"Churchill and Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Complete Correspondence, II. Alliance Forged. 1942-1944. Edited with commentary by Warren Kimball. 1995. Easton Press. Collector's Edition. With photographs and maps. Full leather bound, AEG, with ribbon. Near fine condition." View More...
"Churchill and Roosevelt, Volume 3: The Complete Correspondence, III. Alliance Declining. 1944-1945. Edited with commentary by Warren Kimball. 1995. Easton Press. Collector's Edition. With photographs and maps. Full leather bound, AEG, with ribbon. Near fine condition." View More...
"Conversations on Science, Culture and Time, Michel Serres and Brunio Latour. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1995. New Paperback. Serres begins by discussing the intellectual context and historical events?including the impact of World War II and Hiroshima, which for him marked the beginning of science's ascendancy over the humanities?that shaped his own philosophical outlook and led him to his lifelong mission of bringing together the texts of the humanities and the conceptual revolutions of modern science. He then confronts the major difficulties encountered by his readers: his meth... View More...
"Stated first, wartime printed book, salty with naval humor. Nonprice clipped jacket protected, has some chips. Illustrations hand drawn by author. Some wear, generally clean." View More...
"Garlic & Oil, Food and Politics in Italy, Carol Helstosky, Berg, Oxford, 2004. Chronicling the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, the author argues that politics dramatically affected the nature of Italian cuisine and food habits. Contrary to popular belief, the Italian diet was inadequate and unchanging for many decades. Drawing on the writings of scientific professionals, domestic economists, government officials, and consumers, the author shows how the miserable diet of so many Italians became the subject of political debate and eventually, the target of government ... View More...
"The Ambiguity of Taste: Freedom and Food in European Romanticism, Jocelyne Kolb, University of Michigan Press, 1995. Signed first edition. In The Ambiguity of Taste, Jocelyne Kolb attempts to define changes in genre and metaphorical usage by undertaking close readings of six authors. She looks first at Molière and Fielding, whose culinary allusions herald poetic revolution but whose works do not themselves escape the limits of a neoclassical aesthetic. Byron and Heine, known as renegades, are treated in separate chapters and in the greatest detail. The penultimate chapter joins Goethe and Hug... View More...
"Vlad the Impaler, In Search of the Real Dracula, M.J.Trow, Thistle Publishing, 2015. Historian and crime writer M.J.Trow pens a stylish narrative around the image of the Romanian prince most associated with the story of Dracula. Near fine paperback, tight and square. " View More...
"VG condition book, soiled jacket price clipped. From the inner jacket: ""This book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Spanish at the second meeting of the Inter-American Academy of Comparative and International Law held at Havana in February 1947 and repeated in English, with amplifications, as an introductory course at the Inter-American Law Institute of New York University every year since then."" Square and tight." View More...
"Being one of Elbert Hubbard's famous little journeys to which is added for full measure a tribute to the mother of Lincoln. VG+, brown cloth with gold embossing, rough cut pages, 63pp. Shelf wear, bumping, previous owner's name in ink on fly. Else clean tight and sharp." View More...
"Very good condition wartime account frmo 1944, with protected unclipped good condition jacket. DJ spine 1"" chipped. Slight darkening. Illustrated, life of navigator aboard aircraft carrier." View More...
"VG+, worn tissue cover present, no dj as issued, Light sunning to boards, else VG+. Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons at Various Times and in Various Places. A list of books compiled from an exhibition held at the Junior League of the City of New York, April 24, 1935. Limited to 1000 copies. 94pp. 8vo" View More...
"Discovery of Homeric Greece, William A. McDonald, Elek Books Limited, London, 1968. First UK edition. In-depth examination of the history of the archaeologic discovery of Ancient Greece beginning from the 1870 into the 20th Century. Photos and illustrations. Very good condition hardbound, lacking jacket. Top of front board has a slight nick, else tight, clean and solid. " View More...
"Downland Man, H.J. Massingham, Jonathan Cape Limited, London, 1927. Second impression. Author's study on megalithic culture and their monuments. Massingham worked on research which sought to show that all megalithic culture in England spread from Egypt. VG condition lacking jacket if issued. Numerous illustrations. Gilt on spine faded. Clean, tight, hinges good. " View More...
"Etruscan Places, D.H. Lawrence, Martin Secker Ltd, London, 1932. Posthumously published travel writings, Lawrence contrasts ancient Etruscans life against the failures of Fascist Italy of the 1920s. Grayish spine with gilt text; no jacket. Ornate embossed decoration on cover. VG condition. Sunning, deckled pages, some unopened. Bookplate. " View More...
"The History of Magic and the Occult, Kurt Seligmann, Gramercy Books, New York, 1997. Artist, bibliophile and scholar, The History of Magic was originally published in 1948 as the Mirror of Magic. A basic primer in the occult, containing over 150 illustrations. VG/VG. Hb with unclipped dj. Clean and tight. " View More...
"Man's Mission on Earth: A Contribution to the Science of Eugenics. A Short Treatise on the Genito-urinary Organs of the Male in Health and Disease, with a Chapter on Syphilis, Robert Johnstone Kahn, 1914. Christian eugenic propeganda disguised as medical advice from the early 20th century when preserving Victorian morals was still imperative. Full of historically and scientifically inaccurate information that is nonetheless interesting in its attempt at combining scientific approaches to physiology with religious moral dogma. It can't happen here you say?. Brown paper wraps, tight bind, gener... View More...
