Signed by author on title page. D/J illustration by Eileen A. Soper. 256pp. N.B. Previous owners inscription to front paste down.
Michael Joseph, 1977, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy. D/J in Protective Wrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #24334

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.93 approx. - € 17.58 approx.)

Many people in the ancient world saw human life as deeply connected with the great cycles of nature: the rising and setting of the sun, the changing of the seasons, the death and rebirth of vegetation. In the same way that other patterns in nature repeat at regular intervals, they believed that human history also goes through cycles in which significant events repeat, and are likely to happen again in the future at predictable times. A penetrating study into the history of astrology, ancient religion, secret societies and the evolution of consciousness, this book is sure to be an invaluable resource in navigating a time of difficult transitions. 180pp.
Adventures Unlimited Press, 2009, Paperback, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9781935487012

Inventory #23844

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.95 approx. - € 11.72 approx.)

This study explores why Foucault has become a culture hero for the gay movement by delving into the basis of his influence. It describes how Foucault's writings have been seized upon and turned to political account in gay/lesbian activism, arguing that Foucault's critique advances a radical brand of gay/lesbian politics. 246pp. N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Some underlining and annotations.
Oxford University Press, 1995, Cloth, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0195093712

Inventory #26009

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.94 approx. - € 14.65 approx.)

N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. 90pp.
Duke University Press, 1996, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0822317931

Inventory #27642

Price: £ 5.00 GBP ($ 7.98 approx. - € 5.86 approx.)

"Designing has less to do with inventing than with recombining stored architectural memories." By saying this, architects Heinz Hilmer and Christoph Sattler are trying to express that they are not inclined to give into the hope that is especially raised in Modernism of being able to invent something really new, but that instead they consciously take their bearings from constantly recurring forms of architecture and urbanism. They neither desire nor aim to design a quite different building or a quite different town, but to develop the building and the city as well as they possibly can from their particular context, literally building on the experience of the past. Another of the two architects' credos is that architecture is an independent discipline with its own laws, and that therefore it should not draw from other areas: "A building is neither a cave nor a tent, neither a tree nor an umbrella, neither a stand nor a machine, neither structure nor construction. A building is a building." Leafing through this book about Hilmer and Sattler's work over the last 25 years - from their first private house, built for philosopher Jurgen Habermas, a reflection on the white, cubic architecture of early Modernism, via the block-edge development in the centre of Karlsruhe and the Gemaldegalerie in the Tiergarten in Berlin down to the urban design for the area around Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, which helped to gain acceptance for the principle of the European city as a living tissue of buildings, streets and squares rather than an ultimately city-hostile agglomeration of high-rise buildings in this part of Berlin - what is conveyed as well as precision of detail, diversity and proportionality is above all the self-confidence of these two architects who are so sure of themselves. 243pp.
Edition Axel Menges, 2000, Cloth, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Heavy Item Postage Quote. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

ISBN: 3930698773

Inventory #20023

Price: £ 30.00 GBP ($ 47.85 approx. - € 35.16 approx.)