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Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities

By: Bassie-Sweet, Karen

Price: $27.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press: 2008

Seller ID: 22317

ISBN: 0806139579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

359 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, [xx] + 359 pages, index, bibliography, family tree of major creator deities, b/w map of Mayan languages at time of Spanish conquest, over 100 b/w diagrams with captions. ; Author links Maya origin myth to geography of Mesoamerica and draws startling new conclusions about Mayan cosmology. ; Civilization of the American Indian Series; Vol. 257
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At the Edge of the World : Caves and Late Classic Maya World View

By: Bassie-Sweet, Karen

Price: $16.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press: 1996

Seller ID: 22319

ISBN: 0806128291

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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Western Military Frontier, The, 1815-1846 : A Dissertation in History

By: Beers, Henry Putney

Price: $18.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania: 1935

Seller ID: 19909

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

227 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [vii] + 227 pages, extensive index, large bibliography, copious footnotes, map of frontier in 1833, list and map of forts 1783-1846. ; Published in 1935 by University of Pennsylvania. ; Complete subtitle: 'A Dissertation in History presented to the faculty of the graduate school in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy.' Henry Putney Beers was a noted historian, bibliographer, and archivist with the National Archives and Records Service, who wrote many distinguished historical books. ; Light edgewear. Modern...
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Hitler is No Fool : The Menace of the Man and His Program

By: Billinger, Karl (Paul Wilhelm Massing)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Modern Age Books: 1939

Seller ID: 14630

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

198 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Black and red softcover, [x] + 198 + 14 pages, endnotes. ; Author, born Paul Wilhelm Massing, an avowed liberal who wrote under pen name for safety, spent 5 months in solitary confinement for opposing Hitler. In this book he explains Hitler's thesis, why 'anti-Semitism is an inevitable part of fascism', and 'why the real facts of Hitler's life are not told in [Hitler's] book'. ; Isbn 113523096X. Complete subtitle and blurb: 'The Menace of the Man and his Program. Tearing away the veils of inarticulate mysticism which fog the pages of Mein Kampf, the German author...
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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: 0809442094

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: $75.00

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: $13.00

Publisher: Grange Books: 1997

Seller ID: 20524

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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Child at War : The True Story of a Young Belgian Resistance Fighter

By: Bles, Mark

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Mercury House: 1991

Seller ID: 20902

ISBN: 1562790048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

301 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, black boards, [viii] + 301 pages, bibliography, 36 b/w photos with caption. Original publisher postcard laid in, as issued. ; Biography of Hortense Damon, a 15-year-old young woman who fought with underground guerrilla resistance in Leuven (Louvain) Belgium, during World War 2 and survived imprisonment at Ravensbruck concentration camp. ; No defects to book. Jacket has small wrinkle and closed tear at crown.
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Saint Austell Old Cornwall Society : Jubilee Souvenir, 1925-1975

By: Blight, Edward

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Old Cornwall Society: 1975

Seller ID: 20830

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

20 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Orange softcover, 20 pages, list of presidents with their society nicknames, list of current officers, b/w photo of banner on front, full-spread centerfold map of Cornwall. ; Additional chapters by G. J. Lomer, C. A. Evans, Peter Sheppard. ; Concise history of historical society of St Austell, one of the largest towns in Cornwall, England. ; Minor edgewear only. ; Laid in: Holy Trinity, St. Austell, 8 glossy pgs, 10 b/w photos and illustrations, creased once.
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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: 1885457154

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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Road Less Traveled, the : The History of Baldor 1976-2000

By: Boreham, R. S. Jr.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Baldor Electric Company: 2004

Seller ID: 14411

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

174 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Dark blue cloth, gold lettering, 174 pages, numerous sidebars, chronological history, 6 appendixes, 89 photos and illustrations in text, most in color. ; Authored by R. S. 'Rollie' Boreham, Jr. ; 'Baldor Electric Company is a leading manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives and generators', founded 1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri, moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1967, went public in 1976.; Boards are slightly bowed. No other defects to book. Jacket has two very small closed tears. Scarce.
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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: 0911536000

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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In the Maw of the Earth Monster : Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use

By: Brady, James E., and Keith M. Prufer

Price: $47.00

Publisher: University of Texas Press: 2005

Seller ID: 22282

ISBN: 0292705867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

448 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, [x] + 438 pages, index, chapter endnotes, 16 chapters by various experts, 180 b/w drawings, diagrams, photos, maps, floorplans, etc, with captions. ; No defects to book or jacket. ; Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies 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: 0671460978

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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Maya and Teotihuacan, the : Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction

By: Braswell, Geoffrey E.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: University of Texas Press: 2004

Seller ID: 22321

ISBN: 0292705875

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

423 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Black and red softcover, [xvi] + 423 pages, chapter endnotes, index, extensive bibliography, 13 chapters by various experts, 248 b/w diagrams, tables, maps, photos, site plans, etc, with captions. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. ; Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies Series
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Reckoning with the Dead : The Larsen Bay Repatriation and the Smithsonian Institution

By: Bray, Tamara L, and Thomas W. Killion

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press: 1994

Seller ID: 22226

ISBN: 1560983655

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

194 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall white softcover, [xiv] + 194 pages, map of Kodiak Island, index, appendix, chronology, chapter endnotes, 18 chapters by various experts, 37 charts and tables, 91 b/w photos and diagrams.; Foreword by William W. Fitzhugh. Many illustrations of ancient bones and skulls. Excavated human remains and how they were returned to their own (Aleut Alaskan) people. ; Owner placed two stickers on front and inked them out, and also inked out small part of half-title page, not affecting any text except "The." Otherwise book shows little sign of use.
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Cover Up : The Art and Science of Political Deception (Signed)

By: Bresnahan, David M.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: David M. Bresnahan: 1998

Seller ID: 21488

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

240 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Black and white softcover, 240 pages, list of 42 mysterious deaths linked to Bill Clinton administration, 68 who refused to testify, 36 who fled the country. Includes extensive appendix with facsimiles of over 75 documents. Title page SIGNED by author. ; An incredible compilation of scandals and corruption involving President Bill Clinton and techniques used by Clinton White House to shield itself from being found out. ; Very light edgewear. Eight pages have a small amount of highlighting. No other defects. Scarce.
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Journal of Negro History, the : Volume 41, Number 1, January 1956

By: Brewer, William M.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Association for the Study of Negro Life & History: 1956

Seller ID: 17742

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

102 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Softcover, gray covers, side-stapled binding, 102 pages, footnotes, 1 table. ; Topics include: From slavery to self reliance, by Edwin D. Hoffman. Roosevelt, Foraker and the Brownsville Affray, by James A. Tinsley. Carter Godwin Woodson and his contribution to American historiography, by Frank J. Klingberg. More. ; Very light wear only. No marks or spots. Binding tight. ; Laid in: advertisement to join Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, on manila cardstock, as issued.
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Journal of Negro History, the : Volume 41, Number 3, July 1956

By: Brewer, William M.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Association for the Study of Negro Life & History: 1956

Seller ID: 17743

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

104 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Softcover, gray covers, side-stapled binding, [ii] + 99 pages numbered 185-283 + 3 pages, footnotes, 1 table. ; Topics include: Negroes and Indians on the Texas frontier 1831-1876, by Kenneth W. Porter. Attitutes of American Protestantism toward the Negro 1919-1939, by Robert M. Miller. William E. B. DuBois' concept of the racial problem in the US, by Mary L. Chaffee. More. ; Very light wear and a touch of foxing. No other marks.
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Category: History