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Published by University of Virginia Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0813913705ISBN 13: 9780813913704
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. For Henry Adams at the turn of the twentieth century, as for his successors in the twenty-first, the relation of mind to a world remade by technology and geopolitical conflict largely determined the destiny of civil life. Henry Adams and the Need to Know presents fourteen essays that articulate Adams' ongoing preoccupation with knowledge, stressing his eclecticism and his need to clarify the role of critical intelligence in public life. Adams' work appeals to a wide spectrum of historical and literary inquiry and claims a place in multiple scholarly contexts. The topics covered in this volume range from international politics (of Adams' age and ours) to portraiture, from orientalism and travel literature to the disintegration of the human mind. Here, leading scholars explore often-overlooked details of Adams' relationships with people and ideas. They reopen settled topics and reframe truisms. Each essay affirms, in one way or another, that to study Adams is to discover his continuing and astonishing relevance. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1980
ISBN 10: 025320237XISBN 13: 9780253202376
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+++. No Jacket. First Paperback Edition. Originally published by The University Press of Virginia with ISBN0-8139-0396-6. xlv. Illustrations. Index. 405pp. Pictorial Soft Cover. These slave narratives were collected by the Virginia Writers' Project between 1936 and 1941 and are the only accounts of slave life to have been gathered by black interviewers. Soft Cover.
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1976
ISBN 10: 025320237XISBN 13: 9780253202376
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Simultaneous paperback. 405pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Very good with fading on the spine, short tears, and some spotting.
Published by Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia. 1994, 1991
ISBN 10: 0813913705ISBN 13: 9780813913704
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Book
Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 2nd printing, thick large 8vo: xxxxviij, 406pp., illustrations, tables, interviews, appendices, index. Very fine copy - as new.
Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, 1976
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st edition. 8vo. Taken from the records of the Federal Writers' Project (WPA) of the 1930s, this collection of interviews with former Virginia slaves provide a realistic window into the life of the enslaved in the antebellum American South. The transcripts are written from the original recordings, unchanged and unedited, in order to provide the most authentic voice and experience of the ex-slaves. Whenever possible, each narrative provides the demographics, date of the interview, and photograph of the individual. Brown cloth over boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior save for previous owner signature to front end paper and sporadic marginal notes in pencil scattered throughout the book. Dust jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. Phenomenal history of southern slave to include in any American history collection.
Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1976
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Large Octavo; 405 pages; G+/G+; Beige spine with black text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, wrinkling along head edge of spine and covers, minor wear to edges; Tearing to cloth along head edge of rear cover, minor wear to edges; Textblock clean; Inscribed by Charles Perdue Jr. on front endpaper; shelved Maryland & Virginia. 1361075. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1976
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st Edition. (1976). 405 pages. Index. Bibliography. Appendices. Illustrated. Dust jacket is printed on stock from another book, "Iran's Foreign Policy 1941 - 1973" - very unusual; jacket has a few closed tears and has minor chipping at edges. Very good in dust jacket. (072).