Non-fiction from JWMah

Toronto: Signal, 2014. (CAD) First printing of Canadian First edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good minus dust jacket with 1/2" tear and small crease to top edge of rear panel. There are two samll spots the size of lentils just above the "e" in "Sapiens" on the front panel, and two faint spots near the spine edge of… Read more about this item

Cheshire CT: Graphics Press, 1998. (USA) 7th printinf of the first edition, 1998. No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of small edge tears. Hardcover, 197pp, index, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics. Tufte was a profession at Yale where he taught statistical evidence and information design.… Read more about this item

NY: Public Affairs Press, 2009. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the half-title: "To P---/ with best wishes for your help in the field/ Richard Dowden, March 2009", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 576pp, index, no illus. The author is dorector of the Royal African Society. From the jacket: After a lifetime's close observation… Read more about this item

London: The Athlone Press, 1988. (UK) this book originally appeared in 1968; this is the first printing of the revised and expanded (second) edition. No markings, Fine in Fine(-) dust jackdt with a hint of rubbing to the head of spine of DJ and rubbing to panel gloss of rear panel. Hardcover, 160pp, index, no illus. This new edition… Read more about this item

NY: Wehman Bros, 1954. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition. No markings, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Black cloth, [208]pp, 19 B&W photo plates and 5 line diagrams. Sydney James Van Pelt (1908 -1976) was an Australian medical practitioner and a pioneer of modern medical hypnosis and hypnotherapy. He was the founding editor of the British Journal… Read more about this item

Cambridge / London: The MIT Press, 2007. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 408pp, index, colour and B&W photos and illus. The book starts of with Maureen Sherlock's horrendous account of the deaths of 200 yound women in the New York factory fire From the jacket: The Object of Labor explores the personal,… Read more about this item

St. Paul MN: Paragon House Publishers, 2007. (USA) 1st printing of first edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to panel gloss and a tiny crease to front flap. Hardcover, 371pp, index, small photos; diagrams. From the jacket: This is really two books… Read more about this item

Toronto: Harperflamingo, 2001. (CAD) 2nd printing of first edition. No markings,about Fie in Very Good dust jacket with 1/2" tear to upper flap foldcorner of rear panel. Hardcover, 179pp. Sullivan looks at women's obsession with romantic love: Why do women in love so oftern become shadow artists? Why do women so often offer themselves the kind of love… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2004. (CAD) First prinitng of paperback edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no markings, a touch of rubbing to cover corner tips, about Very Good used copy. Wraps, 623pp, index, B&W photos. This book was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Award and for the Hubert Evans Award. This is a history of the Greenpeace Foundation.… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Small remainder dot to bottom edge of pages, no other markings, otherwise Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xiv, 261pp, index, B&W photos. This book looks at the proliferation of adventure travel which emerged during the early twentieth century and that were legitimized by their associations with… Read more about this item

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2000. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. iNSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to half-title: "To Ruth N---/ Best wishes and enjoy!/ Lee R. Berger, June 7, 2000", 6 pages have pen underlining or small checkmarks, there is a small skiined spot to the margin of page 181, some page corners have been folded, a corner crimpt to several… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1987. (USA) Stated first printing. No markings, but two tiny spots (pinhead size) to the leading edge of pages, thus Near Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 272pp, a few small B&W photos. The essays include easrly writings on Zen, on Buddhism and his writings as editor of Buddhism in England (letters, book… Read more about this item

USA: The Author, 2018. (USA) Stated first edition, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "For ____ &----/ In the ame of new futures and old memories/ Janine ", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 301pp, colour photos and illus. This is not a how-to guide with checklists for a good death. Janine tells the… Read more about this item

NY: Philosophical Library., 1947. (USA) presumed 1st edition. No markings, Very Good in Fair only dust jacket with chips and tears. Hardcover, 342pp, index, no illus. The first part looks at 1000 eminent Americans; the second with 1000 distinguished people of all time. There are charts that study these people on psychological as well as statistical aspects and appendices that… Read more about this item

London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1964. (UK) 17th edition 1964. Owner's name to inside front cover, no other markings, Very Good; no dustjacket. Leatherbound hardcover, in brown leather, xcvi, 599pp, index. This is a book on commercial shipping law with case studies.Sir Thomas Edward Scrutton ( 1856 -1934) was an English barrister, judge, and legal writer. He was born in… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin Press, 2018. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with 1/4" tear to top edge of front panel. Hardcover, 563pp, index, colour plates, B&W illus. From the jacket: From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2002. (UK) 1st edition. No markings, Fine (no dust jacket as published) in Very Good slipcase with a fine scratch to the illustrated panel. Black cloth with gold design, 336pp, index, colour and B&W illus and photos. Each day of the year is given significance thorugh historical notes and excerpts from diaries and journals in this… Read more about this item

NY: The Viking Press, 1973. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine in price-clipped Very Good dustjacket with crease to front flap fold. Hardcover, 204pp, a couple of line diagrams. The author participates in the Institute for Bio-Energetic Analysis in Natick MA. The athor says that we tune out 75% of what lies wihin our sendory range, blocking access to… Read more about this item

San Francisco: KQED Books, 1996. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine. Illus wraps, 304pp, index. Colour and B&W photos and illus; many stills from the mystery series including Inspector Morse, Rumpole, Hercule Poirot, Adam Dalgliesh, Jane Tennison, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marpole, et al. Interviews with the writers and actors with complete production credits… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oneworld, 2010. (UK) Presumed 1st edition No markings, fine spine crease, Near Fine. Wraps, 335pp, index, no illus. From the cover: This pioneering study argues that there is far more nuance to the matter than most believe. In its narrative of Lot, the Qur’an could be interpreted as condemning lust rather homosexuality. While some Hadith are fiercely critical of… Read more about this item