The Secret of Crete
by Wunderlich, Hans Georg; Winston, Richard & Clara
New York: Macmillan, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Excellent book in good jacket. Jacket rubbed with some small tears. 1974 Hard Cover. xv, 367 pp. Offers an alternative hypothesis to accepted theories regarding Minoan civilization: claims the palace of Minos was not a center for courtly life but a necropolis--a city of the dead.
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Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems
by Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim / William Brendon and Son, Printers, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink name and date on title pages, pages lightly toned (endpapers more so). 1897 Hard Cover. xii, 339; viii, 196, [2] pp. 8vo. Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology (a survey in American Psychologist ranked William James and Sigmund Freud a distant second and third). He also founded Philosophische Studien, the first academic journal for psychological research.
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Signed by author. Signed without inscription by LouAnn Wurst inside front cover. Wrappers a bit foxed with a couple minor smudges, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society will host a book debut and artifact exhibit at the Clarendon Town Hall on Church Street. The event highlights the... Read More
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Threading Together the Past: Archaeology at the Polly Site (Clarendon Historical Society, November, 2001)
by Wurst, LouAnn; Pulver, Catherine; Visalli, Tina; Deuel, Jeremy; Schamel, Kerry
Clarendon, New York: Clarendon Historical Society, 2001. Large Softcover. Very Good. Front cover lightly soiled, rear cover lightly foxed. 2001 Large Softcover. v, 91 pp. On Wednesday, December 5, the Clarendon Historical Society will host a book debut and artifact exhibit at the Clarendon Town Hall on Church Street. The event highlights the work of Dr. LouAnn Wurst of the Department of Anthropology at SUNY College at Brockport. In 1999 Dr. Wurst led students in an archeological dig... Read More
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The Workers: An Experiment in Reality, in Two Volumes - The East; The West
by Wyckoff, Walter A
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hinges weakening, front free endpaper of first volume absent, ink name and address on endpapers. 1899 Hard Cover. ix, [5], 270, [2]; ix, [1], 378, [2] pp. 8vo. Vignettes of working class life on the East and West coasts of America.
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Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story
by Wyden, Peter
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x2x12. Book club edition. Jacket spine faded, minor loss from corners, top edge lightly foxed. 1979 Hard Cover. 352 pp. Eyewitness accounts and revealing interviews with combatants from both sides, including Fidel Castro and the CIA official who masterminded the invasion, substantiate this dramatic account of America's attempt to overthrow Castro.
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Low Bridge! Folklore and the Erie Canal
by Wyld, Lionel D
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1982. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 3rd printing. Wrappers lightly toned, light smudge on fore edge, pencil name on front flyleaf. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1982 Trade Paperback. xi, [1], 212 pp. Includes two-page map of New York canal system. "Historical precision and colorful description make this book an absorbing account of how David Bennett Hill became New York State's most powerful political figure, what he did... Read More
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The Erie Canal: A Bibliography (Revised Edition)
by Wyld, Lionel D
Cumberland, RI: Darcy Associates, Ltd, 1990. Revised Edition. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Revised edition. 1990 Stapled Binding. 19 pp. The revised list contains all the entries of the original, along with many new entries, including booklets issued by historical societies and related organizations, newspaper feature articles, and local histories that a researcher of Erie history or culture might find relevant and helpful.
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The Physics and Philosophy of the Senses; or, The Mental and the Physical in Their Mutual Relation
by Wyld, R.S. [Robert Stodard]
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edges and front and end matter lightly foxed, pencil name and address on front endpaper. 1875 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 562, 36 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped decorations. A philosophical examination of the relationship between mental and physical stimuli, discussing the nature of matter, physical laws, sensory organs and perception, the nervous system, and philosophical properties related to these topics. Wyld examines... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, &c., &c
by Wyman, Seth
Manchester, N.H: J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition (Howes W-724). Binding repaired by previous owner, corners exposed, spine label mostly absent, front free endpaper absent, a few pages stained. 1843 Hard Cover. iv, 310 pp. 8vo. A mid-19th century memoir by a career criminal, published after Wyman's death. "Wyman, Seth (04 March 1784 - 02 April 1843), thief and author, was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, the son of Seth Wyman and... Read More
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The Swiss Family Robinson (The Golden Books for Children)
by [Wyss, Johann David] Wyss, J.R
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12x10x1. Robinson, T.H. [Thomas Heath]. Reissue. No date, circa 1930. Near fine in very good jacket. Minor wear to corners with minimal loss from jacket corners, 1 inch stain on top jacket edge. 409 pp. Color frontispiece and plates by Thomas Heath Robinson. "The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants... Read More
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Big Cotton: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America On the Map
by Yafa, Stephen
New York: Viking, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5x1x8. First edition. Faint stains on jacket sine and rear jacket panel. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv, 398 pp. A history of cotton's impact on the world describes how the fiber has been at the center of conflict and controversy, rendering nations into industrial powers, in a chronicle that documents cotton's domestication some 5,500 years ago, its key role in the colonization of the New World, and its... Read More
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Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, the Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, the Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago
by Yaggy, L.W.; Haines, T.L
Chicago: Western Publishing House, 1883. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Minor wear to corners, a couple light spots on boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1883 Half-Leather. xiv, 15-944 pp. 8vo. Original half leather, brown cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, marbled page ridges, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and inset illustrations throughout text. An overview of ancient life, with chapters on Pompeii, Troy, Nineveh and Babylon, the Bible, and treating subjects such... Read More
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A History of the Wife
by Yalom, Marilyn
New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 2001 Hard Cover. xix, 441 pp. "A woman coming of age today has good reason to wonder what marriage will mean to her. Certainly, it will no longer imply that her husband will provide for her, as an ability to earn a living is commonly expected of both men and women. Also, marriage will no... Read More
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The Book of the National Parks, with Maps and Illustrations
by Yard, Robert Sterling
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1933 reprint. Loss of gilt from spine titles, a few minor blemishes on rear board, pencil name and address on half-title page. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1919 Hard Cover. xv, 436, [7] pp. Maps on endpapers and following text, black-and-white photographic frontispiece and plates. Robert Sterling Yard (1861-1945) was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. He graduated from Princeton... Read More
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The Military Establishment: Its Impacts on American Society
by Yarmolinsky, Adam
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. 2nd printing. Edge wear, boards bowed. 1971 Hard Cover. 434 pp. Explores the growth of the American military since WWII, and the way that it has affected social norms.
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2024. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x8. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2024 Trade Paperback. 541 pp. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death... Read More
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, Book 2)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books, 2023. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. First paperback printing. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 2023 Trade Paperback. 637 pp. Decorative dragon silhouettes printed on edges of text block. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins,... Read More
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, Book 2)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books, 2023. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Reprint. Light stain along bottom edge of boards and jacket - does not affect pages. 2023 Hard Cover. 623 pp. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll... Read More
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, Book 2)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2025. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First printing of deluxe second edition with decorated edges. Brand new from publisher. 2025 Hard Cover. 623 pp. Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how... Read More
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, Book 1)
by Yarros, Rebecca
Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania: Red Tower Books / Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2025. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First printing of deluxe second edition with decorated edges. Brand new from publisher. 2025 Hard Cover. 496, [4] pp. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon... Read More
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The Other Abyssinians: The Northern Oromo and the Creation of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1913 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Yates, Brian J
Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2020-01-02. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x0x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. ix, [1], 236 pp. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Reframes the story of modern Ethiopia around the contributions of the Oromo people and the culturally fluid union of communities that shaped the nation's politics and society. Although the Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, their history has been distorted in order... Read More
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The Indianapolis 500: The Story of the Motor Speedway [Indy]
by Yates, Brock
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Revised Golden Anniversary edition. Former library copy, usual marks. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page ('To the patrons of the Perry Public Library, with best wishes, Brock Yates'). 1961 Hard Cover. 182, [1] pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Brock Yates was the long-time editor of Car and Driver magazine, and also wrote the screenplays for Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit... Read More
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The Lower Colorado River: A Bibliography
by Yates, Richard; Marshall, Mary; Faulk, Odie B. (Introduction)
Arizona: Arizona Western College Press, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. An excellent copy. 1974 Hard Cover. iv, 153 pp. Arranged in ten broad topics and a catch-all: Indians of the lower Colorado, exploration and settlement, the military, steam navigation, the delta, Mexico and the Colorado, politics of water, reclamation, cities-towns-places, mining, and "General Works." 1,425 entries for publications of many sorts including periodical and government, and some unpublished material.
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Improving Human Relations in School Administration
by Yauch, Wilbur A
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards stained. 1949 Hard Cover. ix, 299 pp. Includes: Preface; Part I. Introduction: The Point of View. Part II. General Considerations of Group Method: Groups and Group Action - Group Leadership. Part III. Policy Making by the Staff: The Teachers' Meeting - Curriculum Planning by the Faculty. Part IV. The Principal as Executive of Group Policy: The Principal as Interpreter of Faculty Policy - The Principal as... Read More
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