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Abdullah, Thabit A.J. A SHORT HISTORY OF IRAQ: FROM 636 TO THE PRESENT
London: Pearson, 2003. Reprint. 234 pages. Paperback. 0582505798 0-582-50579-8. History of Iraq up to U.S. and British invasion in April 2003. Two maps, bibliography, and index.
Near Fine/Wraps. tight, no wear, no marks. Book is s little cocked. # E3464. $7.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Bacon, John U. THE GREAT HALIFAX EXPLOSION
New York: William Morrow, 2017. Reprint. 418 pages. Hardcover. 0062666533 0-06-266653-3. Story of the great destruction when a munitions ship exploded in Halifax Harbor during WW I. Flame red printed boards with a half-height dustjacket. Out of print in hardcover.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, without wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. # E4181. $12.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Barrett, Marvin. THE YEARS BETWEEN: A DRAMATIC VIEW OF THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES
Boston: Little, Brown, 1962. 1st ed. 208 pages. Hardcover. One man's recollection and reconsideration of an experience common to many. B/w photos.
VG/Good+. Binding firm, PON, no other marks. Dj scuffed on corners and edges. # B7836. $6.75 View This Item Inquire Now

Bennett, Ross. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PICTURE ATLAS OF OUR WORLD
Washington D.C.: National Geographic Soc., 1. Reprint. 312 pages. Hardcover. 0870443127 0-87044-312-7. 547 illustrations in color, including 108 maps, plus a 41 x 30 inch folded map showing the political world on one side & the physical world on the other.
VG/No Jacket. # A5633. $8.75 Inquire Now

Bryan, C.D.B. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: 100 YEARS OF ADVENTURE & DISCOVERY
New York: Abrams, 1987. 484 pages. Hardcover. 0810913763 0-8109-1376-3. Presenting a century of adventure, discovery & natural wonders as brought to us by the Society through its magazine. Also focuses on the personalities who have guided the Society. Biblio & index. 7 lbs.
Fine/Near Fine. One mended 1/2" tear on dj, else NF. Nice, heavy photo stock. # A2965. $8.00 Inquire Now

Budweg, Heinz. O PAIS DOS TUPINAMBAS IMPRESSOES DA ESTRADA RIO-SANTOS: BR-101
Sao Paulo: H.B. Cultural Ltda., 1983. 1st ed. 36 pages. Hardcover. Filled with pen and ink drawings and full page watercolor illustrations, this is a history of the region in Brazil originally inhabited by the Tupinamba Indians. Europeans took it over for agriculture fueled by imported slaves. That epoch ended in 1888 and the area fell into disuse, but has come back since the construction of the highway BR-101. Text is in Portuguese, with an insert in English & German. Fold-out map o/t region. Heavy paper. 12.5 x 18 in.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked. Bright Dj has wear, tears, a stain on back. # B2801. $59.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Budweg, Heinz. OS 30 POVOS DAS MISSOES A HISTORIA DAS 'MISSIONES JESUITICAS DEL PARAGUAI'
Sao Paulo: H.B. Cultural Ltda., 1982. 1st ed. 57 pages. Hardcover. Text in Portuguese, German, and English. Illustrated with color photos and paintings, and drawings in rust colored ink. Frontispiece is map of the area made in 1783. History of the Jesuit missions and South America. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Oversize 12.5 x 18 inch format.
Near Fine/Good. Book is Fine, clean & solid, but dustjacket is worn with a piece missing at lower front. # B2800. $76.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Cadogan, Edward. MAKERS OF MODERN HISTORY: THREE TYPES; LOUIS NAPOLEON, CAVOUR, BISMARK
Port Washington: Kennikat, 1970. Reprint. 216 pages. Hardcover. 0804610649 0-8046-1064-9. Essays on three men important in the nineteenth-century struggle between Conservative and revolutionary forces.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, owner name inked out. # B9202. $13.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Camusso, Lorenzo. THE VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS, 1492-1504
New York: Dorset Press, 1991. 1st Am. ed. 79 pages. Boards. 0880297077 0-88029-707-7. Nicely done young reader's history of Columbus' four expeditions to the New World. Color & b/w illustrations.
Fine/No Jacket. # A8502. $4.95 Inquire Now

Carreras editor, Teresa. GUIDEBOOKS OF THE MUSEU D'ARQUEOLOGIA DE CATALUNYA - GIRONA. SANT PERE DE GALLIGANTS
Girona, Spain: M.A.C., 2003. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. 8439363354 8-4393633-5-4. Guidebook of museum housing artifacts showing activities of man in Catalonia from the Lower Paleolithic to the time of Visigoths. B/w and color photos show numerous objects from the collection. Text in English.
Fine/Wraps. No wear or marks. # B8976. $12.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Cohen, Roger. HEARTS GROWN BRUTAL: SAGAS OF SARAJEVO
New York: Random House, 1998. 1st ed. 523 pages. Hardcover. 0679452435 0-679-45243-5. The history of Yugoslavia and the story of the Bosnian War.
VG/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B9644. $7.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Daniell, Christopher. A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, THIRD EDITION
Brooklyn, NY: Interlink Books, 1996. 1st Am. ed. 293 pages. Paperback. 1566562023 1-56656-202-3. Compact book for travellers, to be used for historical background.
Fine/Wraps. No indication of use or handling. # B8969. $5.75 View This Item Inquire Now

Denitch, Bogdan. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM: THE MASS LEFT IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
Montclair NJ: Allanheld, Osmun & Co., 1981. 1st ed. 180 pages. Hardcover. 0865980152 0-86598-015-2. History and prospects of the socialist left in Europe and elsewhere in 1981.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. No dustjacket. # E4071. $11.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Diez, Fernando. UNSETTLING AGENDA: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY, THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Austin: U.T. Press, 2016. 1st Am. ed. 143 pages. Paperback. 0934951233 0-934951-23-3. Collection of essays on the city, environment, waste, transportation, economy, immigration, education, and our way of life. Originally published in Argentina, translated now by Jane Brodie. B/w photos, references, bibliography.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no name or marks. # E2457. $7.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Dixon, Elizabeth I.G. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON IN THE BARQUE STANDERINGS
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., 1946. 1st ed. 64 pages. Hardcover. Printed for private circulation from notes supplied by the author's grandson, Lionel King. The author made the journey in 1842. Brick red cloth-covered boards with a white paste-on title label on the front and no title on the spine. Uncommon.
VG/No Jacket. Binding tight, some discoloration on the lower front. Gift inscription on front free endpaper: 'To Violet with love from Lionel'. # B8254. $42.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Drinkwater, John. OLIVER CROMWELL: A PLAY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. 1st ed. 96 pages. Boards. Play based on the life of the controversial British Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. In gray paper-covered boards with black cloth spine with paper label. First edition, with 1921 on both title & copyright pages.
VG/No Jacket. Lightly browned, with some foxing to page edges. Unmarked. # B7957. $9.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Dunnigan, James F., & Austin Bay. FROM SHIELD TO STORM: HIGH TECH WEAPONS, MILITARY STRATEGY, & COALITION WARFARE IN THE PERSIAN GULF
New York: William Morrow, 1992. 1st ed. 512 pages. Hardcover. What really happened in the Gulf War. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Austin Bay.
Fine/Fine. # A5190. $17.00 Inquire Now

Ebadi, Shirin. IRAN AWAKENING: A MEMOIR OF REVOLUTION AND HOPE
New York: Random House, 2006. 1st ed. 232 pages. Hardcover. 1400064708 1400064708. Memoir of freedom fighting in Iran.
Fine/Fine. No sign of use or handling. # B9254. $9.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Edey, Maitland A. TIME CAPSULE / 1956: A HISTORY FO THE YEAR CONDENSED FROM THE PAGES OF TIME
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1968. 239 pages. Hardcover. Overview of events of 1956. Makes a good birthday gift.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Remainder mark bottom edge. DJ has slight wear. # B0181. $6.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Emig, Erik. WIESBADEN
Heidelberg: Edition Braus, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 392152492X 3-9215249-2-X.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, no name or marks. # B1428. $6.25 Inquire Now

Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. MILLENNIUM: A HISTORY OF THE LAST THOUSAND YEARS
New York: Scribner, 1995. 1st Am. ed. 816 pages. Hardcover. 0684803615 0-684-80361-5. Excitingly written popular history.
Fine/Fine. No sign of use or handling. # B8979. $14.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Filho. Godofredo, & Diogenes Reboucas. SALVADOR DA BAHIA DE TODOS OS SANTOS NO SECULO XIX
Salvador, Bahia: Odebrecht, 1996. 3rd ed. 244 pages. Hardcover. 8585023643 8-5850236-4-3. Celebration of the city of Salvador-Bahia as it was in the nineteenth-century, with a collection of paintings by Diogenes Reboucas. Includes large fold-out panarama of the old city. Reorganized and expanded third edition. Maps, including a large fold-out of the city. Text by Godofredo Filho, Pedro Calmon, and Thales de Azevedo.
Fine/VG. Book is without wear or marks. Dustjacket has a mended 2.5 inch tear on front near spine. # B9193. $48.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Frassati, Luciana. GENOVA COME ERA 1870-1915
Genoa: Grafica L.P., 1992. Reprint. 314 pages. Hardcover. A pictorial record of Genoa as it was 1870-1915. Dedicated to the city in memory of the fifth centenary of the great enterprise of Christopher Columbus. Light grey cloth-covered boards with bright gilt crest on front and title on spine. B/w and color illustrations throughout. Index. Pictorial dustjacket has wrap-around color photo of city scene. Text entirely in Italian.
Fine/VG. Tight, no wear, unmarked. Dustjacket has light edgewear. # E2870. $22.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Gascoigne, Bamber. DYNASTIES OF CHINA: A HISTORY
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007. Reprint. 228 pages. Paperback. 0786712198 0-7867-1219-8. Brings to life 3,500 years of Chinese civilization. Color photos and index.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E1336. $17.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Gordon, editor, Harry. OFFICIAL BICENTENNIAL DIARY THE AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNARY 1788-1988
Brisbane: Sunshine, 1987. 1st ed. 253 pages. Hardcover. 0958771413 0-9587714-1-3. Collectible engagement calendar-diary based on the history of Australia, & published as a commorative of the nation's bicentennial. Hundreds of color & sepia photos & illustrations.
Fine/No Jacket. Unmarked, as new. # A7573. $7.25 View This Item Inquire Now

Gurney, Alan. RACE TO THE WHITE CONTINENT: VOYAGES TO THE ANTARCTIC
New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. Reprint. 320 pages. Hardcover. 0393050041 0-393-05004-1.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj clean, bright. Very little sign of use. # B3968. $6.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Halifax Port Corporation, . PORT OF HALIFAX (PORTS OF CANADA, ENGLISH & FRENCH)
Halifax: Halifax Port Corporation, 1986. Reprint. Spiral Bound. Twenty-two nice color aerial photos of the various port facilities in the Halifax area. Descriptions in both English & French. In comb binding. Uncommon.
Fine/No Jacket. # B0995. $7.25 View This Item Inquire Now

Hammond, Peter. HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL PALACE AND FORTRESS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON
London: Dept. of the Environment, 1991. Reprint. 52 pages. Paperback. Filled with color illustrations, drawings, and maps, this booklet follows the history and development of the Tower complex begun in 1066 by William the Conqueror.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A9761. $4.50 Inquire Now

Harrison, Richard J. SPAIN AT THE DAWN OF HISTORY: IBERIANS, PHOENICIANS AND GREEKS
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988. 1st Am. ed. 176 pages. Hardcover. 0500021112 0-500-02111-2. First American edition describing one of Europe's greatest ancient cultures, the Iberians. 113 b/w photos, drwaings and maps.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no wear. Owner name stamped on front and rear endpapers. Bright dustjacket has no wear. # E2620. $13.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hopkins, J.Castell. CANADA: THE STORY OF THE DOMINION (WORLD'S BEST HISTORIES)
New York: Co-operative Publication Sociy, 19. 1st ed. 510 pages. Hardcover. A history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to nineteen hundred. Ten inch by fourteen inch full-color folding map is tipped in. Black cloth-covered boards with red and white oak leaf and maple leaf design on front. Dull gilt title on spine with red maole leaf.
VG/No Jacket. Tight and straight, no name or marks found. # E3678. $11.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hopkins, E. Washburn. INDIA OLD AND NEW, WITH A MEMORIAL ADDRESS
New York: Scribners, 1902. Reprint. 342 pages. Hardcover. Seven papers on many aspects of India...religion, social and cultural issues, poetry and language. Very dark blue-green cloth-covered boards with gilt seal on front and gilt title on spine.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Former library copy, typical stamps & marks. Binding firm, minor separation near front hinge, spine ends worn, edges darkened. # E3458. $38.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hsiung, S.I. THE LIFE OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK
London: Peter Davies, Ltd, 1940. 1st ed. 398 pages. Hardcover. First edition, published by Peter Davies in London, 1948. Map endpapers, appendices, notes and index. Front and back of the dustjacket are tipped in, along with the front flap. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front.
VG/No Jacket. Very firm binding, corners square, no owner marks. Edges a little darkened. # E5023. $24.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Huff, Sandy. THE MAYAN CALENDAR MADE EASY
Safety Harbor FL: Sandy Huff, 1984. 1st ed. 40 pages. Paperback. A simple, step-by-step guide to reading dates on stele, lintels, and other Mayan monuments.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B0921. $6.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hughes, Emrys. THE PRINCE, THE CROWN AND THE CASH
London: Housmans, 1969. 1st ed. 77 pages. Paperback. Discusses the political and monetary aspects of the investiture of Britain's Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales in 1969. The author, a Member of Parliament, was opposed to the whole show. In yellow-orange card cover, with rose-colored titles.
Good+/Wraps. Solid copy, no marks. Cover slightly darkened & softened. # E4308. $12.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hughes-Warrington, Marnie. FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON HISTORY: ROUTLEDGE KEY GUIDES
New York: Routledge, 2000. 1st Am. ed. 363 pages. Hardcover. 041516981X 0-415-16981-X. Essays on the work of historians from around 450 BC to modern times. Grey hardcover with black title on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Scattered margin check-marks and pencil underline. No owner name. Tight with square corners. An inch long crescent torn off the edge of the titlepage. # E3635. $12.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Hunter, Judith. WINDSOR: CASTLE TOWN AND PARK
Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, 1986. 2nd ed. 64 pages. Wraps. 8437809363 8-4378093-6-3. Tourist guide with very nice color images.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, no marks. No reader crease, appears never opened. # A9715. $13.25 View This Item Inquire Now

Isenberg, Michael T. PUZZLES OF THE PAST: AN INTRODUCTION TO THINKING ABOUT HISTORY
College Station: Texas A & M, 1985. 1st ed. 222 pages. Hardcover. 0890962081 0-89096-208-1. Presents the study of history as a series of puzzles to ponder, with neither right nor wrong answers.
New/New. New book in publisher shrinkwrap, from our archives. # B7708. $19.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Jones, Gareth Elwyn. MODERN WALES: A CONCISE HISTORY, SECOND EDITION
Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1995. Reprint. 381 pages. Paperback. 0521469457 0-521-46945-7. Treatise on the main changes which have occurred over the last five hundred years in social and economic conditions in Wales.
Fine/Wraps. No wear and unmarked. # B8973. $6.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Keefe, Eugene K. AREA HANDBOOK FOR BELGIUM DA PAM 550-170
Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1974. 1st ed. 266 pages. Hardcover. One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University. Useful to military and other personal for a description of government, culture, and land of a nation. Folding maps. Bibliography, glossary, and index. List of published Area Handbooks. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine.
Fine/No Jacket. # E3492. $13.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Koch, H W. HITLER YOUTH: THE DUPED GENERATION, BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE VIOLENT CENTURY-POLITICS IN ACTION NO 6
New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. 1st ed. 160 pages. Paperback. 0345024362 0-345-02436-2. B/w photos. First print.
VG/Wraps. No name or marks. Tight, no spine crease. Very minor silverfish damage. # E2470. $9.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Lapham, editor, Lewis H. LAPHAM'S QUARTERLY: FOOD VOLUME IV,NUMBER 3 SUMMER 2011
New York: American Agora Foundation, 2011. 221 pages. Paperback. 0733610897 0-7336-1089-7. Nearly a hundred essays and comments about food from figures modern and historic. Contributors include Harper Lee, Emperor Julian, Dumas, Julia Child, Dickens, Alice B. Toklas, Plutarch, and Duke Ellington. Illustrated throughout.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E5032. $16.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Larned, J.N. ENGLISH LEADERSHIP: ENGLISH LEADINGS IN MODERN HISTORY
Springfield MA: C.A. Nichols Company, 1918. 1st ed. 400 pages. Hardcover. Essays on the contributions of English-speaking people in the areas of government, literature, law, and science. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Introduction by William Howard Taft. Sepia-tone illustration of English and American icons on front of dustjacket.
VG/Fair. Very firm binding and hinges, no owner marks. Corners square. There is a nick on top edge of rear board. Dustjacket worn and ragged, mended internally. # E2805. $32.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Lennep, J. Van, & W.J. Hofdijk. MERKWAARDIGE KASTELEN IN NEDERLAND: 36 AFBEELDINGEN MET EEN VERKORTE BESCHRIJVING (DUTCH LANGUAGE) KASTEELEN
Groningen: B.V. Foresta, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Repring of the classic 1860 edition, being an artistic study of 36 Dutch castles, with a lovely sepia pointillistic etching and brief description of each. In green cloth covers with gilt lettering.
Near Fine/Good. Dustjacket has three mended closed tears and some softening. Gift inscription on the half-title page. # E1305. $26.00 View This Item Inquire Now

MacCulloch, Diarmaid. THOMAS CROMWELL: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE
New York: Viking, 2018. 1st ed. 728 pages. Hardcover. 0670025577 0-670-02557-7. Biography of the man who stood by Henry VII, until the king had him beheaded. First edition.
Near Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear. Has gift inscription on front free endpaper. Dustjacket is without wear. # E4183. $16.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Malhotra, Rajiv, & Aravindan Neelakandan. BREAKING INDIA: WESTERN INTERVENTIONS IN DRAVIDIAN AND DALIT FAULTLINES
New Delhi: Manjul Publishing House, 2016. Reprint. 650 pages. Hardcover. 8191067374 8-1910673-7-4. Racial theories and politics fuel efforts to splinter India.
VG/VG. Solid, unmarked copy. A bit of brusing to back board edge. # E4539. $18.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Murphy, Dallas. ROUNDING THE HORN: BEING THE STORY OF WILLIWAWS AND WINDJAMMERS, DRAKE, DARWIN, MURDERED MISSIONARIES AND NAKED NATIVES
New York: Basic Books, 2004. 1st ed. 358 pages. Hardcover. 0465047599 0-465-04759-9. History of the explorers and adventurers who have braved the violent water at the tip of Africa. B/w maps, bibliography and index.
Fine/Fine. A Fine, unmarked 1st edition. # E4854. $11.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Nevill, Simon J. PERTH AND FREEMANTLE: PAST AND PRESENT
Australia: Simon Nevill Publication, 2007. 191 pages. Hardcover. 0980348137 0-9803481-3-7. Street-by-street views in sepia-tone vintage photos, many are contrasted with modern color photos of the same scene. Text gives history of each area.
Near Fine/Fine. No wear on book or dustjacket, but there are a number of gift inscriptions on the front free endpaper. # B8413. $58.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Orr, William J., & Robert Ryal Miller. DAILY LIFE IN COLONIAL MEXICO: THE JOURNEY OF FRIAR ILARIONE DA BERGAMO, 1761-1768
Norman: Univ. Oklahoma, 2000. 1st ed. 240 pages. Hardcover. 0806132345 0-8061-3234-5. Description of daily life in Mexico, by an Italian priest traveling there in the eighteenth century. Translated from Italian by William J. Orr, and edited by him and Robert Ryal Miller.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. As new. # E4959. $17.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Parfit, Canon J.T. MESOPOTAMIA: THE KEY TO THE FUTURE
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1917. 1st ed. 41 pages. Paperback. Description of harm being caused by Turkish occupation of the Muslim Middle East. Staples were removed and pamphlet sewn into library cardboard cover when new, thus no wear on booklet. Pocket is on library cover, not booklet. Title page has pin-punched library name and "withdrawn" stamp. Folding map intact. Nifty historical view on area which still remains in deep conflict.
X-Lib NF/No Jacket. # A9059. $17.00 Inquire Now

Peace, Judy Boppell. THE BOY CHILD IS DYING: A SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. 1st ed. 88 pages. Hardcover. 0060664827 0-06-066482-7. Foreword by Alan Paton. Stories of South African people living with apartheid.
Fine/Near Fine. Book is tight, with no wear, no marks. Dustjacket has very light scuffing at tips. # B9840. $7.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Picard, Gilbert. LIVING ARCHITECTURE: ROMAN
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Reprint. 192 pages. Hardcover. History of town-planning and building design by the Romans. B/w photos, drawings, and plans, chronological table of events in the Roman empire. Bibliography.
Near Fine/VG. Book is tight, without wear. No name or writing, but has a red dot remainder mark. White pictorial dustjacket has some scuffing and mended one-inch tear on back. Price on flap marked through, new price # E2399. $14.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Pollack, Kenneth M. THE THREATENING STORM: THE CASE FOR INVADING IRAQ
New York: Random House, 2002. Reprint. 494 pages. Hardcover. 0375509283 0-375-50928-3. More balanced than some opinions, but still firmly in the Neocon camp.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A8956. $5.75 Inquire Now

Prescott, William H. HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE SECOND, KING OF SPAIN VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1856. 1228 pages. Hardcover. First two volumes only, the third was published several years later. A handwritten index note pasted inside FFEP. Previous owner's bookplate dated 1859 pasted top of first page of preface. In 3/4 leather over marbled paper board with gilded spine decor & titles. Marbled paper boards have rubbing and some color loss.
Good+/No Jacket. Clean, solid copes. # A9889. $95.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Reinhardt, Steven G., Garrett; Phillips ESSAYS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: PARIS AND THE PROVINCES
College Station: Texas A & M, 1992. 1st ed. 130 pages. Hardcover. 089096498X 0-89096-498-X. Five essays on the French Revolution by the author listed, Clarke Garrett, Roderick Phillps, Nancy Fitch and Donald Sutherland. # 25 in the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures.
New/New. A new book, unsold from our old stock. # A4423. $11.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Republic of Kazakhstan, . ALMATY: BELOVED CITY
Almaty: Republic of Kazakhastan, 2001. Hardcover. 9965910731 9-9659107-3-1. Large format photo history of the city of Almaty in Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Issued for the 10th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union. Text in Russian & Kazakh, with a few captions in English.
Fine/Fine. Russian / Kazakh language. Really nice photos. Oversized. # B4020. $45.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Schuyler, Eugene. PETER THE GREAT: EMPEROR OF RUSSIA (IN TWO VOLUMES)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Reprint. 1005 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes in dark wine-red cloth-covered boards. On the front of each volume is an embossed gilt depiction of the Russian flag of Peter's time. Spine title is gilt in a dark square which is partially faded. Forty-eight full-page illustrations, 63 in the text, and two maps in Volume One. Volume Two has 26 full-page illustrations, 14 in the text, index, and folding map of Europe at the time of Peter, and folding genealogical chart of the Romanof and Holstein-Gottorp dynasties. Volume Two has 1884 date on title page. Very nice, detailed engravings.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, square, spine ends softened, clean and bright. Owner name in each book. Old dealer sticker inside front board of each book. Paste-down spine title block worn. # E4845. $70.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Sen, Sudipta. GANGES: THE MANY PASTS OF AN INDIAN RIVER
New Haven: Yale Univ., 2019. 1st ed. 445 pages. Hardcover. 030011916X 0-300-11916-X. A cultural, economic, political, and ecological history of India's sacred river.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no marks. Dustjacket has small bump at upper front corner of spine. # E3391. $15.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Shabykina, Lubov, & Olga Talanova. ALONG THE GREAT SILK ROAD
Pekvama: Kramos, 1991. 320 pages. Hardcover. 5866361272 5-8663612-7-2. Bilingual (Russian and English) history of the famous trade route across Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Profusely illustrated with nice color photos of artifacts, architecture and landscape.
Fine/Near Fine. # B4012. $20.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Shute, Nevil. VINLAND THE GOOD (1946 WILLIAM MORROW)
New York: William Morrow, 1946. 1st Am. ed. 126 pages. Hardcover. Written in the form of a movie script, this is a retelling of the Norse sagas of Eric the Red and Lief Ericson and voyages to North America. Endpapers are grape colored maps of the North Atlantic and bordering lands. Grape patterned paper-covered boards with grey cloth spine. Dustjacket has the same grape cluster pattern, and photo of the author on back. First American edition.
Near Fine/Good+. Tight, very minor scuffing of the corners, no name or marks. Dustjacket has several small nicks along top edge. # E4466. $34.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Skorupski, Tadeusz. TIBETAN AMULETS
Bangkok: White Orchid Books, 1983. 1st ed. 122 pages. Paperback. Use of amulets explained, drawings of 109 amulets with their purpose & meaning, glossary.
VG/Wraps. Solid unmarked copy. Spine has slight lean, else Near Fine. # E4789. $10.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Slesser, Malcolm. BRAZIL: LAND WITHOUT LIMIT
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1970. 1st Am. ed. 301 pages. Hardcover. 0498075893 0-498-07589-3. Slesser describes Brazil's people & history, & ponders it's future, as he tells his adventures on a working trip to that country.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A4130. $8.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Stonehouse, Bernard. THE BRITAIN FROM THE AIR (AEROFILMS BOOKS) MORE THAN 80 YEARS OF CIVIL WAR MOVIES
New York: Crown Publishers, 1982. 1st ed. 160 pages. Hardcover. 0517547155 0-517-54715-5. Color aerial photocraphy of coastal, urban, rural and historic Britain. Oversized (13 x 10 inch) format. A very nice copy.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A9704. $8.00 Inquire Now

Struthers, Jane, & Jason Hawkes. BRITAIN'S HISTORY FROM THE AIR
London: Ebury Press, 1994. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. 0091771749 0-09-177174-9. Color aerial photos by Jason Hawkes of all kinds of historic places...castles, houses, churches, battlegrounds and parks, with text by Jane Struthers. Internally same book as Royal Britain/Air.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Crisp, clean, tight, and unmarked. Pictorial cover. # A9717. $7.75 Inquire Now

Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY (THE LIBRARY OF GREAT LIVES)
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Collect ed. 481 pages. Leather. Red leather with gilt decorations and title. All edges gilt, ribbon marker. Color portrait frontis. Three raised bands on spine. .
Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. # E4688. $55.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Thompson, Julian. CALL TO ARMS: GREAT MILITARY SPEECHES
London: Quercus, 2009. 1st ed. 199 pages. Hardcover. 1847242669 1-84724-266-9. Text of each speech along with background of the event.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, unmarked. # B9113. $8.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Toohey, John. CAPTAIN BLIGH'S PORTABLE NIGHTMARE
New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Reprint. 211 pages. Paperback. 0060959525 0-06-095952-5. From the bounty to safety - 4,162 miles across the Pacific in a rowing boat.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No reader crease. A sticker ghost on front. # B3965. $5.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Tozer, Henry Fanshawe. A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY
Adamant Media Corp., 2005. Reprint. 387 pages. Paperback. 1402149506 1402149506. An unabridged facsimile of the 1897 edition published by Cambridge University Press.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E3604. $14.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Trevor-Roper, Hugh. THE AGE OF EXPANSION: EUROPE ANSD THE WORLD 1559-1660
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. 1st Am. ed. 360 pages. Hardcover. Ten authorities have each contributed a chapter on an area. 604 illustrations, 185 in color. 419 photos, engravings, drawings and maps. Oversized 10.5 x 14 inch format.
Fine/Near Fine. Tight, square, unmarked. Dustjacket has two small chips on lower back. # B9018. $20.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Tung, Rosemary Jones. PORTRAIT OF LOST TIBET
Ithaca NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1987. Reprint. 232 pages. Paperback. 0937938513 0-937938-51-3. 131 b/w photos document Tibet as it was before Chinese takeover in 1959.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no owner name, no wear. A light ink mark on bottom edge. # E4787. $11.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Turnbull, Stephen. BOOK OF THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT
London: Arms & Armour Press, 1995. Reprint. 192 pages. Boards. 1860198643 1-86019-864-3. Well illustrated history of the knights adn castles of Medieval France and England. B/w & color illus. Indexed. In pictorial boards.
Fine/Near Fine. # A6607. $11.50 Inquire Now

Van Der Meer, F., & G. Lemmens. SHORTER ATLAS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
London: Thomas Nelson, 1967. 1st Am. ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. First printing of the English translation of 1964 Dutch publication. Nineteen colorful maps, 244 b/w photos and drawings. Index. Rose cloth-covered boards, bright gilt title on spine. Gold dustjacket with colorful illustration and black titles.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no wear or marks. Dustjacket has minor scuffing on surface and corners. # E2845. $11.00 View This Item Inquire Now

von Klarwill (editor), Victor. THE FUGGER NEWS-LETTERS: BEING A SELECTION OF UNPUBLISHED LETTERS FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE HOUSE OF FUGGER DURING YEARS 1586-1605
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Reprint. 284 pages. Hardcover. Thirty b/w illustrations. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt top edge. The letters functioned as global situation updates to help in direction of the Fugger family's far-flung business enterprises, but also are a social commentary.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, square corners, owner initials and date on title page. # E1908. $10.00 View This Item Inquire Now

von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Erik. LEFTISM: FROM DE SADE AND MARX TO HITLER AND MARCUSE
New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1974. 1st ed. 653 pages. Hardcover. 0870001434 0-87000-143-4.
VG/Good+. # E4152. $425.00 View This Item Inquire Now

Weir, William. TURNING POINTS IN MILITARY HISTORY
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2007. Reprint. 298 pages. Hardcover. 0760783853 0-7607-8385-3. Pivot points can be economic, scientific, social, or religious, but all bring changes in how wars are fought. Barnes & Noble reprint of Kensington 2005 first.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Bright, crisp dustjacket. # E5106. $8.50 View This Item Inquire Now

Wiener, Joel H. WAR OF THE UNSTAMPED
Ithaca: Cornell, 1969. 1st ed. 310 pages. Hardcover. 080140522X 0-8014-0522-X. The movement to repeal the British newspaper tax, 1830-1836, otherwise known as the "taxes on knowledge".
Fine/VG. Book has foxing on top of textblock, o/w Fine, dj a bit shelfworn. # A5311. $6.50 Inquire Now

Willcox, K.M. BRUSSELS
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1965. 1st ed. 87 pages. Hardcover.
Fine/VG. Clean, tight, no name or marks, Dj has color rubbing. # B3233. $7.25 View This Item Inquire Now

Wykes, Alan. THE NUREMBERG RALLIES: BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, CAMPAIGN BOOK NO 8
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. 1st ed. 160 pages. Paperback. 0345019261 0-345-01926-1. B/w photos.
VG/Wraps. No name or marks. tight, spine crease, no other wear. Stated first print. # E2467. $8.00 View This Item Inquire Now

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