Category: History

Mord W Katyniu, Smierc W Katyniu, Tak Mordowano Naszych Oficerow : The Katyn Massacre, Death in Katyn, How Our Officers Were Murdered

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Polish American Chamber of Commerce : 1974

Seller ID: 23228

Condition: Very Good+

60 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; POLISH text throughout. Black softcover, 60 pages, 1 footnote, 1 map, 7 low-quality b/w illustrations. ; Translated into Polish by Konstanty Z. Hanff. Co-published by National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent, and, Zycie Polonii. ; History of infamous Katyn Massacre of 1940, in which Soviet forces executed thousands of Polish officers, then blamed the atrocity on Nazis. ; Light wear only. Scarce. ; Laid in: seven pages summarizing this book, in Polish, typedandmimeographed, written by Zdzislaw Jagodzinski, imprinted with publisher's logo.
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Legends of the Plumed Serpent : Biography of a Mexican God

By: Baldwin, Neil

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Publicaffairs : 1998

Seller ID: 22372

ISBN-13: 9781891620034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

206 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, orange endpapers, [xvi] + 206 pages, extensive glossary, index, bibliography, endnotes, dozens of b/w and full-color photos and illustrations. ; History and biography Quetzalcoatl, ancient giant Aztec deity in the shape of a winged serpent. ; NOT ex-library. No defects to book or jacket. Crisp.
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Slaves in the Family

By: Ball, Edward

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux : 1998

Seller ID: 23248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

504 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, white boards, [vi] + 504 pages, dark gray illustrated endpapers, index, bibliography, endnotes, 2 small maps, 48 pages of b/w glossy photos with captions, family trees for Ball and (slaves) 'Angola' Amy and Priscilla. ; Seeringly honest family history-memoir by journalist descendant of wealthy Ball family that owned dozens of plantations and thousands of slaves around Charleston, South Carolina; and his search for their descendants. ; No sign of use; however, owner initials embossed on halftitle page. No other marks or flaws.
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You Left Your Mind in Africa : Journal Observations and Essays on African American Self-Hatred

By: Bankole, Katherine Olukemi

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Nation House Foundation : 2001

Seller ID: 24176

ISBN-13: 9780929917092

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

181 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover, 181 pages, index, bibliography, chapter-end references, several lists and tables ; 1st edition (1st printing) stated. Katherine Olukemi Bankole-Medina PhD is scholar of African American enslavement and chair of history at Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland. ; No marks, no defects.
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Tykocin Memorial Book, Sefir Tiktin : History of the Jewish Population of Tykocin, Poland, its Destruction and Devastation

By: Bar-Yuda, M., and Z. Ben-Nachum

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York Public Library : 2003

Seller ID: 23390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

606 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Main text in YIDDISH in the Hebrew alphabet. Front matter in English. Large thick hardcover, black buckram cloth, 606 pages, more than 125 low-quality b/w photos and facsimiles with captions, including portraits of many victims. ; Originally published in Israel by Irgun Yozej Tiktin, 1959. This is a facsimile reprint edition, co-published by National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2003, under auspices Yizkor Book Project, and is also Number 14065 in the Steven Spielberg Digital Library. ; Chronicles the Holocaust as it befell the people of Tykocin (...
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Hitler Youth : Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

By: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Scholastic : 2005

Seller ID: 23815

ISBN-13: 9780439862738

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Large square softcover, 176 pages, bibliography, index, endnotes, chronology, appendix, 2 small maps, 112 historical b/w photos. ; "A unique and riveting perspective on World War II." Topics include: Murder of Herbert Norkus. Book burning. Persecution of Jews. German war machine. Boy soldiers. Reich labor service. De-nazification. More. ; A touch of wear to tips. Otherwise appears unused.
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At the Edge of the World : Caves and Late Classic Maya World View

By: Bassie-Sweet, Karen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1996

Seller ID: 22319

ISBN-13: 9780806128290

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

245 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, black boards, red endpapers, [xviii] + 245 pages, bibliography, index, endnotes, over 100 b/w photos and line diagrams with captions. ; No defects to book or jacket. Crisp.
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Physical Environment and its Significance for Economic Development : With Special Reference to Ethiopia

By: Behrens, Sven

Price: $25.00

Publisher: C. W. K. Gleerup : 1971

Seller ID: 24233

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

37 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Softcover, tan laid paper covers, 37 glossy pages numbered 77 to 113, bibliography, 7 b/w figures: 1) map of Ethiopia and six b/w photos which are: 2) view of Mekele, capital of Tigre province, 3) cattle on flooded road to Arba Minch, 4) dry soil failing to absorb rainwater. 5) severe soil erosion near Shashemanne. 6) dead vegetation due to sediment deposited by flooding. 7) termite stacks and acacia trees on the steppe. ; Published under auspices Department of Geography, Royal University of Lund, Sweden, 1971. This is Lund Studies in Geography, Series C, Volume 10...
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Benzie County Vacationland : Vacationing in Benzie County, Michigan, 1950

By: Benzie County

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Benzie County Travel Bureau : 1950

Seller ID: 24299

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

32 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Softcover, 32 glossy pages, very nice color-illustrated covers, many local ads, centerfold county map in blue, 21 b/w photos. ; Promotional item for Benzonia, Beulah, Elberta, Frankfort, Honor, and Thompsonville, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Michigan, featuring boat excursions, beaches, cherry pies, golf, hunting and fishing, Interlochen music camp, lakes and streams, lakefront cabins, riding, resorts, tours of fall colors and much more. ; Very light wear. Small bump to lower tip. "Michigan State Highway Department, Charles M. Ziegler" and other info stamped on f...
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Hard Tack and Coffee : Or, the Unwritten Story of Army Life

By: Billings, John Davis

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Time-Life Books : 1982

Seller ID: 21913

ISBN-13: 9780809442096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

408 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black leather, marching soldiers embossed on front, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, red silk page-marker ribbon, marbled endpapers, 408 pages. ; Top-quality reprint of a first-hand account of the American Civil War, originally published 1887. This edition 1982. ; No marks or defects. ; Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series; Vol. 2
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African American Families and Children at Risk : The Twelfth Annual Gisela Konopka Lecture, 1989

By: Billingsley, Andrew

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Center for Youth Development and Research, College of Home Economics, University of Minnesota : 1989

Seller ID: 19038

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

21 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover booklet, [iv] + 28 pages numbered to 21, b/w portrait photos of Gisela Konopka and Andrew Billingsley. Includes audience questions and answers. ; Introductions by Dr. Mary Heltsley and Dr. Josie Johnson. ; Front cover has two puncture wounds from removed staple. Otherwise only a touch of wear. Scarce. ; Annual Gisela Konopka Lecture Series; Vol. 12
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Jews under Hitlerism : An Eyewitness Account

By: Bishop Stephanos

Price: $65.00

Publisher: American Greek Orthodox Catholic Church Missionary Diocese : 1943

Seller ID: 21998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

240 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, 240 pages, b/w portrait frontispiece photo of author on glossy plate. Jacket illustrated with cartoon of hideous giant demon-troglodyte Hitler stomping people in street. ; Written by the Most Rev. Dr. Stephanos, Missionary Bishop of the Catholic Orthodox Hungarian Church (as of 1938) who traveled in Germany and Slovakia and here relates his experiences and shock at violence and evil witnessed under Hitler. ; Very little wear to book. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. Jacket is mostly intact but has small closed tears and light creases ...
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Culloden and the ' 45

By: Black, Jeremy

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Grange Books : 1997

Seller ID: 20524

ISBN-13: 9781840130065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

217 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, red boards, [xiv] + 217 glossy pages, index, endnotes, 3 battle plans, 6 small maps, 58 b/w portraits and illustrations. ; Originally published 1990. This edition 1997. ; Exhaustive history of failed 1745 Jacobite (Scottish) rebellion against England and its final battle at Culloden. ; Book and jacket show only a whisper of wear. No marks, no defects.
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Out of Harm's Way : Moving America's Lighthouse

By: Booher, Mike, and Lin Ezell

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Eastwind Publishing : 2001

Seller ID: 20298

ISBN-13: 9781885457158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

123 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, black cloth, photos endpapers, [xiv] + 123 glossy pages, index, bibliography, 2 appendixes, about 200 high-quality photos, most in full color. ; Famous 200-foot tall Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) Lighthouse was moved, intact, from its original coastal location to a site one half mile inland in 1999. This is the history of this historical lighthouse and the incredible engineering feat of its relocation. ; No defects to book or jacket. ; Item laid in: clipping on Outer Banks history, 2001.
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Testveriseg : Fraternity

By: Borshy, George E. K.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Hungarian Reformed Federation of America : 1958

Seller ID: 23949

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White glossy softcover, 48 pages, of which 24 are in Hungarian, 24 are in parallel English. Nine articles by various authors. Officers and stats of Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. 1 b/w portrait of Stephen Kis Szegedi reproduced from old engraving. ; Volume 36, Number 10, October 1958, Youth Year. ; Topics include: Kossuth day in DC. Symbol of man's eternal struggle against oppression, in honor of Kossuth US postage stamp, by Arthur E. Summerfield. Refusal of accreditation from the murderous and illegal puppet regime of Hungary, by American Legion Post 21. B...
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Lucky Bastard, the : The Story of a WWII B-17 Pilot

By: Bouton, Jack

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Dunrobin Books : 2009

Seller ID: 23992

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

175 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, [xxii] + 175 + 3 pages, glossary, 195 b/w photos and facsimiles, 21 color glossy illustrations including map of northern Europe. ; Self published "dramatic personal story of a young high school graduate who took a daring step to follow his older brother into World War 2 in Europe to become a combat pilot of a heavy bomber, an officer, and a man in a few short years." Memoirs of pilot with 390th Bomb Group who survived 35 missions over Germany and earned the coveted "Lucky Bastard" diploma. ; Slight curling to tips. Faint crease to part of front cover...
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Tells, Tombs and Treasure : A Pictorial Guide to Biblical Archaeology

By: Boyd, Robert T.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Baker Book House : 1969

Seller ID: 23819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

222 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, light blue endpapers, 222 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, 322 medium- to high-quality b/w photos, diagrams and small maps, with captions. Many Bible references in text. ; Introduction by Charles F. Pfeiffer. Archaeological excavations of Bible-related places, including the flood, Bethlehem, Babel, Israel, Egypt, Canaan, Babylon, Sodom, etc, and their artifacts, including pottery, metallurgy, sculptures, scrolls, etc. ; Tasteful monochrome bookplate on front endpaper. No other defects to book. Jacket lightly foxed, three small chip...
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Trinity University : A Tale of Three Cities

By: Brackenridge, R. Douglas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Trinity University Press : 2004

Seller ID: 22303

ISBN-13: 9780911536003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

528 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark red-brown cloth, 488 pages + 40 glossy plates, 528 total pages, orange endpapers, index, bibliography, appendix, extensive endnotes, 210 b/w photos and illustrations, 28 photos in full color. ; Major university founded by Presbyterians, with campuses in San Antonio, Texas, and two other cities. ; Front endpaper has name, number and 'damaged book' in ink. This bookdealer finds no damage to book apart from these marks. Jacket shows only a touch of edgewear. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Hidden History of Detroit

By: Bragg, Amy Elliott

Price: $9.00

Publisher: History Press : 2013

Seller ID: 24291

ISBN-13: 9781609492694

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

160 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Black softcover, 160 glossy pages, bibliography, 2 small maps, 33 historical b/w photos and illustrations with captions. ; Copyright 2011. This is 4th printing, 2013. ; The weird, the bizarre, true tales and anecdotes from Detroit's murky past. ; Almost no wear but spine slightly faded, pages slightly wavy. ; Hidden History Series
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Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-1963

By: Branch, Taylor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1988

Seller ID: 21881

ISBN-13: 9780671460976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

1064 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, blue boards, 1064 pages, over 100 pages of index and endnotes, 85 glossy b/w photos and facsimiles with captions. ; Unabridged. Pulitzer Prize winner for history. First massive book of author's monumental 3-book series on Martin Luther King and Civil Rights movement. ; Owner name and address penned on front flyleaf and second front flyleaf. Jacket shows minor wear to upper edge. ; America in the King Years Series; Vol. 1
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Category: History