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United States and Latin America, The: After the Cold WarCrandall, Russell C.
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United States and Latin America, The: After the Cold War


Crandall, Russell C.

Softcover. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 260 pages. Crandall assesses the relations between the United States and Latin America since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Clean inside and out! B/w photographs and illustrations throughout.

Record # 30161


Price: $25.00 

Jericho: dreams, Ruins, PhantomsRuby, Robert
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Jericho: dreams, Ruins, Phantoms


Ruby, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Very clean inside and out. The story of Jericho, then and now.

Record # 30169


Price: $13.00 

Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside KosovoMcAllester, Matthew
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Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo


McAllester, Matthew

Hardcover. New York, New York University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 227 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. McAllester tells the story of Pec, Kosovo's most destroyed city.

Record # 30171


Price: $15.00 

Switzerland and Its PeopleRook, Clarence, Effie Jardine (painter) , Illust. by: Effie Jardine
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Switzerland and Its People


Rook, Clarence, Effie Jardine (painter) , Illust. by: Effie Jardine

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Cover boards covered in navy blue fabric, gilt title on spine and gilt decorations on cover board (all still bright). Tissue guard on frontispiece. Deckled bottom and fore edges, gilt top edge. Former bookstore label on front endpaper. Pages yellow with age. Only a small bit of fraying at top and bottom of spine, otherwise in great shape for its age.

Record # 30585


Price: $75.00 

James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People by: Rutt, Richard
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James Scarth Gale and his History of the Korean People by: Rutt, Richard

Hardcover. Seoul, Korea, Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, in conjuction with Taewon Publishing Company, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 396 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly ripped and worn. Covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a brisk narrative based on the traditional Korean interpretation of history, packed with anecdotes, and enlivened by perceptive notes about folklore and customs. James Scarth Gale (1863-1937) was a Canadian missionary and a pioneer scholar. He was a prolific writer, an industrious translator, and a major lexicographer. Previous owner signed their name on the inside front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33717
Price: $35.00 

Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys
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Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, BalysKryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys

Kryzdirbyste Lietuvoje: Sacral Arts in Lithuania by: Buracas, Balys

Hardcover. Vilnius, Lithuania, State Enterprise Valstybes Zinios, 1st, 1998, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 637 pages, hardcover. Black cloth covers have some white dappled staining, and the edges are worn with rubbing to the rear corner and middle fore-edge. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography of Lithuanian crosses throughout. This book's text is in Lithuanian, and it contains not only a collection of Lithuanian folk artist's marvelous sacral works, but it is also a snapshot of the nation's soul, replete with suffering, struggle and survival. This large-form book is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34018
Price: $1,500.00 

African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward
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African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, EdwardAfrican Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward

African Calliope: A Journey to the Sudan [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Hoagland, Edward

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 239 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been covered in a plastic sleeve to prevent further degradation. A couple of open tears are present, with one larger chunk missing from the rear of the dust jacket. Cloth covers are in good condition, despite some minor discoloration around the spine. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps throughout. In this rich, ambitious, and distinguished book, Hoagland details his travels through Sudan, complete with colorful personalities and harsh conditions. Author's name is signed on the first front end page. Clean copy. Record # 34020
Price: $25.00 

In Mexican Prisons - The Journal of Eduard Harkort 1832-1834Brister (Ed.), Louis E.
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In Mexican Prisons - The Journal of Eduard Harkort 1832-1834


Brister (Ed.), Louis E.

Hardcover. College Station, TX, Texas A & M, 1st , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Harkort was a middle-class German engineer who got caught up in the Mexican Revolution & spent time in their prisons. 194 pages.

Record # 59340


Price: $20.00 

Catholics, Peasants and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland by: Linden, Ian
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Catholics, Peasants and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland by: Linden, Ian

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 223 pages. Light edgewear to dj. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy. Record # 60088
Price: $12.00 

Parlement of Paris, The by: Shennan, J.H.
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Parlement of Paris, The by: Shennan, J.H.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Gloucestershire, GB, Sutton, reprint wraps, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 109159
Price: $12.00 

Standard Guide to Havana and Cuba - A Complete Handbook for Visitors with Maps, Illustrations, History and an English-Spanish Manual of ConversationReynolds, Charles B.
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Standard Guide to Havana and Cuba - A Complete Handbook for Visitors with Maps, Illustrations, History and an English-Spanish Manual of Conversation


Reynolds, Charles B.

Softcover. New York/Havana, Foster & Reynolds, reprint, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated with b&w photos, several maps. Softcover with green printed wrappers, front cover detached but present. Light staining to top edge otherwise clean and tight copy despite loose front cover.

Record # 401328


Price: $80.00 

Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia, TheStarr (Ed.), S. Frederick
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Legacy of History in Russia and the New States of Eurasia, The


Starr (Ed.), S. Frederick

Softcover. Armonk NY, M.E. Sharpe, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, about 26 pages with ink marking, mostly underlining.

Record # 403002


Price: $12.00 

History of Writing in Japan, ASeeley, Christopher
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History of Writing in Japan, A


Seeley, Christopher

Hardcover. Leiden Netherlands, E. J. Brill, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 403098


Price: $180.00 

Yuan Thought: Chinese Thought and Religion Under the MongolsChan, Hok-lam/William Theodore de Bary
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Yuan Thought: Chinese Thought and Religion Under the Mongols


Chan, Hok-lam/William Theodore de Bary

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 545 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 403110


Price: $100.00 

Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast ChinaDean, Kenneth
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Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China


Dean, Kenneth

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages, b&w illustrations. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine.

Record # 403114


Price: $35.00 

Korean- English DictionaryMartin, Samuel, Yang Ha Lee and Sung-Un Chang
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Korean- English Dictionary


Martin, Samuel, Yang Ha Lee and Sung-Un Chang

Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 1,902 pages, mustard cloth covers with a dust jacket that has light edgewear.

Record # 403180


Price: $150.00 

Radical Reform in Yeltsin's Russia: Political, Econmoic, and Social DimensionsNelson, Lynn D. and Irina Kuzes
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Radical Reform in Yeltsin's Russia: Political, Econmoic, and Social Dimensions


Nelson, Lynn D. and Irina Kuzes

Hardcover. Armonk NY, M.E. Sharpe, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, blue cloth covers. Extensive marking in text, mostly underlining.

Record # 403352


Price: $30.00 

Greece - Pictorial Descriptive and Historical: A New EditionWordsworth, Christopher
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Greece - Pictorial Descriptive and Historical: A New Edition


Wordsworth, Christopher

Hardcover. London, Wm. S. Orr & Co., 2nd Ed., 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 458 pages. Hardcover. Maroon leather binding with gilt decorations, raised bands on spine. All edges gilt, illustrated with numerous wood engravings and 25 steel engravings. First 6 pages (including frontispiece and title page) with a water stain to bottom third, otherwise very good throughout with tissue guards in place. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front fly leaf, light foxing to some pages.

Record # 404908


Price: $188.00 

Language Reform in China - Documents and CommentarySeybolt, Peter and Gregory Kuei-ke Chang
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Language Reform in China - Documents and Commentary


Seybolt, Peter and Gregory Kuei-ke Chang

Hardcover. New York, M.E. Sharpe, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 410 pages. Hardcover. White cloth covers with brown lettering. INSCRIBED by co-author Chang on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 405110


Price: $125.00 

Ramesses the GreatFreed, Rita E.
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Ramesses the Great


Freed, Rita E.

Softcover. Boston, Boston Museum of Science, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 215 pages illustrated in color, illustrated wrappers.

Record # 406287


Price: $13.00 

The Empress of Farewells : The Story of Charlotte, Empress of Mexico.Prince Michael of Greece
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The Empress of Farewells : The Story of Charlotte, Empress of Mexico.


Prince Michael of Greece

Hardcover. New York , Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 408169


Price: $13.00 

Fight the Wild Island: A Solo Walk Across Iceland by: Edwards, Ted
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Fight the Wild Island: A Solo Walk Across Iceland by: Edwards, Ted

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Topsfield MA, Salem House, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages, b&w photographs. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Record # 408170
Price: $12.00 

Exodus 1947Holly, David C.
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Exodus 1947


Holly, David C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages, b&w illustrations. The story of the ship President Warfield which transported 4,500 European refugees to Palestine in 1947. Very good in an edgeworn dust jacket.

Record # 408192


Price: $19.00 

Fairest Cape, The (Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa)Cartwright, A.P.
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Fairest Cape, The (Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa)


Cartwright, A.P.

Softcover. Pretoria, South African Tourist Corp., 1950s, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, travel brochure on Capetown, 48 pages illustrated in color and b&w. No date but appears to be early 1950s. Faint crease otherwise clean, unmarked.

Record # 411328


Price: $23.00 

Garden Route, The - South AfricaN/A
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Garden Route, The - South Africa


N/A

Softcover. Pretoria, South African Tourist Corp., 1950s, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, travel brochure on the picturesque area between Capetown and Port Elizabeth along South Africa's coast., 48 pages illustrated in color and b&w. No date but appears to be early 1950s. Clean, unmarked.

Record # 411329


Price: $25.00 

India: Romance of EmpireSurridge, Victor
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India: Romance of Empire


Surridge, Victor

Hardcover. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 308 pages, blue cloth with red and gilt stamping. Twelve color plates by A.D. McCormick. A title in the Romance of Empire Series edited by John Lang.Clean, bright copy.

Record # 412079


Price: $63.00 

Walton-on-the-Naxe in old picture postcardsNorman, Bernard J.
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Walton-on-the-Naxe in old picture postcards


Norman, Bernard J.

Hardcover. Zaltbommel NE, European Library, 3rd Ed., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated boards, features 75 postcard scenes reproduced in b&w from 1880 - 1930. The small town is on the north-east Essex coast of England. Clean copy.

Record # 412272


Price: $39.00 

French Lessons in Africa: Travels With My Briefcase Through French AfricaBiddlecomb, Peter
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French Lessons in Africa: Travels With My Briefcase Through French Africa


Biddlecomb, Peter

Softcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 434 pages, clean. A hilarious account of Peter Biddlecmbe's ten years traveling across West Africa on a long and lingering 'liason dangereuse' with the sixty per cent of the continent that is French-speaking.

Record # 415164


Price: $11.00 

Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in HavanaTattlin, Isadora
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Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana


Tattlin, Isadora

Hardcover. 1st, May 17, 2002, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Very clean copy. light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise, like new.

Record # 450740


Price: $12.00 

On the Blanket: The Inside Story of the IRA Prisoners' "Dirty" ProtestCoogan, Tim Pat
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On the Blanket: The Inside Story of the IRA Prisoners' "Dirty" Protest


Coogan, Tim Pat

Softcover. New York, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451276


Price: $15.00 

One Day in China: May 21, 1936Cochran, Sherman (Editor)
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One Day in China: May 21, 1936


Cochran, Sherman (Editor)

Hardcover. New Haven, 1st, July 1, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket; spine faded. Spine cocked. Foxing to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451427


Price: $20.00 

Muscovy: Russia through foreign eyes, 1553-1900, by: Wilson, Francesca M
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Muscovy: Russia through foreign eyes, 1553-1900, by: Wilson, Francesca M

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 328 pages, b&w plates. Red top edge. Yellowing, light edge wear to dust jacket. Small stamp on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 453352
Price: $12.00 

Japan's Modern MythMiller, Roy Andrew
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Japan's Modern Myth


Miller, Roy Andrew

Hardcover. New York, Weatherhill, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 298 pages. Light wear, creasing to dust jacket, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, faint underlining in pencil in text. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453818


Price: $15.00 

Tibetans, The Kapstein, Matthew T.
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Tibetans, The


Kapstein, Matthew T.

Hardcover. Malden, MA, Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd pr, October 13, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 360 pages, b&w photographs. Minor wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 454404


Price: $30.00 

On the TakeCameron, Stevie
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On the Take


Cameron, Stevie

Hardcover. Toronto, MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 1st, June 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages, b&w photographs. Minor wear to dust jacket; spine slightly faded. Else very good.

Record # 454625


Price: $12.00 

Black Ivory: A History of British SlaveryWalvin, James
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Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery


Walvin, James

Softcover. Washington, D.C., Howard University Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages, with illustrations. Minor soiling on edges, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 455992


Price: $15.00 

Refugees of a Hidden War: The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in GuatemalaManz, Beatriz
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Refugees of a Hidden War: The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala


Manz, Beatriz

Softcover. Albany, State University of New York Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 283 pages, b&w illustratins. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers.

Record # 458691


Price: $10.00 

Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in GuatemalaWilkinson, Daniel
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Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala


Wilkinson, Daniel

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 373 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket and small dog-ears to a few pages, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458692


Price: $23.00 

Panama: Made in the U.S.A.Gunson, Phil
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Panama: Made in the U.S.A.


Gunson, Phil

Softcover. London, Latin America Bureau, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light shelf-wear to wrappers and yellow sticker-scar to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458696


Price: $13.00 

Indian Tales of the RajMasani, Zareer
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Indian Tales of the Raj


Masani, Zareer

Softcover. United States, University of California Press, rep, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 pages, photos in b&w. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, light shelf-wear to wrappers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460659


Price: $11.00 

Crossing's Dartmoor Worker by: Crossing, William
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Crossing's Dartmoor Worker by: Crossing, William

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. US, Peninsula Press, rep, 1992-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 162 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to wrappers with small sticker-scar to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462997
Price: $12.00 

Floor of Heaven, The: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold RushBlum, Howard
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Floor of Heaven, The: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush


Blum, Howard

hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket has been lightly taped to covers.

Record # 469610


Price: $15.00 

Days of the Dead, The: Mexico's Festival of Communion With the Departed/Los Dias De Muertos (Bilingual English/Spanish)Beimler, Rosalind Rosoff
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Days of the Dead, The: Mexico's Festival of Communion With the Departed/Los Dias De Muertos (Bilingual English/Spanish)


Beimler, Rosalind Rosoff

Softcover. San Francisco, Collins Pub San Francisco, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 110 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to wrappers. Color pictures throughout by John Greenleigh. Both Spanish and English texts. Price sticker residue on rear wrapper.

Record # 470413


Price: $15.00 

Thousand Bells at Noon, A: A Roman's Guide to the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native CityRomagnoli, Franco G.
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Thousand Bells at Noon, A: A Roman's Guide to the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native City


Romagnoli, Franco G.

Hardcover. South Royalton, VT, Steerforth Italia, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470454


Price: $25.00 

Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917Hosking, Geoffrey
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Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917


Hosking, Geoffrey

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, Reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 576 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Tight copy.

Record # 470775


Price: $19.00 

Mexico - Old and New - A Wonder-LandMcCollester, Sullivan Holman
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Mexico - Old and New - A Wonder-Land


McCollester, Sullivan Holman

Hardcover. Boston, Universalist Publishing House, 1st, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 266 pages. Illustrated with black & white photos, drawings. Excerpts from publisher's press release laid-in. Brown cloth binding with raised gold motif on front with gold lettering and black illustration. Gold lettering and decoration on spine. Excellent condition.

Record # 502812


Price: $40.00 

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa from the Journal of an Expedition under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855 Barth, Henry
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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa from the Journal of an Expedition under the Auspices of H. B. M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855


Barth, Henry

Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, Keystone Publishing Co., reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt and maroon, 538 pages. Originally published in 1857. This has no date but appears to be late 1800s. Light shelf wear, solid, clean copy.

Record # 503173


Price: $50.00 

Tour Through Sicily and Malta, in a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F. R. S. in Two Volumes - A New Edition, ABrydone, P.
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Tour Through Sicily and Malta, in a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F. R. S. in Two Volumes - A New Edition, A


Brydone, P.

Hardcover. London, W. Strahan, New Edition, 1776, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set, originally published two years earlier. Volume 1 - 373 pages plus 3 pages of ads. Volume 2 - 355 pages. Polished calf front and rear covers are detached from both volumes. Spine labels gone. Volume 1 has a fold-out map as frontispiece, the map has some tears along folds and edges, but no image loss. Interior pages clean and free of foxing. Previous owner's label, inscription on front end papers. A good candidate for rebinding.

Record # 512147


Price: $115.00 

Fifth French Republic, The - Presidents, Politics and PersonalitiesThody, Philip
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Fifth French Republic, The - Presidents, Politics and Personalities


Thody, Philip

Hardcover. NY, Routledge, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages, board covers. No dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 602259


Price: $12.00 

Few Facts About Mexico, ANuncio, Albino R./Leandro Fernandez/Manuel Fernandez Leal
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Few Facts About Mexico, A


Nuncio, Albino R./Leandro Fernandez/Manuel Fernandez Leal

Softcover. Buffalo, NCUSM/Pan-American Exposition, 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Paper cover with chipping along foredge, areas foxing, soil. Interior pages are clean, unmarked.

Record # 614191


Price: $50.00 

Red Inc. - Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949 to the PresentSchaeffer, Robert K.
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Red Inc. - Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949 to the Present


Schaeffer, Robert K.

Softcover. Boulder, Paradigm Publishers, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 750276


Price: $38.00 

 

Vietnamese Phrase Book


N/A

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Dept of Army, unknown , 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, cover lettering worn

Record # 1047


Price: $15.00 

 

Paris Through the Ages


Wilhelm, Jacques

Paperback. Paris, Duchene, wraps, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated in color, B&W. 86 pages, English text

Record # 1112


Price: $30.00 

 

My Four Years In Germany


Gerard, James W.

Hardcover. NY, Doran, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages, b&w photos. Green cloth gilt titles. Gerard was the ambassador to Germany before WW I. Light wear to covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 1196


Price: $12.00 

 

Archeology of the Frobisher Voyages


Fitzhugh, W.W. & Olin, J.S.

Hardcover. Wash. D.C., Smithsonian, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 1854


Price: $18.00 

 

People of the Willow


Marsh, Winifred Petchey

Hardcover. Toronto, Anglican Book Ctr., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, the Padlimiut Tribe of the Caribou Eskimo portrayed in water colors - done in 1930's.

Record # 6149


Price: $28.00 

 

Journey in Ladakh, A


Harvey, Andrew

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 2nd, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 7576


Price: $15.00 

 

Battle for North Africa 1940-43, The


Jackson, W.G.F.

Hardcover. NY, Mason Charter, 1st US, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, fraying to top spine

Record # 7590


Price: $15.00 

 

First Strike


Nakdimon, Shlomp

Hardcover. NY, Summit, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, How Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb. Rem stamp bot

Record # 7645


Price: $20.00 

 

Castro's Final Hour


Oppenheimer, Andres

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 3rd, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Communist Cuba's decline 1959-1992

Record # 7654


Price: $15.00 

 

World Is Burning, The


Shoumatoff, Alex

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1990, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, Murder in the Rain Forest. The Tragedy of Chico Mendes

Record # 7693


Price: $15.00 

 

Australians, The by: Terrill, Ross

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 2nd, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket, 449 pages, normal light wear to jacket, otherwise clean and tight copy. Record # 7709
Price: $12.00 

 

Svenska Folket


Wallander, J.W. & Onkel Adam, Illust. by: J.W. Wallander

Hardcover. Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, unknown, n.d., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Text in 3 languages, color by J.W. Wallander, 17 folding chromolith plts, each depicting a different scene of Swedish country life. Binding poor, loose, plts VG

Record # 10058


Price: $51.00 

 

Eye for the Dragon, An/ Southeast Asia Observed 1954-1970


Bloodworth, Dennis

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Author was Far East Correspondent for London Observer

Record # 10954


Price: $23.00 

 

Wound Within: America in the Vietnam Years 1945-1974, The


Kendrick, Alexander

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY KENDRICK. Previous owner's inscription.

Record # 11024


Price: $9.00 

 

Trooper 3809/ A Private Soldier of the Third Republic


Decle, Lionel

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Light rubbing, wear to covers with slight fraying to top of spine. Internally very good.

Record # 11215


Price: $12.00 

 

East Africa Protectorate, The


Eliot, Sir Charles

Hardcover. London, Edward Arnold, 2nd imp, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Covers show wear, frontis missing, hinges poor otherwise internally VG. Maps present, b&w photos

Record # 11259


Price: $21.00 

 

Kenya Sketches


Le Breton, J. G.

Hardcover. London, G. Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, slight slant to spine

Record # 11265


Price: $26.00 

 

Aztecs, The/ People of the Sun


Caso, Alfonso

Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages, translated by Lowell Dunham, Color Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias, b&w photos. Unclipped dust jacket with light soil.

Record # 12022


Price: $35.00 

 

Sun and Shadow In Spain


Howe, Maud

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W photos very bright, clean, gilt-decorated covers

Record # 16116


Price: $35.00 

 

Missionary Travels and Researches In South Africa


Livingstone, David

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros, 1st US, 1858, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, b&w illustrations, folding maps, cloth covers worn, cloth split along spine, internally VG

Record # 16117


Price: $100.00 

 

Eoten or Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East


N/A

Hardcover. NY, C.S. Francis, rep, 1858, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st Pub in 1844 in London, original brown embossed brown cloth

Record # 16122


Price: $60.00 

 

Chinese Journey


Mydral, Jan

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, b&w photos by Gun Kessler, front fly leaf loose otherwise

Record # 16127


Price: $18.00 

 

Mediaeval Universities, The


Schachner, Nathan

Hardcover. NY, Stokes, 1st US, 1938, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 16302


Price: $40.00 

 

Mr. Pitt and America's Birthright / A biography of William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham 1707-1778


Long, V. C.

Hardcover. NY, F. A. Stokes, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to cover boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Decorative staining to top text block.

Record # 16303


Price: $15.00 

 

Victorian Aftermath, The


Wingfield-Stratford, Esme

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 16314


Price: $30.00 

 

Venice and Its Story


Okey, T.

Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Green cloth hardcover with decorations in black. Full color and black & white Illustrations by Nelly Erichseb, W.K. Hinchliff & O.F.M. Ward. Gilt top edge, titles. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Light wear to covers

Record # 19864


Price: $38.00 

 

Venice The Masque of Italy


Brion, Marcel

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 105 color, b&w photos by Edwin Smith. Dj price clipped

Record # 19868


Price: $18.00 

 

Iron Gate of Illyria, The


Sommelius, Torgny

Hardcover. NY, Roy, 1st US, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, dj w/ edgewear, spine fraying

Record # 19894


Price: $20.00 

 

Cathedral Cities of Italy


Collins, W.W., Illust. by: W.W. Collins

Hardcover. London, Heinemann , 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 color plates by Collins, INSCRIBED BY COLLINS on front fly leaf, previous owner's signature, covers worn, spine cloth loose from binding, interior VG, solid. Candidate for repair.

Record # 19901


Price: $30.00 

 

Yucatan


Dame, Lawrence

Hardcover. New York, Random House , 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, b&w photos by author.

Record # 19902


Price: $50.00 

 

History of Europe 1450-1660


Helm, P.J.

Hardcover. London, G. Bell and Sons, rep, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 20172


Price: $18.00 

 

I Know Tunisia


Martin, Dahris

Hardcover. NY, Ives Washburn, 2nd, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st pub in August, 1943, this pub Sept, 1943 some fade to spine

Record # 24681


Price: $12.00 

 

Treasures of Spain From Charles V to Goya


Cirici-Pellicer, Alexandre

Hardcover. Geneva/NY, Skira World, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Intro by F.J. Sanchez Canton. 236 w/ tipped-in plates, most color of architecture, paintings, artifacts, etc. Red cloth covers w/ areas faded. Internally VG

Record # 26113


Price: $40.00 

 

Quito to Bogata


Veatch, A.C.

Hardcover. NY, G.H. Doran, 1st US, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, b&w plates, 338 pgs, 2 fold-out maps in rear

Record # 29376


Price: $35.00 

 

Illustrirte Kriegs Chronik 1870 - 1871


n.a. (J. Ebner)

Hardcover. Leipzig, Weber, 1st, 1871, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A bound year of an illustrated German magazine (similar to America's Harper's Weekly), full of wonderful b&w engravings of battle scenes, 456 pgs w/ color fold-out map. Heavy tape on spine, gorgeous gilt decorated red cover - detached but present. German Text

Record # 29407


Price: $77.00 

 

Africa: History of a Continent


Davidson, Basil

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. B/w illustrations and photographs throughout. Gilt title on spine. Boards in great shape. Dust cover shows some wear due to age. Pages slightly yellowed, but otherwise clean inside!

Record # 30163


Price: $35.00 

 

Les Civilisations de L'Orient (4 Volume Set: L'Orient, L'Inde, La Chine, Le Japon) (FRENCH TEXT)


Grousset, Ren

Hardcover. Paris, France, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volume Set. Hardcover. FRENCH TEXT. B/w illustrations throughout. Former owner's bookplate on front endpapers of all 4 books. Multi-color cover boards with brown leather quarter/spine and matching leather corners. Cover boards have some agewear. Spine has raised bands with paste down title labels in gilt. Leather is showing age wear and worn at edges and spine, in places. Tanning from age throughout and foxing to top edges. Gutters split in some areas, but no pages are detached or missing. Beautiful, old set that is "a general introduction to the study of the arts in Asia for the cultivated public." Vol.1: L'Orient: 362 pages; Vol. 2: L'Inde: 370 pages;Vol. 3: Le Chine: 360 pages; and Vol. 4: La Japon: 319 pages.

Record # 31653


Price: $125.00 

 

Yucatan (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Dame, Lawrence

Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Cover boards bound in tan cloth, red quarter cloth, faded gilt title on spine. Top edge dyed. Light tanning to pages and edges from age. In really good shape for its age. The author's look at the Yucatan Peninsula, a history and how it was in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Record # 32175


Price: $44.00 

 

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Caldwell, Christopher

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 4th printing, 2009, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 422 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Dust jacket unclipped, glossy, excellent. Navy blue cover boards, gilt title on spine, pristine. Binding tight. spine straight. Pages and edges clean. Like new. With its meticulous research, wide scope, and deep moral seriousness, this book is destined to become the classic work on how Muslim immigration permanently reshaped the West.

Record # 32342


Price: $23.00 

 

Land and Polity in Tibet


Carrasco, Pedro

Hardcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 1st Edition, 1959, 307 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. B/w illustrations (maps). Some light foxing to top edge, slight tanning to edges. Pages clean. Pine straight. Binding good. Agewear to covers (see image).

Record # 33462


Price: $23.00 

 

Empire's End: A History of the Far East From High Colonialism to Hong Kong by: Keay, John

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 385 pages. Yellow boards, black spine with gilt lettering. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Very good color pictorial dust jacket. Record # 40244
Price: $12.00 

 

Cathedral Pilgrimage, A by: Dorr, Julia C. R.

Hardcover. New York, MacMillan, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Previous owner's 1897 gift inscription on front flyleaf.Top edge gilt. Light green boards with dark green pictorials and gilt lettering on covers and spine. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine, light age soil. Record # 40255
Price: $12.00 

 

World on the Wane, A


Levi-Strauss, Claude

Hardcover. NY, Criterion, rep, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Transl. by John Russell. Black & white photos. dj with light soil.

Record # 52059


Price: $9.00 

 

Fall Out of Heaven - An Autobiographical Journey


Cheuse, Alan

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53049


Price: $15.00 

 

Georgian Literany Scene 1910-1935 - A Panorama


Swinnerton, Frank

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus ;& Co., 6th pr., 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st pub. 1935. Black & white photos of busts of authors. previous owner's signature front end paper,

Record # 53067


Price: $20.00 

 

Season of High Adventure - Edgar Snow in China


Thomas, S.Bernard

Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif, 1st., 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 53076


Price: $25.00 

 

Queen Victoria - Born to Succeed


Longford, Elizabeth

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, Book Club, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white Illustrations. Light wear to dj

Record # 53614


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Times of Edward VII, The


Middlemas, Keith

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, illustrated in color, black & white. foxing to text block edges otherwise

Record # 53617


Price: $18.00 

 

Illustrated English Social History - Vol. 4 - 19th Century


Trevelyan, G.M.

Hardcover. London, Longman's, Rep., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Color frontis, black & white Illustrations . Dj with tears, chunks gone from spine

Record # 53626


Price: $15.00 

 

Untrodden English Ways


Shelley, Henry C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, Rep., 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 53627


Price: $18.00 

 

Lisle Letters, The


Byrne, Muriel St. Clare

Hardcover. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, An abridgement of the six vols.

Record # 53628


Price: $12.00 

 

Social History of England, A


Briggs, Asa

Hardcover. New York , Viking, Book Club, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53629


Price: $18.00 

 

Scotland - Archaeology and Early History


Ritchie, Graham and Anna

Hardcover. NY, Thames and Hudson, rep., unk, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, 149 black & white Illustrations

Record # 53635


Price: $20.00 

 

Last Nights Fun - In and Out of Time with Irish Music


Carson, Ciaran

Hardcover. NY, North Point Press, 1st US, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53637


Price: $18.00 

 

Great Hunger, The - Ireland 1845-9


Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 3rd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust.

Record # 53640


Price: $15.00 

 

Makers of Florence, The - Dante, Giotto, Savonarola and Their City


Oliphant, Mrs.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 4th ed., 1883, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illus. 415 pages

Record # 53648


Price: $18.00 

 

Man of the Renaissance, The Four Lawgivers: Savonarola, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Aretino


Roeder, Ralph

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illus.

Record # 53656


Price: $15.00 

 

Makers of Venice, The - Doges, Conquerors, Painters & Men of Letters


Oliphant, Mrs.

Hardcover. NY, Mershon Co., rep., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib with light stamping otherwise VG

Record # 53657


Price: $15.00 

 

Venetians, The


Thubron, Colin

Hardcover. Alexandria, VA, Time-Life, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, One in "Time-Life's Seafarer's Series". Color, black & white illust.

Record # 53660


Price: $18.00 

 

Demonic Comedy, The - Some Detours in the Bagdad of Saddam Hussein


Roberts, Paul William

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st , 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53665


Price: $15.00 

 

Permanent Pilgrims


Yamba, C. Bawa

Hardcover. Wash. DC, Smithsonian, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The role of pilgrimage in the lives of West African Muslims in Sudan

Record # 53666


Price: $25.00 

 

Guns & Rain - Guerrillas & Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe


Lan, David

Paperback. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif, 1st wraps, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 53694


Price: $15.00 

 

Guanajuato


deVarona, Esteban A.

Softcover. Mexico, Union Grafica, 2nd, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Text in English. & black & white photographs by author. A travel history & quide to this Mexican town circa 1950

Record # 53709


Price: $15.00 

 

History of the Girondists, or Personal Memoir of the Patroits of the French Revolution


Lamartine, Alphonse De

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros, 1st US, 1848, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 3 Vols. Transl. by H. T. Ryde. Light foxing esp. of Vol III with soil. Otherwise very good.

Record # 53711


Price: $51.00 

 

Trading With the Enemy - A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba


Miller, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53715


Price: $18.00 

 

Emperor's Last Island, The - A Journey to St. Helena


Blackburn, Julia

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53717


Price: $28.00 

 

Other Side of the River, The - Red China Today


Snow, Edgar

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 53723


Price: $18.00 

 

City of Light, The


D'Ancona, Jacob and David Selbourne

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Transl. & ed. by David Selbourne

Record # 53729


Price: $30.00 

 

Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45


Tuchman, Barbara W.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Light wear to dj

Record # 53730


Price: $20.00 

 

Short History of France, A


Marriott, Sir John A. R.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 291 pages. Some sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 53746


Price: $15.00 

 

War in Outline, The - 1914-1918


Hart, Liddell

Hardcover. NY, Random House, Unk., 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 285 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine shows significant wear and soiling. Small rip in spine fabric at top edge. .3 fold-out maps in rear intact. Cloth covers faded at edges, corners lightly bumped.

Record # 53782


Price: $18.00 

 


Bibby, Geoffrey

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 53786


Price: $28.00 

 

Manifesto to the Mexican Republic which Brigadier General Jose Figueroa, Commandant and lpolitical Chief of Upper California, Presents on his Conduct and on that of Jose Marie de Hijar and Jose Maria Padres as Directors of Colonization in 1

Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Cal. Press, 1st , 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Transl. with intro and notes by C. Alan Hutchinson. Facsimile of original . Dj lightly rubbed

Record # 53866


Price: $35.00 

 

Mexico Today and Tomorrow


Trowbridge, E.D.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red Cloth with spine fade

Record # 53869


Price: $25.00 

 

Legends of the Plumes Serpent - Biography of a Mexican God


Baldwin, Neil

Hardcover. NY, Public Affairs, 1st, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Color, black & white illust.

Record # 53873


Price: $25.00 

 

Divine Expectations - An American Woman in 19th Century Palestine


Kreiger, Barbara

Paperback. Athens, OH, Ohio Univ., 1st wraps, 199p, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 53883


Price: $15.00 

 

Long War, The - Israel and the Arabs Since 1946


Bell, J. Bowyer

Hardcover. NJ, Prentice-Hall, 2nd, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 460 pages. Black & white illust. Dj with light wear, spine fade

Record # 53884


Price: $20.00 

 

America South


Beals, Carleton

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott , unk., 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 53892


Price: $18.00 

 

Jesuit Ranches and the Agarian Development of Colonial Argentina 1650-1767


Cushner, Nicholas P.

Hardcover. Albany, SUNY, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, No dj issued

Record # 53893


Price: $18.00 

 

Drinkers, Drummers and Decent Folk - Ethnographic Narratives of Village Trinidad


Stewart, John O.

Hardcover. Albany, SUNY, 1st, n.d., Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Essays, poetry and fiction portray rural life in Trinidad. No dj issued

Record # 53896


Price: $18.00 

 

Portrait of India


Smith, Bradford

Hardcover. London, Robert Hale, 1st UK, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 53901


Price: $12.00 

 

Prague in Black and Gold - Scenes from the Life of a European City


Demetz, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st , 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 411 pages, clean bright copy in a dust jacket.

Record # 53904


Price: $12.00 

 

Inside Cuba


Nicholson, Jr., Joe

Hardcover. NY, Sheed and Ward, 1st , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos Dj rubbed, chipped

Record # 53909


Price: $15.00 

 

Turning Japanese - Memoirs of a Sensei


Mura, David

Paperback. NY, Atlantic Monthly, Unc. Proof Wraps, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A 3rd Japanese-American returns to Japan

Record # 53913


Price: $12.00 

 

Where Is Nicaragia?


Davis, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Previous owner's embossed mark front end paper,

Record # 53917


Price: $15.00 

 

Scott Country, The


Crockett, W.S.

Hardcover. London, A.C. Black, 4th Ed., 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st pub. 1902

Record # 54172


Price: $18.00 

 

Oxford Literary Guide to the British Isles, The


Eagle, Dorothy and Hilary Carnell

Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1st , 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Paper browning slightly otherwise

Record # 54180


Price: $18.00 

 

Who Killed Kenya?


Wills, Colin

Hardcover. London, Dobson, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 111 pages. Black & white photos. Slight wear, rubbing, foxing to dust jacket. Faint foxing to edges.

Record # 54308


Price: $30.00 

 

Uganda Quest - African Wild Life After Dark


Neal, Ernest

Hardcover. NY, Taplinger, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color photos by author. Light edgewear to dj

Record # 54311


Price: $18.00 

 

Young Africa


Larsen, Peter

Hardcover. London, Phoenix House, 1st , 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color frontis. Black & white photos. Dj worn, chipped

Record # 54312


Price: $15.00 

 

African Apprenticeship - An Autobiographical Journey


Perham, Margery

Hardcover. NY, Africana Pub., rep., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Diary of a South African journey in 1929. Black & white photos

Record # 54313


Price: $20.00 

 

Shining Path - Terror and Revolution in Peru


Strong, Simon

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust.

Record # 54323


Price: $18.00 

 

Utopia Unarmed - The Latin American Left After the Cold War


Castaneda, Jorge G.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 3rd, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54324


Price: $20.00 

 

Creature in the Map, The - A Journey to El Dorado


Nicholl, Charles

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st , 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Recreates Sir Henry Raleigh's journey

Record # 54339


Price: $20.00 

 

Romantic Education, A


Hampl, Patricia

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy in clear brodart cover.

Record # 54344


Price: $41.00 

 

Not Yet Home - A South African Journey


Cartwright, Justin

Hardcover. London, Fourth Estate, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54346


Price: $28.00 

 

Winter in Castille


Tracy, Honor

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 2nd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54352


Price: $12.00 

 

Teacher Education in a Communist State: Poland 1956-1961


Singer, Gusta

Hardcover. NY, Bookman Assoc., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Spine fade to dj

Record # 54569


Price: $20.00 

 

Islam Inflamed - A Middle East Picture


Morris, James

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with chipping, light soil

Record # 54592


Price: $30.00 

 

Sharing the Promised Land - An Interwoven Tale of Israelis & Palestinians


Hiro, Oilip

Hardcover. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st , 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos

Record # 54596


Price: $20.00 

 

Blood Accusation - The Strange History of the Beiliss Case


Samuel, Maurice

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54615


Price: $18.00 

 

From the Yaroslavsky Station - Russia Perceived


Pond, Elazabeth

Hardcover. NY, Universe Books, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Pub. in UK as "Russia Perceived: A Trans-Siberian Journey" by the Christian Science Monitor's correspondent. Previous owner's signature front end paper,

Record # 54620


Price: $15.00 

 

Politics and Society in Provincial Russia - Saratov 1590-1970


Wade, Rex A. and Scott J. Seregny (Ed.)

Hardcover. Columbus, Oh., Ohio Univ. Press, 1st , 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 54623


Price: $25.00 

 

His Letters & Sketches from the Crimea.


Clifford, V.C., Henry

Hardcover. London, Michael Joseph, 1st , 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white, color illus. by author. Torn front corner bumped

Record # 54629


Price: $30.00 

 

Portraits of the Seventeenth Century - Eighteenth Century (2 Vols.)


Sainte-Beuve, C. A.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick Ungar, Rep., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 54650


Price: $30.00 

 

Hands of Honor - Artisans and Their World in Dijon, 1550-1650


Farr, James R.

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell Univ., 1st., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54652


Price: $20.00 

 

Queen Victoria


Woodham-Smith, Cecil

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Smoker owned. Black & white illust.

Record # 54675


Price: $18.00 

 

Chronicles of London, The by: Saint, Andrew and Gillian Darby

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color and black & white illust. Light edgewear. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 54684
Price: $12.00 

 

Fall of Imperial China, The


Wakeman, Jr., Frederic

Hardcover. NY, Free Press, 3rd, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 54734


Price: $18.00 

 

Land in Between, The - The Cambodian Dilemma


Williams, Maslyn

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st pub in Australia in 1969. Crease on inside front dj flap. previous owner's bookplate, notation front end paper, otherwise

Record # 54744


Price: $15.00 

 

Vietnam 1945 - The Quest for Power


Marr, David G.

Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif., 2nd, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 32 black & white photos

Record # 54749


Price: $15.00 

 

Servants, Shiphands and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa, Japan


Leupp, Gary P.

Hardcover. NJ, Princeton Univ. Press, rep., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1st pub. hardcover 1992

Record # 54753


Price: $18.00 

 

Two Viet-Nams, The - A Political and Military Analysis


Fall, Bernard B.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 2nd revised, 1067, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor,

Record # 54762


Price: $12.00 

 

Saddam's War


Bulloch, John and Harvey Morris

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The origins of the Kuwait conflict and the international response

Record # 54766


Price: $15.00 

 

Life in Medieval France


Evans, Joan

Paperback. London, Phaidon, 3rd, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair,

Record # 54801


Price: $12.00 

 

House Stands Firm, The - Family Life in West Africa


Du Sacre-Coeur, Sister Marie-Andve

Hardcover. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1st , 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Transl. from French by Alba I. Zizzamia

Record # 54853


Price: $12.00 

 

South Africa's City of Diamonds


Worger, William H.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale, 1st , 1987, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Mine workers & monopoly capitalism in Kimberley, 1867-1895.

Record # 54860


Price: $20.00 

 

Coffee and Conflict in Columbia 1886-1916


Bergquist, Charles W.

Paperback. Durham, Duke Univ., Rep. wraps, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprint with new preface

Record # 54862


Price: $12.00 

 

Epic of Latin America, The


Crow, John A.

Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif., 3rd, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 900 + pages, a classic general history of the region. Dust jacket with sunning.

Record # 54863


Price: $25.00 

 

Vicky - Princess Royal of England & German Empress by: Bennett, Daphne

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The daughter of Queen Victoria Record # 54877
Price: $12.00 

 

Temples of the Sun and Moon - A Mexican Journey


Swan, Michael

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib with stamp & envelope on front end paper, Black & white gravure plates

Record # 54926


Price: $18.00 

 

Yesterday's Train - A Rain Odyssey Through Mexican History


Pindell, Terry and Lourdes Ramirez Mallis

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st , 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 54935


Price: $25.00 

 

Transgressor in the Tropics


Farson, Negley

Hardcover. N Y, Harcourt Brace, 1st , 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Spine slightly cocked

Record # 54937


Price: $18.00 

 

Innocent's in Africa - An America Family's Story


Pifer, Drury

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos.

Record # 54942


Price: $18.00 

 

Neighbors - Living the Revolution


Lewis, Oscar and Ruth M. Lewis and Susan M. Rigdon

Hardcover. Urbana, Univ. of Ill., 1st. , 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An oral history of contemporary Cuba with errata slip laid in

Record # 54984


Price: $20.00 

 

Four Women - Living the Revolution


Lewis, Oscar and Ruth M. Lewis and Susan M. Rigdon

Hardcover. Urbana, Univ. of Ill., 1st. , 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An oral history of contemporary Cuba.

Record # 54985


Price: $15.00 

 

Maharajahs, The


Lord, John

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Smoker owned

Record # 54987


Price: $18.00 

 

Forgotten Army, The - India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945


Fay, Peter Ward

Paperback. Ann Arbor, Univ. of Mich., Rep. pbk, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 54988


Price: $15.00 

 

Liberal Professions & Illiberal Politics


Kovacs, Maria M.

Hardcover. NY, OUP, 1st , 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hungary from the Hapsburgs to the Holocaust

Record # 54997


Price: $25.00 

 

Lenin - The Man, the Theorist, the Leader - A Reappraisal


Schapiro, Leonard and Peter Reddaway (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collectioon of writings on the Russian leader. Minor pencil marks in margins. Spine faded otherwise

Record # 55060


Price: $15.00 

 

Communist Conspiracy, The


King-Hall, Stephen

Hardcover. London, Constable, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 239 pages. Light cover wear, otherwise very good, clean.

Record # 55062


Price: $12.00 

 

Expansion and Coexistence - The History of Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-67


Ulam, Adam B.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's signature front end paper.

Record # 55065


Price: $18.00 

 

Chanzeaux - A Village in Anjou


Wylie (Ed.), Laurence

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1st , 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. Lacks front end paper. 383 pages

Record # 55072


Price: $20.00 

 

Fatal Friendship, The - Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen and the Flight To Varennes.


Loomis, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Rep., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 341 pages

Record # 55073


Price: $18.00 

 

Russian Marxists and the Origins of Bolshevism, The


Haimson, Leopold H.

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Black & white illust.

Record # 55645


Price: $18.00 

 

Origin of the Communist Autocrasy - Political Opposition in the Soviet State: First Phase 1917-1922 by: Schapiro, Leonard

Softcover. NY, Praeger, wraps, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Spine fade, covers with wear. Pages browned but clean. 396 pages Record # 55653
Price: $12.00 

 

Kremlin Since Stalin, The


Leonhard, Wolfgang

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Transl. from German by E. Wiskemann & M. Jackson. some light marking to margins

Record # 55655


Price: $15.00 

 

Hunza Land - The Fabulous Health and Youth Wonderland of the World


Banik, Dr. Allen E. and Renee Taylor

Hardcover. Long Beach Ca, Whitehorn Pub., 1st , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A narrative of author's study of high in the Himalaya Mts. of West Pakistan. Black & white photos. Dj with edgewear

Record # 55870


Price: $15.00 

 

Scotland in Colour


McLaren, Moray

Hardcover. London, Batsford, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 color photos by A.F. Kersting. Light wear to dj along spine

Record # 56105


Price: $18.00 

 

Structure and Change in Indian Society


Singer, Milton and Bernard S. Cohn

Hardcover. Chicago, Aldine Pub., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with closed tears, edgewear. Previous owner's signature front end paper,

Record # 56126


Price: $30.00 

 

Political Corruption in India


Dwivedy, Surendranath and G.S. Bhargava

Hardcover. New Delhi, Popular Book Service, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj badly chipped

Record # 56127


Price: $15.00 

 

Introduction to Karachi, An - Its Environs and Hinterland.


Pithawalla, Maneck B.

Softcover. Karachi, Times Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj cardboard wraps with fold-out maps, photos

Record # 56129


Price: $50.00 

 

Triumphs and Tragedy - A History of the Mexican People


Ruiz, Ramon Eduardo

Hardcover. NY, Norton, rep., 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 56133


Price: $12.00 

 

Behind God's Back


Farson, Negley

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 3rd, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 56140


Price: $15.00 

 

Portrait of a Village


Young, Francis Brett

Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1st US, 1938, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white wood engravings by Joan Hassall

Record # 56141


Price: $18.00 

 

Strong Brown God, The - The Story of the Niger River


DeGramont, Sanche

Paperback. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, rep. wraps, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 56143


Price: $12.00 

 

Memories of Cuba


Beytout, Olivier and Francois Missen

Paperback. NY, Thunder's Mouth, 1st wraps, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color photography throughout by Beytout. 142 pages. Remainder line bottom edge

Record # 56145


Price: $20.00 

 

Four Men - Living the Revolution


Lewis, Oscar and Ruth M. Lewis and Susan M. Rigdon

Hardcover. Urbana, Univ. of Ill., 1st , 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An oral history of contemporary Cuba

Record # 56147


Price: $25.00 

 

River Jordan, The - Being an Illustrated Account of Earth's Most Storied River


Glueck, Nelson

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1st US, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust.Previous owner's signature front fly leaf & on dj front. Dj with edgewear, chips

Record # 56150


Price: $18.00