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NY: Norton, 1977. (2nd edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "The French Revolution of 1789 is a watershed in European history; no country escaped its impact, which shattered long-standing traditions and set forth new ideals that powerfully affected succeeding generations…" 304 indexed pages with Suggested Further Reading list. ISBN: 0393091430.

Washington, DC: Association. for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2006. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint edgewear. Articles on: "Quebec's "America Problem": Differential Threat Perception in the North American Security Community; Four Pathways to Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada; American Inspiration: The Story of the Diefenbaker Centre's Unlikely Origins; Voter Dealignment or Campaign Effects? Accounting for Political Preferences in Ontario; Disenchanted Modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The Studhorse Man: Eugenics, Contraception and Bio Intervention.

National Review, 1984. Paperback. FINE. As new except for tiny chip on edge of front cover. Buckley quotes (attributed by date and place) in alphabetical format from Abortion to Zeitgeist. Must reading for all who consider themselves conservatives (of the American variety). 142 pages, 7x4.25" (18x10.8cm)

London, England: Longmans, Green & Co, 1940. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, clean and square. Age toned covers with small stain. Red paper front cover with white printing. Spine and back cover are tan with red print. "One of the most remarkable features of British life during that last 50 years has been the development of a wide range of public services... a modern expression of a long tradition of humanitarianism and mutual aid….describes their development and the part they play in British life today (1940)48 pages.

Hill and Wang / Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1973. (1st edition). Hardbound. GOOD+. Tight bright, clean an square but has a chip on spine. The dust jacket is clean and crisp but has light shelfwear to top and bottom edges, a chip on the spine and bottom edge of back cover and a crease on the back. 14 selections of "the best biographical and interpretive writing...by the subject's compatriots and contemporaries..." ISBN: 0809034476.

NY: The MacMillan Company, 1951. (Signed, 3rd printing). Hardbound. GOOD+ / Good DJ. Tight, bright, clean and square but has wear to spine ends. "A man tells how at one time or another, he trailed, met, or arrested most of the major figures on the American Communist scene."

NY: Macmillan, 1972. (1st printing). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "the major variables involved in the management of conflict in a polity…(which) constitute a model of a general governmental process. Different nations are compared…types of political systems are identified and classified according to the way each nation maintains (or fails to maintain) its stability in the face of social conflict..." as viewed in 1972. 284 indexed pages.

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Editora InterMundo, 1986. Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for age tanning of pages. Text in Portuguese. "Armando Valladares passou 22 anos nas desumanas prisoes politicas de Fidel Castro, unicamente por expressar suas ideias contrarias ao marxismo-leninismo…"

Cali, Columbia: Feriva Editores, 1989. (2nd Edicion). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faintest curl. "Esta sobrada de humor y su lectura es deliviosa y amena…" from the "Fundador, director, su-director, redactor, cadapuedario y unicor de La Pagina, cadapuedario de humor publicado en Bogota en 1978…" ISBN: 9589187005.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1981. (8th printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faintest of shelfwear. "Drawing upon many historical examples…examines the complex questions of whether or not ethical action is possible in international politics and, if it is, what are the obstacles and constraints?" "Winner of Le Prix Adolphe Bentinck for 1982 for the work that bast contributes to the unity and cause of peace in Europe." 252 indexed pages. ISBN: 0815601689.

NY: A. Lovell & Company, 1895. Paperback. GOOD-. Tight, age-tanned pages and cover, clean interior, soiled exterior, square. Penciled notes in margin on 1 page. Faint owners name on front cover in pencil. 23 page (+ 5 advertising pages), staple-bound pamphlet. Contents: The Ordinances of 1645, 1646, 1649, 1651; The First, Second, Third and Colonial Navigation Acts; The Confirmatory Act and The Explanatory Act.

Rome, Italy: Photographica Italiana, 1935. Paperback. GOOD. 46 page staple-bound pamphlet, with no author identified, tracing the conflicts and resolutions of the relationship between Church and Government in Italy from 1821 to 1935. It appears the author was a Fascist. The pamphlet is tight, with age-tanned pages on cheap paper, clean interior and soiled exterior.

NY: U.N. Association of the U.S.A, 1973. (1st printing). Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for rubbed cover edges and faint corner bump. "A report of a National Policy Panel established by the United Nations Association of the United States of America in cooperation with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"

NY: Oxford Univerity Press, 2006. (Third Edition). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD. As new except for bumped corner, which has curled the corner of the first 23 pages, and light soil to exterior page edges. Third edition (2006) with corrections. 811 indexed pages. Oversize and heavy - may require additional postage for Priority or International shipping. ISBN: 9780199271184.

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1961. Trade Paperback. GOOD-. READING COPY. UGLY exterior with age soil, rubbing and creasing and some dog-eared pages. Interior is solid, clean and unmarked. Sourcebook of documents basic to the study of "political science, American government, comparative government and political theory" Selections include a range from: Aristotle and Machiavelli to Mencken and Kennan. 692 indexed, annotated pages.

NY: Doubleday, 1998. (1st edition, 1st printing). Hardbound. FINE / Fine. As new - gift quality! "Famous for his delectably dry humor, Senator Bob Dole brings us the ultimate bipartisan book: some of his favorite witticisms, hilarious remarks, and wry observations of the great political figures of this century. " ISBN: 0385493479.

NY: Collier, 1979. (4th edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, bright and clean. Slight curl, light foxing to exterior page edges, rubbed cover corners, reading crease on spine. Occasional underlining of a single fact. 335 indexed, annotated pages. ISBN: 0020364202.

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Hardbound. GOOD- / No DJ. Reading copy. Ex-library with expected markings. Tight except for cracked endpaper, light age yellowing to pages, clean interior, exterior has a few spots on the front cover and age soil to top, exterior page edges. Bottom spine end is softened and has small chips, top spine end is chipped. Chapter XI from "State of the Rebellion when Cornwallis arrived" through " "Great Unpopularity of Grattan". Chapter XII - "The Union - Part I from "The Union during the Commonwealth" through "The Session of 1799". Chapter XIII - The Union - Part II from "Means by which the majority was secured", "Opinion outside Parliament", "The Irish Parliament 1800", "Evils to be remedied largely non-political", "the Catholic question" to the Conclusion. 495 indexed pages.

London, UK: Socialist Workers Party (Britain), 2002. (Issue 96). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for small crease on bottom corner of front cover. Contents: The workers of the world (Chris Harmon); In defense of Marx and Engles (August Nimts); Marx's ecology in historical perspective (John Bellamy Foster); The decline of capitalism (Mike Kidron); Zola for the 21st century (Ian Birchall); The disposable heroes of hypocrisy (Jim Wolfreys). 136 pages. ISBN: 1898876894.

NY: Appleton Century Crofts, c1961. (2nd edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE. As new except for owner's name on first free page and slight softening of spine ends. No dust jacket. "Study of the history of political thought…teaches us that the political ideas we hold today have a historical background : to understand our present theories…we must understand their origin, background and development…" and "historical analysis of political thought demonstrates the relativity of ideas to environment and circumstance..."