Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London , UK, 1941
Librería: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Stain spots on inside covers. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's inscription on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Publicado por Harvard University Press, The Belknap Press, Cambridge (MA) and London (UK), 2003
ISBN 10: 0674010175 ISBN 13: 9780674010178
Librería: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 2nd Edition, Revised & Expanded. DEFINITIVE: MASTERPIECE: AS-NEW 2nd revised ed. hardcover (printing unstated), as-new mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp new edges & corners showing orig. $39.95 publisher's price at top-right of inside-front flyleaf, new cover w/ rust-orange silk-finish linen wrapping spine & extending 2.26" onto front & back panels covered in mustard rag-paper w/ sharp new edges & corners & titles handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, excellent smooth-cut text-block exterior w/ only the merest suggestion of shelf-dust to top edge only, impeccable mustard card-rag-stock end-papers, new sewn binding w/ tight signatures & yellow-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, pristine interior printed w/ impeccable clarity on excellent unblemished archival paper * 6.26" x 9.50" x 1.78", 1.68 kg, xx+565 (585) pp. * Upon its publication in 1991, Albert Hourani's masterwork was hailed as the definitive story of Arab civilization, & became a bestseller & an instant classic. In a panoramic view encompassing 12 centuries of Arab history & culture, Hourani brilliantly illuminated the people & events that have fundamentally shaped the Arab world. Now this seminal book is here available in this expanded 2nd edition. Noted Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven brings the story up to date from the mid-1980s, including such events as the Gulf War; civil unrest in Algeria; the change of leadership in Syria, Morocco, & Jordan; & the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks in the United States, ongoing crisis in Iraq & renewed violence between Israelis & Palestinians all underscore the need for a balanced & well-informed understanding of the Arab world & make this insightful history of the Arab peoples more important than ever. * Albert Hourani was Emeritus Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford. He died in 1993. * Malise Ruthven is a former editor with the BBC Arabic Service & World Service in London & is the author of "Islam in the World" & "Islam: A Very Short Introduction.".
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Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K, 1979
ISBN 10: 0521221978 ISBN 13: 9780521221979
Librería: Doss-Haus Books, Redondo Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 1979 edition. Ex-library book with stamps and labels attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Boards and text in very good condition.{278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm}.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London,UK., 2008
ISBN 10: 0521883415 ISBN 13: 9780521883412
Librería: Doss-Haus Books, Redondo Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover 2008, 1st edition. Dust jacket and boards in fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (362 pages).
Publicado por Cambridge at the University Press, London, UK, 1966
Librería: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Cloth over Board. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Cover is in good condition, save for visible remnants of a removed sticker on front cover as well as corner bumping, especially to head of spine where significant damage has been done to top 1/4 inch. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. Ex library indications can be found on spine, title page, EP, and inside of back cover. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex Libris.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1956
Librería: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. G/G, used hc, 112 pp. Maroon colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; slight edge wear. Dust jacket has cream and black colored text on upper and black colored text on spine; edge wear; resulting in small tears and chips. Interior pages have some pencil markings and pg. 81 is torn on head edge. Binding is tight.
Publicado por Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge (MA) & London (UK), 1995
ISBN 10: 0674387368 ISBN 13: 9780674387362
Librería: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Paperback Edition. POWERFUL: CLASSIC: INDISPENSABLE: AS-NEW First Edition paperback (orig. 1995) probable first printing: AS-NEW cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, PRISITNE pristine interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.0" x 9.22" x 1.36", 0.76 kg, xiv+504 (518) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: Henry Adams sought, late in life, to thwart prospective biographers by writing his own biography. Published soon after his death in 1918, "The Education of Henry Adams" was rightly greeted as a masterpiece. Not until 30 years later, w/ the appearance of the first volume of Ernest Samuels' biography, did it become apparent how much the story had been colored by Adams' singular philosophy of history & how great was the disparity between the protagonist of the "Education" & Adams as he actually was. Upon its completion in 1964, Samuels' life of Henry Adams was hailed as one of the great biographical achievements of our time; its laurels included a Pulitzer Prize. Ernest Samuels has now distilled his ample narrative into a single absorbing volume. We see Adams as a lively undergraduate, in contrast to the jaded young man of the "Education"; as budding writer, newspaper correspondent, eager participant in political maneuvering in Washington & at the American embassy in London; as teacher at Harvard & editor of the North American Review; settled in Washington, as scholar, biographer, historian & novelist; as insatiable traveler; as friend & adviser to statesmen; as elderly cosmopolitan spending half of each year abroad; & always as witty chronicler of the social scene & trenchant commentator on the events of his time. We are drawn into the personal drama of Adams' middle years: his married life w/ Clover; the halcyon period in Washington in the early 1880s, catastrophically terminated by Clover's depression & suicide; his growing passion for Elizabeth Cameron; & his flight to the South Seas. Throughout the book we follow the genesis & progress of his writings, from his muck-racking journalism in President Grant's Washington, through the social & political criticism of his novels, his biographies, & his great History, to the classic "Mont Saint Michel & Chartres", the daring theories of the "Education", & his last essays. Few biographies have so broad a canvas: 60 years of American political, social & intellectual life, from the pre-Civil War years to the First World War. And few offer so revealing a portrait of a complex human being & an extraordinary career. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "One of the most POWERFUL literary-intellectual biographies ever done of an American." -R.W.B. Lewis * SHIPPING: We custom wrap & label & securely package this superb book for shipment via USPS Media Mail at no charge (or via USPS Priority Mail for a nominal $10.00 charge) within the United States or at our posted rates to international destinations via USPS First Class Airmail (recommended) or USPS Priority Airmail.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London UK, 1972
ISBN 10: 0521098025 ISBN 13: 9780521098021
Librería: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: near fine. 5 7/8 x 8 7/8" 299 pages. part of the Sather Classical History Lectures Volume 40.
Publicado por Cambridge MA & London UK. 2010. The Belknap Press Of Harvard University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0674045661 ISBN 13: 9780674045668
Librería: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
black & green 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. near fine cond. mint cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. several page corner turndowns, otherwise contents free of markings. (a few stray pencil marks have been erased). dustwrapper in fine cond. a little nick in the rear flap edge, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (NAP). xv+943p. references. index. psychology. sociology. anthropology. biology. pedagogy. ~ THIS BOOK is an intellectual tour de force: A comprehensive Darwinian interpretation of human devetopment. Looking at the entire range of human evolutionary history, Melvin Konner tells a compelling and complex story of how cross~cultural and universal characteristics of our growth from infancy to adolescnece became rooted in genetically inherited characteristics of the human form. A study of our evolution starts with one simple truth: humanfbeings take an extraordinarily long time to grow up. Wlhat does this extended period of dependency have to do with human brain growth and social interactions ? And why is play a sign of cognititve coplexity and a spur for cultural evolution? As Konner explores these questions, and topics ranging from bipedal walking to incest taboos, he firmly lays the foundation of psychology in biology. As his book eloquently explains, human learning and the greatest human intellectual accomplishments are rooted in our inherited capacity for attachments to each other. In our love of those we learn from,we find our way as individuals and as a species. Never before has this intersection of the biology and psychology of childhood been so brilliantly described. "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution," wrote Dobzhansky. In this remarkable book, Melvin Konner shows that nothing in childhood makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Publicado por Cambridge MA & London UK. 1992. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press., 1992
ISBN 10: 0674165365 ISBN 13: 9780674165366
Librería: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
grey, black & metallic silver cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. small erasure spot on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. a bit of minor rubbing, not torn or price clipped. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ 462p. notes. works cited. acknowl. index. american history. consitutional history. legal history. politics. american civil right movement. american indians. american civil war. madison. jefferson. hamilton. lincoln. reconstruction. brown vs board of education. nixon tapes. abolition. death penalty. fourteenth amendment. andrew jackson. judicial supremacy. marbury vs madison. plessy vs ferguson. labor conflict. race conflict. secession. slavery. thirteenth amendment. supreme court.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K., 1971
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Paperback. Covers are a little sunned and have one or two small surface marks. Spine is a little creased. Marginal wear to spine ends. Light crease across upper leading corner of rear cover. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF. Used.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1973
ISBN 10: 0521058473 ISBN 13: 9780521058476
Librería: P Peterson Bookseller, Osseo, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Cloth. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding. There is pencil underlining and notations in the text. There is a name written on the front end paper. The spine has some fading. 180 pages.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1927
Librería: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Wraps. Condición: VG/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations Ilustrador. London, UK: Cambridge University Press. VG/No Dustjacket. 1927. . Wraps. 12mo., 28 pp. .
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1928
Librería: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Wraps. Condición: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations Ilustrador. London, UK: Cambridge University Press. G/No Dustjacket. 1928. . Wraps. 12mo., 25 pp., yellowing on back cover .
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1927
Librería: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Wraps. Condición: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations Ilustrador. London, UK: Cambridge University Press. G/No Dustjacket. 1927. . Wraps. 12mo., 26 pp., yellowing .
Publicado por The Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (MA) & London (UK), 1996
ISBN 10: 0674615255 ISBN 13: 9780674615250
Librería: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples Ilustrador. 1st Edition. COMPREHENSIVE: AUTHORITATIVE: CONCISE: SUPERBLY WRITTEN: A "GODSEND" : AS-NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1986) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, FINE virtually AS-NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, SUPERB AS-NEW striking emerald-teal linen-over-boards cover w/ titles ELEGANTLY gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & ivory cloth banding at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior presenting texts & musical examples w/ exceptional clarity in two-column format * 7.26" x 10.0" x 1.96", 1.92 kg, xxiv+942 (966) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: This classic reference work is simply the best 1-vol. music dictionary available today. Its nearly 6,000 specially-commissioned entries, written by more than 70 top musicologists, are consistently lucid & based on recent scholarship. "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music" contains among its riches superb articles on music of the 20th century, including jazz, rock & mixed media as well as 12-tone, serial & aleatory music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Near East; entries on all the styles & forms in Western art music & descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background. Short entries for quick reference (definitions & identifications) alternate w/ encyclopedia-length articles written by experts in each field. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples enhance the text. Combining authoritative scholarship w/ concise, lively prose, "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music" is the essential guide for musicians, students & everyone who listens to music. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "'The New Harvard Dictionary of Music' is easily the most useful of all musical dictionaries because of its accuracy, concision & ease of reference." - Charles Rosen, author, "The Classical Style" & "The Romantic Generation". / "Drawing on the latest musical research & buttressed by a large group of advisors & readers, Professor Randel has provided concise, accurate, & literate entries pertaining to the entire field of music . . . This is a book one can recommend to professionals, students, & laymen alike. I know that it will immediately assume an honored place on my own reference shelf." -Philip Gossett, Professor of Music, University of Chicago / "Superb . . . It manages to combine the most up-to-date scholarly views & information w/ a clear, readable presentation. The writing style is especially refreshing . . . It is a godsend to have this volume within reach of the reference desk at the New York Public Library." -Susan T. Sommer, Assistant Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library * A NOTE ON SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE wraps, seals & labels this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care to assure secure FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ USPS PRIORTY MAIL available within the United States for a nominal additional fee of $12.00. Due to the weight of this title, USPS REGULATIONS Mandate that we ship it to all international destinations via USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY AIRMAIL. We require payment of a below-cost fee of $72.00 for this lowest-cost service, which reliably assures delivery to most addresses throughout the world within eight business days.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K., 1904
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-library, with library labels, stamps and numbering on spine; front pastedown; FEP; title page; contents page; last page of index, and throughout text. Boards are rather scuffed and edge-worn, with one or two superficial scorings. Spine is cocked and very worn and nicked at ends. Spine edges are quite worn, with some damage to fabric on left side of spine, near spine head. Leading edges are very worn and also have fabric damage. Page block is grubby and sunned. Blue ink stain on page 57. Front hinge is cracked and binding is rather loose throughout most of book. Text is clear. AF. Ex-Library.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K. & New York, New York, U.S.A., 1978
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Paperback. Covers have a few small surface marks and abrasions. Upper leading corner of front cover is a little creased. Minor wear to spine and leading corners. Binding is sound, pages are tight and text is clear. AF. Used.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1964
Librería: Doss-Haus Books, Redondo Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover 1964 edition. Ex-library book with stamps and labels attached. Pages unmarked and clean. Binding firm. Boards and text in very good condition. {235 pages}.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1969
Librería: Bookworm Books, Tifton, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Good. Essays on the gulf between scientists and non-scientists. Pencil underlining on a few pages. Some wear and discoloration to rear cover. Good. Book.
Publicado por Cambridge University press, London, U.K./New York, NY, USA, 1971
ISBN 10: 0521096413 ISBN 13: 9780521096416
Librería: Samuel S Lin, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
Trade Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. First Printing. 112 pages. square tight, uncreased, unmarked and clean.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K., 1931
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Reprint 1931. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Two fold-out maps, of the Northern and Southern skies, respectively, are tipped in between rear endpaper and last page of text. Boards are faded around edges. Spine is faded and bumped at ends. Leading corners are a little worn. Faded page block with minor age-spotting. Front endpaper has been removed. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. AF. Used.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London , UK, 1941
Librería: Squirrel Away Books, Loveland, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good -. 1st Edition. Good Plus condition Hardcover Octavo in a Good Minus condition Dust Jacket, 1941, 1st edition. Book is in Good Plus condition with minor bumping alond edges of thin hard boards, jacket has wear to edges. Binding nice. NOT A REPRINT. Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1968
Librería: Rainy Day Paperback, Bethel, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, faint curl. Owner's name on title page. Red covers, sewn binding. 35 pages including Bibliography.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1964
Librería: Call Phil Now - Books, West Roxbury, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. ## FINE book is clean, tight and unmarked. 1965 reprint of 1964 First Edition. Dust jacket is Near Fine to Very Good with minor shelf/edge wear, closed tear back head of spine, toning, lower front corner clipped but price ($4.50) intact. Two page corners folded. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. No marks in or on book. NOT A REMAINDER. Not POD. Not ex library. 178 pages. Index. Dust jacket protected in a crystal clear MYLAR cover. In stock. Fine.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1945
Librería: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Cloth w/DJ. Condición: VG/G. Not Illustrated Ilustrador. Reprint. London, UK: Cambridge University Press. VG/G. 1945. Reprint. Cloth w/DJ. First edition, February, 1945. . 12mo., viii, 131pp., Dj browned, soiled and frayed .
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, U.K., 1928
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-library, with library lettering and labelling on front endpaper and first title page. Upper edges of boards are a little faded. Spine is slightly cocked and a little faded, with creasing and bumping to ends. Leading corners are a little worn, with some denting to front leading corners. Creasing and age-spotting across upper leading corners of pages 156-159. Some minor age spotting at a few points throughout. Binding is a little loose near beginning of book. Text and illustrations remain clear. AF. Ex-Library.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1971
ISBN 10: 0521082099 ISBN 13: 9780521082099
Librería: Rainy Day Paperback, Bethel, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: VERY GOOD-. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean interior (a few pages with fingerprints), slight age soil to exterior, faint curl. Owner's name on title page. Red covers, sewn binding. Part (A): Literacy in Minoan and Mycenaean Lands; (B) The Linear B Tablets as Historical Documents. 51 pages including Bibliography.
Publicado por Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. & London, U.K., 1990
ISBN 10: 0674955463 ISBN 13: 9780674955462
Librería: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Paperback. Covers are a little faded, with one or two small surface marks. Spine is a little faded. Moderate wear to spine ends and leading corners. One or two small grubby marks on foot of page block. Used.
Publicado por Cambridge University Press, London, UK, 1964
ISBN 10: 0521064309 ISBN 13: 9780521064309
Librería: Book Dispensary, Concord, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text, tight binding.