Category: History

Down Under : South-West Pacific Area, Fifth Army Air Force, 1943

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Angus & Robertson : 1943

Seller ID: 23409

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

84 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark blue buckram cloth, 5th Air Force (5AF) insignia on front, green-tinted photo endpapers, 84 unnumbered pages, tons of group photos, aircraft photos, etc. Little text. ; Illustrations by Charles Pearson. Cartoons by B. & C. ; Military photos for the most part, but some also of Australian aborigines, grass huts, kangaroos, etc. Some nudes. ; Exterior shows light wear, maintly to crown. Pages are clean but slightly wavy. Binding tight. Quite scarce. ; Five relevant items laid in: 1) group photo, 23 men in two rows, palm trees in background, marked "...
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Rio Azul : An Ancient Maya City

By: Adams, Richard E. W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1999

Seller ID: 22320

ISBN-13: 9780806130767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

238 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, yellow cloth, [xx] + 238 pages, 4 appendixes, bibliography, index, 8 charts and tables, 58 b/w figures and diagrams, 8 color photos and illustrations on glossy plates. ; Archaeology, epigraphy, and artworks of Rio Azul, a garrison town and trading center of the ancient Mayan civilization in what is now Guatemala. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows minor shelfwear only.
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What We Bought : The New World, Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area, 1970-1974

By: Adams, Robert

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Sprengel Museum : 1995

Seller ID: 17512

ISBN-13: 9783891690949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

208 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Oblong hardcover, red cloth, blindstamped lettering, pale gray endpapers, 208 unnumbered high-gloss pages, 193 high-quality artistic tritone (b/w) photos of every-day life in Denver, Colorado, 1970-1974. Very little text, no captions. Text in parallel German and English. ; Stiftung Niedersachsen. This is the German-English edition of isbn 0300149638. This book is isbn 3891690940. Stunning photos by world renowned Robert Adams. Mostly exteriors: urban and suburban scenes, stores, billboards, mobile home parks, partly-developed subdivisions, etc, and some interiors: of...
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Needle in a Haystack

By: Agauas, Paula, with Hugh L. McLean

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Epiphany Publications : 1999

Seller ID: 23352

ISBN-13: 9780962722516

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

121 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Brown softcover, 121 + 7 pages, author photo on rear, 4 b/w line illustrations. ; Heartfelt and deeply spiritual personal memoir of Holocaust survivor. ; Minor edgewear. Owner address label on inside front cover. Publisher's website label (now defunct) on rear page.
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Scraps of Life, Chilean Arpilleras : Chilean Women and the Pinochet Dictatorship

By: Agosin, Marjorie

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Red Sea Press : 1989

Seller ID: 23954

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

154 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Black softcover, [x] + 154 + 4 pages, chapter endnotes, bibliography, appendix of 15 testimonies, 8 b/w photos. ; Copyright 1987. This is 2nd printing, 1989. Translated by Cola Franzen. Foreword by Margarita Papandreou. ; "This book was born of the concrete experiences of the Chilean women who live in the poor neighborhoods of Santiago de Chile." Arpilleras are embroidered textiles that tell a story; they were developed (mainly in Catholic women's groups) as a subversive response to the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet 1973-1990. ; Very light edgewear. Owner...
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Kyrgyz Statehood and the National Epos Manas : (Signed)

By: Akaev, Askar

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Global Scholarly Publications : 2003

Seller ID: 13713

ISBN-13: 9781592670055

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

364 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Red and brown pictorial softcover, 364 pages, bibliography, brief glossary of Kyrgyz terms, 1 b/w diagram. English text. Title page SIGNED by author in ornate script and dated 2-10-003.; Written by Askar Akaev, President of Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) from 1990 to 2005. Foreword by Parviz Morewedge. Co-published by Utah Valley State College. ; History of Kyrgyz, a former Soviet republic, and of its ancient epic hero-story, Manas, which serves almost as a religion in binding together the people of Kyrgyz. ; Covers show light wear to tips. No other flaws. No marks apa...
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New Jim Crow, the : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

By: Alexander, Michelle

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New Press : 2012

Seller ID: 24132

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

312 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Softcover, [xviii] + 312 pages, index, tons of endnotes. ; Originally published 2010. This is revised edition, 2012, with new foreword by Cornel West. ; Professor of Law Michelle Alexander describes how "the US criminal justice system functions as a system of racial control" and, further, she "directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signaled a new era of colorblindness." ; No sign of use.
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Civil War Justice : Union Army Executions under Lincoln

By: Alotta, Robert I.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company : 1989

Seller ID: 24191

ISBN-13: 9780942597103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

246 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue textured boards, [xii] + 234 pages, index, bibliography, 2 appendixes, chapter endnotes, 42 b/w photos, illustrations and facsimiles, with captions. ; Not so much policy analysis but tons of amazing facts and stats. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows only minor shelfwear. ; Laid in: publisher's postcard, as issued.
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American Airlines Guide Book to the World's Fair and New York : New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

By: American Airlines; Illustrated by William Kasso

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cliff Productions : 1964

Seller ID: 18004

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

66 pages; 16mo (6") 15 cm; Small softcover, fold-and-staple binding, glossy covers, 66 pages printed on newsprint, 1 small map, 23 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Slight yellowing of pages, as usual. Faint crease to lower front cover. A touch of wear to crown. Otherwise remarkably crisp and clean. Scarce.
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Image for Sydpolen, den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912, med Portraetter, Illustrationar og Karter, Volume 1 : South Pole, the Norwegian Expedition aboard Fram, with Portraits, Illustrations and Maps, Volume 1

Sydpolen, den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912, med Portraetter, Illustrationar og Karter, Volume 1 : South Pole, the Norwegian Expedition aboard Fram, with Portraits, Illustrations and Maps, Volume 1

By: Amundsen, Roald

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Jacobs Dybwads Forlag : 1912

Seller ID: 23500

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

528 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; NORWEGIAN text throughout. Hardcover, pastel-blue cloth decorated in gray-blue with gilt lettering and front photo pastedown, steel-gray endpapers, [xii] + 528 pages, frontispiece sepia-toned portrait, site plan of Framheim camp, 211 b/w photos and illustrations in text, 12 photos on b/w glossy plates, two-color fold-out map in rear. ; This is vol-1 ONLY of a 2-volume set. Foreword by Fridtjof Nansen. Photos include portraits, tall ships, men at work, buildings, tents, dogs, seals, penguins, mountains of ice, etc, etc. ; Roald Amundsen and his expedition were the ...
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I Married a Logger : Life in Michigan's Tall Timber

By: Anderson, Julie; Illustrated by Julie Anderson

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Avery Color Studios : 1989

Seller ID: 20839

ISBN-13: 9780932212542

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

328 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, 328 pages, b/w photo of author, 16 full-page line drawings by author. (Please note: front cover carries faint image of author, that is not a stain) ; Originally published 1951. This is a facsimile reprint, 1988, 2nd printing, July, 1989. ; Memoirs and true stories of life in Upper Peninsula (Michigan) logging camp in early 20th century, writen by longtime logger's wife who fended off bears and coyotes while cooking for loggers. ; Spine intact and readable but shows faint creases. No other defects.
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Skansen, Buildings and Animals : A Short Guide for Visitors

By: Andren, Erik

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Skansen : 1965

Seller ID: 22302

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

56 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover, 56 glossy pages, two monochrome maps, 6 b/w diagrams of farmsteads, 26 b/w photos. ; English throughout, except centerfold map in Swedish. Copyright 1952. This edition 1965. Tourist attraction, Sweden's first open-air museum, with antique furnishings, exotic animals and dozens of historic buildings. ; Light edgewear. Upper margin slightly wavy throughout. No other defects. ; With this book you will also get 1930 Swedish-language edition, Skansen Kort Vagledning under Rundvandring (Guide to Skansen) foreword by Andreas Lindblom, 32 b/w photos, centerfold ...
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Explorations in the Gruta de Chac, Yucatan, Mexico

By: Andrews, E. Wyllys Iv

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Middle American Research Institute : 1965

Seller ID: 22267

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

28 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Tall softcover booklet, green leatherette covers, 28 pages, endnotes, small b/w map of Yucatan, small cutaway map of cave, 29 b/w line drawings in text and 53 color illustrations on glossy plates, nearly all depicting pottery or shards. ; Ceremonial site of ancient Maya civilization. ; A touch of fading to edges. No other defects.
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Copan : (Copán) the History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom

By: Andrews, E. Wyllys, and William L. Fash

Price: $20.00

Publisher: School of American Research Press : 2005

Seller ID: 22432

ISBN-13: 9781930618381

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

492 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White softcover, [xvi] + 492 + 4 pages, index, extensive bibliography, chapter endnotes, 11 chapters by 15 leading scholars, 11 graphs and tables, 235 b/w photos and diagrams, with captions; No marks or defects. Pristine. ; School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
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Fur Fort, The

By: Andrews, R. J.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Ginn & Company : 1970

Seller ID: 18746

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

24 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Large oblong softcover booklet, 24 glossy pages, bibliography, 18 b/w illustrations, 15 color illustrations including map of early trading posts in Eastern Canada. ; Historical information on pioneer forts and fur trade in Canada around Hudson Bay and Great Lakes, with short quiz at end of each section, aimed at schoolchildren but suitable for all ages. ; Covers show a touch of shelfwear. 'Thunder Bay Historical Museum' stamped inside front cover. No other defects.
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Short Trip in Hungary and Transylvania, a : In the Spring of 1862

By: Ansted, David Thomas

Price: $45.00

Publisher: William H. Allen & Company : 1862

Seller ID: 23943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

252 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, dark purple blindstamped cloth, pale yellow endpapers, [xii] + 252 pages, footnotes, topical headers on every page. ; David Thomas Ansted (1814-1880) was professor of geology at King's College, London, and world famous for identifying veins of gold and other mineral resources. ; Topics include: Natural history, mineral resources, recent political history of Hungary summarized. Vienna to the Maros Valley. Deva to the Zsil Valley. Vulkan pass. Gold field. Coal field. Hungarian and Wallachian populations. Valley of Hatzeg. Dacians and Romans. Iron...
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Athapaskans, the : Strangers of the North

By: Appleton, Viviane, and Norman J. Boudreau; Illustrated by Gabor Szilasi

Price: $23.00

Publisher: National Museums of Canada : 1974

Seller ID: 23487

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

208 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Tall black softcover, 208 glossy pages, endpaper maps, bibliography, 280 items shown in b/w, 25 in full color, with detailed captions. ; The Northern Athapaskan (Athabaskan) Native Americans or First Nations peoples include Ahtna, Bear Lake, Carrier, Chilcotin, Chipewyan, Copper, Dakelh, Deg Hit'an, Dena'ina, Dene, Dogrib, Gwich'in, Han, Hankutchin, Hare, Hwech'in, Ingalik, Kaska, Koyukon, Kutchin, N'kwala, Nicola, Sahtu, Sarsi, Sekani, Slavey, Tagish, Tahltan, Tanaina, Tanana, Tlicho, Tlingit, Tse'khene, Tsetsaut, Tsilhqot'in, Tsuut'ina, Tutchone and Yellowknife ...
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Selfridge Air National Guard Base : Diamond Jubilee Celebration 1917-1992

By: Arendts, David T.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Selfridge Air National Guard Base : 1992

Seller ID: 23793

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

56 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 56 glossy pages, several localads, 2 full-page full-colorads, 24 b/w photos and illustrations inads, 8 b/w maps and diagrams, 46 b/w photos, 1 color photo, brief bio of Thomas Etholen Selfridge, brief histories of Selfridge base, 107th Fighter Squadron, 127th Fighter Wing, 191st Fighter Group, Field Training Detachment 222, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 3554th Air Force Recruiting Squadron and more. Includes beautiful full-color centerfold poster featuring US Air Force Thunderbirds. ; Celebration book, Selfridge base, Harrison township, Mount Clemens,...
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Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State : The Evolution of Complex Social Systems in Prehistoric Europe

By: Arnold, Bettina, and D. Blair Gibson

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1999

Seller ID: 22214

ISBN-13: 9780521585798

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

172 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Blue softcover, [xii] + 160 pages, main text in 2 columns, index, bibliography, reference notes, 14 chapters by various experts, 36 b/w figures and illustrations. ; Copyright 1995. This is 3rd printing, 1999. History of Celtic peoples from early Iron Age to Scottish clans of the 18th century. ; Slight waviness to front cover. Rear cover lightly creased. No other defects. ; New Directions in Archaeology Series
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Barbary Coast, the : An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld

By: Asbury, Herbert

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Company : 1933

Seller ID: 21276

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

320 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark red boards, tan illustrated endpapers, [vi] + 320 + [xii] pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 14 b/w illustrations, 10 b/w photos on glossy pages, with captions. ; Copyright 1933. This is an early reprint. ; Lurid history of saloons, opium dens, gambling houses, Chinese gangs, prostitution and other vices in San Francisco from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the Great Earthquake of 1906. ; Exterior worn. Faint spotting to 5 pages. One leaf missing upper tip, not affecting any text. 5 leaves lightly creased. Binding tight. Lacks jacket. Scarce. Sold as is.
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Category: History