Ny 1982 thames hudson (5 resultados)

Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. green & gilt decorative hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. one corner rubbed a little, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition. first printing (FPu1982 & nap). 208p. 51 Illustrations (glossy b&w photos, drawings & vintage illustrations). 4 b&w maps. sources & further reading. index. medieval history. medieval literature. folklore. mythology. archaeology. morris dance. queen of may~ The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. Now Professor James Holt, one of Britain's premier historians and author of the standard work on Magna Carta, unravels pure invention from real possibility and offers the detailed fruits of more than twenty years' research. Whether he is revealing the results of the study by ultraviolet light of an obscure account of the royal household in order to dismantle a nineteenth~century theory on which most subsequent research has been based, or displaying his deep knowledge of the English landscape, he brings us closer than ever before to the significance ~ and centuries~long appeal ~ of the Robin Hood legend. He roundly assesses the evidence for the historical "Robin Hood" ~ candidates include Hobbehod, tenant of the archbishopric of York and Robert Hood of Wakefield. His conclusion is more somber, but more fascinating, than popular imagination allows: he finds that the tale originated with the yeomen and hangers~on of the households of noblemen and gentry in the later Middle Ages, living in a society never far from violence and expressing through Robin Hood their love of adventure, their discontent and their readiness to idealize lawlessness. From there the tale was carried to tavern and market~place, and by the sixteenth century Robin could appear in the guise of noble, fictional earl of Huntington, King of May or gangleader. Parts of the story that we now take for granted ~ Maid Marian, Robin as robber of the rich and giver to the poor, even Sherwood Forest ~ played little or no part in the original tales. Professor Holt's great achievement is not merely to reconstruct the historical basis of the stories, but never to lose sight of the human imagination that sustained them.…

blue & gilt decorative (dolphins on cover) hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. minor rubbing on the rear, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPuUSA 1982 & nap). 207p. b&w maps, photos & illustrations. archaeology. ancient history. art history. mythology. mediterranean history. ~ The island of Cyprus lies at the crossroads between the civilizations of the ancient world, and from earliest times attracted a rich variety of cultures to its shores. Greeks and Persians, Assyrians and Egyptians, Phoenicians and Romans, all vied at some time for possession of its trading centers and copper mines Dr. Vassos Karageorghis, who for the last 20 years has been Director of Antiquities in Cyprus, is clearly in a unique position to write this important survey of the history, culture and everyday life of each period of Cyprus' past. He describes how the foundations of a characteristic Cypriot culture were laid by the first settlers who arrived from Anatolia around 7000 BC. bringing their own religion, tools, ornaments, farming practices and architecture to the island. Later waves followed these, and he shows how, from the 2nd millennium BC, settlements acquired defenses in response to internal frictions and foreign threats. The importance of copper ~ demonstrated in the very name of the island ~ prompted the founding of new harbor~cities that attracted the population back to coastal areas Within this framework we are shown how archaeology reflects the intermittent struggles between the east and the west of the island for control of the copper trade; the burgeoning of regional capitals in the wake of this fragmentation; and events recorded by Classical authors that are linked with some of the island's monumental tombs. Lastly, the author outlines the complex maneuvring which culminated in the Roman takeover and the coming of Christianity. The breadth and immense wealth of detail in this book make it essential reading for the visitor to Cyprus, as well as for the student of its archaeology.…

Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition (and first edition in English). Introduction by Jean-Hubert Martin with texts by Man Ray. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Profusely illustrated with Man Ray's photos. Very fine.

blue & silver gilt cloth hardbound folio. (very large, coffee table size. (8.5" x 12") priority or int'l. shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. fine cond. nice clean copy. binding square & tight. one faint spot on front, othw. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's name in ink on fr. flyleaf, othw. contents free of all markings. dustwr. near fine cond.,missing tiny piece along top of spine, tear & wrinkle to rear bottom corner, minor chipping at corners & spine bottom. othw. clean, not soiled, scratched or rubbed, not price clipped. first edition. (FPu USA1982) first printing (nap). b&w photo endpapers. b&w photo. self portrait frontis. 256p. chronology. index. ".based on an exhibition of Man Ray photographs held at the Centre National d'Art et De Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, from December 1981 to April 1982.which Jean Martin organized. Besides many classic images, the book includes a huge number of photographs that have never been seen before, including portraits of Virginia Woolf and of Antonin Artaud and a large selection of erotic pictures. " Essays by Philippe Sers & Herbert Molderings, also .Interview with Man Ray, Photography Is Not Art by Man Ray & Photography Can Be Art by Man Ray. The Dada And Surrrealist Scene. art history. art. surrealism. dada. modern literature. modern art. erotica. photography. cliche'~verres. rayographs. solarizations. sculpture. cinematography. contains some female nudity.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First American edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Traces of foxing at edges. ) A perfectly charming volume of surreal cat portraits.