Category: History

Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs : New Illustrated Edition

By: Drake, Samuel Adams, with Walter K. Watkins

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Singing Tree Press : 1971

Seller ID: 20322

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

124 pages; 12mo (7.25") 18 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, 124 pages of text + about 20 unnumbered plates, appendix, 37 b/w illustrations including several small maps and, in rear, large fold-out map of Boston as it was in 1722. ; Originally published 1917. This is an unabridged high-quality facsimile reprint, 1971. ; Main text by Samuel Adams Drake. Appendix by Walter K. Watkins. ; Complete subtitle: 'Also a List of Taverns, Giving the Names of the Various Owners of the Property, from Miss Thwing's Work on the Inhabitants of the Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1800, in the Possession of th...
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Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings, The

By: Drew, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 1999

Seller ID: 22260

ISBN-13: 9780520234581

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

450 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Thick softcover, 450 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendixes, 2 b/w maps of Maya region, numerous b/w line illustrations in text, 34 b/w and 21 color photos on glossy plates. ; Topics include: Origin of Maya civilization. Divine kingship. Chronology of kings. Nature of Maya religion. Deities. Warfare. Human sacrifice. Deciphering Maya hieroglyphs. Agriculture. Tikal and other major sites. Much more. ; A touch of shelfwear only.
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Confederate Infantryman 1861-1865 : Weapons, Armour, Tactics

By: Drury, Ian; Illustrated by Gerry Embleton

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Osprey Publishing : 1998

Seller ID: 20872

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

64 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; White softcover, 64 glossy pages, 54 b/w photos and illustrations, 12 full-page color illustrations depicting men, officers, weapons, equipment, battles, etc. ; Isbn 1855324016. Copyright 1993. This is 2nd printing, 1998.; Minor edgewear only. ; Warrior Series; Vol. 6
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Ann Arbor Yesterdays

By: Duff, Lela; Illustrated by Jane Rogers

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Friends of the Ann Arbor Public Library : 1962

Seller ID: 23950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

208 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xii] + 208 + 2 pages, index, endnotes, b/w aerial view on endpapers, 35 b/w photos and illustrations, small map of historical houses of Ann Arbor. Half-title page SIGNED by author. ; Drawings by Jane Rogers. Map by Ida C. Brown. Foreword by Erich A. Walter. ; Not a complete history but an assortment of various topics including: Founders of Ann Arbor. Constitutional convention of 1836. Civil War. Stores and churches. Music and the old organ factory. Old houses and historic architecture. Trolleys and railroads. More. ; Owner name and address...
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Finally Got the News : The Printed Legacy of the U. S. Radical Left, 1970-1979

By: Duncan, Brad

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Common Notions : 2017

Seller ID: 22936

ISBN-13: 9781942173069

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

256 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Orange softcover, [vi] + 250 pages, chapters by several noteworthies, biographical notes on contributors, glossary, roundtable dialog with several activists of the era. English throughout except a few illustrations show different languages. ; This amazing book contains about 300 illustrations reproduced in full color (except some in original b/w) of newspapers, posters, pamphlets, cartoons, articles, flyers, etc, produced by people mobilized for social change (radical left activists) of the 1970s. Truly inspiring and at times jaw-dropping. ; Foreword by Jen Hoyer an...
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Negro Cowboys, the : Illustrated

By: Durham, Philip, and Everett L. Jones

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company : 1965

Seller ID: 23249

ISBN-13: 9780396050865

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

278 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, gray cloth, [x] + 278 + 16 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 4 maps, 24 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Something like 25 to 50 percentof all cowboys in the west were African American or of darker hue. This book highlights some of the great ones. ; Ex-library with all the usual marks, old pockette and library card on front endpaper. Lacks jacket. Otherwise only light wear. Scarce in any condition.
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Slavs in European History and Civilization, The

By: Dvornik, Francis

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Rutgers University Press : 1962

Seller ID: 24252

ISBN-13: 9785519585491

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Fair dust jacket

728 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, [xxx] + 688 + 10 pages, total 728 pages, chapter endnotes, list of rulers, lengthy bibliography, transliteration and pronunciation table, detailed index, 6 historical b/w maps. ; Copyright 1962. This is 2nd printing, 1962. ; "Author, born in Czechoslovakia and a professor of Byzantine history, draws upon original sources in Latin, Greek, and Old Slavonic, to present a complete, chronologically arranged history of the Slavic peoples from the Middle Ages through the early modern period." ; Cloth shows a few spots. Pages very slightly wavy. Dis...
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With Hans Christian Andersen as our Guide through the Collections in Odense

By: Dyrup, Mabel; Illustrated by Gustav Hjortlund

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Hans Christian Andersen Museum : 1963

Seller ID: 22663

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

51 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Dark blue softcover with inner flaps, 51 pages, 18 b/w line illustrations, over 130 artifacts listed and described. ; This booklet is a visitor's guide to Munkemollestraede (Andersen's childhood home) and the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Hans Jensensstraede, both in Odense, Denmark, listing each room and its major artifacts, with brief info on other musems in the city. English text. ; Light wear, mainly along bottom edge. One page lightly foxed along outer margin. No other defects.
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Ndebele, the : Art and Culture

By: Elliott, Aubrey

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Struik Publishing Group : 1995

Seller ID: 21648

ISBN-13: 9780869777985

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

24 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover booklet, 24 glossy pages, 1 b/w diagram, 73 full-color photos. Amazing house paintings, artwork, beadwork, clothing, etc. Some nudes (exposed breasts) ; Copyright 1989. This is 2nd edition, 1993, 3rd printing, 1995. Cover photo by Waler Knirr. Other photos by author. ; Slight thumb creases to covers. No other defects. Scarce. ; Colour Guides for Southern Africa Series
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Battle-Fields of the South, from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh : With Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps

By: English Combatant

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Time-Life Books : 1984

Seller ID: 22304

ISBN-13: 9780809443918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

517 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black leather, 517 pages, image of marching soldiers embossed on front, all edges gilt, red silk page-marker ribbon, marbled endpapers, footnotes, 2 fold-out b/w sketch maps (Seven Pines, Fredericksburg) ; Part of Collector's Library of the Civil War. Originally published 1864. This edition 1984. Written by "A Confederate Lieutenant of Artillery on the Field Staff." ; Crisp, no marks, no sign of use. ; Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series; Vol. 20
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First Maya Civilization, the : Ritual and Power before the Classic Period

By: Estrada-Belli, Francisco

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Routledge : 2011

Seller ID: 22381

ISBN-13: 9780415429948

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

176 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Brown softcover, [xvi] + 176 glossy pages, index, endnotes, bibliography, 86 b/w photos, maps, site plans, diagrams, etc, with captions. ; Excavations, antiquities, architecture, social structure, etc, of the early Mayans of Peten, Guatemala. ; Almost no wear but lightly creased.
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Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community : And Connected Documents

By: European Communities

Price: $20.00

Publisher: European Communities : 1962

Seller ID: 24228

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

354 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Off-white softcover, 354 pages, complete treaty text, plus annexes, protocols, conventions, final acts of the Intergovernmental Conference, etc. English throughout. ; Originally published 1958. This edition dated May, 1962. Published by Publishing Services of the European Communities. Essentially this treaty eliminated trade barriers between the major nations of Europe. ; Covers and spine slightly sunned. Spine worn at crown. Front cover has two very small puncture marks from a removed staple. No other defects.
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Indestructible Abbey, the : L'Abbazia Indistruttibile, Parallel Text Edition

By: Evans, Bradford A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cassino : 1994

Seller ID: 21955

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

414 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; White softcover, [xvii] + 414 glossy pages numbered to 207, 2 b/w photos, color photo on front. Text in parallel English and Italian throughout. ; Translated by Arcangelo Evangelista, Agostino Saccomanno, Germano Savelli. ; Detailed history from 6th to 20th century of famous Abbey of Monte Cassino (Montecassino) Italy, written by American aviator who bombed it in 1944. ; Spine very slightly rolled. Small crease to rear upper tip. No other defects. Quite scarce.
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Crossing the Sauer : A Memoir of World War 2

By: Felix, Charles Reis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Burford Books : 2002

Seller ID: 23983

ISBN-13: 9781580800990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

187 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, [x] + 187 pages. ; Blurb: "One of the most honest, unforgettable memoirs of the war I've ever read." Penned by combat infantry private who advanced through Germany with Patton's Third Army 1944-1945. ; Small smudge on top edge. Otherwise item shows no sign of use. : Laid in: 1) real photo, young man wearing knickerbockers and a saddlebag. 2) In Remembrance, Harry A. Sparks, 1920-2003, memorial leaflet with Masonic emblem on front. 3) Top brand gummed cigarette papers, part of a small used package.
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Image for Bayern und die Magyaren, Die Geschichte einer Elfhundertjahrigen Beziehung Bavaria and the Hungarians, History of an 1100 Year Relationship

Bayern und die Magyaren, Die Geschichte einer Elfhundertjahrigen Beziehung Bavaria and the Hungarians, History of an 1100 Year Relationship

By: Ferenc Majoros and Bernd Rill

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Verlag Friedrich Pustet : 1991

Seller ID: 24164

ISBN-13: 9783791713038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

220 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; GERMAN text throughout. Hardcover, gray boards, 220 + 4 pages, bibliography, 2 indexes, chronology 892-1990, appendix of kings and rulers, map of region in 15th century, 35 b/w illustrations reproduced from photos and engravings, with captions. ; Forewords by Bertalan Andrasfalvy and Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels. ; Hungarians in Southern Germany from the 800s to the 1900s. ; Very light bump to upper front tip. No other defects to book or jacket.
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Southeast Michigan : Horizons of Growth

By: Fisher, Dale

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing : 2005

Seller ID: 23856

ISBN-13: 9781891143250

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

208 pages; Folio (12.25") 31 cm; Tall hardcover, 208 glossy pages, 203 ; spectacular aerial photos of Detroit and southeastern Michigan, with special emphasis on noteworthy architecture of suburbs. Dale Fisher is Detroit's famous helicopter-borne photographer whose legendary images have appeared in countless publications. ; Book and jacket As New. No defects of any kind. Still in original shrinkwrap.
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Book of Old Maps, a : Delineating American History from the Earliest Days Down to the Close of the Revolutionary War

By: Fite, Emerson D and Archiband Freeman

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Dover Publications : 1969

Seller ID: 23718

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

299 pages; Folio (13.75") 35 cm; Tall softcover, olive green covers, [xvi] + 299 pages, main text in 2 columns, index, footnotes, high-quality b/w reproductions of 75 important historical maps from 1474 to 1825, with detailed text. ; Originally published 1926. This edition 1969. ; Light edgewear. Lower rear tip lightly bumped. No other defects.
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Minorities and Criminality

By: Flowers, Ronald Barri

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Greenwood Press : 1988

Seller ID: 23813

ISBN-13: 9780275936044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

214 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, gray cloth, [xvi] + 214 pages, index, chapter endnotes, 2 bibliographies, 37 tables. ; Topics include: Victimization of minorities. Crimes against minorities. Crimes committed by minorities. Blacks. Hispanics. Native Americans. Asians. Organized crime. Different enforcement. Incarceration. More. ; Minor edgewear. Small label on spine, stickers on front endpaper, otherwise few library marks. Cloth lightly spotted. Eight pages have minor pen marks. Binding tight. Lacks jacket. ; Contributions in Criminology and Penology Series; Vol. 21
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Road Ahead to Socialism, the : America's Creeping Revolution

By: Flynn, John T.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Devin-Adair Company : 1949

Seller ID: 24447

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

207 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Orange softcover, 207 pages, index, a few lists and footnotes. Additional chapters by Samuel B. Pettengill, A. B. Genung, Ralph W. Gwinn. ; Typical rightwing scaremongering. Warning: racist. Equates civil rights with communism; lists civil rights organizations as having been created to "work upon the minds of our Negro voters" and other inflammatory jibberjabber. ; Special Edition stated, with six extra chapters and new index, published under auspices, Fighters for Freedom, a division of Committee for Constitutional Government. ; Topics include: Our real enemy. Fa...
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Where the Sea Breaks its Back : The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska

By: Ford, Cory; Illustrated by Lois Darling

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books : 2000

Seller ID: 22355

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

206 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Blue softcover, [xii] + 206 pages, brief bibliography, 14 b/w illustrations including maps. ; Originally published 1966. This edition 1992, 4th printing, 2000. ; Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746) was a German botanist, zoologist and physician, famous for being among the first to explore Alaska and its natural history. ; No marks, no defects. Crisp.
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Category: History