Smithsonian institution press washington (Oltre 3500 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 216 pages including index and sources, illustrated. The cover corners are slightly bent. There is a faint spot on the rear cover. A sticker is attached to the reverse of the front cover. The text is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. VG+/VG+. 232 pp. No noticeable rubbing to DJ. Spine tight, square. Interior very clean, bright. No marks. Very nice reading/research copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG in illustrated wrappers. Oversized paperbound. Covers lightly shelf-rubbed. Corners and edges bumped, lightly creased. Spine square, tight, uncreased. Interior bright, clean, unmarked. Heavily illustrated in color, black and white. Note: Large, heavy volume. Priority or overseas shipping may require extra postage charge. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Fair Condition paperback 208 pages some pages waterstained.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Fair-Good. First Edition. Dark plum textured paper covered boards. Unpaginated, approx. 80 pages, fully illus. with more than 200 color photographs. As issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG+ in glossy illustrated wrappers, as published. Trade paperback. Covers lightly shelf-rubbed. Bottom page edges lightly smudged. Spine square, tight, uncreased. Interior bright, clean. No marks. Appears unread.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket as Issued. CG1 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated tan and black wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some very light overall rubbing of the covers. A book about the rise of political campaigns in 19th century America illustrated with a selection of the legacy of campaign artifacts. Heavily illustrated with color photographs and reproductions throughout. Presidential candidates, reference notes and illustration sources, indexed, 212p. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Good Condition hard cover 258 pages former library book. Photographs By John And Karen Hollingsworth (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition, 1991 with no additional printings listed. Moderate wear, bumped corners and scuffing at edges and spine. Minor scratches. Tight, square binding and unmarked text. A nice copy in Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good-. Illustrated with photos, drawings, fold-out maps. 85 pp. Gray covers are browned, some edgewear.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Second Edition. 112 pp.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 96 pp. First printing.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. xxii, 263 pp. Fourth printing. Very light rubbing to the fore-edges of the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Condizione: Very Good. 172 pp., hardcover, very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. HARDCOVER; small remainder mark on lower edge; o/w in near fine condition with dustjacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. HARDCOVER; small remainder mark on lower edge; o/w in near fine condition with dustjacket. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. dark red-brown cover with cream color and pink title, yellow logo for the Smithsonian, soft covers and spine, spine with title only, back cover lists the museums covered in the book, contents include: the mall, The Smithsonian, List of museums as chapters, national zoological park, SmithsonianAssociates, especially for children section. color photos, diagrams of museums and floors for each, highlights of various museums, etc. guidebook.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Paperback (No jacket). Copyright 1982. Book is complete and intact with minor defects. Has some light creasing and rubbing along the spine. Some shelf wear, mainly along edges. Previous owners name written on title page. Binding glue visible inside front cover.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Fourth Printing. 264 Pages Indexed. Thirty-three page center pohotograph section. Traces the history and achievements of enlisted pilots from their earliest days in flight through 1942. Details the contributions of these men to United States military aviation, recognizing the 17 aces, the more than 155 men killed in action, and the 11 who were promoted to the rank of general. Lee Arbon few combat missions in World War 2 as a sergeant pilot in the Mediterranean and was later commissioned in the field. He retired from the military as a major and as a B-47 Aircraft Commander in the Strategic Air Command. He has preserved the record of a heretofore neglected chapter in aviation and American history. A fascinating account of men who strived to succeed in a profession which largely ignored their existence. …

Hard Back. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing. 242 Pages Indexed. Bibliography. Green boards with brown quarter-spine and silver lettering. Distinguished from other wading birds by their long, downwardly curved bills, ibises have been an object of human fascinaiton since priests first offered the mummified remains of sacred ibises to the gods of ancient Egypt. Today, North American populations of White Ibises rank as one of the continent's most abundant colonially nesting wading birds, with most found in coastal North and South Caroline, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida. Bildstein explores the critical ecologoical relationships between White Ibises and the wetlands they inhabit --- and reveals a discovery crucial to the birds' survival. He determined that when ibises were raising their young, parents often traveled as much as 25 miles inland to feed on fresh-water crayfish. Puzzled by their choice of distant inland feeding sites, he discovered that because salt toxicity prevents nestlings from developing normally on brackish-water prey, young ibises require fresh-water prey to survive. He found that coastal populaitons of White Ibises need both a coastal bedroom and and inland kitchen to survive. Porotecting their more conspicuous coastal bedrooms will mean little if the less consipicuous inland kitchens are destroyed by human development. Bildstein closes with an account of Trinidad's failure to protect its Scarlet Ibis and an analysis of the devastating effects fo Hurricane Hugo on South Carolina's White Ibises. A Smithsonian Nature Book.…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Previous owner's address label on inside ront wrap. 122 pp.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, ever so slightly musty, very good, book appears little used if at all but is also a tiny bit musty, not bad but noteworthy, remains a very good copy for reading. KARP, IVAN / LAVINE, STEVEN, ed. . Exhibiting cultures: the poetics and politics of museum display. Edited by Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991, later printing number line ending in 4, x, 468pp., . "Throwing open to debate the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed. This innovative volume brings together museum directors and curators, art historians, anthropologists, folklorists, and historians to examine how diverse settings have appealed to audiences and represented the intentions and cultures of the makers of objects. The essays address such major issues in the politics of culture as how the learned experience of everyday life is used to make exhibitions comprehensible, what happens to minority and exotic arts when they are assimilated into the hegemonic context of the "great" museums, and why ethnographic museums have been neglected in an age of museum expansion. Based on a landmark conference sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Rockefeller Foundation, the book comprises twenty-seven essays by eminent scholars and museum professionals, including Svetlana Alpers, Michael Baxandall, James Boon, James Clifford, B.N. Goswamy, Stephen Greenblatt, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Jane Livingston, Dawson Munjeri, Susan Vogel, Masao Yamaguchi, and Tomas Ybarra-Frausto." - CONTENTS: Introduction: Museums and Multiculturalism / Steven D. Lavine and Ivan Karp -- PART 1: CULTURE AND REPRESENTATION / Ivan Karp -- CHAPTER 1: The Museum as a Way of Seeing / Svetlana Alpers -- CHAPTER 2: Exhibiting Intention: Some Preconditions of the Visual Display of Culturally Purposeful Objects / Michael Baxandall -- CHAPTER 3: Resonance and Wonder / Stephen Greenblatt -- CHAPTER 4: The Poetics of Exhibition in Japanese Culture / Masao Yamaguchi -- CHAPTER 5: Another Past, Another Context: Exhibiting Indian Art Abroad / B.N. Goswamy -- PART 2: ART MUSEUMS, NATIONAL IDENTITY, AND THE STATUS OF MINORITY CULTURES: THE CASE OF HISPANIC ART IN THE UNITED STATES / Steven D. Lavine -- CHAPTER 6: Art Museums and the Ritual of Citizenship / Carol Duncan -- CHAPTER 7: The Poetics and Politics of Hispanic Art: A New Perspective / Jane Livingston and John Beardsley -- CHAPTER 8: Minorities and Fine-Arts Museums in the United States / Peter C. Marzio -- CHAPTER 9: The Chicano Movement / The Movement of Chicano Art / Tomas Ybarra-Frausto -- PART 3: MUSEUM PRACTICES / Steven D. Lavine -- CHAPTER 10: Locating Authenticity: Fragments of a Dialogue / Spencer R. Crew and James E. Sims -- CHAPTER 11: Noodling Around with Exhibition Opportunities / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- CHAPTER 12: Always True to the Object, in Our Fashion / Susan Vogel -- CHAPTER 13: The Poetic Image and Native American Art / Patrick T. Houlihan -- CHAPTER 14: Four Northwest Coast Museums: Travel Reflections / James Clifford -- CHAPTER 15: Why Museums Make Me Sad / James A. Boon -- PART 4: FESTIVALS / Ivan Karp -- CHAPTER 16: The Politics of Participation in Folk-life Festivals / Richard Bauman and Patricia Sawin -- CHAPTER 17: Cultural Conservation through Representation: Festival of India Folk-life Exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution / Richard Kurin -- CHAPTER 18: The World as Marketplace: Commodification of the Exotic at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 / Curtis M. Hinsley -- CHAPTER 19: Festivals and Diplomacy / Ted M.G. Tanen -- PART 5: OTHER CULTURES IN MUSEUM PERSPECTIVE / Ivan Karp -- CHAPTER 20: Objects of Ethnography / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- CHAPTER 21: Refocusing or Reorientation? The Exhibit of the Populace: Zimbabwe on the Thr.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 128 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. HARDCOVER; in fine condition. Book.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 214 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover includes color and b/w illustrations, maps, Appendices, References and Index, 303 pages. Includes National Museum of Natural History/Smithsonian tour guide of exhibit November 14, 1985-November 9, 1986. Oversize 9" x 11".

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Second Printing. Black cloth, lettered in silver foil, with cloth book mark stitched in to binding. As issued. Dust jacket as issued. 180 pp., fully illus. w/ many color + b&w plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. First Edition. Very lightly soiled along small portion of bottom front edge, else clean inside and out. Firm, square binding. xv,176 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Wraps. 1st Edition. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine. xiv, 274pp inc. Notes, References, Index; illustrated in vintage photos, reproductions. 288 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: About Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 2nd Edition. Second Edition, 1st Printing. Hard cover 8vo. About Fine w/owner name front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; in Fine DJ. 1150 p. Book.