History / Asia from Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung
- Condition
- Used - Good+
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- 1977
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- Softcover
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$89.00
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Peking: Foreign Languages Press. Good+. 1977. Softcover. An edition in good+ condition. The softcover is curling and there is discoloration present. The interior pages are clean and free of marks ; 16mo; 312 pages . Item Price
$89.00
The Gentleman In The Parlour 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Used - Fine
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- First US Edition; First Printing
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$340.00
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Fine. 1930. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first american edition, black fabric hardback with small green and blue emblem of a sparrow on the front. The covers have some mild stains and a slightly discolored spine. The binding is very clean and tight ; … Read more about this item Item Price
$340.00
The War of the Two Emperors: the Duel between Napoleon and Alexander: Russia, 1812 -1st Edition/1st Printing
by Cate, Curtis
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1985
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- 1/4 Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0394536703
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$60.50
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New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394536703 . First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket; ; 8vo; 488 pages . Item Price
$60.50
The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume VII, the Old Regime,1713-1763
by Lindsay, J. O. (editor)
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$49.50
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Edition in Near Fine condition with some rubbing to the boards and foxing to the pages in a Very Good dust-jacket with sunning, tearing, and chipping. There is a publisher's stain along the top page edge; ; 8vo; 625 pages . Item Price
$49.50
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Meyer, Karl E. & Shareen Blair Brysac
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1582430284
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$53.90
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Washington, DC: Counterpoint. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1582430284 . A first edition/first printing with some edgewear, else in Fine condition and housed in a Fine dust-jacket; Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac's Tournament of Shadows provides the definitive history of the Great Game, the fierce competition between the Russian… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dirty Work - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Brown, Larry
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1989
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- 1/4 Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0945575203
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$53.90
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Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0945575203 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed and inscribed by author Larry Brown; ; 8vo; 236 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$53.90
Mission in Burma: the Columban Fathers' Forty-Three Years in Kachin Country
by Fischer, Edward
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
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- 1980
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- Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 081640464X
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$44.00
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New York: A Crossroad Bood. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. Cloth. 081640464X . Edition in Near Fine condition with some rubbing in a Very Good- dust-jacket with edgewear ; J.This book tells the story of the Columban Fathers, a missionary order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209, who spent forty-three years… Read more about this item Item Price
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Enola Gay -1st Edition/1st Printing
by Thomas, Gordon and Max Morgan Witts
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1977
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- 1/4 Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0812821505
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- 1
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Stein and Day Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0812821505 . First printing of a first edition in Near Fine condition with light soiling in a Very Good+ dust-jacket with edgewear; Enola Gay is the story of the bombing of Hiroshima and the creation of the atomic… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Outline of World Architecture
by Raeburn, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0706402561
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$55.00
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London: Octopus Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0706402561 . Edition in Near Fine condition with rubbing to the boards in Near Fine dust-jacket with slight soiling and edgewear; The book outlines the history and development of world architecture from prehistory to the present day. It provides an overview of the various architectural… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
Suicide Squads: W. W. II, Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II: Their Development and Their Missions -1st US Edition/1st Printing
by O'Neill, Richard
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- 1st US Edition; First Printing
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312775296
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$44.00
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312775296 . First printing of the first American edition in Near Fine condition with some wear to the boards in a Very Good+ dust-jacket with edgewear; Suicide Squads: W.W. II, Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Broken Seal: the Story of "Operation Magic" and the Pearl Harbor Disaster -1st Edition/1st Printing
by Farago, Ladislas
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1967
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- Cloth
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$44.00
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New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First printing of a first edition in Very Good+ condition with soiling and wearing to the boards in a Very Good dust-jacket with edgewear. Sticker on back of the dust-jacket, a publisher's stain along the top page edge, and a… Read more about this item Item Price
$44.00
The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan: A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II
by Dollinger, Hans
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- c1967
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- Cloth
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Bonanza Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1967. Cloth. An edition in Very Good condition with overall general wear in an aged and scuffed alike dust-jacket; The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan: A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II provides a comprehensive overview of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers and the Defeat of Japan
by Lewin, Ronald
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- c1982
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$60.50
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New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1982. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good condition that has some wear around the edges of the spine and light age toning in a scuffed and soiled alike dust-jacket with a large tear on the upper rear by the spine ; In the early … Read more about this item Item Price
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Generations of Giants: The Story of the Jesuits in China in the Last Decades of the Ming Dynasty
by Dunne, George H.
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- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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$44.00
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Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good condition with bumping to the corners and spine edges and tanning to the pages in a Good+ dust-jacket that is scuffed, tanned, edgeworn and has some wrinkling ; The Jesuits have been in China for more… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time of Troubles: The Diary of Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e
by Got'e, Iurii Vladimirovich and Terence Emmons (editor)
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- 1988
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- Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0691055203
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$55.00
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Princeton: Princeton University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Cloth. 0691055203 . Fine condition in like dust-jacket; The diary of Iurii Vladimirovich Got'e, a Soviet citizen and prisoner of war during World War II, is a compelling and intimate record of life in the camps and on the road. Written in a simple, unadorned style, the… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
The War At Sea
by Cant, Gilbert
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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- 1942
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- Cloth
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$44.00
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New York: The John Day Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1942. Cloth. Very Good+ condition, light soiling and rubbing in a Good+, edgeworn dust-jacket; This book tells the story of the naval war between Great Britain and the United States from 1939 to 1945. Cant does an excellent job of describing the naval warfare of… Read more about this item Item Price
$44.00
Nehru: The Years of Power - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Sheean, Vincent
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- c1960
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- Cloth
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1960. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with soiling and denting to the edges of the cloth boards and a gift inscription on the half title page in an alike dust-jacket that is creased and worn around the trim;… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
This is Pearl! The United States and Japan - 1941
by Millis, Walter
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$66.00
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New York: William Morrow & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good condition that is age toned with wear to the edges of the boards in a Good dust-jacket that is scuffed with many chips and tears missing from the edges ; In 1941, America and Japan were on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$66.00
The Way of Deliverance: Three Years with the Condemned Japanese War Criminals
by Hanayama, Shinsho
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$77.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good+ condition with some fading to the boards in a Very Good dust-jacket that has little wear to the edges and overall scuffing ; The Way of Deliverance is a memoir by Hanayama Shinsho of his time spent with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Japan Subdued: the Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific
by Feis, Herbert
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- Used - Fine in Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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$55.00
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Fine condition with very little rubbing to the boards in a Good dust-jacket that is worn around the edges, aged and has a large chip missing along the upper edge on the front, spine and back; Japan Subdued is a book that tells the story… Read more about this item Item Price
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