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Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World beyond Asia (Cold War International History Project)by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Behind the Bamboo Curtain: China, Vietnam, and the World beyond Asia (Cold War International History Project)
by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 559 pages. "Behind the Bamboo Curtain is an important collection of essays on Sino-Vietnamese relations during the Cold War An excellent contribution from a Vietnamese historian and well-documented chapters on Soviet and French policy further augment the importance of the volume. The contributors make extensive use of primary documents from the United States, the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, and Russia and offer authoritative analyses." -- The Journal of Cold War Studies. Claen, unread copy.

Record # 378773

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Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXXV & Volume XXXVIby: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXXV & Volume XXXVI
by: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1915 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1915 and 1916) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1915: 290 pages plus 9 full-page b&w plates. Part two for 1916: 417 pages plus 9 b&w plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine. Chip to calf at top of spine.

Record # 405366

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Schliemann's Excavationsby: Schuchhardt, Dr. C.

Schliemann's Excavations
by: Schuchhardt, Dr. C.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Plus index. Hardcover with moderate edge wear to cover boards. Many b&w illust, fold-out plates. Previous owner's signature half-title pg. Moderate foxing to pages.

Record # 354196

Price: $150.00 
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Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Softcover. Burlington VT, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.

Record # 353637

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Before the Revolution: Russia and Its People Under the Czarby: Kyril Fitzlyon, Tatiana Browning

Before the Revolution: Russia and Its People Under the Czar
by: Kyril Fitzlyon, Tatiana Browning

Hardcover. NY, The Overlook Press, 2nd pr., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 203 pages. A pictorial survey with over 300 rare b&w photos. Clean copy.

Record # 374122

Price: $15.00 
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Admirals of the Caribbeanby: Hart, F.R.G.S., Francis Russell

Admirals of the Caribbean
by: Hart, F.R.G.S., Francis Russell

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 203 pages. Tan and black cover with illustration. Some fraying on edges and spine. Title on spine label slightly chipped away. Small stain on back cover. Pages untrimmed. Some foxing Inside, but otherwise crisp, clean and contains b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852454

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Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisisby: Wilford, Timothy

Canada's Road to the Pacific War: Intelligence, Strategy, and the Far East Crisis
by: Wilford, Timothy

Softcover. Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 286 pages, b&w illustrations. In December 1941, Japan attacked multiple targets in the Far East and the Pacific, including Canadian battalions in Hong Kong. This intriguing account of Canadian intelligence gathering and strategic planning on the eve of the crisis dispels the assumption that the Allies were totally unprepared for war. Canadians worked closely with their US and Allied counterparts to uncover Japan's intentions and to develop a strategic plan for defence. By highlighting Canada's role as a Pacific power, this book sheds new light both on the Pacific War and on events that led to the creation of the Grand Alliance. Clean copy.

Record # 379719

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Two Centuries of Cornwall Life (SIGNED COPY)by: Sanford, Beulah M.

Two Centuries of Cornwall Life (SIGNED COPY)
by: Sanford, Beulah M.

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Sharp Printing, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 111 pages SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title-page. Wear to top rear edge. Translucent dust wrapper with some chipping.

Record # 508929

Price: $120.00 
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Roman Trier and the Treveriby: Wightman, Edith  Mary

Roman Trier and the Treveri
by: Wightman, Edith Mary

Hardcover. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 320 pages. 49 plates & illustrations + 8 maps. The story of the Treveri, a Gaulish tribe encountered in the pages of Julius Caesar (to whom they caused considerable trouble), tracing from historical and archaeological sources the many changes caused by the process of Romanization. Clean, in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 415166

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Troja: Results of the Latest Researched and Discoveries on the Site of Homer's Troy, 1882 by: Schliemann, Heinrich

Troja: Results of the Latest Researched and Discoveries on the Site of Homer's Troy, 1882
by: Schliemann, Heinrich

Hardcover. NY, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth. Black and gilt spine lettering. 433 pages + plates, Facsimile reprint of the original 1884 edition. (issued without dust jacket). Includes notes, appendices & index. The German archaeologist's great discovery of Homer's Troy. Clean copy.

Record # 374652

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Nevada Ghost Town and Mining Camps: Illustrated Atlasby: Paher. Stanley

Nevada Ghost Town and Mining Camps: Illustrated Atlas
by: Paher. Stanley

Hardcover. Nevada Publications, 1st, June 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 208 pages, b&w photographs and maps throughout. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452708

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Log of a Forty-Niner, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Russ, Carolyn Hale

Log of a Forty-Niner, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Russ, Carolyn Hale

Hardcover. Boston, B. J. Brimmer Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Rare, limited edition, one of 155 copies signed. 183 pages, b&w illustrations. Green covers w/ light wear to corners, top of spine. Top edge gilt. Soiling to title sticker on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850767

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March to Saratoga: General Burgoyne and the American Campaign, 1777by: Bird, Harrison

March to Saratoga: General Burgoyne and the American Campaign, 1777
by: Bird, Harrison

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 300 pages, with illustrations and maps. Dust jacket edge wear and rubbing, minor fading along edges, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853929

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Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murderby: Alotta, Robert I.

Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murder
by: Alotta, Robert I.

Hardcover. San Rafael, CA, Presidio Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. A touch of foxing to top edge, otherwise clean inside and out. In great shape.

Record # 31088

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The Tercentenary Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlain and Vermontby: N/A

The Tercentenary Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlain and Vermont
by: N/A

Softcover. Montpelier VT, Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of Vermont, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Flexible beige cloth covers, 167 pages plus pages of Press Comments. B&w illustrations. Museum bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 398711

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Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage, and Final Appraisal by: Wallin, V. Adm. Homer

Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage, and Final Appraisal
by: Wallin, V. Adm. Homer

Hardcover. Washington DC, GPO, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and insignia in gilt on front. B&w illustrations, 377 pages. First printing of first edition. Related article pasted to front endpapers, Book covers and interior bright and clean. Foreword by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller. Homer Norman Wallin (December 6, 1893 - March 6, 1984) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, best known for his salvage of ships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1941, Captain Wallin became material officer for commander, Battle Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and was serving in that position when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was placed in charge of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Salvage Division. Through most of 1942, he directed the Pearl Harbor ship salvage effort, a huge task that enabled the navy to recover the use of three sunken battleships.

Record # 374157

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Rebel War Clerk's Diary, A (Volume 1) (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Jones, John B.

Rebel War Clerk's Diary, A (Volume 1) (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Jones, John B.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 392 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372360

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The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker and of the Building of the Central Pacific Railroad by: Oscar Lewis

The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker and of the Building of the Central Pacific Railroad
by: Oscar Lewis

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A.Knopf, 9th pr., 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt design.418 pages plus index, b&w illustrations. Lengthy and insightful history of Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins and Huntington (the "Big Four" of the title) along with the unsung Judah and Colton, along with their wives and families, and how their drive to establish and maintain monopolistic control of transportation to the West shaped California, for better or for worse. Their practices are the pinnacle of free-market capitalism at its best, or the nadir of obstructionist capitalism at its worst. Clean copy.

Record # 382020

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Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by: Goldsworthy, Adrian

Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
by: Goldsworthy, Adrian

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 528 pages, b&w illustrations. A groundbreaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace from one of the leading historians of the ancient world, Clean copy

Record # 379111

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History of Vermont: With Descriptions Physical and Topographicalby: Beckley, Rev. Hosea

History of Vermont: With Descriptions Physical and Topographical
by: Beckley, Rev. Hosea

Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, George H. Salisbury, 1st, 1846, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 396 pages, embossed brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. The cloth along the spine has some wear and fraying, some color fade to cloth on spine and edges, previous owner's signature on inside front cover. The title page has a small piece at top cut away, the front fly leaf has the top corner chipped off. Internally the pages are clean and bright.

Record # 405466

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Northern Protest: Martin Luther King Jr., Chicago and the Civil Rights Movement (SIGNED COPY)by: Ralph Jr., James R.

Northern Protest: Martin Luther King Jr., Chicago and the Civil Rights Movement (SIGNED COPY)
by: Ralph Jr., James R.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 338 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. After the triumphs of Montgomery and Selma, Martin Luther King, Jr., rallied his forces and headed north. The law was on his side, the nation seemed to be behind him, the crusade for civil rights was rapidly gathering momentum--and then, in Chicago, heartland of America, the movement stalled. What happened? This book is the first to give us the full story--a vivid account of how the Chicago Freedom Movement of 1965-1967 attempted to combat northern segregation. Northern Protest captures this new kind of campaign for civil rights at a fateful turning point, with effects that pulse through the nation's race relations to the day. James Ralph has written the fullest and most perceptive account yet to appear of the 1966 civil-rights campaign in Chicago, a crucial event in the history of the movement. Clean copy.

Record # 381642

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Coburgs, The: The Story of the Rise of a Great Royal Houseby: D'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Coburgs, The: The Story of the Rise of a Great Royal House
by: D'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Hardcover. New York, James Pott & Co, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Red cloth covers, gilt titles and gilt embossed illustration to front, top edge gilt, tissue-protected b&w frontispiece, 16 b&w plates. Very light edgewear and rubbing to covers, spine lightly faded, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807630

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A BLOODY BUSINESSby: Dylan Struzan

A BLOODY BUSINESS
by: Dylan Struzan

Hardcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st , 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, colorful dust jacket with a retro-style illustration by the author. In 1919, the National Prohibition Act was passed, making it illegal across America to produce, distribute, or sell liquor. With this act, the U.S. Congress also created organized crime as we know it. Italian, Jewish, and Irish mobs sprang up to supply the suddenly illegal commodity to the millions of people still eager to drink it. Men like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, Dutch Schultz and Bugsy Siegel, Al Capone in Chicago and Nucky Johnson in Atlantic City, waged a brutal war for power in the streets and on the waterfronts. But if you think you already know this story...think again, since you've never seen it through the eyes of one the mobsters who lived it. Called "one of the most significant organized crime figures in the United States" by the U.S. District Attorney, Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was just 15 years old when Prohibition became law. Over the next decade, Alo would work side by side with Lansky and Luciano as they navigated the brutal underworld of bootlegging, thievery and murder. Alo's later career included prison time and the ultimate Mob tribute: being immortalized as "Johnny Ola" in The Godfather, Part II. Introduced to the 91-year-old Alo living in retirement in Florida, Dylan Struzan based this book on more than 50 hours of recorded testimony--stories Alo had never shared, and that he forbid her to publish until "after I'm gone." Alo died, peacefully, two months short of his 97th birthday. And now his stories--bracing and violent, full of intrigue and betrayal, hunger and hubris--can finally be told. With cover art and 24 interior illustrations by Drew Struzan, one of the most acclaimed movie poster painters of all time. Small remainder dot bottom edge, otherwise like new.

Record # 373230

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Vermont Century: Photographs & Essays from the Green Mountain Stateby: N/A

Vermont Century: Photographs & Essays from the Green Mountain State
by: N/A

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Times Argus, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Montpelier, VT, Times Argus, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Illustrated title page. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467675

Record # 467675

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The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki Ambush at Lovewell Pond 1725by: Kayworth Alfred E; Potvin Raymond G

The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki Ambush at Lovewell Pond 1725
by: Kayworth Alfred E; Potvin Raymond G

Softcover. Wellesley MA, Branden Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 276 pages, several b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY POTVIN on title page. Clean copy.

Record # 369671

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French Revolution of 1789, The: As Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions, In Two Volumesby: Abbott, John S. C.

French Revolution of 1789, The: As Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions, In Two Volumes
by: Abbott, John S. C.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two complete hardcover volumes, with numerous engravings, gilt top edge and title. Minor corner and edge wear, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, light edge fade, otherwise, unmarked and tight copy.

Record # 854301

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942 1943 Volume One of the Liberation Trilogyby: Atkinson, Rick

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942 1943 Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
by: Atkinson, Rick

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Illustrations. 18 maps. The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of miscalculation and incomparable courage, of calamity and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself.Opening with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algiers, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia.

Record # 381238

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A Rendezvous with Destiny: The Roosevelts of the White House by: Roosevelt, Elliott and Brough, James

A Rendezvous with Destiny: The Roosevelts of the White House
by: Roosevelt, Elliott and Brough, James

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 446 pages with index, b&w photos. Name on half-title page otherwise clean.

Record # 387902

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Rise of Modern Philosophy, Theby: Kenny, Anthony

Rise of Modern Philosophy, The
by: Kenny, Anthony

Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, First Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with light sunfade to bottom edge. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751106

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Dream of England, A: Landscape, Photography and the Tourist's Imaginationby: Taylor, john

Dream of England, A: Landscape, Photography and the Tourist's Imagination
by: Taylor, john

Softcover. Manchester, England, Manchester University Press, 1st Paperback Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good, has a crease at the top right corner of front cover. Pages clean and unmarked, edges have some light foxing/tanning. Binding tight. In great shape. This superbly-illustrated new book explores English society and its relationship to the landscape, as seen through photography and tourism over the last hundred years.

Record # 32386

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Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932by: Donald A. Ritchie

Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932
by: Donald A. Ritchie

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 274 pages. With the landmark election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, decades of Republican ascendancy gave way to a half century of Democratic dominance. It was nothing less than a major political realignment, as the direction of federal policy shifted from conservative to liberal-and liberalism itself was redefined in the process. Electing FDR is the first book in seventy years to examine in its entirety the 1932 presidential election that ushered in the New Deal. Award-winning historian Donald Ritchie looks at how candidates responded to the nation's economic crisis and how voters evaluated their performance. More important, he explains how the Democratic Party rebuilt itself after three successive Republican landslides: where the major shifts in party affiliation took place, what contingencies contributed to FDR's victory, and why the new coalition persisted as long as it did. Ritchie challenges prevailing assumptions that the Depression made Roosevelt's election inevitable. He shows that FDR came close to losing the nomination to contenders who might have run to the right of Hoover, and discusses the role of newspapers and radio in presenting the candidates to voters. He also analyzes Roosevelt's campaign strategies, recounting his attempts to appeal to disaffected voters of all ideological stripes, often by altering his positions to broaden his popularity. With the advent of the New Deal, Americans came to enjoy a wide federal safety net that provided everything from old age pensions to rural electricity-government innovations so embraced by voters that even later conservative presidents recognized their importance. Ritchie traces this legacy through the Reagan and Bush years, but he relates how FDR in 1932 was often vague about the specifics of his program and questions whether voters really knew what they were in for with the New Deal. Clean copy.

Record # 378794

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History of the Town of Rockingham Vermont 1753-1907 with Family Genealogiesby: Hayes, Lyman Simpson

History of the Town of Rockingham Vermont 1753-1907 with Family Genealogies
by: Hayes, Lyman Simpson

Hardcover. Bellows Falls,VT, Bell-Published, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Includes the villages of Bellows Falls, Saxton's River, Rockingham, Cambridgeport and Bartonsville. color frontis, folding maps, B&W illust. 850 pgs. Small crack to rear hinge otherwise VG. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

Record # 354185

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New York in the Revolution as Colony and State: A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the State Comptroller (Volumes 1 and 2)by: NA

New York in the Revolution as Colony and State: A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the State Comptroller (Volumes 1 and 2)
by: NA

Hardcover. Albany, J.B. Lyon Co., 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two large hardcover volumes. Vol. 1: 534 pages w/ index. Brown cloth w/ color decorative soldier design on front cover. Front and rear interior hinges cracked, but holding. Spine cloth chipped and missing 1/2" at top and bottom of spine. Cloth along spine with tears and some separations. Beginning of Separation at 2nd signature. Cover corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Gilt top edge. Interior clean,and unmarked. Vol. 2: 336 pages w/ index. Brown cloth w/ gilt lettering. Front interior hinge cracked, but holding. Rear interior hinge loose, but holding. Spine cloth chipped and missing 1/2" at top and bottom of spine. Cloth along spine with tears and some separations and narrow strips of cloth missing. Cover corners rubbed and bumped. Interior clean, and unmarked.

Record # 804474

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Arctic Passage: The Turbulent History of the Land and People of the Bering Sea 1697-1975by: Hunt, William R.

Arctic Passage: The Turbulent History of the Land and People of the Bering Sea 1697-1975
by: Hunt, William R.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 395 pages, b&w illustrations, Green cloth, silver title to spine. Tan, price-clipped dust jacket with light wear and foxing to edges and spine. Overall a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 606876

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British Costume During 19 Centuries (Civil and Ecclesiastical)by: Ashdown, Mrs. Charles H.

British Costume During 19 Centuries (Civil and Ecclesiastical)
by: Ashdown, Mrs. Charles H.

Hardcover. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Hardcover. Three-color decorated cloth cover boards. Gilt top edge. Some light fraying to top and bottom of spine. Pages offset, and some untrimmed. 9 full-page color illustrations, over 100 b/w illustrations, also 459 in-text illustrations. Some very light foxing and slight tanning to pages. History of English fashion through19th Centuries, including clergy, etc. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 99190

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Truro--Cape Cod: Or Land Marks and Sea Marks by: Rich, Shebnah

Truro--Cape Cod: Or Land Marks and Sea Marks
by: Rich, Shebnah

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering. 580 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Reprint of a book first published in 1883 on Boston by Lothrop. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 382545

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The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil Warby: John J. Pullen

The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War
by: John J. Pullen

Softcover. Dayton OH, Morningside Bookshop, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 338 pages, b&w illustrations. Reprint of 1957 Edition. "Mr. Pullen...has gone to the letters, diaries and memoirs of the participants with the thoroughness and care of a good historian...He can also describe battle action with much distinction, his account of the 20th's fight at Gettysburg is as good a piece of battle writing as you are likely to find anywhere." - Bruce Catton. Clean copy.

Record # 397524

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Oration, in Commemoration of the Birth of our Illustrious Washington, Pronounced at Windsor, February 24, 1812, Before the Washington Benevolent Societyby: Dunham, Jo

Oration, in Commemoration of the Birth of our Illustrious Washington, Pronounced at Windsor, February 24, 1812, Before the Washington Benevolent Society
by: Dunham, Jo

Hardcover. Windsor VT, Washington Benevolent Society, 1st, 1812, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages. Bound in brown leather covers. Stamp on cover with handwritten title. Related clippings mounted to inside front cover. Standard rubbing to leather. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610528

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Augustine of Hippo and His Monastic Ruleby: Lawless, George

Augustine of Hippo and His Monastic Rule
by: Lawless, George

Softcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st pbk, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 185 pages. The Rule of Augustine, the oldest monastic rule with Western origins, still provides inspiration for over 150 Christian communities. This account of Augustine's contributions to the monastic spirituality of the late Roman world and of his achievement as a monastic legislator fills a critical gap in Augustinian studies. Tracing Augustine's progress from a philosophical to a biblical spirituality and his development of a monastic ideal largely shaped by Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical influences, Lawless also discusses Augustine's renunciation of sexuality, property, and worldly ambition at his conversion as a foreshadowing of the future vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. In addition, he argues for the existence of a monastery at Thagaste from 388 to 391. This book includes new English translations of the Regulations for a Monastery, the Rule, and Letter 211. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 382033

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Black Man in White America, Theby: Van Drusen, John O.

Black Man in White America, The
by: Van Drusen, John O.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Associated Publishers, Revised Ed., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 381 pages. Dark green cover with slight wear and white spotting to back. Slight soiling to edges. Binding cracked at page 45. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850404

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Flame of Freedom - The German struggle against Hitler, Theby: Zeller, Eberhard

Flame of Freedom - The German struggle against Hitler, The
by: Zeller, Eberhard

Hardcover. London, Wolff, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 471 pages. Dust jacket worn, with rubbing and small tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608355

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The Light-Keepers of Lake Champlain (SIGNED COPY)by: Cook, David E.

The Light-Keepers of Lake Champlain (SIGNED COPY)
by: Cook, David E.

Softcover. Mayfield NY, DreamChase Features, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages plus an extensive index, bibliography. Illustrated with b&w photos, drawings. SIGNED BY COOK on the title page. Like new condition.

Record # 371182

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Parliamentary Reminiscencesby: William Jeans

Parliamentary Reminiscences
by: William Jeans

Hardcover. London, Chapman & Hall, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt lettering, 325 pages including index. Front endpaper glued to inside cover, Clean copy. Memoirs of a journalist who covered the British Parliament for 45 years.

Record # 371376

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Cowboy Upby: Introduction: Johnson, Dirk, Photographer: Frank, Arthur

Cowboy Up
by: Introduction: Johnson, Dirk, Photographer: Frank, Arthur

Hardcover. New York, PowerHouse Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Record # 352079

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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanographyby: Macdougall, Doug

Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
by: Macdougall, Doug

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography. From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for modern oceanography. Following the ship's naturalists and their discoveries, earth scientist Doug Macdougall engagingly tells a story of Victorian-era adventure and ties these early explorations to the growth of modern scientific fields. In this lively story of discovery, hardship, and humor, Macdougall examines the work of the expedition's scientists, especially the naturalist Henry Moseley, who rigorously categorized the flora and fauna of the islands the ship visited, and the legacy of John Murray, considered the father of modern oceanography. Macdougall explores not just the expedition itself but also the iconic place that H.M.S. Challenger has achieved in the annals of ocean exploration and science.

Record # 383040

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Seven Games: A Human Historyby: Roeder, Oliver

Seven Games: A Human History
by: Roeder, Oliver

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Clean copy.

Record # 383239

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Mystic Built: Ships and Shipyards of the Mystic River, Connecticut, 1784-1919 by: Peterson, William N.

Mystic Built: Ships and Shipyards of the Mystic River, Connecticut, 1784-1919
by: Peterson, William N.

Hardcover. Mystic CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. 254 pages, b&w illustrations. Endpapers map. No dust jacket, clean copy.

Record # 383676

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The Roots of Capitalism (SIGNED COPY)by: Chamberlain, John

The Roots of Capitalism (SIGNED COPY)
by: Chamberlain, John

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Liberty Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 293 pages. SIGNED BY CHAMBERLAIN on title page, also INSCRIBED by him on the front fly leaf. Capitalism is a system that can stand on its own attainments, says John Chamberlain, and he offers here a fast-paced, provocative look at the intellectual forces and practical accomplishments that have created American capitalism. In clear, unequivocal language he discusses the ideas responsible for our economic institutions, the originators of these ideas, and the times in which they first became important. The political theories of the men who hammered out the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence; the thinking of John Locke, James Madison, and Adam Smith; the deeds and discoveries of the James Watts, Eli Whitneys, and Henry Fords-all these diverse elements are shown to be part of the tradition of a free society in which American capitalism has grown and flourished. A unique blend of political and economic theory and the practical accomplishments of businessmen and innovators, The Roots of Capitalism provides valuable insights into the ideas underlying the free economy. Clean copy.

Record # 383726

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Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign by: Hans Speidel

Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign
by: Hans Speidel

Hardcover. Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Map endpapers, 176 pages, b&w photos. The first book by a German general published in America after the war, a German account of the D-Day & Normandy 'invasion' by Allied forces; the author was Rommel's Chief-of-Staff and therefore had an inside view of Rommel's efforts to get Hitler to negotiate a peace in the face of overwhelming Allied superiority. Speidel was a career military officer and trained historian; a German nationalist, he disagreed with racist Nazi policies, was involved in the 20 July plot to kill Hitler, and was important in rebuilding Germany's army after the war. Clean copy.

Record # 383876

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Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old Southby: Weisenburger, Steven

Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South
by: Weisenburger, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, BC Ed., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 pages, with illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. In the middle of a frigid Sunday night in January 1856, a twenty-two-year-old Kentucky slave named Margaret Gamer gathered up her family and raced north, toward Cincinnati and freedom. But Margaret's master followed just hours behind and soon had the fugitives surrounded. Thinking all was lost, Margaret seized a butcher knife and nearly decapitated her two-year-old daughter, crying out that she would rather see her children dead than returned to slavery. She was turning on her other three children when slave catchers burst in and subdued her.Margaret Garner's child-murder electrified the United States, inspiring the longest, most spectacular fugitive-slave trial in history. Abolitionists and slaveholders fought over the meaning of the murder, and the case came to symbolize the ills of the Union in those last dark decades before the Civil War.

Record # 383938

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