History from Books of the World

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 288 pages. Calcutta in 1836: an uneasy mix of two worlds-the patient, implacably unchangeable India and the tableau vivant of English… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, August 2004. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated). Blue linen over boards with gilt titles to spine. Gorgeous map endpapers. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Small stain to first page, otherwise interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket has light soiling to… Read more

New York: Soho Crime, January 2018. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Laid-in book review. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright, one inch tear at bottom of front flap. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 385 pages. Inspired in part… Read more

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvii + 207 pages. Travel impressions to places in Madras Presidency, India of Julia Maitland, wife of a British civil servant, through a series of letters. Originally published: in 1843. With new… Read more

New York & London: W. W. Norton, 2002. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / third printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail bumped, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 611 pages. A powerful portrait of the humorous, eccentric, beautiful, and brilliant women known as the Mitfords who were shattered by… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 2006. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Laid-in review from Washington Post Book World. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail slightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 381 pages. A provocative history of the English in South Asia during… Read more

New York: Grove Press, December 2010. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Just the slightest reading wear to rear corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Laid-in author's Washington Post obituary. 560 pages. A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.

New York: Penguin, 2014. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 404 pages. The story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany. Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate account of how nine… Read more

New Delhi: Penguin, July 1994. Trade Paperback. Indian Edition. 2003 printing. Fine. Light wrinkling at top of spine. Light edgewear from storage. sticker from Giggles Bookshop, Madras to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 1349 pages. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (1994). Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are… Read more

London: Faber & Faber. Paperback. 2001. Very Good. London: Faber & Faber, March 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine creased and lightly curved. Light dog-ear to front cover. Some discoloration to page edges. Sticker from Giggle Bookshop, Madras to rear cover. A nice reading copy. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 752 pages. In the… Read more

New York: HarperPerennial, April 1994. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine lightly curved but uncreased. Edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 1474 pages. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (1994). Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find—through love or through… Read more

New York: St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books, July 2005. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Good book in a Good jacket. Ex-library, otherwise Fine. Nice reading copy. xxii + 442 pages.

New York: Random House, June 2010. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Prior owner's name and date inked to FFEP. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Lower rear corner bumped. Jacket has slight edgewear and a light scratch. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 268 pages. As war approaches northern… Read more

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 1998. Hardcover. Good. Ex-Library with typical markings to end papers and edges. Text block appears unmarked. Department of State Publication 10523. Office of the Historian. Bureau of Public Affairs. 809 pages. Editor: Edward C. Keefer; General Editor: David S. Patterson. Contents: January 1964 to June 1964: U.S. Response to the Pathet Lao/North Vietnamese Offensives… Read more

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition, 4th printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light dust stains to top edges. Slight rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxviii + 580 pages. Maps, charts and B&W photos throughout. The staunchest of allies, the… Read more

Edmonton, Alberta: Quagmire Press, 2013. First Printing (stated) / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, very tight, and uncreased. Light rubbing to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 240 pages.

Fairfield, Iowa: Sunstar, October 1997. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright with light rubbin. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 275 pages.

New York: Bantam, July 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 270 pages. Perched right on the Mason-Dixon line, tiny Runnymede, Maryland, is ripe with a history almost as colorful as the women who live there-from Celeste Chalfonte, headstrong and aristocratic, who murders for… Read more

New York: Crown, October 2003. Hardcover. Signed and dated by author on title page, no inscription. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 337 pages. All American presidents have lied, but George… Read more

New York: William Morrow, October 2001. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 323 pages. For thirty-seven days after the disputed presidential election of 2000, the nation watched as George W. Bush and Al Gore slugged it out in… Read more