted two-story interior. The building has been sold and the new owner is making extensive interior renovations - only the exterior has landmark status - that will drive up the costs of occupancy. The bookstore's owner, in turn, believes the new rent will be so high as to make the store unprofitable. ''A chapter of history is about to close,'' said Charles Scribner 3d, a vice president at Macmillan, which acquired the Scribner Book Companies in 1984, the same year the Scribner family sold its Fifth Avenue building. Mr. Scribner is a direct descendant of the Charles Scribner who established the venerable publishing house in 1846. Its 20th-century authors include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. 'The Story of New York' 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall., THE SCRIBNER BOOK STORE 0, Pristine- Excellent copy-very clean - Working class radicalism in mid-Victorian England -Trygve R. Tholfsen-Prof. history- Publisher Columbia University Press, 1977-excellent condition dust jacket very good pristine interior unmarked spine very tight printed buff colored paper very lightly used -first published 1977 Great Britain Croom Helm Ltd.-concurrentlyColumbia University Press, 1977-printed Great Britain -about the book-This phase of history suggest after fading of Chartist militancy radical traditions were preserved in a working-class subculture to resist full consolidation of middle-class hedgemony-book traces from the generation after Waterloo and shaping the character of a working-class left/the enlightened chief source of ideological weapons turned against established order also the transition from early Victorian to mid-Victorian. Into the first half of the 19th century the Enlightenment, evangelicalism and romanticism shaping value system providing foundations of urban -mid-Victorian . These forces also contributed to the rapproachement between working class radicalism and middle class the but liberalism, bringing latent affinities to the surface emphasizing inherited ideas/traditions exercised in influence the structure of power and status--Working class radicalism in mid-Victorian England Author Trygve R. Tholfsen Publisher Columbia University Press, 1977-jacket illustrations Mary Evans picture library- ISBN 0231042345, 9780231042345 Length 332 pages Subjects-research- England - Social conditions - 19th century- Great Britain - History - Victoria, 1837-1901- History / Europe / Great Britain Labor movement- Political Science / General / Political Ideologies / General / Political Process / Political Advocacy/ Radicalism - England - History - 19th century / England/ History/ 19th century Social Science / General / Social Classes / Sociology / General Working class - England - Political activity - History - 19th century --see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't.--Expedited Shipping available-by request/ price adjust-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa Los Angeles shipped -United States Post to fulfill your order, I carefully pack your book,hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system.--you get the copy you were viewing--Working Class 3794 BLUE HISTORY 21 Ruth Reaser-Los Angeles- LAX Vespa, Columbia Univ Pr, 1977, Brainard, NY, 1899. 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" in red cloth with paper spine label. EX-LIBRARY. Covers are substantially soiled; several cup rings on front cover, spine faded, but label still quite legible. The interior is as nice and clean as the exterior is dirty. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies, but the individual number of this copy was left blank. 2 volumes in one. 376/263pp.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket., Brainard, NY, 1899, New York and Toronto: Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons - Pagurian Press, 1971. (xi) 192 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with wear around the edges and some rubbing on the back; price intact; no interior markings. Subtitled: The Story of the Men and the Teams Who for Over Three-quarters of a Century Have Fought for Hockey's Most Prized Trophy, the Contents are: The Cup Is Born; Discord Dissension and Dispute; Turn of the Century Triumphs; Stanley Cup Fever Spreads; The Golden Twenties; Cup Thrills of the Thirties; The Forties: Wartime Hockey and the Post-War Pattern; The Fabulous Fifties; The Swinging Sixties; and Records and Statistics.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo., Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons - Pagurian Press, 1971, New York: The Outlook Company, 1900. [December 29, 1900] Vol. 66, no. 18. Stapled weekly publication (paper binding) featuring general news and advertising. 60 pages Condition: Lightly age toned with scattered old damp spots and several creases. Top cover (chipped and short tears) detached and laid on; back cover missing. Interior complete and very readable. This is an important issue, since it includes an article by Booker T. Washington: "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography," Chapter IX - Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights. Other articles are about China by Arthur H. Smith; memories of Emerson by Edward E. Hale; a poem by Mary B. Hinton, and many more fascinating articles including book reviews. A comprehensive editorial provides a review, an interpretation, and a forecast for the 19th century. And there are plenty of great, turn-of-the-century advertisements. A wonderful historical ephemera piece. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. It will be a pleasure to serve you.. FIRST EDITION. Paperback Format. Good., The Outlook Company, 1900, St. John's, Newfoundland: Creative Book Publishing, 2001. (xiii) 229 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Maurice Fitzgerald. A trunk shipped C.O.D. from Toronto to Argentia turns out to contain a human body. A newspaper editor is ambushed and both his ears are cut off. A ship sinks and seventy-six passengers are believed to be victims of fate - until a diver discovers the grisly truth. The history of Newfoundland is full of chilling tales of murder and mayhem... The Chapters are: The Eighteenth Century: The Murdering Cobhams; A Harbour Main Murder; Murder at Fermeuse; Court Judge Murdered; Hanged for Killing a Cow; Harbour Front Murder; Mutiny at St John's. Early Nineteenth Century: Treason in St. John's; Murder on Southside Rd; Murderer with a Conscience; Whatever Happened to Mary James; Child Murdered at Harbour Grace; Edward Jordan Hanged; Murder in Bonne Bay; The Duel; Mutiny Murder Near St Pierre; Butchered at Harbour Grace; Catherine Snow; Bigotry Leads to Crime; Highway Man Hanged. Later Nineteenth Century: The Commerskie Mass Killings; Politician Murdered; Alfreda Pike; A Harbour Grace Double Murder; The Artist at HMP; Escape from HMP; Guillotine; Scrooge of Water Street; Sadistic Inmate Escapes HMP; Murder on Springdale Street; Triple Murder at Mundy Pond; Murdered in New Gower St Tavern. Early Twentieth Century: The Cape Broyle Murder; Harbour Main Graveyard; Policeman Attacked; Prison Escape; Newfoundlander Murdered in Jamaica; Assyrian Feud on Water Street; Murder Near Buchanan Street; Children Jailed; Who Was Jacques Millere; Newfoundlander Charged in New York; Smart Lawyer; The Killing of John Sears; Moonshiners; Triple Murder on Carter's Hill; Tom Beckett Hanged; New Year's Eve Murder at Corner Brook; Rum Runners; Newfoundland Rangers; Lake Family Murdered; The Bizarre Water St Cafe Killing; Water Street Riot; Alfred Beaton. Later Twentieth Century: Murder at Gander; Mary Allen Strangled; Murder at St Phillip's; Valdmanis; The Escape of Jim Robbins; The Sand Pits Murders; Constable Hooey Shot; Constable William Moss; The C.O.D. Murder; RCMP Officer Shot; Murdered on Prince of Wales Street; Child Kidnapped; The Murder of Mona Johnson. Justice Potpourri: Hangmen and Executioners; The Many Methods of Execution; Lawyers; Origins of the Term 'Admitted to the Bar'; Magistrates; Judgement Recovery; Problems with Witnesses; Penitentiary Conditions 1869 - 1932; and Early Newfoundland Justice.. Third Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Fitzgerald;. 8vo., Creative Book Publishing, 2001, New York: Hurst & Company This rare science fiction adventure title from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon is in Good condition (click on photo). Although the book is not dated, the covers suggest that the book was published around the turn of the century. The front panel and spine have Americanized Art Nouveau floral designs. The front panel has a pastedown of a Gibson-girl type beauty. The book is bound in red cloth and shows wear and discoloration, including rubbing and fraying at the edges and corners, and a crease in the spine cloth. As for the interior, the binding is secure, even though there is a hinge split before the Contents page. The pages themselves have only light age toning, and are for the most part clean, with an occasional small margin stain. The book measures 5 ¼ by 7 ½ inches and includes 286 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., Hurst & Company, New York: New York University Press, 1990. 346 Pages Indexed. Top back corner is lgihtly bumped. No other defects noted to a book with a faultless interior. This book is a combination of cultural and social history that brings the history of the American West into the mainstream. By examining the range of nineteenth-century American responses to the physical landscape of the Far West, Hyde demonstrates the impact this region had on the development of national culture in the United States. When Americans first set eyes on the West, its combination of plain, mountain, and desert frightened them. By the end of the century, however, Americans had come to look at the region with pride. These new responses required the development of new words and aesthetics, independent of the European standards Americans had previously used to define beauty and value. Focusing on travelers, Hyde's book uses literary and visual evidence to analyze the words and imagery Americans devised to describe and interpret the region. Hyde looks at the ways Americans learned about the West during the early nineteenth century, how they reacted to the vivid and different landscape upon first viewing it, and how their descriptive vocabulary changed by the end of the century. Her imaginative analysis of Western resorts, first as bulwarks against the landscape and later as extensions of the scenery is extraordinary. These grand and unmatched structures provide physical evidence of the growing influence of the Far West on American culture. By the early twentieth century, the process of learning to describe the Far West and absorbing its distinctive features had created a new American style, one fusing concepts from East and West into a truly national culture. Contents in Six Chapters: Looking Far West Assessing the Possibilities of the Landscape 1800-1850, Tunnel Vision The Spectacle of the Transcontinental Railroad 1850-1869, Passage to an American Euroope Tourists and Railroads 1869-1880, European Citadels The Early Far Western Resorts 1870-1900, The Far Away Nearby Discovering the Far Western Landscape 1885-1915, and American Log Palaces Far Western Resorts at the Turn of the Century 1900-1915. Plus Introduction and Epilogoue. Illustrated throughout with 73 mostly photographic illustrations that include many resort hotels.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Venezio, Ken - Design. 6" x 9"., New York University Press, 1990, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2012. 263 Pages. Very minor cover edge wear. No other defects noted to this book with faultless interior text poages. If you think today's Hollywood divas are scandalous, then take a look at the entertainment industry of old. Stage actress May Yohe's exploits at the turn of the century give today's starlets a run for their money. Foul-mouthed, sweet-voiced entertainer May Yohe was married at least three times, though tabloid newspapers claim the number was closer to twelve. She loved and left an English lord who owned the Hope Diamond, the mayor of New York's playboy son, and an injured South African war hero-who she later shot. But May's story does not end there. May escaped from an insane asylum, managed a rubber plantation in Singapore, a hotel in New Hampshire, and a chicken farm in Los Angeles. During the Depression, she found herself destitute, working as a government clerk. Shortly before her death in 1938, May regained her lost United States citizenship. In the very first biography of May Yohe, Richard Kurin tells her story using her writings, interviews, records, newspaper clippings, and silent film. His tale of a woman shrouded in scandal includes her lovers, dearest hopes and dreams, and the Hope Diamond myth that she helped perpetuate, but also her prevailing tenacity, even after losing everything. Cintents in 16 Chapters: Bethelhems's Daughter, Footlights Goddess, Nobly Courted, Hopeful, My Honey, Aristocratic Artist, Destitute Duchess, New York's Finest Lover, Exotic Romance, Betrayed Again, Independent Woman, War Bride, Cursed, Domestic Tranquililty, Mother, Poor Ill and Un-American. Plus Epilogue, Yohe Timeline, and Notes. 80 Black and White Illustrations mostly photographs.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Uncorrected Page Proofs., Smithsonian Books, 2012, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. 236 Pages Indexed. A 1989 revised edition of the 1976 University of Missouri Press copyright. Owner's name in ink on first title page. No other flaws noted to this tight square book with a faultless interior. When the Civil War resolved the moral and economic arguments between North and South, Americans turned to the West and the Indian Question. There were moral and economic issues there also, and they were not neatly separated. But nineteenth-century industrial civilization -represented by its most stunning flower, the corporation - had confidence that the underdeveloped West was a fine target for a magic mixture of Adam Smith and Jesus of Nazareth and that the desert and its people would shortly be transformed. In practice, the accommodation between American Indians and American business was more complicated and more painful. It did not proceed according to the expectations that Americans had looking forward to it, nor, interestingly, did it conform to the models that they have created looking back on it through history. The role played by business in Indian policy has been neglected and misunderstood. The layperson was likely to believe that there was doubtless little contact, much less serious negotiation, between what they took to be blanketed tribesmen riding ponies, and cigar-smoking magnates in capes and private railroad cars. However, it is only common sense to note that corporate representatives, government agents, and Indians did not play stereotyped roles, but rather acted as complete human beings with a full range of motives and a variety of interests and degrees of understanding. Indians could be devious speculators ready to sell the graves of their ancestors, and whites could be romantics about Indian survival, ready to protect the tribes even against themselves. In business developmenet of the Indian and Indian lands, it was possible to argue that both white and Indian cold benefit and share in the wealth that was being created in the West. This book is a study of the badly flawed attempt to implemenet that vision in Indian Territory. Contents in 11 Chapters: The Invisible Hand, They Take Stock in Our Destruction, Capitalists and Strangers, Coal and Ties, The Territorial Ring, The Philistines Are Upon Us. The Cattle Syndicates, The Politics of Petroleum, Cable Osage New York, A Corps of Clerks, and The Synidicated Indian. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"., University of Oklahoma Press, 1989, New York: Bantam Press - An Imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2016. 310 Pages. No defects noted to this tight, bright book with flawless interior text pages. The Vikings return in this thrilling, heart-in-mouth sequel to God of Vengeance, acclaimed as a novel of unrelenting pace, brilliant action and characters. Set in 8th century Norway, this book continues the story of Sigurd and his blood-feud against those who betrayed and killed his family. Sigurd has proved himself as a warrior. Despite his youth he has shown cunning, courage, ruthlessness and audacity; all the qualities required of a jarl and leader. Having taken on and beaten the formidable Jarl Randver, he has gone a long way to avenging his family and establishing his fame. And yet his vengeance is not complete, for the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd's father, still lives. And so long as the king draws breath, the scales remain unbalanced. But Sigurd has lost good men and his band is reduced to a mere handful of loyal companions, oath-tied warriors who would follow him to Valhalla itself. And indeed it might, for how can this few hope to beat a king? Folk whisper all this and more, and King Gorm in his fortress perched on the hill at Avaldsnes cannot stop such thoughts gnawing at his mind. Some say the king should strike now while Sigurd is weak... that is if he can find the young man. For it is no small thing to have an Óðin-favoured killer for an enemy, and the king begins to fear that in betraying Sigurd's father he may have turned the gods against him and cursed his own wyrd. Either way, Sigurd's course is set. He will lead his war host against King Gorm in an epic fight to the death: shield-walls will clash and the spear din will shake the timbers of Valhalla itself. For when storms rip the sky men know it is Óðin the Wild Huntsman, calling away the souls of the dead. So Sigurd's coming to Avaldsnes is a presage of death. His bloodlust is like the Spear God's passing. And his revenge will be but the Wings of the Storm.. First Edition First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6" X 9"., Bantam Press - An Imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press - Courage Books, 1975. 490 Pages Indexed. Tight square book . Cover corners are very slightly turned up. No other defects noted. Interior text pages are flawless. Madame Blavatsky was a phenomena in her own time, and must be considered the most dominant factor in the American occult movement. Her appearance, her pronouncements, and reputed psychic powers made her a familiar figure to many Americans and attracted an active group of devoted followers. This book was originally published under the title Old Diary Leaves. The author, Henry Steel Olcott, was rumored to be her lover. We do know that he was her confidant, biographer, and partner in the birth of the international theosophical movement. Olcott was a lawyer for the city of New York, author of People From The Other World, and reported from the New York Sun and other major newspapers of the day. The author goes beyond detailing American and Eastern spiritualism and mysticism. He includes numerous specific accounts of possession by foreign entities, reincarnation, aura projection, conjuring pictures, and phenomenally produced objects. This book is a serious conpendium of the evolution and occult happenings of the late 19th century. Madame H.P. Blavatsky observed that it was an historical fact that public interest and study in the occult blossoms in the last quarter of every century. It appears that the 20th century is reinforcing Madam Blavatsky's assertions.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Wilson, Jim - Art Direction and Cover Graphics. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"., Running Press - Courage Books, 1975, New York.: George H. Doran.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - 19 x 13 cm.; 296 pp. Green cloth over boards with with reversed gilt lettering - green lettering in gilded panels on the spine and the front board. Pictorial end papers. From a review of the book published in the Argonaut (a turn of the century San Francisco literary journal) in December of 1914: "When Everard Fortescue Leyden gets into trouble at the university and is sent own he betakes himself to France, ostensibly to study, but actually to play golf and to have a good time. Accidentally he makes love to a village girl, and when he tells her that he must leave her with the usual vague promises to return she throws herself into the sea and he believes that she has been drowned and that he is practically her murderer. Then come the years of remorse and a peculiar poignancy of grief as he realizes that he actually loved Toinette. Eventually he attempts suicide, and in the vagaries of approaching insanity he wanders once more to the little French village with the vague idea that Toinette is waiting for him in the sea and that he must join her there. He does actually attempt suicide for the second time, and by drowning, but he is rescued, and then the clouds suddenly lift and he recognizes the workings of a beneficent fate. The idea is an admirable one, and it is admirably carried out in a novel that is distinctly above the average. The book shows moderate wear to the externals (rubbed and lightly bumped board corners and spine tips) while the interior is clean and the binding is solid. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted. ., George H. Doran., 1914, New York - London: Liveright Publishing Corporation - A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. 523 Pages Indexed. Book and Dust Jacket are in brand new never opened condition. Interior text pages are near flawless. Illustrated with 12 maps; 68 photographs and drawings. Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda describes the outbreak of World War Two and the great events that led to Dunkirk. An epic of remarkable originality, This book captures the heroism of World War II as movingly as any book in recent memory. Bringing to vivid life the world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of the war, The author chronicles the outbreak of hostilities, recalling as a prescient young boy the enveloping tension that defined pre-Blitz London, and then as a military historian the great events that would alter the course of the twentieth century. For indeed, May 1940 was a month like no other. The superior German war machine blazed into France, as the Maginot Line, supposedly as firmly fixed in place as the Pyramids, crumbled in days. With the fall of Holland and Belgium, the imminent fall of Paris, the British Army stranded at Dunkirk, and Neville Chamberlain's government in political freefall, Winston Churchill became prime minister on this historical nadir of May 10, 1941. Britain, diplomatically isolated, was suddenly the only nation with the courage and the resolve to defy Hitler. Against this vast historical canvas, Korda relates what happened and why. We first meet him at the age of six, surrounded by his glamorous movie family: his stage actress mother; his elegant father, Vincent, soon to receive an Academy Award; and his devoted Nanny Low, with whom he cites his evening prayers. Even the cheery BBC bulletins that Michael listened to every night could not mask the impending catastrophe, the German invasion so certain that the young boy, carrying his passport on a string around his neck, was evacuated to Canada on an ocean liner full of children. Such alarm was hardly exaggerated. No one, after all, could have ever imagined that the most unlikely flotilla of destroyers, Dutch barges, fishing boats, yachts, and even rowboats would rescue over 300,000 men off the beach at Dunkirk and home to England. The miraculous return of the army was greeted with a renewed call for courage, and in the months that followed, the lives of tens of millions would be inexorably transformed, often tragically so, by these epochal weeks of May 1940. It is this pivotal turning point in world history that Korda captures with such immediacy in Alone, a work that triumphantly demonstrates that even the most calamitous defeats can become the most legendary victories. Contents in Three Parts: The Second Great War, The Battle of France, and Dunkirk.. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hard Back. As New/As New. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2"., Liveright Publishing Corporation - A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017, New York/Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1894. Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed by Jas. H. Carlisle, who served as president of Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC from 1875-1902 (inscription dated 1899). Carlisle is remembered as a personable man who received student visitors in his home and whose "real strength was his ability to develop alumni of character, one student at a time." This books is inscribed to Laura G. Moffat, perhaps one of the few women students to graduate from Wofford College at the turn of the century? This slim volume is bound in decorative leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Covers are quite soiled and have minimal wear at corners, but still charming. Mild foxing throughout interior. A lovely little volume filled with solid Christian advice. Full refund if not satisfied., Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1894, New York : Rizzoli, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Illustrated. The Victorian age in America calls to mind classic images of heavily upholstered chairs, extensively carved woods, multicolored veneers, rococo and Gothic arches, and Moorish-influenced decor. It was a marvelously eclectic period noted for an undisciplined exuberance and unlimited riches made possible by the emerging Industrial Revolution.With stunning new photography of magnificent period houses, most open to the public and many never before published, Victorian America: From Classical Romanticism to Gilded Opulence presents the finest examples of Victorian American architecture and decorative arts from the 1850s, through the Civil War, and into the turn of the century.Here are authentic and spectacular Victorian interiors as seen in the Putnam-Balch House of Salem, Massachusetts, Wilson Castle of Proctor, Vermont, Victorian Mansion of Portland, Maine, the Bush House of Salem, Oregon, the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York City, Rosedown in Louisiana, Vizcaya in Miami, the Hermitage in Tennessee, the Pabst Mansion in Milwaukee, and the Villa Finale in San Antonio, among other great houses.Author Wendell Garrett, noted American historian and former editor of the magazine Antiques, presents perceptive and knowledgeable descriptions of the houses, their interiors, and their furnishings while providing a more detailed social and economic background essay that places these elegant residences in historical context.This is Victorian America as it has never been presented before - over fifty splendid historic houses that preserve the grandeur of the Gilded Age.Burgundy blind-stamped cloth. 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New York : Rizzoli, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Illustrated. The Victorian age in America calls to mind classic images of heavily upholstered chairs, extensively carved woods, multicolored veneers, rococo and Gothic arches, and Moorish-influenced decor. It was a marvelously eclectic period noted for an undisciplined exuberance and unlimited riches made possible by the emerging Industrial Revolution.With stunning new photography of magnificent period houses, most open to the public and many never before published, Victorian America: From Classical Romanticism to Gilded Opulence presents the finest examples of Victorian American architecture and decorative arts from the 1850s, through the Civil War, and into the turn of the century.Here are authentic and spectacular Victorian interiors as seen in the Putnam-Balch House of Salem, Massachusetts, Wilson Castle of Proctor, Vermont, Victorian Mansion of Portland, Maine, the Bush House of Salem, Oregon, the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in New York City, Rosedown in Louisiana, Vizcaya in Miami, the Hermitage in Tennessee, the Pabst Mansion in Milwaukee, and the Villa Finale in San Antonio, among other great houses.Author Wendell Garrett, noted American historian and former editor of the magazine Antiques, presents perceptive and knowledgeable descriptions of the houses, their interiors, and their furnishings while providing a more detailed social and economic background essay that places these elegant residences in historical context.This is Victorian America as it has never been presented before - over fifty splendid historic houses that preserve the grandeur of the Gilded Age.Burgundy blind-stamped cloth. Illustrated. 300pp. Full refund if not satisfied. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed. No international shipping., Rizzoli, 1993<

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