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Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UniversityPress, 2009. 484pp. Original tan cloth with black lettering to spine. Stated First Edition 2009. 1st Printing (with complete number line). Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some light rubbing to corners. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Sydney, Australia: Lansdowne, 1984. 272 pp. Index and Bibliography. Color photography on glossy pages. Black cloth cover. Rubbing at the corners and spine. Minor bumping along edges. Decorative endpages. Half title page and title page with photographs. Front cover is hinged and binding is cocked, but the pages are secure. DJ is in good shape with very minor chipping and rubbing. Looks great in its protective mylar. Beautiful photographs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Mylared.

Great Britain: Crucible, 1986. 256pp. Index. Original pictorial wraps. Illustrated (2 B/W photograph sections). The lurid gossip associated with Sir Francis Dashwood and the Hell Fire Club is investigated and the person responsible for the tales is revealed. Againt the colorful background of eighteenth-century politics and society Eric Towers draws on a wide range of primary and secondary material to reconstruct the course of Dashwood's life and travels, his private and public achievements, and the incidents on which the tales of black magic and sex at Medmenham are based. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks; front hinge is a bit loose but secure. Covers have minor scuffing/light finger soiling. Shelfwear (head/heel of spine lightly bumped, rubbing to corners). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Very nice reading copy. . First Thus. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over… Read More

United Kingdom: Virago Limited, 1978. 127pp. Facsimile Edition published in association with William Heinemann Ltd. First published 1918 by William Heinemann Limited. The legendary World War I diary by the author of National Velvet. With a new introduction by Monica Dickens. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowing with age. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Shelfwear (minor denting to head/heel of spine, light bumping to edges, light creasing to lower right corner of front cover, corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy of this scarce title.. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Zurich, Switzeland: Photoglob AB, 1999. 120pp. Original pictorial boards. Text in German, French, Italy, & English. Photos Toni Hock. Text Hans Peter Treichler. this picture sequence aims to capture the fascination of the unexpected and the indistinct relation between the seasons in Switzerland. Both are linked to climate and altitude but also to the diverse cultures and ways of life which characterise this many-sided land and its inhabitants. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards are lightly scuffed with rubbing to corners. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Hock, Toni. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brookline, MA: Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Inc., 1998. 276pp. With B/W photos, maps, bibliography, glossary. Fully indexed. Original pictorial wraps. This resource book considers the ways Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe responded to questions of identity, membership, and difference at various times in their shared history. Students explore this history by reading autobiographies, diaries, official documents, literary works, and other sources. Each helps them "draw conclusions from what we see to what we do not see" and "recognize themselves in the past, on the steps to the present." Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Outer page edges have some very light finger soiling. Covers have minor scuffing, small crease to upper front cover, rubbing/bumping to spine, edges, and corners. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1989. 407pp. Index. Original wraps. Illustrated (maps, b/w photographs throughout). Volume I discusses the history of the major Balkan nationalities. It describes the differing conditions experienced under Ottoman and Habsburg rule, but the main emphasis is on the national movements, their successes and failures to 1900, and the place of events in the Balkans in the international relations of the day. Pages are clean (now writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers are scuffed with faint creasing to corners. Minor shelfwear (light bumping to edges, corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . Later Printing. Quality trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Kodansha International, 1994. 72pp. In English. Text by Donald Richie. Forward by Edwin O. Reischauer. Historical, geographical, cultural, and economic facts complement extraordinary color photographs to create a unique and fascinating introduction to Japan. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Wraps are scuffed and have rubbing/light nicking to all extremities; lower right corner of front cover beginning tofray. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some minor denting/nicking to head/heel of spine and upper corners; light bumping to edges. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy> . Later Printing. Oversized Softcover. Good -/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2007. 276pp. Index. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The Year 2007 as seen through the eyes of The Irish Times' writers and photographers. All the best stories in the period September 2006 to September 2007 are presented in book form and accompanied by stunning colour photography. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Pictorial DJ has some light bumping to edges, corners have some minor rubbing. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Very nice copy. . First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1964. 493pp. Original wraps. Text in Spanish. With abundant explanatory notes on foot of page. This book basically deals with the action of Dominican during the conquest and the Spanish reinforcement in South America. Of great interest it is the documentary appendix, that occupies half of extension of the book and that gathers rare documents of the centuries. XVI to the VIII. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Sewn binding is cracked but pages are still secure. Hinges are splitting (and glue is showing) but still attached. Covers and pages are foxed. Tipped in folding/drop-down map still present. Shelfwear (heavy rubbing/bumping/faint creasing to extremities, chipping to heel of spine). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Thus, Collectible. Soft Cover. Fair +/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. A good reading copy with no marks or tears. Binding tight, pages clean but yellowing. Some wear to edges and corners of book and jacket. . Previous Owner's Sticker. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.: Agate Pub Inc, 2003. A good reading copy with no marks or tears. Binding tight, pages clean and bright. Some wear to edges and corners of book and jacket.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. 160pp. Stated First American Edition. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Profusely Illustrated in color with red endpapers. This book of superb colour photographs includes many of Tim Graham's personal favourites and offers a fascinating view of the life of the British Royal Family over the last decade as seen by one of their most faithful followers. Moments solemn and light-hearted, romantic and glamorous, dignified and decidedly not so dignified -Tim Graham's camera has captured them all. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but beginning to yellow with age. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some very light rubbing to corners. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some minor shelfwear (light bumping to edges, rubbing to corners). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice copy.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 4to - over… Read More

Leiden: Colofon, 2001. 403pp. Original pictorial wraps. One Foot in Heaven conflates two main perspectives on women propagated by the Islamist government of Sudan since its inception in 1989: as mothers and wives within the walls of their compounds. Central are the biographic narratives of two working women in Kebkabiya, a town in Darfur, each belonging to a different class: low-class market women and highly esteemed female teachers. Based on anthropological research(1990-1995) the author analyses the narratives as part of the multi-layered context in which these were performed. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some light scuffing. Shelfwear (light bumping to extremities, light nicking to head of spine, corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Edition, Collectible. Trade Paperback. Good +/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

New Dehi, India: Bookwise, 2004. 160pp. Stated First Edition. White boards with black lettering. Color illustrations throughout, map. Small gift inscription on half-title page. Inner pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some denting to head/heel of spine and a few smaller dents to edges. Unclipped pictorial DJ has a 1/4" piece missing from lower edge near spine, light creasing to head of spine, corners rubbed. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy.. First Edition, 1st printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Koffler Gallery / The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2008. Original stiff wraps. Illustrated (wwo essays are accompanied by archival illustrations). Pages are clean (unmarked). Binding is tight and secure. Covers are slightly scuffed with light bumping to corners, rubbing to extremities. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Paperback. Good +/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.

England: Penguin Books, 1996. 430pp. Index. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but beginning to yellow with age. Binding is cracked but pages are still secure. A few pages lightly dogeared. Outer page edges are slightlys cuffed/lightly finger soiled. Covers are lightly scuffed with moderate creasing to corners. shelfwear (light bumping/light nicking to edges, corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Author tells the story from the days of the ancient Umbri, to the unification of Italy and the turmoil and transformation of the region in our own century. History and travel guide - provides an evocative narrative and a mouth-watering account of the local food and wine. With gazetteer of what to see in the cities, hill-towns and mountain and lakeside villages of one of Italy's most beautiful regions. Nice reading copy. . First Thus, Collectible. Quality trade Paperback. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

Renvyle, Co Galway: Paul Gannon, 1999. pages clean and binding tight with no cracks or breaks, slight edgewear. corners rubbed with tiny creases.. Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Good.