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The Economic Development of Japan: A Quantitative Study by: Ryoshin Minami

The Economic Development of Japan: A Quantitative Study
by: Ryoshin Minami

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light fading to spine, 487 pages. In this book Ryoshin Minami studies the last hundred years of Japan's remarkable economic growth from the Meiji period up to the present day. First, he reveals the factors which account for Japan's successful economic take-off during the Meiji period. Second, he explains why Japan achieved a more rapid rate of economic growth than other developed countries. This forms the major part of the book and will interest those in the developed countries who have felt the full force of Japan's export drive and whose own industries are consequently in decline. Finally, the author evaluates the results of Japan's economic growth and makes predictions for its future. The book makes a comprehensive survey of the Japanese experience in the pre- and post-war periods and points out lessons not only for developed countries but also for developing countries. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396897

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British Politics In The Collectivist Ageby: Samuel H. Beer

British Politics In The Collectivist Age
by: Samuel H. Beer

Softcover. NY, Vintage Books, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 434 pages plus index. Remainder lines to bottom edge. Otherwise clean.

Record # 397412

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Colombia: Land of Miracles by: Blair Niles

Colombia: Land of Miracles
by: Blair Niles

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a scarce, bright dust jacket, 389 pages. Endpapers map, b&w photos. Clean copy.

Record # 398003

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Slavophile Controversy, The: History of a Conservative Utopia in Nineteenth Century Russian Thoughtby: Walicki, Andrzej

Slavophile Controversy, The: History of a Conservative Utopia in Nineteenth Century Russian Thought
by: Walicki, Andrzej

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 609 pages, translated by Hilda Andrews-Rusiecka. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Yellow dust jacket with slight fading to spine. Approximately 30 pages with ink marking, mostly underlining. Otherwise this scarce volume is in very good condition.

Record # 402967

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Farthest North: Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship `Fram', 1893-1896, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an appendix by Otto Svedrup Captain of the `Fram'. In Two Volu

Farthest North: Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship `Fram', 1893-1896, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an appendix by Otto Svedrup Captain of the `Fram'. In Two Volu

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan and Co., reprint, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set. 12 mo. 351 + 471 pages. Original heavy navy with gilt lettering, and gilt embossed design on front over. "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and British Colonies." This is a smaller edition than the original, and contains no photos but there is a folding map in Vol. 2. Light wrinkle to cloth spine of Vol. 1, endpapers in both books have foxing but doesn't affect internal pages. A clean, very good set. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 412177

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History of the Burgh of Dumfries - With Notices of Nithsdale, Arinandale, and the Western Borderby: McDowall, William

History of the Burgh of Dumfries - With Notices of Nithsdale, Arinandale, and the Western Border
by: McDowall, William

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 2nd, 1873, Book: Very Good, Hardcover. Color frontis, title page vignette, four color plates. Folding map in rear with some tears but all these repairable. Front hinge cracked.

Record # 60412

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Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham, upon questions relating to Public Rights, Duties and Interests; with Historical Introductions, and A Critical Dissertation upon the Eloquence of the Ancients. (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4)

Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham, upon questions relating to Public Rights, Duties and Interests; with Historical Introductions, and A Critical Dissertation upon the Eloquence of the Ancients. (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4)

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1st, 1838, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volumes complete, [x], 676p, [1]; [iv], 632p; [iv], 626p; 571p+Index. Full calf binding, marbled edges, spine ribbed with 6 sections, 2 with leather labels and gilt titles. Gilt edge design on all edges, ornate gilt design on spine. Bookplate of Herbert John Gladstone on inside covers. He was a British Liberal politician. The youngest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, he was Home Secretary from 1905 to 1910 and Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1914. All volumes are bright and clean. Some minor wear to spine edges.

Record # 373259

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In Australian Wildsby: Barrett, Charles

In Australian Wilds
by: Barrett, Charles

Hardcover. Melbourne, Melbourne Pub. Co., 1st , 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 230 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Many black & white photos throughout. Previous owner's name on front end paper.Staining on front cover, spine faded and light rubbing and edge wear. Tight copy.

Record # 55003

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The Swahili Coast: Politics, Diplomacy and Trade on the East African Littoral, 1798-1856 by: Nicholls, C.S.

The Swahili Coast: Politics, Diplomacy and Trade on the East African Littoral, 1798-1856
by: Nicholls, C.S.

Hardcover. NY, Africana Publishing, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 419 pages, 6 maps, appendix, bibliog., index. Based on many original & unpublished materials, this book examines the impact of Omani rule & trade and the growing involvement of Western powers in Zanzibar politics in the first half of the 19th century. Owner's signature on front fly leaf, college bookplate on inside front cover. About 10 pages with light underlining.

Record # 380844

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Near East, The: Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinopleby: Hichens, Robert

Near East, The: Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople
by: Hichens, Robert

Hardcover. New York , Century Company, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 268 pages. 48 B/W photographs and color illustrations by Jules Guerin. Front end papers show remnants of inscription and sticker paper. Blue cloth covers with gold ornamental design and lettering on front and spine. Some foxing on pages. Rare and in very good condition.

Record # 802792

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Resurgent India: Ideas and Priorities by: Agarwala, Ramgopal; Kumar, Rajiv; Shah, Rajesh

Resurgent India: Ideas and Priorities
by: Agarwala, Ramgopal; Kumar, Rajiv; Shah, Rajesh

Hardcover. New Deli, Academic Foundation, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 158 pagea. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 375182

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Japanese Thought in the Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868: Methods and Metaphorsby: Tetsuo Najita/Irwin Scheiner

Japanese Thought in the Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868: Methods and Metaphors
by: Tetsuo Najita/Irwin Scheiner

Softcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 209 pages. The essays collected in this volume reveal the dramatic story of 'mindfulness' at all levels of Tokugawa society and demonstrate the importance of this history for modern Japanese culture. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397177

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Deutschland erwacht Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAPby: Bade, Wilfrid

Deutschland erwacht Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP
by: Bade, Wilfrid

Hardcover. Hamburg, Cigaretten Bilderdienst, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with embossed gilt design on front cover. 150 pages with 225 mounted black and white and color images. German text. There is a frontispiece portrait of Hitler and a few other similar panels. A monumental propaganda work on Herr Hitler, Der Fuhrer, 9" x 12", The quality of the photographs is excellent, but one giant picture at the end, which opens out to 6 solid pages all joined together showing "Standartenweihe im Luitpoldhain1933" A vast sea of Hitler's armed forces in a giant arena. All photographs were taken and carefully selected by Heinrich Hoffmann, Adolf Hitler's official photographer. Hoffmann's photography was used. A chilling piece of German history and a fascinating example of the NSDAP's propaganda machine. Volume shows some shelf wear, name on half-title page, good plus overall.

Record # 381147

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Birds of China, Theby: Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer de

Birds of China, The
by: Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer de

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 602 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, silver titles to spine, illustrated dust jacket, 38 color plates, 39 b&w drawings, textured blue endpapers decorated with map of China, variant names list, checklist of species, Latin and English alphabetical indices. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, clean covers; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807575

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A History of Modern Indonesia: c. 1300 to the Present by: Ricklefs, M. C.

A History of Modern Indonesia: c. 1300 to the Present
by: Ricklefs, M. C.

Hardcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2nd pr., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 335 pages. The emphasis throughout the book is on the history of the Indonesian peoples themselves. An essential narrative of Political history is provided as well as discussions of social, cultural affairs. Clean copy.

Record # 381197

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Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal by: Behrman, Lucy C.:

Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal
by: Behrman, Lucy C.:

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jscket, 224 pages. The influence of traditional and religious groups on modern politics. The author investigates the political role of religious organizations in the West African country of Senegal. Upon independence in 1960. Senegalese politicians adopted the pattern of cooperation established by the French. Behrman, examining the present role of the brotherhoods, analyzes their inter-relationships as well as their relations with political parties, government officials, the government reform program, and modern Muslim reform groups. She reveals that Senegalese officials often defer to the opinion of the strongest marabus and that, in times of crisis or uncertainty with in the government party, the Union Progressiste Senegalaise, they turn to the marabus for support. She also shows that, although the Muslim leaders occupy such a privileged position in Senegalese society, they do not actually control the government, which issecularand modern in form and is led by Western-educated men devoted to a program of industrialization and agricultural and social reform. Name on half-title page otherwise clean.

Record # 381174

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History of the Volunteers of 1782, Theby: Mac Nevin, Thomas

History of the Volunteers of 1782, The
by: Mac Nevin, Thomas

Hardcover. Dublin, James Duffy, 1st , 1845, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 250 pages. Ex-library, rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Residue on endpapers, Interior is clean.

Record # 63465

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Wild Life in Southern Seasby: Becke, Louis

Wild Life in Southern Seas
by: Becke, Louis

Hardcover. NY, New Amsterdam Book Co., 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Newspaper photography of author tipped-in to front end paper. Essays on the history, natural history and sociology of the South Seas and their islands, (including some whaling). Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf.

Record # 62955

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The Impossible Return: Struggles of the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israelby: Abebe Zegeye

The Impossible Return: Struggles of the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israel
by: Abebe Zegeye

Softcover. NY, Red Sea Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 321 pages. This book tells the story about an African Jewish community known as the Beta Israel that used to live in the northern part of Ethiopia. They were repatriated to Israel in many waves with the aid of the Israeli government and the Jewish Diaspora. The Beta Israel had struggled and faced hardships in order to live out their destiny which was to migrate to the Promised Land. However, their struggle did not stop there. They have had to struggle again to overcome unexpected and new challenges after their long anticipated migration. The book is organized around these two issues. The early chapters of the book describe the quest for Beta Israel identity within Ethiopia and explore their origins. The discussion on this topic is based on mainly textual analyses of previous works on the Beta Israel. It outlines their history and explores their origins. It examines whether the different types of oppressive Ethiopian regimes have contributed to their decision to leave for the Promised Land. It sketches the socio-economic background of the twentieth-century Aliyah, and briefly analyses the impact of the political upheavals in Ethiopia between 1974 and 1991 when the Derg, the post Haile Selassie military regime, was in power.

Record # 382602

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Holland and Its Peopleby: Edmondo De Amicis

Holland and Its People
by: Edmondo De Amicis

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth. Cover has gilt drawing of a windmill and black lettering. Gilt lettering on the spine. Translated from Italian by Caroline Tilton. 408 pages, 18 b&w plates. With chapters on Zealand, Rotterdam, Delft, The Hague, Leyden, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Broek, Zaandam, Almaar, Helder, Zuyder Zee, Friesland, Groningen. Names on prelim pages, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383013

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Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800 by: Thornton, John

Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
by: Thornton, John

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Ed., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 380 pages, some light pencil underlining. Otherwise, bright, tight copy.

Record # 383465

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The Great Radio Heroes by: Jim Harmon

The Great Radio Heroes
by: Jim Harmon

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Return to the thrilling days of yesteryear when the most exciting people having the most exciting adventures came to us in our own homes through radio. Little Orphan Annie, Superman and others paraded through our ears and our homes in that wonderful time when our imaginations were ignited by fictional characters. Harmon provides reminiscences of the heyday of radio programming, with insights on such radio dramas as I Love a Mystery, Gangbusters, The Shadow, Inner Sanctum, Batman and Robin, Superman, Tom Mix, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, Adventures by Morse and a couple of dozen more. Clean copy.

Record # 384775

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AP The Story of News by: Gramling, Oliver

AP The Story of News
by: Gramling, Oliver

Hardcover. NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped with black and gilt lettering. 506 pages with index. Illustrated by Henry C. Barrow. This book covers the (what was then) hundred years of history the AP Press had witnessed. A "fast-moving, action-filled narrative of the rise of The Associated Press--the inside story of the only world-wide non-profit news gathering association as it grew from pigeon post and pony express to telegraph and wireless, with a daily news report of over 1,000,000 words and its spot-news picture system which shoots newspaper photographs by electricity across the globe." Short tear to top of spine cloth, bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 384881

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Sleeping island: The story of one man's travels in the great barren lands of the Canadian northby: P. G. Downes

Sleeping island: The story of one man's travels in the great barren lands of the Canadian north
by: P. G. Downes

Softcover. North Ferrisburg VT, Heron Dance Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1943. A northern classic, describing a canoe trip from Reindeer Lake, via the Cochrane, Thlewiaza and then to Windy Lake in the thirties. A story of eight months travel by canoe, motorboat and dog-team on the Northern rivers and along the New Quebec coast of Hudson's Bay. This expedition was to investigate mineral deposits on the Nastapoka Islands, especially Clarke Island where Curran's previous expedition (1907) had found valuable iron ore deposits. Clean copy.

Record # 385686

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The Making of Modern Ireland 1603-1923by: Beckett, J. C.

The Making of Modern Ireland 1603-1923
by: Beckett, J. C.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket, 496 + maps. Chunk of dj gone from rear panel at top. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 386015

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German Forests: Treasures of a Nationby: Ebner, Dr. Adalbert

German Forests: Treasures of a Nation
by: Ebner, Dr. Adalbert

Hardcover. New York, German Library of Information, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Former library book with labels/stamps/attachments expected. Photographs by the author. Decorated cover boards. Pages and covers have some tanning from age. This volume, intended for American students, interprets the social, economic, hygenic, aesthetic and ethical significance of the German forest, presenting not merely facts but also the philosophy of German Forestry.

Record # 99083

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Goodbye West Countryby: Henry Williamson

Goodbye West Country
by: Henry Williamson

Hardcover. London, Putnam, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, rust color cover with mild soil, gilt lettering on spine, 399 pages, b&w photographic plates, most taken by the author. Memoir of life as a writer, and the nature of the Devon countryside, which the author had lately left. A series of memories, reflections and previously unused sketches of West Country life, arranged in the form of a diary and including a lengthy account of the author's 1935 visit to Germany and the "Reichsparteitag am Nurnberg" at which he was present. Clean copy, mild musty smell.

Record # 387581

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Farmers, Kings, and Traders: The People of Southern Africa, 200-1860by: Martin Hall

Farmers, Kings, and Traders: The People of Southern Africa, 200-1860
by: Martin Hall

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 161 pages. In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement of the earliest farmers nearly two thousand years ago, Hall tracks the emergence of precolonial states such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. Farmers, Kings, and Traders concludes with the devastating effects of colonialism. Through a close reading of the accounts of early travelers, colonialists, archaeologists, and historians, Hall places in context the often contradictory histories that have been written of this region. The result is an illuminating look at how ideas about the past have themselves changed over time. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387825

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From Rocks to Riches: Roussillon, Time, Change and Ochre in a Village in Provenceby: Graham F. Pringle and Hildgund Schaefer

From Rocks to Riches: Roussillon, Time, Change and Ochre in a Village in Provence
by: Graham F. Pringle and Hildgund Schaefer

Softcover. Middlebury VT, Rural Society Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 212 pages, b&w illustrations. This is a very interesting and detailed read about the history of a French village; but not just any village, this is the famous Roussilion in Provence. It is famous because it has been built out of the red ochre that is found in the Roman quarries all around and under the cliffed village; ochre quarries which were re opened in 1785 and then declined after WW 2. The red coloured houses, of course, make the village very photogenic. The book tells the changing fortune of the village as it went from decline in 1945, to needing larger car parks for the tourist coaches after the 1960's. It is well written and gives a good indication of what a village needs to do to survive in today's world. Clean copy.

Record # 396450

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The Latin American Republics: A History by: Munro, Dana Gardner

The Latin American Republics: A History
by: Munro, Dana Gardner

Hardcover. NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt lettering on black title blocks, 650 pages. "This is the only complete history of the Latin American Republics that takes into account the important subject of inter-American relations in the present war {World War II}. It brings Latin American history down to the conferences in which Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles helped to cement North and South solidarity." The book presents, in separate chapters, the history of each of the twenty Latin American nations since independence. Bookplate and name on front endpapers, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 396631

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Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration by: Wilson, George M.

Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration
by: Wilson, George M.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 201 pages. In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. The four groups under discussion: 1. The loyalists -wanted to redeem the national image and thought themselves patriots. 2.The old guard -the samurai loyal to the shogunate. 3. The common people who only wanted stability. Some favored one side or the other and some just wanted change. 4. The foreigners -most sided with the Shogunate for economic stability. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397299

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Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure by: Bull, Bartle

Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure
by: Bull, Bartle

Hardcover. London, Viking, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 383 pages including glossary, bibliography, and index. "The history of the great African Safaris. It is the story of 150 years of the ultimate adventure, from the first safari in 1836, as Cornwallis Harris walked across the Transvaal with his double-barreled rifle and ox wagon, discovering the hunter's Garden of Eden, to the last of the great professional hunters, as they struggle today to carry on their tradition in the swamps of Tanzania and the high forests of Ethiopia". Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 397699

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To Cuba and Back - A Vacation Voyageby: Dana, Jr., Richard Henry

To Cuba and Back - A Vacation Voyage
by: Dana, Jr., Richard Henry

Hardcover. Boston, Ticknor & Fields , 1st, 1859, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original textured brown cloth with publisher's embossed decoration. some light wear to spine extremities. 288 pgs, 16 pgs of ads in back. The author of "Two Year's Before the Mast", here gives vivid and interesting description of his travels in Cuba. 'Kept in the form of a journal, this is a graphic account of the author's vacation trip to Cuba in February and March 1859. He made acute observations of the land and the people'.

Record # 28695

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Enter the Dragon: Chinas Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51by: Russell Spurr

Enter the Dragon: Chinas Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51
by: Russell Spurr

Hardcover. NY, Newmarket Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 335 pages, b&w illustrations. This account of the intervention into the Korean war of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is told from the point of view of the Chinese. The author did much of his research inside China, interviewing participants, and presents vivid portraits of the soldiers and such figures as Mao Zedong and Douglas MacArthur. Korea was the focus of the first great East-West confrontation, and the war cost over 140,000 American lives. The crucial intervention of the Chinese and their near victory brought the super-powers to the brink of nuclear war. Written by a British newspaper reporter who covered the latter stages of the war, this book contains narrative from extensive interviews with participants in the Korean War, including many Chinese, which differentiates it from most other accounts. Name on front fly leaf, fading to dust jacket, otherwise clean.

Record # 396340

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Bentley: The Way We Were: Portrait of a Hampshire Villageby: Brenda Updegraff (Ed.)

Bentley: The Way We Were: Portrait of a Hampshire Village
by: Brenda Updegraff (Ed.)

Hardcover. Hampshire UK, Bentley Milliennium Committee, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 224 pages, b&w illustrations. Memories of the early 1900s in the rural village in north-east Hampshire. Previous owner's bookplate otherwise clean.

Record # 375226

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Assassination in Vichy: Marx Dormoy and the Struggle for the Soul of Franceby: Brunelle, Gayle/ Finley-Croswhite, Stephanie Annette

Assassination in Vichy: Marx Dormoy and the Struggle for the Soul of France
by: Brunelle, Gayle/ Finley-Croswhite, Stephanie Annette

Softcover. University of Toronto Press , 1st pbk, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 312 pages. During the night of 25 July 1941, assassins planted a time bomb in the bed of the former French Interior Minister, Marx Dormoy. The explosion on the following morning launched a two-year investigation that traced Dormoy's murder to the highest echelons of the Vichy regime. Dormoy, who had led a 1937 investigation into the "Cagoule," a violent right-wing terrorist organization, was the victim of a captivating revenge plot. Based on the meticulous examination of thousands of documents, Assassination in Vichy tells the story of Dormoy's murder and the investigation that followed. At the heart of this book lies a true crime that was sensational in its day. A micro-history that tells a larger and more significant story about the development of far-right political movements, domestic terrorism, and the importance of courage, Assassination in Vichy explores the impact of France's deep political divisions, wartime choices, and post-war memory. Clean copy.

Record # 397356

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Lake St. Louis Old and New and Cavelier de La Salleby: Girouard (transl.), Disire

Lake St. Louis Old and New and Cavelier de La Salle
by: Girouard (transl.), Disire

Hardcover. Montreal, Poirier, Bessette & Co., unk., 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 546 pages, many b&w illustrations including maps and fold-outs. Binding is shaken and both covers loose with cracked hinges, front fly leaf loose. Internally good. Leather spine and corners with pink pebbled cloth covers, marled end papers.

Record # 406545

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LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS AND THE LOCALITIES ADJACENT: Their Historical and Topographical Associationsby: Heckethorn, Charles W.

LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS AND THE LOCALITIES ADJACENT: Their Historical and Topographical Associations
by: Heckethorn, Charles W.

Hardcover. London, Eliot Stock, 1st, 1896, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION on tipped-in card. 241 pages, b&w illustrations by Alfred Beaver and others. Light green cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Ink markings to first few pages. Wear to cover corners. Hinges cracked. Staining to end papers and some pages.

Record # 809139

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Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai by: Tobias, Sigmund

Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai
by: Tobias, Sigmund

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 162 pages, b&w illustrations. In the wake of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, Sigmund Tobias and his parents fled their home in Germany and relocated to one of the few cities in the world that offered shelter without requiring a visa: the notorious pleasure capital, Shanghai. Seventeen thousand Jewish refugees flocked to Hongkew, a section of Shanghai ruled by the Japanese, and they created an active community that continued to exist through the end of the war. Tobias's coming-of-age story unfolds within his descriptions of Jewish life in the exotic sanctuary of Shanghai. Depleted by disease and hunger, constantly struggling with primitive and crowded conditions, the refugees faced shortages of food, clothing, and medicine. Tobias also observes the underlife of Shanghai: the prostitution and black market profiteering, the brutal lives of the Chinese workers, the tensions between Chinese and Japanese during the war, and the paralyzing inflation and the approach of the communist "liberators" afterward. Richly detailed, Strange Haven opens a little-documented chapter of the Holocaust and provides a fascinating glimpse of life for these foreigners in a foreign land. An epilogue describes the changes Tobias observed when he returned to Shanghai forty years later as a visiting professor.

Record # 381702

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Beyond All Pity: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesusby: de Jesus, Carolina Maria

Beyond All Pity: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
by: de Jesus, Carolina Maria

Softcover. London, Earthscan Publications, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 190 pages. Translated by David St Clair. A diary of daily life in a favela in Sao Paulo, one of the city's slums where the poor live in shacks. Carolina Maria de Jesus describes the daily routine of her life, her hunt for paper and metal to sell so as to buy food for her family. At night she would write her diary on the scraps of paper she collected. Her diary reflected the experience of millions and exposed the injustice of Brazilian society. Clean copy.

Record # 382289

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Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania. The Politics of Participation by: Maguire, G. Andrew

Toward 'Uhuru' in Tanzania. The Politics of Participation
by: Maguire, G. Andrew

Hardcover. London, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 403 pages, 2 maps. In the belief that intensive study of selected local areas is an important development in scholarship on Africa, the author presents a micropolitical study of an important region of one of East Africa's Rew nations. Sukumaland, an area of Tanzania which contains one tenth of the country's population and its largest tribe, was chosen for the study. Before independence it exhibited the most organized nationalist political activity of any part of the country and developed the largest African-owned co-operative movement in all of Africa. In the final decade of the colonial era Sukumaland was the British administration's principal experimental area for attempts at radical transformation of indigenous political institutions and traditional agricultural techniques. After independence it became a critical testing ground for President Julius Nyerere's concepts of African socialism. Owner's signature on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 380860

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Nazis in Pre War London 1930 1939: The Fate and Role of German Party Members and British Sympathizers by: James J. Barnes; Patience P. Barnes

Nazis in Pre War London 1930 1939: The Fate and Role of German Party Members and British Sympathizers
by: James J. Barnes; Patience P. Barnes

Softcover. Brighton UK, Sussex Academic Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 283 pages. The first book to study the history of the Nazis in Britain. In September 1930, the Nazi Party newspaper, Volkischer Beobachter, sent its first representative to London. Soon afterwards, German residents in London established an Ortsgruppe, or local Nazi group, which provided Party members with a place to congregate and support the new movement. By 1933, more than 100 members belonged to the London group. The Nazis in pre-war London created a dilemma for the Foreign Office and the Home Office, who were divided as to how best to treat residents whose allegiance was to the German Reich. Some felt that all Nazi organizations should be banned, and Party Members should not be allowed to enter the UK. Others, including MI5, argued that it would be easier to keep track of Nazis if they were in-country. Previously unpublished German documents reveal the fates of German diplomats, journalists, and professionals, many of whom were interned in Britain or deported to Nazi Germany once war broke out on September 3, 1939. Clean copy.

Record # 379104

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A Diary of the Home Rule Parliament 1892-1895by: Lucy, Henry W.

A Diary of the Home Rule Parliament 1892-1895
by: Lucy, Henry W.

Hardcover. London, Cassell , 1st, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine, 488 pages. Frontis. of Lord Randolph Churchill. Ex-library with minimal traces: Bookplate inside front cover, stamp to title page, residue to rear paste-down. Interior bright and clean, top edge gilt.

Record # 373218

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Die Olympischien Spiele 1936. The Olympic Games 1936by: n/a

Die Olympischien Spiele 1936. The Olympic Games 1936
by: n/a

Hardcover. Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Herausgegeben Vom, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volumes. Text in German. Approx. 300 pages. B&W tipped in photographs. Dark blue cloth with gilt pictorial bell to cover. Spine cocked. Edges soiled. Inscription in German on front flyleaf of second volume. Overall, a nice set.

Record # 850681

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African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Huntersby: Lyell, Denis D.

African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters
by: Lyell, Denis D.

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1935, "This represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F. C. Selous; C. H. Stigand; R. J. Cunninghame and many others. Most of this correspondence deals with hunting in Africa especially, for the Big Five, and rifle choices for use in various international locales."

Record # 381156

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Old Times: Relics, Talismans, Forgotten Customs & Beliefs of the Past by: Meller, Walter Clifford

Old Times: Relics, Talismans, Forgotten Customs & Beliefs of the Past
by: Meller, Walter Clifford

Hardcover. London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover red cloth covers in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 264 pages, b&w plates. No date, appears to be circa 1920s. Subjects include: old stone crosses, sanctuaries, English bells, holy wells, misericords, the holy grail, etc. Cloth has

Record # 380953

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England 100 Years Ago: The Charm of Victorian England Illustratedby: Manning, Rev. Samuel and Rev. S. G. Green

England 100 Years Ago: The Charm of Victorian England Illustrated
by: Manning, Rev. Samuel and Rev. S. G. Green

Hardcover. New York, Excalibur Books, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 216 pages. 169 black & white illustrations. Edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 507753

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In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle by: Hazareesingh, Sudhir

In the Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of De Gaulle
by: Hazareesingh, Sudhir

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In contemporary France, Charles de Gaulle has become a figure of legend, consistently acclaimed as the nation's pre-eminent "historical" figure. But paradoxes abound. For one, his personal popularity sits oddly with his social origins and professional background. Neither the nobility, nor the Catholic Church, nor the Army is particularly well-regarded in France today, as they are seen to represent antiquated traditions and values. So why, then, do the French nonetheless identify with, celebrate, and even revere this austere and devout nobleman, who remained closely wedded to military values throughout his life? In the Shadow of the General resolves this mystery and explains how de Gaulle has come to occupy such a privileged position in the French imagination. Sudhir Hazareesingh's story of how an individual life was transformed into national myth also tells a great deal about the French collective self in the twenty-first century: its fractured memory, its aspirations to greatness, and its manifold anxieties. Indeed, alongside the tale of de Gaulle's legacy, the author unfolds a much broader narrative: the story of modern France. Clean copy.

Record # 382123

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Panama: Made in the U.S.A.by: Weeks John; Gunson Phil

Panama: Made in the U.S.A.
by: Weeks John; Gunson Phil

Softcover. London, Latin America Bureau, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 131 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. How did Manuel Noriega, the CIA's most important agent in Central America, become the US administration's most wanted criminal? Why did 22,000 US troops invade Panama, to arrest a man who had been a staunch ally of the US? Was his involvement in the drug trade the real reason for General Noriega's downfall? Panama: Made in the USA explores the unanswered questions behind the invasion of December 1989 and looks at the turbulent history of US-Panamanian relations, in particular the bitter struggle for control of the Panama Canal. It analyzes the economic and geo-strategic importance of a country literally created by and for the US government. Looking at Panama since the invasion, the authors explore the challenge facing the US-installed Endara government as rebuilds a country shattered by invasion and US sanctions. Clean copy.

Record # 385616

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Spithead: An Informal Historyby: Michael Lewis

Spithead: An Informal History
by: Michael Lewis

Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 208 pages, b&w illustrations. An account of the water between the Isle of Wight & the Mainland, its Naval base and its importance to British Naval history. Clean copy.

Record # 397352

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