Search Results: Titles starting with P from G&A Historical Books

Peterson's Magazine for 1864, January to December, inclusive. A complete year of Peterson's heavily illustrated fashion and literary magazine. Remarkably silent on the Civil War considering the dates! Ladies fashion, Paris fashion, poems, short and serialized stories, etc. bound with and 1856 United States Magazine featuring the U.S. Capitol Building. Ex-Libris

An engaging tale of human interaction with sturgeon around the world, for better and for worse. Explores the intersection of luxury, commerce, and scarcity with the usual cast of rogues when money, regulation, and subterfuge intersect. Reads like a novel. The author undertook considerable field research in a number of cultures to assemble this mixture of science and cultural history. Near Fine/Near Fine dj in Mylar protector. Signed.