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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. First Edition, stated. Large, square octavo; brown cloth (hardcover); gilt letters; 244 pp + Index. Very Good+, in a Fine dust jacket. From dus… Mehr…

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. First Edition, stated. Large, square octavo; brown cloth (hardcover); gilt letters; 244 pp + Index. Very Good+, in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Caesarea iis one of the richest archaeological sites in Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, this urban center was a port of great vitality that survived until the thirteenth century. REcently archaeologists both on land and underwater have discovered many of the secrets of Caesarea, enabling them to reconstruct what the city was like and the manner of life therein. This profusely illustrated volume offers the results of the archaeologists findings, describing their methods and adventures as well. Like many ancient cities, and some modern cities, Caesarea owed its foundations as a great city to the imagination, ambition, and resources of a major benefactor of urbanism: This city was King Herods Dream. He and his planners were responsible for its up-to-date urban plan and for the magnificent conception of the citys man-made harbor, Sebastos. Herods engineers constructed the harbors huge breakwaters out of concrete blocks poured underwater into wooden frameworks fabricated near the shore and towed into position. Until the end of antiquity, Caesarea was the headquarters of Roman administration in the region. Its harbor was the major transport center for goods and commodities from all over the Mediterranean world. In the Byzantine era Caesarea became Christian in religion, but otherwise the forms of classical urbanism lived on through the Arab conquest of the Middle East and the subsequent era of the Crusaders. When the Egyptian Mamluks destroyed Crusader Caesarea they put an end to thirteen centuries of urbanism on the site. The story of Caesareas rise, fall, and subsequent rediscovery is the fascinating subject of King Herods Dream., W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. First Edition, stated., 1988, 0, DAW Books, Inc. Published by The New American Library of Canada Limited, 1973. Previous Owner Markings; Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: 77. INTRODUCTION TO THIS EDITION BY: John Brunner. REVIEWS: "It isn't difficult to recall some of the previous so-called 'science fiction'. There was scoffing--and perhaps a few shudders--at tales of men going to the Moon, cataclysmic explosions which destroyed cities and aircraft, carrying huge loads of passengers at the speed of sound. But they have all come to pass." "When Philip Wylie wrote The End of the Dream shortly before his death he was being no newcomer to perhaps being labeled a 'prophet of doom'. His Generation of Vipers was written long before the present attacks on 'the establishment' and the accompanying violent protests. What he wrote about then is happening, at least to an extent." "His The End of the Dream is both timely and 'far out'."--The Cincinnati Enquirer. "The superb imagination of Philip Wylie, plus his burning desire to save mankind from its own wilful, unheeding poisoning of the air, land, sea and rivers, plus his very deep knowledge of the environment and its perils, make this novel of the near-destruction of a world seem like factual history rather than a look into the future..." "The incidents that take place as a world turns to waste and its population perishes are spectacular. The heroics of the scattered leaders and geniuses, scholars and helpers, struggling to restore bands of people turned wild, and to nurse humanity back to life, are gripping. Wylie's simple, straightforward writing strikes home, as it has in so many of his dozens of books."--Long Beach Press-Telegram. "I hope everyone reads it, twice, and Stanley Kubrick makes a movie from it...I intend to thrust a copy into the hands of everyone I know who helps make decisions on our environment."--Los Angeles Times.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Podium II. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.[removed][removed], DAW Books, Inc. Published by The New American Library of Canada Limited, 1973, 2.5, New York: Norton, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 244 pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Contents:Introduction: Archaeologists and a city -- The search for Strato's Tower -- King Herod's city -- The daughter of Edom: Caesarea in the Roman Period -- The advent of Christianity: Caesarea in the Byzantine period -- Caesarea under Muslim rule: ""a beautiful city ... on the Greek Sea"" -- Caesarea under Crusader rule: a European city in the Holy Land -- Desolation and development. Subjects:Herod I, King of Judea 73-4 B.C. Herod the Great King of Judaea. Excavations (Archaeology) Israel Caesarea. Caesarea (Israel) History. Caesarea (Israel) Antiquities., New York: Norton, 1988, 0, Penguin Books. New. Penguin Books, 2018-07-17 New A new moving novel of three men, each searching for something they have lost, from the award-winning and Man Booker nominated author Donal RyanFor Farouk, family is all He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart If they stay, they will lose their freedom, will become lesser persons If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for some intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across the merciless sea Lampy is distracted; he has too much going on in his small town life in Ireland He has the city girl for a bit of fun, but she's not Chloe, and Chloe took his heart away when she left him There's the secret his mother will never tell him His granddad's little sniping jokes are getting on his wick And on top of all that, he has a bus to drive; those old folks from the home can't wait all dayThe game was always the lifeblood coursing through John's veins: manipulating people for his enjoyment, or his enrichment, or his spite But it was never enough The ghost of his beloved brother, and the bitter disappointment of his father, have shadowed him all his life But now that lifeblood is slowing down, and he's not sure if God will listen to his pleas for forgiveness Three men, searching for some version of home, their lives moving inexorably towards a reckoning that will draw them all together, Penguin Books, 6, DAW Books, Inc. Published by The New American Library of Canada Limited, 1973. Previous Dealer Markings; 0.6 cm x 5 cm Chunk Missing from Last Page (Advertising) (No Impediment to Text); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; Heavy Fading Due to Sun Exposure; "12" Stamped on Upper Edge. BOOK NUMBER: 77. INTRODUCTION TO THIS EDITION BY: John Brunner. REVIEWS: "It isn't difficult to recall some of the previous so-called 'science fiction'. There was scoffing--and perhaps a few shudders--at tales of men going to the Moon, cataclysmic explosions which destroyed cities and aircraft, carrying huge loads of passengers at the speed of sound. But they have all come to pass." "When Philip Wylie wrote The End of the Dream shortly before his death he was being no newcomer to perhaps being labeled a 'prophet of doom'. His Generation of Vipers was written long before the present attacks on 'the establishment' and the accompanying violent protests. What he wrote about then is happening, at least to an extent." "His The End of the Dream is both timely and 'far out'."--The Cincinnati Enquirer. "The superb imagination of Philip Wylie, plus his burning desire to save mankind from its own wilful, unheeding poisoning of the air, land, sea and rivers, plus his very deep knowledge of the environment and its perils, make this novel of the near-destruction of a world seem like factual history rather than a look into the future..." "The incidents that take place as a world turns to waste and its population perishes are spectacular. The heroics of the scattered leaders and geniuses, scholars and helpers, struggling to restore bands of people turned wild, and to nurse humanity back to life, are gripping. Wylie's simple, straightforward writing strikes home, as it has in so many of his dozens of books."--Long Beach Press-Telegram. "I hope everyone reads it, twice, and Stanley Kubrick makes a movie from it...I intend to thrust a copy into the hands of everyone I know who helps make decisions on our environment."--Los Angeles Times.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Podium II. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., DAW Books, Inc. Published by The New American Library of Canada Limited, 1973, 2.5, New York:: The Free Press,, 1998.. Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. The story of the mysterious friendship between Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli that changed history and almost accomplished one of the most ambitious plans of the city-state of Florence (Leonardo's concept to build a system of canals that would make the Arno River navigable from Florence to the sea, a project begun in 1504.). Roger Masters, a distinguished historical scholar, reconstructs this project and its failure, fills in many details of the relationship between the two giants of the Renaissance, and raises tantalizing questions on how history might have taken a different course had the project succeeded. Masters's reconstruction is both fascinating and plausible. Illustrated. Extensive notes, sources, index. 278 pages., The Free Press, 1998., 5, New York: Doubleday, 1966. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt on boards, vii, 821 pages, beigh spine with green boards black lettering on spine, deckle front edge, spine wrinkled, edge wear, Very Good condition, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear mainly to spine ends. Contents include: The Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Mystery of Marie Roget / The Black Cat / The Gold-Bug / Ligeia / A Descent into the Maelstrom / The Tell-tale Heart / The Purloined Leter / Assignation / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson / Berenice / The Fall of the House of Usher / The Cask of Amontillado / The Pit and the Pendulum / A Tale of the Ragged Mountains / The Man of the Crowd / Morella / "Thou Art the Man" / The Oblong Box / The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Metzengerstein / The Masque of the Red Death / The Premature Burial / The Imp of the Perverse / The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Hop-Frog / The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether / The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. / How to Write a Blackwood Article / A Predicament / Mystification / Loss of Breath / The Man that Was Used Up / Diddling / The Angel of the Odd / Mellonta Tauta / The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade / X-ing a Paragrab / The Business Man / A Tale of Jerusalem / The Sphix / Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling / Bon-Bon / The Duc De L'Omelette / Three Sundays in a Week / The Devil in the Belfry / Lionizing / Some Words with a Mummy / The Spectacles / Four Beasts in One / Never Bet the Devil Your Head / The Balloon-Hoax / Mesmeric Revelation / Elonora / The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall / King Pest / The Island of the Fay / The Oval Portrait / The Domain of Arnheim / Landor's Cottage / The Power of Words / The Colloquy of Monos and Uana / Shadow - a Parable / Silence - a Fable / Von Kempelen and His Discovery / The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym of Nantucet / Annabel Lee / To My Mother / Hymn / A Valentine / Fairy-land / To Helen / Israfel / The City in the Sea / The Sleeper / Lenore / The Valley of Unrest / The Coliseum / Sonnet to Zante / Bridal Ballad to - / Sonnet - Silence / Dream-land / Eulalie - a Song / To Helen / For Annie / The Bells / A Dream within a Dream / Spirits of the Dead / Alone / To One in Paradise / The Haunted Palace / The Conqueror Worm / + more poems / + Edgar Allan Poe - A Biographical Note. Check out the scans.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jacket designed by Jackie Schuman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Doubleday, 1966, 3, New York: WW Norton & Co, 1988 The cover is lightly worn. The top and center page edges are lightly foxed. 244 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm)., WW Norton & Co, 1988, 3, Hollywood: The City of Hollywood, 1966. xxxiv, 413pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Decorative blue cloth boards, gilt, in edge-worn dust-jacket which has a 5.5 cm tear from the damp-stained spine foot. The story of Hollywood-by-the-Sea, in Florida, the dream city of Joseph W Young. The book covers the period from the city's creation at the beginning of the land boom in the early 1920s to the Post-War era.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo., The City of Hollywood, 1966, 2.75, Chichester : Phillimore, 2007. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 120 pages; Physical description; vii, 120 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Summary; Rising in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, the Thames flows in a generally easterly direction for 215 miles to the sea. In its upper reaches, the river glides through meadows, passing Cricklade, Lechlade and Eynsham. Part of the upper river's enchantment lies in the fact that much of the countryside has a timelessness about it as villages are often some distance from its banks. Leaving the 'dreaming spires' of the city of Oxford, the Thames passes Abingdon and Wallingford before running through attractive scenery at the Goring Gap, between the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills. From Pangbourne, the river flows past Caversham to Reading and its junction with the Kennet & Avon Canal. In this new study of the Upper and Middle Thames, 18th-century aquatints, 19th-century engravings and old photographs of the river and the settlements along its banks illustrate an historical journey from source to Reading. Ancient bridges, ferries, flash locks and pound locks are featured, plus centuries-old churches, mills and inns. River craft used for work and pleasure are portrayed, too. This collection will engage the interest of river users, ramblers and residents alike who enjoy the history of this most famous of Britain's rivers. Subjects; Thames River (England) - History - Pictorial works. Gloucestershire (England) - History - Pictorial works. Oxfordshire (England) - History - Pictorial works. Berkshire (England) - History - Pictorial works. Thames Valley (England) - Pictorial works. Local history. London, Greater London., Chichester : Phillimore, 2007, 0, New York: New York Quarterly Poetry Review Foundation, 1970. 141 pp. Wraps some discoloring, crease at fold on cover. Light coffee stain on edge affecting a few pages, but not text. Printed on Park Avenue Ivory paper by the Capital City Press, Montpelier, Vermont. Cover: Seriagraph by Kenjiro Sasaka entitled ''Planet.'' Contents: Craft Interview: Stanley Kunitz. Photographs of poets by Thomas Victor: Padgett, Zukofsky, Swenson, Thomas, Rothenberg and Garrigue. Siv Cedering Fox--Eclipse; Herbert Krohn--Three Viet Nam Songs; Janet Brof--I'll Miss; Norman Stock--From the Grass to the Sea; Robin Henry--Elegies; Louis Ginsberg--The Bowery; Elizabeth Marraffino--Pisces Twilight; C. Staudacher--A Place of Bones; Richard Kostelanetz--Nixon/Noxin; Elisavietta Ritchie--Terra Irredenta; Robert Burdette Sweet--Margaret; Barry Seiler--The Legendary Bath; John Taylor--Snail Poem; Robert Herz--Girl Sitting; Frederich Mellberg--Poem to the Sisters; Larry Rubin--February Thaw; Theodore Hall--The Critics; Miodrag Pavlovich--On the Death of a Hen; --Funeral; Arvind Krishna Menrotra--The Sale; Gita Lenz--What If I Were To; Myron Levoy--At Lincoln Center; --Deserter; Robert Mezey--There Goes Gallen; Adrianne Rich--The Stelae; Hayden Carruth--Out of Season; Robert Bly--Seals off Shore in Maine; --Toes; --On the Rocks at Maui; Maryann Viollin--Haiku; John Tagliabue--Dialogue; Robert Mezey--A Prayer in His Sickness; Miriam Solan--Things to Do in the Kitchen; William F. Claire--In the Distance: My Father and I; Robert Peters--I Abhor These Evenings; --Poem; --Love; --Excursion to the Mountains; --The Animals: A Birthday Poem; Helena Moynihan--Dream; Barbara Holland--Possibly One Day; William F. Claire--In Another Country, Another Time; Leo Connellan--Manhattan.. Illustrated Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., New York Quarterly Poetry Review Foundation, 1970, 2.5, Santa Monica, CA: Angel City Press, 2005 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9h x 9w. A real nice clean unmarked 208 page first edition (stated) hardcover with 2 low in number line. Wilshire Boulevard is the unofficial Main Street of dreams flowing through Los Angeles history. Like Los Angeles itself, Wilshire is an accidental phenomenon created out of civic pride and the yearning of the masses to drive. Its 15-mile route to the sea has been called the Fifth Avenue of the West and the Champs Elysees of the Pacific. Has 150 vintage images culled from private collections and the state's most important archives. ., Angel City Press, 2005, 5<