knopf ny 1999 (65 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condizione: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Burnie, Richard (illustratore). 1st American printing stated, 1st printing. Unpaginated but 30pp, (9 x 12.5 inches), color illustrations, answers in the back. Very Good/ no dust jacket. Hardcover, illustrated boards, tail of spine bumped, otherwise crisp, bright, clean, tight, corners sharp, no tears or creases, no markings. "Around-the-world puzzling mazes from Ancient Egypt to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.".

ISBN:067943917x. VG/VG. First ed. 429 pp. DJ rubbed. Top page edges have several very small smudge marks. Heavy bumps to front top and bottom board edges and rear board bottom edge. Bumps have caused 1/4" parallel tears in boards. Spine tight, square. Interior very clean. No marks. With exception of bumps, a very nice copy.

Soft cover. ISBN: 0375802118, Trade paperback, 3rd printing, Fine/pictorial wraps; 8vo., 326 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Wraps. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Clean, tight, appears unread. Light cover wear. We are Tennessee's largest used book store. bx81 Size: Trade Paperback.

Soft cover. First Edition. ISBN: 0375401431, Trade paperback, 1st edition, Advance Reader's Copy, Near Fine/pictorial wraps; faint small stain to edge of 1st page, trace of light wear to covers and cover edges, 8vo., 237 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first edition. Pages xxiii + 493,octavo ( approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"), hardcover, first edition. Includes black and white maps and other illustrations; notes, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition, F/F. "This is a full-scale history of the American West, from the ancestral Paleo-Indians, to the Spanish conquistadores and settlers, to the gold rushers, to the myriads who came from every direction in the twentieth century, right up to the late 1990s. 090103A ISBN: 0-679-45479-9.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. Hb. VG+/VG+. 1st. ISBN:0375406522. 209pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed.

Dogearing, else VG, unmarked Hardback; DJ-VG. xii + 179 pp.

VG, unmarked, illustrated, 5 1/2" x 9 1/4" Paperback. x + 290 pp.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition, 8p; EIGHTH PRINTING". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.00) DUST JACKET, clean, solid,bright; silver spine titles on dark blue spine strip.blue hardcovers.MAP ENDPAPERS. Black titles on photo illustrated cover showing ww1 troops on sloggy march. ; 475pg heavy pages; John Keegan's The First World War was everywhere praised, and became the definitive account of the war that created the modern world. The New York Times Book Review acclaimed Keegan as "the best military historian of our day," and the Washington Post called the book "a grand narrative history [and] a pleasure to read.".

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Publisher: Faber & Faber, London, 1999. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE softcover book in French wraps as issued. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library.

Hb. Condizione: VG-. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG-. 1st Am. Hb. VG-/VG-. 1st Am. 752pp. Extremities rubbed, bumped, & lightly soiled; owner inscrip. on ffep. Dj extremities chipped & lightly soiled. Illus.; index.

First Edition. ISBN: 0679427570 F- in F DJ, 1st edition. 599 pages. Very small spot of soiling to the textblock. Jacket in mylar. The biography of Eugene Victor Debs, union leader and socialist.

VG, unmarked 5" x 8" Paperback. x + 432 pp.

blue hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped(no price listed~possible book club edition). nice clean copy. looks new. like new. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first american edition so stated. first printing (nap). deckled foredge (looks "hand cut"). twotone endpaper maps. decorative title pg. xvi+474p.+about the author & colophon. 24 pages of glossy b&w photo illustrations. 15 additional b&w maps. notes. bibliography. index. world history. politics. diplomacy. world war i. ~ THE FIRST WORLD WAR created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times~modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society~and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. With The First World War, John Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation. Probing the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict, Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and ministers, and their doomed efforts to defuse the crisis. He reveals how, by an astonishing failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute grew to engulf an entire continent. But the heart of Keegan's superb narrative is, of course, his analysis of the military conflict. With unequalled authority and insight, he re~creates the nightmarish engagements whose names have become legend~Verdun, the Somme and Gallipoli among them~and sheds new light on the strategies and tactics employed, particularly the contributions of geography and technology. No less central to Keegan's account is the human aspect. He acquaints us with the thoughts of the intriguing personalities who oversaw the tragically unnecessary catastrophe~from heads of state like Russia's hapless tsar, Nicholas II, to renowned warmakers such as Haig, Hindenburg and Joffre. But Keegan reserves his most affecting personal sympathy for those whose individual efforts history has not recorded~"the anonymous millions, indistinguishably drab, undifferentially deprived of any scrap of the glories that by tradition made the life of the man~at~arms tolerable." By the end of the war, three great empires~the Austro~Hungarian, the Russian and the Ottoman~had collapsed. But as Keegan shows, the devastation extended over the entirety of Europe, and still profoundly informs the politics and culture of the continent today. His brilliant, panoramic account of this vast and terrible conflict is destined to take its place among the classics of world history.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED hardcover book NEAR FINE /dustjacket NEAR FINE brodart covered, SIGNED in PERSON on the FULL title page by author ROBERT FERRIGNO. Signed by Author(s).

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, 1st printing, FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated by MARKUS, JURT COVER PHOTO (illustratore). first edition, 8p; EIGHTH PRINTING". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S24.00) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright ; SILVER TITLES ON blue SPINE strip. lite BLUE Hard COVERS.GREY CLOUDY sky DJ photo. WHITE ENDPAPERS. 3X3" AUTHOR PHOTO & BIOG INNER DJ FLAP. ; PRAIRIE TOWN HORIZON COVER ART; 200+pg pages; Author writes about his surroundings.Eastern Colorado small town life.

Hb. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. 1st. Hb. Fine/VG+. 1st. 275pp. Index, NOtes, Illus. DJ: wear extremities, light rubbing.

319pp. 8vo Illustrated with black and white photos Black boards and black cloth back 1st trade edition Ex-library, else nice clean tight bright copy: VG+/VG+ dj 0-679-45130-7.

tan & brown 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. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). decorative title pg. xix+592p+ acknowlegements, permission credits, about the author & colophon. b&w photo illustrations. notes & sources. select bibliography. index. biography. french literature. french history. stage & screen. english literature. journalism. ~ In 1900, a provincial beauty best known as the child bride of a famous Parisian rake captivated the Belle Epoque by writing a story that invented the modern teenage girl. It was the first in a series of wildly popular but also critically acclaimed novels that, combined with a flamboyant career on the stage, made this former country girl the first authentic superstar of the century. But for all her celebrity as one of France's greatest and most notorious novelists and personalities, Sidonie~Gabrielle Colette was a profoundly reticent and self~suspicious creature who fiercely resists being known. Now, following her acclaimed life of Isak Dinesen, winner of the 1983 National Book Award for biography, Judith Thurman gives us an incomparably nuanced and revealing portrait of the elusive woman, the prodigious writer, and the revered but misunderstood idol. Having spent her village childhood in the shadow of a queenly, possessive mother who taught her the value of resilience, Colette would go on to embody the image of the modern woman. At twenty, she marries the canny but unscrupulous Willy, who not only takes the creditand the royalties~for her best~selling Claudine novels, but also keeps her enthralled in more primal ways. In 1908, she divorces her Pygmalion and pursues the most public of her many affairs with women. At forty, she gives birth to her only and much~neglected child. Her second marriage, to her daughter's father~a brilliant, predatory, patrician journalist and politician~falters, then fails. At forty~seven, she seduces her adolescent stepson. At menopause, she rediscovers her mother. At fifty~two, she embarks upon a torrid adventure with a much younger man that blooms~against all expectations~into the serene and enduring mutual devotion she has yearned for but has never known. This third husband, Maurice Goudeket, also becomes the source of her worst anguish when he is arrested by the Gestapo during the Occupation. As Colette redefines the conventions of loving and aging, she continues to live and write with Olympian vitality. Her principal subject is the bonds of love; her one true faith the consoling power of sensual pleasure. She opens a beauty institute and does makeovers in a lab coat; she produces a body of incisive journalism; she writes enchanting gems like Gigi and Sida, and provocative masterpieces like Cheri, Break of Day, The Ripening Seed, and The Pure and the Impure. Her wartime work remains the most controversial part of her legacy, and Thurman addresses the troubling questions it raises with a typically lucid and tenacious intelligence. Drawing upon a rich mine of new documents, candid interviews, and unpublished letters, Secrets of the Flesh evokes Colette in the fullness of her contradictions. A work of penetrating psychological insight, historical perspective, and literary discernment, superbly written, it is sure to reanimate our appreciation of its iconic subject.

red & brown decorative embossed 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. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated. first printing (NAP). deckled foredge. decorative title pg. xviii+300p+author bio note & colophon. b&w map with inset. decorative chapter headings. glossary. bibliography. index. world history. history of egypt. arabian history. ottoman empire. islam. ~ A DAZZLING CULTURAL excavation of one of the world's greatest cities~from its ancient beginnings, through the heights of medieval splendor, to the present day~by a gifted writer who has spent much of his life in Cairo. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Napoleon, Cairo has never stopped reinventing itself Even in this century, as Max Rodenbeck shows us, the city has transformed itself yet again~from a glamorous European outpost into the nationalistic capital of the Arab world. And, most recently, we have been witness to contemporary Cairo grappling with a population explosion that strains every aspect of city life beyond capacity. From its vantage atop the plateau of Giza, the Sphinx has witnessed it all: forty~five centuries of a city evolving on the river plain below it. "The Victorious" is what Arabs call Cairo, and its indomitable spirit still merits the name. To this richly textured story Rodenbeck brings a keen eye for telling detail, gained from years of wandering Cairo's markets, chatting in its cafes, and burrowing in its dusty libraries. From the hashish dens to the salons of contemporary Cairo, Rodenbeck explores the city's stark contrasts. Ancient tombs abut skyscrapers and genteel colonial mansions, and the people, pulled between the cultural poles of Paris and Mecca, struggle with the double burden of an incomparably rich past and a challenging future. With wit and an understanding that comes from a deep~seated love of the place, Rodenbeck brings Cairo to life in all its chaotic beauty. Fusing the excitement of travel with the stimulation of history, Cairo: The City Victorious is an epic, resonant work.

900pp. 8vo Occasional illustrations in black & white. Tan cloth, top edges stained red. First Edition so stated. Near Fine/Near Fine dj. 0-375-40630-1.

91pp. 8vo Gray boards & red violet cloth back. Sixth Printing. Fine/in Fine dj. 0-375-40135-0.