The Hudson River School: Congenial Observations
Alexander Gallery, 1987. Cloth. Hardback, cloth covered. Light shelfwear and sun fading on the cover. More
Results
From the City, from the Plough
Imperial War Museum, January 2022. Paper Back. Spring 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment, wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men all drawn from different walks of life await the order to..... More
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Knopf, November 1998. Oversized Hardcover. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of World War I, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of..... More
Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
Viking, May 2024. Hardcover. A New York Times Editors' Choice "Riveting." --The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese..... More
Irving HoweSocialist, Critic, Jew (Jewish Literature and Culture)
Indiana University Press, April 1998. First American. Cloth. For over 50 years, from the 1940s to the 1990s, Irving Howe was a commanding, if controversial, figure in American intellectual life. Writing with the productivity of a major industry, Howe took on issues ranging from left-wing politics and American writers to..... More
Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010
Graywolf Press, September 2010. Hardcover. The first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, including her poem delivered at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration We crave radiance in this austere world, light in the spiritual darkness. Learning is the one perfect religion, its path correct, narrow, certain, straight. --from "Allegiance"..... More
Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar: Compilation
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, April 2014. Oversize Softcover. - Play solos like B.B. King and John Lee Hooker - Learn to Instinctively Play any Blues Song - Understand Scales and Techniques so you Find the Right Notes: Every TimeThe Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar Compilation Do you hear great..... More
Haunted Castles
Frederick Muller Limited, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first printing w/ no additional printings stated; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Mild foxing/spotting to outer edge text-block; Price-clipped jacket shows mild to moderate edge-wear/rubbing; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An attractive copy. More
The New Jim Crow (Revised Edition)
New Press, The, November 2012. Paper Back. Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and..... More
Gentleman's Gentleman
Vintage, March 2025. Paper Back. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - A USA TODAY BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic. "A Gentleman's Gentleman is a thoroughly charming confection of a romance. If you're looking..... More
Lady for All Seasons
Vintage, March 2026. Paper Back. From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead. "The perfect blend of rich Regency romance and frothy screwball, Alexander has brewed a queer and cozy cup of something sure to..... More
Alexander of Aphrodisias: Supplement to On the Soul (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
Bloomsbury Academic, April 2014. Trade Paperback. The Supplement transmitted as the second book of On the Soul by Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. c. 200 AD) is a collection of short texts on a wide range of topics from psychology, including the general hylomorphic account of soul and its faculties, and..... More
Contemporary French Poetry (A Bilingual Edition)
The University of Michigan, 1967. Paper Back. From the library of avant-garde poet, editor and theorist Jed Rasula w/ name stamped inside front and rear covers; Sound binding; Mild wear to covers and spine from previous use; Pages free of markings; A Good Plus copy. More
Paris Cuisine
Little, Brown and Company, 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Second printing, 1952; Sound binding - gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards - gently edge-worn; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good - gently edge-worn w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation;..... More
The Passenger: A Novel
Metropolitan Books, April 2021. Hardcover. A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FOR THE GUARDIAN * FINANCIAL TIMES * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE * THE TIMES Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany Berlin..... More
The Modern Theatre: Five Plays, Vol 2: Mother Courage / Fantasio / The Diary of a Scoundrel / La Ronde / Purgatroy (Anchor, A 48B)
Doubleday Anchor Book, 1955. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened/bowed spine with fading lettering. Tape 'repairs' with scotch tape. Marginal tanning to covers. Previous owner's name inked verso of front cover and half title page. Front cover bottom right corner creased. [348 pages]. More
Chasing the monsoon
Penguin Books. Trade Paperback. More
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics)
Modern Library, November 2000. Trade Paperback. "There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as well speak of a female liver."--Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), a leading figure in the women's movement of the early twentieth century, is a pillar of the..... More
The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels (Phoenix Books)
University Of Chicago Press, September 1963. Soft Cover. Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which were current among the ancient peoples of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley. With the same..... More
Flora Redux
Radius Books, February 2022. Oversized Hardcover. In the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, the Swiss American artist duo Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler (born 1965 and 1962 respectively) presented Flora and Bust, exploring the life of the unknown American artist Flora Mayo, with whom Alberto Giacometti had a...... More
Federalist Papers
Modern Library, October 2025. Hardcover. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham presents the brilliant and stirring essays in defense of the Constitution--written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison--that made the American republic. In September 1787, after a long summer of intense deliberation and compromise, the Federal..... More
Right to Vote the Contested History of Democracy in the United States (Revised)
Basic Books, August 2001. Paper Back. Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But the history of suffrage in the U.S. is, in fact, the story of a struggle to achieve this right by our society's marginalized groups. In The..... More
Mozart Chamber Music (BBC Music Guides)
University of Washington Press, 1978. Reprint. Paper Back. {4&3/4' x 7&3/4'} Heavy edgewear. Previous reader's name in ink half title page. [68 pages]. More
Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder
Beacon Press, April 2024. Hardcover. An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that this condition is untreatable, told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD Mental illness is heavily stigmatized within our society, and within this already marginalized group, folks with BPD..... More
Johnny Leber and the Confederate Major
Ashantilly Press, January 1962. Limited. Hardcover. Jacket has seperated at the front edge of the spine, it bears tears at the front cover, the lettering on its spine has faded to near-invisibility, and is quite brittle; however, nearly all the portions of the jacket are still present. The book's condition..... More
