Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book provides a progress report on one of the most important economic experiments going on in the world, the building of capitalism in Russia. It describes Russian achievements in building private banks, companies, stock exchanges, new laws and law courts. It analyzes the role of the Mafia, the new financial empires, entrepreneurs, business tycoons, and the shrinking Russian state. Thane Gustafson tells how the Soviet system was dismantled and the new market society was born, and examines the prospects for a Russian economic miracle in the twenty-first century. Clean copy. Record # 33979
Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages. White boards, orange cloth spine, silver lettering. Pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803506
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and the laminate on the front has begun to bubble, but it is otherwise in good condition. Black paper covers with a red cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a history of World War I, focussing on the leading actors, strategies, and events in the German gamble for total victory on the Western Front. Clean copy. Record # 34497
Hardcover. London, UK, Bloomsbury Continuum, 1st, 2024, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 332 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with one closed tear on the bottom edge, and a peeling price sticker on the rear cover. Teal cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This book is an evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean. Cyprus: where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the undersea cables which provide the world's internet. It combines the political, cultural, and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on time, place and belonging. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34121
Softcover. Wilsonville, OR, Beautiful America Publishing Company, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 247 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition with some light staining and edge wear. Small spot of water damage present on the bottom corner of the rear cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Gorgeous full color photography throughout. Discover the beauty and history of East Coast Victorians with this captivating book by author Kenneth Naversen. Delve into the world of castles and cottages and explore the fascinating architecture and design of a bygone era. Clean copy. Record # 33881
Hardcover. US, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1999-08-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Previous owner's stamp and notes on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464284
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 535 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Empire of Pain is a portrait of America's second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super-elite, and a relentless investigation of the naked greed that built one of the world's largest fortunes. The book examines the history of the Sackler family, including the founding of Purdue Pharma, its role in the marketing of pharmaceuticals, and the family's central role in the opioid epidemic. Clean copy. Record # 33724
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages. "How regional cooks transform key ingredients into the world's favorite cuisines." Blue text. Illustrated title page. Yellow endpapers. Light wear to top of spine, otherwise near fine. Yellow and blue pictorial boards, yellow spine with blue lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803643
Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped at the spine, but still in good condition. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the regime's promises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly. Light underlining in pencil is present on some pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33930
Softcover. England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages, informative pamphlet on the history of the Fearnley & Eger shipping firm. Full page frontispiece of ship, b&w photographs throughout, color illustration on cover. Record # 603954
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Dunne Books, 1st thus, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, pictorial boards, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book describes the fighting techniques of the armies of East Asia, from the age of the Mongol expansion in the thirteenth century to the Anglo-Chinese Opium Wars of the mid-nineteenth century. Contains sections on the roles of infantry, mounted warfare, command and control, siege warfare, and naval warfare. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34526
Hardcover. US, Doubleday, rep, 2009-10-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages. b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462427
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, Book Club Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 615 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608997
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, T. B. Peterson, 1st, 1857, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Pagination restarts at each of the four stories contained within this two volume set: Warwick Woodlands, My Shooting Box, The Quondon Hounds, and The Deerstalkers. Covers have some edge wear and staining. In both volumes the front hinge is cracked, as is the rear hinge of volume 2. Bindings are somewhat loose in both volumes. Interior pages have significant foxing throughout, but all text blocks are legible. In volume 1, the first front end page is in rough shape. Numerous gorgeous B&W illustrations present throughout by Darley. This collection of essays and sketches offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of 19th-century American hunting and fishing. Herbert's vivid descriptions of the natural landscape, his insights into the behavior of game animals, and his portraits of colorful characters from the sporting world make this a must-read for anyone interested in the history of outdoor recreation. Frank Forester is a pseudonym of Henry William Herbert. Previous owner's signature and paste-in on front end pages of both volumes, otherwise clean copies. Record # 33898
Softcover. Gloucestershire, U.K., The History Press, Reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of World War I, but also healed the sick and wounded. This book explores both the danger and healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry, to the extent that Germany's thirst for fertilizer to feed the creation of their shells nearly starved the nation. Clean copy. Record # 34530
Softcover. NY, Shelter Harbor Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a definitive look at how geometry changed the world of art forever. It follows the artists of the renaissance, whose search for perspective and visual depth led them to the study of geometry. This compelling volume uses engaging text, compelling historical accounts and beautiful illustrations to immerse readers in the fundamental renaissance forms which, although conceived over five-hundred years ago, still have the capacity to awe and inspire us with their beauty. Clean copy. Record # 34337
Hardcover. NY, Stein and Day, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some very minor wear on the edges. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. The cultural and religious capital of northern Spain was reduced to rubble on April 26, 1937. Franco said the people of Guernica destroyed the town themselves. Others--in Spain and throughout the world--protested what they believed to be an unprecedented wartime slaughter of innocent civilians. The investigative journalism that resulted in this book proves both views wrong, at last presenting the truth about a tragedy too long misunderstood. Clean copy. Record # 33742
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 4th Print, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but still in very good condition overall. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Set on a troubled Caribbean island, where "everybody wants to fight his own little war," and "everyone is a guerrilla," the novel centers on an Englishman named Roche, once a hero of the South African resistance, who has come to the island to help. His English mistress, Jane, is blindly unaware of any possible consequences of her actions. Roche and Jane are drawn into a fatal connection with a young guerrilla leader named Jimmy Ahmed. Against the larger anguish of the world they inhabit, these three act out a drama of death, hideous sexual violence, and political and spiritual impotence that profoundly reflects the ravages history can make on human lives. Clean copy. Record # 33828
Softcover. New York, Da Capo Press, 4th, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 682 pages. Softcover with minor wear to edges. Spine askew and cocked. Rear wrapper warped slightly. Record # 2233322
Softcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 481 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this updated second edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with sections on such current topics as postmodernism, deconstructionism, black history, women's history, and more. Clean copy. Record # 34188
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st thus, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a psychological and historical analysis, examining how Adolf Hitler's charismatic influence led millions of Germans to support his destructive vision and plunge the world into catastrophe. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34173
Hardcover. Toronto, Ontario, Random House of Canada, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a detailed account of the Canadian 126 Wing's extraordinary combat record during World War II. Clean copy. Record # 34055
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