New York: Crescent Books, 1991. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 10.5 inches by 14.5 inches. 112 pages. Color frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with many images in color. Index. Most of the text is in two-column format. The dust jacket has illustrations on the front and the back. It has some wear and soiling and edge tears near the top spine and the bottom of the rear flap. This is a large, oversized book that if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to Chicago architects known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him; it encapsulated earlier theories of architecture and he applied them to the skyscraper. In 1944, Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal. This work studies Louis Sullivan and the Chicago school, describes their designs, and depicts their major buildings. The incredibly complex ornamentation for which he was known was based on botanical abstractions. Over one hundred illustrations help to explain his influence on the innovation known as the skyscraper. The Contents include an Introduction; After the Fire The Chicago School; Ideas in Stone and Steel; Sullivan in Detail: The Spirit of Ornament; and Sullivan's Last Masterpiece. More

New York: Free Press, 2007. First Free Press Hardcover Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 316 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations (some in color). Sources. For Further Reading. Index. This work identifies the misleading qualities of popular investment practices to counsel readers on how to protect long-term goals, in a guide that demystifies complex financial concepts while outlining a detailed plan for taking control of one's investments. Edelman is also the author of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth. Fredric Mark "Ric" Edelman is an American investor and author. He is the founder of Edelman Financial Services (later, Edelman Financial Engines), the author of several personal finance books, and the host of a weekly personal finance talk radio show called The Ric Edelman Show. Edelman was also the host of the public television show The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman. Edelman majored in communications at Rowan University (then Glassboro State College). He began his career as a reporter for McKnight Publications from 1980 to 1986. Ric and Jean Edelman co-founded Edelman Financial Services in 1986. Edelman until June 2021 oversaw financial education and client experience. In July 2001, Edelman's book Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth appeared at #1 in the New York Times Best Seller list. Barron's ranked Edelman the #1 Independent Financial Advisor in the United States in 2012. In 2019, Barron's added Edelman to its Financial Advisors Hall of Fame. Rowan University renamed its creative arts school the Ric Edelman College of Communications & Creative Arts in February 2020 and named him a "Distinguished Lecturer" More

London: Pavilion Books, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 7 inches by 8.5 inches. 191, [1] pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Soiled wrapper stating "Signed Copy" around the dust jacket. Signed by Jack Vettriano on the fep. The contents include Introduction, 198701993 Tales of Love and other Stories; 1994-1996 The Passion and the Pain; 1997=2000 Lovers and Other Strangers; 2001-2004 Affairs of the Heart; Exhibitions and Paintings; and Index of Paintings. This gorgeous monograph presents more than 30 new images, some earlier work never before seen, and a selection of the finest of Vettriano’s previously published paintings. Anthony Quinn is a British journalist and film critic. Jack Vettriano (born Jack Hoggan, 17 November 1951 – 1 March 2025) was a Scottish painter, known for his distinctive figurative style, often depicting scenes of romance, mystery, and nostalgia. Largely self-taught, Vettriano gained international recognition with his 1992 painting The Singing Butler, which became one of the best-selling art prints in the UK. His works, characterized by cinematic composition and atmospheric lighting, frequently depict elegantly dressed figures in ambiguous or intimate settings. Achieving commercial success, Vettriano's work has been met with critical reception. He remained a highly popular artist, with his paintings commanding significant prices at auction. Vettriano exhibited in prestigious venues, including the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and was honored for his contributions to the arts. His influence extends beyond painting, with his artwork featured in books, film and popular culture. More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. First Grove Atlantic Hardcover Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 262, [2] pages. Endpaper map. Signed by the author on a special signed first edition page after the fep. Donna Leon (born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. The novels are written in English and have been translated into many foreign languages, although – at Leon's request – not into Italian, as she formerly lived there, still visits monthly, and prefers not to have recognition in the country. Leon wrote a crime novel after seeing a scene she thought belonged in such a novel. She wrote it in 8 months and stuck it in a drawer until a friend persuaded her to submit to a writing contest, which she won. The police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice. Each case is an opportunity for the author to reveal another aspect of the seamy underside of society and another facet of Venetian life. Brunetti reports to the vain and self-serving buffoon, Vice-Questore Patta, while Sergente (later Ispettore and with the inspector per tu) Vianello and the all-knowing and well-connected Signorina Elettra, Patta's secretary, assist Brunetti on the ground and through research. The ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2000. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize. More

New York: Scribner, 2011. First Scribner Hardcover Edition [stated[. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [6], 313, [17] pages. Signed and dated (01.16 2012) by the author on the title page. Scandinavian Noir Combining the psychological depth of Scandinavian noir with the locked-room tradition of Agatha Christie, 1222 is a tense and intelligent mystery that rewards readers who enjoy character-driven suspense as much as ingenious detection. Anne Holt (born 16 November 1958) is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice. Holt graduated with a law degree from the University of Bergen in 1986, and worked for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in the period 1984 to 1988. She then worked at the Oslo Police Department for two years, earning her right to practice as a lawyer in Norway. In 1990 she returned to the NRK, where she worked one year as a journalist and anchor woman for the news program Dagsrevyen. Anne Holt started her own law practice in 1994, and served as the Minister of Justice in Cabinet Jagland from 25 October 1996 to 4 February 1997. In 1993, she made her debut as a novelist with the crime novel Blind gudinne, featuring the lesbian police officer Hanne Wilhelmsen. The two novels Løvens gap (1997) and Uten ekko (2000) are co-authored with her former state secretary Berit Reiss-Andersen. Her 2015 novel Offline is about a terrorist attack on an Islamic cultural center by a group of extreme Norwegian nationalists. She is one of the most successful crime novelists in Norway, published in 25 countries. Val McDermid, a Scottish crime writer, has said that "Anne Holt is the latest crime writer to reveal how truly dark it gets in Scandinavia." More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993. First American Edition [stated], First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 242, [4] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters spawned a sequel series, Lewis, from 2006 to 2015, and a prequel series, Endeavour, from 2012 to 2023. He also set crosswords for The Oxford Times. Dexter did his national service with the Royal Corps of Signals and then read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953 and receiving a master's degree in 1958. He began writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday. Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, and Wagner operas reflected Dexter's own enthusiasms. Dexter's plots used red herrings, "presenting Morse, and his readers, with fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve". Dexter received several Crime Writers' Association awards: two Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead and The Dead of Jericho; two Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead and The Way Through the Woods; and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. In 1996, Dexter received a Macavity Award for his short story "Evans Tries an O-Level". In 1980, he was elected a member of the by-invitation-only Detection Club. In the 2000 Birthday Honours Dexter was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature. More

New York: Random House, 1997. First U.S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [per Random House printing convention]. Hardcover. [14], 539, [7] pages. Endpaper maps. Author's Note. Signed by the author on the title page. Slight weakness noted between verso and Author's Note that has been restrengthened with glue. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist. Matthiessen's nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name. In 2008, at age 81, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction for Shadow Country. According to critic Michael Dirda, "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea." More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1997. First American Edition [stated], First printing [stated]. Hardcover. ix, [5], 347, [5] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters spawned a sequel series, Lewis, from 2006 to 2015, and a prequel series, Endeavour, from 2012 to 2023. He also set crosswords for The Oxford Times. Dexter did his national service with the Royal Corps of Signals and then read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953 and receiving a master's degree in 1958. He began writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday. Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, and Wagner operas reflected Dexter's own enthusiasms. Dexter's plots used red herrings, "presenting Morse, and his readers, with fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve". Dexter received several Crime Writers' Association awards: two Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead and The Dead of Jericho; two Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead and The Way Through the Woods; and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. In 1996, Dexter received a Macavity Award for his short story "Evans Tries an O-Level". In 1980, he was elected a member of the by-invitation-only Detection Club. In the 2000 Birthday Honours Dexter was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvi, 489 pages. Author's Note. Cast of Characters. Epilogue. Glossary. Notes. Index. Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him. While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalist and former editor of The New York Times Gene Roberts. Woodward continued to work for The Washington Post after his reporting on Watergate. Since 1974, he has written 21 books on American politics and current affairs, 14 of which have topped best-seller lists. More

Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. [8], 127, [1] pages. The front cover has a corner crease. Equations. Tables. References. Technical Reports Series No. 288 evaluates the radiological impact of dumping low-level radioactive waste in deep-ocean abyssal ecosystems, developing mathematical models to estimate doses to marine organisms. The report highlights that specific radionuclides pose significant risks to deep-sea species, supporting the need for ecological protection guidelines and contributing to the eventual ban on such dumping under the London Convention. In revising the definition of high level radioactive waste unsuitable for dumping at sea, calculations of water concentrations in and near a dump site have been made and used to estimate doses to ‘typical’ marine species living at or near the sea floor at a depth of 4000 m. These calculations show that there are radionuclides that can give rise to significant doses to these typical species. The Report contents are: 1. Introduction; 2. Nature of the deep sea ecosystem; 3. Naturally occurring and fallout radionuclides in the marine environment; 4. Effects of radiation on aquatic organisms; 5. Methods of dosimetry for aquatic organisms and an estimate of the background dose rate in the deep sea; 6. Derivation of dose rates to organisms based on the IAEA definition of high level radioactive waste unsuitable for dumping at sea; 7. Dose rates arising from actual sea dumping operations; 8. Summary and conclusions; Appendix: Equations and parameters used for calculations and results. More

Washington DC: A Carnegie Endowment Book, 1996. Wraps. vi, 120, [2] pages. Notes. Figures. Tabular Information. Appendix A. Appendix B. Selig Seidenman Harrison (March 19, 1927 – December 30, 2016) was a scholar and journalist, who specialized in South Asia and East Asia. He was the Director of the Asia Program and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and a senior scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He was also a member of the Afghanistan Study Group. He wrote five books on Asian affairs and U.S. relations with Asia. His last book, Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement (Princeton University Press), won the 2002 award of the Association of American Publishers for the best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science. His outspoken, constructive criticisms of administration policies often appeared on op-ed pages of many major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and The Financial Times. More

Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg, 1978. Fifth printing. Wraps. [2], 37, [1] pages, including covers. Illustrations. A List of Williamsburg Apothecaries. Suggestions for Further Reading. This is one of the Williamsburg Craft Series. This work is based on a monograph by historian Harold B. Gill. The Apothecary in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg provides a detailed historical overview of the medical and commercial practices in Virginia's colonial capital. The text explains that unlike their specialized counterparts in England, Williamsburg apothecaries operated as a hybrid of family physicians, surgeons, and retail shopkeepers. They diagnosed illnesses, made house calls, performed minor surgeries, and managed a storefront. These shops sold everything from imported British patent medicines and raw chemical ingredients to everyday consumer goods like spices, tobacco, and grooming supplies. The booklet explores the daily operations of these businesses, highlighting their heavy reliance on the London and Edinburgh markets for glass vials, scales, and raw materials. To compound treatments, apothecaries followed strict formulas from British pharmaceutical guides, blending native Virginia botanicals with exotic imports and heavy minerals like mercury. The book illustrates these medical practices and the financial realities of tracking patient debts through the real-world Williamsburg partnership of Dr. William Pasteur and Dr. John Galt. Finally, it details how the trade was preserved through a rigorous apprenticeship system, where young men bound themselves to a master practitioner to learn the secrets of the craft. More

New Haven, CT: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Inc., 1989. Presumed First Edition, First Printing this issue. Wraps. [4], 421-554, [6] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Note on Contributors. The cover has slight wear, soiling, and sunning/fading. Started in 1946, the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences is internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field. The journal's coverage is broad, publishing the latest original research on the written beginnings of medicine in all its aspects. When possible and appropriate, it focuses on what practitioners of the healing arts did or taught, and how their peers, as well as patients, received and interpreted their efforts. This quarterly peer-reviewed issue features historical research articles, scholarly notes, and comprehensive book reviews covering medical practice, historical health trends, and scientific developments. This quarterly issue contains peer-reviewed historical research, academic articles, book reviews, and the annual index for Volume 44. The key articles address Dorothy Schullian, Evarts Graham, WWI, Empyema Commission, American Expeditionary Forces, Jerusalem, Medicine, Health, Immigrants, Epidemiology, and Piliomyelitis. More