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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Rear Free Endpaper Missing; Rear Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket; Synopsis From Dust Jacket Glued Onto Half Title; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Boards, Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. SYNOPSIS: In his new book Sir Philip Gibbs shows how the clash of ideas is dividing the human tribes into hostile camps, preventing the use of reason, or the compromise of common sense, and creating great danger of war and revolution. There are many passionate problems in this account of the world today - not least of which is the tragic problem of the Jewish race in a new era of persecution, which the author treats with candour and sympathy. Another is the decline of Christian idealism, resulting in a scorn for pity, mercy and chivalry. Another is the retreat of Democracy before the driving efficiency of autocratic powers. One of the… Read More

Ringwood Victoria: Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1970. Previous Owner Markings (Including Underlining)/Ex-Library; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Some Memories of Men and Events. CONTENTS: 1 Introductory 2 A Portrait of My Parents 3 Two Crucial Years: 1939-41 4 Churchill 5 Three British Prime Ministers 6 Six Australian Prime Ministers 7 Three American Presidents 8 My Suez Story 9 A Critical Examination of the Modern Commonwealth 10 The Crown in the Commonwealth 11 Our Relations with The United States of America 12 The Revival of Liberalism in Australia 13 Two Australian Episodes in the Matter of Parliamentary Privilege 14 Two Great Americans 15 A Lawyer Looks Back 16 Cricket - A Diversion; Appendix; Index. SYNOPSIS: The man who for eighteen years was Prime Minister of Australia records with wit and humanity his recollections of world events he helped to shape and of the men he… Read More

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1963. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: With Fifteen Maps. BOOK NUMBER: A420. CONTENTS: List of Maps; Preface 1 Introduction 2 The Mediterranean and The Black Sea 3 The Atlantic 4 Indian Waters 5 The Circumnavigations of Africa 6 Europe 7 Asia 8 Africa 9 Results of Ancient Explorations 10 Imaginary Discoveries; Notes; Index. SYNOPSIS: Two eminent scholars - both professors in the University of London - collaborated in the writing of this volume, which remains a standard work on ancient travel and discovery. Concerned with the actual journeys made rather than with the geographical speculations of ancient scholars, they tell how, before Arabic expansion closed the gates of the Mediterranean Sea, men had coasted Western Europe and penetrated the continent south of the Danube and Rhine, sailed from Suez to Canton… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, Inc. Previous Owner Markings (Including Underlining, Notations); Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Science reveals the astounding truth behind the mysteries and miracles of the Bible! Over 7 - ½ million copies sold throughout the world! Profusely illustrated. Including an exciting 16-page portfolio of visual evidence. First time in Paperback! Critics acclaim an amazing bestseller of enormous impact and incredible excitement! SUB-TITLE: A Confirmation of The Book of Books. BOOK NUMBER: Y8453. CONTENTS: Introduction; DIGGING UP THE OLD TESTAMENT I. The Coming of the Patriarchs: From Abraham to Jacob II. In the Realm of the Pharaohs: From Joseph to Moses III. Forty Years in the Wilderness: From the Nile to the Jordan IV. The Battle for the Promised Land: From Joshua to Saul V. When Israel Was an Empire: From David to… Read More

New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. SYNOPSIS: The unbelievable true story of the Amistad - a nineteenth-century slave ship taken over by its captives. In August of 1839, what appeared to be a listless "pirate ship," unidentified by any flag, was spotted off the North Atlantic coast of the United States. On board were thirty barely clad black men armed with cutlasses, and two white men - Spanish slave owners with an incredible story to tell. A month earlier, the Amistad had set sail from Havana with a valuable cargo of slaves and $40,000 worth of gold doubloons. She was headed for the Cuban coastal town of Puerto Principe - but in a matter of days the captain and the cook were dead, and the ship was in the control of the slaves. Thus began "the Amistad affair," which, reports Mary Cable, "was to bedevil the diplomatic relations of the United States, Spain, and England for a generation; intensify bitterness over the question of… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. BOOK: Impressions in Boards; Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Rear Endpaper, Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: Over the last two years a controversy has erupted in the world's press over the Dead Sea Scrolls that were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusalem between 1947 and 1956. Professor Geza Vermes of Oxford calls it "the academic scandal par excellence of the twentieth century", Professor Morton Smith of Columbia University protests that "there is no justification" for the cover-up, and Professor Robert Eisenman of California says "we're tired of being treated contemptuously". Working closely with Eisenman - one of the foremost experts in biblical archaeology and scholarship - Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh have succeeded in uncovering the story of how and why up to 75 percent of the eight hundred ancient Hebrew and Aramaic… Read More

New York: Perennial - HarperCollinsPublishers Inc., 2000. Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; Essays for a New Century; Includes More Than a Dozen New Essays. CONTENTS: Introduction; Chapter 1 In the News, Across America; Chapter 2 Foreign Policies, Global Perspectives; Chapter 3 The Washington Scene: Politics and Politicians; Chapter 4 Tributes; Chapter 5 The Lighter Side; Acknowledgments; Index. SYNOPSIS: Ranging from political campaigns to public school crises to turmoil in Russia, the bestselling author and CBS Evening News anchor examines the tragedies and triumphs that shape our nation. Complete with new essays on recent events, Rather explores America at the end of the twentieth century and looks ahead to its future as we enter the twenty-first. With his distinctive blend of frontline energy and a journalist's knack for a good story, Rather looks at the awesome struggles and everyday accomplishments he's witnessed at home… Read More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1960. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Inside Front, Rear Covers Pulled From Removal of Book Pocket, Stickers; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover; Light Creasing on Rear Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Heavy Sticker Pull to Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Covers, Edges Lightly Soiled. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Edward Whiting Fox; Introduction; I The Background of the Great Discoveries; II Europe Prepares for the Great Discoveries; III Portugal and the East; IV Portugal Rules the East; V Spain and the West; VI Conquistadors in America; VII The French Colonial Empire; VIII The Dutch Colonial Empire; IX The First English Colonial Empire; Epilogue; Chronological Summary; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index. SERIES: The Development of Western Civilization. Narrative Essays in the History of Our Tradition from Its Origins in Ancient Israel and Greece to the Present. Edited by… Read More

London: Pan Books Ltd - Pan Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1968. Repaired; Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society. WITH INTRODUCTION BY: H. E. Bates. FOREWORD BY: Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry K.B.E. C.B. D.S.O. D.F.C. A.F.C. CONTENTS: Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry; Introduction by H. E. Bates; Escape-Or Die; Island of Resistance; The Women who Took a Hand; The Man who Would Not Die; Miracle in the Desert; The Man who Went Prepared; He Rode with the Cossacks; It Feels Like This. SYNOPSIS: The true stories of eight daring escapes from captivity by men of the RAF - each an epic, a feat that fires the imagination . . . Squadron Leader McCormac's horrifying and amazing escape from Malaya to Australia by way of Java - The air-gunner who was helped by a Stettin prostitute - The escape from Sicily to Switzerland… Read More

New York: The Reader's Digest Association Limited, 1992. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Corners, Spine Bumped; Edges Moderately Soiled. SYNOPSIS: A Journey of Discovery Through 15,000 Years of World History: Food and Drink - Fads and Fashions - Homes and Furnishings - Heating and Lighting - Plumbing and Sanitation - Work and Wages - Sports and Amusements - Arts and Music - Courtship and Marriage - Crime and Punishment - Weapons and Warfare - Health and Medicine - Religion and Morality - Transport and Travel - Money and Trade - Inventions and Education - Politics and Government - Death and Burial.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (As Issued). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. BOOK: Ex-Library; Front, Rear Endpapers Pulled, Marked With Residue (Non-Sticky) From Removal of Library Markings, Jacket Cover, etc.; Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped)/Ex-Library; Lightly Creased; Light Moisture Damage; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: Adventures of H. M. S. Blonde; The Murders Aboard the Herbert Fuller; Grey Owl; Mary Celeste; The Lost Gold at Kejimkujik; Sadie Davenport. SYNOPSIS: That the truth can be not only stranger than fiction but frequently more terrifying and demonic is proven throughout this astonishing collection of frightening and enigmatic tales. From a massive store of true-life mysteries, Thomas Raddall has selected the six best - none hitherto fully explained, each compelling in its own bizarre way: a ship is found adrift at… Read More

The Britannica Society, 1972. CONDITION: BOOK: As New. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: Lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched, and clearly written, Forty Centuries: From the Pharaohs to Alfred the Great presents a panoramic sweep of more than 4,000 years of history. Within the pages of this magnificent book, the reader will relive the drama and excitement of bygone civilizations. He will meet warriors, kings, mystics - the men and women who shaped their times - Alexander the Great, who conquered half the known world; Hammurabi, who gave Babylon the world's first legal code; Charlemagne, who attempted to rebuild the empire of ancient Rome; Cleopatra, for whom Marc Antony gambled - and lost - an empire; Buddha, who proposed a unique solution to men's suffering; Alfred, who established a new idea of nationhood. The story of the rise and fall, the achievements and setbacks of these… Read More

British-North American Committee, 1978. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Lightly Chipped; Slight Fading Due to Sun Exposure. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. PUBLISHER: British-North American Committee. At the Committee's first meeting in New York City, December, 1969, the following statement of its aims was authorised: The British-North American committee has been established to study and comment upon the developing relationships between Britain, the United States and Canada. It seeks to promote clearer understanding of the economic opportunities and problems facing the three countries, to explore areas of co-operation and of possible friction, and to discover constructive responses. It believes that sound relations between these three countries in the context of an increasingly interrelated world are essential to future prosperity and seeks to… Read More

British-North American Committee, 1974. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. PUBLISHER: British-North American Committee. At the Committee's first meeting in New York City, December, 1969, the following statement of its aims was authorised: The British-North American committee has been established to study and comment upon the developing relationships between Britain, the United States and Canada. It seeks to promote clearer understanding of the economic opportunities and problems facing the three countries, to explore areas of co-operation and of possible friction, and to discover constructive responses. It believes that sound relations between these three countries in the context of an increasingly interrelated world are essential to future prosperity and seeks to… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons CONDITION: BOOK: As New. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: In Baroque Europe the Prince was virtually a god. Court life was centred on the cult of the ruler, whether he held the reins of power over all Europe, or was a petty princeling of some minor duchy. Yet these gods had to live out the lives of ordinary men, with their pleasures and pastimes, and with the simple functions of life, all of which had to be performed with due ritual and with the court as witness. The arts of the period reflect this conflict, and are here used with a wealth of colour and black-and-white illustrations to help bring into focus the lives of the European princes at their courts. H. D. Molesworth, who has a deep knowledge of all the arts and of the intellectual and social background of the period, vividly shows the rulers of Europe as gods and as men. He explains the mystique of the court, the people who made… Read More

Pleasantville: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Corners, Spine Bumped. CONTENTS: Introduction: The Discovery of the World; 1 Exploring From Earliest Times: Merchants and Marauders; Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: Hanno and Pytheas; Islands in the West: The Vikings Seek New Lands; The Splendor of the East: Marco Polo's Journeys; 2 Discovering New Worlds: Navigators in Unknown Seas; Portugal Opens the Age of Discovery: Henry the Navigator; The Enterprise of the Indies: Columbus Discovers America; A Sea Route to India: Vasco de Gama Sails to Calicut; Beyond the New World: Magellan's Great Venture; 3 Seeking Gold in the Americas: The Conquistadors; Across the Isthmus: Balboa Discovers the Pacific; The Wrath of Quetzalcoatl: Cortes Conquers Mexico; A World of Four Corners: Pizarro Destroys the Incas; The Seven Cities of Cibola: Coronado's Trek to Kansas; 4 Searching for a Northern Passage: Captains and Colonists; The Devil at Sea: Drake Circles the Globe; Daring… Read More

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1966. Previous Dealer, Owner Markings; Repaired; Impressions of Handwriting in Front Cover; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Heavy Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Malta 1565. With four text illustrations. BOOK NUMBER: 2106. CONTENTS: Foreword; 1. The Sultan of the Ottomans 2. Malta of the Knights 3. Grand Master La Valette 4. Defences of the Island 5. Preparations 6. Invasion Imminent 7. The attack begins 8. The first clash 9. Objective, St Elmo 10. The Janissaries 11. The arrival of Dragut 12. "A volcano in eruption . . . " 13. Sentence of death 14. St Elmo, the Eighth of June 15. Embattled fortress 16. The territory of the Knights 17. The fall of St Elmo 18. Bodies in the water 19. The Little Relief 20. The attack on Senglea 21. Arms and the men… Read More

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. SYNOPSIS: A sourcebook of vast dimensions, Heritage provides 68 carefully chosen selections representing the greatest and most influential writings and documents our civilization has produced - sweeping 8 historical periods beginning with the dawn of history and ending with the contemporary world; drawing from all major facets of our civilization including history . . . politics . . . literature . . . law . . . philosophy . . . science . . . religion . . . economics . . . and others; inviting comparison of thinkers from different eras, for example, Plato and Marx or the Old Testament and Freud. Heritage of Western Civilization, Fifth Edition, is designed to introduce readers to the history of their civilization through a study of the documents that have molded it and the authors whose writings have made… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books - Random House, Inc., 1984. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked. SYNOPSIS: FROM A WORLD WAR TO THE COLD WAR . . . He is the consummate spy. Sir William Stephenson set up an elaborate spy network that helped defeat the Nazis and earned an indisputable place in history as the man called Intrepid. Intrepid's Last Case begins at the very roots of the Cold War with the first major Soviet intelligence defector of the new atomic age, Igor Gouzenko. It continues with Intrepid's role in saving Gouzenko, finding him sanctuary in Camp X, a Canadian spy school, and arranging for devastating disclosures about the extent of Soviet espionage activities in the United States. It exposes one of the most widespread cover-ups and bizarre betrayals in intelligence history. For sheer excitement, it rivals the best spy fiction. BUT THIS IS THE REAL THING!. First Thus 1st Printing.… Read More

Harmondsworth Middlesex: A Pelican Book Penguin Books Ltd, 1953. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. The story of the triple legacy of faith, freedom, and law, which came to us severally from Israel, Greece, and Rome to make up the unity of Western civilized life. BOOK NUMBER: A284. CONTENTS: Preface; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Early Civilizations of the East; Chapter Three The Religion of Israel; Chapter Four The Rise of Hellenism; Chapter Five The Greatness of Athens; Chapter Six Graeco-Macedonian Culture; Chapter Seven The Roman Republic; Chapter Eight The Roman Empire. SYNOPSIS: From the time of its first publication in 1923 (since when it has been revised), The Legacy of the Ancient World has been recognized as an outstanding contribution to historical and religious thought. It traces with consummate skill the contributions made by the civilizations of Israel, Greece, and… Read More