Tallinn, Estonia: Koolibri, 2000 cxi, 1180 pp. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1982 (now out of print), this is a later, high-quality, unchanged reprint edition in excellent condition. This dictionary (Estonian to English only) remains the best available Estonian dictionary and is unlikely to be superseded for a long time. When it was first published, it received such accolades as: "the most comprehensive dictionary of its kind"; "monumental"; "the most complete sou... (more information)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. An authorized reprint of an article from "The Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens," vol. 61 (1967). pp. 33-112. Plates, maps (one fold-out), illustrations, bibliographical footnotes, list of sites (on separate card). A survey of the results of archaeological fieldwork conducted by the authors of primarily Bronze Age sites on Euboea, an island in the southwest Peloponnese. CONDITION: Sewn binding. Bound in card covers with light overall wear,... (more information)

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995. xv, 253 pp. Notes, index. In this book, the author characterizes the end of metaphysics as a limit, or horizon, both enclosing metaphysical thought and opening the field of thinking beyond it. Very light rubbing to covers.. Second, Expanded Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16 x 24 cm. ... (more information)

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UK: Northcote House / British Council, 2005 x, 118 pp. Chronology, endnotes, bibliography, index. A scholarly, critical reexamination of Thackeray's writings.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 14 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1960. Scarce. A complete 2-volume set covering the languages of Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania. 1) gazetteer (vi, 137 pp.; contains list of languages, register, bibliography, and detailed list of maps in atlas) and 2) atlas (64 colored maps). Sewn bindings. Spine paper almost completely missing from both volumes; covers still attached (except rear cover of atlas has been lost). Moderate overall wear to card covers. Pencilling in gazetteer (no marks in atlas)... (more information)

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Riga, Latvia: Zinatne, 1967 Complete set of 4 vols. (726, 773, 790, 306 pp.), published 1967-1972. Color plates, illustrations, maps (some folding), errata, index (vol. 4). Text in Latvian. The official Soviet "little encyclopedia" of the Latvian SSR, covering all aspects of Latvian history, politics, culture, and society. CONDITION: Moderately light overall handling wear and aging (no fraying to cloth covers), with small bumps to corners and edges. OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/... (more information)

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Uppsala: Lundequistska Bokhandeln, 1958. 151 pp. Footnotes, bibliography. Contains 159 entries for Middle English words relating to masts, spars, and sails. Light water staining along lower half of spine and adjacent page margins. Moderate overall wear with some light chipping along edges to oversized card covers. Sewn binding. Folios mostly unopened (uncut). Former owner's name written in pen on front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Bucaresti: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romani, 1975 357 pp. Bibliographical footnotes, errata slip. Text in Romanian. This is a scholarly history of land reform in Romania between the first and second World Wars. CONDITION: Minor bumping to ends of spine; light overall shelfwear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 25 x 18 cm. ... (more information)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946. xiv, 347 pp. Reprint edition (originally published in 1928). Bibliographical footnotes, index. Japanese texts romanized. Despite its age, this work remains an important and useful study of historical Japanese grammar. CONDITION: Light shelving wear (no fraying to cloth); binding tight; text clean and free of all marks; small bumps to upper corners of boards. Former owner's name and date written on first free endpaper.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 23 x 15 c... (more information)

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Ankara, Turkey: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi [Turkish Historical Society Printing House], 1989 xiii, 276 pp. Footnotes, bibliography, index, 3 maps. Only published in paperback. An important book for anyone seriously interested in Turkmen history, art, and culture. The only such detailed history in English, this is a scholarly study of Turkmen history during the pivotal nineteenth century, including the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia and its impact on the Turkmen tribes. The work begins with the ... (more information)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935 xiii, 229 pp. Frontispiece, plate, footnotes, endnotes, appendix, index. Divided into two parts, this book includes a comprehensive biography of Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607), a courtier and one of the finest early Elizabethan poets, followed by his collected poetry, most of which did not survive (14 poems included in the Appendix: pp. 163-221, with notes). CONDITION: Moderately light overall handling wear to cloth-covered boards (no fraying); very minor penciled marginal... (more information)

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002. vi, 265 pp. Bibliographical footnotes, index. Reflections on the practice of history and contemporary politics by one of India's most eminent historians. The political context in which historians of India find themselves today, claims the author, is dominated by the advance of the Hindu Right and globalized forms of capitalism, while the historian's intellectual context is dominated by the marginalization of all varieties of Marxism and an academic shift to c... (more information)

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Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. vi, 234 pp. Answer key, index. Light overall handling wear; bump to lower corner. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 xxi, 512 pp. Footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index, index locorum. Graeco-Roman New Comedy has traditionally provided a source for legal historians examining the language and operation of law both in Athens in the fourth century and in Rome in the second century BC. Drawing on the recent work of legal historians and anthropologists on the one hand, and traditional philologists on the other, the author provides the first comprehensive treatment in English of o... (more information)

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Stockholm, Sweden: Studiebokforlaget, 1960. 81 pp. Introduction by Lechard Johanneson. Texts in Swedish. A reprint of "Om Nadavalet" (reprinted with 1867 foreword by Prof. C J. Schlyters) and "Om karleken till Gud" by Henric Schartau (1757-1825). Schartau was a well-known priest and curate in Lund from 1785 until his death in 1825. He rigorously upheld orthodox Lutheran doctrine, and his legacy greatly influenced the Church in southwest Sweden. Bump to top of front paper covers. Small ch... (more information)

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Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke Verlag, 1996 x, 256 pp. Bibliography, index. Text in German. CONDITION: Occasional minor pencil brackets drawn in margins. Very light overall handling wear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 25 x 18 cm. ... (more information)

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's-Gravenhage: Mouton and Co., 1955. x, 266 pp. Plates, footnotes, bibliography, indexes. A clear structural analysis of the modern Polish short story. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (withdrawn, with several library marks; pocket in rear has been removed). Text clean and free of all marks. Moderate overall handling wear (no fraying to cloth covers).. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2007 xxii, 306 pp. Footnotes, references, index. CONTENTS: Introduction: a discourse in ritual studies [Hans Schilderman]. PART ONE: Theoretical Perspectives. 1) Liturgical studies from a ritual studies perspective [Hans Schilderman]. 2) Religion, morality and ritual in evolutionary perspective [Johannes A. van der Ven]. 3) Towards a liturgical theory of the incarnated mind: a non-reductive naturalist view [Chris Hermans, Jacques Janssen, Lieve Gommers, and Irene Houwer]. 4) Liturgical ... (more information)

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New York: Brooklyn College Press, 1983. xii, 886 pp. List of contributors. Includes 53 scholarly essays on the theory of inflation and a variety of comparative case studies from countries throughout the world (but primarily focused on Europe). Ex-library copy (stamped "withdrawn;" contains usual library markings such as call number sticker on spine, pocket, due date slip, library marks). Text free of all marks. Small bumps to top of spine and light scratch to cloth of back board. Overall, this cop... (more information)

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Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1968. This is a complete 3-volume set of the proceedings for the conference which was held in Claremont, California, USA, September 6-11, 1965. Vol. 1 contains the conference program, the texts of Plenary Session papers, and organizational information. Vol. 2 contains abstracts of session papers devoted to the themes of guilt, pollution and purification. Vol. 3 contains texts of papers presented at the evening sessions of the congress. Contributions primarily in English, with some in Fr... (more information)

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