![Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. [Nicomachean]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/637/1695637724.0.l.jpg)
Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. [Nicomachean]
by Aristotle; Gillies, John
London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1797. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1797 first edition. Professionally recased. Edges rubbed with minor loss from corners. Bindings tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Complete in two volumes. xv, [1], 416; 434 pp. Leather spines and corners, orange spine labels, gilt titles and rules. Translated into English from the original Greek, with introduction, notes, critical biography, and analysis by... Read More
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Poetics (Penguin Classics)
by Aristotle; Heath, Malcolm
New York: Penguin Books, 1992. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 0x5x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 1992 Trade Paperback. lxxiii, [1], 61, [1] pp. Translated into English from the original Greek, with introduction and notes, by Malcolm Heath. Essential reading for all students of Greek theatre and literature, and equally stimulating for anyone interested in literature. In the Poetics, his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examine the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that... Read More
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Manners and Tone of Good Society; or Solecisms to Be Avoided
by A Member of the Aristocracy
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1880. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ninth edition. No date, circa 1880. Boards and endpapers a bit soiled, front endpaper loose but included, binding slightly shaken. Not the best copy, but would you trust an etiquette guide that appeared unused?. xi, 184 pp. 12-page terminal publisher ad. Yellow cloth, gilt titles, black triple border with decorations. A guide to aristocratic etiquette by a member of society, designed to avoid awkward social miscues and faux... Read More
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Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated: with Notes on the Translation, and on the Original; and Two Dissertations on Poetical, and Musical, Limitation
by [Aristotle]; Twining, Thomas & Daniel
London: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1812. Second Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Boards rubbed, stain to bottom corner of last section of pages, illegible ink name on front endpaper. 1812 Half-Leather. Two volumes bound in one. xxxii, 344; 499 pp. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles and rules, marbled boards. Includes: On Poetry Considered as an Imitative Art; On the Different Sense of the Word, Imitative, as Applied to Music by... Read More
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![The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway (The Drowned City, Book One [1]) (Arkham Horror)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/708/1658708844.0.l.jpg)
The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway (The Drowned City, Book One [1]) (Arkham Horror)
by [Arkham Horror] Harris, Carrie
Nottingham: Aconyte, 2024. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. First edition - a paperback original. Brand new from publisher. 2024 Trade Paperback. 313, [7] pp. An antediluvian tome holds the key to unlocking an otherworldly horror dreaming of Arkham's fall. When poet Lucius Galloway is offered a prestigious position translating a mysterious ancient text at Harvard University, he is thrust into an unimagined world of esoteric knowledge, mystical symbols and sanity-shattering nightmares. But Lucius has no idea that... Read More
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The London Venture
by Arlen, Michael
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 7x5x1. Sevier, Michel. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on slip bound in at title page. David Diamond's copy, with two postcards addressed to him laid in. Good in fair jacket. Front hinge weakening, jacket edges worn with loss, including a large chip from the base of the front panel, pencil notes on rear endpaper. 1920 Hard Cover. 197 pp. In "The London Venture,"... Read More
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The Beech Woods: How the Neighbour Learned the Many Secrets of a Canadian Woods
by Armbrest, Duncan
Toronto: William Briggs, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Minor wear to corners, front hinge weakening, ink gift note on front endpaper, ink name on rear endpaper. 1916 Hard Cover. 120 pp. Photographic plates. A glimpse into the Canadian beech woods during each season, morning and night.
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![Dr. Johnson: His Religious Life and His Death [Samuel]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/590/009/1518009590.0.l.jpg)
Dr. Johnson: His Religious Life and His Death [Samuel]
by [Armitage, Robert]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Stained, edges rubbed, pages foxed. 1850 Hard Cover. 405, 2 pp. A biography of the author whose life was immortalized by James Boswell. Samuel Johnson, byname Dr. Johnson, (born September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - died December 13, 1784, London), English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson... Read More
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![Heartwood: The Adirondack Homestead Life of W. Donald Burnap [Heart Wood]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/921/235/1602235921.0.l.jpg)
Heartwood: The Adirondack Homestead Life of W. Donald Burnap [Heart Wood]
by Armour, Marylee; Burnap, W. Donald
Baldwinsville, New York: The Brown Newspapers, 1990. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. Signed by Marylee Armour on title page without inscription. Front cover corner lightly creased. 1990 Trade Paperback. xx, 322 pp. "In 1902, at the age of six weeks, Don Burnap arrived at Fourth Lake in a packbasket. His parents, and brothers and sisters, began to carve a homestead from the wilderness surrounding the Fulton Chain of Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains of New... Read More
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The Red-Blood: A Novel
by Armstrong, Harold H
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Lacks scarce jacket. Front free endpaper removed, pasted clipping and ink stamp on front paste-down endpaper, front hinge weakening. 1923 Hard Cover. xi, 479 pp. "Red-blood" is American. The words have a special meaning in this country where, within an extraordinarily brief space of time, a nation has been hewn out of a savage continent. In this powerful novel by the author of "Zell,"... Read More
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Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan
by Armstrong, Sally
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Bottom edge of front jacket panel lightly stained. 2002 Hard Cover. xv, 223 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The women of Afghanistan lived a five-year nightmare under the Taliban regime. In Veiled Threat, Sally Armstrong introduces several of these women - including the deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, Dr. Sima Samar - who describe the living hell they experienced as well... Read More
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Handbook on Soviet Tactics: The Rifle Regiment (Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 30-75)
by Department of the Army
Washington, D.C: Department of the Army, 1953. Stapled Binding. Fair. Insect damage to wrappers, fore edge margin lightly stained. 1953 Stapled Binding. 112 pp. Restricted security information printed by the United States Army during the Cold War, detailing the offensive and defensive tactics of the Soviet Rifle Regiment.
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Military Police Traffic Control (Department of the Army Field Manual, FM 19-25, June, 1950)
by Department of the Army
Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office, 1950. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Ink name and 89th Army Band NYNG ink stamp on front wrapper,. 1950 Soft Cover. ii, 206 pp. CONTENS: General; Reconnaissance and Planning; Operations: General, Intersection Control, Patrols, Escorts, Defile Regulation, Parking, Civilian Traffic, Amphibious Adjustments, Enforcement, Stolen Vehicles, Accidents, Airborne Operations, Traffic Control in Arctic Operations; Appendix 1. Rules of the Road; Appendix II. Traffic Control Devices; Appendix III. Traffic Surveys; Appendix IV. Minimum... Read More
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American Military History 1607-1958 (ROTCM 145-20)
by Department of the Army
Washington D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards rubbed. 1959 Hard Cover. A guide to the major military engagements featuring American troops from Colonial times through the time of the book's printing.
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Low Intensity Conflict (FM 100-20)
by Department of the Army
Washington, D.C: Headquarters Department of the Army, 1981. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Rear wrapper soiled. 1981 Soft Cover. 307 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Environment of Developing Nations; Insurgency; Host Country Internal Defense and Development Concepts and Doctrine; Host Country Internal Defense and Development Operations and Campaigns; US Foreign Internal Defense Operations; Conterguerrilla Operations; Police Operations; Movement Security; Base Defense; Appendix A. References; Appendix B. Branch and Functional Area Precis; Appendix C. Training; Appendix D.; Glossary; Appendix E.... Read More
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The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide: A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tide-Marks
by Arnold, Augusta Foote
New York: The Century Co, 1901. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1903 reprint. 1 inch closed tear and ink name and date on front endpaper. 1901 Hard Cover. x, 490 pp. Green cloth with blind-stamped decorations, gilt titles with crab and starfish motifs on front board. A guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tide-marks, with more than 600 illustrations. Designed for use by amateur collectors and students.
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Ink on Paper 2: A Handbook of the Graphic Arts
by Arnold, Edmund C
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Top edge faintly foxed. 1972 Hard Cover. 374 pp. With black-and-white illustrations. 21 chapters covering every part of a printing operation. Includes a glossary of terms.
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Conversations with Erskine Caldwell (Literary Conversations)
by Arnold, Edwin T
Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Still in shrink wrap. Jacket spine faded. 1998 Hard Cover. 312 pp. Conversations with Erskine Caldwell contains thirty-two interviews with this major writer, who during his long career enjoyed both the celebrity and the controversy that his books generated. These collected interviews include what is apparently his first, given in 1929 before the publication of The Bastard, to one of the very last, given only... Read More
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Army Flyer
by Arnold, H.H.; Eaker, Ira C
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Boards a bit stained, a bit smoky. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1942 Hard Cover. xiii, 299 pp. An excellent inspirational wartime reference on what to expect as a military aviator. CONTENTS: Part One: Orientation; Part Two: Career Details; Part Three: Air Warfare.
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Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1848-1888, in Two Volumes
by Arnold, Matthew; Russell, George W.E
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Spines slightly cocked, a couple minor stains, ink name on front endpaper. 1896 Hard Cover. Two volume set. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield... Read More
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The Illustrated Book of Table Games
by Arnold, Peter
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x7x0. Minor stain to jacket spine base. 1975 Large Hardcover. 207 pp. This book is divided into three sections. The first deals with board and tile games: hex, reversi and mah jong... The second deals with card games, including some of the better patience or solitaire games. The third comprises two gambling games, roulette and craps...--jacket
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Ventures in Book Collecting
by Arnold, William Harris
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Reprint. Large chips and tears to jacket. Bottom corners of boards rubbed, pencil name on front endpaper. Stained. 1923 Hard Cover. xvii, 356 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations and plates. "One of the foremost bookmen of America here recounts the pleasures to be had in adventuring among books." CONTENTS: The Making of a Book-Collector; A Book-Hunter's Garner; Luck of a Book-Collector; Some Eighteenth-Century Books and Letters; Some Victorian... Read More
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Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
by Aronson, Amy
New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2020 Hard Cover. xi, 391 pp. In 1910, Crystal Eastman was one of the most conspicuous progressive reformers in America. By the 1920s, her ardent suffragism, insistent anti-militarism, gregarious internationalism, and uncompromising feminism branded her "the most dangerous woman in America" and led to her exile in England. Yet a century later, her legacy in shaping several... Read More
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Tunnel Vision
by Arrick, Fran
Scarsdale, N.Y: Bradbury Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Sean Daly with best wishes, "Fran Arrick" + Judie Angell." Jacket flaps very faintly toned. 1980 Hard Cover. 167 pp. "After 15-year-old Anthony hangs himself, his family, friends, girlfriend, and a teacher must deal with their feelings of guilt and bewilderment.
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The Spider Who Saved Christmas: A Legend
by Arroyo, Raymond
Manchester, New Hampshire: Sophia Institute Press, 2020. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 11x8x0. Gallegos, Randy. Small surface tear on two pages (publisher defect), otherwise an excellent copy. 2020 Large Hardcover. [40 pp.] Beautiful color illustrations by Randy Gallegos throughout. Radiating the wondrous spirit of the season, The Spider Who Saved Christmas rekindles an ancient legend, casting new light on the story we thought we knew. Created by New York Times Bestselling Author Raymond Arroyo (with... Read More
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