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The Zulu War: Isandhlwana and Rorkes Drift by: Rupert Furneaux

The Zulu War: Isandhlwana and Rorkes Drift
by: Rupert Furneaux

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott , 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pale green cloth, 210 pages. Great Battles Series. No dust jacket. Related clipping laid in. Mild fading to gilt lettering on spine. Clean copy.

Record # 387753

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Yesterday's Rulers: The Making of the British Colonial Service by: Robert Heussler
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Yesterday's Rulers: The Making of the British Colonial Service
by: Robert Heussler

Hardcover. London/Syracuse, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright , price-clipped dust jacket, 260 pages. Foreword by Sir John Macpherson and Introduction by Margery Perham. A history of the Colonial Administrative Service in Britain from 1900-1945. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387812

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Ibamba by: Hubbard, Wynant Davis
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Ibamba
by: Hubbard, Wynant Davis

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 337 pages. Ibamba is the name of 13 square miles of glorious lion country in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), and also the African adventure of a young American couple who lived there for four years taming the land and its wild inhabitants as ranchers and zoologists.

Record # 387813

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Prelude To The Partition Of West Africa by: Hargreaves, John D.
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Prelude To The Partition Of West Africa
by: Hargreaves, John D.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in worn dust jacket, 383 pages. fold-out map, bibliographical notes. A seminal study of the infiltration of European influence into West Africa (1860s-90s) from Senegal to Cameroon, the tension between French and English leading to partition.. Light pencil marking throughout. Name on front fly leaf.

Record # 387814

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Return to Paradise by: Breyten Breytenbach
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Return to Paradise
by: Breyten Breytenbach

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The painter, writer, and political activist returns to his native South Africa, where he was once imprisoned for working for the African National Congress, and reflects on the decline of apartheid and his own attachment to the Boer state. He describes the travail of his country riven by racial conflict. He recounts his seven-year imprisonment for treason and shares the passionate love of an exile--he resides in Paris--for his native land. In the recent period of "stability laced with blood" as De Klerk and Mandela's forces struggle to maintain a precarious political equilibrium, Breytenbach has been allowed to return for visits with his Vietnamese wife. Part travelogue and part memoir, this account offers frequent political discussions about the rivalry between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party. A careful observer of people, their surroundings, fauna and flora, Breytenbach weaves richly colored narrative history, local lore and personal allusions. Clean copy.

Record # 387815

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

African Crossroads by: Dundas, Sir Charles
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African Crossroads
by: Dundas, Sir Charles

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth covers, 243 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. Author was an administrator in East Africa and the West Indies from 1908 to 1944. A memoir of 30 years of colonial rule in Africa by a lifetime member of the British Colonial Service. Beginning with his first glimpse of Africa on a tropical morning as a young man and ends with a last glimpse of Kilimanjaro after spending his entire working life as one of the last servants of the old Empire. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387816

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Pharaoh to Farouk by: Jarvis, H. Wood

Pharaoh to Farouk
by: Jarvis, H. Wood

Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 299 pages. A history of Egypt beginning with the early Dynasties from 3000 BC, with very readable and detailed accounts of the more dramatic episodes, including the battles of Napoleon's invasion, the siege of Khartoum, and Kitchener's battles. Bookplate on inside front cover, small blank sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387820

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Vuta Kamba: Development of Trade Unions in Tanganyika by: Friedland, William H.
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Vuta Kamba: Development of Trade Unions in Tanganyika
by: Friedland, William H.

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 280 pages, b&w illustrations, endpapers map. A study of the development of the trade union movement in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) after the Second World War, which places them in the context of wider social and industrial change in the country. Clean copy.

Record # 387821

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

African Railwaymen: Solidarity and Opposition in an East African Labour Force by: Grillo R. D.
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African Railwaymen: Solidarity and Opposition in an East African Labour Force
by: Grillo R. D.

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 215 pages. This was the first anthropological monograph to have dealt at length with the labour force of a major East African industry. It is a study of the African employees of the East African Railways and Harbours stationed at Kampala, Uganda, and living on the Railway-owned Nsambya housing estate. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387823

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying: The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith, 1899-1900 by: Griffith, Kenneth
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Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying: The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith, 1899-1900
by: Griffith, Kenneth

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 398 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. About the Boer War and the rescue of the garrison at Ladysmith, Natal, under siege by 5,000 Boer farmers. One map with bottom corner torn, affecting several words on caption, otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 387824

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

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

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

Record # 387825

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta by: Slater, Montague

The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta
by: Slater, Montague

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a very worn, chipped dust jacket, 255 pages, fold-out chart in rear. A blow by blow account of the Mau Mau leader's trial that lasted for over 100 days, "one of the most dramatic and important this century". In 1952, Kenyatta was arrested in Kenya by the British colonial authorities and charged with masterminding the anti-colonial Mau Mau Uprising. Although protesting his innocence, a view shared by later historians, he was convicted. He remained imprisoned at Lokitaung until 1959 and was then exiled to Lodwar until 1961. Appears to be a book club edition. Overall clean copy but cheap paper is tanning.

Record # 387826

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Parallel Worlds: an Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa by: Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham
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Parallel Worlds: an Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa
by: Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 324 pages. This is a rivetting chronicle by two visitors to a complex world rarely seen by outsiders: the vibrant daily lives of West African villagers, and the parellel, invisible realm of spirits that surround them. This beautifully written memoir recounts the deepening knowledge slowly acquired by Alma Gottlieb, a cultural anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived among the Beng, a previously unstudied people of Cote d'Ivoire. Clean copy.

Record # 387828

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Behind God's Back by: Farson, Negley

Behind God's Back
by: Farson, Negley

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 3rd pr., 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, 555 pages, endpapers map. Author documents his drive with his wife from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganika, on the east coast of Africa to Duala, Cameroons, on the west Coast. James Negley Farson (1890-1960), was an American author and adventurer. Spine faded, clean copy.

Record # 387835

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa by: Edgerton, Robert B.
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Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa
by: Edgerton, Robert B.

Softcover. NY, Ballantine Books, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages, b&w illustrations. Describes the causes and background of the Zulu War, recounts the experiences of British and Zulu survivors, and looks at the strategies and tactics of the war. Clean copy.

Record # 387838

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Palms Wine and Witnesses:Public Spirit and Private Gain in an African Farm Community by: Parkin, David J.
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Palms Wine and Witnesses:Public Spirit and Private Gain in an African Farm Community
by: Parkin, David J.

Softcover. Prospect Heights IL, Waveland Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 113 pages. A look at the economic development of the Giriama of Kenya where traditional customs are sometimes at odds with the needs and desires of the individual, enterprising farmers. Illustrated with statistical tables, reproductions of black-&-white photographs, and a map. Appended: Bibliography, Index.

Record # 387843

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Maroc Enchant?© by: Garrigue, Francois
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Maroc Enchant?©
by: Garrigue, Francois

Hardcover. Paris, Arthaud, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly edgeworn dust jacket. A photographic study of Morocco and it's people. Gravure photos, mostly b&w, some color. TEXT IN FRENCH. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387846

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Africa's Redemption. The Salvation of Our Country by: Freeman, Rev. F.
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Africa's Redemption. The Salvation of Our Country
by: Freeman, Rev. F.

Hardcover. Westport CT, Negro Universities Press , reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Originally published in 1852 this is an in depth study of the African people , both in Africa and in America. A great deal of material on slavery and the South, as well as early material on Liberia. Presented in a series of "conversations", this is an in-depth history of the African continent's peoples, the colonization of Africa, and subsequent African American slavery in the United States. Clean copy.

Record # 387847

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

South Africa by: Jan H. Hofmeyr

South Africa
by: Jan H. Hofmeyr

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 331 pages, fold-out map in rear. Clean, bight copy.

Record # 387874

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Africa Dances: A Book about West African Negroes by: Gorer, Geoffrey
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Africa Dances: A Book about West African Negroes
by: Gorer, Geoffrey

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st US, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 337 pages, Index. Black & white photographic illustrations. Cream cloth with red & black illustration and lettering. The exciting story of the author's travels by car with Paris Benga, the famous Negro dancer, on a tour which zigzagged through the French colonies, the French and British mandates, and the Gold Coast to study the native dances in the districts most remote from civilization. This is also a study of the government and religion, the sex-life and marriage ritual, habits and customs, and the emotional and mental character of these West African Negroes. Mild stain to corners of front cover, not affecting the interior. Otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 387879

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Modern England: From the 18th Century to the Present by: R. K. Webb
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Modern England: From the 18th Century to the Present
by: R. K. Webb

Softcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 11th pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 652 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387912

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Story of the Jamaican People by: Philip Sherlock/ Hazel Bennett
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The Story of the Jamaican People
by: Philip Sherlock/ Hazel Bennett

Softcover. Kingston, Ian Randle Publishers, 1st pbk, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 434 pages with index. The book traces the African ancestral line of Black Jamaicans through to the influence of Asian, European & Spanish rule of the island throughout the ages, culminating with early English white settlers, forging 2-types of Jamaican People. Clean, like new.

Record # 387916

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Under the Neem Tree by: Susan Lowerre
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Under the Neem Tree
by: Susan Lowerre

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 255 pages, b&w photos. A Peace Corps worker sent to the Sakel to establish a fish-farming project, the author lived with a family in a tiny Sengalese village near the Mauretania border. We share her initial feelings of dislocation as she contends not only with a primitive lifestyle, lack of creature comforts, and the overt sexism of the Moslem men she supervises, but also with her burgeoning relationships with the women in the little compound who become as much her family as her relatives in America. In a guileless narrative filled with affection and anger, Lowerre tells of the ill health and bureaucratic failings that beset her; she acknowledges the Pulaar people's love and good humor, and offers an unprettified closeup of daily life in an African village. Clean copy.

Record # 391431

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Conquest Of Mexico by: Thomas, Hugh
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The Conquest Of Mexico
by: Thomas, Hugh

Softcover. London, Pimlico, 1st pbk., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 812 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers and edges of spine. Old UK price sticker on rear cover. Neat, tight copy.

Record # 393592

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Pierre Laval and the Eclipse of France 1931 1945: A Political Biography by: Geoffrey Warner
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Pierre Laval and the Eclipse of France 1931 1945: A Political Biography
by: Geoffrey Warner

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Company, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 461 pages. Laval began his career as a socialist, but over time drifted far to the right. Following France's defeat and armistice with Germany in 1940, he served in prominent roles in Philippe Petain's Vichy Regime, first as the vice-president of the Council of Ministers from 11 July 1940 to 13 December 1940, and later as the head of government from 18 April 1942 to 20 August 1944. After the liberation of France in 1944, Laval was arrested by the French government under General Charles de Gaulle. In what was widely regarded as a flawed trial, Laval was found guilty of plotting against the security of the State and collaboration with the enemy, and after a thwarted suicide attempt, he was executed by firing squad. His manifold political activities left a complicated and controversial legacy, resulting in more than a dozen conflicting biographies of him. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Record # 396256

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Galway on the Bay (SIGNED COPY) by: Dick Byrne, Peadar O'Dowd, Derek Biddulph, (Illustrator)
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Galway on the Bay (SIGNED COPY)
by: Dick Byrne, Peadar O'Dowd, Derek Biddulph, (Illustrator)

Hardcover. N. Ireland, Laurel Cottage Ltd., 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, oblong format, 92 pages, color illustrations by Derek Biddulph. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS AND ARTIST on the title page. The combination of Derek Biddulph's delightful paintings and the fascinating history, stories and anecdotes from Peadar and Dick make this handsome guided tour of Galway City and the surrounding area. Clean copy.

Record # 396323

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

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

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

Record # 396340

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir by: Richard Terrill
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Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir
by: Richard Terrill

Softcover. Fayetteville AK, University of Arkansas Press , 1st pbk, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. The author recounts his experiences as a teacher in northern China, and describes how government restraints have caused and finally crushed the democracy movement of the students. Fading to spine otherwise vg.

Record # 396343

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Cycle Of Cathay: An Historical Perspective by: Young, Arthur N.
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Cycle Of Cathay: An Historical Perspective
by: Young, Arthur N.

Hardcover. Vista CA, Ibis Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 315 pages. As Financial Advisor to China, Arthur N. Young had an intimate insight as an on-the-spot observer of events during the critical 18 years leading to the fall of the Nationalists and the Communist takeover. Along with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Dr. Young worked closely with the highest-ranking officials of the National Government in carrying out monetary and fiscal reforms prior to World War II, and stayed through the war to aid with problems of war finance, including procurement of American aid. As the Pacific Rim gains increasing international prominence, this book will prove to be of particular importance to students, scholars, business and political leaders with an interest in Asian affairs. Clean copy.

Record # 396386

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by: Davies, Norman
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Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
by: Davies, Norman

Hardcover. London, Allen Lane, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 830 pages. Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age - 'the Empire of Aragon' which once dominated the western Mediterranean; the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, for a time the largest country in Europe; the successive kingdoms (and one duchy) of Burgundy, much of whose history is now half-remembered - or half-forgotten - at best. This book shows the reader how to peer through the cracks of mainstream history writing and listen to the echoes of lost realms across the centuries. Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 396449

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

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

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

Record # 396450

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Edinburgh by: Linklater, Eric
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Edinburgh
by: Linklater, Eric

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 215 pages plus index. Illustrated by Don Pottinger plus b&w photos. Clean copy.

Record # 396451

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

George III and the Historians by: Butterfield, Herbert
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George III and the Historians
by: Butterfield, Herbert

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 304 pages. In this book, a revised edition of the original published in England in 1957, Herbert Butterfield explores the sources of myths, errors and inferences concerning the reign of King George III. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396468

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Duke of Newcastle by: Browning, Reed
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The Duke of Newcastle
by: Browning, Reed

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a nice dust jacket with a faded spine. 388 pages, b&w frontis. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396470

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Tudor Men And Institutions; Studies in English Law and Government by: Slavin, Arthur J. (Ed.)
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Tudor Men And Institutions; Studies in English Law and Government
by: Slavin, Arthur J. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Baton Rouge LA, Louisiana State University, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 294 pages. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396472

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Letters of King Henry VIII: A Selection, with a few other Documents by: Byrne, M. St Clare (editor)
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The Letters of King Henry VIII: A Selection, with a few other Documents
by: Byrne, M. St Clare (editor)

Hardcover. NY, Funk & Wagnalls, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 455 pages. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396483

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Patrol Into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years by: McCarthy, J. K.
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Patrol Into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years
by: McCarthy, J. K.

Hardcover. Melbourne AU, F. W. Cheshire, reprint, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a poor, chipped and worn dust jacket, 252 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, and two maps in the text. End-papers feature double-page maps of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, index. The author was a Patrol Officer in New Guinea and later became a member of the Papua-New Guinea Legislative Council. The book covers three periods: 1927-1937; 1938-1942; and 1942-1962. There is pencil underlining to many pages. Still an attractive copy of a fairly scarce book.

Record # 396548

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

The Letters Speeches and Declarations of King Charles II by: Sir Charles Petrie
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The Letters Speeches and Declarations of King Charles II
by: Sir Charles Petrie

Hardcover. NY, Funk and Wagnalls, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket, 354 pages. Frontis, illustration, footnotes, genealogical table, sources and references, index. Originally published in 1935. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396612

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Commonwealth and Protectorate; The English Civil War and its Aftermath by: Roots, Ivan
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Commonwealth and Protectorate; The English Civil War and its Aftermath
by: Roots, Ivan

Hardcover. NY, Schocken Books, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 326 pages. Ivan Roots covers the period from 1642-1651, during which the English Civil War took place. The book discusses the causes of the war, the battle of Worcester, the fall of the Protectorate, and the aftermath of the war. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396618

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

George Canning: Politician and Statesman by: Peter Dixon
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George Canning: Politician and Statesman
by: Peter Dixon

Hardcover. NY, Mason/Charter,, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 355 pages. Bibliography, appendix, notes, index. This biography reveals both the public and private sides of George Canning, and is also a study of international opportunism in an age when "empire" was an exalted concept. Name on front fly leaf,otherwise clean.

Record # 396621

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Confessions of Lady Nijo by: Lady Nijo [Translated by Karen Brazell ]
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The Confessions of Lady Nijo
by: Lady Nijo [Translated by Karen Brazell ]

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth covers, black lettering to spine, 288 pages. About 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative, a tale of thirty-six years (1271-1306) in the life of Lady Nijo, starting when she became the concubine of a retired emperor in Kyoto at the age of fourteen and ending, several love affairs later, with an account of her new life as a wandering Buddhist nun. Through the vagaries of history, however, the glory of Lady Nijo's story has taken six and half centuries to arrive. The Confessions of Lady Nijo or Towazugatari in Japanese, was not widely circulated after it was written, perhaps because of the dynastic quarrel that soon split the imperial family, or perhaps because of Lady Nijo's intimate portrait of a very human emperor. Whatever the cause, the book was neglected, then forgotten completely, and only a single manuscript survived. This was finally discovered in 1940, but would not be published until after World War II in 1950. This translation and its annotations draw on multiple Japanese editions, but borrow most heavily from the interpretations offered by Tsugita Kasumi. No dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Record # 396624

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Kenkenroku: a Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 by: Munemitsu, Mutsu /Translated By Gordon Mark Berger
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Kenkenroku: a Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
by: Munemitsu, Mutsu /Translated By Gordon Mark Berger

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a hole on front fore-edge, 318 pages. Mutsu Munemitsu was the Foreign Minister of Japan during the time of the Sino-Japanese War from 1894 until the signing of the peace treaty on May 8, 1895. Mutsu was responsible for the secret documents on diplomatic matters in which he was involved, such as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the facts about the Triple Intervention. The phrase "kenken" means "serving the sovereign with a pained heart," thus showing his loyalty to serve the Emperor. The documents in this book are exceedingly important as they are virtually the only material mentioning the diplomatic situations in the days of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396625

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Told Round a Brushwood Fire: the Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki by: Arai Hakuseki /Joyce Ackroyd (Translator)
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Told Round a Brushwood Fire: the Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki
by: Arai Hakuseki /Joyce Ackroyd (Translator)

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1979, Hardcover in a nice dust jacket with mild fading to spine, 347 pages. This work is the autobiography of Arai Hakuseki, the celebrated Confucian scholar who holds a prominent position in Japanese history as the influential adviser to Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu and his successor Ietsugu. Hakuseki's administrative reforms, his voluminous writings, and his advice on a multitude of topics--coinage, foreign trade, taxation, diplomatic protocol, justice, the samurai code and benevolent government, for example. governed most of the policies implemented during Ienobu's rule and influenced many of those of his successors. The book contains notes, biographical notes, appendices, a chronology, maps, and an index. Name on front flyleaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 396627

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences by: Ike, Nobutaka
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Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences
by: Ike, Nobutaka

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 306 pages. Records of 62 conferences held in Tokyo between March and December of 1941 provide direct access to the thinking and planning of Japan's highest leaders as they prepared for war. Indexed, with 12-page appendix. First published in 1967, no dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396628

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

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

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

Record # 396631

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Here is the Veld by: Attilio Gatti
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Here is the Veld
by: Attilio Gatti

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black, 154 pages. Numerous black & white photographs printed with the text; maps on endpapers. A survey of South African society, including much on traditional Zulu culture. The author was an Italian explorer, who wrote numerous books on sub-Saharan Africa and made documentary films of the region. Light envelope residue to rear paste-down indicating ex-lib, but no oher markings.

Record # 396634

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by: Seagrave, Sterling
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Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China
by: Seagrave, Sterling

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 601 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to edges and covers of pictorial dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy. Our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, remembered through the exaggeration and falsehood of legend as the ruthless Manchu concubine who seduced and murdered her way to the Chinese throne in 1861.

Record # 396642

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Sword And The Olive: A Critical History Of The Israeli Defense Force by: Creveld, Martin van
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The Sword And The Olive: A Critical History Of The Israeli Defense Force
by: Creveld, Martin van

Softcover. NY, Public Affairs, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wraps, 422 pages, b&w illustrations. Combining razor-sharp analysis with dramatic narrative, vivid portraits of soldiers and commanders with illuminating discussions of battle tactics and covert actions, The Sword and the Olive traces the history of the IDF from its beginnings in Palestine to today. The book also goes beyond chronology to wrestle with the political and ethical struggles that have shaped the IDF and the country it serves--struggles that are manifesting themselves in the recent tragic escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Often revisionist in attitude, surprising in many of its conclusions, this book casts new light on the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Clean copy.

Record # 396674

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Passing the Time in Ballymenone by: Henry Glassie
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Passing the Time in Ballymenone
by: Henry Glassie

Softcover. Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 852 pages. The life and art, the folklore, history, and common work of a rural community in Northern Ireland-through the eyes and pen of gifted folklorist Henry Glassie. Glassie regards the people of Ballymenone with respect and affection, allowing them to describe their ideas, life-ways, and values on their own terms, not his. Recognizing that theirs is a mindset and lifestyle that must be seen as an integrated whole, Glassie studies everything about Ballymenone from traditional songs to entertainment to religious beliefs to architecture, liberally quoting from the people who welcomed him into their homes over his extended stays. Some of his insights are pure brilliance, such as recognizing the way the poets and storytellers of a rural Irish district have adapted ancient Gaelic metrics to the English they use today. You will learn more about Ireland and its people in this one book than in a host of others. Clean copy.

Record # 396706

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Showa: The Japan of Hirohito by: Gluck, Carol & Stephen R. Graubard (Eds.)
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Showa: The Japan of Hirohito
by: Gluck, Carol & Stephen R. Graubard (Eds.)

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This stimulating and comprehensive collection of original essays on twentieth-century Japan's history and culture provides a unique mix of American and Japanese perspectives on Showa. With an important, substantial Introduction by Carol Gluck, the volume explores the strengths of the Japanese economy, the issue of democracy and Japan's political culture, Japan's achievements in technology and the arts, and its relations with other Asian nations and the United States. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396758

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 


  

Used & Rare Books on Countries & Travel

This section collects used, rare and out-of-print books devoted to individual countries and regions: travel narratives, histories, cultural studies and firsthand accounts. Titles include Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s To Cuba and Back, Robert V. Daniels's Russia's Transformation and Hidden China: On the Trail of Old Traditions.

The shelves span the globe, from David Lan's Guns and Rain: Guerrillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe to Charles Barrett's In Australian Wilds and Nico Jungman's The People of Holland. Multi-volume sets and illustrated antiquarian printings appear alongside later editions, many carrying period maps, plates and photographs.

As these are used and rare books, condition and availability vary by copy. Browse the collection and order online.