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197211401Uppsala 1972. Soft cover. Near Fine. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Historia Religionum #5. 593 pp. Bibliography index. Mild wear to wrappers; one corner lightly bumped. Pages unopened. paperback books
1987M11782Barcelona:: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 1987. 1987. 8vo. 163 pp. Printed wrappers Mylar cover. TLS from former University of Houston biochemist J. Oro explaining the volume's origin laid-in. Very good. From the library of chemist and biologist Stanley Miller who was most famous for conducting the Miller-Urey experiment in 1952. He demonstrated that organic compounds could form naturally from inorganic precursors essentially providing a scientific basis for the theory of abiogenesis. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 1987. unknown books
197411400Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis/Stockholm Studies in History Number 20. 336 pp with index and bibliography. Trade paperback with slight cover wear. Clean tight unmarked. Almqvist & Wiksell paperback books
198514454Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation 1985. Softcover. Near fine. 93 pp in original printed wrappers. Slight cover wear. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Includes essays in English Latvian French German and Russian. Latvian National Foundation paperback books
1910257437New York: D. Appleton 1910. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; spine lightly sunned; minor foxing to endpaper otherwise no markings in text. Very Good binding. D. Appleton unknown books
1961183654Barcelona: Direccion General de Relaciones Culturales 1961. Softcover. Good heavy wear to wraps library stamp on ffep glue for spine is loose but all pages are intact and clear. Color illustrated wraps with yellow lettering; 666 pp 96 pages of bw plates. Text is in French. Exhibition organized by the Spanish Government. Bibliography: pages 623-664. Direccion General de Relaciones Culturales unknown books
19332769New York: Macmillan 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 334 pp illustrations with bibliography index. Mild spine slant light wear to edges with lightly bumped corners bookplate on front pastedown; text clean binding tight. No dust jacket. History of relations between Russia and Asia primarily from the Russian perspective with chapters on the conquest of Siberia Peter the Great Catherine the Great "the Near and Middle East up to the Crimean War" annexation of the Amur region the conquest of central Asia the Russo-Japanese War World War I and more. Macmillan hardcover books
19631126London: MacDonald 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 343 pp illustrations with bibliography index. Slight rubbing to extremities else fine. Dust jacket show very light shelf wear with a few short chips and tears. From the dust jacketL "Lloyd George achieved more absolute power than even Sir Winston Churchill secured in World War II. He was it has been argued 'the maker of Europe'. The theme of this book is how power corrupts. Lloyd George's pecadilloes which more than once threatened his career his intrigues with Zaharoff and the building up of his political fund with which to hold the main parties to ransom are shown as influences in the process of corruption." MacDonald hardcover books
19891265Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina Press 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xiv 463 pp with illustrations bibliography index flyer from related book event laid in. Minimal wear to edges minimal spotting to top edge; else fine in near fine dust jacket with one tiny tear at the foot of the spine. Signed with short inscription on title page. The dust jacket states that this volume "traces the intricate role of the United States in the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and presents the struggle for Czechoslovak liberation within the context of two of the most cataclysmic events of the twentieth century - the First World War and the Bolshevik revolution." University of North Carolina Press hardcover books
199514453Riga: Centre of Baltic-Nordic History and Political Studies 1995. Hardcover. Near fine. 335 pp indexed illustrated. Clean tightly bound and unmarked with just a touch of wear to the corners. Centre of Baltic-Nordic History and Political Studies hardcover books
198066251980. Softcover. VG previous owner stamps inside cover. Wraps. 58 pp. 21 color plates. Catalogue and short essay written by Mark Rosenthal. Also includes some isolated and I suppose important quotations by the artist arranged chronologically. Catalogue lists 34 works. Bibliography. Lovely color plates. unknown books
19182256New York: The Truthseeker Co 1918. Softcover. Good. Revised and enlarged edition. 32 pp in original stapled wrappers. Dampstaining and chipping to wrappers text clean. Gauvin 1881-1978 was a notable author and speaker in the Freethought movement. Here he details the many perfidies of Germany and her allies and asserts that "we must do all in our power to preserve our liberties by keeping a conquering military despotism away from our shores. And the things which we cherish for ourselves we must help France and England to uphold that all of us may do our duty to humanity as guardians of civilization." The Truthseeker Co paperback books
1916892London: Duckworth & Co 1916. Hardcover. Very good. Second impression. xvi 240 pp illustrations 16 publisher's catalogue. Some light general wear to boards short gift inscription Christmas 1919 on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Compiled from letters written by the author from France Greece Serbia and England. Duckworth & Co hardcover books
1960257431New York: Hawthorn Books 1960. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed by Hatch on front free endpaper. Light chipping to dust jacket; dust jacket soiled but protected in a new mylar cover; no markings in text. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Hawthorn Books unknown books
199544914Polygon Editions 1995. 4to pp. 378. Index. Copiously illustrated. Cover slightly bumped at corners o/w a nice copy in somewhat chipped dj. The best advertising in Europe judged by 65 European top-creatives. Polygon Editions unknown books
1957507Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xi 692 pp with maps appendix index. A few slightly dog-eared pages light offsetting to rear endpapers; otherwise clean and sound. Dust jacket has a small abrasion to the upper spine where a label was removed. "This is the story of a great coalition formed by the United States Great Britain and Soviet Russia to combat the Axis in World War II. Mr. Feis traces the ideas and purposes which governed each member of this alliance their clashes and cooperation and the gradual separation between the West and Russia as victory over Germany was achieved" dust jacket. Princeton University Press hardcover books
197414756LaSalle IL: Open Court 1974. Hardcover. Fine. xvi 354 pp with index bibliography. An as-new copy with no dust jacket. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov 1851-1881 was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Narodnik. n June 1879 he took part in a congress of political terrorists and became an advocate of such a policy. He helped found the worker student and military arms of the extremist organization People's Will and the newspaper of that organization in 1880 and wrote several of the organization's manifestos. One of the organizers of the assassination of Alexander II he was arrested on February 27 March 11 demanded to be tried together with his subsequently captured compatriots and was found guilty and executed Britannica. Open Court hardcover books
197341786NY:: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0525222251 . First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. A bright clean and well preserved copy. . Dutton, hardcover books
251773London: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 379pp. Dampstaining to the endpapers. Previous owner name label on the front endpaper. Decorated cred cloth with some fade to the titling and the decorations but a sturdy and serviceable copy. All edges gilt. near Very Good binding. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co unknown books
1999257619Copenhagen: Cities of Copenhagen and Malmoe 1999. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Oblong Octavo; no markings of any kind. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Cities of Copenhagen and Malmoe unknown books
200633391Woodstock: Overlook Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1585677337 . First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Overlook Press hardcover books
1990195605Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. ; Not an Ex-Library Copy. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Princeton University Press unknown books
200020627New Haven: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0300085354 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press hardcover books
1967770London: Oxford University Press 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 312 pp illustrations portraits with index. A fine copy in clean dust jacket with light shelf wear. Sketches of twenty-four people or couples considered here as equivalent to one person such as the Webbs the Tawneys and the Hammonds who made a personal impression on Toynbee. Includes essays on T.E. Lawrence Sir Lewis Namier Lionel Curtis W.L. Westermann C.P. Scott Lord Bryce Jan Smuts Lord Samuel and Sri Jawaharalal Nehru among others. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1921316New York: William Edwin Rudge 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 36 pp with illustrations in the text. Original paper covered boards with spine label. Edgeworn backstrip rubbed chipped and loosening at head of spine. Small bookplate of W. Van R. Whitall on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by Rudge at Mount Vernon NY in December 1921. One of five hundred copies printed on antique wove paper. William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
