Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Greenhill Pr. 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H Hard Cover. Fine. Volume VII of the Peninsular War series, covering August 1813 to April 14, 1814. Modern (1997) facsimile of the 1930 edition. Maroon cloth, color dustjacket. Looks and feels new and unread, with tight binding, very clean pages free from names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector. ... more information

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New York: Horace Liveright. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1929). 1st (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [a nice tight copy with just a bit of shelfwear to the bottom edge; jacket is clean and attractive, with just a bit of shallow chipping at top of spine and upper left-hand corner of front panel]. Historical novel based on the life of Tzu-Hsi, the so-called Dowager Empress of China, per the jacket blurb "one of the most amazing women of all time," who ruled the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Chin... more information

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[Kazakstan]: Sur Tur Books. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. NOISBN . [nice clean copy, very light handling wear, short diagonal crease at bottom right corner of front cover]. (color reproductions) A "history of world cinema on stamps," apparently the catalogue of the personal collection of movie- and entertainment-themed stamps assembled by the author, a Kazakstan-born actor who had at the time appeared in 47 films, primarily Russian, but had also been a stamp collector for thirty... more information

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Warsaw, Poland.: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 8vo - 20.5 x 14.5 cm.; 707 - [5] pp. Light beige cloth with red letteing on spine and front board. The text is in Polish with a short two page biography of the author, Leslaw Bartelski, at the back in English, French, German, and Russian (Cyrillic). Illustrated with five maps one of which is fold-out, and seventy-two pages of black and white photographs. Very minor shelf wear and soiling to the ... more information

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Paris: Editions Vilo. 1977. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. In French. First edition [1977]. Includes sixty color plates of stained glass windows, and an additional 151 illustrations in black and white. Hefty book, 11.5 inches tall, 10 inches wide, 1.25 inches thick, in light blue cloth, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition with firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket ... more information

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Constable and Company Ltd., London, 1920. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lacks jacket. 8th printing. Ink gift note on front endpaper, spine & cover edges toned. 1920 Hard Cover. 336 pp. Frontispiece of author protected by original toned tissue guard. Original blue cloth, gilt titles & design. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Evelyn Fürstin Blücher von Wahlstatt (born Brighton 10 Sep 1876; died Worthing 20 Jan 1960), diarist and memoirist, wrote a standard accou... more information

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Warszawa: Biuro Inwentaryzacji Zabytkow. Good. 1950. Softcover. Fo. - 31 x 22 cm.; 345 pp. The text is in Polish with a summary in French. Praca Zbiorowa Uczestnikow Obozu Naukowego w Sulejowie K. Piotrkowa w. R. 1948. Text pages are unopened (not cut apart). Many illustrations, index. Paper wraps have some soiling, edgewear. . ... more information

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New York: Delisser & Proctor. 1859. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Well written and engaging story of the Bastille, illustrated with fourteen full page plates including a frontis with a bird's-eye view of the Bastille from the west. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 677 pages. A nice solid copy with fairly light external wear, good hinges, firm binding. Plates are age-tanned and text pages lightly to modera... more information

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Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co.. 1913. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Exceptional copy of this illustrated tour of French-speaking Canada, with the original dustjacket and slipcase. Includes numerous black and white plates from photographs. Bright red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, gilt top, 431 pages, dustjacket of paper-backed red cloth with gilt spine lettering, plain red dustjacket. The book looks and feels nearly new with... more information

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(San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press. 1948). First. First edition by this press. Engravings by Mallette Dean. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards, with printed paper spine label. Label very slightly toned else just about fine. One of 400 copies printed on French handmade paper. . ... more information

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London: John Camden Hotten. G : in good condition without dust jacket as issued.Boards rubbed with minor wear. Occasional light marking within. Ink inscription and date to fep; further inscription to lower margin of preface. Teg. 1859. First Edition. Quarter-leather cover - brown leather spine on red papered boards. 390pp :: Illustrated with forty 'curious' woodcuts :: 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5") :: Text in French . ... more information

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Washington, DC: American Historical Association Service Center for Teachers of History. 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. S Soft Cover. Very Good. Collection of 52 booklets (numbers 1 through 53, but without number 27), designed for teachers of high school and college-level history, dated between the late 1950s and early 1960s. Subjects include: American foreign policy, the South, the industrial revolution, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, Latin-American history (Colonial perio... more information

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La Rochelle: Musee Du Nouveau Monde. 1989. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. S Soft Cover. Very Good. In French and English. Exhibition of work by a Native North American woman who drew a visual record of the everyday tools and implements, costumes and art of her people in the spirit of George Catlin, to preserve and remember. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Softcover, 104 pages. Light edgewear, some minor external soil, including a small spot (from a sticker, perhaps?) near the top... more information

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New York: Hill & Wang. 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First US Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Well-kept copy of this eyewitness account of the Cuban Revolution under Fidel Castro. Forest green linen-like cloth with heavy silver gilt spine lettering, 624 pages with extensive index, illustrated dustjacket.The book is in very good condition with minimal wear, sound text block, good hinges, very tiny corner folds to a few pages near the front, clean pages with no names or oth... more information

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Geneva, Switzerland: Hoggar. 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Mainly in English, some French. An account of the widespread massacres and atrocities which occurred during the Civil War in Algeria in the 1990s. Arranged in seven main sections: Massacres and Victims; Intents and Perpetrators; National Responses; International Responses; Historical Perspective; Legal Prespective; and Photographic Account; plus appendix, chronology, bibiography,... more information

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Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Lightly rubbed. 1993 Hard Cover. 316 pp. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2. "Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary gnostic gospel was invented and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky, an expatriate Russian with an enthusiasm for Buddhist thought and a genius for self-promotion. What distinguished ... more information

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London: W. H. Reid. 1828. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H Hard Cover. Good. Volume I only. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates. Full green morocco lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and in blind, all edges gilt, 285 pages. Some shelfwear and rubbing, chipping to the lower spine end, text block sound, light foxing to plates but heavy age-toning to text pages adjacent to them, pencil notations on preliminary blanks, dampstain to outer edge of frontis engraving, affecting th... more information

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New Haven, Connecticut: Human Relations Area Files. 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. S Soft Cover. Good. First US edition [1954], originally published in 1938 in French and in two volumes; this book includes the full text of both volumes, in English. Externally worn copy. Thick light green softcover printed in darker green, bibliography located in pocket inside rear cover, various pagination. Covers rubbed at the edges with a short closed tear along the top rear join... more information

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Burlington [Vermont]: Stephen C. Ustick. 1813. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. H Hard Cover. Fair. A comprehensive history of the Ancient Israelites translated from the original French. Includes history of the Jewish patriarchs, of the Israelites, their leaders, their captivity, division of the Hebrews into tribes and families, and of their worship, and much more. Full calf with lighter brown spine label, frontis portrait of the author, 300 pages. Some edgewear with some surface chippi... more information

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