• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Facebook Twitter Google-plus

USED

OUT-OF-PRINT

Browsing is Arousing ™ words surrounding shape of eye around books on shelves.

RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS 

  • books@browsingisarousing.com
  • Your Cart
  • Home
  • *Book Beat Archives
  • About Us
  • Glossary
  • Policies
    • How to Pay
    • Returns
    • Shipping
  • Subscribe to Browser’s Book Beat
You are here: Home / Shop Online

Edit My Account  |  View Shopping Cart  
  1. Book Categories >
  2. History

Sort By:  
Peace-Making and the Settlement with Japan by: Frederick S. Dunn

Peace-Making and the Settlement with Japan
by: Frederick S. Dunn

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 210 pages. Professor Dunn presents an account of the making of the Japanese peace treaty. He discusses the international environment from the outbreak of World War II to 1950, the San Francisco conference of September 1951 and the security arrangements which the United States helped to create in the Pacific and Asian area. Originally published in 1963 by Princeton. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396756

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Burgoyne of Saratoga: A Biography by: Gerald Howson

Burgoyne of Saratoga: A Biography
by: Gerald Howson

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket that shows fading, 360 pages, b&w illustrations, endpaper maps. General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American War of Independence. During the Saratoga campaign he surrendered his army of 5,000 men to the American troops on October 17, 1777. Appointed to command a force designated to capture Albany and end the rebellion, Burgoyne advanced from Canada but soon found himself surrounded and outnumbered. He fought two battles at Saratoga, but was forced to open negotiations with Horatio Gates. Although he agreed to a convention, on 17 October 1777, which would allow his troops to return home, this was subsequently revoked and his men were made prisoners. Burgoyne faced criticism when he returned to Britain, and never held another active command. Clean copy.

Record # 397483

Price: $12.00 
Quantity:

Letters from Americaby: Eddis, William

Letters from America
by: Eddis, William

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, light brown cloth w/ black lettering on spine., 237 pages. Lightest of edgewear to dj. A collection of 42 letters written between 1769 and 1777 by Eddis, a young Englishman, loyal to the Crown. The correspondence offers unique insights into a critical point in American history, especially around the Cheapeake area where he was a resident. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387808

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal by: Ewald, Johann Von

Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal
by: Ewald, Johann Von

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 467 pages, b&w illustrations. Translated from the German and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. Johann Ewald was acknowledged by the British for whom and with whom he fought in the American Revolution as one of the best light infantry officers (termed outpost officers) in their service. A dedicated, trained professional from Hesse-Cassel, who was 'hired out' by his sovereign for the American War, he knew his job 'from muzzle to butt plate' and was an excellent leader of men, as well as a shrewd observer of what he saw. Fortunately for us, he also wrote all of it down. This book is one of the most valuable memoirs of the period. The petite guerre (little war), also called partisan warfare, of the period is of great importance in understanding the picture of the whole for the War of the Revolution. The jagers that Ewald commanded were also some of the most deadly light infantry in the world at the time, and they were greatly feared by their American opponents. Armed with short German hunting rifles and dressed in green and brown, they not only blended in with their surroundings, but they served in almost every action and battle of the war. Ewald's direct, observant prose paints a vivid picture of the war, his British comrades, and his American opponents. He respected the Americans, especially their officers' attempt at becoming more professional as the war progressed, exemplified by the military books and treatises they read, which Ewald saw from time to time as he came across captured officers' baggage. he was amazed at the American attempts, which he noted were sadly lacking in his brother British officers. He noted this with care. Ewald ended up in the surrender at Yorktown and was eventually sent home to Germany. Light fading to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 397482

Price: $80.00 
Quantity:

Historical Sketches of Andover Massachusettsby: Sarah Loring Bailey

Historical Sketches of Andover Massachusetts
by: Sarah Loring Bailey

Hardcover. Andover MA, Andover Historical Society, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound in dark green cloth, 626 pages and illustrated with photos. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1880 edition. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 386635

Price: $50.00 
Quantity:

The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 11 by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 11
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XI in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 360 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, dj flap copy pasted inside front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386592

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Ideaby: Reuven Firestone

Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea
by: Reuven Firestone

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 365 pages. Holy war, sanctioned or even commanded by God, is a common and recurring theme in the Hebrew Bible. Rabbinic Judaism, however, largely avoided discussion of holy war in the Talmud and related literatures for the simple reason that it became dangerous and self-destructive. Reuven Firestone's Holy War in Judaism is the first book to consider how the concept of ''holy war'' disappeared from Jewish thought for almost 2000 years, only to reemerge with renewed vigor in modern times. The revival of the holy war idea occurred with the rise of Zionism. As the necessity of organized Jewish engagement in military actions developed, Orthodox Jews faced a dilemma. There was great need for all to engage in combat for the survival of the infant state of Israel, but the Talmudic rabbis had virtually eliminated divine authorization for Jews to fight in Jewish armies. Once the notion of divinely sanctioned warring was revived, it became available to Jews who considered that the historical context justified more aggressive forms of warring.

Record # 386927

Price: $60.00 
Quantity:

Dateline Soweto: Travels With Black South African Reportersby: Finnegan, William

Dateline Soweto: Travels With Black South African Reporters
by: Finnegan, William

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 244 pages. The author spent 6 weeks with a courageous and devoted group of black reporters from the Johannesburg Star. This book focuses on the dilemma of these men and women caught between the militant black community, the police who harass them mercilessly, and their white editors who, fearful of the truth and wary of government disapproval, sometimes refuse to print the stories the reporters risked their lives to get. Clean copy.

Record # 374683

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (SIGNED COPY)by: Anderson, M.T.

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (SIGNED COPY)
by: Anderson, M.T.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 456 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. In September 1941, Adolf Hitlers Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history-almost three years of bombardment and starvation. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, writing a symphony to rouse, rally, eulogize, and commemorate his fellow citizens: the Leningrad Symphony. This is the true story of a city under siege, the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power-and layered meaning-of music in beleaguered lives. Symphony for the City of the Dead is a masterwork thrillingly told and impeccably researched by National Book Award-winning author M. T. Anderson. Signed copy sticker on front cover, otherwise like new.

Record # 387311

Price: $40.00 
Quantity:

Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manilaby: James M. Scott

Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
by: James M. Scott

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 635 pages. The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific. "What Iris Chang did for our understanding of the Rape of Nanking, James M. Scott has now done for the Battle of Manila. Here is a sweeping tale of frenzied fighting and heartbreaking devastation, written by a meticulous historian who has unflinchingly probed the truth of this largely forgotten episode from the Pacific." Clean copy.

Record # 387539

Price: $25.00 
Quantity:

Theodore Roosevelt and the Art of Controversy: Episodes of the White House Years by: Willard B. Gatewood Jr.

Theodore Roosevelt and the Art of Controversy: Episodes of the White House Years
by: Willard B. Gatewood Jr.

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with mild fading to spine, 294 pages. Essays that examine seven disputes which Roosevelt created, fell into or searched out during his White House years. Clean copy.

Record # 387761

Price: $12.00 
Quantity:

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977-1981 (SIGNED COPY)by: Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977-1981 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st Ltd Ed., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Burgundy cloth, gilt spine and front facsimile signature; signed by author in black ink to limitation page, copy #310/500; 2 sections of black & white photographs; tan paper covered slipcase. Zbigniew Brzezinski was a political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966-1968 and held the position of United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. Clean, bight copy.

Record # 387775

Price: $70.00 
Quantity:

The Bloodybacks: The British Serviceman in North America and the Caribbean 1655-1783 by: Hargreaves, Reginald

The Bloodybacks: The British Serviceman in North America and the Caribbean 1655-1783
by: Hargreaves, Reginald

Hardcover. London , Rupert Hart=Davis, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light edgewear, 365 pages. An informal military history of the North American continent. The two major campaigns covered being the war with France for the possession of Canada & the American War of Independence. Service discipline in the British Army meant a bloody back, hence the nickname for the soldiers of the time. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387889

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Leicester Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond the Myths by: William J. Powers

Leicester Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond the Myths
by: William J. Powers

Softcover. Rutland VT, Academy Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 203 pages, b&w illustrations. A factual 200 year journey set on Vermont's remote Silver Lake. Clean copy.

Record # 396272

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

History of Jefferson County in the State of New York, From the Earliest Period to the Present Timeby: Hough, Franklin B,

History of Jefferson County in the State of New York, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by: Hough, Franklin B,

Albany NY, Joel Munsell, 1st, 1854, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Contemporary blind-stamped dark brown cloth. Frontispiece and full page plates with tissue guards plus text illustrations. 601 pages. Mild to moderate foxing thoughout. Binding sound, top of spine worn with chipping to cloth. A few dog-eared/creased pages.

Record # 380696

Price: $150.00 
Quantity:

Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy and Radical Religionby: Garry Wills

Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy and Radical Religion
by: Garry Wills

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 272 pages. Mr. Wills takes the disarray of the Catholic Church as a model of institutional breakdown, tracing parallel agonies in church and state... He asks whether life can rise again from our institutional ruins, and finds promising signs of this, not only among Catholic "prophets" but Protestant and Jewish ones as well." Name on front leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396390

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Men O'War: The Illustrated Story of Life in Nelson's Armyby: Goodwin, Peter

Men O'War: The Illustrated Story of Life in Nelson's Army
by: Goodwin, Peter

Hardcover. Carlton Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, illustrated throughout with numerous plates in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 455119

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing the Boston Town Records 1758 to 1769 by: N/A

A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing the Boston Town Records 1758 to 1769
by: N/A

Hardcover. Boston, City Registrar's Office of Boston, MA, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Sixteenth Report of the Record Commissioners, 344 pages. Minor wear, chipping to spine cloth, gilt decorated binding. Special topics considered during this time period included "Schools, Inns, Faneuil-Hall Market, the Fire of 1760, Inoculation, Long Wharf, and Beacon Hill", plus the approval of Hancock's Hospital, etc. Name on blank prelim page, otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 396474

Price: $35.00 
Quantity:

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD: by: Edward Penfield (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD:
by: Edward Penfield (Illust.)

NY, P F Collier & Son, Book: Very Good, Illustration in 2-colors of Benjamin Franklin selling books door-to-door by Edward Penfield.. Colliers, 8/22/1925. "Franklin learned the secret for himself-" 10 X 13". PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382621

Price: $15.00 
used 
1126841:+:0
Quantity:

The Origins of Political Stability: England 1675-1725 by: Plumb, J. H.

The Origins of Political Stability: England 1675-1725
by: Plumb, J. H.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 206 pages. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396489

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Histoire D'Arlon (FRENCH ED.)by: Bertrang, A.

Histoire D'Arlon (FRENCH ED.)
by: Bertrang, A.

Softcover. FR, Arlon, 2nd, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 462 pages. Softcover with light wear to edges. French text. Spine shows some wear.

Record # 368275

Price: $25.00 
Quantity:

The Civil War: A Narrative. Volume 3. Red River to Appomattox by: Foote, Shelby

The Civil War: A Narrative. Volume 3. Red River to Appomattox
by: Foote, Shelby

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The Civil War: A Narrative. In the third -- and last -- volume of this vivid history, Foote brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife which altered American life forever. Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the field of battle, which finally decided the fate of this nation. "Red River to Appomattox" opens with the beginning of the two final, major confrontations of the war: Grant against Lee in Virginia, and Sherman pressing Johnston in North Georgia. While the Virginia-Georgia fighting is in progress, Kearsarge sinks the Alabama and Forrest gains new laurels at Brice's Crossroads.With Grant and Lee deadlocked at Petersburg, Sherman takes Atlanta -- assuring Lincoln's reelection, together with the certainty that the war will be fought (not negotiated) to a finish. These events are followed by Hood's bold northward strike through middle Tennessee while Sherman sets out on his march to the sea, to be opposed at its end by the ghost of the Army of Tennessee. Endpaper maps. First published in 1974, this appears to be a reprint (no price on dust jacket). Newspaper obituary of Foote laid in. Clean copy.

Record # 396588

Price: $45.00 
Quantity:

The Doolittle Raid: America's daring first strike against Japanby: Carroll V. Glines

The Doolittle Raid: America's daring first strike against Japan
by: Carroll V. Glines

Hardcover. NY, Orion/Crown, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Recaptures the World War II bombing raid over Tokyo under the command of Lt. Col. "Jimmy" Doolittle and the incredible seek-and-destroy mission that he and other American pilots endured after the bombing.

Record # 374052

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

The New Nationalismby: Theodore Roosevelt /Introduction by Ernest Hamlin Abbott

The New Nationalism
by: Theodore Roosevelt /Introduction by Ernest Hamlin Abbott

Hardcover. NY, The Outlook Company, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright red cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, 268 pages. Collects speeches made by Roosevelt in August and September 1910 on his tour of the United States, in which he espoused his political platform of social welfare and opposition to corporate political power. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise a clean, sharp copy.

Record # 396906

Price: $60.00 
Quantity:

How to See Boston: A Trustworthy Guide Bookby: Moses King (Ed.)

How to See Boston: A Trustworthy Guide Book
by: Moses King (Ed.)

Hardcover. Boston, Macullar Parker & Co., 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages with 250 photographs and maps, including a color fold-out map in rear. Blue cloth with bright gilt on front cover. Previous owner's inscription opposite title page.

Record # 404493

Price: $100.00 
Quantity:

The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak by: Louchheim, Katie

The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak
by: Louchheim, Katie

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket with sunning to spine, 368 pages. There has never been a phenomenon in American life to equal the invasion of Washington by the young New Dealers, hundreds of men and women still in their twenties and thirties, brilliant and dedicated, trained in the law, economics, public administration, technology, pouring into public life to do nothing less than restructure American society. They proposed new programs, drafted legislation, staffed the new agencies. They were active in the Administration, the Congress, the courts, the news media. They fanned out all over America to discover the facts, plan ways of easing the pain of their foundering country, and report on the results. Many of them went on to be rich, famous, and powerful, but their early experience in Washington was perhaps the most inspiriting of their lives. Katie Louchheim was among those who arrived in Washington in the 1930s, and being a keen writer as well as the wife of a member of the SEC, she had a front-row seat for the spectacle of social progress. Now, a half-century later, she has gathered reminiscences from her old friends and colleagues, interviewed others, and woven them together into a lively, informal word-picture of that exciting time. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397267

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Russia Abroad: A Cultural History of the Russian Emigration, 1919-1939by: Raeff, Marc

Russia Abroad: A Cultural History of the Russian Emigration, 1919-1939
by: Raeff, Marc

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 239 pages. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy. The dramatic events of the twentieth century have often led to the mass migration of intellectuals, professionals, writers, and artists. One of the first of these migrations occurred in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, when more than a million Russians were forced into exile. With this book, Marc Raeff, one of the world's leading historians of Russia, offers the first comprehensive cultural history of the "Great Russian Emigration." He examines the social and institutional structure of the emigration and describes its rich cultural and intellectual life. He points out that what distinguishes this emigration from other such episodes in European history is the extent to which the emigres succeeded in reconstituting and preserving their cultural creativity in the West. The flourishing Russian communities of Paris, Berlin, Prague and Kharbin not only enriched Russian arts and letters, but also significantly influenced the culture of their Western hosts, and Raeff concludes with an assessment of their impact on the development of modern Western and Soviet culture.

Record # 453511

Price: $60.00 
Quantity:

Long Island Genealogies Families of Albbertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, Bowne, Carman, Carr, Clowes, Cock, Cornelius, Covert, Dean, Doughty,.of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L. I.,1688 by:

Long Island Genealogies Families of Albbertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, Bowne, Carman, Carr, Clowes, Cock, Cornelius, Covert, Dean, Doughty,.of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L. I.,1688
by:

Hardcover. New England Historic Genealogical Society, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue buckram with gilt lettering on spine, A photocopy of the 1895 edition. 353 pages.

Record # 397424

Price: $20.00 
Quantity:

The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedomby: Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom
by: Arthur M. Schlesinger

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth stamped in red and brown. Foreword by the author. Schlesinger's scarce third book, in which he argues for a balanced political middle ground between the views of conservatives and progressives and off the road to totalitarianism. Ex- lib, dj flap copy pasted to blank prelim page. Some light soil and pencil marking to endpapers, Clean internally.

Record # 375190

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

The Colonial Legacy: Vol. II: Some Eighteenth-Century Commentators by: Leder, Lawrence H. (Ed.)

The Colonial Legacy: Vol. II: Some Eighteenth-Century Commentators
by: Leder, Lawrence H. (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 228 pages. Articles on Thomas Clap, William Douglas, Archibald Kennedy, William Livingston, Thomas Jeffreys, Samuel Smith, John Adams, and Mercy Warren. Volume 2 only. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397473

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The: Complete 8 Volume Setby: Gibbon, Edward

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The: Complete 8 Volume Set
by: Gibbon, Edward

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 15th Printing, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 8 volume hardcover set in 2 slipcases, illustrations throughout. Minor edge wear and slipcase rub, otherwise, all very clean and tight.

Record # 854172

Price: $120.00 
Quantity:

Adams and Jefferson: The Story of a Friendshipby: Allison, John Murray

Adams and Jefferson: The Story of a Friendship
by: Allison, John Murray

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 2nd pr., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 349 pages. Dual biography of two authors of the Declaration of Indepenence, their subsequent feud, and reconciliation. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397547

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

Year of Crisis, Year of Hope: Russian Jewry and the Pogroms of 1881-1882by: Berk, Stephen M.

Year of Crisis, Year of Hope: Russian Jewry and the Pogroms of 1881-1882
by: Berk, Stephen M.

Hardcover. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 231 pages. Clean, bright copy. Hardcover, no dust jacket.

Record # 607860

Price: $70.00 
Quantity:

Memories of a Mountain Town (Lincoln, Vermont)-A Bi-Centennial Commemorative Collection of Old Photographs Contributed by Her People 1780-2007by: Norton, Linda/Genevi

Memories of a Mountain Town (Lincoln, Vermont)-A Bi-Centennial Commemorative Collection of Old Photographs Contributed by Her People 1780-2007
by: Norton, Linda/Genevi

Softcover. Lincoln VT, Lincoln Bi-Centennial Committee, reprint, 2007, Softcover. Fold-out map in rear of book. Many b&w photographs, made by new negatives and reprinted old photographs by David Brown. Section A "Memories of a Mountain Town," published 1976 / Section B: "Lincoln Vermont, 1780-1980 published 1980 / Section C: "Lincoln Entering the 21st Century," published 2007.

Record # 397759

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

Lasting Friendships: A Century of Friendship Sloops by: Walsh, T. B. R.; Stanley, Ralph W.

Lasting Friendships: A Century of Friendship Sloops
by: Walsh, T. B. R.; Stanley, Ralph W.

Hardcover. Friendship ME, Friendship Sloop Society], 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards in 2-colors, 209 pages. Originally developed in the late 1800s as a working boat and fishing platform, the Friendship sloop has survived as a type and has become recognized as an American sailing classic. This is the story of a family of boats and how they weathered more than a century of change and transition, and why they still have a passionate following today. With hundreds of photographs, both contemporary and historical, sidebars from multiple authors Uncommon hardcover edition. No dj issued.

Record # 379554

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

At the Dragon's Gate: With the OSS in the Far East by: Fenn, Charles

At the Dragon's Gate: With the OSS in the Far East
by: Fenn, Charles

Hardcover. Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 226 pages. Fenn's skill as a spy is matched by his talent as a storyteller, and this witty, elegantly written account of his OSS days not only adds to the historical record, it makes for a compelling read. Clean copy.

Record # 397908

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

Shock at the Frontby: Porter, William Townsend

Shock at the Front
by: Porter, William Townsend

Hardcover. Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Green boards,gilt title box and title on front cover and spine. 151 pages plus ads, rough cut foredges. The effects and treatment of traumatic shock after World War I written by s physician who was there. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 373654

Price: $50.00 
Quantity:

In the Deep Heart's Core Reflections on Life Letters and Texas by: Clifford, Craig Edward

In the Deep Heart's Core Reflections on Life Letters and Texas
by: Clifford, Craig Edward

Hardcover. College Station TX, Texas A&M University, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth, 145 pages. The subjects of Craig Clifford's ruminations range from Willie Nelson to Walter Prescott Webb, from German philosophers to an Irish immigrant out to save the American West, and in them Clifford voices the concerns of a new generation of Texans and other earthlings. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 398072

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

Soldiers Blue and Gray (SIGNED COPY)by: Robertson, James I., Jr.; Connelly, Thomas L. (editor)

Soldiers Blue and Gray (SIGNED COPY)
by: Robertson, James I., Jr.; Connelly, Thomas L. (editor)

Hardcover. Columbia SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 278 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. "Drawing upon hundreds of obscure and hard-to-find sources, the author has produced a fresh, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking chronicle of what it was like to be a participant in the most intense war the world had ever seen up to that time." Clean copy.

Record # 381703

Price: $12.00 
Quantity:

A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)by: John Disturnell

A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)
by: John Disturnell

Hardcover. NY, J. Disturnell, 1st, 1857, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River, together with all the principal places on its banks, from its source to its mouth (1857). Hardcover, original blind-stamped tan cloth, 364 pages + ads. 2 maps, one large fold-out in rear of the Valley of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Country, b&w engravings. Binding worn, clean, overall Good+.

Record # 398263

Price: $500.00 
Quantity:

Railroad Maps of North America The First Hundred Years by: Modelski, Andrew M.

Railroad Maps of North America The First Hundred Years
by: Modelski, Andrew M.

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers, 186 pages. Oblong folio, Numerous maps and illustrations, 5 in color. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 378103

Price: $25.00 
Quantity:

The Log of the Bon Homme Richard by: Jones, John Paul; Middlebrook, Louis F.

The Log of the Bon Homme Richard
by: Jones, John Paul; Middlebrook, Louis F.

Hardcover. Mystic CT, The Marine Historical Association, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in publisher's 1/4 cloth over boards, 61 pages. This log is 'herewith published for the fire time, and includes the "remarks" of the entire historic cruise from L'Orient, France August 14, to September 24, 1779--the day of her demise after the capture of H. M. S. Seraphis." This log is from the U. S. Naval Records and Library, Washington, D. C. This work includes Midshipman Fanning's account. Light soil to front cover, bookplate on inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 398534

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

Polynesian Seafaring:  A Disquisition on Prehistoric Celestial Navigation and the Nature of Seagoing Double Canoes with Illustrations Reproducing Original ... Observersby:

Polynesian Seafaring: A Disquisition on Prehistoric Celestial Navigation and the Nature of Seagoing Double Canoes with Illustrations Reproducing Original ... Observers
by:

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, with illustrations throughout. Dust jacket worn with rubbing and fade, price clipped, minor foxing on top edge, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 456874

Price: $20.00 
Quantity:

Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold Warby: Michael Dobbs

Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War
by: Michael Dobbs

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 418 pages, b&w illustrations. From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight, a riveting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace--but instead set the stage for a forty-four-year division of Europe into Soviet and western spheres of influence. After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their political alliance was rapidly fracturing. By the time the leaders met again in Potsdam in July 1945, Russians and Americans were squabbling over the future of Germany and Churchill was warning about an "iron curtain" being drawn down over the Continent. These six months witnessed some of the most dramatic moments of the twentieth century: the cataclysmic battle for Berlin, the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Churchill's electoral defeat, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. While their armies linked up in the heart of Europe, the political leaders maneuvered for leverage: Stalin using his nation's wartime sacrifices to claim spoils, Churchill doing his best to halt Britain's waning influence, FDR trying to charm Stalin, Truman determined to stand up to an increasingly assertive Soviet superpower.

Record # 381227

Price: $15.00 
Quantity:

The Adams Papers: Diary of Charles Francis Adams: Volume I January 1820-June 1825)/Volume II: July 1825 September 1829 Index (2 Volumes)by: Editor: L. H. Butterfield

The Adams Papers: Diary of Charles Francis Adams: Volume I January 1820-June 1825)/Volume II: July 1825 September 1829 Index (2 Volumes)
by: Editor: L. H. Butterfield

Softcover. NY, Atheneum , reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two paperback volumes, 469/514 pages. Mild wear to paper covers. Clean set.

Record # 379203

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

Vermont Lease Lands, Theby: Bogart, Walter Thompson

Vermont Lease Lands, The
by: Bogart, Walter Thompson

Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 457 pages, gray cloth covers with gilt lettering. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 409014

Price: $100.00 
Quantity:

Admirals All: The Story of Camp Merryweatherby: Rosalind Cobb Wiggins

Admirals All: The Story of Camp Merryweather
by: Rosalind Cobb Wiggins

Hardcover. Ipswich MA, Ipswich Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 66 pages. Illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. The lively history of the summer camp founded in the early 1900s in North Belgrade, Maine. Dust jacket with mild wear. otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 377852

Price: $30.00 
Quantity:

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by: Carol Leonnig

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by: Carol Leonnig

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 532 pages. The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6--by the Pulitzer Prize winner.

Record # 381305

Price: $20.00 
Quantity:

Dictators and Their Secret Police:Coercive Institutions and State Violence by: Greitens, Sheena Chestnut

Dictators and Their Secret Police:Coercive Institutions and State Violence
by: Greitens, Sheena Chestnut

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 325 pages. How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia - how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests, is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian power. ^ pages with dog earred crease, otherwise clean.

Record # 381735

Price: $18.00 
Quantity:

Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men's Christian Associations in the World War (2 volume set)by: Taft (Chairman), William Howar

Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men's Christian Associations in the World War (2 volume set)
by: Taft (Chairman), William Howar

Hardcover. New York, Association Press, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1: 636 pages. Volume 2: 664 pages. Hardcovers. Bound in maroon, gilt titles on spine, somewhat muted with age. Letter from Trustees of the War Fund, dated April 11, 1924, presenting volumes to previous owner (Gilbert Colgate), as well as original packing list enclosed in Volume 1. Full color fold-out maps throughout both books. Gutter cracked in a few spots, but both book's pages still completely intact. Pages slightly yellowed with age. In very good condition.

Record # 30664

Price: $50.00 
Quantity:


Page [ 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  17  |  18  |  19  |  20  |  21  |  22  |  23  |  24  |  25  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  |  30  |  31  |  32  |  33  ]
  
Sitemap

Primary Sidebar

Browsing is Arousing Online Bookstore: Used Books, Rare Books, Out of Print Books, Antiquarian Books, Arts, Photography, Children's, Illustrated Books, on-line, web, internet shopping

Search by Title, Author, or Keywords


See our INDEXED CATALOGS

Popular Search Catalogs

  • Agriculture
  • American History
  • Animals & Nature
  • Antiques & Collectibles
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Biography*
  • Black Studies
  • Building, Constuction, Engineering
  • Children's
  • Cooking & Food
  • Countries (World History)
  • Crafts
  • Economics
  • Fiction*
  • Film & Movies
  • Gardening
  • Graphic Arts
  • Health & Medicine
  • Illustrated
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Math & Physics
  • Mid-East
  • Military
  • Music
  • Mysteries*
  • Philosophy
  • Photography
  • Poetry *
  • Religion
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy*
  • Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Sports
  • Transportation
  • Travel
  • * Inventory in the thousands. Please search by author, title or subject.

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in