Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 vi, 439 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical notes, bibliography, index, list of contributors. Reprinted in 2006. This is an important and fascinating collection of seventeen wide-ranging, original essays by leading scholars of South Asian Islamic history. CONDITION: Essentially like new except for very light shelfwear and remainder marks on bottom edge of book block.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. ... (more information)

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Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk, 1952. 1,055 pp. Plates, illustrations, notes, bibliography, name index. Text in Russian. This is a massive, landmark collection of writings and scholarly articles, divided into sections separately addressing the three great Russian authors (also includes text of previously unpublished writings by Lermontov). [This volume was reprinted by Kraus Reprint in 1965.] Binding sound. Light overall wear to cloth. Boards lightly warped and moderately soiled. Light fraying to cloth ... (more information)

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Ibadan, Nigeria: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria) Ltd, 1989. xix, 244 pp. The 19 papers in this book examine the role of the writer in nation building, and are organized into six sections: 1) National literature: Theoretical and critical issues. 2) Oral literature and national consciousness. 3) Anti-colonialism and the literary impulse. 4) Literature and neo-colonialism. 5) Wole Soyinka's work and the national dilemma. 6) The South African writer and the national cause. Moderate overall wear to covers ... (more information)

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New York: Garland Publishing, 2001 xxii, 425 pp. 4 maps, chapter endnotes, appendix, bibliography, index. The tragic rape of an Okinawan school girl in September 1995 touched off the current "Okinawa Problem" and shook the bilateral relationship. It also had the effect of highlighting the need to understand the complicated history of Okinawa in the postwar U.S.-Japan relationship. Ironically, one of the least examined periods in this postwar history is the same period that would have the most dram... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xvi, 324 pp. Endnotes, bibliography, indexes. Moderate, light pencilling in 2 chapters, else text is clean. Light overall handling wear to card covers.. Reprint. Paperback. Fair. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003 In publisher's original shrinkwrap. xii, 388 pp. Map, footnotes, word index, bibliography. This is the first full-fledged critical edition and historical study of the "Erdeni Tunumal Sudur," an unique seventeenth-century Mongolian history about the sixteenth-century Mongolian ruler Altan Khan and his descendants. Elverskog provides a transcription of the Mongolian text, a word index, and a full English translation, as well as an extensive commentary on the historical even... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1984. 19 + 14 pp. Contains two articles. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Lund, Sweden: Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University, 1988. 25 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1984. 23 + 37 pp. Contains two papers. Bibliographies. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1967. Complete set in 2 volumes. Vol. 1 (xvi, 584 pp.; plates, illustrations, footnotes). Vol. 2 (664 pp.; plates, illustrations, footnotes, appendices, indexes, corrigenda). Text in Spanish. Felix de Lope de Vega Carpio (1562-1635) was a Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist. These volumes are a seminal contribution to the study of Spain's literary Golden Age and one of the world's great dramatists. These copies have never been read and show only mino... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xvi, 319 pp. Footnotes, figures, appendices, bibliography, index. In this path-breaking book, the authors produce the first unified theory of policy making between the legislative and executive branches. Examining major US policy initiatives from 1947 to 1992, the authors describe the conditions under which the legislature narrowly constrains executive discretion, and when it delegates authority to the bureaucracy. In doing so, the authors synthesize diverse and ... (more information)

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1968. xxiii, 148 pp. A comprehensive bibliography (for the first time also including book reviews) of books and articles published in English in the West during 1965. Sewn binding. Light darkening due to age. Lower corner of rear cover lightly creased.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16 x 24 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge, MA: Department of Linguistics, Harvard University, 1994. 238 pp. Foonotes, bibliographical references. A collection of 16 original, scholarly essays on various topics. Light sunning to card covers, else virtually like new.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus. 21 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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München, Germany: Georg Müller, 1928. 321 pp. Text in German script. A collection of short stories by the well-known German writer, dramatist and critic, Paul Ernst (1866-1933). Light overall wear and browning to cloth covers and pages. Former owner's name in pencil on first free endpaper and pencilled checkmarks in Table of Contents.. Gesammelte Werke. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 15 x 21 cm. ... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1985. 29 pp. Author examines the use of "der" in Danish. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Granada: Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2003. 317 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Text in Spanish. Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis about homeless women in Granada. Light wear to front covers, else like new. Sewn binding.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus. 21 x 15 cm. ... (more information)

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Madrid, Spain: Editorial Gredos, 1964 737 pp. Bibliographical notes, two indices, errata. Text in Spanish. A very important and comprehensive descriptive and analytical investigation of Latin American historiography from its beginnings by a distinguished historian. Although a second "revised and expanded" edition was prepared (by Hortensia Esteve) and published in softcover in 1992, that edition contains little new information; the first edition therefore remains useful and continues to be cited. ... (more information)

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San Francisco, CA: R and E Research Associates, 1975. xiii, 187 pp. Includes a variety of bibliographical source materials relating to Yugoslavs (Croatians, Serbian, Slovenians, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Dalmatians, Istrians, and Hercegovinians) in North America. The book also includes a reprinted article by Joze Zontar entitled "Tracing Ancestry in Yugoslavia." Although dated in some respects (e.g., it includes contact information for individuals living in the US and Canada), this book... (more information)

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