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New Brunswick: Citadel Press, 1962.
253pp., Illustrated. Large Hardcover Book (11.25" x 9") with tiny tear at top edge of front blank page, light soil to endpapers, else interior pages and illustration are Clean, no names, no underlining; DJ is worn and tattered but nice in our clear mylar cover; the outside binding has wear at edges and spine ends else strong and secure. FAST SERVICE: ALL ORDERS WITH PAYMENT RECEIVED BY 3:00pm PST, M-F, SHIPPED SAME DAY!!! BOOKS WITH DJs COME WITH FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE MYLAR COVER! more information
Price: 14.95 USD
Leipzig: Verlegts Johann Heinrich Zedler, 1741.
Sm. folio. 1008pp. Original vellum. Red page edges. Title-page in red and black lettering. Signature of previous owner "Hutzmann" on margin of title-page. Volume 10 of Zedler's monumental work (General chronicle of religious and secular history from the beginning of the world until today), which was originally published in 20 volumes. Illustrated with a 6 1/2" x 5 1/4 copper-engraving. Age wear and staining on binding, two 1" red stains on front board & near spine, 1 1/2" x 1" blue stain on back board. One-inch chip along fore-edge on front board, two-inch piece on fore-edge on back board missing.... more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, ND (ca. 1891).
8vo. [x], 997pp. Half leather over green cloth with lettering and decoration in gold on spine. Top edge gilt. Ex-libris of L.M. Battson (* see below) on free front endpaper. Sourcebook of historical events. Lists everything A to Z from al' A to the Treaty of Zurich. A helpful volume for the scholar and lay-scholar. Minor age wear on binding. Tale of spine chipped. Parts of bottom edge on front board slightly bumped. Offsetting from exlibris. Tight copy with binding in overall very good, interior in near fine condition. more information
Price: 50.00 USD
New College, (1970).
8vo. 84pp. Original wrappers. Minor scuffing to wraps. Inscribed by author on title-page "To Jane & Estelle in friendship, Ellis." "The Dynamics of Jewish History" was first delivered as a lecture by Dr. Ellis Rivkin at New College, Sarasota, Florida. It was so well received that Mr. B. G. Rudolph of Syracuse, N.Y. asked Dr. Rivkin to prepare his notes for publication by New College. This, then, is an expanded version of that lecture. This book will serve as a fitting memorial to the memory of Ben G. Rudolph whose untimely death on March 16, 1970, precludes his having seen... more information
Price: 65.00 USD
New York: Colonial Press, 1900.
467pp. Attractive older Hardcover Book without DJ: pages are Clean, no marks, no names, no underlining; binding has light shelf wear, light rubbing to spine ends, else very nice looking and solid. FAST SERVICE: ALL ORDERS WITH PAYMENT RECEIVED BY 3:00pm PST, M-F, SHIPPED SAME DAY!!! BOOKS WITH DJs COME WITH FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE MYLAR COVER! more information
Price: 14.95 USD
London: NP, 1819.
8vo. xvi,776pp. Marbled paper-covered boards. From title-page: "General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Mountains, Capes, etc. in the known World with the extent, boundaries and natural Productions of each Country; the Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Inhabitants; the Trade, Manufacturers and Curiosities, of the Cities and Towns, with their Longitude and Latitude, Bearing and Distance in English Miles, from remarkable Places; and their various Historical Events, by which they have been distinguished. The Fifteenth Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements."... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
New York: Printed for W. W. Reed & Co, 1832.
Sm. 4to. 799,[25],pp. Original calf with gold lettering on spine. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner on inside of front board. Stamp of another owner and writing in pencil on blank pages following front endpapers. Two frontis etchings. From title-page: "A New Universal Gazetteer, containing a description of the principal nations, empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, ports, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, canals, mountains, volcanoes, capes, caverns, cataracts and grottoes, of the known world, with an account of the extent, boundaries and natural productions of each country; the government, customs, manners and religion of the Inhabitants; the... more information
Price: 175.00 USD
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1845.
4to. 24,988pp. Original calf crudely rebacked with black cloth, handwritten title-label. "Articles relating to the United States have been very largely extended, embracing every county, with the elements of their population arranged in tables from the census of 1840." Stamp and writing in pencil by previous owner on blank page following front endpaper. B/w fold-out map of the United States in front of book. Two-inch closed tear, creasing and minor chipping on map. Top right corner of title-page missing. Heavy age wear and abrasions on boards. Sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in poor, interior in good condition. more information
Price: 125.00 USD
New York: F. Tyler Daniels Co., Inc, (1918).
Complete in 15 volumes. Quarto. Original publisher's full brown leather binding with color illustration stamped on front cover and blind-stamped spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Ribbon marker. Each volume with decorative series title-page and individual title-page. Illustrations of autobiographical persons in gravure after paintings, drawings and photographs. Each plate protected by captioned tissue-guard. Limitation page with decorative golden border. Some pages unopened, as issued. Printed on high-quality rag paper. "University Library of Autobiography: Including All the Great Autobiographies and the Autobiographical Data Left by the World's Famous Men and Women / Edited With Introductions, Essays and... more information
Price: 950.00 USD
LONDON: Cassell, 1959.
Taiwanese pirated edition, fascimile of sixth edition. All four volumes are printed here in a single text--"The Birth of Britain," "The New World," "The Age of Revolution," and "The Great Democracies." Green cloth boards with silver lettering. A bit of light scratching to boards and text edges. Some light soiling to edges. Former owner's sticker to FFEP. Light tear to 2 inches of paper along front hinge on pastedown side. Bookseller's sticker to RFEP. DJ archivally protected. Some very light DJ edgewear. more information
Price: 30.00 USD
Jerusalem: Published for the Ben-Zvi Institute, the Hebrew University by Kiryat Sefer Ltd, 1962.
Sm. quarto. 503,29pp. Tan cloth, black title label with gold lettering in Hebrew. Fascinating studies and texts by various scholars on the history of the Jewish community in Safed, covering the time period from the 15th - 19th century. Text in Hebrew with English language summaries at rear. Staining and some age wear on cloth. Tail of spine slightly chipped and frayed. Some staining on inside of rear board and to page edges. Binding in good-, interior in very good condition. more information
Price: 65.00 USD
New York: Pocket Books, 1971.
215pp., Illustrated. Used, pocket size paperback book: previous owner's stamp on title page, pages slightly browned near the extreme edges else pages are Clean, no marks; binding is breaking between page 192 and page 193 but pages are still very securely bound; the cover has two small tears at the right edge else cover is nice and clean with light shelf rubbing. FAST SERVICE: ALL ORDERS WITH PAYMENT RECEIVED BY 3:00pm PST, M-F, SHIPPED SAME DAY!!! BOOKS WITH DJs COME WITH FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE MYLAR COVER! more information
Price: 14.95 USD
San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company for the Hoover Institution, 1967.
Square, sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. No writing or marks. DJ has minor edge wear but no chips, tears or creases. 313 pp. Anthology of primary source writings by Marxist-Leninist theorists (Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Georgi V. Plekhanov, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) and by Soviet writers on the application of Marxist-Leninist Doctrine in the Soviet Union and through Soviet History. Lenin, Interregnum, Stalin, first Troika, and Khrushchev periods. Bibliography, suggestions for further reading, index. 9.25" (23.5 cm) tall. more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1830.
Volume II only. Binding sound, rough-cut pages age-darkened and foxed. Paper over boards is heavily worn. Cloth at spine worrn with tears and small holes. 327 pp. History of Scotland, especially Scottish conflict with England, in the 18th century, culminating in the Battle of Culloden and aftermath. 6.5" (16.5 cm) tall. more information
Price: 20.00 USD
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848.
First American Edition. Square, sound binding and hinges. Clean, age-darkened, foxed pages, some with dampstained corners. Cloth over boards has gilt lettering and design on spine, general edge wear, tearing and chipping at top of spine, shelf wear. Condition similar in all three volumes. 1575 pages total. Frontispiece in each volume is an engraving of a person who is connected with the French Revolution: Robespierre, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday. First American edition of the English language translation of early history of the French Revolution from the reign of Louis XVI to the death of Robespierre. 8.0" (20 cm) tall. more information
Price: 80.00 USD
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1967.
xxiii+309pp, list of principal works referred to as authorities, index more information
Price: 12.00 EUR
Novato, CA: Historyofscience.com, 2005.
From Gutenberg to the Internet. A Sourcebook in the History of Information Technology. xvi, 899pp. Over 200 illustrations. 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Pictorial boards, laminated. more information
Price: 89.50 USD
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000.
408pp., Index; Illustrated. Large Book (11.5" x 9") & DJ, Very Clean inside & out; an excellent copy in new, unread condition. Available to SHIP TODAY. FAST SERVICE: ALL ORDERS WITH PAYMENT RE CEIVED BY 3:00pm PST, M-F, SHIPPED SAME DAY!!! BOOKS WITH DJs COME WITH FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE MYLAR COVER! more information
Price: 14.95 USD
Washington: American Historical Association, 1970.
Square, tight binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Wraps faded at spine with overall light shelf wear. 316 pp. Contents: Kelly, "The Traditional Enmity between Sparta and Argos: The Birth and Development of a Myth"; Degler, "Slavery in Brazil and the United States: An Essay in Comparative History"; Sarti, "Fascist Modernization in Italy: Traditional or Revolutionary?"; Adler and Paterson, "Red Fascism: The Merger of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in the American Image of Totalitarianism." Reviews. 9.5" (24 cm) tall; 316 pages. more information
Price: 24.00 USD
London: Herbert Joseph Ltd,
No publication date; circa 1946. Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, off-white pages with occasional underlined passages and some light foxing. DJ has moderate edge wear with overall light soiling. 151 pp. Written at a time when the Communist Eastern European bloc was being created following World War II, this book describes Finland's post-1917 history and the democratic nature of its poltiical system at the end of WWII. 7.25" (18.5 cm) tall. more information
Price: 16.00 USD
