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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon
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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Ecco / HarperCollins, 1st, 2006-04-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Light shelf-wear to 1/2 sized dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 462359
Price: $12.00 

Siberia, Siberia by: Rasputin, ValentinTransl. Mikkelson, GeraldTransl. Winchell, Margaret
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Siberia, Siberia by: Rasputin, Valentin Transl. Mikkelson, Gerald Transl. Winchell, Margaret

Softcover. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 1st thus, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 438 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a sweeping account of and a penetrating reflection on Russia's four hundred years of experience in Siberia. Beginning with Yermak, whose Cossacks crossed into Siberia in the 1580s, through the rapid Russian exploration, conquest, and colonialization, to today, Rasputin reveals the peculiarities of the Siberians, studying the gap between dreams and reality that has plagued Russians in Siberia for centuries. Clean copy. Record # 34031
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The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord by: Donahue, Brian
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The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord by: Donahue, Brian

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 311 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, brown cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color maps. This book is an innovative, accessible, and authoritative history of the early farming practices of Concord, Massachusetts, and challenges the long-standing notion that colonial husbandry degraded the land. Clean copy. Record # 34291
Price: $25.00 

 

THE THREE-FOLD PRINTING CENTENNIAL by: Herscher, Fr. Irenaeus

Paperback. None, None, N/D, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 page pamphlet in which the author narrates the History of Printing. Starting at page 29 through page 40 is a comprehensive bibliography listing hundreds of publications about printing and history thereof. A few selected sub-headings within the bibliography are: The Beginnings of the Alphabet and Writing, The First Printing Press in America, The First Printing Press in British Colonial America. 8vo. The bibliography is very impressive. Bound in plain white wrappers. Record # 809167
Price: $12.00