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Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo,. xviii, 350 pp, ills. Japan is one of the most successful nations in the twentieth century, underpinned by a culture whi… Mehr…
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1990. Cloth, 8vo,. xviii, 350 pp, ills. Japan is one of the most successful nations in the twentieth century, underpinned by a culture which fascinates and at times mystifies the West. This meticulously researched book, by one of Britain's leading authorities on Japan, celebrates and analyses that diverse and intriguing heritage. Spanning Japan's history from the earliest times to the present day, Hugh Cortazzi takes the reader on a voyage through a maze of religious and ethical influences to trace the development of Japanese society The author vividly describes all aspects of Japan's civilization, from her rich artistic heritage of sculpture, painting, pottery, porcelain and lacquer, to her wealth of literature (focusing in particular on those writings available in translation), as well as the country's social, economic and political history. The book culminates in a full survey of post-war Japan - the recent democratic constitution and the cultural boom of the new era following the almost total eclipse of Japan in 1945. Forming part of Sidgwick & Jackson's long-established and critically acclaimed Great Civilizations Series,-]apan is levelled at the general reader, but with its glossary and appendices will also be useful as a preliminary reference work for students. Both highly readable and eminently scholarly, the book is richly illustrated with maps and photographs of sculpture, screens and paintings. It brilliantly brings alive one of the world's greatest civilizations - a civilization which, argues the author, deserves to be better understood in the English-speaking world." - from from the blurb. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper., Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition, 1990, 1990, 4, Hardcover with dust jacket, blue cloth with gilt spine titles, 16 by 23.5 cm, 192 pp., illus. The hardcover is near fine, unread copy; the jacket is very good with light edge wear and a faint dampstain along the bottom edge of the rear panel (it has not affected the book itself). From the publisher: "Even though he defeated Robert E. Lee in the Civil War's greatest battle, George Gordon Meade has never enjoyed a prominent place in the pantheon of Union war heroes. To most students of the Civil War, he is merely the man who was lucky enough to benefit from Confederate mistakes at Gettysburg, but whose shortcomings as a commander compelled Abraham Lincoln to bring in Ulysses S. Grant from the West to achieve victory. In this, the first book-length study of the general to appear in a generation, Ethan S. Rafuse challenges the notion that Meade was simply the last in a long line of failed Union commanders in the East. Instead, George Gordon Meade and the War in the East offers a balanced, informative, and complete, yet concise, reconsideration of the general's life and career. It also provides keen analysis of the military and political factors that shaped operations in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and delineates the sources of tension between Washington and the Army of the Potomac high command that played such an important role in shaping the war in the Eastern Theater. This study will appeal to anyone with an interest in Meade and the politics of command in the Civil War and encourage reconsideration of traditional interpretations of the Union war effort in the East.", McWhiney Foundation Press/McMurry University, 2003, 3.5, 1952. Hardcover. Like New. Dust jacket shows sigs on age and wear. In the second book of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Bruce Cattonone of America's most honored Civil War historiansonce again brings the great battles and the men who fought them to breathtaking life. As the War Between the States moved through its second bloody year, General Ambrose Burnside was selected by President Lincoln to replace the ineffectual George "Little Mac" McClellan as commander of the Union Army. But the hope that greeted Burnside's ascension was quickly dashed in December 1862 in the wake of his devastating defeat at Fredericksburg.Following Burnside's exit, a mediocre new commander, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, turned a sure victory into tragedy at Chancellorsville, continuing the Union's woes and ensuring Robert E. Lee's greatest triumph of the war. But the tide began to turn over the course of three days in July 1863, when the Union won a decisive victory on the battlefield of Gettysburg. Months later, Lincoln would give his historic address on this ground, honoring the fallen soldiers and strengthening the Union Army's resolve to fight for a united and equal nation for all of its people.With brilliant insight, color, and detail, Catton interweaves thrilling narratives of combat with remarkable portrayals of politics and life on the home front. Glory Road is a sweeping account of extraordinary bravery and shocking incompetence during what were arguably the war's darkest days., 1952, 5, Bonhams, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th March 2016. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 181 pp, colour ills. 302 lots. The sale sections comprised: The Collection of the late Denis Collins - Lots 1-111; General Printed Books and Manuscripts 112-187; English Civil War and Royalty, Collection of the late Donald John Morgan 188-218; Atlases and Maps 219-228; Travel and Topography 229-272; Continental Books and Manuscripts 273-286; Natural History 287 -302. From the introduction: "Denis Collins was well-known as a collector of Illustrated books, artist's books and fine bindings. He began with English colour-plate books, Thomas Rowlandson In particular, and then moved onto 20th century Illustrators such as Dulac, Rackham, Nielsen, Harry Clarke and Heath Robinson, but reserved his greatest admiration for the French artists who used the pochoir process, and whose books 'reached a degree of perfection - above all in the work of George Barbier - which has never been surpassed'. In the 1980s the revival in the fine press movement ignited his interest In this area, and Denis became a longlasting patron of Susan Allix, who was commissioned to produce over a dozen 'designer bindings' for him, whilst also publishing a series of 'artist's books of a brilliance and originality that is entirely their own', Denis also commissioned bindings from the likes of James Brockman, Mark Cockram, Derek Hood, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Bayntun Riviere, the Chelsea Bindery and the College Bindery. Two page corners folded, otherwise Near Fine., Bonhams, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th March 2016, 4, New book, no flaws within text or on DJ. Illustrated with period pictures.Synopsis:In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the battle over Texas marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear. One of America's renowned political historians, Silbey offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, with an exceptional cast of characters, including John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, and Martin Van Buren. He shows in particular how the Van Buren bloc of the Democratic Party--the "Barnburners"--stood at the heart the annexation controversy. We see how a series of unexpected moves, some planned, some inadvertent, sparked a crisis that intensified and crystallized the North-South divide, which then became, for the first time, a driving force in national affairs. Sectionalism, Silbey shows, had often been intense, but rarely widespread and generally well contained by other forces on the political landscape. But after Texas statehood, the political landscape was transformed into one sculpted by implacable sectional differences. The bitter discord over annexation--with slavery the core issue--was the seed from which America's great crisis of union grew, leading ultimately to Southern secession and Civil War.The Texas controversy released demons that were never again pushed back into the bottle. With subtlety, great care, and much imagination, Joel Silbey shows that this brief political struggle became, in the words of an Alabama congressman, "the greatest question of the age"--indeed, a pivotal moment in American history., Oxford University Press, USA, 6, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, 1999 fine . no dj. pictorial boards are clean and bright. no inscriptions. internally a good crisp copy. First edition.collectable . delightful clean copy. From the personal collection of a dealer/collector, purchased for investment Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2 November 2008 - 12 January 2009. Summary: Taking Joan Miro's notorious declaration of 1927--"I want to assassinate painting"--as its point of departure, this richly illustrated volume is the first to focus on Miro the "anti-painter," identifying the core practices and strategies the artist used to challenge painting between 1927 and 1937. Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937 surveys the various material, iconographical and rhetorical forms of Miro's attacks on painting by presenting, in chronological sequence, 12 distinct series of works, beginning with a remarkable group of paintings on unprimed canvas and concluding with Miro's return to Realism in "Still Life with Old Shoe" (1937). Acidic color, grotesque disfigurement, stylistic heterogeneity and the use of resistant, ready-made materials are among the key tactics of aggression that are explored in this extraordinary presentation of the interrelated and oppositional series of paintings, collages, objects and drawings Miro produced during this crucial decade of his long career. This volume integrates close scrutiny of Miro's materials and processes with historical and iconographic analysis, leading to an expanded understanding of the underappreciated aggressiveness of an artist long regarded as Surrealism's most lyrical painter-poet. Joan Miro was born in 1893 in Barcelona. After his first trip to Paris in 1920, and through 1931, Miro generally spent half of each year in the French capitol and half in his native Catalonia, returning to live in France after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. One of the twentieth century's greatest Modern artists, Miro created a pictorial world of intense imaginative power, in which visionary and cosmic elements are inextricably intertwined with the earthly and mundane. He died in 1983 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Contents: Miro the assassin / Anne Umland -- The language of materials / Jim Coddington -- Paintings on unprimed canvas, 1927 / Anne Umland -- Spanish dancers and Portrait of a dancer, 1928 / Anne Umland --Dutch interiors and imaginary portraits, 1928-1929 / Anne Umland --Collages, 1929 / Anne Umland -- Large paintings on white grounds, 1939 / Anne Umland -- Constructions and objects, 1930-1932 / Adele Nelson -- Paintings based on collages, 1933 / Jordana Mendelson -- Drawing-collages, 1933-1934 / Jordana Mendelson -- Pastels on flocked paper, 1934 / Anne Umland -- Paintings on cardboard and Object (Object of sunset), 1935-1936 / Anne Umland -- Small paintings on masonite and copper, 1935-1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Paintings on masonite, 1936 / Robert S. Lubar -- Still life with old shoe, 1937 / Robert S. Lubar -- Catalogue / compiled by Adele Nelson, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, 1999, 0, Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1963. A solid reading/reference copy. Good EX-LIBRARY in a Good dust jacket. Usual library stamps and labels except on the spine of the book which is unmarked. Sharp corners. Lacks the free front endpaper. 1963. First Edition. Photo illustrated. Index. Bound in the original reddish-orange cloth, stamped in black, and with a green spine panel. From the dust jacket: "A fascinating story about bookselling and bookcollecting. Henry Stevens of Vermont, 1819-1886, was one of the greatest booksellers of the nineteenth century. Among his clients were such giants as James Lenox and John Carter Brown. He sold the Smithonian Institute modern English books and the British Museum new American publications. He became the great expert in early English material, the greatest expert in early Americana, and an arms agent for General John C. Fremont at the outbreak of the Civil War. The author, librarian at the Wesleyan University in Middletown (Conn.) could make use of all the existing business letters, preserved in Libraries and in the archives of Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. The result is an important contribution to the history of the booktrade. The work includes a chronological bibliography of the publications of Henry Stevens.". First Edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/Good dust jacket. 8vo. 348pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., N. Israel, 1963, 2.5, Savas Publishing Company, 1998-12-21. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Previous owners blindstamp seal to ffep, no other marks and otherwise almost like new. Clean hardcover with tight square binding and sharp corners. Dustjacket with very little wear, no price on unclipped flap, in mylar cover. Mason City, IA: Savas Publishing, 1998. vi, 373 pages; illustrated. - Background info and an in-depth account of field actions for each general to the brigade level, bibliographic references for each entry. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided., Savas Publishing Company, 1998-12-21, 3<
