Hearts Grown Brutal:; Sagas of Sarajevo
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Hard Cover. 523 pp. 8vo. Scuffing and edgewear to jacket. Edgewear to boards and spine. Includes b/w photographic plates.
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Squatter and Oligarchs:; Authoritarian Rule and Policy Change in Peru
Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1976. Cloth. 187 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Light bumping to spine ends, slight rubbing to corners. Interior pristine.
Such Is Life.
Victoria: Lloyd O'Neil Pty. Ltd., 1970. Hard Cover. 8vo. 371 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Rubbing to dj and covers. Pen mark to fep, otherwise book is very nice and clean. "In the first and greatest 'offensively Australian' novel, the theme of 'mateship' and the unique.....
Gardens, City Life and Culture.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Paperback. 274 pp., squarish 4to. Paperback. Exploring the roles of gardens in social life & cultural development. Illustrated w/ b&w; & full-color photos & drawings. Some light scuffs to covers. Binding tight. Textblock clean & crisp.
History Writing:; The theory and practice of history in Antiquity and in Modern Times
Cambridge, NY, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Cloth. 275 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dustjacket. Light shelfwear to dj, bumping to spine ends and corners, sunning to spine. Bumping to book spine foot and upper corners, faint soiling to fore edge.
The Longman Handbook of Modern European History 1763-1997:; Third Edition
London and New York: Longman, 1998. Paperback. 550 pp, 8vo. Paperback. Minor shelfwear, spine flexed. Appears unread. Text clean and crisp, binding tight.
Peasant Capitalist Industry: Piecework and Enterprise in Southern Mexican Brickyards.
Lanham, MD: University of America, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. 240pp., a monograph based in data collected in Oaxaca, between 1977 and 1981, clean interior, occasional black-and-white photographs, very light rubbing to cover edges.
Ten Years of War and Peace.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1927. Cloth. 8vo. 276 pp. Spine and corners bumped. T.e.g. Gilt spine bright. Interior clean. Collection of political and historical articles previously published in Foreign Affairs: the Monroe Doctrine, Russia after Genoa and the Hague, breakup of the Habsburg Empire, &c.;
Women for Hire:; Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850
Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 1990. Paperback. 478 pp., lg. 8vo. Paperback. Scuffing/scratching to covers; mild edgewear w/ slight soiling to textblock edges. Spine lightly cocked. Binding tight; pgs clean & crisp.
Northern Australia: Patterns and problems of tropical development in an advanced country.
Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1982. Paperback. 335 pp. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped, otherwise book is very nice and clean. "The area studies has the characteristics of a Third World country- a difficult and remote environment rich in mineral resources and a culturally distinct minority population. Its development problems are.....
Toulouse of Yesterday and Today.
Toulouse: Daniel Briand, 1985. Hard Cover. 4to. 157 pp. Light rubbing to covers, spine and corners of book bumped slightly. Color photos and illustrations throughout.
Politics and Culture in Modern Germany.
Palo Alto: The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, 1981. Paperback. 8vo. 385 pp. "Essays From the New York Review of Books" Very light shelfwear to cover edges, back top corner lightly dogeared. Sticker to back cover. Text block very lightly browned. Clear tape reinforcement to front bottom.....
Civic Arms and Flags: A handbook for local authorities.
London: The Flag Section of the Heraldry Section. Stapled. 8vo. 24 pp. no date. Very light wear to edges and corners. A guide to the proper use and display of UK flags.
Foreign and Comparative Studies/South Asia Series I:; Aspects of Political Mobilization in South Asia
Syracuse: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1976. Paperback. 159 pp., lg. 8vo. Paperback. Light edgewear; slight sunning to spine. Binding tight; pgs clean & crisp. Several advertisement pamphlets for South Asian Series laid-in.
Anglo-Russica.
Oxford: Berg, 1993. Decorative Cloth. 8vo. 267 pp. Cover very slightly shelfworn at edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Aspects of cultural relations between Great Britain and Russia in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Anglo-Russica.
Oxford: Berg, 1993. Decorative Cloth. 8vo. 267 pp. Cover very slightly shelfworn at edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Aspects of cultural relations between Great Britain and Russia in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Eighteenth Century Documents Relating to the Royal Forests, The Sheriffs and Smuggling.
Ann Arbor: The William L. Clements Library, 1927. Quarter Cloth. 8vo. 328 pp. Corners bumped, wear to corners and spine ends, spine label chipped, rubbing. Bookplate to fpd. Selected from the Shelburne Manuscripts in the William L. Clements Library.
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq. (Vol I only).
New York: Isaac Riley, 1809. Leather. 430 pp. 8vo. Leather. Volume I only. Rebacked, with new ep's. Wear to boards, bumping w/ chipping to corners. Damp staining to some page edges, soiling and foxing throughout. Tears to edges of original ffep, with previous owner's name. Soiling to textblock.
Sir Roger Casement's Diaries:; "Her Mission to Germany and the Findlay Affair"
Munich: Arche Publishing Co., 1922. Paperback. 226 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Wear and soiling, chipping to edges. Front cover detached from spine, rear cover nearly detached. Browning to pages. Light foxing to endpapers.
An Imperial Victim: Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria.
London: Stanley Paul & Co. Cloth. 8vo (large). Two volumes, 400 pp and 392 pp. In good condition overall. Light sunning to spines, light rubbing/bumping to spine ends and corners, general wear to covers. Bindings shaken. Light foxing to textblocks, foxing throughout texts--doesn't affect readability. Hinges cracked; one pg of.....
English Medieval Diplomacy.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 162pp. Light bumping to spine ends & cover corners at foot; underlining to a few text pages. Open tear to dj foot of spine; light bumping to dj spine ends & dj corners; light underlining to text of dj front flap.....
Scences and Characters of the Middle Ages.
London: Virtue & Co., 1872. Cloth. 546 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Inscribed by author. Scuffed, edgeworn w/ some board exposure. Bumping to corners w/ board exposure. Bumping to sp. ends w/ chipping. Approx half of rear joint split. Tears to spine cloth, 1 x 2 3/4" chip to spine. Hinges split.....
Life in the Middle Ages.
New York: Walker and Co., 1963. Revised. Paperback. 150 pp., 8vo. Paperback. A Sun Book. Revised by author. General conditions, housing, furniture, clothes, food, the seasons, birth, education, marriage, sickness & death in Europe between 500 & 1500 AD. Very light shelfwear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp.
Encyclopedia of Romanticism:; Culture in Britain, 1780s - 1830s
New York and London: Garland, 1992. Hardcover. 662 pp., 4to. Cloth hardcover. Garland Reference Library of the Social Sciences (Vol. 1299). Some scuffing, flexing, shelfwear & some stickers to boards. Shelfwear, a sticker, some cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Light soiling to textblock edges; library stamp.....
Two Lives, One Russia.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 307 pp. Jacket very lightly scuffed and shelfworn. Author's signature to title page, pages crisp and clean. B&w; photos. Dual account of the author's experiences with the KGB and his grandfather's biography.