CULTURES & COUNTRIES Books

Abhiramapuram, India: Tulika, 1998. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new, unread but with a gift inscription which appears to be from the publisher's staff. A daily diary lavishly illustrated with 4 color drawings and full descriptions of the many and varied crafts of India organized to the appropriate season. ISBN: 818689523x. more information

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NY: Penguin Putnam, 2002. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint curl and faint yellowing of top edge. Sequel to Medicine Woman. "Through the creation of her own shield, both a physical and a spiritual tool, she learns the nature of her sacred path...fascinating view of the initiation ritual of a warrior woman..." ISBN: 1585421707. more information

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Switzerland: Schweizerischen Bundesrat, 1975. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean except for smudge on front cover, curled. A collection of articles celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Swiss Constitution. Articles in 4 languages. more information

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NY: Chandler Publishing, ©1971. Trade paperback. GOOD. Ugly exterior (rubbed, scraped, curled) but clean, tight interior with only occasional underlining. "On the small islands of Japan, over a hundred million people make their living in an area roughly comparable in size to the state of California. This book is about those people - how they came to be what they are, how they live, and how they feel." more information

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NY: Barnes & Noble, 1977. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean & square. Faint crease on front cover. Some foxing. Overview of Scotland, yesterday and today. ISBN: 0064640205. more information

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NY: HarperCollins, 1991. (2nd edición). Oversize Paperback. GOOD+/Good. Tight, bright, clean, curled. Sporadic, faded yellow highlighting. 480 pages, 9-1/4x6-1/8" ?(23.5x15.5mm). Text in Spanish. ISBN: 006632694X. more information

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Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 1994. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight bump to bottom edge corner which has left a small crease. 48 page (9"x7"), staple bound with multiple illustrated articles on Northeast Indians. more information

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NY: Noonday Press, 1959. (Revised edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, slight yellowing, interior clean, exterior has age soil and a smudge where label was removed, faint curl. 182 pages (8 x5.25") of text. 36 black and white photos. "beautifully written, integrated essays (put) forward the Indian way of life as expressed in art and religion..." more information

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The Hague: Boucher, 1966. (5th edition-1968). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean inerior, light age soil to exterior, slight tilt. "the infinite paradoxes of the Dutch character…" more information

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Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian National Museum, 1969. Trade paperback. GOOD. Tight & clean. Some dog-eared pages. Markings on 2 pages. Some page curling(may have been damp at some time). Photos and commentary on exhibit. more information

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Albany, NZ: Penguin, 2005. (1st thus). Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new with faint shelfwear to top and bottom edges. 10 protected areas selected for their uniqueness and accessibility…Cape Reinga & North Cape; Tiritiei Matangi Scientific Reserve; Miranda Wildlife Refuge; Egmont National Park; Kapiti Island Natural Reserve; Karori Wildlife Sanctuary; Abel Tasman National Park; Arthur's Pass National Park; Fiordland National Park & Ulva Island Open Sanctuary. ISBN: 0143019937. more information

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Boulder, CO: Lynne Reimer, 1999. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for highlighting on 1 page. "Introduction to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World" ISBN: 1555876862. more information

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Nassau, Bahamas: Guanima Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear and slight curl. ISBN: 9768140720. more information

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Garden City, NY: Garden City Books. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, not spotless, square. Bumped spine ends. Bumped front corner. 2 previous owners names. Red cloth w/blue & yellow. Illustrated end papers. Comprehensive chapter book of Indians for Middle-School and up. more information

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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. The Flint Hills...Chase County...Kansas...the geographical center of the US. The author or Blue Highways walks and contemplates. more information

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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1975 copyright. (9th printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. " The westward drive of the warlike Sioux Indians along a thousand miles of prairie and woodland, from the upper reaches of the Mississippi to the lower Powder River in Montana, is one of the epic migrations of history." ISBN: 0806115203. more information

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(no location): Israel Information Center, 1995. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Sections on: History; The State; Land & People; Society; Health & Social Services; Education; Science & Technology; Economy; Culture; & Israel Among Nations. Profusely illustrated with color photos. more information

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London, UK: Constable, 1983. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for slightly curled corners. "An anthology that seeks to describe the literary and historical perspectives of the city. Finely illustrated with 23 pieces of art. ISBN: 009465140x. more information

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NY: Vintage/Random, 1988. (6th printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear to corners. "Perhaps the best effort to examine the Middle East using a mixture of anecdote, description, and analysis to bring the region to life..." ISBN: 0394757580.

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Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1974. (7th printing). Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, slight yellowing, highlighting on 3 pages, slight tilt. Crease on back cover, front cover corner and a few page corners. Light edgewear. "A stimulating and intelligent piece of general reading for anyone interested in India...discusses Indian art, society, values, religion and the family..." ISBN: 0195197542. more information

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NY: Knopf, 1990. (1st Edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Fine. Ex-library. Protected in clear cover. Only adhesive remnants identify library use. Tight, bright, clean & square. ISBN: 0394583256. more information

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NY: Devin-Adair, 1976. (reprint). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Very Good+. As new except last blank page has been removed and there are tight bumps to the bottom outside corners of the cover. . Dark green leatherette with gilt title and design on spine. DJ- is clean and shiny but has had small rips to edges repaired with tape inside the DJ. "presents the whole saga of the Irish race from the earliest times to our own...not only facts, and dates, and names, but a real sense of the mind an temperament of a people, their ways of life, ideals, and an understanding account of their culture..."737 pages including Index,9.25x6" (23.5x15.5mm). more information

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989. (reprint). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Light edgewear and surface creasing on covers. "introduces the student to the history of these nations during the past century...economic and social history, on government and politics and on culture and religion...Francophone sub-Saharan Africa covers nearly 40% of the African continent. It includes over 100 million people in 17 nations from Senegal in West Africa to Zaire in Central Africa." ISBN: 0521338867. more information

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NY: Sterling, 2005. (1st American edition). Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight curl. "the youth culture of the 60's that transformed the world as we knew it…" Stunning photos and essays from 1965 London & San Francisco through "Jimmi, Janis and Jim gone forever" in 1971. 384 pages on heavy stock, 8-7/8 x 7-3/4" (22.7x19.5mm)Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for priority or international shipping. ISBN: 1402728735. more information

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Lee's Summit, MO: MM Co, 1991 copyright. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. "the heart and soul of one Australian aboriginal tribe on walkabout with a summoned American woman. Read about indigenous people living their ancient culture." ISBN: 1883473004. more information

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Dhahran, SaudiArabia: Arabian American Oil Company, 1968. (Revised edition). Oversize Hardbound. VERY GOOD/None. 279 pages of information on the oil industry and Saudi Arabia presented by the Arabian American Oil Company to their employees, from their perspective in 1968. Tight, bright, clean & square. Rubbed spine ends. more information

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NY: Interlink, 2000. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for faint shelf wear. "A guide to the people, politics and culture… History, politics, economy and society, religion and culture". 94 pages ISBN: 1566562422. more information

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Athens, Greece: Gouvoussis, 1968. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright & clean. Cover edges battered. Text and map as new. History, photos, beautiful full size, fold-out map -"Bird's Eye View of the Acropolis"- with key for tours. more information

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NY: Holt, 1995. (1st edition). Hardbound. FINE/Fine. "exploration of place and community in a nation where people have never stopped moving in their efforts to discover and create the two." Identifying 16 of the authors favorite places. Tight, bright, clean & square. Ex-library w expected stamps and markings & plastic cover. ISBN: 0805023526. more information

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NY: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. (1st edition, 1st printing). Oversize Glossy Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for crease on bottom corner of back cover and bookstore stamp. "A classic native American creation story as retold by a Seneca Elder of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, Twylah Nitsch & her grand-daughter, Jamie Sams. "The Medicine Stone Speaks from the Past to Our Future." ISBN: 006250763X. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Globe Book, 1981. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Clean interior. Beat up exterior with writing on exterior page edges. "a detailed study of the world's major regions - their geography, history, cultures, and their social, political, and economic development." ISBN: 0870656376. more information

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Martorano di Cesena, Italy: Arci Solidarieta Cesente, 2002. (1st Spanish translation). Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Coleccion "Un Mar de Suenos #12". Text in Spanish. 59 pages (6.5x4.75") ISBN: 8888405143. more information

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NY: Farrar,Straus, Giroux, 1973. (3rd printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Translated by FD Reeve. "As the 1970 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was unable to leave Russia to give the customary Noble Lecture in Stockholm. This is his statement. As new except for light age soil to exterior. ISBN: 0374510636. more information

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NY: Harmony, 1977. (1st thus). Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for light age soil to exterior pages edges (top & bottom). 214 pages with black and white and color photographs (11x8-5/8", 27.9x22mm). "the tea ceremony is an art, an appreciation of beauty shared among friends...comprises the contemplation and spiritual satisfaction derived from architecture, landscape gardens, ceramics, painting, flower arrangement, cooking, and, of course, tea." ISBN: 0517530392.

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Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. (3rd printing). Oversize paperback. FINE. As new-gift quality! "Hundreds of time saving ideas, ready-to-fill-in checklists, and step-by-step guidelines that practically organize the entire wedding for you." ISBN: 0139561528. more information

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NY: Mallard Press/BDD, 1989. Oversize Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior, some spotting on cover, square. Red cloth with gilt. No DJ. An overview of the USSR, history, culture, and art of it's component republics, with spectacular photographic illustrations. 287 pages (11-7/8x9-1/2") ISBN: 0792451678. more information

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Sydney,Australia: Pacific Publications, 1966. (5th Edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, yellowed pages and rubbed covers, clean for age, square. Some cover creasing and edgewear. Directory of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea; fold out map attached inside cover; government, geography, people, commerce; agriculture; complete list of non-native residents. more information

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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1975. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint age soil to exterior. Unread. "two thorough ethnographic studies of Ndembe (Zambia/Northern Rhodesia) revelatory ritual and divinatory techniques, with running commentaries on symbolism by a variety of Ndembu informants." ISBN: 0801491517. more information

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Napoli: Gallerie e Opere d'Arte della Campania, 1944. (1st edition). Paperback. NEAR FINE. 32 page pamphlet w/8 photos. Text in Italian. Inscription & signature of Paul Gardner "Maj.U.S.A. , Ufficiale Regionale per I Monmumenti e le Belle Arti della Reg. III, A.C.C." more information

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Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1961 copyright. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean and square. Designed to have sticker illustrations pasted in as you read. Stickers are enclosed but not pasted. Illustrated with maps and black and white photos. History and thorough description of modern Brazil. Appropriate for Middle School and up or for travelers. more information

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NY: Holt, Rinehart & Wilson, 1967. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for rubbing to edges. "this series of case studies in education and culture is designed to bring to students in professional education and in the social science the results of direct observation and participation in educational process in a variety of cultural settings." more information

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NY: Pantheon, 1995. (1st thus). Oversize Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, curled. Cover is delaminating. Pencil underlining and folded page corners. Owner's name. "shuttles from highbrow literary salons to Prohibition rent parties, charting the complex interactions among Harlem's brilliant writers, stylish hostesses, and savvy culture brokers...more than 90 illustrations..." ISBN: 0679758895. more information

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NY: Avon(#D1), 1965. Paperback. GOOD. 1st Avon printing. Tight. Spine curled and creased. Minor creases on cover. Per Wm. Shirer "The best book we probably shall ever have in English on Russia at War" more information

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