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1) The French Revolution of 1789 ( 2 vols)
Abbott, John S. C

New York: Harper & Bros, 1887. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Both volumes have some light wear at the lower edge and a little foxing on the endpapers. Vol 2 has an odd shaped hole about 1" in the free front endpaper near the upper corner. Solid and attractive. more information

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2) The Epic of America
Adams, James Truslow

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Later. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gallagher, M.J.. Book shows slight shelfwear, pages tanning. Dustjacket is quite worn on teh conrers and spine ends with small bits missing, clorls bright. Now protected in mylar. more information

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3) White Paper Whitewash : Philip Agee on the CIA and El Salvador
Agee, Philip; Poelchau, Warner (editor)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Deep Cover Publications, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. Dustjacket has a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends and corners. Now protected in mylar. more information

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4) The Endurance : Schackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Alexander, Caroline

New York: Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 211 pages. Slight shelfwear, spine slightly slanted. more information

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5) Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West
Ambrose, Stephen E

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 521 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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6) Fiasco
Anderson, Jack; Boyd, James

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear, text edge lightly soiled. Gift note on free front endpaper. 386 pages, including index. "The real story behind the disastous worldwide energy crisis--Richard Nixon's 'Oilgate'. more information

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7) Seven Years That Changed the World 1941 - 1948
Anderson, Wing

New York: The Book of Gold, 1940. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269 pages. Light general wear, rubbing on covers, corners lightly bumped. Red boards with gilt littering on spine and front cover. more information

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8) The Time of Stalin
Antonov-Ovseyenko, A. V

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 374 pages, including index. General wear to book, corner bumped. Dustjacket has edge wear and two small closed tears and a tiny piece missing. more information

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9) The System : An Insider's Life in Soviet Politics
Arbatov, Georgi A

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1993. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 380 pages, including index. more information

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10) Royal Paramours
Ashdown, Dulcie M

New York: Dorset Press, 1979. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear to book and dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in mylar. 192 pages, including index. more information

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11) The Discovery of King Arthur
Ashe, Geoffrey

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1985. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 226 pages. Slight shelfwear to book. Dustjacket now protected in mylar. more information

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12) Adam Schall : A Jesuit at the court of China 1592-1666
Attwater, Rachel

Milwaukee WI: Bruce Publishing Co, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. Dustjacket is quite worn with piece missing at heel of spine, some creases adn chips, renants of tape. Now protected in mylar. more information

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13) In Exile from the Land of Snows : The First Full Account of the Dalai Lama & the Tibetans since the Chinese Conquest
Avedon, John F

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight sheflwear, book shaken. 393 pages, including index. A complete and graphic account of how the tranquil, isolated nation of Tibet was wrenched into the nightmares of the twentieth century and how her patient, gentle and courageous people haVe resisted their fate. more information

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14) Essays and New Atlantis
Bacon, Francis

Roslyn NY: Walter J Black, 1942. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige tweed with black, red & gilt trim. Slight shelfwear, previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. 302 pages. Part of the Classics Club. Contains Bacon's 58 essays and New Atlantis, his utopia more information

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15) History of the Hebrew Commonwealth
Bailey, Albert Edward ; Kent, Charles Foster

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is worn at the corners and spine ends, cloth a bit faded. Goes through WWI. Includes fold-out map. 415 pages followed by several pages of small maps. Previous owners name on front end page. more information

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16) History of Colorado Volume III
Baker, James H (editor)

Denver: Linderman, 1927. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Head of spine & corner tips worn. Previous owner's book plate on front endpaper. Over 400 pages , illustrated with drawings and photographs, Prepared under the supervision of the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado. more information

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17) The Discovery of the Titanic
Ballard, Dr. Robert D

Toronto, Ontario: Warner/Madison Press, 1987. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good-/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ken Marshall. 230 pp including index; book has average shelfwear and bumping on the cornerd, dj is crimped along the edge and has one very small tear on back of cover at bottom. Lots of color pictures of the Titanic underwater compared to b&w photos or drawings of the original condition of the ship. The story of the underwater exploration of the ship after its discovery. more information

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18) Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays
Baranczak, Stanislaw

Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Press, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 258 pages. Slight shelfwear. Dustjacket lightly chipped with a few small staple holes in top edge corner of front panel. Dustjacket is now protected in mylar. more information

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19) The Alliance : America, Europe, Japan - Makers of the Post-War World
Barnet, Richard J

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 511 pages. Slight shelfwear, corners lighlty bumped and damp caused red spine to bleed on to bottom of dustjacket spine. Bottom of book remainder marked. more information

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20) The Road to Secession : A New Perspective on the Old South
Barney, William

New York: Praeger Paperback, 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows slight shelfwear. Part of the Praeger University Series of American History. more information

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21) Caligula : The Corruption of Power
Barrett, Anthony A

New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 334 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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22) America's Entry Into World War I
Bass, Herbert J

Hinsdale IL: Dryden Press, 1964. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good/Wraps. Trade PB. Light general wear, previous onwer's name on inside cover. 122 pages. Part of the American Problem Studies. more information

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23) The Sovereignes and the Admiral
Bauman, Jon

Lufkin, TX, U.S.A.: Best of East Texas Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Slight shelfwear. 379 pages. Inscribed by Jon Bauman and signed on half title. A biography of Isabel, Ferdinand and Columbus. more information

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24) The Rise of Modern Japan
Beasley, William G

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 306 pages, including including index. Light general wear to book. more information

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25) It's Still the Economy, Stupid : George W. Bush, the Gop's Ceo
Begala, Paul

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 198 pages. Slight shelfwear, cover edges lightly curled. more information

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26) The Death of Outrage : Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
Bennett, William J

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1998. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. "William J. Bennett dismantles the president's defenses, brick by evasive brick, and analyzes the meaning of the Clinton scandals: why they matter, what the public reaction to them means, and the social and political damage they have already inflicted on America. more information

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27) Women, War, and Revolution
Berkin, Carol R ; Lovett, Clara M

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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28) Many Thousands Gone : The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America
Berlin, Ira

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1998. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight sheflwear. 497 pages, including index. Many Thousands Gone traces the evolution of black society from the first arrivals in the early seventeenth century through the Revolution. more information

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29) Mayday : Eisenhower, Krushchev & the U-2 Affair
Beschloss, Michael R

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight sheflwear. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Mayday explores the bizarre ties between Cold War diplomancy and Cold War espionage. more information

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30) Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun : Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Threat to the United States
Bhatia, Shyam; McGrory, Dan

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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31) The Good Years : Your Life in the 21st Century
Bird, Caroline

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 244 pages, including index. more information

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32) The Rest of Us : The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews
Birmingham, Stephen

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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33) The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents : From George Washington to Bill Clinton
Blassingame, Wyatt

New York: Random House, 1993. Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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34) The Closing of the American Mind
Bloom, Allan

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1987. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light general wear. 392 pages, including index. How higher eduction has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students. Forward by Saul Bellow. more information

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35) The Story of the Constitution
Bloom, Sol

Washington D. C,: United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book spine is worn with a 1/2" tear in the paper ( binding tight & firm) at the head and some wear at the heel. Corners worn, previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Interior clean. Pretty pictorial cover. more information

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36) A More Perfect Union : Documents in U.S. History : Volume I : To 1877
Boller, Paul F. & Story, Ronald

Dallas: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Trade Paperback. Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear and chipping. 211 pages, 13 pages of statistical appendix not included. The selections in this volume represents what the authors believe to be an attractive blend of social and political history, suitable for intorductory courses in American history. more information

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37) The Eternal City : Roman Images in the Modern World
Bondanella, Peter

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 286 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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38) Waltzing with a Dictator : The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy
Bonner, Raymond

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1987. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 533 pages, including index. more information

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39) Travellers' Money
Booker, John

Phoenix Mill UK: Alan Sutton, 1994. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Appears new, virtually no shelfwear. 148 pages including index. A interesting look at the whole question of money supply for the traveller in general, as well as the European tourist. A history from the 16th century to the present. Quite interesting. Some B&W and color illustrations. more information

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40) The Wall Came Tumbling Down : The Berlin Wall and the Fall Of Communism
Bornstein, Jerry

New York: Arch Cape Press, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Shelfwear on bottom of spine. 95 pages. 80 color and 25 B&W photographs. Text by Jerry Bornstein. Introduction by Chancellor Willy Brandt. The Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989 under the pressure of a popular movement for democratic change which spread across Eastern Europe like wildfire. more information

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41) The Death of Stalin
Bortoli, Georges

New Hyde Park: Praeger, 1975. None Stated. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear to book and dustjacket, more wear to corners. Dustjacket has a few small closed tears, now protected in mylar. 214 pages. more information

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42) Equal Rights for Americans with Disabilities (Impact Bks.)
Bowe, Frank G

Danbury, CT, U.S.A.: Grolier Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 143 pages, including index. more information

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43) The Tragic Era : The Revolution After Lincon
Bowers, Claude G

Cambridge: The Literary Guild of America, 1929. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book shows some shelfwear, spine faded, hinge crack. 565 pages including index. more information

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44) Agrarian Reform & Public Enterprise in Mexico : The Political Economy of Yucatan's Henequen Industry
Brannon, Jeffrey T.; Baklanoff, Eric N

Tuscaloosa, AL, U.S.A.: University of Alabama Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight wear to dustjacket. 237 pages, including index. An excellent portrayal of the regional economic policy and state-federal relations in Mexico as they contibute to an understandin of the complex political and social dynamics of Mexico's domestic economic policy. more information

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45) The Colonial Craftsman
Bridenbaugh, Carl

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Good/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spine faded, rubbed, chipped, but not cracked. Pages tanned. Back cover faded, shelfwear. 214 pages including index. Here in fascinating arrar are the craftsmen of the years before the American Revolution. more information

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46) Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion
Brinkley, David

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 176 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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47) Washington Goes to War
Brinkley, David

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. 286 pages. more information

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48) The Real Anita Hill : The Untold Story
Brock, David

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book and dustjacket show slight shelfwear. Now protected in mylar. more information

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49) Changing of the Guard
Broder, David S

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight shelfwear. Dustjacket slightly soiled. 512 pages, including index. Power and leadership in America. more information

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50) An Album of Memories : Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation
Brokaw, Tom

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 2001. None Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 314 pages. Slight shelfwear. more information

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