Coates, Beth:The Ethics of War
- gebonden uitgave, pocketboek 2010, ISBN: 9780719040450
New York: Anchor Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Penned by an exceedingly broad-ranging, articulate feminist, examining the ways in which childhood experience, gender … Meer...
New York: Anchor Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Penned by an exceedingly broad-ranging, articulate feminist, examining the ways in which childhood experience, gender and sexuality, private aspirations, and public personae all assume undeniable roles in the causes and effects of war. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear beyond previous owner's inscription on first free endpaper, else with a bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing. From the author of the highly acclaimed Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her, a radical rethinking of the nature of war and gender and the illuminating interplay between private suffering and public tragedy. Griffin uses diaries, art, literature, psychology, and historical documents to illustrate the unexpectedly broad range of causes and effects of war. 363 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Anchor Books, 1992, 5, London: Sylvan Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A stated First Edition, designed to celebration the liberation of France from German rule near the end of World War Two. In French and English and with a featching, affectionate gift inscription at first free endpaper from Christmas 1944 in pen, quite nice. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in think gray cloth over boards, a bit concave, with Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and chipping to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 42 brilliant black-and-white photographs. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Sylvan Press, 1944, 2.75, London: Heinemann (London) (1979), 1979. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword contributed by Hannah Arendt. Published in First Edition Thus state by Heinemann of London, 1979, translations from the Danish being from P.M. Mitchell and W. D. Paden. Volume measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to tips, edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. xxv + 229 pp. From the dust jacket blurb, "The subjects of the essays range from the early photographs of Daguerre to a visit to Berling during the last war and a visit to London immediately after the war ended. She discusses a speech about feminism which she did not feel qualified to give as she was not a whole-hearted feminist. She writes about her beloved family home, Rungstedlund, of how friends helped Jews to escape in fishing-boats to Sweden, and, in the last piece, gives the text of her broadcast appeal for the estate to be kept as a bird sanctuary after her death." Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Heinemann (London) (1979), 1979, 5, London: Collins, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Baron. Final volume of photographer Baron's series of dance and ballet books, produced following his death by his colleague Arnold L. Haskell, who adds commentary here. A dozen different ballet "chapters," beginning with "La Markova" and concluding with "Pre-war Sadler's Wells." Favourite dancers and ballets. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining.Big, tall quarto format, bound in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, price-clipped but price still evident, protected by a plastic coat. Plentiful quarter-page, half-page, and full-page black-and-white photographs of ballet dancers, and some fine full-color photographs, too. 192 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Collins, 1958, 3, New York: Doubleday, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, a bit sunned along edges, very lightly worn and soiled. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing relatively minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Covers post-World War Two artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline,Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, and dealers such as Julien Levy, Betty Parsons, and Leo Castelli, sponsors such as Peggy Guggenheim, and musical composers such as John Cage and choreographers such as Merce Cunningham. x [2], 2-318 pp. More than two dozen black-and-white photographs, then index and bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Doubleday, 1980, 3, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A searing novel of the Vietnam War and the immediate aftermath of the takeover of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 389 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., St. Martin's Press, 2010, 5, Hartford, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. The Jewish literary critic Alfred Kazin was at the time of his death in 1998 one of the most prominent intellectuals of post-war America. Heavy focus on the journals that Kazin used to tell of his journey from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood to the head of the class. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x [1], 2-452 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Yale University Press, 2007, 5, New York: Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, New York (1938, 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Oddly, title page says 1938, but the copyright page says 1940. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely produced little tome, bound in black cloth over boards, bright red label thereover, sharp and distinct black lettering. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. A plea for tolerance in the lead-up to the Holocaust, penned by the minister for the Community Church of New York. [4], 5 [2], 7-91 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, New York (1938, 1940, 4.5, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Faint dust-soiling along top edges, else clean and bright of interior. Bound handsomely in brown cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, with brilliant gilt illustration to front cover. If they had a modus operandi, it was the lending of money, the extension of credit to warring governments to sponsor their wars. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Big, tall, Imperial octavo format, and replete with black-and-white and full-color illustrations and full-page plates, quite fine. [8], 9-304 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets., Alfred A. Knopf, 1973, 4.5, Manchester University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Manchester University Press, 2.5<