Rare books from Books of the World

Rare! Luanda: Angola. Ministério da Cultura, 1995. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Pages and cover securely held by one clean staple. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp, with slight reading wear to foreedge. Many B&W photos/illustrations. 24 pages. Not from a library. Published by the Angolan National Museum of Slavery and National Institute of Cultural Patrimony on the 20th anniversary of Angola's independence.

Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Kane Miller, September 2010. Boxed Set (Hardcover). New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Reading Level: 10-15 years. Lexile: 680-820L. The adventures of Callum Ormond, a 15-year-old who is forced to become a fugitive as he searches for the truth behind the death of a family member. Made into a 12-part television miniseries.

Lisboa : Ministerio do Planeamento e da Administracao do Territorio, Secretaria de Estado da Ciencia e Tecnologia ; Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Centro de Estudos de Historia e Cartografia Antiga. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelfwear to covers, otherwise As New. 1048 pages. Chiefly Portuguese; includes some documents in English. Heavy item, possible additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

RARE! London: Jesuit Missions, 1985. Paperback. First Edition (not stated). Very Good. Text unmarked. A few notes to penultimate (blank) page. Spine straight, but creased and wrinkled. Creases to both covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 169 pages. Selections from the personal narrative of Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes describing his pioneer missionary effort among the aboriginal Indians of British Guiana.

Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press and Institute with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, September 1989. Trade paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Slight reading wear to lower corners, otherwise Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 148 pages.

New York: Scribner, October 2000. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition / full number line. Fine. Inscribed by author on title page, otherwise As New. 326 pages.There is a most unusual woman living in Gap Creek. Julie Harmon works hard, "hard as a man" they say, so hard that at times she's not sure she can stop. People depend on her. She is just a teenager when her brother dies in her arms. The following year, she marries Hank and moves down into the valley. Julie and Hank discover that the modern world is complex, grinding ever on without pause or concern for their hard work. To survive, they must find out whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay. With Julie, Robert Morgan has brought to life one of the most memorable women in modern American literature.

New York: Inside News Publications, 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. ix + 396 pages.

The Hague: Mouton, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Former owners' impression seal to first two pages. From the collection of anthropologist Penn Handwerker. Text block unmarked. Spine creased and faded. Shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 385 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, November 2000. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xv+333 pages. Color illustrations on every page. 9.5 x 12.0 x 1.2 inches. 4.1 pounds. The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and The Children's Book of America combined into one volume. A collection of stories and poems about virtues, conduct of life, heroes, and American history and folklore. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited shipping.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2005. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in three Fine original cases along with a Fine 147-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Professor Kenneth Bartlett helps you appreciate the Italian Renaissance as the moment in history when culture reached a point that is still very much with us, in the way we live our modern lives and in the extant Renaissance cities of contemporary Italy. You will gain an understanding of the underlying social, political, and economic forces that made such exceptional art and culture possible. In this course, you will learn from two masters: Professor Bartlett himself, and the eminent 19th-century art historian Jacob Burckhardt, who created the scholarly model of cultural history through which the Renaissance is still widely studied today.Lecture 1 The Study of the Italian Renaissance ; Lecture 2 The… Read More

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2006. DVD. New. Forty-eight 30-minute lectures on eight DVDs in original case along with a paperback Course Guidebook, all in original shrink-wrap. Starting with the Renaissance, the culture of the West exploded. Over the next 600 years, rapid innovations in philosophy, technology, economics, military affairs, and politics allowed what once had been a cultural backwater left by the collapse of the Roman Empire to dominate the world. These 48 lectures explore how—and why—this happened. Contents: Lecture 1 The Importance of the West ; Lecture 2 Geography Is Destiny ; Lecture 3 Culture Is Destiny ; Lecture 4 Renaissance Humanism—1350–1650 ; Lecture 5 Renaissance Princes—1450–1600 ; Lecture 6 The New World & the Old—1400–1650 ; Lecture 7 The Protestant Reformation—1500–22 ; Lecture 8 The Wars of Religion—1523–1648 ; Lecture 9 Rational & Scientific Revolutions—1450–1650 ; Lecture 10 French Absolutism—1589–1715 ; Lecture 11 English… Read More

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. Hardcover. No additional printings listed. Illustrated boards backed in yellow cloth. Good+ book / no jacket. No prior ownership marking. Spine straight and sound. Edges and corners worn to boards. Not from a library. 160 pages; frontis, profusely illustrated.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

London: Orchard Books, September 1990. Hardcover. Signed Limited Edition. Quarter-bound in dark grey cloth with dove grey sides. Silver titles and top edge. Silver silk ribbon marker. Illustrated endpapers. Dove grey slipcase. Presentation copy of a Limited Edition of 250 copies. Flat-signed by illustrator Faith Jaques, the noted children's book author, illustrator, artist, and advocate. Fine book in a Near Fine slipcase. Not from a library. 88 pages. Profusely illustrated.