harvard university press cambridge ma london uk (53 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover. Mild shelf and handling wear. Foxing to upper edge of pages. Spine creased, slightly faded. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Softcover. Very neat -- very nearly as new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover. Light shelf wear. Binding cracked at halfway point but apparently sound. Old owner's stamp to half title page. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Very neat -- very nearly as new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Excellent condition. 505 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Scarce. Dark brown boards with gilt lettering along the spine. The book is 320 pages in length. This copy is very clean and in as new condition. Photographs are available.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 670 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

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.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Softcover. A hint of handling wear. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very nearly as new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Illus. in two 16 pp inserts displaying 39 superb b-w photographs reproduced on excellent gloss-laminated paper: Nos. 1-18 (between pp. 72 & 73) & Nos. 19-39 (between 264 & 265) * 12 excellent b-w maps Ilustrador. 1st Edition. MASTERWORK: INDISPENSABLE: NEW Belknap, HUP Press First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1991) Fifth Printing (c. 1993), NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ excellent edges & corners & showing orig. $24.95 publisher's price at top-right of inside-front flyleaf, NEW steel-blue library-durable linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp new edges & corners & w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ remarkable clarity on excellent unblemished archival paper * 6.28" x 9.50" x 1.64", 1.48 kg, xx+551 (571) pp. * CONTENTS: Preface (xvii), Author's Note (xix), Prologue (1); Part I: The Making of a World, 7th-10th Century (7), Part II: Arab-Muslim societies, 11th-15th Century (83), Part III: The Ottoman Age, 16th-18th Century (209), Part IV: The Age of European Empires, 1800-1938 (265),Part V: The Age of Nation-States, since 1939 (353); Maps (459), Genealogies & Dynasties (483), Notes (494), Bibliography (500), Index of Terms (530), General Index (533) * ILLUSTATION: Two 16 pp inserts displaying 39 superb b-w photographs reproduced on excellent gloss-laminated paper: Nos. 1-18 (between pp. 72 & 73) & Nos. 19-39 (between 264 & 265); 12 excellent b-w maps * ABOUT THE BOOK: Despite the turmoil of Arab nationalism & fundamentalism, Middle Eastern wars, & oil crises, the history of the Arab world has been little known & poorly understood in the West. Almost certainly one reason for this was that for more than 50 years there was no up-to-date single-volume work that chronicled the story of Arab civilization. This lack was finally filled in 1991 w/ the appearance of this splendid masterpiece, composed by the distinguished historian & interpreter Albert Hourani, a panoramic view encompassing 12 centuries of Arab history & culture. From every perspective Hourani examines every aspect of this rich & venerable civilization: the beauty of the Alhambra & the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science, but also the internal conflicts, wide-spread poverty, the role of women, & the contemporary Palestinian question. Hourani explains how the new religion of Islam created a far-flung Arab Muslim world that embraces klabnds reaching formt eh shores of the Atlantic to Iraq & the Indian ocoean & beyond. Each has its own geographical features & historical traditions, yet certain themes & experiences are common to all: the rise & spread of Islam, the expansion of European trade & empire, & in recent decades the challenge of Islamic resurgence & integration into a new kind of world. He provides a clear & comprehensive interpretation of the paths of the Muslim religion, its divisions, its authority & traditions, & its current contradictory powers to unite & divide. Throughout, social institutions & culture are intertwined w/ politics & economics. The text is studded w/ famous names from the past: Ibn Khaldun, al-Ghazali, & Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Saladin & 'Abd al-Nasir (Nasser); as well as w/ those of the present: Hafiz al-Asad, Saddam Husayn, Mu'ammar Qadhafi, & the Nobel Prize-winner Najib Mahfuz. *HIGHEST PRAISE: "Albert Hourani's "A History of the Arab Peoples" offers, in beautifully lucid English, a study that supersedes all earlier treatments. It is fair but never afraid to take a point of view. To write such a sound work, ranging over centuries & topics, is an astonishing feat." -Roy Mottahedeh, Harvard University "Professor Hourani has written [t]his great work of synthesis [which] will be the definitive work for many, many years to come." -Fouad Ajami, The Johns Hopkins University * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & internationally w/ our below-cost rates upon request.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 183 pages. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed and tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Mild edge wear to covers. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Notes. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Maps, w/ more than 43 black-and-white illustrations & 18 color plates Ilustrador. 1st Edition. SUPERB: BEAUTIFUL: BRILLIANT: FINE hardcover, almost certainly First Edition / First Printing (although unstated as is the practice at the Belknap Press), AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, SUPERB silk-finish crimson linen-over-boards cover w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior BUT w/ top-edge showing slightest shelf-dust soiling & faintest spotting, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ ELEGANCE & CLARITY between generous margins on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 8.25" x 10.5" x 1.78", 1.82 kg, xvi+780 (796) pp. * Maps, w/ more than 43 b-w illustrations, 12 pp. of gloss-laminated stock inserted between pp. 272-273 presenting 18 superbly reproduced full-color plates * CONTENTS: Introduction (vii-xiii), Essay Contributions (1-272), Alphabetical Guide (273-758), Abbreviations (759-762), Contributors (763-768), Illustration Credits (769-770), Index (771-780) * ABOUT THE BOOK: The first book of its kind, this richly informative guide to the world of late antiquity offers the most recent scholarship to the researcher along w/ sheer reading pleasure to the browser. In 11 in-depth essays and more than 500 encyclopedia entries, an international cast of experts provides essential information & fresh perspectives on the history & culture of an era marked by the rise of 2 world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, & the creation of art of enduring glory. Extending commonly accepted chronological & territorial boundaries of the period (encompassing Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian & early Islamic cultures, from the middle of the 3rd century to the end of the 8th), this guide makes new connections & revealing comparisons. Consult the article on "Angels" & discover their meaning in Islamic as well as classical & Judeo-Christian traditions. Refer to "Children," "Concubinage," & "Divorce" for a fascinating interweaving of information on the family. Read the essay on "Barbarians & Ethnicity" & see how a topic as current as the construction of identity played out in earlier times, from the Greeks & Romans to the Turks, Huns & Saxons. Turn to "Empire Building" to learn how the empire of Constantine was supported by architecture & ceremony. Or follow your own path through the broad range of entries on politics, commerce & manufacturing, the arts, philosophy, religion, geography, ethnicity, & domestic life. Each entry introduces readers to another facet of the post-classical world: historic figures & places, institutions, burial customs, food, money, public life, amusements. A splendid selection of illustrations enhances the portrait. The intriguing era of late antiquity emerges completely & clearly, viewed in a new light & from new vantage points, in a guide that will be relished by scholars & general readers alike. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional 14.00 fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. FINE First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1998) First Printing * 6.50" x 9.50" x 1.68", 1.12 kg, x+726 (736) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: A panorama of a whole civilization, a world on the verge of cataclysm, unfolds in this magisterial work by the foremost historian of 18th-century France. Since Tocqueville's account of the Old Regime, historians have struggled to understand the social, cultural, & political intricacies of this efflorescence of French society before the Revolution. France in the Enlightenment is a brilliant addition to this historical interest. France in the Enlightenment brings the Old Regime to life by showing how its institutions operated & how they were understood by the people who worked within them. Daniel Roche begins with a map of space & time, depicting France as a mosaic of overlapping geographical units, w/ people and goods traversing it to the rhythms of everyday life. He fills this frame w/ the patterns of rural life, urban culture, & government institutions. Here as never before we see the 18th-century French "culture of appearances" : the organization of social life, the diffusion of ideas, the accoutrements of ordinary people in the folkways of ordinary living--their food & clothing, living quarters, reading material. Roche shows us the 18th-century France of the peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the provinces, from the public space to the private home. By placing politics & material culture at the heart of historical change, Roche captures the complexity & depth of the Enlightenment. From the finest detail to the widest view, from the isolated event to the sweeping trend, his masterly book offers an unparalleled picture of a society in motion, flush w/ the transformation that will be its own demise. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: TRULY ADMIRABLE: SUPREMELY ENLIGHTENING: FINE First HUP Edition trade paperback (Orig. 1994) First Printing, FINE handsomely-designed-illus. gloss-laminated cover w/ EXCELLENT edges & corners BUT w/ slight cosmetic bump at top rear heel, FINE smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only minor shelf-dust soiling notably to the bottom edge, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB silk-finish unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.96" x 2.06", 1.70 kg, xxviii+1158 (1186) pp. * Introduction (xix), On Writing Literary History (Denis Hollier) (xxi), Chronology (1063), Map of Modern France (1076), Acknowledgments (1077), Contributors (1079), Index (1093) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Designed for the general reader, this SPLENDID introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. (the date of the earliest surviving document in any Romance language) to the 1980s is the most compact & imaginative single-volume guide available in English to the French literary tradition. In fact, no comparable work exists in either language. This is not the customary inventory of authors & titles but rather a collection of wide-angled views of historical & cultural phenomena. It sets before us writers, public figures, criminals, saints, & monarchs, as well as religious, cultural, & social revolutions. It gives us books, paintings, public monuments, even television shows. Written by 164 American & European specialists, the essays are introduced by date & arranged in chronological order, but here ends the book's resemblance to the usual history of literature. Each date is followed by a headline evoking an event that indicates the chronological point of departure. Usually the event is literary (the publication of an original work, a journal, a translation, the first performance of a play, the death of an author), but some events are literary only in terms of their repercussions or resonances. Essays devoted to a genre exist alongside essays devoted to one book, institutions are presented side by side with literary movements, & large surveys appear next to detailed discussions of specific landmarks. No article is limited to the "life & works" of a single author. Proust, for example, appears through various lenses, fleetingly, in 1704, apropos of Antoine Galland's translation of "The Thousand & One Nights"; in 1898, in conjunction w/ the Dreyfus affair; in 1905, on the occasion of the law on the separation of church & state; in 1911, in relation to Gide & their different treatments of homosexuality; & at his death in 1922. Without attempting to cover every author, work, & cultural development since the Serments de Strasbourg in 842, this history succeeds in being both informative & critical about the more than 1,000 years it describes. The contributors offer us a chance to appreciate not only French culture but also the major critical positions in literary studies today. Authoritative, lively, & highly readable, "A New History of French Literature" is essential reading for all engaged in the study of French culture & for all who are interested in it. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This grandly imagined & executed history of French literature is without precedent in any language. Here are many of the best contemporary critics & theorists, writing w/ vivid originality, always in a personal accent. This volume is a triumph of editorial & critical intelligence." -Richard Poirier, Editor, Raritan Quarterly * By far the best single-volume guide in English to the French literary tradition." -Malcolm Bowie, University of London * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Richly Illustrated: 14 color plates (between pp. 98 & 99), 12 color plates (between pp. 226 & 227), 13 color plates (between pp. 354 & 355), 11 color plates (between pp. 418 & 419), w/ almost 100 additional illustrations-figures distributed throughout Ilustrador. 1st American Edition. INTIMATE: GRAND: LEARNED: ENGAGING: BRILLIANT: SPARKLING: NEW hardcover First American Edition (Orig. 1996) Printing Unstated (we believe this to be the first printing; HUP almost never explicitly states this), NEW handsomely-designed color-illus. mylar-protected jacket, NEW library-durable black buckram-over-boards cover w/ sharp new edges & corners & w/ titles ELEGANTLY gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCCABLE light-blue card-stock end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ blue-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ EXQUISITE clarity on SUPERB unblemished archival paper * 7.62" x 10.0" x 1.62", 1.60 kg, xxx+498 (528) pp. * Richly Illustrated: 14 color plates (between pp. 98 & 99), 12 color plates (between pp. 226 & 227), 13 color plates (between pp. 354 & 355), 11 color plates (between pp. 418 & 419), w/ almost 100 additional illustrations-figures distributed throughout the text * ABOUT THE BOOK: Nestled in the Apennines, cradle of the Renaissance, home of Dante, Michelangelo & the Medici, the city of Florence is unique in its extraordinary mingling of great art & literature, natural splendor & a remarkable history rife w/ violence & monumental triumphs. All these facets of Florence come to sparkling life in Michael Levey's portrait, which delves into the mystery of what is familiarly "known" to bring vibrantly to life the fascinating people of this celebrated city & brilliantly chronicles its history, its politics & its culture. From the turmoil of the Middle Age, the incessant clashes of factions & feuds, Florence only slowly emerged as the civilized republic of Renaissance lore. Levey captures the drama & confusion of the time leading to Florence's ascendancy as one of the world's great cities. In Dante, exiled from Florence in 1321, Levey finds an inspired guide to the 13th-century city, its people culture & constitution, & a wrathful commentator on its political life. 'Florence' brilliantly evokes this momentous period, epitomized by the construction of the Palazzo of the Priors & the Palazzo Vecchio, & bloody power struggles between the Guelfs & Ghibellines, the Holy Roman Empire & the papacy. Levey shows us Florence emerging as a commercial power in which the crafts & guilds made way for the blossoming of a great Renaissance city. He leads us from the medievalism of 'The Divine Comedy' to the robust world of the 'Decameron', through plague & flood & fire & civic turmoil, to art triumphant in the buildings of Brunelleschi & the sculpture of Donatello. His book shows us Florence not just in its ascendancy & at its height, but also in its less familiar years & guises, from the 16th century through the 19th, as limited democracy gave way to oligarchy, then autocracy, & the last strokes of decay & decoration created the city we know & love today. Intimate & grand, learned & engaging, this brilliant portrait gives us Florence in all its madness & magnificence, from the glory of the great Duomo to the finest details of a cameo or a poem. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: MICHAEL LEVEY was Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1973 to 1986. His many books include 'Early Renaissance', 'The World of Ottoman Art' & 'Giambattista Tiepolo'. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & securely custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & to all INTERNATIONAL destinations at our posted rates via USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 800pp. Light wear. L10.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The cover has a little wear, with a few small scuffs on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 205 pages Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G+; light gray spine with black text; dust jacket exterior shows slight handling wear; minor edge wear; cloth exterior clean; tiny chip to rear tail edge; tight binding; text block exterior edges have light wear; inked date to ffep; illustrated; interior clean; pp 484. 1366784. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. LUCID: INVALUABLE: CAPTIVATING: COMPLETE: ACUTE: VIVID: AS-NEW: First Edition (Orig. 1989) First Printing: NEAR FINE jacket w/ slightest wear along edges & corners, AS-NEW library-durable linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ titles ELEGANTLY gilt-stamped n gilt-bordered burgundy title panel on spine, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMMACULATE cream-marbled end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely-printed on SUPERB unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 1.54", 1.18 kg, xii+692 (704) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: For three decades, beginning with the "Symphonie fantastique" composed in 1830, Hector Berlioz & his music embodied the élan & exuberance of the Romantic era. This CAPTIVATING & sumptuously illustrated biography is not only a COMPLETE account of Berlioz's life, but an ACUTE analysis of his compositions & description of his work as conductor & critic, as well as a VIVID picture of his musical world. D. Kern Holoman paints a full-length portrait of Berlioz: his personal & family life, his intellectual development & pursuits, his methods of composing (Berlioz at his work table, so to speak), the aim & style of his music criticism & travel writing, his innovations in staging & conducting performances, & his interaction w/ other composers, including Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann, Glinka, Brahms, Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Gounod. In discussing Berlioz's music, Holoman talks about specific techniques, takes note of influences & borrowings, & analyzes the concept of programmatic music developed in "Symphonie fantastique", "Harold in Italy", "Romeo & Juliet", & "The Damnation of Faust".While following Berlioz's career, we get a rich sense of the world in which he moved. We see the requirements & excitements of foreign concert tours, the music publishing & instrument-making businesses, the development of the modern concept of orchestral conducting, the use of newspapers for publicity, the composer's working relations w/ impresarios & soloists. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "A LUCID biographical study of a type & on a scale hitherto unavailable for Berlioz. This is an INVALUABLE chronicle of a remarkable life." -Julian Rushton * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: D. KERN HOLOMAN was Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis, & the author of the first thematic catalog of Berlioz's works (1897) & editor of the New Berlioz Edition's "Romeo & Juliet". His "Berlioz" will be prized by music lovers everywhere, whether devoted listeners or practicing professionals. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee of $16.00 & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted below-cost rates or as quoted on request.

Soft cover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Trade Paperback Edition. SUPERB: WITTY: ENERGETIC: PLAYFUL: SERIOUS: SOMBRE: EFFORTLESSLY READABLE: NEW Stated First Trade Paperback Edition (Orig. 2011) First Printing, NEW handsomely-designed color-illustrated laminated cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW uncreased perfect binding, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed w/ EXCEPTIONAL clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper w/ Canto headings & w/ stanzas numbered in left margins, Glossary of Names (pp 659-672) SUPERB presentation of extensive endnotes & other scholarly apparatus (pp 523-594) & Index (pp 595-601) * 5.74" x 9.24" x 1.62", 0.92 kg, xii+602 (614) pp * .0.92 kg, xiv+672 (686) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: The appearance of David R. Slavitt's translation of Orlando Furioso ("Mad Orlando"), one of the great literary achievements of the Italian Renaissance, is a publishing event. With this lively new verse translation, Slavitt introduces readers to Ariosto's now neglected masterpiece: a poem whose impact on Western literature can scarcely be exaggerated. It was a major influence on Spenser's "Faerie Queene". William Shakespeare borrowed one of its plots. Voltaire called it the equal of the "Iliad", the "Odyssey", & "Don Quixote" combined. More recently, Italo Calvino drew inspiration from it. Borges was a fan. Now, through translations of generous selections from this longest of all major European poems, Slavitt brings the poem to life in ways previous translators have not. At the heart of Ariosto's romance are Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica & his jealous rage when she elopes. The action takes place against a besieged Paris, as Charlemagne & his Christian paladins defend the city against the Saracen king. The poem, however, obeys no geography or rules but its own, as the story moves by whim from Japan to the Hebrides to the moon; it includes such imaginary creatures as the hippogriff & a sea monster called the orc. Orlando Furioso is Dante's medieval universe turned upside down & made comic. Characterized by satire, parody, & irony, the poem celebrates a new humanistic Renaissance conception of man in an utterly fantastical world. Slavitt's translation captures the energy, comedy, & great fun of Ariosto's Italian. HIGHEST PRAISE: "[Slavitt's] translation is witty, energetic, playful, outrageous, yet serious & sombre too. Crucially, it is effortlessly readable." -Doireann Lalor, TLS -- "In David R. Slavitt's exuberant new version, 'Orlando Furioso' (1532) makes for quite wonderful seasonal entertainment. Slavitt's easygoing, colloquial approach possesses a lightness & brio, a sweet playfulness touched w/ irony that carries the reader effortlessly, happily along . . . Ariosto's irresistible masterpiece effortlessly blends chivalry, love & magic. Think of it as a knightly soap opera, complete w/ cliff-hangers, erotic intrigue & one melodramatic improbability after another . . . The whole book is clever & fun." -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: DAVID R. SLAVITT is a poet & the translator of more than ninety works of fiction, poetry, & drama. CHARLES S. ROSS is Professor of English & Chair of the Comparative Literature Program at Purdue University * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for A below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's light brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spines. Boards have mild wear including slight soiling. Text blocks have faint wear to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Minor flat chips to front end papers to volume three. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column E. CONTENTS: Vol. One "1828-1845", ix, xii, xiv, xxvii, xxxvi, 684 pages -- Vol. Two "1846-1860", x, 482 pages -- Vol. Three "1861-1892", xi, 735 pages Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1381224. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, xiii, xvi, 248 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine ivory white with red and green lettering. Slight soiling wear exteriorly with few, minor chips to the head/tail edges and faint age toning. Boards show extremely mild wear. Text block has very slight age toning to the edges and light offsetting to the end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1376527. FP New Rockville Stock.

Soft cover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. 1st Paperback Edition. First softcover edition updated 1987 after 1976 hardcover edition, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Softcover in glossy wraps without DJ as issued. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, 352 pages, 216 illustrations, index.