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19322757London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. xii 287 pp. Light wear to boards and edges 2 inch x 1 inch spot of sticker damage to front pastedown library stamp on top edge of text block no other library markings; text clean. No dust jacket. Signed and dated by Hird in the year of publication on front free endpaper. As described in the Foreword by A.F. Kerensky "the author's pen stroke by stroke pictures for the reader life in Soviet Russia life in all its phases: individual family educational industrial military etc." Hurst & Blackett, Ltd hardcover books
199923308Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1557501882 . First American edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Naval Institute Press hardcover books
199734468Flagstaff: Rising Moon Northland Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0873586808 . Illustrated by the author. First impression. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rising Moon (Northland Publishing) hardcover books
199920526Berkeley: University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0520224701 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in an about fine tiny closed edge tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . University of California Press 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
530London: Phaidon. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. 117 pp with 70 b/w and color illustrated plates. Very light wear including light offsetting to rear endpapers; else fine; clean and sound. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some tape repairs and reinforcements. Undated. "The pictures in this book speak for themselves: we turn the pages and are led through Roman arches past ancient monuments and stones we are brought face to face with the Romans portrayed in stone and in mosaics we overlook vistas of Colosseum and Forum we walk by the fallen ruins of the glory of ancient Rome" dust jacket. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Phaidon hardcover books
198111903Littleton MA: Gramatas salikums-Gunara Indara Apgads 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9 x 11 inches oblong. Slight wear to boards else fine. No dust jacket. 267 pp primarily consisting of black and white photographs with captions in Latvian. Introductory text in Latvian and English. A fascinating pictorial history of the Latvian refugee/immigrant experience. "Photographer Vilis Gravitas has documented on film the years of transition from a refugee a virtual 'non-person' to the rank of an immigrant and ultimately to a full-fledged member of society again as a naturalized citizen of the United States." Shipping for priority or international orders may be more than standard. Gramatas salikums-Gunara Indara Apgads hardcover books
200530738London: Greenhill Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1853676446 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Greenhill Books hardcover books
17142Girls' Education Science Laboratory with 6 figures around a table filled with special equipment. c. 1920s. Real photo postcard. 3.5 x 5.5 in. From unknown European country. 4 girls in matching uniforms stand around a table engage in experiments and write observations in their notebooks. 1 uniformed young man stands nearby while an older student or teacher supervises. This dates from the 1920s after WWI had ended but a period in which militarization in Europe was considered of upmost national importance. The early 20th century was also a period of great development for women's education as more schools and programs opened to girls. Real photo postcard was never mailed and has no message written on verso. Creases in lower and upper right corners. In good condition. unknown books
199823053NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0060172649 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover 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
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
1950796London: Oxford University Press 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fourth edition updated to the outbreak of war. xi 540 pp with maps index. Bumped upper corners; contents clean and sound with brief gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped and has chipping to the upper spine and corners. Organized into three parts: the period of settlement 1920-1925 the period of fulfilment 1925-1930 and the period of collapse 1930-1938. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1846001217Napoli Naples: Tipografia Floriana 1846. 1st Edition thus. Quarter Calf. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 787 pp. 11 color plates of soldiers and fighters and 4 steel engravings of panoramas or views. Comprehensive history of Algeria from Ancient Carthage to the then present of French control. Binding and text blocks are tight. Some occasional foxing and on some pages it is considerable as inevitable given the paper stock used. The costume color plates though are attractive and mostly clean albeit their paper is toned a bit. Red calf spine and boards have a fair amount of rubbing scuffing and wear with some rawness on spine extremities. Overall better than a good copy. <br/><br/> Tipografia Floriana unknown books
1912001092Paris: Combet & Cie. Ancienne Librairie Furne 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Guillonnet O.D.V. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 84 pp. Lavish full page color illustrations virtually every other page. Part of series of young adult biographies of French heroes and leaders from the early twentieth century. Soilage on white decorated boards. One page with close tear about 1.5 inches in margin. Overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Combet & Cie. (Ancienne Librairie Furne) hardcover books
P6897Munich: Free Europe Press 1954-1956. Single leaf measuring 14.5 Ã 57 cm folded four times to create a pamphlet with ten pages of text and images. Very good. Scarce anti-communist flyer in Czech printed in Germany by Free Europe Press and distributed over Czechoslovakia via balloon from 1954 to 1956. With short articles in Czech and Slovak the publication informed Czechoslovak readers about political news unavailable to them. It also explained the "Ten Demands" program compiled by Radio Free Europe workers based on interviews with Czechoslovak refugees. Approximately 56 numbered issues were printed many of them such as the present one illustrated with drawings and small photographs. "In the 1950s at the height of the Cold War numerous psychological warfare leaflets were prepared by the Free Europe Press FEP of the Free Europe Committee. The group worked in cooperation with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA funding much of the operations. FEP leaflets were a major part of the post-World War II psychological warfare battle between East and West. The operation sent 590415 balloons that carried 301636883 leaflets posters books and other printed matter from West Germany over the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland from August 1951 to November 1956" Source: Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets Accessed 2019 http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html. KVK OCLC show three issues at the British Library and a more significant run lacking only 12 issues at Wisconsin-Madison. unknown books
P6877Munich: Free Europe Press 1954. Single folded leaf measuring 20.8 à 14.6 cm printed to recto and verso and when folded resembling a US airmail envelope. With one duplicate copy; laid in is a small flyer depicting the Czechoslovak and US flags with the text "The American people greet the Czechoslovak peoples' opposition in their fight for a free tomorrow." Very good. Scarce anti-communist flyer in Czech one duplicate copy in all likelihood printed in Germany by Free Europe Press and distributed over Czechoslovakia via balloon in 1954. The flier mentions the recent currency reform 1953 which decimated the savings of peasants and workers and led to considerable unrest. It addresses workers and peasants as members of a "people's opposition" and urges them to raise awareness among others about possible forms of resistance and the growth of the opposition movement. It also references the "Ten Demands" list compiled by Radio Free Europe workers based on interviews with Czechoslovak refugees. The "envelope" features a printed stamp with T. G. Masaryk and the "postal stamp" reads "Pravda vÃtÄžÃ" or "The truth wins." Also laid in is a small flyer depicting the Czechoslovak and US flags with the text "The American people greet the Czechoslovak peoples' opposition in their fight for a free tomorrow." The envelopes were sent on April 29 1954 and were also issued in Slovak. "In the 1950s at the height of the Cold War numerous psychological warfare leaflets were prepared by the Free Europe Press FEP of the Free Europe Committee. The group worked in cooperation with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA funding much of the operations. FEP leaflets were a major part of the post-World War II psychological warfare battle between East and West. The operation sent 590415 balloons that carried 301636883 leaflets posters books and other printed matter from West Germany over the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland from August 1951 to November 1956" Source: Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets Accessed 2019 http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html. The envelope cannot be traced via KVK or OCLC. unknown books
197326763NY: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0525222251 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Dutton 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
19311831Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. xxx 408 pp illustrations with frontispiece. Majority of pages are unopened name written on front pastedown small embossed stamp on title page; else fine. No dust jacket. A selection of letters published for the first time in this volume most addressed to Dom Antonio de Ataide King John's Chancellor of the Exchequer. Harvard 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
199922997NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0871137550 . Second printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
186820282London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp.vii 302 with corrigenda slip tipped in. Bound in 3/4 green leather and green marbled boards spine with gilt lettering and ornaments top edge gilt green silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Binding signed William Taylor Morrell. Scuffing to leather at extremities spine slightly faded foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise clean and sound. Armorial bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan County Cork Ireland on front pastedown. "Clarke 1870-1937 inherited Trabolgan a large Georgian house and the surrounding estate of 1500 acres from his father in 1911. After his death the estate was purchased by the Irish Land Commission" National Library of Australia. Fitzgibbon 1793-1882 was a prominent Irish barrister. This work addresses the educational land religious and other questions of the time. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer hardcover 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
41373 cards: # 1582 Unsere Kaiserin Verlag Von Gust. Liersch & Co. Berlin S.W. real photo unused; one Stengel & Co. portrait Dresden unused and one Verlag Hermann Wolff Berlin used postmarked 19.6.15. 11-12V 13. K.D. Feidpostexp. Jnf. Division; some edge tips wear and darkenining; overall good condition. Good. unknown books
