World History from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991 book club ed. 432pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj [edges are age foxed; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

Baltimore: Penguin, 1964 1st ed. thus. 363pp. paperback: near Very Good [ink name inside front cover; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A useful small reference book covering topics from the Aaland Islands to the Zulu War.

New York: Random House, 2006 1st ed. 361pp. hardback sm 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj [top corners are bumped; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin/Pelican, 1956 reprint. 333pp. illus. paperback: Good+ [text is age browned; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A standard work by the American scholar Vaillant (1901-45), originally published in 1944. Includes 64 pages of plates.

New York: Taplinger. 1973 1st ed.  322pp. black cloth 8vo: ex lib. copy; usual markings from a public library deletion; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy. An A-Z references ranging from Action Francaise to Zionism.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Tempo Books. 1962 1st ed. thus. 253pp.  illus.  paperback: Very Good [text is lightly age browned; else VG]

New York: Kodansha International, 1997 1st ed. 200pp. illus. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [hint of fore edge foxing; small name label on ffep is blacked out; else a very nice clean and crisp copy] A popular history of place names.

Harlow, UK: Longman. 1985 1st ed. 247pp. navy cloth slim sm 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [top edge is lightly age browned w/some endpp foxing; else a nice crisp copy] A little volume containing over 500 "entertaining and thought-provoking political quotes" from Plato to Reagan, each put into its historical context by the editors.

New York: Wm. Morrow & Co.,  1990 1st ed. 515pp. hardback sm 4to: near Very Good in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [bottom corner tips are very lightly bumped; touch of age foxing to edges; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy; dj = p-c; else VG+] A popular history of the post-World War II world by… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1957 1st Am. ed. 344pp + xiv index pp. illus. teal cloth 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj.

Chicago: American Seating Co. 1927 1st ed. 89 pp. 10 full-page gravure plates & many other smaller illustrations. purple cloth 4to quarter-bound in black calf w/gilt titles: Very Good/no dj [purple cover cloth has some faded strips; touch of endpp. foxing; else VG] A handsome large format book about church architecture down the ages with illustrations of a high standard… Read more about this item

New York: Scott Publications. 1939. 1,456pp. + addenda & ads. illus. orange cloth 8vo: Good/no dj [front hinge is cracked but quite firm; edges are age browned; some darkening of orange cover cloth; else a complete & tight copy] A particularly interesting edition owing to its completion in August 1939 just before the world was torn apart. The illustrated… Read more about this item