History

Format Title Author Publisher Date Condition Price
HC Society and Politics in Rome Abbott, Frank Scribners, NY 1909 Fine. a few bad page cuts, gilt edged.
15.00
HC The Epic of America Adams, James T. Blue Ribbon, NY 1931 G
10.00
PB/2nd The Vision and the Way: An Interpretation of Jewish Ethics Agus, Jacob B. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Frederick Ungar 1969 VG+12mo,cloth,365pp.ISBN:0804450293
8.00
PB Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom. Aldred, Cyril McGraw-Hill NY 1965 G. pc.
15.00
HC On the Edge of the War Zone Aldrich, Mildred Boston: Small, Maynard & Company 1917 VG+/no DJ. Ex libris ( a library stamp on pre-title page only). Spine lettering fading a bit. A memoir of the First World War. From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes. Illustrated. 5th printing before publication. 311 pages, frontis portrait, map endsheets, green cloth. Appears to be signed by author beneath her portrait.
35.00
HC/1st The Art of Spying Altavilla, Enrico Prentice Hall, NY 1967 Fine copy/no DJ. 8vo; 199 pgs. The truth behind the international espionage networks.
10.00
HC/1st Reaction and Revolution Artz, Frederick B. Harper & Bros., NY 1934 Fine/no DJ..8vo, 317pp., illus.
15.00
HC/DJ The March Towards Material Averno, Desensus & John MacPartland Philosphical, NY 1952 VG+/VG. Investigation into our dangers of demise. Rare dangerously subversive text in the middle of the McCarthy era.
375.00
HC The Face of Scotland Batsford, Harry And Fry, Charles. Foreword By John Buchan. B. T. Batsford, London 1934 G+. Illus. photo and drawing. Octavo. x + 117 pages, 4 maps, frontispiece plate and 115 other illustrations. Drawings By Brian Cook. 2nd Edition. This is a fascinating book which is chiefly concerned with Scottish scenery and landscape. It also touches on Scottish history and architecture, and is beautifully illustrated.
15.00
HB/1st Help ! The Beatles Behm, Marc. United Artists , Random House 1965 HB no DJ issued, Illus Color Cover with minor rub, 1965 1st edition, VG. Paperback Original Help! which starred the Fab Four of George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney; illustrated w/8 pgs. of photographs from the movie
75.00
HC/DJ/1st The French Revolution Belloc, Hilaire Henry Holt, New York 1911 Fine/VG DJ. Minor wear to DJ. Pages bright.
25.00
PB The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture Benedict, Ruth Tuttle, NY 1972 G+
10.00
HC Free Masonry at a Glance: Answers to 555 Questions Blight, Reynold Masonic Digest, LA 1928 G+ a bit splayed. Scarce and straight forward answers to an interested initiate's questions. Many of the founding fathers belonged to the order. The question of the Negro order is posed.
65.00
PB The Discoverers Bookstin Vintage, NY 1986 G
2.00
HC/signed The New Sweden: A Vindication of Democracy Braatoy, Bjarne Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., London 1939 VG+/no DJ. Signed by Author.
85.00
HC No Place to Hide Bradley, David Little Brown, Boston 1948 Fair. Spine split cover cracked. Bradley was a doctor whose job it was to watch for radioactive contamination during and after the Bikini tests.
40.00
PB/1st Arthur: King of Britain Brengle, Richard L. Appleton-Century-Crofts 1964 VG+, some edge soiling on cover fold mark.
8.00
HC/DJ Whereon To Stand Brunini, John Gilliand Harper & Bros., NY 1946 DJ tattered book very good
5.00
HC History of the Buccaneers of America Burney, James Norton 1950 Good copy has spine bumps.8vo, 382 pp. ISBN:048642328X
10.00
HC Yachtsman's Omnibus: Learning to Sail, Learning to Race, Learning to Cruise Callahan, H. A. MacMillan 1939 Fair-good. Spine discolored, skewed slightly
45.00
HC/DJ/1st Trade Through the Himalayas:The Early British Attempts to Open Tibet. CAMMANN, Schuyler Princeton: Princeton University Press 1951 F/G+, one tear slight soiling. Price cut. Buff boards, 186p., 5 bw photos, bibliography, appendices, index. Excellent, scholarly resource, covering a historical back- ground of Tibet until 1774. The first English Mission to Tibet 1774-1775. Bogle's report on Tibetan trade & sequels to his mission. Samuel Turner's mission to Tibet in 1783.The background of the Sino-Nepalese War. The Chinese campaign against the Gurkhas & its aftermath. Preliminaries to the Bhutan Expedition of 1773. The Panchen Lama's first letter to Warren Hastings. The principal articles of the Treaty of Peace with Bhutan in 1774. Summary of Turner's list of art- articles in the Tibetan trade of 1782. Scarce in this edition.
45.00
HC Letters from Spain Capek, Karel Putnam, NY 1932 Reading Copy. Fair, solid. Cover edge worn. 1st U.S. ed. Spine dulled, tips gently bumped, very good; no dust jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾tall. Translated by Paul Selver. Illustrated with drawings.
12.00
HC/DJ/1st The Boys Book of Patriotism and Citizenship Capper, Arthur University Society, NY 1933 Fine/Poor solid but major chip missing.
15.00
HC Under Cover- My Four Years in the Nazi Underground of America Carlson, Roy John Dutton, NY 1943 G/no DJ spine ends bumped and slightly frayed. Blue cloth rose banners. Gift note well written on title page dated Nov. 11th 1943 To Anne a Dear friend. From Harry, page loose. A number of mis-cut and misprinted pages. 544pp. Square clean and cream colored getting brittle. Last chapter outlines the 'America Firsters' and their continuing tactics. The writer is a journalist not a communist or government agent, quite a story. A dark view of times of international crisis and the way national politics are manipulated by powerful people with personal agendas.
12.00
HC A Pictorial History of Violence Churchill, Allen Holt Rinehart Winston, NY 1968 G+ NDJ
10.00
HC Incredible Truth Cobb, Irwin S. Cosmopolitan, NY 1931 g/NDJ. Back page damaged. American History revealed. The author attempts to report on significant events in history as a journalist would, from Valley Forge to Columbus to the Civil War, and beyond.
20.00
HC/DJ/1st Introducing Candlemaking Collins, Paul Taplinger Publishing Co Inc 1972 Fine book/Fine DJ, price cut. Illus. b/w and color. ISDN: 0-8008-4199-9
8.00
HC/1st The Land of the Great Image: Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan Collis, Maurice London: Faber & Faber 1943 Good/ no DJ. Cover and spine a bit damaged. Signatures loosening. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. Orange cloth with stamped gilt to spine. With 16 black & white plates & 5 plans [one folding].
8.00
HC/DJ Living Ideas in America Commanger, Henry Steele New York: Harper & Brothers 1965 G+, some annotation and owners name/G DJ. A Review of the complex problems confronting the world in 1950. A host of contributors including James Bryant Conant, Brooker T. Washington, Lincoln Steffens, H. L. Mencken, Walter Lippmann, William Allen White, John Dewey, and Woodrow Wilson. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾ tall 766 pages.
8.00
PB The Navy Blue Book Volume I Compere, Tom (Editor) New York: Military Publishing Institute 1960 Very Good. Owners name on title page. illus. Collection of articles and chapters explaining what the Navy does and how it does it. Unabashed pro-Navy stuff, arranged to look like a Reader's Digest issue. Great insights into the Navy at the height of the Cold War madness.
5.00
PB The Rebirth of Christianity COOK, Stanley A. Penguin Books Baltimore, MD 1942 Good looking but fragile. yellowing.
10.00
PB The Bull of Minos Cottrell, Leonard, and Schliemann, Heinrich, and Evans, Arthur, Sir Pan, London 1956 Fair, browning. The Story of the great discoveries in Crete and Greece. w/12 pages of photogravure plates.
10.00
PB Nicaragua in Perspective Crawley, Edwardo St. Martins, NY 1984 G+ illus. maps.
20.00
HC The Book of Old Ships Culver, Henry & Grant, Gordon Garden City, NY 1924 G. Spine ends frayed. Illus. The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance. 'The Saga of the Sailing Ship-Authoritative and Complete' Wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times: the portraiture of their progress. 306 pp w/appendix, B & W/Colored Illus by Gordon Grant, 11' x 8'
80.00
PB The Real Bonnie and Clyde DeFord, Miriam Allen. ACE, NY 1968 A bit worn and scuffed, still solid and fair to good. Illus. scarce DeFord book the year Hollywood found them.
5.00
per Liberation Vol 12 no 8 Dellinger, Dave Liberation, NY 1967 Fine copy. The Pentagon and After: The American Resistance, a number of pieces including a report from that front line. A piece of history.
35.00
per Liberation Vol 14 no 5,6 Dellinger, Dave Liberation, NY 1969 Very Fine copy. Julius Lester, Noam Chomsky and more in the optimistic sixties. The Movement Ten Years From Now, if they could have seen that, the revolution in 1979. Still a piece of history.
35.00
HC The Stars and Stripes D'Otrange Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Loiuse Knopf/Borzoi, NY 1973 Fair. The American flag as art and history. Loose pages
5.00
PB Passages from Arabia Deserta Doughty, Charles M. Penguin, London 1956 Fair, still nice square and solid, some chips but getting brittle in pages. Pictorial cover, nice edition.
2.00
PB Bertolt Brecht's Berlin: A Scrapbook of the Twenties Eckardt, Wolf Von & Sander L. Gilman Anchor Press, NY 1975 Fair -Good Profusely illus. oblong 8vo, cloth, chipped
25.00
PB Literary New York Edmiston, Susan and Cirino, Linda D. Houghton Mifflin, NY 1976 fair to good reading copy
10.00
HC/DJ Parnell, A Play in Three Acts Elsie Schauffler Samuel French, NY 1936 First edition. Light green cloth. Very Fine DJ and Book
35.00
HC/DJ/1st Corsican Excursion. Illustrated from Woodcuts by Edward Lear. Elwell, Charles. Bodley Head, London 1954 Fine book/VG DJ, minor edge tears. 8vo, green cloth, 152 pp. Map. Illustrations.
25.00
HC/DJ/1st American Concentration Camps: The Facts About Indian Reservations Today Embry, Carlos McKay, NY 1956 Fine/G, minor scuffs and splits. American Indian history documented. What does the average Indian earn, what does he eat, --a practical program for removing the restrictive laws that bind the Indian today.
25.00
PB The Sundance People: The Plains Indians, Their Past and Present Erdoes, Richard Vintage 1962 Plains Indians their present and future First ed. Minor abrasion to lamination, square VG+
15.00
PB An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology Euslin, Bernard Scholastic, NY 1975 Poor. cover corner and firs seven pages cut away
5.00
PB/1st Calley Everett, Arthur, Kathryn Johnson and Harry F. Rosenthal. Dell, NY 1971 Fair, corner of back cover missing, 1st edition. Story of My Lai massacre illustrated with 16 pages of black & white photographs.
5.00
PB Outrageous Conduct Farber, Stephan and Green, Marc Ivy/Ballentine, NY 1989 very good copy
5.00
HC The Critical Period of American History: 1783-89 Fiske, John Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company 1888 G+, Beautiful Gilt top edged and lettered. Gift inscription of the period very nicely done. 8vo, 368 pp. From point of view of European history. American Revolutionary history incl. Whigs, Vergennes, Spaniards & French at Gibraltar, Mississippi, Spanish & French treaties, John Adams, Yazoo boundaries, federal convention, league of friendship,13 commonwealths
12.00
HC/DJ/1st Reporters at War Fleming, Alice Cowles, NY 1970 Fine book/Fair cover, one spine chip. First edition. Anthology of ten exciting eye-witness accounts spanning the period from the Crimean War to the conflict in Vietnam by the greatest British and American war correspondents of the era, including Richard Harding Davis, Winston Churchill, Ernie Pyle, and Marguerite Higgins. A bright, very good copy in a lightly worn jacket.
18.00
HC AROUND THE PAN WITH UNCLE HANK - HIS TRIP THROUGH THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. Fleming, Thomas The Nutshell Pub. Co., NY 1901 Near Fine, Blue cloth with orange blind stamped lettering bright very minor bumps and fraying spine top and bottom. Illustrated by the author. Pages clean square and un-faded. From the Pan American worlds fair where McKinley was assassinated and the story is here as well as the story of the whole fair from start top finish. The dawning of the twentieth century, an amazing document showing our naiveté and vision of the future we now all live in. Absolutely the finest copy you will ever find. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. 262 pp.
105.00
PB Lee, The Last Years Flood, Charles Brace; Charles Bracelan Flood New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company 1983 Very good condition save price cut. B&W Photographs and Illustrations Trade Paperback. 308 pp
5.00
HC The Transition Period G. Gregory Smith W. Blackwood And Sons, G.B. 1927 VG, Some Bumping To Edges. Series edited by Prof. Saintsbury. This is volume IV of the series: Periods of European Literature. dealing with the main European Literature of the fifteenth century. ; Small 8vo; 422 pages.
30.00
HC/DJ/1st The Timely Rain: Travels in New Tibet Gelder, Stuart and Roma Monthly Review Press 1964 Fine/VG, some upper edge wear and tape, pictorial wraps..
10.00
HC/DJ The First Sphere George, A.G. Asia Publishing House, NY 1965 G+/G+. Dj slightly soiled
23.00
HC/DJ Protection of Free Trade George, Henry Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, NY 1966 Reprint of 1886 seminal book. DJ wear scuffed. book fine
15.00
PB/1st How to Survive an Atomic Bomb Gerstell, Richard Bantam, NY 1950 VG. 149, wraps, illus. , appendix, index, pages have darkened. Scarce and scary.
20.00
HC/DJ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol. I (AD 180-476) Gibbon, Edward New York: Modern Library nd F/G, some edge splits. 8vo. 956pp.
10.00
HC Spies Gollomb, Joseph New York Macmillan 1942 VG+/no DJ. A history of espionage from ancient times through colonial times, the American Revolution, Civil War, English spies, Napoleon's spy and others.
35.00
HC The Passing Of The Great Race, or The Racial Basis of European History Grant, Madison Charles Scribner's Sons. NY 1923 VG+, little wear/no DJ. 4th revised edition. Blue cloth, gilt lettering 8vo., 6 x 9, indexed 276 pp.
45.00
HC/1st The Whole World & Company Green, Gretchen Renal & Hitchcock, New York 1936 Very Good NO DJ SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 313. Illustrated. VG in little worn dj. The author traveled widely and writes of her experiences: as a policewoman in Idaho, keeper of a tearoom in the Royal Kitchens in Venice, an itinerant worker in Morocco, a traveler with Tagore in China, and much more.
25.00
PB/set Teutonic Mythology Grimm, Jacob Dover, Ny 1966 VG+ save tiny price removals. In 4 volumes, all present square solid very minor wear complete set of the first Dover printings. Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) was one of the greatest scholars of the modern world. In his many works, he single-handedly laid the foundations for many of today's important sciences, studies and disciplines. Among these are comparative philology, the science of folklore, the study of comparative religions, and the history of religions. Among the works that have given Grimm his reputation are the monumental dictionary of the German language.
125.00
HC/2nd Heil Hunger! : Health Under Hitler Gumpert, Dr. Martin translated by Maurice Samuel Allience Book Corp. Longmans, Green & Co., NY 1940 VG, light soiling. Translated from the German by Maurice Samuel. 8vo, 128 pp. How Modern Dictatorship Destroys Its Own People, health conditions in Nazi Germany, .Reveals dictatorship as sickness inexorably driving all to physical breakdown; that freedom is the first condition for the biological advancement.
85.00
PB The Greek Ideal and It's Survival Hadas, Moses New York: Harper 1966 G+
5.00
PB/1st Studies in the Institutional History of Modern Japan Hall, John W. and Jansen, Marius editors Princeton U. Press, NJ 1970 Fine copy, price stamped on fore page. From feudalism s end to Dewey's arrival. Excellent survey. 396pp. ISBN 0-691-00013-1.
6.50
HC/DJ ECHO OF GREECE Hamilton,Edith W.W. Norton 1967 Fine/G+ but dj glued and pc.
20.00
HC/DJ Kenneths Complete Book of Hair Heilman, Joan Rattner (Editor) Doubleday 1971 DJ tattered/ book Fine
3.00
HC A Village in Picadilly Henrey, Robert Dent, London 1943 DJ in pieces, near complete. illus. w/photos. Book very good
35.00
HC/DJ Twilights and Dawn: Four Allegorical Myths HIDALGO-BRICENO, MIGUEL Julian Press, New York 1972 Fine/G, some wear. pc.
30.00
PB Nukespeak: The Selling of Nuclear Technology in America. Hilgartner, Bell and Conner Penguin, NY 1983 G+
3.00
PB/1st The Death Dealers Hirsch, Phil New York: Pyramid Books 1960 G+, browning. 12mo 192pp. The Mob Cried Death (P.S.Hines)/A General In His Sights (S.Sanderson)/We Murdered Pancho Villa (P.Feliz as told to J.Carr)/Target For Extinction (P.S.Hines)/Assassin! (D.Burk)/The Man Who Shot McKinley (G.Klein)/My Mission To Moscow (R.Berten)/The Day They Got The Marshal (J.Devaney)/The Judas Of Czechoslovakia (B.Wharton)/Scarface Al--Wanted By A Hood (D.Mazroff)/My God, They Got Ike! (S.Weston)/Dictator, Breathe Your Last! (P.Meskil) They stalked the greatest game of all--MAN and these were their targets for murder: Capone, Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Hitler, Nixon, Stalin.
8.00
PB/1st Inside The Shadow Government: Declaration of Plaintiffs' Counsel Filed By the Christic Institute U.S. DIstrict Court, Miami, Florida March 31,1988 Holleman, Edith & Love, Andrew D.C.: Christic Institute 1988 Very Good copy from important legal group seeking to protect democracy from the excesses of power. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall.238 pgs.
20.00
HC/DJ The Music of India Holroyde, Peggy Praeger, NY 1972 Fine
20.00
PB Marthas's Vineyard Hough, Henry Beetle Penguin, NY 1979 VG-F illus. pix Alfred Eisenstaedt
5.00
HC Tuscan Cities Howells, W. D. THE ENGLISH LIBRARY 1907 G+. Nice cover design. Corner bumped.
20.00
HC/DJ Back of History Howells, William Doubleday, NY 1959 G/G. DJ scuffed Book edge yellow. illus.
15.00
HC/DJ Something of My Country HRH Prince William of Sweden Charles Scribner & Sons.,NY 1952 Fine/VG, some soiling. Illus. 8vo, 244 pp. cloth.
18.00
HC Little Journeys To Homes Of Great Musicians Hubbard, Elbert Roycrafters, Erie, NY 1916 G+, Title patch on spine worn, edge and corners bumped. Gilt edge and Wagner portrait embossed on front. Nice Edition.
20.00
HC Elephant And Castle: A Reconstruction. HUTCHINSON, R.C. RINEHART, NY 1949 Fine. no DJ. 8vo(6 x 9) , Black cloth, 692 pages.
25.00
PB Growth and Structure pf the English Language Jespersen, Otto Doubleday Anchor Books 1956 Good copy. Classic on English Language. 274 pages.
5.00
HC/1st History of the Johnstown Flood Johnson, Willis Fletcher Edgswood Publ. Co. 1889 Fine copy/no DJ. First edition. Brown cloth gilt lettering. A history of the Jamestown Flood, one of the most disastrous events in America. Pennsylvania flood result of mud/straw dam.
15.00
HC Report on the Conduct of the War Part 1 JOINT COMMITTEE Government Printing Office, Wash. DC 1863 VG, solid general wear. First five pages missing small corner
65.00
PB The Big Payroll Katcher, Leo Cardinal, NY 1960 G, yellowing, skewed. The Life and Times of Arnold Rothstein. Novelization of film.
25.00
HC/DJ Secrets of the Kuna Earth Mother Keeler, Clyde Exposition Press, NY 1960 Fine
25.00
HC SALAMINA Kent, Rockwell Harcourt, Brace and Co., NY 1935 Fine/no DJ. Illus & decs by the author. 336pgs, Wonderful travel adventure in Greenland . Illustrated with Twenty-Two full page sepia drawings plus sepia frontispiece and two page map.
25.00
HC/DJ Great Cities: Amsterdam Konig, Hans Time-Life, Amsterdam 1977 Fair/Fine DJ worn spine splits
5.00
HC BOXED History of the U.S. Kraus/ Dullas University of Michigan 1959 G+ The U.S. to 1865 by Kraus529pp + 11pg index. The U.S. since 1865 by Dulles 546pp + 19pg index. Both volumes VG/VG in good slip case.
25.00
HC/1st Anatomy of an Undeclared War Krause, Patricia A., ed. International Universities Press 1972 Near Fine copy of Congressional Conference on The Pentagon Papers
15.00
HC THE CRUSADES, The Flame of Islam Lamb, Harold Garden City Publishing Co 1931 G/no dj. Spine frayed top and bottom
18.00
HC/1st Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum Layard, Austen H. Harper, NY 1853 Fair. Needs spine plate , cover edges bumped and frayed, brown cloth, 586pp. complete illus. many pull out maps and lithographs. Body of book very good. Two volumes in one edition.
100.00
HC/1st Layards Works: Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert, Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum LAYARD, Austen H.; G. P. Putnam and Co., NY 1853 VG+ books. Pages strong and white in the original binding, embossed green leather, copy of Archeological and travel classic.8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, xxiii, First Simultaneous with England Issue. 9 H X 6 W, 687and 375 Pgs. An archeological classic in beautiful condition. Leather hardcover with gilt on a ribbed spine, with minimal rubbing on edges and tips. Five and a half pages of listed engravings, many pull-out maps and illustrations.
200.00
HC The American Revolution 1763-1783 Lecky D. Appleton, NY 1918 Fair-G, browning and cover loose at front hinge. 12mo. 518 p From Lecky's larger work on The History of England in the Eighteenth Century. The history of the American Revolution as it relates to the history of England.
5.00
HC/DJ/1st The Pathology of Leadership: A History of the Effects of Disease on 20th Century Leaders L'Etang, Hugh Hawthorn Books , NY 1970 VG+ copy/G+, scuffed DJ. Analysis of fatigue and ill health on leaders in critical moments.
15.00
HC/DJ Buddism: 'A Mystery Religion'? Levy, Paul Schoken Books, NY 1968 Fine. Original wraps (glassine)
10.00
HC Viri Rome Lhomond translated by Edward Roth David Mckay, PA 1898 VG+/no dj.
18.00
HC/DJ The Goebbels Diaries: 1942-1943 Lochner, Louis P (Translated/edited by) DOUBLEDAY & CO 1948 G/tattered. Book spine top frayed. 8VO 566PP
15.00
PB A New England Town - the First 100 Years Lockridge, Kenneth A. W. W. Norton & Co. 1970 Very Good copy. The rare expert volume. 208 pages.
5.00
HC/DJ The Wonderful World of Horses Long, Matthew Octopus, London 1976 G+ Large format folio DJ chipped
5.00
PB Angkor MacDonald, Malcolm Jonathan Cape, 1965 illus. w/map Book of Tourism Bureau 1965
35.00
HC The Owners of Eden MacDonald, Robert Evergreen Press, B.C. Canada 1974 Fine. The Life and Past of the Native People (Canada)
15.00
HC Egyptian Myth and Legend Macenzie, Donald Greshham, London 1913 NDJ cover water damaged on back and spine book complete.
35.00
EP Masterplots Magill Kay-Z ND
5.00
HC The Coming Victory of Democracy Mann, Thomas Alfred A. Knofp, NY 1938 Fine book no DJ. 3rd edition. A Lecture Delivered By Thomas Mann On A Tour Of The U. S. Mann Predicts Victory Over The Fascists In The Coming Struggle.
10.00
HC An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History March, John D.D. A.S. Barnes, NY ND G. Bumped spine and edges
10.00
HC/1st Liberty MARTIN, EVERETT DEAN W W Norton 1930 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Non-fiction.
12.00
HC Memories of the Months Maxwell, Sir Herbert Edward Arnold and co., London 1922 G-, bit worn and split, body solid, pages never cut/no DJ.
8.00
PB The True Story of the Roman Catholic Church McCabe, Joseph Haldeman-Julius, Kansas 1930 6 double volumes cover coming away on first all others very good. Scarce from the thirties most likely. Date not stated.
225.00
HC Conquest of the West McCaleb, Walter Prentice Hall, NY 1947 Fine/ndj. 1st ed. 336p. History of America's westward expansion from 1800-1848.
20.00
PB/1st The Scots McClaren, Morey Pelican, UK 1951 G+, browning. Scarce First Edition, history of the Scots.
12.00
HC Nations of the World - Egypt McCoan, J. C. Peter Fenelon Collier NY 1890 Fine. no DJ. illus. photo gravure. minor bumps, bright.
20.00
Pamphlet Geology of the Grand Coulee : Grand Coulee Dam and Columbia Basin Irrigation Project and Grand Coulee Dam Columbia River State of Washington Souvenir Booklet Presidential Edition McMacken, Joseph G. Shaw & Bordon Co,Spokane 1938 Fine. Both books come a souvenir mailing envelope well marked with large stylized Grand Coulee in VG, bit bumped and frayed. This is the year it was completed, must be first souvenir booklet, Very nice light blue with dark blue and gilt lettering Steamship rock print on cover. Already the Geology pamphlet is in it's 4th edition. Both well illustrated with photos, maps and architectural drawings,
20.00
PB Guiness Book of World's Records 1973 ed. McWhirter 1973 Fair
7.00
PB Peace in the Middle East Mehdi, M. T. New World Press 1967 Fine copy pp 109 incl: appendix, footnotes, illus. An Arab answer to Zionism and to 'prejudice'.
20.00
HC History of the Reformation Merle D'Aubigne, J.H. Putnam, NY 1872 G+ illus. 12 engravings, 200 woodcuts. Gilt edged. Nice edition.
35.00
PB Custers Fall Miller, David H. Bantam, NY 1963 G+, as told by surviving Native Americans
25.00
HC/DJ/1st The Bridge at Dong Ha Miller, John Grider Navel Institute Press, Annapolis 1989 Fine/Fine. 1st printing hardback green paper boards with no internal marks, 8vo, 186 pp. 1map. 8 ills. Navy Cross winner Colonel John Ripley is featured in this account of action and bravery in the Viet Nam War.
30.00
HC The Adventures of Francois: Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing master During the French Revolution Mitchell, S. Weir Century Co. , ny 1898 G+/no DJ. Spine bumped, owners name
20.00
PB Britains Moment in the Middle East Monroe, Elizabeth University Paperbacks 1965 Fair, coming apart. Complete
5.00
PB Admiral of the Ocean Sea Vol II Morison, Samuel Eliot Time, NY 1962 G+, a Life of Christopher Columbus.
5.00
HC The Road to Huddersfield: A Journey to Five Continents Morris, James Pantheon. book club edition, 1963 DJ good/ book fine
4.00
PB Infantry Unit Leaders Guide Multop, Major Charles and Captain William G. Barrett Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, PA: 1954 Fair. Price cut, water damaged, written on back.Numerous b/w figures. 187+ pp. Softcover. 24mo.
20.00
HC/DJ Magic and Make Believe Newton, Robert G. Dobson, London 1949 PC G/Fine
15.00
HC First Printing of Texas Authors Northouse, Cameron comp. Printworks, Dallas 1982 G. Cover wear and some soiling
10.00
HC/DJ Great Explorers Owen, Roderic Mayflower, NY 1979 Fair DJ chipped book skewed. loose pages
5.00
HC St. Louis Perry, Fredick, M.A. Putnam, NY 1901 NDJ. History of Louis the ninth of France. Very Good copy.
10.00
PB/1st Music in the Air Philip K. Eberly Hastings House Publishers 1982 NM copy. America's changing tastes in popular music from 1920 to 1980. illus. great overview of Radio's history.
15.00
HC Les Oeuvres Morales & meslées de PLUTARQUE. Plutaque anet & Cotelle, Paris 1820 four inches of bottom spine leather gone. Otherwise fine. Marbled boards fore and follow pages.
165.00
PB The Travels of Marco Polo Polo, Marco Signet Classic, NY 1961 PC good copy
10.00
HC History of Wars Secret History and Buildings Procopius Trepor-Roper, H. R. , Editor. Twayne, NY 1967 VG, spine fading.. Very clean Averill Cameron translation.
20.00
PB Byzantium Rene Guerdan New York: Capricorn Books 1962 Near Fine looks unread save one edge fold mark.illus.b/w 8vo, 228pp.
8.00
HC/DJ Ripley's Giant Believe It or Not! Ripley, Robert Le Roy. Bonanza Books, New York 1985 Fine/Fine. remaindered book.
10.00
PB A Scholar's Guide to Japan Roberts, Dorothy E. The Christopher Pub. House, Boston 1969 VG+ Lists institutions of education, shrines, gardens, reasonable hotels and concise histories.
3.00
HC/DJ Pompero (50 Years) Rodriquez, Jose Angel Company History (Venezuelia) 1988 Fine
5.00
Historical Romances of Sabatini (Bardley's the Magnificent) Sabatini McKinley, Stone, McKenzie, NY 1905 fair. reading copy
10.00
HC Torquemada Sabatini, R. Houghton Mifflin, NY 1930 Fine/no dj. Scarce.
45.00
HC/DJ The Lawless Decade Sann, Paul Crown, NY 1966 G+ DJ chipped and worn
10.00
PB The Jim Thorpe Story Schoor, Gene Archway Washington Sq., NY 1969 good
15.00
HC/DJ The Quest for the Historical Jesus Schweitzer, Albert Macmillan, NY 1950 DJ some tears. Good and book Fine
15.00
HC/DJ Across the Plains in '49 Shaw, Rubin Cole Citidel, NY 1966 PC G/Fine
25.00
HC/DJ/2nd Elegant Wits and Grand Horizontals; a Sparkling Panorama of La Belle Epoque, Its Gilded Society, Irrepressible Wits and Splendid Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901- Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1962 Fine/VG+ spine fading edge wear, a gift inscription in fine hand by Lady Richardson. A bubbling, gleeful toast to La Belle Epoque, the 1890s in Paris, a decade of elegance and perception, a heady mixture of high intellect and frivolous vivacity. First rush as our culture first turned from Puritanism to decadence. 262pp. Index. 24p b/w photos. Over 8-1/2 Tall. Hardcover. Medium gray cloth, bright gold lettering, purple designs.
10.00
HC The Alter Smart, Rev. Henry , DD Morehouse, Millwaukee 1931 NDJ. 3rd edition very good book
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HC Campaign Addresses of Gov. Alfred Smith Smith, Alfred Democratic National Committee 1929 Fine
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HC/DJ/1st The Golden Gate: The Will to Perfection as the Ultimate Reality Spier, Fred S. Terrace, NY 1950 Slight rips in DJ but good. Fine copy.
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PB 175 Little Known Facts About J.F.K. Steiner, Paul Citadel Press 1964 G, cover separated from text. Very good + otherwise. A rare book, this account tells many facts about the late president, John F. Kennedy. Cigar sales soared after he took office and hat sales fell off, because he rarely wore one. Excerpt. Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall
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PB Night Train to Turkistan Stevens, Stuart Atlantic Monthly Press, NY 1988 VG. General wear. Great travelogue.' Modern Adventures along the Silk Road.
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HC/1st Admiral Dewey at Manila, and the Complete Story of the Philippines Stickney, Joseph L. J.H. Moore Co., Philadelphia 1899 VG, some wear and spine bumping. Solid nice copy. Illus. Pictorial green cloth, very good 434pp, maps, 78 b.w. photos, 19cm x 24.5cm.By Admiral Dewey's Aide, who published this book under at least 3 slightly different titles. A section of Poems of Dewey and the Philippines ends the volume, including this gem: Dewey! Dewey! Dewey! / Is the hero of the day / And the Maine has been remembered / In the good, old-fashioned way.
45.00
HC Persephone: A Study of Two Worlds Streatfeild, D. Julian Press, New York 1959 G+ save a bend mark on cover. A Jungian study of the Persephone myth.365 pages
18.00
HC/DJ/1st Not By Power: the Story of the Growth of Judaism Tarshish, Allan New York: Bookman Associates 1952 Near Fine/G+, minor splits and scuffs. 8vo; 277 pages. First Edition.
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HC/DJ/1st Secret: The Gizeh Pyramids Tastmona, Thothnu Comet Press 1954 VG/Fine. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23 tall. This book is a treasury of golden facts. The discoveries outlined revolutionize the science of Egyptology as hitherto understood, yet the work is self-contained and presented in a popular style, so that no prior knowledge of the subject is required for enjoyment of its fascinating revelations. It is at once a text book for the professional Egyptologist and engrossing entertaining for the lay reader.
125.00
HC/DJ/1st Journal of Resistance Theodorakis, Mikis Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1973 Fine/VG DJ scuffed overall no tears.
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HC/DJ/1st Voyage of the Damned Thomas, Gordon and Max Morgan Witts Stein and Day 1974 G- reading copy. Illus. The, In May 1939 the voyage of 937 Jewish refugees on board the luxury liner Saint Louis of Hamburg-America Line. many from concentration camps, who had bought visas to enter CUBA. Before they landed it became obvious that the corrupt immigration officials who had issued the visas had no intention of letting them land. Sailed Hamburg-Cherbourg-Havana-Antwerp. 317pp. 8vo, cloth
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HB Strange Tales of Amazing Frauds Thomas, Henry. PERMA, NY 1950 VG, except body of text is separated from cover. Some collection of hoaxes.
8.00
HC/1st Some English Books with Coloured Plates. Their points, collations & values. Art, sport, caricature, topography & travel, first half of the nineteenth century. TOOLEY, R.V. Imgpen & Grant, London 1935 VG, cover wearing, not all pages cut. Scarce valuable reference for early (first half of nineteenth century) color lithography. 'Art, Sport, Caricature, Topography & Travel.
125.00
Pamphlet Festivals of India Tourist Division Ministry of Transportation, Delhi 1957 VG+. Fine pamphlet on the festivals of India and the various religions with descriptions and parameters of each. Decorative wraps 25pp.
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HC/1st American Messiahs Unofficial Observer, The Simon & Schuster, NY 1935 VG/no DJ. Analysis of American demagogy of the twenties and thirties.
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HC That Day Alone Van Paassen, Pierre GB: Angus & Robertson 1942 VG+, save forepage appears missing, may be as printed/no DJ Edition not stated. Keen insight commentary of contemporary historical events. Fabulous writer, akin to Gore Vidal, important information on Europe's history. politics, religions and wars in those lead up contemporary days just prior to WWII.
18.00
HC A London Omnibus various Chatto and Windus, London 1927 Fine copy save that front sheet appears cut away. Very nice and interesting collection of pieces on the history of London from origins through great events to Montague on the current city, the right place. Japanese paper covers
15.00
PB The Saga of Flight various Avon, NY 1978 PC good copy
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HC On War Von Clausewitz, Karl Modern Library, NY 1943 Reading copy. NDJ.
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PB The Fascist Tradition; Radical Right-Wing Extrmeism in Modern Europe Weiss, John Harper & Row, NY 1967 G_, reading copy.
2.00
HC/DJ/1st Pie in the Sky: an American Struggle, the Wobblies and Their Times. Werstein, Irving  NY Delacorte 1969 VG/Fine book. American labor history
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HC/DJ/1st Swords and Daggers Wikinson, Fredrick Hawthorn Books , NY 1968 Fin/Fine. p/c Brilliant book full of detailed photos and bibliographies. 1st Am edition 256 pages, illustrated with 150 pages of weapons, most of them from private collections and therefore not familiar to the general public. Scarce.
45.00
HC/3rd The Challenge of Scandinavia William L. Shirer MA: Little, Brown and Company 1955 VG/no DJ, spine sunned, solid nice copy. 3rd printing. 437pp. 8vo, cloth. The Challenge of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in Our Time.
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HC/DJ/1st The Fifties Wilson, Edmund Farrar, Straus & GIroux 1986 Fine/VG DJ minor darkening edge wear and one ink spot
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PB Spotlight on the East Wint, Guy Penguin, London 1955 VG+, aging, yellowing solid and square.
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HC/DJ/1st Electric Koolaid Acid Test. Wolfe, Tom Farrar, Straus & GIroux 1968 Fine book/VG DJ Seminal work of the sixties. Scarce in this edition.
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HC/1st Essays on Literature, History, Politics, Etc. Woolfe, Leonard The Hogarth Press, London 1927 G-G+/ no DJ, foxed but solid clean copy of this scarce First Edition Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press.
125.00
HC/DJ Makers of Latin America Worchester, Donald Dutton, NY 1966 Fine/Fair discolored w/splits
10.00
PER Twentieth Century Vol CLXXVII #1044 19 VG Drawn and Quartered: The World of British Newspaper Cartoon, Retrospective. 75 pp.
20.00
HC Enlightened Non-Zoroastrians on Mazdayasism, The Excellent Religion 1867 G+. NDJ. Gilt deluxe edition. ask or best offer
HC Oriental Liturature Vol. III Colonial Press, NY 1900 G+. illus. Ramayana and more. The Literature volume.
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PER The Atlantic Dec. 1947 1947 G 90th Anniversary Issue. Henry Ford II speaks out, Wolfe, Thomas, Sitwell, Patton Maugham and Twain
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PER Dangerous People/True Crime Stories 1952 G Yellowing, bumped
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PER The American Scholar 1958 G+ Summer 1958
2.00
PB Guide Book to the Prado Museum 5th ed. Compana Bibliographica, Madrid 1959 Good condition. illus. w/color photos
5.00
PER The Atlantic Vol 208 #1 July 1961 1961 G Cover has some oil stain. one small split
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PER East Europe: A Monthly Review Vol 11 #10 1962 G++
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PER East Europe: A Monthly Review Vol 11 #11 1962 G++
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PER East Europe: A Monthly Review Vol 11 #12 1962 G++
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PER Police Files Vol. 10 #1 1963 G+/Fine. 12/63
5.00
HC/DJ The Illustrated History of the Jews Harper Row, NY 1963 G+/Fine some slight splits on DJ
5.00
PER East Europe: A Monthly Review Vol 12 #3 1963 G++
5.00
PB BOXED This Is Japan #12 Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Pub. Co 1965 Soft Cover Very Good. with slip case
15.00
PER Status Vol II #2 1966 G+
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PER Saturday Review 3/18/1967 1967 G. Marshall McLuhan cover
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PER National Geographic 1969 Vol 136 #4
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Folio The Book of the American West Simon and Schuster, NY 1969 G, illus.
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EP A Bicentennial Portrait of the American People US World and News 1975 G
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PER Lost Treasure Vol 2 #1 1976 G+
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per White Triangle News Vol.20 #2 Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club 1978 VG+, some discoloration.
10.00
HC/DJ Texas: A Picture Tour Scribners, NY ND Fair to Poor. Pages cut. DJ splits
2.00
HC Chicago Rand McNally ND Poor. Loose pages Large format folio
5.00
HC The Scottish Tartans ND illus.
25.00
HC Babylonian & Assyrian Literature Colonial Press, London nd G+. Gilt edged on top. illus. Cloth. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7_ - 9_ tall. Comprising The Epic of Izubar, Hymns, Tablets, and Cuneiform Inscriptions Revised Edition. Greenish black cover with gold lettering. Cover is in excellent condition for age, head
35.00
PB Greenwich Village 1920-1930 Ware, Coroline F. Harper, NY 1965 PB. Price cut
10.00
HC Pike Peek or Bust Wilson, Earl Doubleday,Garden City 1976 Bit Soiled. No DJ
10.00
HC Scotland Red Guide Red Guide 1966 Amazingly well written and detailed tour of ancient and historic sites of Scotland. Nice soft binding edition
10.00
PER Jewish Affairs Vol II #2 Organizing American Jewry Richards, Richard G. 1947 May 1, 1947. Very Good copy.
30.00
HC Jewish Book Annual Vol. 7 Jewish Book Council 1948 G. . First Edition. 8vo - over 7_ - 9_ tall. The best reference on Jewish books and book publishing in America. Articles on Books published in the last year, 50 Years of the American Jewish Yearbook, many others. Blue cloth, letters on spine faded.
20.00
HC Jewish Book Annual Vol. 7 Jewish Book Council 1948 G. . First Edition. 8vo - over 7_ - 9_ tall. The best reference on Jewish books and book publishing in America. Articles on Books published in the last year, 50 Years of the American Jewish Yearbook, many others. Blue cloth, letters on spine faded.
20.00
HC/DJ Jewish Life Anthology Jewish Life 1956 G+ but front page missing. Possible ex-Libras no other marks
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HC/DJ Jewish Life Anthology Jewish Life 1956 G+ but front page missing. Possible ex-Libras no other marks
20.00
PB In Search of the Maya Brunhouse, Robert L. Ballantine, NY 1990 VG, yellowing solid clean.
3.00
HC/3rd The Age of Fable Bullfinch, Thomas J.M. Dent-Dutton, NY 1912 G/no DJ. General wear. 3rd impression.
15.00
PB The Strange Death of Liberal England 1910-1914 Dangerfield, George Capricorn Books ,New York 1961 VG owners name inside.
3.00
PB Railway History Ellis, C. Hamilton London: Dutton Vista 1966 G+, cover wear interior fine. 12mo., 160pp. Profusly illustrated train spotters guide. Survey of the history of trains illus.w/140 b/w photographs of trains, tracks, railway incidents and curiosities around the world. Written by a former railway man. A gem, fascinating. ISBN:1111845948
10.00
HC/DJ The War of the Copper Kings Glasscock, C.B. Grossett & Dunlap, NY 1971 VG/G+, little wear DJ. Originally published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1935. A classic of regional history. 314 pp. Illustrated by [seven] rare contemporary photographs.
15.00
PB American Railroads Stover, John F. University of Chicago Press 1968 G, yellowing and shelf worn. 302pp. 12mo. Solid good copy. Beautifully illusteded, trains most of them. The Chicago History of American Civilization. Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin. History of the railroad from the very beginning.
8.00