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London: Viking, 1988. AP3 - Book has remainder mark on the bottom, light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Black covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA: Rutgers University Press, 1964. BX3 - A hard cover first edition book in very good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in light yellow cloth covered boards with black and red lettering on the spine with minor overall wear plus some light soiling on the front. The dust jacket is in good+ condition and is intact but has significant edge wear and chipping mainly on the top and bottom spine edges and right corners plus some edge wear along the top and bottom edges plus three small (about 0.25") closed tears on the front bottom edge and 3 on the back at the top left and top and bottom right corners plus a chunk (about 0.25"x0.75") missing at the back top right corner plus a triangular chunk (about 0.25"x0.5") missing at the top left corner. A very readable examination of how modern Italian novels, poems and plays deal with America and Americans. Overall it is a definitive study of the Italian myth of America… Read More

Berkeley, California, USA: University of California Press, 1977. BX4 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in blue cloth covered boards with blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the title page, and the back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some light fading on the spine plus there is a patch of light rubbing on the spine from a library label plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A book about American life in the 1820s and American legal history with the focus on the disposition of African slaves found on a… Read More

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988. BU5 - Book has taped label on the spine, library stamping on the page edges, title page, and back loose endpaper with label and cardholder adhered, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Black covered boards with gilt lettering.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Presidio Press, 2004. BM3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book has some soiling, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book was signed, dated and inscribed by the author "3/9/04 Very best wishes, Thomas C. Reed" at the half-title page. It is a cautionary tale for our time, a revelation of how, "those years...came to be known as the Cold War, not World War III.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: R & E Publishers, Incorporated, 1973. BZ4 - A hard cover edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A hard cover tight, clean, sound copy in light olive green cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading and label staining on the spine wrapping around onto the front and back from library labels plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the front free endpaper, title page, table of contents page, and back fixed endpaper. A book that examines the origins of Japanese nativism during the 1890s and its relationship to the extension of the Chinese exclusion movement. 117p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6.25"x9". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Co., 1970. BZ6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with veyr minor overall shelf wear with some light scattered soiling on the cloth plus there are the usual library stamps on the top and right outside paper edges and the inside surface of the front free endpaper plus there is some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A book about the development of the scientific field of climatology with an emphasis on the human element of this development as well as a transmission of a basic understanding of the ideas and issues involved to the general educated reader. Selected bibliography, indexed, 444p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library.

London: Routledge, 1999. AP2 - DJ and book have light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise fine. The Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire presents a study of third-century Rome, which is a lavishly illustrated and lucid read, typical of Michael Grant's inimitable style and learning.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence, Kansas, USA: University Press of Kansas, 1994. CB1 - A tight, clean, sound copy in brown cloth covered boards with dark brown lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original libary mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6.25"x9.25". Ex-Library.

London: Hambledon & Continuum, 2007. A6 - An uncorrected advance proof paperback book in very good condition that has light shelf wear. Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium is the first history of this great empire to properly examine the intriguin interaction betweeen the spiritual and the political, the mythical and the actual. 9"x6", 275 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with the front and back endflaps glued to the fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library labels on the spine and back plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6.5"x9.25". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Grove Press, 1987. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading on the board top paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, title page, last page, and back endpaper plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Beacon Press, 1992. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with tape staining on the front and back outside board surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page plus there is some light yellowing on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges plus there is a patch on the back and on the spine of light surface chipping and loss of surface gloss from library labels plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6.25"x9.25". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Facts on File Inc., 1983. CB1 - Both volumes are tight, clean, sound copies with plastic laminated printed paper covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear except for a large closed tear (about 8.5") on the title page of volume 1. This 2 volume set chronicles the social, economic, and political events of the decade of the 1960s. An extensive index is included. Illustrated with black and white photographs. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 Volume Set.

New York: HarperColins Publishers, 2007. CN5 - An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that is lightly curled, light discoloration and shelf wear. From a leading authority on the history of Spain comes a provocative and original work of history that explores the role of exiles in creating Hispanic culture. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 1988. CE1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some sunning on the front & spine plus some creasing on page 32. A comprehensive assessment of the greatest economic revolution in modern the times, the transformation of women from housewives to wage earners. Endnotes, bibliography, indexed, 372p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".

New York, New York, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are teh usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, copyright page, and back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A bicentennial appraisal of the first successful decolonization movement and its continuing significance in the 1970s. Indexed, 238p. This book weighs more than 2 pounds when packaged to ship.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. CG2 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, fading on the top page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected, worn, scattered tears, chipping and crease, fading, stains, and discolored. 9.25"x6.25", 211 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. CE3 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus some very, very light soiling of the outside paper edges plus the usual library stamps on the half title page, title page, and top outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows minor overall wear mainly in the form of light edge wear along the top and bottom edges plus the usual library label on the spine plus the dust jacket is still in the original library mylar sleeve with a lable on the spine that wraps around onto the back plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A book that explores recurring images of human experience, from ancient times to the present. The book juxtaposes quotations and graphic illustrations to present these images. 235p. . First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Roy Publishers, Inc., 1968. CE2 - DJ is mylar protected. A hard cover 2nd printing book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red textured paper covered boards with black lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some light label staining on the front fixed endpaper plus there is some very, very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom edges which is heavier with some very, very light chipping along the top and bototm spine edges and the right corners plus some very light scattered overall rubbing and soiling. plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.25") on the top spine edge. A book that is a collection of retellings of the experiences of European explorers and travelers form the 13th century to the 19th century. The events depicted rane from the court… Read More