Hardcover. Niagara Falls ON, The City of Niagara Falls Canada, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 369 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a tribute to the courageous men and women who first settled the Niagara Frontier. Their spirit lives on to this day along storied Portage Road, the first King's Highway in Upper Canada. Inscribed by previous owner on second front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33720
Hardcover. NY, The Langland Press, Reprint, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, hardcover. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a collection of six lectures that explore the ideas and theories of the French economists, known as the Physiocrats, who were prominent in the 18th century. The Physiocrats believed that agriculture was the source of all wealth, and that agricultural products should be highly priced. Advocating adherence to a supposed natural order of social institutions, they also stressed the necessity of free trade. Clean copy. Record # 34104
Hardcover. London, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Throughout history, Satan the Prince of Darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here chronicles the remarkable story of the Devil from antiquity through to the present. While recounting how past generations have personified evil, he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil. Clean copy. Record # 33803
Hardcover. Hanover, NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 261 pages, hardcover. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and tables throughout. This book is a political history of the progressive movement in New Hampshire, and discusses the reforms made during the administration of Governor Robert Perkins Bass. Clean copy. Record # 34234
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers are in good shape despite some aesthetic staining. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Thomas tracks down the beginnings of the various Mother Goose fairy tales. Clean copy. Record # 33677
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st thus, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 464 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition with some bumping to the spine and one closed tear. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This book is about the native Evenki peoples of Siberia, and details their incredible symbiotic relationship with local Reindeer as well as their struggles against dangerous political and economic reforms. Clean copy. Record # 33935
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
Softcover. Essex, UK, Longman / Pearson Education Limited, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 279 pages, soft cover. Covers have some light bumping to the corners, but are otherwise in very good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains tables and index. This book is part of 'The Postwar World' series, and seeks to answer such questions as: Why did the Soviet economic system fell apart? Was it the centrally planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev's clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? Economic issues were the cornerstone of soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a record of what happened, and it is also an analysis of the failure of Soviet economics as a concept. Clean copy. Record # 33993
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Fortress Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 1022 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with a few closed tears and sunning to the spine. Leather covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a definitive text in early church history, offering a vast, panoramic sweep of Christianity's first six centuries, from the dust of Palestine to the court of Justinian, and the parting of Eastern and Western Christianity. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34046
Softcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st thus, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, soft cover. Covers have some minor scuffing and edge wear, but are in overall good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. The first part of this book vividly documents the shocking poverty, unemployment, and grim, dangerous conditions of the working class in industrial northern England during the 1930s, focusing on miners and dilapidated housing. In the second part he presents a critical analysis of socialism, defending it as a necessary solution while criticizing the middle-class intellectuals who champion it, arguing for a more relatable commonsense approach rooted in justice and liberty to unite society against fascism. Contains some markings by the previous owner in blue pen throughout. Record # 34217
Hardcover. NY, Privately Printed, 1st thus, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 236 pages, hardcover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This limited edition volume was privately produced with a run of only 1,200 copies. Pages have a deckled edge. Satyricon is the second most fully preserved Roman novel, and is a mixture of both prose and verse. Contains serious and comedic elements, narrated by its central figure, Encolpius. Clean copy. Record # 33771
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly worn, with a mix of open and closed tears. Pink cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This book chronicles the history and glamour of the iconic Savoy Hotel in London, from its opening in 1889 through the book's publication in 1964. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33735
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
Hardcover. NY, Manhattan House, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. Covers are in reasonably good condition, just some minor dents and fading around the spine and edges. Interior pages are clean and bright. This book includes 5 Volumes: America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Each volume is comprised of B&W photos of indigenous people in daily life, in ceremonial dress, or demonstrating other cultural aspects, with corresponding explanatory captions. Previous owner stamped, pasted, and then wrote their name and address on the inside front end page. Otherwise clean copy. Record # 33659
Hardcover. NY, The Devin-Adair Company, Revised Edition Reprint, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 737 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a couple of small open tears at the corners, as well as the top and bottom of the spine. Gray cloth covers are in good condition overall, despite the bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book attempts to sketch a rough and ready picture of the more prominent peaks that rise out of Ireland's past - the high spots in the story of the Milesian race. Previous owner's inscription is present on the dedication page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34007
Hardcover. London, England, George G. Harrap & Company LTD., Reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 268 pages, hardcover. Navy covers with gilt are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a condensed history of the renaissance in Europe, primarily focussing on the stories of Italy, France, Germany, and England. Paste-in with previous owner's name is present on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34074
Hardcover. New York, Henry Schuman, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Name stamp of a California ship captain front flyleaf. 272 pages. Illustrated with 27 captioned plates of ships. 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt title on black spine label. The color pictorial dust jacket has seen better days with large chip out of front panel. Fortunately the jacket has been saved because the dated misprint of 1942 on the front over flap which should read 1492 proves this is the first edition of the title. Record # 220592
Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, gray paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is the story of a family, reflecting our recent history like a many-faceted mirror. It is full of people not easily forgotten, each--for worse of for better, directly or indirectly--made by war. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34438
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 1st thus, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 345 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, but is still in very good condition. Blue cloth covers with gilt text and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W graphs and tables throughout. This book is an ingenious combination of narrative and analysis, covering micro-history and macro-history. Clean copy. Record # 34186
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
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 149 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book presents the history of The Carolina Inn. It is a geographic place on a map; it is an emotional place in the hearts of countless guests, employees, students and alumni; and it occupies a place in the history of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34522
Hardcover. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 457 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers have some edge wear at the top and bottom of the spine, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This scarcely available book is devoted to the third force in the Russian Revolution, the Green--or peasant--resistance movement, which began in the Ukraine, spread to Great Russia, and eventually attained the proportions of a second civil war. Previous owner's initials have been engraved on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34038
Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is mildly bumped. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Historian Lynne Viola reveals how, in one of the most egregious episodes of Soviet repression, Stalin drove two million peasants into internal exile, to work as forced laborers. The book shows how entire families were callously thrown out of their homes, banished from their villages, and sent to the icy hinterlands of the Soviet Union, where in the course of a decade, almost a half million would die as a result of disease, starvation, or exhaustion. Light pencil underlining present on some pages. Record # 33911
Softcover. Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a part of The Cultures and Practice of Violence series. It considers how young men in West Africa are made available for violent labor on the battlefields, in diamond mines, rubber plantations, and other unregulated industries. Based on ethnographic research with militia groups in Sierra Leone and Liberia during those countries' recent civil wars, Hoffman traces the paths of young fighters who moved from grassroots community-defense organizations in Sierra Leone during the mid-1990s into a large pool of mercenary labor. Clean copy. Record # 34529
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