Towards Technocracy
[Economics] Laing, Graham A.; Introduction by Charles A. Beard 100pp. Small quarto [25 cm] 1/4 black cloth with yellow paper over boards. The underlying boards are just barely peeking through at the corners of the covers. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. In a worn dust jacket with small losses from the edges (the largest loss is to the top edge of the rear panel measuring 4 1/2 inches wide by 1 inch deep at its deepest point). The jacket is torn along the folds of the inside flaps, however the flaps are still attached. The edges are lightly dampstained. Illustrated with fourteen full-page photographs. "In plain language, Professor Laing makes it clear that the problem is really complicated, that it involves social engineering rather than mechanical engineering, that society is a cultural complex as well as a productive machine, and that the application of the principles of Technocracy to American life is more difficult than building an industrial plant or a water works system. Yet withal he makes clear and available the essential truths of Technocracy." - Charles A. Beard.- $40
- $40
Flowers
Mapplethorpe, Robert; Foreword by Patti Smith Quarto [31 cm] Green cloth over boards. In the dust jacket with light soiling. May require extra postage due to weight. 50 color illustrations. A collection of flower photographs by celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. All in color and featuring some of his final work.- $30
- $30
I Am Part of Every Poem (Poems for Everyone Over Seven)
Wyness, Jean M. SIGNED. 74pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards. There is a previous owner's ink stamp on the front free endpaper and there is an address in pen along the bottom edge of the front free endpaper. In the illustrated dust jacket with light surface and edge wear. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Warmly inscribed by the New Zealand born poet Jean M. Wyness on the front free endpaper.- $30
- $30
Hurst’s the Heart
Fuster, Valentin ***This book is very heavy. Extra postage will be required. Shipping outside of the United States is strongly discouraged. 2477; 63pp. Very thick quarto [28 cm] Illustrated boards with light shelfwear. The half title page is creased. New to this Edition: Stunning full-color illustrations; Information from the COURAGE trial, covering the use and misuse of drug eluting stents - Vital coverage of advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and new information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Expert-authored chapters on coronary blood flow, stunning, and hibernation; race and ethnicity in cardiovascular disease; and cardiovascular physiology / Up-to-date information on the diagnosis and management of heart failure - Latest guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation - New advances in curative catheter ablation of arrhythmias - Increased number of international contributors - Expanded chapters on epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension.- $60
- $60
Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War
Morrison, Michael A. 396pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket. From the dust jacket- "Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of the American Revolution bound Americans together until disputes over the extension of slavery into the territories led northerners and southerners to increasingly divergent understandings of the Revolution's legacy."- $20
- $20
The World of Charles [Chas] Addams
Addams, Charles; Introduction by Wilfrid Sheed ***May require extra postage due to weight. 305pp. Quarto [30 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards. There is a very small stain to the foot of the text block. In a dust jacket with a shallow closed tear (backed with short piece of tape) to the top edge of the front panel, light soiling to the rear panel, and toning to the spine (title still bold). A retrospective celebration of America's great cartoonist Charles Addams with 24 of his 65 'New Yorker' cover paintings in brilliant full color. "This is Charlie's book- selections from his work of sixty years. The first drawing, the skater, was printed in 'The New Yorker' when he was twenty-one years old; the last few appeared in 1990 after his death. With a few minor exceptions, I've put everything into chronological order. I hope that the drawings in this book are the ones that he too would have chosen." - Tee Addams, July 1991.- $50
- $50
Tamayo
Corredor-Matheos, José [Rufino Tamayo] 128pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Off-white paper over boards. Very slight lean to spine. In the dust jacket with multiple light scratches to the surface. 158 illustrations in color. From the dust jacket- "The paintings of Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (b. 1899) have acquired a decisive importance for contemporary art. Together with influences as diverse as Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism, his knowledge of the great pre-Columbian cultures has enabled him to carry out an extraordinary universalist conception of art. His works can be seen in major museums throughout the world."- $40
- $40
Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness (DVD)
(Abbey, Edward); Eric Temple One hour video documentary on the life and times of the late author, Edward Abbey. Rare video footage and over 120 images of Abbey, his friends and family. Includes interviews with: Terry Tempest Williams, Doug Peacock, Ken Sleight, Jack Loeffler, Dave Foreman, Ken Sanders and others. Also Abbey's widow, sister and brother are all interviewed. Includes Abbey's favorite desert haunts, Arches, the Canyonlands Country, the Grand Canyon, Colorado Plateau and the Desert Southwest. This new dvd includes Tom Russell singing his "The Ballad of Edward Abbey". Newly edited and remasterered by the director, Eric Temple.- $20
- $20
The Grinning Gismo
Taylor, Samuel W. SIGNED. 255pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Black boards, with title stamped in red on spine. Spine is rolled, and extremities are mildly rubbed. In a price clipped dust jacket with light soiling and creasing, and a few small losses to edges - particularly at spine ends. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Samuel W. Taylor was the grandson of the third president of the LDS church, John Taylor. He attended Brigham Young University, and was the editor of the student newspaper. His writing resulted in six temporary suspensions, and he ultimately dropped out and followed his future wife to her native California, where the couple settled. Taylor primarily wrote LDS history and biography, but several of his fiction works were adapted into films, including "The Man With My Face" and "The Absent Minded Professor."- $100
- $100
The Fool’s Progress: An Honest Novel
Abbey, Edward SIGNED. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 navy cloth over yellow boards. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Textblock a bit toned; one soft scratch to edges. In a mildly toned, lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Edward Abbey in blue ink on the front free endpaper.- $150
- $150