Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 184 pages, maroon cloth with a lightly worn dust jacket. Previous owner's signature, pencil notes on front end paper. Otherwise clean. These studies concern the development in the Renaissance of a new perspective on the past, a new method for interpreting the meaning of the documents of the past, and a reformulation of traditional doctrine that history was philosophy teaching by example.
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st US, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 372 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and one map. Blue cloth covers with darkened spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Manila , Manila Polo Club , 1st, 1984 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w and color photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Blind stamp on front cover. Musty odor, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, American Tract Society, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages, hardcover. Stamped boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. An account of life in the Philippines before American exploitation. Inscription to previous owner on front flyleaf. Age toning to top text block. Bumped corners. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards, mostly to spine. Frontispiece intact. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue cloth, faded gilt lettering on spine. 32 pages of B&W photos in rear section. In 1941 when this critical evaluation was published, Filipinos were looking toward their promised independence after 50 years as a territory of the US with a history earlier of over 3 centuries under Spain's thumb. Having been the White Man's Burden, they were now fearing they would become the "yellow man's prey", notes the author, as the WWII Pacific theater was looming. Two-color end paper maps: The Philippine Islands and their place in The Far East". Clean copy.
Softcover. Quezon City, Malaya Books, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 212 pages, b&w illustrations, fold-out map in front. A 1970 reprint of a title first published in 1900. Clean copy, light edgewear to wrapper.
Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with edge wear and chipping. 305 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. This is a unique and fascinating account of how a World War II resistance movement become communist and its violent struggle against the Philippine government and USA backing. The Huk Rebellion is fundamental to the understanding of Philippines politics and its evolution. This account is written from the rebel's point of view and contains many interviews with combatants from both sides. It provides many lessons for both guerillas and counter-insurgent forces. Clean copy.
NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 485 pages, b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Describes how under Marcos, Manila became an international hub for money-laundering, narcotics trafficking, gambling, white slavery & child prostitution.Clean copy.
