AMERICA TRANSFORMED; Sixty years of revollutionary change, 1941-2001
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University, (2006). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 345. Notes, index. Red paper over boards. About as new in slightly scuffed dj. More
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GRANDEUR AND ILLUSION; French literature and society 1600-1715
NY: Basic Books, 1972. First Edition. 8vo, pp. ix, 311. Notes, index. Translated by Herbert Tint. A VG tight copy in slightly chipped and soiled dj. A concise one volume history of French literature. More
MARIA MEDICI 1573-1642
(Munchen): Munchner Verlag, (1949). Third edn. 8vo, pp. 347. In German. llustrated with portraits and reproductions of paintings. White cloth, stamped in gilt. Cover little rubbed and soiled, o/w VG. Maria Medici, the "fat banker's daughter" as she was scorned, became the wife of Henri IV of France. At the..... More
FROM MEMORY TO HISTORY; Using oral sources in local historical research
Nashville TN: American Assoc. for State and Local History, (1981). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 172. Appendices, bibliography, index. Yellow cloth. Cover a little scuffed at ends of spine, o/w a nice copy in worn dj. More
A PERFECT UNION; Dolley Madison and the creation of the American nation
NY: Holt, (2006). First printing. 8vo, pp. x, 493. Notes, index. Illustrated. Paper over boards. Letter from the publisher laid in. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. More
IMPERIAL HUBRIS; Why the West is losing the war on terror
Washington DC: Brassey's, (2004). Third printing. 8vo, pp. xxi, 309. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper over boards. A nice copy in dj. More
RENT COLLECTION COURTYARD; Sculptures of oppression and revolt
Peking: Foreign Language Press, (1970). Second edn. Square 8vo, pp. not numbered. In Chinese, with a booklet in English laid in explaining the exhibit. Illustrations, with explanatory captions. Paper wraps. A VG tight copy. The work is of life-sized clay figures representing the rent collection courtyard of Liu Wen-tsai, a...... More
THE NEW IMMIGRATION
NY: Pitman, (1971). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvi, 215. Bibliographical essay. Illustrated. Yellow paper over boards, black cloth spine. Cover slightly soiled and slightly bumped at corners, o/w a VG tight copy. Essays by Jacob Riis, Lillian Wald, Jane Addams, Samuel Gompers, Franz Boas, and others. More
TELLLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY
NY: Norton, (1994). First printing. 8vo, pp. 322. Index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Top edge of rear cover slightly bumped, o/w A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Three historians speak about their craft and modern criticisms of it. More
COMPILATION OF WORKS OF ART AND OTHER OBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL; Prepared by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library
Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1965. Small 4to, pp. xxiv, 425. Index. Black-and-white illustrations and plans, with commentary. Dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Edges slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. More
HISTORY AND JEWISH HISTORIANS; Essays and addresses
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1964. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xviii, 504. Notes, index. Tan cloth. Compiled and with a foreword by Arthur Hertzberg and Leon A. Feldman. A nice copy in slightly chipped and soiled dj. More
THE TIMES CONCISE ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY
London: Times Books, (1982). 4to, pp. viii, 184. Index. Illustrated with over 300 maps in color. Paper over boards. A nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. More
BLACK POTATOES; The story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First printing. Large 8vo, pp. 184. Timeline, bibliography, index. Copiously illustrated with engravings. Rust paper over boards. Cover slightly faded, o/w a nice copy in similarly faded dj. The story of the potato famine told for young people. More
WHITHER MANKIND; A panorama of modern civilization
NY: Longmans, Green, 1928. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vii, 408. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Edges soiled, occasional light marking in margins, o/w a VG tight copy. Chapters by Hendrik van Loon, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Havelock Ellis, Lewis Mumford, John Dewey and others. More
WHITHER MANKIND; A panorama of modern civilization
NY: Longmans, Green, 1928. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vii, 408.Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Ends of spine somewhat worn, edges of cover little bumped, edges of leaves little yellowed and soiled, owner's name on flyleaf, o/w VG. Sixteen essays on various subjects, including "Ancient and Mediaeval civilizations" by van Loon;..... More
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page, 1913. 8vo, pp. x, 559. Appendices. Gray cloth, stamped in silver and gilt. Rear hinge tender, cover somewhat scuffed and soiled, o/w VG. From the library of poet Barbara Howes. More
THE NEW YORK TIMES; The complete front pages 1851-2008
NY: Black Dog & Leventhal, (2008). First printing. Large 4to, pp. 456. Index. Introduction by Bill Keller; front page news summaries by James Barron. Includes three DVD-ROMs that contain every front page the Times ever printed, linked to the articles in the Times archive; plus a magnifier for reading small..... More
GERMANY AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Oxford UK: Oxford, 1993. First printing. 8vo, pp. xv, 325. Bibliography, index. Black cloth. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. A social history of Germany. More
THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD
NY: Oxford, (1988). Second printing. Large 8vo, pp. 882. Tables of events, index. Reading lists at ends of chapters. Copiously illustrated, mostly in black and white, with photographs, maps and drawings. Short inscription on half-title, o/w a nice copy in somewhat scuffed and chipped dj. More
TESTAMENT; A soldier's story of the Civil War
NY: Simon & Schuster, (2003). First printing. 8vo, pp. 277. Notes, bibliography, index. With one portrait. Paper over boards. Newspaper review laid in. Author's presentation on title. A nice copy in dj. More
THE INDUSTRIAL STATE; 1870-1893
Chicago: McClurg, 1922. 8vo, pp. 553. Appendix, bibliography, index. With several illustrations and charts. [Centennial history of Illinois, Volume 4.] Rust cloth. TEG. Ex library. Front hinge tender, cover somewhat scuffed, VG. More
FEMALE LABOUR BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1982. First Edition. 8vo, pp iii, 86. Articles in English, French and German. Paper wraps. A VG tight copy. More
AFTER THE HOLOCAUST; Rebuilding Jewish lives in postwar Germany
Princeton NJ: Princeton, (1997). First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 196. Bibliographical essay, notes, index. Translated from the German by Barbara Harshav. Illustrated with photographs. A nice copy in little scuffed dj. An analysis of postwar Jewish life in Germany, and 15 first-person accounts from Holocaust survivors. More
THE DEPORTATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM LILLE.; Translated textually from the Note addressed by the French Government to the Governments of Neutral Powers on the conduct of the German Authorities...With extracts from other documents...relating to German breaches of international law during 1914, 1915, 1916.
NY: George H. Doran. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 81. Gray paper over boards. Ex library with pocket. Compliments slip laid in. Cover worn at spine, o/w VG. Papers and eye-witness accounts having to do with forced collaboration with German military operations and forced labor in agriculture and German industry. More
WILLIAMSTOWN, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS, 1753-1953.
Williamstown, MA: The McClelland Press, 1953. First Edition. 8vo., pp. 458. Illustrated with photographs. Red cloth. Cover somewhat bumped and soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. More