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Civilization and its Discontentsby: Freud, Sigmund

Civilization and its Discontents
by: Freud, Sigmund

Hardcover. NY, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 2nd pr., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in publisher's black cloth ruled in blind with faded gilt title on the spine. Top edge stained black. Stated second printing, October 1930 on the copyright page. Translated by Alice Riviere. Ownership signature in pencil by Gertrude Franchot Tone, women's rights activist with her pencil marking in text. Owner's small embossed stamp on front fly leaf.

Record # 383377

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Harpoon: The Story of a Whaling Voyageby: Dulles, Foster Rhea/Clifford Ashley

Harpoon: The Story of a Whaling Voyage
by: Dulles, Foster Rhea/Clifford Ashley

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in dark blue. 230 pages, color frontis and 20 b&w drawings by Clifford Ashley. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, darkening to cover edges, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 383652

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High Sheriff: Being the reminiscences of James Welch, former sheriff of Carroll County, New Hampshireby: Welch, James/ Marjory Gane Harkness, Lilian McGrew (Ed.)

High Sheriff: Being the reminiscences of James Welch, former sheriff of Carroll County, New Hampshire
by: Welch, James/ Marjory Gane Harkness, Lilian McGrew (Ed.)

Softcover. Tamworth NH, Tamworth Historical Society, 3rd pr, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 198 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 383815

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The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865 by: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865
by: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 313 pages plus index. Tan cloth boards that show minor fading to top, spine and light discoloration to back cover. Otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Generous selection of black and white illustrations. This copy also complete with both the fold-out maps that are often missing: (1) City of Richmond in 1861; and (2) Richmond-Petersburg Theatre of Operations. These ten chapters reconstitute, across an eighty-year gap, the everyday life of a capital city close behind the fighting fronts of a prolonged war. From records that originated close to the facts or in the midst of them--newspapers, advertisements, diaries, letters, stenographic reports of the time--Mr. Bill discloses how people lived on the home front of the Confederacy. He tells in abundant detail what the people did to amuse themselves, what rumors alternately exalted and depressed them, about what and whom they gossiped, what they found procurable in the black market and what it cost them.

Record # 383904

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Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs) by: Hampton, Stephen

Anti-Arminians: The Anglican Reformed Tradition from Charles II to George I (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs)
by: Hampton, Stephen

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 293 pages. A study of the Anglican Reformed tradition (often inaccurately described as Calvinist) after the Restoration. Hampton sets out to revise our picture of the theological world of the later Stuart period. Arguing that the importance of the Reformed theological tradition has frequently been underestimated, his study points to a network of conforming reformed theologians which included many of the most prominent churchmen of the age. Focussing particularlyon what these churchmen contributed in three hotly disputed areas of doctrine (justification, the Trinity and the divine attributes), he argues that the most significant debates in speculative theologyafter 1662 were the result of the Anglican Reformed resistance to the growing influence of continental Arminianism. Hampton demonstrates the strength and flexibility of the Reformed response to the developing Arminian school, and shows that the Reformed tradition remained a viable theological option for Anglicans well into the eighteenth century. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383962

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The Bonus Army: An American Epic by: Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen

The Bonus Army: An American Epic
by: Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. n the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, some forty-five thousand veterans of World War I descended on Washington, D.C., from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, and for two months they protested and rallied for their cause-an action that would have a profound effect on American history. Clean copy.

Record # 398746

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Daisy Dopp's Vermont by: Schumann, Elka (Ed.)

Daisy Dopp's Vermont
by: Schumann, Elka (Ed.)

Softcover. Brownington VT, Orleans County Historical Society, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 122 pages. Previous owner's name, embossed stamp on title pg. A charming, nostalgic portrait of Vermont through the eyes of Daisy Dopp, a beloved figure in the state's history, this book is a collection of anecdotes, illustrations, and historical details that capture the essence of Vermont's rural life and traditions. B&w drawings by Peter Schumann.

Record # 387908

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The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict, 1941-1945 by: Thorne, Christopher

The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict, 1941-1945
by: Thorne, Christopher

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 364 pages. The Second World War's Pacific conflict was one of the most complex in history. It embrioled peoples from opposite sides of the globe; it was fought in China, across the expanses of the Pacific, and in the jungles of Southeast Asia; and it was devastating in its consequences for civilians and servicemen alike. It saw the first use of atomic weapons, hastened the end of the Western empires in Asia, and marked America's rise to the position of the most powerful nation in the world. Christopher Thorne, whose previous studies of the war in the Pacific have become landmarks in the field, here weaves together both the entire network of international relations surrounding the war and the impact the war had on all the societies involved--Indian as well as American; Australian and New Zealand as well as Japanese; Korean, Chinese, and Southeast Asian as well as British, French, and Dutch. The Issue of War draws on material gathered over many years in the Far East, Western Europe, and the U.S.--material including wartime films, broadcasts, and newspapers,as well as countless private and offical papers. Representing a synthesis of military, diplomatic, economic, intellectual, and social history, it not only places the war in the context of developments before 1941, but illuminates various patterns that cut across the familiar distinctions between Asia and the West or between Japan and the Allies. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396341

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Socioeconomic History of Argentina 1776-1860by: Brown, Jonathan C.

Socioeconomic History of Argentina 1776-1860
by: Brown, Jonathan C.

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 302 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 405497

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The Ancient Engineers by: L. Sprague De Camp

The Ancient Engineers
by: L. Sprague De Camp

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket with fading to spine. 408 pages with b&w illustrations. Classic work by the famed science fiction author and engineer, providing a fascinating account of pyramids, aqueducts, catapults, fortifications, ships, and technology from the ancient world to the Renaissance. No First Edition indicated on copyright page so assumed early reprint.

Record # 385654

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Pelts and Palisades: The Story of Fur and Rivalry for Pelts in Early America by: Nathaniel C. Hale

Pelts and Palisades: The Story of Fur and Rivalry for Pelts in Early America
by: Nathaniel C. Hale

Hardcover. Richmind VA, Dietz Press, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 219 pages. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks. No dust jacket. Tan cloth covers with gilt stamping.Primarily covers the era of the early American fur trader, as typified by the white trader and the Indian beaver hunter. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 385622

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Life an Death in Templo Mayor by: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Life an Death in Templo Mayor
by: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Softcover. University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 138 pages, b&w illustrations. The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present a concise and well-supported development of this theme. Name on front fly leaf other wise clean.

Record # 385754

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Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe.by: Buisseret, David (editor)

Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe.
by: Buisseret, David (editor)

Hardcover. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages, color and b&w illustrations. This volume, a detailed survey of the political uses of cartography between 1400 and 1700 in Italy, France, England, Poland, Austria, and Spain, answers these questions: When did monarchs and ministers begin to perceive that maps could be useful in government? For what purposes were maps commissioned? How aCCU1rate and useful were they? How did cartographic knowledge strengthen the hand of government? The chapters offer new insights into the development of cartography and its role in European history. Light fading to areas of dj, no marking.

Record # 386029

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Doomed City, The: a Thrilling Taleby: Searight, Frank Thompson

Doomed City, The: a Thrilling Tale
by: Searight, Frank Thompson

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Laird & Lee, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated front cover. Photo illustrated throughout. Green cloth spine. Original binding with a touch of water staining on front cover right corner. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, doesn't affect text or images. Spine is becoming separated from coverboard, but still attached and repairable. "A vivid and realistic story graphically depicting San Fancisco's great fire."

Record # 99005

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Burma: The Longest War, 1941-1945by: Allen, Louis

Burma: The Longest War, 1941-1945
by: Allen, Louis

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive green boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W plates and maps; Large 8vo 9' - 10' tall; 686 pages; 'Allen's work deals primarily with the human elements of the forgotten war waged between the doomed empires of Great Britain and Japan in Southeast Asia between 1941 and 1945. The author's familiarity with Japanese sources enables him to strike a balance unusual in Western accounts. Allen's Japanese are as much prisoners of their culture as the British are of theirs. They are victims of incompetent command and inadequate logistics. They do not want to die, but their ready acceptance of death lends a special horror to Allen's descriptions of some of the century's most vicious fighting.' Clean bright copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 386371

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Farmland To Suburbia 1920-1960 by: Mitchell, Craig

Farmland To Suburbia 1920-1960
by: Mitchell, Craig

Softcover. New Jersey, Bergen County Board, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages. Volume six of a seven volume set on the history and heritage of Bergen County. Clean, like new..

Record # 386499

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Montcalm and Wolfe (2 Volume Set )by: Francis Parkman

Montcalm and Wolfe (2 Volume Set )
by: Francis Parkman

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprints, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcover volumes, blue cloth covers with bright gilt decoration on spines. and front covers. Top edge gilt. Both volumes with original blue CLOTH dust jackets. Illustrated Holiday Edition with 45 photogravure plates. Vol. 1. Chapters I-XV (xix, 529 pages) - Vol. 2. Chapters XVI-XXXII (xv, 562 pages). Clean bright set. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386659

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Methodus Curandi Febres Propriis Observationibus Superstructuraby: Sydenham, Thomae / Latham, R.G. (trans.) / Meynell, G.G. (intro.)

Methodus Curandi Febres Propriis Observationibus Superstructura
by: Sydenham, Thomae / Latham, R.G. (trans.) / Meynell, G.G. (intro.)

Hardcover. Folkestone UK, Winterdown Books, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 248 pages. Sydenham's first book on the treatment of fevers, has been reprinted since the 2nd edition of 1668 and has never been translated as a whole until this book. Text is in both Latin and English. The Latin text of the 1666 and 1668 editions with English translation from R.G. Latham (1848). Introduction, notes and index by G.G. Meynell. Limited to 275 copies. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386714

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Religion and The Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Studyby: R.H. Tawney

Religion and The Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study
by: R.H. Tawney

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & Co., reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 337 pages. In one of the true classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He tracks the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages, shedding light on the question of why Christianity continues to exert a unique role in the marketplace. In so doing, the book offers an incisive analysis of the morals and mores of contemporary Western culture. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is more pertinent now than ever, as today the dividing line between the spheres of religion and secular business is shifting, blending ethical considerations with the motivations of the marketplace. By examining the period that saw the transition from medieval to modern theories of social organization, Tawney clarifies the most pressing problems of the end of the century. In tough, muscular, richly varied prose, he tells an absorbing and meaningful story. And in his new introduction, which may well be a classic in its own right, Adam Seligman details Tawney's background and the current status of academic thought on these issues, and he provides a comparative analysis of Tawney with Max Weber that will at once delight and inform readers. Based on his Holland Memorial Lectures, 1922. Hinge cracked at title page. front end papers with bookplate, old ink price.

Record # 387893

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Revolution For The Hell Of Itby: Abbie Hoffman

Revolution For The Hell Of It
by: Abbie Hoffman

Softcover. NY, Thunder's Mouth Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 259 pages. While the supremely popular Steal This Book is a guide to living outside the establishment, Revolution for the Hell of It is a chronicle of Abbie Hoffman's radical escapades that doubles as a guidebook for today's social and political activist. Hoffman pioneered the use of humour, theatre, and shock value to drive home his points, and in Revolution for the Hell of It he gives firsthand accounts of his legendary adventures, from the activism that led to the founding of the Youth International Party,or Yippies!, to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ("a Perfect Mess") that resulted in his conviction as part of the Chicago Seven. Clean. bright copy.

Record # 374701

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Vermont in Quandary: 1763-1825 by: Chilton Williamson

Vermont in Quandary: 1763-1825
by: Chilton Williamson

Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 318 pages, b&w illustrations. Name on front fly leaf. A bright, clean copy with a tight binding.

Record # 387283

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The Land of the Crooked Treeby: U. P. Hedrick

The Land of the Crooked Tree
by: U. P. Hedrick

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 4th pr., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 350 pages. A history of the Little Traverse Bay on the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula. Text is illustrated with drawings and contains memoirs, memories, recollections, etc.

Record # 387557

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Views of Society and Manners in America by: Wright, Frances

Views of Society and Manners in America
by: Wright, Frances

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 292 pages. A look at early Federal society and government in an epistolatory format by a young Scottish woman on tour in America in the early 1800s. Edited by Paul R. Baker. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean

Record # 387766

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The Reinterpretation of Early American History: Essays in Honor of John Edwin Pomfret by: Billington, Ray Allen

The Reinterpretation of Early American History: Essays in Honor of John Edwin Pomfret
by: Billington, Ray Allen

Hardcover. San Marino CA, The Huntington Library, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, dark blue cloth in a lightly worn dust jacket, 264 pages. 'An expression of thanks from those he has benefited and contributing to our understanding of the colonial era which has been his lifetime interest."

Record # 387798

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A Man for All People: Hubert H. Humphrey (SIGNED COPY)by: Ralph G Martin

A Man for All People: Hubert H. Humphrey (SIGNED COPY)
by: Ralph G Martin

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unpaginated (about 100 pages), Introduction by Adlai E. Stevenson III. Illustrated from black and white photographs, cartoons by Al Capp, Pletcher, Dobbins, and Justus. INSCRIBED BY HUMPHREYon the front fly leaf. Dust jacket price-clipped, light edge wear, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387935

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Francesco II Gonzaga: The soldier-prince as patronby: Bourne, Molly

Francesco II Gonzaga: The soldier-prince as patron
by: Bourne, Molly

Softcover. Rome, Bulzoni Editore, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 700 pages, Color plates in rear section. Very good condition. Card wraps. Appendices appear to have original text from letters in Italian. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 379511

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Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, From 1848 to 1861... by: Helps, Arthur (Editor/ Queen Victoria

Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, From 1848 to 1861...
by: Helps, Arthur (Editor/ Queen Victoria

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages plus publisher's ads. ...to Which are Prefixed and Added Extracts From the Same Journal Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions. B/w illustrations throughout, including two facing frontispieces with tissue guard. Binding still quite good. Tanning and foxing throughout with other agewear appropriate for a book this old. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers and ID stamp on preliminary page. Dark red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and design on front cover, agewear (see image). From Editor's Preface: "During one of the Editor's official visits to Balmoral, her Majesty very kindly allowed him to see several extracts from her journal relating to excursions to the Highlands of Scotland...It...occurred to her Majesty that these extracts, referring as they did, to some of the happiest hours of her life, might be made into a book,..."

Record # 99193

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Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPYby: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPY
by: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Hardcover. Chicago, The Disabled Veterans of the World War, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes complete, 496 pages total. INSCRIBED BY MACKEY on title page. Matching hardcover volumes in blue striped moire cloth boards with silvered title and ornament on front; silvered ornament on spine. No dust jackets, as issued. Both books are crisp and clean and almost as new, with barely any wear at all. Interior pages are in fine condition, with page after page of photos and maps documenting the First World War and its aftermath. Produced by the Disabled Veterans of the World War, Department of Rehabilitation. Folio. The two volumes are numbers sequentially. Volume 2 concludes with a Pronouncing Dictionary of War Names and a bibliography. Very heavy-- about 12 pounds; will require substantial additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

Record # 408975

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Background for Radical Reconstruction Testimony taken from the Hearings of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction the Select Committee on the Memphis Riots and Massacres and the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots 1866 and 1867

Background for Radical Reconstruction Testimony taken from the Hearings of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction the Select Committee on the Memphis Riots and Massacres and the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots 1866 and 1867<

Softcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 182 pages. Name, old price on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396417

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From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williamsby: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams
by: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press , 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 405 pages, b&w illustrations. Gray cloth covers with blue decoration and lettering. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.

Record # 405825

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The Shadow War: European Resistance, 1939-1945by: Henri Michel

The Shadow War: European Resistance, 1939-1945
by: Henri Michel

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, 416 pages including index, bibliography and abbreviations. "The first adequately comprehensive history of the Resistance in Europe during Hitler's war to be published in any language." Name on frontfly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396477

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Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: The Spirit of Russiaby: Gibian, George

Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: The Spirit of Russia
by: Gibian, George

Hardcover. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1st ed., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 331 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Dust jacket has sticker on front flap. Dust jacket is also faded along spine with over all shelf wear. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855679

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The New Nationalism by: Snyder, Louis L.

The New Nationalism
by: Snyder, Louis L.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 387 pages. A study of nationalisms of the modern world on all continents. Includes Black Nationalism in Africa. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396494

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Devil's Own Work, The: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct Americaby: Schecter, Barnet

Devil's Own Work, The: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America
by: Schecter, Barnet

Hardcover. New York, Walker & Company , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 434 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has just a touch of shelf wear to very top of spine. In excellent shape. Binding tight, seems barely read. Clean and unmarked inside and out.

Record # 31130

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Pax Americanaby: Ronald Steel

Pax Americana
by: Ronald Steel

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 371 pages. After WW II the US acquired an empire - one that embraces much of the world in a network of military pacts, economic ties, and political commitments. Steel describes how this empire originated, how it grew, and why is has been incapable of defending America's real interests, or of spreading her humanitarian ideals to other nations. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396610

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Marco Polo's Silk Road: The Art of the Journey - An Italian at the Court of Kublai Khanby: N/A

Marco Polo's Silk Road: The Art of the Journey - An Italian at the Court of Kublai Khan
by: N/A

Hardcover. Watkins, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages. Marco Polo (c.1254-1324) was a Christian merchant from the Venetian Republic who learned about trading while his father and uncle were absent on an extended journey through Asia, which culminated in a visit with the great khan Kublai. In 1269 the brothers returned to Venice and met Marco for the first time. The three of them then embarked on a new journey to Asia and the court of the khan, returning after more than two decades to find Venice at war. Marco was imprisoned in Genoa, whereupon he dictated his romantic-sounding stories to a cellmate. The popularity of his account is a rare example of a success in publishing before the age of printing. Introduction by John Masefield.

Record # 374080

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The Boston Massacre: An Episode of Dissent and Violenceby: Hansen, Harry

The Boston Massacre: An Episode of Dissent and Violence
by: Hansen, Harry

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 191 pages, b&w illustrations. An unsparing account of the famous massacre of March 5, 1770, when a squad of British soldiers, called out to protect a sentry from a Boston mob, fired on civilians, killing 4, fatally wounding a fifth, and injuring 6 others. Was it a massacre, as Boston called it, or "the first battle of the American Revolution," as some writers styled it, or merely a street brawl, as the testimonies of witnesses seem to indicate? Whatever its character, it had great influence in consolidating colonial opposition to the British Government. This is the story of one of the most famous and controversial murder trials in American history, in which John Adams and Josiah Quince, Jr., confirmed patriots, toiled to get the soldiers acquitted to save Boston from retaliation, against the violent opposition of Samuel Adams, who wanted the soldiers convicted as murderers. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396910

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History of the City of Troy, from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of the Independence of the United States of America, 1876by: Wei

History of the City of Troy, from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of the Independence of the United States of America, 1876
by: Wei

Hardcover. Troy NY, William H. Young, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on inside front cover. Features black & white illustrations and fold-out maps. Short tear and wrinkle along bottom of fold-out map ('View from corner of Second & Congress Streets 1824') between pages 144-145. Leather covers with rubbing and peeling along edges. Bit of chipping to title label on spine. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613007

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Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945 by: Dallek, Robert

Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945
by: Dallek, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 657 pages. Robert Dallek vigorously and convincingly defends Roosevelt's foreign policy. He emphasizes how Roosevelt operated as a master politician in maintaining a national consensus for his foreign policy throughout his presidency and how he brilliantly achieved his policy and military goals. Name on half-title page otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 397275

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Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in Americaby: Giles Milton

Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
by: Giles Milton

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 358 pages. A riveting historical mystery of Colonial America. In April, 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans, "savages," had made her their weroanza-a word that meant "big chief." The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and by her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattoed face and otter-skin cloak had caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1857, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor, along with more than 100 English men, women and children.In 1590, a supply ship arrived at the colony to discover that the settlers had vanished. For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony were frustrated by the mighty chieftain, Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, who vowed to drive the English out of America. Only when it was too late did the settlers discover the incredible news that Ralegh's colonists had survived in the forests for almost two decades before being slaughtered in cold blood by Powhatan's henchmen. Clean copy.

Record # 396691

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Vermonters: Oral Histories from Down Country to the Northeast Kingdomby: Strickland, Ron

Vermonters: Oral Histories from Down Country to the Northeast Kingdom
by: Strickland, Ron

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 186 pages, b&w illustrations. Warm, wonderfully entertaining accounts by a general store proprietor, a basket weaver, a gravedigger, a town gadfly, and 34 others reveal how time-honored traditions are carried on in spite of the inroads of the 20th century. As colorful as the state's autumn hues, and, in the matter of opinions, as obdurate as mountain granite, these recollections are accompanied by candid portraits. Clean copy.

Record # 397440

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Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowoutby: Cavnar, Bob

Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
by: Cavnar, Bob

Softcover. White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 230 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459044

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Most Uncommon Jacksonians: The Radical Leaders of the Early Labor Movement by: Edward Pessen

Most Uncommon Jacksonians: The Radical Leaders of the Early Labor Movement
by: Edward Pessen

Hardcover. Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and tanned dust jacket, 208 pages with index. This book attempts to throw new light on that early labor movement, mainly by answering the questions that modern critics have raised concerning its authenticity, but the major concern of the volume is with the labor leaders' views regarding American society. If these were uncommon labor leaders, they were also uncommon Jacksonians. At a time when the mass of Americans seemed to be engaged in a frenzied contest for material gain, and increasingly optimistic about their chances, the labor leaders stood apart both from the pursuit of the main chance and from its moralistic critics. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 397476

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Fifty Years on the Mississippi: Gould's History of River Navigationby: Gould, E.W.

Fifty Years on the Mississippi: Gould's History of River Navigation
by: Gould, E.W.

Hardcover. Columbus, OH, Lion's College Book, reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 750 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner bookplate on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 369293

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The Completion Of Independence 1790-1830 by: Krout, John Allen / Fox, Dixon Ryan

The Completion Of Independence 1790-1830
by: Krout, John Allen / Fox, Dixon Ryan

Softcover. Chicago, Quadrangle, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 487 pages. This "Early National" period, one of yearning adolescence in the life of the nation, is the subject of this study which shows how the United States went about winning economic and cultural independence from Europe to match the political emancipation gained by the Revolution.

Record # 397588

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Religious Revolt in the XVIIth Century: The Schism of the Russian Churchby: Lupinin, Nickolas

Religious Revolt in the XVIIth Century: The Schism of the Russian Church
by: Lupinin, Nickolas

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Kingston Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 227 pages, bibliography and index. A scarce scholarly history. Slight sunning to dust jacket spine, otherwise like new, clean and tight.

Record # 402961

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Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asiaby: Herzstein, Robert E.

Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia
by: Herzstein, Robert E.

Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 346 pages, b&w photographs. This book shows how Henry Robinson Luce used his famous magazines to advance his interventionist agenda in Cold War China, Korea, Japan, and above all, Vietnam. This is the first balanced work on Luce and his influence, using hitherto undiscovered or inaccessible sources. Luce saw the American Century as the heir to the fading British Empire; he failed to see the hubris and cultural blindness that would lead to disaster in Vietnam - a disaster for which his magazines paved the way. Remainder mark on top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 397819

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Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century by: Ruth Milkman

Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century
by: Ruth Milkman

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages. Behind all of the statistics on downsizing, the shrinking of our industrial base, and the folly of short-sighted management is the human drama of working women and men and their unions, struggling for dignity, fairness, and security. In Farewell to the Factory, Ruth Milkman tells us the stories of workers in a New Jersey auto plant. Milkman's scholarship makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on restoring the American Dream for working families. Clean copy.

Record # 374296

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Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43by: Feuer, A.B.

Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43
by: Feuer, A.B.

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers -- for the most part, Australian civilians -- monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs. Clean copy.

Record # 397911

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Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXV & Volume XXVIby: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXV & Volume XXVI
by: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1905 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1905 and 1906) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1905: 382 pages plus 13 full-page b&w plates and 1 color fold-out. Part two for 1906: 303 pages plus 16 b&w and 2 color plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.

Record # 405368

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