2021, ISBN: 9780375401282

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New York: Delacorte Press Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1990. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightl… Mehr…

New York: Delacorte Press Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1990. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 0190. COVER DESIGN: Pentagram. CONTENTS: PROLOGUE Winter 2190--Yin/Yang; PART 1 Spring 2196--A Spring Day at the Edge of the World; PART 2 Spring 2198--Beneath the Yellow Springs; PART 3 Spring 2201--The Domain; PART 4 Summer 2201--Ice and Fire; EPILOGUE Summer 2202/Spring 2203--Mosaics; Author's Note; Glossary of Mandarin Terms; Acknowledgments; In Times to Come... SYNOPSIS: Only once in a generation does a work of imagination appear that is so textured, so complex, so dramatic and powerful that readers feel drawn into a complete, believable other world. Readers felt it when they discovered Isaac Asimov's Foundation books, Jean Auel's Earth's Children books, Frank Herbert's Dune books. Now, discover perhaps the most fascinating and colorful alternative world ever created: David Wingrove's Chung Kuo. Chung Kuo is a vast epic of the future--a wondrous blend of the exotic flavours of ancient China and the high-tech shine of cutting-edge futurism. In David Wingrove's vision of the distant future, the Chinese long ago took over the world and set out to attain "The peace of Ten Thousand Years" based on the tenets of New Confucianism. The seven ruling T'ang, or "Kings", rule the seven great cities by the traditional Chinese idea that peace is attained through strict order and stability. But many believe that their stability is a stagnating tyranny. One small group of European elite--calling themselves "Dispersionists"--begin a campaign to bring change into the world of Chung Kuo, and live out their deep-rooted Western need for progress. Chung Kuo is the epic story of this "War of Two Directions"--a grand conflict between the Western idea of progress and the Eastern belief in stability. In its pages we follow the fortunes of four young men from all walks of Chung Kuo society--from the son of a T'ang to a slave born in the rubble beneath the city's foundations--and it is their strengths, dreams, passions, and struggles that move this remarkable work to its stunning conclusion, and ultimately change the course of humankind. Chung Kuo: The Middle Kingdom is the first in a seven-volume cycle of novels that tells the entire story of the world of Chung Kuo and the War of Two Directions. David Wingrove is the co-author (with Brian Aldiss) of the Hugo Award-winning nonfiction work Trillion Year Spree. He lives in North London with his wife, Susan, and his daughters, Jessica and Amy. He has been working for the past six years on the Chung Kuo novels. The Middle Kingdom is his first work of fiction.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jean Tuttle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Delacorte Press Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1990, 4, Cloth-bound / Cloth spine. Publisher: Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing | Utg. 2021 | Cloth-bound / Cloth spine | p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: This book on Luca Nichetto, is the second in a series offering deep insight into the brand's long history of collaborating with world leading designers, telling the story of the ideas, design and craftsmanship behind their products. In the book, Offecct teams-up with a number of well-known creators, such as the design writer Yoko Choy Wai-ching, China editor of the Wall-paper* magazine, photographer Björn Ceder, Andreas Ackerup and the team at Henrik Nygren Design. One can read about Luca Nichetto's first contact with Offecct in 2007 and how he adopted Scandinavian sustainability thinking into his native Italian design language. In a conversation with Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde, Nichetto says: The more restrictions you have, the more creative you have to be. Sustainability is one of these restrictions that leads us to discover things that we have never considered before . Designer Luca Nichetto was born in Venice in 1976, where his artistic talents were inspired by the famous Murano glassmaking industry. He went on to study at Istituto Statale d'Arte in Venezia and then take a degree in industrial design at Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV). He took the leap to setting up his own practice in the city in 2006. Five years later he moved to Stockholm, Sweden, to start his family and open a second studio there, combining his Italian flair with the Swedish spirit of modernity and sustainability. Over the years, Luca has served as art director for many international design brands and gained a reputation as a multidisciplinary designer. His highly researched, innovative projects have earned him an many international awards for designs that range from products, accessories and furniture to architecture, exhibition design and branding. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, Woodbridge : Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. Quality Book Club Edition. Hardcover. This Book focuses on the art deco ceramics that were produced by the British pottery industry during the late 1920s and early '30s. It examines the background of art deco and how it developed in France during the early part of the twentieth century and explores how European designers created new shapes and patterns and how these ideas eventually made their way into British design. An important section of the book is a comprehensive survey of many smaller factories that are not well known today. Information on the products of fifty-five of these manufacturers, many of whom are discussed for the first time in a book, provides invaluable new sources of collecting. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 264 pages; Description: 264 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. Subjects: Pottery, British --Pottery, British --20th century --Collectors and collecting --Art deco --Great Britain --History., Woodbridge : Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, 0, New York; London: W.W. Norton, 2006. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 271 pages: illustrations (some color); 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index. Series; The Classical America series in art and architecture. Notes; ""In association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America."" -- t.p. Summary; Celebrated by his peers for such masterpieces as the City Hall, War Memorial Opera House, Temple Emanu-El, and Coit Tower in San Francisco; the Pasadena City Hall; and the Labor-ICC block of the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC, Brown epitomized the idea that architecture not only houses society's daily rituals and defining events but also can itself shape the sociopolitical landscape of America. Arthur Brown Jr.: Progressive Classicist, the first full study of Brown within his architectural and social context, unifies the varied strands of the architect's life, from the architectural forms and methods of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris to the reforming spirit and self-reliant confidence of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906 to the challenging economics and changing aesthetics of machine-age America. It details the development of Brown's major works and many other civic, commercial, religious, academic, and residential buildings. It chronicles his unflagging commitment to the classical tradition, which he employed in contemporary, forward-looking institutional buildings that emphasized continuity with the past while meeting the needs of the future. To Brown, the classical tradition was not a sacrosanct, unchanging body of knowledge; it was an expanding and evolving set of ideas about architectural design that permitted, and even demanded, change as new conditions and technologies were developed. Arthur Brown Jr. is a fascinating look at the man-captivated by the classical movement and obsessed with the slightest architectural detail-and at his buildings, at once canonical and inventive and singularly American. Subjects; Brown, Arthur 1874-1957 - Criticism and interpretation. ole nationale supeure des beaux-arts (France). - Influence. Classicism in architecture - United States. Individual architects. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General., New York; London: W.W. Norton, 2006, 0, New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003. vi, 503 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as 'perhaps the most illustrious American of his age.' Silverman presents Samuel Morse in all his complexity. There is the gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and larger historical canvases) and pioneer photographer, who gave the first lectures on art in America, became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college (New York University), and founded the National Academy of Design. There is the republican idealist, prominent in antebellum politics, who ran for Congress and for mayor of New York. But most important, there is the inventor of the American electromagnetic telegraph, which earned Morse the name Lightning Man and brought him the fame he sought. In these pages, we witness the evolution of the great invention from its inception as an idea to its introduction to the world--an event that astonished Morse's contemporaries and was considered the supreme expression of the country's inventive genius. We see how it transformed commerce, journalism, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the very shape of daily life, ushering in the modern era of communication. But we discover as well that Morse viewed his existence as accursed rather than illustrious, his every achievement seeming to end in loss and defeat: his most ambitious canvases went unsold; his beloved republic imploded into civil war, making it unlivable for him; and the commercial success of the telegraph engulfed him in lawsuits challenging the originality and ownership of his invention. Lightning Man is the first biography of Samuel F. B. Morse in sixty years. It is a revelation of the life of a fascinating and profoundly troubled American genius. / Born and raised in Manhattan, Kenneth Silverman is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. His other books include Timothy Dwight, A Cultural History of the American Revolution, The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance, and Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss. He is the winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History, the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America, and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians." - Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Collectible., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003, 5<

2017, ISBN: 9780375401282

Eastern Pennsylvania Biographical Association;. Good. 1928 first edition, Eastern Pennsylvania Biographical Assn. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches… Mehr…

Eastern Pennsylvania Biographical Association;. Good. 1928 first edition, Eastern Pennsylvania Biographical Assn. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches thick brown embossed hardcover with brown cords to spine, gilt lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, brown endpapers, printed with yellow ruled borders to each page, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographic portraits of each profiled person, 377 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to all four tips, especially the lower tips, with resultant very slight creasing to the lower tips of a few pages. Slight fraying to lower tips and chipping to the upper spine cap. Inside, apart from very slight marginal staining to a coupleof pages, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history and collection of biographies. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~D~ [6.5P] Following a 28-page history of the region, Philadelphia, Lancaster County and Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre, this volume presents the biographies of 'personalities whose work has been important to contemporary life.' It includes those who were considered, in 1928, to be regional leaders in industry, commerce, finance, agriculture, the law, education, religion, public administration and civic service. An important reference for the historian and genealogy researcher., Eastern Pennsylvania Biographical Association, 2.5, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Nancy Crampon (Author photograph). vi, 503, [1] pages. Illustrations. Documentation. Index. Kenneth Eugene Silverman (February 5, 1936 - July 7, 2017) was an American biographer and educator. He won a Pulitzer Prize and a Bancroft Prize for his 1984 biography of Cotton Mather, The Life and Times of Cotton Mather. Silverman, who specialized in Colonial American literature, was a professor of English at New York University until his retirement in 2001. Silverman educated at Columbia University, where he received B.A. (1956), M.A. (1958) and Ph.D. (1964) degrees in English. Silverman was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes, he won an Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America for his 1991 biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians for his work on Harry Houdini. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Though he was rarely awarded any royalties for the later uses and implementations of his inventions, he was able to live comfortably. In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prize winning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as perhaps the most illustrious American of his age. Silverman presents Samuel Morse in all his complexity. There is the gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and larger historical canvases) and pioneer photographer, who gave the first lectures on art in America, became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college (New York University), and founded the National Academy of Design. There is the republican idealist, prominent in antebellum politics, who ran for Congress and for mayor of New York. But most important, there is the inventor of the American electromagnetic telegraph, which earned Morse the name Lightning Man and brought him the fame he sought. In these pages, we witness the evolution of the great invention from its inception as an idea to its introduction to the world, an event that astonished Morse's contemporaries and was considered the supreme expression of the country's inventive genius. We see how it transformed commerce, journalism, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the very shape of daily life, ushering in the modern era of communication. But we discover as well that Morse viewed his existence as accursed rather than illustrious, his every achievement seeming to end in loss and defeat: his most ambitious canvases went unsold; his beloved republic imploded into civil war, making it unlivable for him; and the commercial success of the telegraph engulfed him in lawsuits challenging the originality and ownership of his invention. Lightning Man is the first biography of Samuel F. B. Morse in sixty years. It is a revelation of the life of a fascinating and profoundly troubled American genius., Alfred A. Knopf, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 9780375401282

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003 vi, 503 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the fir… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003 vi, 503 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as 'perhaps the most illustrious American of his age.' Silverman presents Samuel Morse in all his complexity. There is the gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and larger historical canvases) and pioneer photographer, who gave the first lectures on art in America, became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college (New York University), and founded the National Academy of Design. There is the republican idealist, prominent in antebellum politics, who ran for Congress and for mayor of New York. But most important, there is the inventor of the American electromagnetic telegraph, which earned Morse the name Lightning Man and brought him the fame he sought. In these pages, we witness the evolution of the great invention from its inception as an idea to its introduction to the world--an event that astonished Morse's contemporaries and was considered the supreme expression of the country's inventive genius. We see how it transformed commerce, journalism, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the very shape of daily life, ushering in the modern era of communication. But we discover as well that Morse viewed his existence as accursed rather than illustrious, his every achievement seeming to end in loss and defeat: his most ambitious canvases went unsold; his beloved republic imploded into civil war, making it unlivable for him; and the commercial success of the telegraph engulfed him in lawsuits challenging the originality and ownership of his invention. Lightning Man is the first biography of Samuel F. B. Morse in sixty years. It is a revelation of the life of a fascinating and profoundly troubled American genius. / Born and raised in Manhattan, Kenneth Silverman is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. His other books include Timothy Dwight, A Cultural History of the American Revolution, The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance, and Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss. He is the winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History, the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America, and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003, 5<

ISBN: 9780375401282

Knopf. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/sticke… Mehr…

Knopf. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., Knopf, 1<

2003, ISBN: 9780375401282

Knopf, 10/21/2003 12:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 1.7283 in x 9.5591 in x 6.6102 in., Knopf, 10/21/2003 12:00:01, 3