Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. Cloth First edition Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and some scuffing to covers. 257 pages with figures, endnotes, and index. An interesting look at domestic Victorian politics within the context of Ottoman-Bulgarian-British relations. ... more information

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Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 1993. Hardcover in full cloth First edition, first printing Very Good Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Name and address of former owner on flyleaf in red ink. 482 p. w/ chanrts, illustrations, bibliographies for each essay, and an index. A collection of 14 essayts (counting introduction and summary) on various aspects of Lowland Maya civilization, from geography and resources to religion, war, and societal is... more information

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London: J. M. Dent, 1908. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good Octavo in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and glit top edge of textblock. Deckle-edges papers. Heel of spine bumped. Slight wear to edges and corners. Slight soiling to edges of textblock. Small raised area to cloth on back cover. Endpapers show some darkening. Initials and date in ink by former owner on corner of endpaper. A few notes in pencil on last pastedown. 307 p. w/index. The first English translation of many of the s... more information

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 386 p. w/ illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. A detailed history of California's orange-growing industry, from its beginnings in the 1870s to the present. Includes discussion of both environmental and economic justice issues. ... more information

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Ann Arbor: Ardis Publishers, 1986. Hardcover in dark grey cloth binding First English language edition Very Good without dust jacket Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with some light scuffing to covers. Page edges are slightly browned. 566 pages with notes and index. An uncommon work featuring English translations of various Russian riddles and word games. ... more information

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Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys, & Co., 1861.. Later printing (copyrighted 1860). Fair octavo hardcover with brownish binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with some small holes in the binding along the edges. Bumping to the corners of the panels and to the head and heel of spine with some tiny tears in binding on the head also. Five inch split in binding between front panel and spine starting from the bottom edge. Some tears in bnding developing along the spine ... more information

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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1994.. Trade Paperback Good First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Good softcover in red wraps. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the covers with some scuffing to the covers. Few scratches/tears/abrasions on the front cover and on spine. Tight binding with clean, unmarked text. 249 pages with illustrations, tables, and bibliography.A study of the findings of three sites (Tuskun Kale, Taskun Mevkii, and Asvan Kale) that date back to the Third Millen... more information

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Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995.. Third printing (1981). Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with light bumping to heel of the spine. Dj is worn and rubbed along edges of covers and its covers are lightly scuffed. Dj also has tear/rubbing on back cover where price tag was removed very poorly. 421 pages with footnotes. This volume contains letters written St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, one of the Western Church Fathers,... more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover in full cloth First edition, first printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 341 p. w/ illustrations, footnotes, bibliography, glossary, index. The first study of Malaria in Ancient Italy for decades, lookign at the changing physcial landcape and the impact of the disease on mortality rates in different areas of the peninsula ... more information

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Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 2005. Hardcover First edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 106 pages with glossary. Winner of the 2005 T. S. Eliot Prize. A collection of poems about Afro-American life and culture in New Orleans. ... more information

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New York: Clarion Books (Ticknor & Fields/Houghton Mifflin Company), 1985.. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing with small tears on the lower edge of the front cover. Dj also has some light scuffing to the covers. Page edges are lightly browned. 128 pages with illustrations. A collection of stories for younger... more information

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Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 1997. Hardcover First edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Very good quarto-sized (oversized) hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. Inscribed by Sams and Stoick to previous owner on the front free endpaper. 136 pages with illustrations. ... more information

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München (Munich): C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1972. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good Octavo (standard size). Gilt lettering and lines to spine. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, Ex-library, but with only some wear where pocket was removed at back pastedown, and librayr stamps at top and bottom of text block. A number stamp is on the title page. No labels or residue. 307 w/ footnotes, indices of months, sources, and subjects and lists of consuls and Athenian Archons. An i... more information

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Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003.. Hardcover First edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and minor rubbing to edges of boards with slight hole in binding on lower corner of back panel and minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with light scuffing to covers. 456 pages with endnotes, illustrations, references, and index. A comparision of the political leadership of Japan and Italy from the mid-ninete... more information

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Dusseldorf: Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen, 1988.. First edition. Good octavo hardcover in beige binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the covers with bumping to the head and heel of the spine slight tears in the binding at the heel of the spine. Light scuffing to the covers. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Richard Musgrave to Wolfgang Stolper, the previous owner. Stolper was a noted economist best known for his work on Joseph Schumpeter and international trade (do... more information

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Dusseldorf: Wirtschaft und Finanzen ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GMBH, 1997. Hardcover in cream colored cloth binding First edition thus Very Good without dust jacket Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Minor scuffing to covers. Slight bump to upper edge of back cover. 127 pages with illustrations, C.V. of Paul Samuelson, chronology, figures, and notes. Text of this work is in German. Three essays dealing with the noted economist, Paul Samuelson's work, Foundations of Economic Ana... more information

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Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1966.. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good in Fair price-clipped dust jacket Thick quarto (oversized). Former owner's name n flyleaf. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight soiling to edges of the textblock. Dj has wear along the edges with a few small tears and chipping especially on the head and heel of spine. Dj is also scuffed on the covers. Covers pages 775-1813 of the collected papers with notes and index. The second volume in this massive coll... more information

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New York, NY: Dial, 2002. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards First edition, first printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Slight wear to edges and corners. Signed and inscribed by the author all over the title page: "Bundles of good wishes to William/ I hope this old story told in a new way will delight and/inspire you!/happy reading!/Robert D. San Souci/5.8.03". The author has added musical notes in black pen to the top of the page as well. Based on a Longfellow poem, a young girl saves the fledglings... more information

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New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 1929. Hardcover in green cloth binding First edition Good without dust jacket Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Very slight and faint scratches to front cover. Small bubble in binding on back cover. Inscribed by author tp his parents on front free endpaper. Page edges are browned. 267 pages with chronology, footnotes, index, bibliography, and index to bibliography. A nice biography of the noted British novelist (... more information

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Castro Valley, CA.: Mt. Eden Historical Publishers, 1985.. Hardcover Very Good First edition. One of an unnumberd limited edition of 500 casebound copies. Very good octavo in black cloth binding and gilt lettering. Slight wear to edges and corners. Small scuff/wear spot on right edge of front board. 330 p. w/illustrations, index. A good local history of Washington Township in Alameda County in California. Covers the discovery of the area and local mission, as well as the towns of Fremont, Union City, Cente... more information

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