History / World

Random House First Edition 2002. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The definitive book on radical Islam's war against America by the former director and senior director for counterterrorism of the National Security Council. more information

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University of Chicago Press 1981. Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. “The historical breadth of Boswell’s research (from the Greeks to Aquinas) and the variety of sources consulted (legal, literary, theological, artistic, and scientific) make this one of the most extensive treatments of any single aspect of Western social history.” more information

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Avon 1990. Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Remarkable first-hand accounts of the events that shaped civilization: from the siege of Jerusalem (AD 70) to the fall of Ferdinand Marcos (1986), from a dinner with Attila the Hun (AD 450) to an afternoon in a Turkish bath (1717). more information

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Perigee / Putnam 1989. Fine Hardcover in no Dustjacket as issued. Decorative laminated binding. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. More than four hundred years ago the French physician and astrologer Nostradamus foresaw tomorrow's headlines in a series of astounding predictions that proved to be startingly accurate...In this new volume, scholar Erika Cheetham presents the original, complete texts of Nostradamus's predictions, as well as fresh translations and interpretations of these quatrains. more information

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Harper Perennial 2005. Near Fine Trade Paperback. Very slight edge wear of wraps - else Fine. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. In The Human Story, James C. Davis (who taught history at the University of Pennsylvania for thirty-four years) swiftly and clearly tells how ancient peoples setteld down and founded cities, how they conquered neighbors and established religions, and how, much later, humans waged wars and journeyed into space. more information

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HarperCollins 2004. Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. The panorama of human history. more information

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University of Hawaii Press 1974. Near Fine Trade Paperback. Slight wear of wraps. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. An excellent history of Hawaii written by a former professor of history at the University of Hawaii. more information

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Time-Life 1994 . New Unread Tall Hardcover in no dustjacket as issued. Decorative laminated binding. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Very well illustrated. more information

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Barnes & Noble 1996. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. To travel through Celtic and Roman Wales, through the Norman era and the rise of Glyndwr to present times, in the company of a knowledgeable and sympathetic guide is indeed a rare experience. more information

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Summit First Edition 1994. Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Slight fading of lower spine cloth with some running of color onto reverse of DJ. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. This enchanting story combines historical fact with legend as St. Nicholas tells us in his own words the definitive story of Santa Claus. For the first time ever, Santa chronicles his life and legend in a story destined to take its place among Christmas classics. more information

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Crescent 1983. Near Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Slight wear of bottom board edges - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Through the Ages is a fresh and original account of 4,000 years in the history of the world - a presentation unparalleled for its breadth, organization and illustration. Features extensive use of timelines on almost every page. more information

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Lerner 1983. New Unread Hardcover in no DJ as issued. Unmarked Mild wear of boards. A Cambridge Topic Book. Discusses the history of the Maori people and the effect of European colonization on these original inhabitants of New Zealand. Illustrated. more information

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B.T.Batsford, Ltd. Book Club Edition 1947. Near Fine Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Slight edge wear of binding. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild rubbing and several tiny chips; now in a clear protective cover. This sinister, utterly fascinating volume is a brief but comprehensive survey of the black arts of witchcraft in England, and all the spells and chants and brews and curses that went with them. And it is about the odd lot of people who practiced those black arts and those upon whom they were practiced - which includes just about everyone from the meanest rustic to the King of England, for at its zenith witchcraft touched the lives of all men. more information

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Longmeadow First Edition 1992. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "For many centuries, feelings of love have been expressed by the giving of tokens. Their forms are many, from a tentative and possibly anonymous valentine card to the ultimate expression of love - the wedding ring. In this book, we invite you to enjoy their variety and history. Nicely illustrated. more information

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Todtri 1997. New Unread Hardcover in No Dustjacket as issued. Unmarked. Pictorial boards. A history of smoking and smokers. Beautifully illustrated. more information

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Todtri 1997. New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A history of smoking and smokers. Beautifully illustrated. more information

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Doubleday 1948. Very Good Hardcover in no Dustjacket. Mild scuffing and edge spotting. Maps on endpapers. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Concerned with the two centuries during which Moscow emerged from obscurity to become the Russian Empire. more information

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Newsweek Books 2nd Printing 1979. INear Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. A small amount of faint edge spotting - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very slight corner wear - else Fine; now in a clear protective cover. Separate, lavishly illustrated picture portfolios focus upon a number of the world's best-known mythic traditions: the Egyptian, perfectly preserved but imperfectly understood; the Greco-Roman, cornerstone of Western mythology; the Nordic; the mythologies of the two Americas. A separate portfolio is devoted to the founders of the world's three great monotheistic religions. more information

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Oxford University Press First Edition 2004. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. By the Dean of Middle Eastern studies. “Now, this respected authority has brought together his reflections on Middle Eastern history and foreign affairs written over six decades.” more information

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Henry Holt Second Printing 1988. Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book has very faint edge spotting - else Fine. It is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with slight corner wear; in clear protective cover. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs taken by the author, this unvarnished account surveys the Soviet Union in all its aspects - cultural, religious, social and economic... more information

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Hodder & Stoughton First Edition 2001. Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with several tiny, barely visible scrapes and two tiny closed tears: now in a clear protective cover. Travel through the past and present in the extraordinary world of elephant society. Illustrated. more information

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Harry N. Abrams First Edition 1995. Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Full cloth binding with gilt lettering and design. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An elegant, absorbing compendium of snake iconography and lore throughout recorded history. Richly illustrated. more information

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Harry N. Abrams First Edition 1995. Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Full cloth binding with gilt lettering and design. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An elegant, absorbing compendium of snake iconography and lore throughout recorded history. Richly illustrated. more information

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William B. Eerdmans First English Edition 1995. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "The subject of this fascinating book is the rise, flourishing, and decline of the heliotropic myth, the centuries-old belief that all history is a succession of great civilizations developing, like the movement of the sun, from the East to the West." The author is professor emeritus of American history at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. Translated by Herbert H. Rowan. more information

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Henry Holt First Paperback Edition 2000. Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Fascinating stories of historical artifacts and their significance by the author of LUCY’S BONES, SACRED STONES, AND EINSTEIN’S BRAIN. Illustrated. more information

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Castle 2004. New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. In second Empire Paris, there were a dozen courtesans who were generally known as la garde: they were the queens of their profession, the woman whom visiting princes thought it essential to see. more information

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Public Affairs First Edition 2004. Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. ALLIES is an analysis of the risks taken in Iraq, the reasons for them and the ways in which the challenge posed by Iraq was unlike anything faced by the post-war Western consensus. more information

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Scarborough 1982. Near Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Slight wear of wraps. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. "The purpose of this book is to place the human sex drive and its social and moral consequences in their widest historical perspective, taking in the whole panorama of sexual attitudes, customs, and practices in all the world's major civilizations from earliest times until the present day." ___From The Preface. more information

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New Press 1995. New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked. E.P. Thompson was one of England’s foremost historians and social critics. This volume brings together his writings and lectures delivered over a number of years. more information

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University of Oklahoma Press Sixth Printing 1990. Near Fine Trade Paperback. Gentle creasing of spine - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. Illustrated. more information

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Thames and Hudson 1992. Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Richard Townsend presents the first fully rounded portrait of the Aztecs, integrating military, economic and symbolic approaches to reconcile the apparently contradictory aspects of their culture. He begins with a dramatic narrative of the Spanish conquest, then charts the rise of the Aztecs from humble nomads to empire builders. Well illustrated. more information

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University of Washington Press 2001. New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked. Beginning with an hour-by-hour account of one day in Yongle’s court, Shih-shan Henry Tsai (Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at the University of Arkansas) presents the multiple dimensions of the life of Yongle (Zhu Di, 1360-1424) in fascinating detail. more information

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The University of Michigan Press New Revised Edition 1968. Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Decorated binding. Small hole of front endpaper - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with very minor scuffing and edge wear; in a clear protective cover. more information

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