Softcover. Not given, Museum of American Folk Art, Not given, Not given, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with dark covers, color plates; minor rubbing, edges warped. Staple wrappers. Newspaper clippings on exhibition inside of front cover. 20 b/w plates of folk painting by various artists. 51 items listed. Text on the history of folk painting in New York and the selection in the exhibition. 16 pages. Occasional minor pen marks on pages, but otherwise copy is clean and tight. Record # 808563
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, The, 1st, July 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages. Smokey odour. Foxing to top edge and smudge on fore-edge. Wear to cover edges. Light wear to dust jacket. Else a tight copy. Record # 454951
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. For 40 years the Soviet-American nuclear arms race dominated world politics, yet the Soviet nuclear establishment was shrouded in secrecy. Now that the Cold War is over and the Soviet Union has collapsed, it is possible to answer some questions. This magisterial history throws light on Soviet policy at the height of the Cold War, illuminates a central but hitherto secret element of the Stalinist system, and puts into perspective the tragic legacy of this program today-- environmental damage, a vast network of institutes and factories, and a huge stockpile of unwanted weapons. Clean copy. Record # 33910
Hardcover. Stockholm, Sweden, Kooperativa Forbundets Bokforlag, 1st, 1949, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 164 pages, hardcover. Tan cloth covers are in fair condition, with discoloration, bumped corners, and a loose spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book features plans, drawings, and photographs of various designs, including shops, restaurants, and factories, in the Nordic Functionalist style. Many of these buildings were erected during WW-II or immediately afterwards, and as such labor and material shortages caused by the wartime economy directly influenced these designs. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34094
Softcover. Bordeaux, France, Institut des Etudes Americaines du Comite France-Amerique, reprint, Undated, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 227 pags, soft cover. Paper wrappers are in good condition, with some staining to the top corner, and some minor bumping. Interior pages are uncut, clean and bright. Text in French. This book is a history of Europe in 1939, focussing on WWII. Previous owner's name on second front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33925
Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, Reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Charles Bowers Momsen, nicknamed "Swede", was an American pioneer in submarine rescue for the United States Navy, and he invented the underwater escape device later called the "Momsen lung", for which he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1929. An account of Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen's mission to save the Squalus. On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension Record # 62050
Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 3rd Pr., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Minor bumping to bottom corners. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book meticulously surveys the process by which the Bolsheviks attempted to mold the minds of their people, and then examines the results thereof. Clean copy. Record # 33971
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 206 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a closed tear at the top of the spine. Orange cloth cover boards are slightly warped, but are otherwise clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This study is an attempt to assemble and analyze all that is presently available of a major work by an eighth-century Jewish astrologer known in medieval Europe as Messahala and in the Near East as Masha'allah. This study is a significant contribution to an understanding of the origin and transmission of astrological doctrine. Previous owner's signature is present in blue pen on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34305
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages, b&w photographs and maps, illustrations of ships and submarines to scale on endpages, gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed stamp to title page, light wear to dust jacket; a very tight and clean copy. Record # 603946
Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Military History, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. The 2 volumes in this set were released on the 50th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, providing new insights into the events of one of the fiercest battles of W.W.II. Volume 2 focuses on the American point of view. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34012
Softcover. Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages, soft cover. Covers are very clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is tight. Kass Fleisher chronicles the oft-ignored massacre of Shoshoni natives by Union troops in 1863, including commentary and some speculation. This book has been signed by the author on the title page. Overall nice clean copy. Record # 33653
Softcover. Dover, DE, Air Mobility Command Office of History, 2nd pr., 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 18 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, with some minor stains on the rear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book summarizes the events of the storied Berlin airlift by date, plus two prefaces. This huge logistical success marked a cold war victory for the west against the Soviet Union, without firing a shot. Clean copy. Record # 34145
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 561 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Mild fading present on the spine. Binding is solid. This book completes John Dos Passos's three-volume series "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline." Here we come back to America after the war, and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the economic crash of 1929. Previous owner's signature on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33706
Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 23rd Pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1172 pages, hardcover. Green dust jacket has a 3" crease on the front, but is still in very good condition overall. Burgundy cloth covers with gilt decorations and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. Also contains three-color black, white, & red maps throughout. In this engrossing, vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories and to his ultimate downfall. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. This is a large heavy volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34294
Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages, hardcover. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This novel is a propulsive, richly entertaining story about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century. Signed by the author on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 33661
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 393 pages, b&w photographs. Previous owners' signatures on front endpage. Embossed stamp on title page. Light foxing to front pages. General wear to corners and edges. Overall, a neat, tight copy. Record # 802266
Hardcover. NY, Stein & Day Publishers, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 598 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to significant edge wear and a few closed tears. Green paper covers with black cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book presents novel conclusions based upon a detailed portrayal of the political relations between Hitler and the Army. The author rejects the idea that Hitler was anything but a complete liability to the army he led. Clean copy. Record # 34455
Softcover. Rochester, England, North Kent Books, 2nd Revised, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 142 pages Manston Spitfire, and 41 pages Pilot's Notes. These two volumes on the British Spitfire are both bound in paper wrappers without dust jackets. Covers and interior pages are both also clean and bright. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. "The Manston Spitfire TB752" offers a detailed account of one particular iconic aircraft flown by the Royal Air Force during World War II. Alongside captivating images, readers will find a wealth of information, including technical specifications, operational history, and personal anecdotes from those who piloted and maintained this particular Spitfire. "Pilot's Notes for Spitfire," is a fascinating 3rd edition (1947 reprint) created by the Air Ministry in order to quickly train pilots on these remarkable flying machine. Clean copies. Record # 34060
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 180 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W graphs and tables throughout. In this book, Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he argues that life might be its own worst enemy. Clean copy. Record # 34364
Softcover. Warwick, England, Helion & Company, Ltd., 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, soft cover. Covers are slightly warped, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book is a part of the "Middle East @ War" series, itself being volume No. 16. This book presents the history of the military and police forces in the Middle East. Clean copy. Record # 34502
Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, The Magee Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth cover, with green paper labels on cover and spine. Exterior and interior in decent shape, some minor staining and fading. Diary and life of Septimus Winner. Inscription by previous owner on first end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33608
Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 5th Pr., 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 936 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. In this far-ranging work, Mikaberidze argues that the Napoleonic Wars can only be fully understood with an international context in mind. Taking specific regions in turn, he discusses major political-military events around the world and situates geopolitical decision-making within its long and short-term contexts. Clean copy. Record # 34339
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 393 and 381 pages, respectively. Covers are in very good condition considering their age, with just some minor rubbing to the spines. Uncut interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edges gilt. B&W illustrations throughout, including a beautiful frontispiece of Augustus Saint-Gaudens in each volume, a photo in volume 1 and an illustration in volume 2. This edition contains 2 different text fonts, one of which indicates biographical, and the other autobiographical writings. This is a scarcely available set on the life and works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), an American Beaux-Arts sculptor who is best known for his statues commemorating Abraham Lincoln and Union officers of the Civil War, including Robert Gould Shaw, William Tecumseh Sherman, and John Logan. These volumes were edited by his only child, Homer (1880-1953), an artist and museum administrator in his own right. These two larger volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover of both volumes, otherwise clean copies. Record # 33868
Hardcover. NY, Atria Books, 1st thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This biography draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author's expertise in magic to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England. It includes his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. Clean copy. Record # 33737
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