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New York: A Vintage Book / Random House, 1967. V-471.. Mass-market paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Moderate cover soiling. Handwritten relevant inked notes. Yellow highlighting. Tight. Upper right corner crease. Single minor spine crease.. 0 xxxi, 254 p. Biographical Dictionary. Bibliography. Index. Translation of "Dix-huit cent quarante-huit".
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1848: the Making of a Revolution
by Duveau, Georges, And Carter, Anne (Translated From The French By), And Rudé, George (Introduction By)
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50 True Tales of Terror (Also "50 Great Tales of Terror")
by Canning, John (Edited by)
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New York.: Bell Publishing / Crown by arr. w/ Souvenir Press., 1972. "a" in print line; no jacket price; likely book club edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Top page block light soiling. Rubbling to jacket surface. Edges fine.. Anderson, Doug (Jacket design by).. 1 Book Club Edition. Dark green faux leather over boards. Gold spine titles. 24cm. 507 p. Index. Audience: General/trade. International non-fiction anthology with 11 Contributing authors: Burke, Hohn; Burton, Anthony; Chilton, Charles; Fellowes-Gordon, Ian; Hardwick, Michael and Molly; Hay, Doddy; Maine, Charles Eric; Seth, Ronald; Smythe, Clare; Usher, Frank (pseud. Franklin, Charles). Several additional author listings on rear jacket flap, but some not inside. Tales have author name in Contents, but not with each story. Illustrations with chapter headings, no credit given.
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6 x Berlin
by Flatow, Curth (Section introductions by), and Kruse, Wolfgang (Editing and photo captions by)
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Germany.: Presse-und Informationsamt des Landes Berlin., 1972. Wraps. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. Lehnartz, Klaus, and Niggemeyer, Elisabeth, and Wieczorek, Joachim, and Winkler, Lothar, and Wilms, Anno, and Rau, Uwe (6.... 1 Includes illustrations. White glossy covers, black titles; 6 black-bordered squares. Not paginated. Color photos. 9x9.75in. Glossy paper. Black sheets separating sections. A graphically creative presentation of (West) Berlin, Germany, as viewed through the lenses of 6 photographers. In German, English, French, and Spanish. A beautiful presentation.
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The 900 Days; The Siege of Leningrad
by Salisbury, Harrison Evans
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New York.: Harper & Row., 1969. Edition not stated. Deckled outside page block.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Light top page block soiling.. 1 Black cloth over boards. Spine titles in gold and red. xi, 635 p. 25 cm. B&W photos, 4 Maps include end papers. This history begins in the Spring of 1941. Principal Personages List. Five Contents Parts: The Night Without End; The Summer War; Leningrad in Blockade; The Longest Winter; Breaking the Iron Ring. Epilogue. Source Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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The Age of the Grand Tour: "Containing Sketches of the Manners, Society and Customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland and Italy...
by Burgess, Anthony, And Haskell, Francis
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1967. Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. The contents are Fine; the covers are flawed by sun-fading, bumps, and some edgewear. DJ has long chips from top, front & back, and a tear, 2inches, lower right frt.. Watson, FJB (Artistic Advisor), and Bartram, Harold (Design and Typography). 1 136 p. 35 x 49 cm. Illustrations, Maps, Portraits, Facsimiles, color & B&W. Many single-side plates. Extraordinary record. Notes: Authors & artists; 208 illus. many full landscape folio. ...in the Letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820 with descriptions of the most illustrious Antiquities and Curiosities in these countries, together with the Story of such Traffic by Anthony Burgess and an Appreciation of the Art of Europe in the Eighteenth Century by Francis Haskell; and in addition decorated with a great variety of engravings, paintings, watercolors and drawings gathered especially for this particular work. "
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Alhambra II (El Arte en Espana)
by Gomez-Moreno, M.
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Barcelona.: Hijos de J. Thomas (Publisher).. Tourism edition.. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine ends and right edge short chips. Interior clean.. 1 75 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Text pages 27, ; B&W Photo plate pages 48. 4.5x6.5in. Illustrated tissue over paper boards. In Spanish, French, and English, this undated tourism guide is perhaps 1920s-1930s. Described are the Alhambra architecture, and artwork of both the Moorish and Christian eras in Spain (14th to early 15th centuries).
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Ancestors: the Loving Family in Old Europe
by Ozment, Steven E
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Harvard University Press, 2001. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 192 p. Pen&ink Illustrations. Non-fiction: a look at the pre-industrial family setting in Europe, by an historian of the family in the middle centuries.
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Ancient Voyagers in the Pacific.
by Sharp, Andrew
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Middlesex, England / Baltimore MD.: A Pelican Book / Penguin Books., 1957. A404.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Age-toning.. Keogh, Brian (Cover art by).. 1 Light blue framed covers w/ black titles, Pen&Ink art: sampan. 240p. 18 cm. Maps. B&W photo section. 159 Originally published, Polynesian Society, 1956. Chapters: Captain Cook's Forgotten Theory; Primitive Navigation; The Polynesian Dispersal; Where did the Pacific Islanders come from? ; The Traditions; Accidental Settlers from Three Kingdoms; The Lonely Islands; Early Man in New Zealand; The Exrent of Deliberate Early Voyaging. Sources, Bibliography, Index.
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Anna and the King of Siam (School Edition)
by Landon, Margaret, and Law, Frederick Houk (School adaptation by), and Leonowens, Anna (based on account by)
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New York.: Globe Book Company., 1968. School Edition Copyright, 1953. Landon copyright 1943. 2nd Ed.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Surface damage to small area on back cover. Small oval top page block stain. Tight and clean volume otherwise.. 1 324 p. Light olive green cloth over boards; dark green titles and cover art. 21 cm. Publisher reinforced binding. RARE edition. Based on the autobiographical account by Anna Leonowens, "The English Governess at the Siamese Court", a 5-yr experience begun in 1862, when Siam (now Thailand) was rarely visited by Westerners and had many contrasts: splendor and horror, oriental art and beauty. But, there was human slavery, despotism among rulers. The Englishwoman went to teach royal children. Decades later, Margaret Landon of Wisconsin went with her husband to Siam for 10 years as missionaries. Landon has rewritten the Leonowens account, and it became a motion pictures (photos herein) starring Rex Harrison, Irene Dunn, and Linda Darnell. Years…
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Anne Boleyn
by Anthony, Evelyn
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New York.: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1957. Book Club Edition. Presumed book club edition.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. 1 Tan cloth over boards. Blue oval title box w/ gold titles, spine. Aqua top page block. 310 p. 22 cm. Anne Boleyn had caught the roving eye of 16th century King Henry VIII when he was visiting her father's castle. She would become one of his series of wives. With each he hoped an heir would be born to him, and when disappointed, he would find a way to the next. The histories of his wives were horrific as each proved barren. This is Anne's story.
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Archives Parlementaires de 1787 a 1860 recueil complet des Debats Legislatifs & Politiques des Chambres Francaises, Deuxieme Serie (1800 a 1860) Tome CXXVI
by Mavidal, MM., and Laurent, E.
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Paris.: Librairie Administrative Paul Dupont., 1912. First edition. Presumed first; no print line.. Full leather. Fine. Age-toned text pages. Rebound in black leather (2 varieties, smooth over spine, pebbled over boards. with a ribbed spine, gold hand-stamped spine titles.. 1 799 p. Leather hardcover; economic lightweight text paper. More durable plain white end papers. Regne de Louis-Philippe. A record of 18th-19th century proceedings, published in the early 20th century. On title page: Continue par Lataste, Claveau, Pionnier, Barbier. End sections include a chronology Tome Cent Vingt-Sixieme (17 Juin au Juillet 1839); Table Alphabetique et Analytique, same era. This volume came from a Cairo, Egypt, book lot. Ships immediately from New Hampshire, U.S.A.
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Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918
by Balakian, Grigoris, and Balakian, Peter (Translated by), and Sevag, Aris (Translated by)
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New York.: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher., 2009. 3rd printing.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Damp stain to front board, dark color transfer to inside jacket, lower spine. Clean interior.. Montgomery, Joe (Jacket design by).. 1 Paper over boards. 509 p. Black & white archival photos, Maps, Frontispiece photo of author. Audience: General/trade. Arrested in 1915 along with 250 other intellectuals and leaders of Constantinople's Armenian community, priest Grigoris Balakian. In a campaign that continued through World War I, the Ottoman Turkish government was attempting to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey. 16 pages photographs; 5 maps. During 4 years, Balakian witnessed "an endless caravan of blood" (from jacket flap). Over 1 million Armenians had been killed or expunged from their homeland. Balakian escaped, and that odyssey is herein.
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Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515
by Oman, Charles William Chadwick, Sir, and Beeler, John H (Revised and Edited by)
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Ithaca NY.: Great Seal Books / Cornell University Press, 1960. Revised in 1953, 1st Cornell. 1st Great Seal printing.. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Spine tilt and crease. Light edge wear. Back cover short bend.. 1 First edition. Trade paperback, 5z7.5in. Glued binding. Red cover, white titles. Diagrams. Back cover, silholuetted knight on horse. Audience: General/trade. Historical scholarship synopsizing the documented records from centuries of conflict. Includes Chronological List of Battles, 216 BC-1526 AD.
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Ashes to the Taste; Polish Communism from the Inside
by Penzik, Irena
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New York.: University Publishers., 1961. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library markings and general soil to page blocks. Text pages clean, binding sound.. Wenk, Burton (Jacket design by).. 1 Dark blue and off-white cloth over boards. Silver spine titles. 378 p. 22 cm. With her father, the author traveled to New York from their native Poland to visit the 1939 World's Fair. They were stranded in Manhattan by the outbreak of World War II. She and her diplomat father were dedicated and optimistic Communists. Irena turned her attention to leaning English, and attended Columbia University. Her father died in 1945, and she later began working for the Polish delegation to the United Nations. That work would take her back to Poland where she became disillusioned about the Communism ideal. Subtitle: An intimate picture of Poland's Communist elite in New York, Paris, Warsaw, by the niece and former secretary of a leading Polish diplomat.
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The Atlantic Advocate's Holiday Handbook
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Fredrickton New Brunswick, Canada: Brunswick Press, 1961. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 1
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Aztecs of Mexico: Origin, Rise, and Fall of the Aztec Nation
by Vaillant, George Clapp, and Burland, C A (Postscript by)
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[Harmondsworth, Eng. ]: A Pelican Book / Penguin Books., 1965. A 200. 6th printing 1950 Pelican.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Darkened top page block.. 1 Slightly larger than mass-market paperback. 333 p. Maps, tables. 64 pages B&W photo plates. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Index. The Aztecs arrived from the north into Mexico during the 11th century. They developed their remarkable civilization over nearly a century; then rapidly declined when Spain's Cortes (Cortez) arrived to dominate. Historian Dr George Vaillant was curator of Mexican archeology at the American Museum of Natural History.
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The Backwoods of Canada
by Traill, Catharine Parr, And Thomas, Clara (1965 Introduction By), And Ross, Malcolm (Edited By)
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Toronto: New Canadian Library / Mclelland & Stewart Ltd, 1968. No. 51.. Mass-market paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate cover soiling. Minor creasing.. Bucek, Sylvia (Cover by). 0 124p. White cover with vertical olive strip, drawing of woman w/ bonnet. Traill, b. 1802, London-d. 1899, Peterborough, Canada. She and her husband emigrated to Canada in 1832, raising 9 children on their military land grant, where the author became known as a botanist. She authored 17 books, 8 in Canada, as well as regular articles for Montreal's "The Literary Garland". This edition was part of a lengthy excerpt used by N.P. Willis in "Canadian Scenery", 1842 (info from Introduction).
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Barbarossa; The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-1945.
by Clark, Alan
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New York.: William Morrow & Co., 1965. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine.. 1 Red cloth, gray paper over boards. Black titles. xxii, 522 p. B&W photo sections, 3-color and B&W maps. Charts. 25 cm. Bibliography. Index. Quote opposite title page: "When Barbarossa begins, the world will hold its breath". --Hitler, OKW Conference Minutes, 5rd February, 1941. Comprehensive Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Charts.
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Beachcombers of the African Jungle
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Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company., 1958. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Top page block soiling.. 1 Gray cloth over boards. Orange spine titles. 279 p. 22 cm. B&W photos. Jack Sholomir and Joy Koch met in East London. They made a plan to travel together to Africa, using skills in magic entertainment to make their way, beginning in Johannesburg and north through the continent to Egypt. Their adventures were perilous as they moved through jungle and wartime challenges, and at times without proper visas. This is their story.
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The Berlin Court under William II (with Photogravure Illustrations)
by Schwering, Count Axel von (an assumed name)
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London.: Cassell & Company., 1915. First edition. Possible 1st. Copyright on title page.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Slightly loose lower binding. Clean. Minor corner rubs. A few of the portrait plates are loose.. 1 349 p. Green textured cloth over boards. Cover German icon, gold. Gold spine and front titles. 24 cm. Sepia toned photogravures. Off-white text paper. Readable font size. Emperor William II, third German Emperor and ninth King of Prussia, became known as the "Master Man", building Germany's statecraft. On the eve of the Great War, this biography begins with William's early years.
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