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Albahari, David; Elias-Bursac, Ellen: Gotz and Meyer
Softcover, Harvest Books, Orlando, FL, 2006 0156031108 / 978-0156031103
Very Good+, 0.6 x 7.8 x 5.3 Inches; 180 pages; Slight edge wear. ""What would I have done?" is a fundamental question in Holocaust literature. Translated from the Serbian, this stirring novel draws on a wealth of archival materials, maps, and Nazi bureaucratic records about the concentration camp at the Belgrade Fairgrounds, from where, over five months in 1942, 5,000 Jews were loaded into a truck and gassed. A Serbian Jewish college professor looks back now and obsessively imagines himself as perpetrator, victim, and bystander. Who were the two drivers who connected the exhaust pipe each time so that the fumes killed the passengers? How did it become just a routine job?"
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Allen, Philip Schuyler: The Romanesque Lyric : Studies in its background from Petronius to the Cambridge songs, 50-1050
Hardcover, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1928
Very Good-, Large red-cloth hardcover, minor edge wear. Two small red marks at bottom of page ends (visible when book is closed), and a few light spots on page ends. Text clean and unmarked. An exhaustive study, covering Gaul, the Gallo-Roman world, Irish lyrics and ballads, the Near East, mimes, monks and minstrels, the Cambridge Songs, and Latin texts of the translations.
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Baldwin, Hanson W.: Sea Fights and Shipwrecks
Softcover, Doubleday Dolphin, Garden City, NY, 1955
Very Good-, Minor edge wear, front corner of cover and bottom corner of several pages are creased. Former owner's name and address inside cover. Text clean and unmarked. "True sea stories of mutiny, mystery, shipwreck, and battle from 1816 to 1945."
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Bayley, Harold: The Lost Language of Symbolism : An Inquiry into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
Softcover, Citadel Press, New York, NY, 1988 0806511001 / 9780806511009
Very Good-, 1.2 x 8.8 x 5.9 Inches; 388 pages; Large softcover with minor edge wear. Some scuffs on edges, price sticker on back cover. A few very light stains on page ends, but text is clean and unmarked. "This remarkable book reveals the hidden meaning behind familiar images and words, from the origins of Santa Claus to the metaphoric significance of the unicorn and the fleur-de-lys. It draws upon mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world as well as upon the secret traditions of ancient cultures and sects. 1,400 illustrations."
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Bell-Villada, Gene H.;Gimenez, Antonio; Pistorius, George: From Dante to Garcia Marquez : Studies in Romance Literatures and Linguistics
Hardcover, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1987 0915081024 / 978-0915081028
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 412 pages; Very large hardcover, text clean and unmarked. Jacket has minor wear at edges and is now protected in archival-quality mylar cover. Tiny red remainder mark at bottom of page ends. Gift inscription from Anson Piper on first page (the professor to whom the book is dedicated). Collection of essays on various aspects of literary criticism, with text in English, Spanish and French. Includes topics such as "Frustrated Lovers' Farewells in Early Iberian Theatre", "Physiognomics in Romantic Spain", "Sound and Silence in Samuel Beckett's En Attendant Godot", "Banana Strike and Military Massacre: 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and What Happened in 1928" and more. ; Signed by Dedicatee
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Borrow, George: The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
Hardcover, J.M. Dent Everyman's Library, London, England, 1924
Good+, Small green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on binding, now much faded. some edge wear. Former owner has pasted a newspaper article about gypsies inside front cover (dated 1947). Text clean and unmarked. A romantic and colorful history of the Gypsies of Spain and elsewhere in Europe, originally written in 1841.
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Buhe, Klaus: Songs and Ballads : A Collection of the World's Best Loved Folk Songs, Ballads and Spirituals Sung in Britain and the USA
Softcover, Heinrichshofen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1978 3795902002 / 9783795902001
Very Good+, Slight edge wear. Spine has a few bumps where it was glued down (not a printing error, just visible bumps). Text clean and unmarked. Includes folk songs and ballads from England, Scotland, Ireland and America as well as Negro songs and spirituals. Foreword and notes on accompaniment are in English and German but text of songs are in English. Includes charming woodcuts by Jutta Lamprecht.
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Carroll, Susan: The Dark Queen : A Novel
Softcover, Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 2005 0345437969 / 9780345437969
Very Good, Tall softcover, small scuff at top of spine. "From Brittany's misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris's royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny. She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, renowned for her mystical skills."
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Chomsky, Noam: A New Generation Draws the Line : Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West
Softcover, Verso, London, England, 2000 1859843808 / 9781859843802
Very Good+, 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.35 Inches; 160 pages; Slight edge wear, two tiny spots on cover. Text clean and unmarked. "1999 saw two major international crises which, looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky, starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. In this volume Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism was not the moving force behind NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia, and that there, as in East Timor, strategic concerns were dominant and the fate of civilian populations incidental."
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Clark, Eleanor: The Oysters of Locmariaquer
Softcover, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1978 0226107639 / 9780226107639
Very Good, 0.55 x 7.8 x 5.2 Inches; 220 pages; Minor edge wear. "The story of those oysters of northern France known to be among the best in the world. It is a vivid account of the cultivation, history, zoology, myths and folklore concerning the oysters as well as the lives of the people who harvest them."
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Corpe, Henry: An Introduction to Neo-Hellenic or Modern Greek
Hardcover, Groombridge and Sons, London, England, 1851
Fair, Ex-Library; Blue cloth hardcover with corner wear. Spine covering is torn along edge but still attached at other edge. Ex-library book with stamps and bookplate. Text clean and unmarked. Small remainder mark at bottom of page ends. Includes sections on Orthoepy, Accidence and Syntax.
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Cowan, James: A Mapmaker's Dream : The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
Softcover, Warner Books, New York, NY, 1997 0446673382 / 9780446673389
Very Good-, Minor edge wear, two red marks on spine. First few pages have center crease and one page has tiny stain near edge. Rest of text clean and unmarked. "This accomplished bit of armchair traveling from Australian novelist James Cowan takes the form of a 16th-century Venetian monk's journal. Fra Mauro, a cartographer, is working on a map of the world based on the oral reports of merchants, travelers and ambassadors who visit him in his cell. Oscillating between a dogmatic medieval mindset and a modern tolerance for, and interest in, diverse cultures and races, Fra Mauro hears stories about the far-flung world in the age of exploration."
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Crowley, John: The Translator
Softcover, Harper Perennial, New York, NY, 2003 0380815370 / 9780380815371
Very Good, 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.3 Inches; 320 pages; Minor edge wear, small red mark on spine. Text clean and unmarked. "A novel with a time bomb ticking over its head. It takes place during the dark days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as an American coed develops a complicated relationship with an exiled Russian poet who is her college professor, poetic collaborator, and perhaps lover. Innokenti Falin is a man of many secrets--but then, so is Christa Malone. Growing up, her father spoke only vaguely about his work with the government and computers; her Green Beret brother died under mysterious circumstances in Southeast Asia; and Christa herself has a few things in her past that she'd rather not contemplate. In their power to evoke the physical pleasures of poetry, the scenes in which Falin and Malone work together evoke A.S. Byatt's 'Possession', another gripping novel about language and the life of the mind."
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Davies, Nigel: The Ancient Kingdoms of Mexico
Softcover, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1983 0140222324 / 9780140222326
Very Good, Pelican; 0.24 x 7.8 x 5.04 Inches; 272 pages; Paperback with minor edge wear and small red remainder mark at bottom of page ends. Text clean and unmarked. Includes b&w photos. "This outstanding study spans four rich civilizations in ancient Mexico- the Olmecs, the culture of Teotihuacan, the Toltecs and the Aztecs- from 1500 B.C. to the Spanish conquest soon after 1500 A.D."
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Doerr, Anthony: The Shell Collector : Stories
Softcover, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2003 0142002968 / 9780142002964
Very Good, 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 Inches; 224 pages; Minor edge wear, small spot of sticker residue on back cover and tiny black mark at edge of pages (visible when book is closed). Text clean and unmarked. "The whorls, chambers, and ribs of the seashell are an elegance unto themselves, but if man-made beauty can come anywhere close to this, Anthony Doerr's short stories would be perfect candidates. The title story is about a blind man of 58, a scholar of shells (malacology), who retires to an isolated beach-side hut in Kenya, but then accidentally discovers a cure for a major illness in the often-deadly stings of the cone snail. 'The Hunter's Wife', a second small masterpiece, describes the marriage of a Montana hunter and his much younger, psychically gifted wife. There are more conventional pieces here; well-written, resonating stories that do not attempt the sweep or descriptive wealth of 'The Shell Collector', although they are still at the level of the best realistic fiction that is being published now in America."
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Donnay, Maurice; Henriot, Emile; Strowski, Fortunat, etc.: Le Theatre a Paris au XVIIIe Siecle: Conferences du Musee Carnavalet (1929)
Hardcover, Payot, Paris, France, 1930
Very Good-, Ex-Library; Text in French. Hardcover ex-library with stamps and stickers. Text clean and unmarked. Includes b&w illustrations. Includes essays by various authors on French theater of the 18th century, including "Le Theatre d'Amour", "Le Theatre Satirique", "Les Demoiselles de Comedie", and more.
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Dunant, Sarah: The Birth of Venus
Softcover, Random House, New York, NY, 2004 0812968972 / 9780812968972
Very Good, Short tear at bottom of cover near spine, repaired with tape. "Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florence palazzo."
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Eisler, Riane: The Chalice & The Blade : Our History, Our Future
Softcover, Harpersanfrancisco, San Francisco, CA, 1988 0062502891 / 9780062502896
Very Good-, Tall softcover, minor edge wear. Former owner's name in pen on first page. Very minor pencil underlining and notes on about 5 pages. "Eisler proves that the dream of peace is not an impossible utopia. In fact, there was an ancient time when partnership, creativity, and caring prevailed, where tools were more important than weapons, when men and women were equals."
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