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World of the Nursery, The


White, Colin

Hardcover. London, Herbert Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, English nurseries from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century, lavishly illustrated in b&w and color, slight edgewear, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801547


Price: $13.00 

Confucius Lives Next Door. What Living in the East Teaches us About Living in the West. by: Reid, T. R.
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Confucius Lives Next Door. What Living in the East Teaches us About Living in the West. by: Reid, T. R.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Maroon boards, black cloth spine, gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803495
Price: $12.00 

 

Jyvaskyla


NA

Hardcover. Gummerus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 80 pages. 1/4 blue cloth, 3/4 white, gilt. Dj shows a lot of edgewear and toning; has large tear on back. Dj in mylar cover. Entire book is B/W photographs with captions, text in Finnish. Blue map end papers.

Record # 803858


Price: $10.00 

 

Architectural Monuments of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra: Research and Restoration / - :


Trofimov / , I.V. / . .

Hardcover. Moscow / , State Publishing Co. "Literature" / , 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 245 pages. Text in Russian. Yellow cloth, design on cover, gilt on spine. B/W pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar cover, shows minor edgewear. B/W photos throughout. Previous owner's stamp on front fly leaf. Spine cocked. Otherwise, clean, unmarked, tight.

Record # 804183


Price: $30.00 

 

Pskov: Art Treasures and Architectural Monuments 12th-17th Centuries


Yamshchikov, Savely (ed.)

Hardcover. Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages. Translated in English from Russian by Hans Vladimirsky. Green cloth, gilt design, title. Color pictorial dust jacket has edgewear and chipping, tears at front top corners, one on top back. Folded crease in front flap of dust jacket. Beautiful color plates throughout. Unmarked, tight, clean copy.

Record # 804219


Price: $30.00 

 

First Malaysia Plan 1966-1970


NA

Hardcover. Kuala Lumpure, Di-Chetak Di-Jabatan Chetak Kerajaan, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Foreword by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, prime minister of Malaysia. Blue boards, 3-panel color fold-out map of Malaysia attached to last page. Cover edges and spine lightly discolored, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, a very neat, clean copy.

Record # 808159


Price: $15.00 

 

Historical Nights' Entertainment, The


Sabatini, Rafael

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, reprint, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages. Volume IX of the Autograph Edition series, limited to 750 copies. Gray boards, maroon cloth spine with spine label, b&w tissue-protected frontispiece. Spine lightly faded; otherwise, a neat, tight copy.

Record # 850858


Price: $25.00 

 

Irish Protestant Letters. Etc., Etc; Also, an Address on Ireland the Cradle of European Literature; To Which Is Added a Choice of Collection of Original and Selected Poetry


Dublin, R. R. B., J. B. Finlay

Hardcover. New York, De Witt & Davenport, 1st, 1855, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 166 pages. Light-brown, embossed cloth covers. Covers fairly worn, particularly along spine and edges. Covers somewhat soiled. Previous owner's signature, sticker, and notes on front end paper and flyleaf. Foxing throughout and on all edges. A few pages with minor pen markings. About 20 pages with creases or tears on bottom edge. Page 166 has small chunk out of it. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 856389


Price: $50.00 

 

Biography of a Colonial Town: Hamilton, Bermuda 1790-1897


de Chantal Kennedy, Sister Jean

Hardcover. Hamilton Bermuda, The Bermuda Book Stores, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of the colonial town Hamilton, Bermuda. With illustrations and maps throughout. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Blue toning to top text block edge. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951899


Price: $19.00 

 

Agincourt: The Fight for France


Fiennes, Ranulph

Hardcover. New York, Pegasus Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Fascinating account of historical battle. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Bumping to lower edge boards. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 952251


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

French Foreign Legion,. The - A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force


Porch, Douglas

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, Book Club, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Front fly leaf clipped on top corner. Previous owner's signature, otherwise. Black & white photos. 728 pages including index

Record # 56174


Price: $20.00 

 

Survey of Northwest Africa, A - (The Maghrib)


Barbour (Ed.), Nevill

Hardcover. London, Oxford Univ. Press, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 1st pub. in 1959. Fold-out map in rear. Moderate underlining in text. Dj edgewear

Record # 56874


Price: $15.00 

 

Ricordo Dio Genova - 40 Vedule


Photo

Hardcover. Genova, Edizione A.P., Unk., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, An accordion-fold photo album with 40 black & white gravure views of Genova. Text in four languages

Record # 57273


Price: $20.00 

 

Sharpeville Six, The


Diar, Prakash

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland & Steward, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 321 pages.

Record # 58162


Price: $18.00 

 

Provence and the Cote Dazur


France

Softcover. NY, Knopf, 2nd, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A detailed travel guide of the area. Color illust. 408 pages.

Record # 58631


Price: $15.00 

 

Early Fidel, The - Roots of Castro's Communism


Martin, Lionel

Hardcover. Secaucus, NJ, Lyle Stuart, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 272 pages. Author was Havana correspondent for the Washington Post. Dj with light edgwear, chips

Record # 59745


Price: $18.00 

 

Vuta Kamba - The Development of Trade Unions in Tanganyika


Friedland, William H.

Hardcover. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 280 pages. Previous owner's signature on half-title page.

Record # 60122


Price: $15.00 

 

Trooper 3809 - A Private Soldier of the Third Republic


Decle, Lionel

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages.

Record # 61425


Price: $30.00 

 

Prelude to the Partition of West Africa


Hargreaves, John D.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Maps. 383 pages. Pencil, underlining, marginal notes. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

Record # 64131


Price: $23.00 

 

Tibet


Jigmei, Ngapo N. and others

Hardcover. NY, Gallery Books, Rep., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Preface by Harrison Salisbury. Color photos throughout. 296 pages.

Record # 64303


Price: $44.00 

 

Apartheid - A History


Lapping, Brian

NY, George Braziller, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 197 pages.

Record # 65120


Price: $25.00 

 

Introductory Bibliography for Japanese Studies - Vol. XII, Part l - Social Sciences 1996-97


Gakkai, Toho

Tokyo, Japan Foundation, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 page.

Record # 65890


Price: $15.00 

 

La Cathedrale de Reims


Demaison, Louis

Paris, Henri Laurens, 1st , n.d. (circa 1910), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A 136 page monograph (from a series) on the cathedral at Reims. 44 black & white photos, double page plan. With a number of clippings tipped-in & laid-in about the edifice, including its destruction in WW I by the German army. 1914 dated on title page.

Record # 67357


Price: $25.00 

 

Spanish-American Revolutions, 1808-1926


Lynch, John

NY, Norton, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An account of the revolutions that swept over South & Central America in the early 1800's. 433 pages.

Record # 68785


Price: $18.00 

 

Caribbean, The


Rodman, Selden

Hardcover. NY, Hawthorn, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, b&w drawings by Bill Negron, 320 pgs. Dust jacket worn chipped, price clipped

Record # 70719


Price: $15.00 

 

China Connection, The - U.S Policy and the Peoples Republic of China


Gregor, A. James

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Hoover Institute, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 263 pgs. Light fade to dj spine.

Record # 100790


Price: $23.00 

 

Game Keeper At Home, The - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life


Jefferies, Richard

Hardcover. London, Smith Elder, 3rd, 1878, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Gilt decorated cloth, green else VG

Record # 106465


Price: $80.00 

 

Personally Conducted


Stockton, Frank R., Illust. by: Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons

Hardcover. NY, Scribner's, 1st, 1889, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's signature front end paper. address written in pencil on back end paper. Cover is worn, spine is weak and the binding brittle and breaking but for its age, good condition. Internally the pgs are clean and there are lots of nice black & white illustrations by Joseph Pennell, Alfred Parsons, and others. hardbound, no dust jacket, 240 pgs.

Record # 108976


Price: $35.00 

 

Historical Dictionary of South Africa


Saunders, Christopher

Hardcover. Metuchen, New Jersey, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages

Record # 175125


Price: $18.00 

 

Road to Ophir


Tremlett, Rex

London, Hutchinson, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 190 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, light tears, chips, especially at spine.

Record # 176330


Price: $15.00 

 

Not By Sun Alone


Mikes, George

London, Andre Deutsch, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white drawings by Papas. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping

Record # 200435


Price: $25.00 

 

High Kings, The - Arthur's Celtic Ancestors


Chant, Joy

Hardcover. Toronto, CN, Bantam, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color and black and white Illustrations by George Sharp. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket. Sticker on the back of dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 202085


Price: $12.00 

 

Fire From the Mountain - The Making of a Sandinista


Cabezas, Omar

New York, Crown, 3rd, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Translated by Kathleen Weaver. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes. 233 pages.

Record # 205151


Price: $18.00 

 

Indian Development - Selected Regional Perspectives


Dreze (ed), Jean and Amartya Sen

Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages. Black & white maps and diagrams. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

Record # 206113


Price: $15.00 

 

The Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and King Louis XVIII During the Congress of Vienna


Pallain, M. G.

New York, Scribners, 1st, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 621 pages. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping.

Record # 207603


Price: $20.00 

SPAIN by: Nagel Travel Guide.
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SPAIN by: Nagel Travel Guide.

Hardcover. New York & Paris, Nagel, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color map front paste down. 700 pages with maps and city plans throughout. 32 color map plates at back. 16mo. Red cloth, gilt. Record # 220593
Price: $12.00 

 

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


Oliphant Mrs.

London, Macmillan, Rep., 1905, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 410 pages. B&W illust. A handsome, bright copy.

Record # 300567


Price: $18.00 

 

Reign By Reign


Usherwood, Stephen

London, Michael Joseph, 2nd, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 94 pages. Color illustrations by Anthony and Geoffrey Harper. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 301660


Price: $13.00 

 

Guardian, The - The Men Who Ruled India


Woodruff, Philip

London, Jonathan Cape, 3rd, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 385 pages, B&W illustrations, maps. Bottom corner bumped, previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

Record # 302941


Price: $12.00 

 

Valley of Mexico, The - Studies in Pre-Historic Ecology and Society


Wolf, Eric R. (Ed.)

Albuquerque , University of New Mexico, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. B&W charts, diagrams.

Record # 304856


Price: $20.00 

 

Around the Highlands


Brander, Michael

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1st , 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 224 pages, B&W photos. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Record # 305577


Price: $12.00 

 

German Mark from 1914 to 1924, The: From 1 mark to 100 Billions


N/A

Softcover. Nuremberg Germany, E. Schuster, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, illustrated booklet with b&w photographs of various denominations of German currency. Mustard color paper wrappers with light soil.

Record # 402572


Price: $20.00 

 

Social Prelude to Stalinism, The


Pethybridge, Roger

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 343 pages, ink marking, mostly underlining, to about 55 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 403005


Price: $12.00 

 

Dawn of Legal Reform, The: April 1985 to June 1989


Chalidze, Valery

Softcover. Benson VT, Chalidze Publications, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages, heavy paper wrappers. Edited by Lisa Chalidze. A documentation of the first 4 years of perestroika.

Record # 403220


Price: $100.00 

 

Geneva


Gribble, Francis H.

Hardcover. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages, 20 color plates by J, and May Hardwicke Lewis. Blue cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature in pencil on blank prelim page. Otherwise, a clean, bright copy.

Record # 405139


Price: $38.00 

 

Agricultural Production and the Economic Development of Japan 1873 - 1922


Nakamura, James I.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 257 pages, dust jacket with light wear, fading. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 406280


Price: $15.00 

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 

 

Provincial Development in Russia: Catherine II and Jakob Sievers


Jones, Robert E.

Hardcover. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers Univ Pr, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages. Blue cloth, silver title to front and spine, no dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked copy.

Record # 453500


Price: $20.00 

 

Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia


Quire, George of Plean;

Hardcover. reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456704


Price: $18.00 

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 

The Art of Russia by: Rubissow, Helen
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The Art of Russia by: Rubissow, Helen

Hardcover. New York, Philosophical Library, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 black & white reproductions of Russian art. Also includes list of artists, index of illustrations, introduction. Blue cloth cover with title on spine and front in gilt. Previous owner namestamp in front endpages. Record # 501644
Price: $12.00 

 

Oxford: University and City


Woolley, A. B.

Hardcover. NY, Oxord University Press , 1st , 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings, plates. Street maps on front and back endpapers. Foreward by Sir Maurice Bowra. Soil to front endpaper. Green cloth binding with gold spine lettering.

Record # 502623


Price: $20.00 

 

English Travels of Sir John Percival and William Byrd II, The: The Percival Diary of 1701


Wenger (Ed), Mark R.

Columbia MO, University of Missouri Press, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 197 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, rubbing.

Record # 503312


Price: $15.00 

 

Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis


Carmack (Ed), Robert M.

Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 334 pages. Minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 504134


Price: $20.00 

 

Limits to Friendship: The United States and Mexico


Pastor, Robert A. and Jorge A. Casta–eda

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 415 pages. Ligth edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket. Small tear to front of dust jacket at edge.

Record # 508097


Price: $18.00 

 

Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (Vol. 2 only)


Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Illust. by: C. E. Brock (Charles E. )

Hardcover. Boston , Houghton Mifflin , 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 301 pages. Volume two of a three volume set. Black & white illustrations by C. E. Brock. Gilt top edge. Green cloth covers with gold lettering and decoration. Wear to extremities. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 508931


Price: $24.00 

 

Russian Revolution, The


Keep, John L. H.

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 614 pages, hardcover. Foxing and stains on top edge. Dust jacket has blue circular sticker on top of front flap and remnants of tape and sticker on spine. Dust jacket top edge age tanned and lightly worn.

Record # 510178


Price: $10.00 

 

Guide to Source Materials for the Study of Barbados History 1627-1834


Handler, Jerome S.

Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages, b&w map frontispiece.

Record # 512135


Price: $18.00 

 

Nikolai Romadin


N/A

Softcover. Russia, Sovetskaya Rossia Publishers, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages including bibliography and list of plates. 179 color plates. In Russian and English. Cardboard slipcase frayed at corners. Book dust jacket shows some edgewear, likely from removal and return to case.

Record # 600078


Price: $35.00 

 

Highways & Byways in Derbyshire


Firth, J.B., Illust. by: Nelly Erichsen

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 492 pages, fold-out map. B&w illustrations by Nelly Erichsen. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Hinges cracked.

Record # 601252


Price: $11.00 

 

Franco Years, The - The Untold Human Story of Life Under Spanish Fascism


Yglesias, Jose

Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise very good condition.

Record # 602737


Price: $12.00 

 

Famous Americans in Florence


Dentler, Clara Louise

Hardcover. Firenze, Giunti Marzocco, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Collection of biographies of famous Americans living in Italy. Gray cloth cover, color illustrated dust jacket, 40 b&w plates. Wear to dust jacket edges; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 605429


Price: $19.00 

 

Short History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, A


Muto, Dr. Chozo

Hardcover. Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, Reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 83 pages. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Dust jacket worn with chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608024


Price: $40.00 

 

Setting for a Suffolk Festival, The


Strutt, Clive

Hardcover. Lavenham, Landmark Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612470


Price: $13.00 

Search for the Panchen Lama by: Hilton, Isabel
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Search for the Panchen Lama by: Hilton, Isabel

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton, 1st U.S., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 334 pages, b&w photos, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801167
Price: $12.00 

 

Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia


Ishwaran, K.

Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill , 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages, edited by Bardwell L. Smith, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Light wear to dust jacket; overall, book in great condition.

Record # 803271


Price: $19.00 

Finland and Its Geography by: Platt, Raye, R. (ed.)
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Finland and Its Geography by: Platt, Raye, R. (ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce , 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, An American Geographical Society Handbook. 510 pages. Slightly faded blue cloth. B/W plates, maps. Front hinge cracked. Record # 803821
Price: $12.00 

 

Leggendo e Ripassando


Speroni, Charles and Carlo L. Golino

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rhinehart &Winston, Reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages plus glossary. Blue pictorial cloth. Has a couple marks on front cover. Corners bumped and spine worn slightly at top/bottom. Map end papers. Some foxing on a few pages and ink writing on flyleaves, otherwise, clean, unmarked, tight.

Record # 804005


Price: $29.00 

 

Culture and Art of Peter's Times /


Komelova / , G.N. (ed.) / . . ( )

Hardcover. Leningrad / , Aurora Art Publishers / , 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 205 pages. Text in Russian w/ English Table of Contents and Summaries. Red decorative cloth, gilt, silver. Cloth in large spots toned to orange. B/W illustrations throughout. "Russian School, Middlebury College" stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise, unmarked. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 804207


Price: $25.00 

 

American Review of Canadian Studies: Spring 1987


Lipke, William C.

Softcover. CANADA, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 129 pages. Volume 17 No. 1 of The American Review of Canadian Studies. Topic: Inuit Art - Contemporary Perspectives. A collection of essays. Price sticker on back lower right corner.

Record # 806201


Price: $12.00 

 

Pitcairn: The Island, the people, and the pastor


Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles

Hardcover. London, Society for promoting christian knowledge, 12th, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 414 pages in green publisher's cloth, with gilt title to spine, gilt stamp of ship on front, and blind decorations tooled on front, back and spine.This edition includes additions from the author regarding the original settlement and present conditions of Norfork Island. B&W plates throughout book. Inner hinges cracked, and some browning to pages. Ink inscription to previous owner dated 1874. A small amount of foxing and smudges on interior pages. Oherwise a clean and tight copy.

Record # 850017


Price: $60.00 

 

Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications


Dumont, Louis

Softcover. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, Reprint, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 386 pages. Translated into English by Mark Sainsbury. Some wear along spine. Light creasing on top corner of rear cover. Minor rubbing on front cover. Underlining and markings in pencil in introduction. Good reading copy.

Record # 856157


Price: $15.00 

 

Famous American Explorers


Keating, Bern, Illust. by: Lawrence Bjorkland

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 92 pages, hardcover. Many black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Line drawings by Lawrence Bjorkland. Heavy age toning to spine and top text block edge. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951631


Price: $24.00 

 

Russia: A Social History


Mirsky, D.S.

Hardcover. London, The Cresset Press, 3rd printing, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Social history of Russia. Heavy rubbing, fading, and edgewear to dust jacket. Chipping to dust jacket corners and spine. Minor age toning and soiling to text block edge. Heavy bumping to board corners and spine. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952179


Price: $23.00 

 

il Paesaggio Toscano: L'Opera Dell'uomo e la Nascita di un Mito (Italian Text)


Conenna, Lucia Bonelli, Attitio Brilli, Giuseppe Cantelli

Hardcover. italy, Monte Dei Paschi De Siena, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 581 pages. Hardcover. Italian text. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped/glossy. Dust jacket has some light scratching, but excellent. Clean and unmarked inside with a sight touch of age yellow to edges of pages. Binding quite tight. In very good condition.

Record # 5560133


Price: $75.00 

 

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 

 

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 

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

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Watch for the Morning - The Story of Palestine's Jewish Pioneers & Their Battle for the Birth of Israel


Sugrue, Thomas

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros., 1st , 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with light edgewear, chipping

Record # 56152


Price: $15.00 

 

"In Society" - The Brideshead Years


Courtney, Nicholas

Hardcover. London, Pavilion, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 166 pages

Record # 56736


Price: $18.00 

 

Mountains of Pharaoh, The


Cottrell, Leonard

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Co., Unk., 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. Spine stain, fade

Record # 57111


Price: $15.00 

 

From Despotism to Revolution 1763-1789


Gershoy, Leo

Paperback. NY, Harper & Bros., Unk Wraps, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. Previous owner's signature front end paper,

Record # 57792


Price: $18.00 

 

Generation of Giants - The Story of the Jesuits in China in the Last Decades of the Ming Dynasty


Dunne, George H.

Notre Dame, Ind., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1st , 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 389 pages.

Record # 58496


Price: $15.00 

 

Germany - With a Chapter on German Tourism and Mountaineering by Anthony Bertram


Bullett, Gerald

Hardcover. London, A & C Black, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 color plates by E. T. and E. Harrison Compton. Fold-out map in rear. Tear to contents page. Light wear to covers.

Record # 59507


Price: $20.00 

 

Lure of Africa, The - American Interests in Tropical Africa 1919-1939


McKinley, Edward H.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 293 pages. Winner of Allan Nevins History Prize. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf, dj with light wear.

Record # 60094


Price: $20.00 

 

Mexican Village


Niggli, Josephina

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, Univ. of North Carolina, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white designs by Marion Fitz-Simons. 491 pages. Dj worn, spine faded.

Record # 61400


Price: $15.00 

 

Warszawa Na Starej


N/A

Hard Back . Poland, Artystyczno Wydawnictwo-Graficzne, 1st , 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, A collection of black & white photos of Warsaw, past and present. 166 pages. Dust jacket worn, chipped, front flap gone.

Record # 63462


Price: $120.00 

 

Muslim Mind, The


Waddy, Charis

Hardcover. NY/London, Longman, 2nd, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 216 pages.

Record # 64177


Price: $23.00 

 

Rise and Fall of the Habsburg Monarchy


Tapie, Victor L.

hardcover. NY, Praeger, 2nd, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Transl. from French by Stephen Hardman. 430 pages. Dust jacket edgewear, chipping.

Record # 65005


Price: $18.00 

 

Italy From Napoleon to Mussolini


Albrecht-Carrie, Rene

NY, Columbia University, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Previous owner's stamp front fly leaf. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 65383


Price: $25.00 

 

Guatemala in the Spanish Colonial Period


Jones, Jr., Oakah L

Norman, OK, Univ. of OK, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 344 pages.

Record # 67310


Price: $20.00 

 

Spanish America - Its Romance, Reality and Future (2 vols.)


Enock, C.R.

NY, Charles Scribner's, 1st US, n.d. (1920 or before), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 51 black & white plates. Color fold-out map in rear. 294, 306 pages. Occasional pencil marking in text. Light foxing. Previous owner's signature to front end paper,. Spine lettering faded otherwise VG set.

Record # 68605


Price: $50.00 

 

Oxford


Thomas, Edward, Illust. by: John Fulleylove

Hardcover. London, A. & C. Black, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 color plates by John Fulleylove, all with tissue guards. 265 pages. Blue cloth with gilt & black designs, top edge gilt . Ex-lib with lettering on spine, bookplate light stamping, marking to end papers.

Record # 69567


Price: $35.00 

 

Mezzogiorno


Chevallier, Elisabeth

Hardcover. NY , French & European Pub., 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, color, b&w photos by Raymond Chevallier.

Record # 100590


Price: $25.00 

 

Brabant & East Flanders


Omond, G.W.T

Hardcover. London, A & C Black, unknown, n.d, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 20 color plates by A Forestier. Back hinge slanting. Red cloth decorating, spine fade. otherwise very good.

Record # 101220


Price: $25.00 

 

Fiji - Little India of the Pacific


Coulter, John Wesley

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 2nd, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Decorated cloth.

Record # 106154


Price: $15.00 

Islamic Arms by: North, Anthony
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Islamic Arms by: North, Anthony

Hardcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Swords, daggers, and rifles in color and black & white photographs. An art exhibition catalog. no dust jacket issued. 48 pgs. Record # 108263
Price: $12.00 

 

Outnation, The / A Search for the Soul of Japan


Rauch, Jonathon

Hardcover. Boston, Harvard Boston School, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 125603


Price: $15.00 

 

Two on a Tour in South America


Sears, Anna Wentworth

Hardcover. New York , Appleton, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 B&W photos by Sears. 312 pages, Ex-library with light wear, stamping, clean internally

Record # 175445


Price: $18.00 

 

Comrade Criminal - Russia's New Mafia


Handelman, Stephen

New Haven, CT, Yale University Press , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 398 pages.

Record # 200142


Price: $25.00 

 

America In 1492 - The World of the Indian Peoples Before The Arrival of Columbus


Josephy, Jr., Alvin M. (Ed.)

NY, Knopf , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white and color illustrations and photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 201327


Price: $20.00 

 

Burmese Family


Khaing, Mi Mi

Bloomington, Indiana Univeraity Press, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Black & white sketches. Dust jacket is soiled and chipping at edges.

Record # 204409


Price: $18.00 

The French Army - A Military-Political History by: De La Gorce, Paul Marie
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The French Army - A Military-Political History by: De La Gorce, Paul Marie

Hardcover. New York, Braziller, 1st, 963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 568 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Dust jacket shows some wear, rubbing and chipping. Record # 205975
Price: $12.00 

 

The Greek Islands


Durrell, Lawrence

New York, Viking, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages. Color and black & white photography. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has edgwear.

Record # 206751


Price: $12.00 

SICILY: ISLAND OF FIRE by: Ordway, Donald
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SICILY: ISLAND OF FIRE by: Ordway, Donald

Hardcover. New York, National Travel Club, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color pictorial end papers. 269 pages. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings + black and white plates by author. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt. Dust jacket good with edge wear, chips, small tears, price clipped. Record # 220571
Price: $12.00 

 

Brazil's Second Chance - En route toward the First World


Gordon, Lincoln

Washington, DC, Brookins Institution, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages

Record # 300106


Price: $18.00 

 

Praha-Prague and Environs


no author

Softcover. Praague, Cedok, Unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. 16 B&W photos, folding map in rear, fold-out chart, places of interest. Appears to be mid - late 1920's issued by the Czechoslovak Tourist and Transport Co. Hotel stamp on front cover. 5 x 7" Paperback. Lightgreen wraps.

Record # 301169


Price: $75.00 

 

First Emperor of China - The Geatest Archeological Find of Our Time


Cotterell, Arthur

New York, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 208 pages. Color, B&W illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 302201


Price: $15.00 

 

Unto the Hills


Macrow, Brenda G., Illust. by: Robert M. Adam

Edinburgh , Oliver and Boyd, 2nd, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 111 pages, 52 B&W landscape photos by Robert M. Adam. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Oversize.

Record # 304342


Price: $15.00 

 

Of Gods and Men - The Heritage of Ancient Mexico


Gyles, Anna Benson & Chloe Sayer

New York, Harper & Row, 1st U.S. , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages. Many B&W illustrations.

Record # 305364


Price: $15.00 

 

Colonial Annual Reports: Kenya, 1948


N/A

Softcover. London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1st, 1950, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages, b&w photographs, fold out map. Edge wear, creases, staining to covers. Back cover separated. Binding weak. Foxing to inside of covers. Else pages nice and clean.

Record # 401931


Price: $50.00 

 

Guardians of the Treasure House: How a Group of Individuals Helped Turn a Rough-Edged Factory Town into One of the Richest Cities on Earth


Vittachi, Nury

Hardcover. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Society of Accountants, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. A financial history of Hong Kong from the early 1970s through 1998. Published to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants.

Record # 402956


Price: $50.00 

Neo-Confucian Terms Explained (The Pei-hsi tzu-i)Ch'un, Ch'en and Wing-tsit Chan
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Neo-Confucian Terms Explained (The Pei-hsi tzu-i)


Ch'un, Ch'en and Wing-tsit Chan

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 pages, black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Translated, edited and with introduction by Chan. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 403099


Price: $60.00 

 

Under Czar and Soviet: My Thirty Years in Russia


Hird, John Wynne

Hardcover. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages, red cloth with spotting to covers and fading to spine. Interior clean and tight, some foxing to first six and last six pages. Author was an English diplomat stationed in Russia from 1900 to 1931.

Record # 404914


Price: $31.00 

 

Under Afrikas Sol


Kroyer, Olaf

Hardcover. Copenhagen Denmark, Carl Allers, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages, b&w photographs, maps, softcover with color wrappers, here bound in half-leather with marbled boards, spine label with gilt lettering. Text is in Norwegian.

Record # 405968


Price: $31.00 

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 

 

Idylls of France


Jones, Proctor (Ed.)

Hardcover. San Francisco, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages, color photographs. Light edge wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Bookplate on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451585


Price: $12.00 

 

Japanese Studies in the United States: The 1990s


No Author

Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, Assn for Asian Studies Inc, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 454697


Price: $12.00 

 

Land of the Lakes


Bragg, Melvyn

Hardcover. US, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st US, 1984-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463006


Price: $15.00 

 

Assassin, The - A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid


Van Woerden, Henk

New York, Henry Holt, 1st US, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardbound, 176 pages. Top corners a bit bumped. Dust jacket with rubbing, minor edgewear.

Record # 500891


Price: $18.00 

 

In the Shadow of the Bush


Talbot, P. Amaury

NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages plus index. Many b&w photographs, folding map in rear. Ex-library with usual markings, stamping. Binding shaken. A detailed study of the Ekoi people of Nigeria.

Record # 502298


Price: $100.00 

 

Norwegian Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil


Lovett, Richard

Hardcover. London, Religious Tract Society, 1885, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 219 pages plus index. Contains 127 black & white illustrations. Fold-out map. Frontispiece with tissue-guard. Gilt edges. Previous owner's signature on title page. Pages slightly yellowing at edges. Olive green covers with engraved illustrations. Gold lettering on front cover and spine. Corners and spine rubbed. Small stain, soiling to covers. Hinge cracked in middle.

Record # 503134


Price: $80.00 

Principality of Monaco, The by: Ranieri, Gagetti
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Principality of Monaco, The by: Ranieri, Gagetti

Hardcover. Milano, Italy, Kina Italia, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 95 pages. Contains numerous full-color photographs. Foxing to a few pages. Monte Carlo casino guide laid-in. Light edgewear. Record # 503940
Price: $12.00 

 

Soft War, The: The Uses & Abuses of U. S. Economic Aid in Central America


Barry, Tom and Deb Preusch

New York, Grove Press, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 304 pages. Minor edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 504169


Price: $15.00 

Looking for Elizabethan England by: Francis, Raymond
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Looking for Elizabethan England by: Francis, Raymond

Hardcover. London , MacDonald, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 238 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, soiling, chipping. Record # 508649
Price: $12.00 

 

Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism 1876-1945


Eckert, Carter J.

Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages, hardcover. B&w plates. INSCRIBED BY ECKERT. Light foxing to edge and light wear to bottom edges of cover.

Record # 510084


Price: $65.00 

 

Lady Nugent's Journal: Jamaica One Hundred Years Ago


Cundall, Frank

Softcover. London, Great Britain, Adam & Charles Black, 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, about 100 years old, fragile, front cover detached, 404 pages, b & w illustrations and maps, previous owner's inscription.

Record # 511600


Price: $41.00 

Soviet Man and His World by: Mehnert, Klaus
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Soviet Man and His World by: Mehnert, Klaus

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Transl. from German by Maurice Rosenbaum. 310 pages in an edgeworn dust jacket with slight tear to front cover. Previous owner's name stamp on front fly leaf. Record # 600037
Price: $12.00 

 

Land of the Sun, The


Brady, E. J.

Hardcover. London, Edward Arnold, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages, 12 b&w photographic plates, folding map. Decorated orange cloth covers.

Record # 601185


Price: $13.00 

 

Freedom's Battle


Vayo, J. Alvarez del

NY, Knopf, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 381 pages, fold-out map, b&w photography of author. Dust jacket worn. clipped, spine faded.

Record # 602239


Price: $25.00 

Son of Heaven - Imperial Arts of China by: Thorp, Robert l.
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Son of Heaven - Imperial Arts of China by: Thorp, Robert l.

Paperback. Seattle, Son of Heaven Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs of Chinese Paintings, Pottery, Bronze, Jade, Armor, and more. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604365
Price: $12.00 

 

Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought


Havens, Thomas R.H.

Hardcover. Princeton, Princeton University, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 253 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Minor foxing to page edges and dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607972


Price: $12.00 

 

Empire of the Steppes, The: A History of Central Asia


Grousset, Rene

Hardcover. New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University Press , 2nd pr., 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 687 pages,end paper map, map illustrations.Translated by Naomi Walford. Ink marking to about 25 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 611010


Price: $19.00 

Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes and Their People by: Cameron, Ian
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Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes and Their People by: Cameron, Ian

Hardcover. London, Random Century Group Ltd., 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, b & w and color illustrations, color photos, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, very slight wear to edges of cover, clean, tight copy. Record # 800553
Price: $12.00 

 

Mexico City


Payne, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace and World, Inc., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 212 pages. 14 color and 85 B/W photographs by Dick Davis. Cloth cover faded on front bottom edge and spine. Dust jacket has small tears on top and bottom edges otherwise very clean.

Record # 802515


Price: $13.00 

 

Modernization and Diplomacy of China


Liao, Kuang-Sheng (ed)

Paperback. China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Foxing to pastedowns. Illustrated with many tables and charts.

Record # 803772


Price: $19.00 

Little Saint by: Green, Hannah
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Little Saint by: Green, Hannah

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803968
Price: $12.00 

 

Monuments of Russian Architecture and Art /


Denisovskii / , B.A. / . .

Hardcover. Leningrad / , RSFSR Artist / , 1971, 278 pages. Publisher's flaw: First 8 pages missing, pages 273-278 bound in upside down in their place. These pages are also present at the back in their correct place. Otherwise, a beautiful copy: 1/2 brown leather, decorative boards. Heavy paper, B/W and color plates throughout. No markings. Clean, tight.

Record # 804197


Price: $26.00 

 

Memoirs of Henry the Great and of the Court of France During His Reign (2 Vols.)


Henry the Great

Hardcover. London, Harding Triphook Lepard, 1st, 1824, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set, 498, 540 pages, volume one with frontispiece portrait. Bound in half-polished brown calf with marbled boards. Spines with raised bands, spine labels with gilt lettering. Marbled edges, very good condition on both with only light edgewear to corners.

Record # 804869


Price: $160.00 

 

Gazetteer of India, The: History and Culture, Volume 2


Chopra, Dr. P. N.

Hardcover. India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India, 4th, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 807 pages. Fold out maps. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Corners bumped. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 809675


Price: $28.00 

 

East and the West, The: A Study of their Psychic and Cultural Characteristics.


Gulick, Sidney Lewis

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 425 pages. Black cloth cover, gilt lettering, very light wear. Dust jacket is price clipped and worn on corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Pages untrimmed on bottom edge. Inside is bright and clean, a tight copy.

Record # 853003


Price: $12.00 

 

Saint John: Two Hundred Years Proud


Schuyler, George W.

Hardcover. Canada, Windsor Publications LTD, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed by the Mayor of Saint John (1985) on the front flyleaf. Light foxing to top copy edge. Spine edges slightly bumped. Dust jacket slightly soiled; light edgewear. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951208


Price: $19.00 

 

Education and the State in Tsarist Russia


Alston, Patrick L.

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages, hardcover. Light rubbing and edgewear to boards, mostly confined to spine. Heavy bumping to fore edge corners. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952112


Price: $13.00 

 

After Sorrow: An American Among the Vietnamese (SIGNED)


Borton, Lady

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. An important corrective to the normal historical view of the Vietnam war. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952567


Price: $39.00 

 

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 

 

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 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Portrait of India


Smith, Bradford

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

Record # 53901


Price: $12.00 

 

Winter in Castille


Tracy, Honor

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

Record # 54352


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

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 

 

Venice - Art and Life in the Lagoon City


Davis, John H.

Hardcover. NY, Newsweek, 5th pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages illust. in color, black & white

Record # 56588


Price: $15.00 

 

Meya of de Guatemala - Life and Dress


Pettersen, Carmen L.

Hardcover. Guatemala City, Ixchel Textile Museum, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Text, photos & many color paintings by the author depicting the dress of the native Guatemalans. Some fold-out plates. 274 pages

Record # 56888


Price: $80.00 

 

Mao Against Khrushchev - A Short History of the Sino-Soviet Conflict


Floyd, David

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 57759


Price: $18.00 

 

Connaissance du Viet-Nam


Huard, Pierre and Maurice Durand

Paperback. Paris/Hanoi, Imprimeric Nationale, 1st wraps, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A study of the Vietnamese people, their history & culture. Black & white line drawings. French text. 334 pages.

Record # 58482


Price: $30.00 

 

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. Light remainder line on top edge.

Record # 59018


Price: $20.00 

 

Tumbled House - The Congo at Independence


Scott, Ian

Hardcover. London, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 142 pages.

Record # 60080


Price: $18.00 

 

Weathered by Miracles - A History of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurien and the Mufti


Idinopulos, Thomas A.

Hardcover. Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 1st , 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 283 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 61388


Price: $20.00 

 

Irish Traditions


Ryan, Kathleen Jo and Bernard Share

Hardcover. NY, Abradale, Rep., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color photos with selected essays on Ireland. 191 pages. Oversize.

Record # 63005


Price: $18.00 

 

In Russian and French Prisons


Kropotkin, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Schocken, Rep., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages.

Record # 64162


Price: $25.00 

 

Family of Islands, A - A History of the West Indies


Waugh, Alec

hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A history from 1492 to 1898 with an epilogue covering the Spanish-American War to the 1960's. 348 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 64571


Price: $18.00 

 

Along the Niger River - An African Way of Life


Jenness, Aylette

NY, Thomas Crowell, 1st , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos by author. Dust jacket with light wear, chipped.

Record # 65130


Price: $19.00 

 

Terry's Guide to Mexico


Terry, T. Philip

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Rep., 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 850 pages, 4 maps and 30 plans.

Record # 66668


Price: $50.00 

 

French Revolution, The (4 vols.)


Allen, George H.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, George Barrie's Sons, 1st , 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white plates, maps, color illustrations. Each vol. approx. 300 pages + index. Red cloth with gilt decoration, lettering. Top edge gilt. Spines darkened.

Record # 67800


Price: $150.00 

 

Great Gardens of Britain


Coats, Peter

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A pictorial survey of 38 of Britain's greatest gardens in color and black & white. 287 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, price clipped. oversized

Record # 69079


Price: $28.00 

 

African Diary


Ripley, Francis J.

Glasgow, Burns, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A Catholic priest's diary of a journey to Africa in 1960. Corner of front fly leaf clipped, b&w photos, 183 pages

Record # 75327


Price: $40.00 

 

Mao's China - A History of the People's Republic


Meisner, Maurice

Paperback. NY, Free Press, rep wraps, 1979, Book: Very Good, 416 pgs.

Record # 101010


Price: $12.00 

 

Soviet Politics - At Home and Abroad


Schuman, Frederick L.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Cover with spine letters faded.

Record # 105913


Price: $20.00 

 

Fire Under the Show - Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner


Gyatso, Palden

Hardcover. London, Harvill Press, 1st U.K., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white photos. 232 pgs.

Record # 107949


Price: $25.00 

 

Reflections in a Writer's Eye - Travel Pieces by Angus Wilson


Wilson, Angus

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice condition. Remainder line bottom edge. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Record # 109745


Price: $12.00 

 

At the Court of an African King


Meyerowitz, Eva L.R.

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber , 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, B&W photos, 244 pages. light edgewear to dust jacket

Record # 175259


Price: $25.00 

 

Area of Darkness, An


Naipaul, V.S.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, previous owner's book plate on half-title. Dust-jacket worn, chipped

Record # 177861


Price: $20.00 

 

Hill of Kronos, The


Levi, Peter

Hard Back . NY, dutton, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket light edgewear, soil and spine a bit faded.

Record # 200931


Price: $18.00 

 

James Gilmour Of Mongolia His Diaries, Letters and Reports


Lovett (Ed), Richard

London, Religous Tract Society, reprint, unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated frontispiece. Light edgewear to covers.

Record # 203458


Price: $25.00 

 

Meiji Revisited - The Sites of Victorian Japan


Finn, Dallas

New York, Weatherhill, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Color and black & white photography. Black & white sketches.

Record # 205673


Price: $40.00 

 

Newfoundland


Hatton, Joseph

Boston, Doyle Whittle, 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Black & white illustrations. Black & white map present in very good condition. Some pages loose. Both hinges cracked. Cover has edgewear. Ex-library with usual markings.

Record # 206353


Price: $50.00 

 

Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han or, the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India (2 vols.)


Tod, James

Hardcover. New Delhi, India, N. B. D. Publishers, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 2 vols. 637 and 631 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end papers. Dust jackets with light soiling, creasing, chipping.

Record # 214349


Price: $30.00 

Between the River and the Hills: A Normandy Pastoral by: Huddleston, Sisley
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Between the River and the Hills: A Normandy Pastoral by: Huddleston, Sisley

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 316 pages. Frontispiece of author. 34 illustrations. France's Normandy before WW II. The peoples, farms, inns and countryside. light foxing on fore-edge. Large chip to bottom rear panel of dust jacket along with repaired tear to dust jacket. Record # 220804
Price: $12.00 

 

Kenya - The Rough Guide


Trillo, Richard

Softcover. Rough Guides, Revised Ed. Fifth Ed., 1996 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 585 pages. Color, B&W illust. Delamination to back wrapper at corner otherwise very good.

Record # 300783


Price: $12.00 

 

Political and Social History of Modern Europe, A - Volume 2 1815-1924


Hayes, Carlton J. H.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, Revised Ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 905 pages. Color maps, tight, clean, hardcover copy.

Record # 301876


Price: $15.00 

 

Through Five Republics on Horseback - Being an account of many wanderings in South America


Ray, G. Whitfield

Cleveland, OH, C. Hauser, 22nd Edition, 1925, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages, B&W photos. Hinges cracked, otherwise Very Good.

Record # 303294


Price: $12.00 

 

Grecian Calendar


Rand McNally, Christopher

New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, INSCRIBED BY RAND on front fly leaf. His N. Y. Times obit laid-in. He committed suicide in 1968. Previous owner's sticker.

Record # 305283


Price: $18.00 


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