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This freshly-written biography (December 2020) of the humanistic psychologist Sidney Marshall Jourard weaves his personal and academic lives together in an intimate portrait of the man and his ideas. Includes a complete bibliography of his academic publications. Researched through the author's access to Sidney's personal files as well as the Sidney Jourard Collection at the University of West Georgia Special Collections, this is the definitive biography of Sidney Jourard's life and legacy.

261pp. Social history of Gainesville, Florida's thriving rock band scene from the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies, helping to produce eight members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame--Stephen Stills, Tom Petty, Don Felder, Bernie Leadon, Stan Lynch, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell and Ron Blair. Written by a member of the pop group The Motels and winner of the 2016 Florida Book Award Bronze Medal for Florida Non-Fiction. Includes a selective list of musical acts that have played in Gainesville 1960-1976. "A highly entertaining, well-written look at a city that played a major role in the history of rock and roll music. Kudos to Marty Jourard on a book of historical importance."—Kudzoo Magazine"Jourard tells the story so that you feel you are there in the humid clubs watching history unfold in a time when regional music scenes truly were unique."—Charles R. Cross, author of Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain "Jourard clearly demonstrates that Gainesville's contributions are no less vital… Read More

156pp. Concise and thorough presentation and explanation of basic music theory by a pop musician (the Motels) explaining the layout of the piano and fundamentals of playing and reading music. Many keyboard illustrations with dots/numbers indicating fingering for both hands. Printed on thick glossy paper stock. Includes 34-track audio CD of book examples.

182pp. Near Fine due to slight shelf wear on front cover. Very small stain on top corners of 11-20 does not effect text block. First book by Greil Marcus, who is still writing in 2020.

206pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, canary end papers. Fine book in lightly-rubbed dust jacket (see photo). Printed in Hong Kong through the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Rare in this condition.

261pp, blue boards w/silver lettering on spine, numerous line drawings. Fine/Very Good. DJ in clear protective cover. Detailed descriptions of dozens of building failures. From the Preface: "This collection of case studies has been assembled to help architects, engineers and contractors build more safely." From Chapter 1: "The primary purpose of this book is to tell the story of some structural failures for the benefit of those people whose livelihood may be affected by the lessons to be learned from them: architects, engineers, contractors, clerks-of-the-works, inspectors, building maintenance men, building owners and others."

121pp. Book is clean and unmarked. DJ has light fraying on upper spine and upper rear, otherwise fine. Informative history of the Burma Shave roadside rhyming advertising series. Includes all 600. The first ones didn't rhyme, later ones did. He Had The Ring/He Had The Flat/But She Felt His Chin/And That Was That/Burma Shave.

266pp, cream paper cover with photo, blue lettering, grey lettering on spine, crimping on lower right cover, sunned spine, fragile spine glue separated 102-102 but pages attached. First Edition/First Printing, Signed by both authors on title page. Definitive history of "50 years of pioneer life in Washington's Woodinville, Bothell and Kenmore areas."

323pp. First edition first printing, fine/fine.

175pp. Rare early biography of seminal rock band The Byrds by noted music writer Bud Scoppa. Cover has 1/2" rough paper lower left corner where price sticker was removed; otherwise book is unmarked. Dozens of black and white photographs, discography, lyrics to three songs recorded by The Byrds.

314pp, First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, two previously dogeared pages and one highlighted sentence, otherwise clean book and text block. Becker was the posthumous winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for General Nonfiction, the book is an intriguing examination of humankind's awareness of one's eventual death and how sublimating this awareness has affected human behavior throughout history.

253pp. First printing/first edition, Fine/Fine. Novel set in 1871 New York City, by a master storyteller. Dustjacket in protective mylar cover.

431pp, green cloth w/gilt lettering on spine, blue topstain, seventh printing, near fine DJ protected with clear mylar. Owner bookplate on inside cover; rubberstamped name on title page (see all photos), otherwise clean and unmarked. Prescient views of 21st century life, with predictions regarding computers that are accurate. Includes 100 Technical Innovations Very Likely in the Last Third of the Twentieth Century.

264pp. First printing. Light fraying on dj spine and small creases on front dj flap ends; dj in mylar cover, price intact. Very small ink price of 4.75 in upper right corner of ffep. Overall a very attractive copy of Vidal's satire about gender assignment and sexual identity, certainly ahead of his time in 1968.

120pp, red cloth boards with gray lettering on spine. Later printing of First Edition. Near Fine in Acceptable DJ protected w/clear mylar. Front of DJ is intact with chipping on top and bottom left, 2" piece missing on spine (see photos). The classic Christmas story of Kris Kringle and the Gimbels/Macy's rivalry.

139pp, purple boards with black line drawing and title on cover, black lettering on spine. First edition/Second printing March 1943. Ex-library book with white numbering/letters on bottom spine, trace of glue residue on inside back cover, wear on spine top/bottom. Photos on endpapers of notes from survivors, bookplate from Convent of the Sacred Heart Library, Washington, D.C. (see photos). 16 illustrations and six b&w photos. Astonishing true story of Rickenbacker and company's ditching in the Pacific Ocean during WWII and subsequent rescue, written by a survivor. Compelling writing.

Very good condition with light scuffing on cover along left edge. Book is unmarked. All you need to know about Inverse Scattering Transformation and the Theory of Solitons

200pp. Good/no dj. Hinges starting but cover is completely attached, otherwise a clean, tight copy with unmarked text block. Apocalypse is Lawrence's reflection on the book of Revelations. Previous owner's signature of Harry Thornton Moore (1908-1981), prolific literary critic, writer and biographer of Lawrence and others: "American literary scholar and educator Harry Thornton Moore (1908-1981) is best remembered for his studies of the life and work of English novelist D.H. Lawrence but also wrote and edited works on other authors, including John Steinbeck, E.M. Forster, and Rainer Maria Rilke. He is the author of numerous works of literary scholarship, including The Life and Works of D.H. Lawrence, published in 1951 and revised in 1963, as well as a biography of Lawrence, The Intelligent Heart (1954) (later revised and published in 1974 as The Priest of Love), which was the basis for a 1981 movie of the same name. In addition, Moore was the editor of several other works related to Lawrence,… Read More

201pp, red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. First edition/first printing. Near Fine/Near Fine, Dj in clear cover, small dark spot on front (see photo), unclipped price of 21s, small chip at bottom of spine, light foxing on ffep and back end page, otherwise very clean and unmarked. 18 illustrations. "The Middle East was not an easy milieu in which to work and my thirty-nine years; service covered two World Wars with plenty of civil unrest between-whiles." Detailed adventures of Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, K.C.M.G.,C.V.O., O.B.E., M.C.

271pp., olive topstain, red endpapers. First edition/first printing. Full Random House number line 24689753 (RH first printings start with 2). A fine copy in fine jacket, price intact ($8.95). Dj in protective mylar cover.