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Roman Architecture (The Great Ages of World Architecture series)

By: Brown Frank E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, George Braziller, Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 01470

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Light wear to boards and jacket. More than 100 illustrations, including photographs, plans, and drawings. 125 pages, indexed, with a selected bibliography.
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Island of Hope, Island of Tears

By: Brownstone, David M.; Franck, Irene M.; Brownstone, Douglas L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: 00710

ISBN: 0892560827

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine cocked, corners and spine ends bumped. Slightly chipped jacket with a heavy crease the length of the front flap. Immigrant stories, in their own words, of those who came through Ellis Island. Illustrated with black & white photos; 307 pages.
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Heroes of the Dark Continent and How Stanley Found Emin Pasha

By: Buel, J.W.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Boston, Jas. H. Earle: 1890

Seller ID: 10492

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Red cloth-covered boards with black and gold decoration and lettering. Shelf wear and worn corners. Minor insect nibbling. First signature (containing title page and part of the Introduction) is separated from the binding, but present. The rest of the book is solid, binding tight and square. 576 pages, illustrated with 500 engravings and colored plates and a fold-out map of Africa reproduced from John Ogilby's 1670 map. A 19th-century history of expeditions, exploration, and discovery in Africa.
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The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815 to 1840 - Two Volumes

By: Buley, R. Carlyle

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press: 1950

Seller ID: 08251

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Spines of both volumes show fading and some discoloration. Otherwise, both volumes are in Near Fine condition. Comes with original, matching slipcase, which has some scuffing, rubbing and general wear. VOLUME I: 632 pages with Index. VOLUME II: 686 pages with Bibliographical Essay and Index. Both volumes are illustrated with photos, photocopies of various images, and maps.
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Greenland

By: Bure, Kristjan (Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Denmark, The Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: 1953

Seller ID: 03056

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Cream-colored boards with green print. Very light shelf wear and a small faint stain to the top edge. Inscription inside to a previous owner, dated 1953. Illustrated jacket lightly chipped with a few small edge tears. Protected now in a new mylar cover. 167 pages with many black & white photographs illustrating the culture and history (Danish influence) of the Arctic island, as well as the indigenous Eskimo.
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The Pioneers: The Picture Story of Canadian Settlement

By: Careless, J.M.S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1968

Seller ID: 02783

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

127 pages, illustrated with numerous historical photographs. From the Canadian Illustrated Library series.
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Banyoles, al Costat de Barcelona

By: Casals, María; Joan Solana; and Xavier Xargay

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Barcelona, Ajuntament De Banyoles: 1987

Seller ID: 06923

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Texto en Catalan, Frances e Ingles. Text in Catalan, French, and English (French and English translatiions found near the end of the book). Looking forward to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, this book promotes Barcelona's smaller, neighboring town of Banyoles and its lake as the best venue for the rowing events in the Olympics. The book documents the history of the area aas well as its natural resources nd features numerous photographs to illustrate the text--both historical and contemporary subjects. Beautifully illustrated and designed, this is a large, heavy book, 198 pages, 30x30 cm (12x12...
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Gaelic Vision in Scottish Culture

By: Chapman, Malcolm

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Croom Helm: 1978

Seller ID: 08910

ISBN: 0856647527

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

264 pages with Notes, References, and Index. From the dust jacket, this book offers an examination of "the complex relationship between Gaelic and English spheres of life at many levels--in the life of the bilingual Gael, in the confrontation of Highland and Lowland Scotland, and in the literary expression of these."
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One Day in China: May 21, 1936

By: Cochran, Sherman and Andrew C.K. Hsieh with Janis Cochran (Translated, Edited, and Introduced by)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press: 1983

Seller ID: 08452

ISBN: 0300028342

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Jacket has wear at the head of the spine and some rubbing to the rear panel. 290 pages with Appendixes, List of Passages Translated, Bibliography, and Index. Depicts the activities and experiences of people from all over China and at every level of society on an ordinary day, as related by the people themselves. Originally published in China in 1936, this is the first English edition and contains 84 of the original pieces. The selections are organized to focus on four topics that were of central importance to Chinese people at that time: Women, Local Authority, Popular Religion, and the Japane...
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The Story of Dominion Square Place Du Canada

By: Collard, Edgar

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ontario, Canada, Longman Canada Limited: 1971

Seller ID: 06048

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edge wear and light chipping to jacket. Clean copy. Sixty-three pages, illustrated history that goes back to the time Dominion Square was a cemetery outside Montreal. The southern half of the square was renamed Place du Canada in 1966.
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Betting on America: Why the U.S. Can Be Stronger After September 11

By: Cortada, James W.; Wakin, Edward

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ, Financial Times Prentice Hall: 2002

Seller ID: 03296

ISBN: 0130460788

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

El Montserrat del Espiritu, Tomo I

By: Cucurella, Dom Columbano M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Igualada, Pedro Bas: 1953

Seller ID: 10932

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Spanish Language text. Pictorial cardstock cover with glassine wrapper. Heavy foxing to the first and last few pages. Mild wear otherwise. 562 pages with Index. Many pages are unopened (uncut) at the top.
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Russia: The Roots of Confrontation

By: Daniels, Robert V.

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press: 1985

Seller ID: 20081009

ISBN: 0674779657

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fne

411 pages, Suggested Readings, Index. Black and white photos and maps. A title in the American Foreign Policy Library, edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, who also wrote the Foreword for this volume. This book examines the historical contrasts between East and West and elucidates the Russian enigma. It springs from the thesis that Russia's national character and its international relations can be understood only in light of the traumas and triumphs, privation and privileges that the country weathered under the tsars and the Soviets. [mbrw]
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The Economic Development of Spain

By: Davis, H. David (Editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press: 1963

Seller ID: 03215

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Shelf wear and bumping to boards. Previous owner name on front pastedown. Jacket chipped and edge-worn. Tape repair to tear at the tail of the spine. Small tear on front panel, large chip on rear panel. 416 pages, illustrated with figures and maps. Report of a mission organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the request of the Government of Spain.
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Royal Family Album

By: Davis, Reginald

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd: 1979

Seller ID: 11429

ISBN: 0853722528

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Some upper-corner wear, otherwise about fine. Stapled, pictorial souvenir booklet of photos of the Royal Family (Queen Elizabeth II).
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The Queen's Orders of Chivalry

By: De la Bere, Ivan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: London, Spring Books: 1964

Seller ID: 21011402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Previous owner bookplate. Edge wear and chipping to the dust jacket. 228 pages with Index. Black and white photos.
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Trails of the Troubadours

By: De Loi, Raimon

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Century Co.: 1926

Seller ID: 08094

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light shelf wear and bumping to corners. One torn page found. Gift inscription to previous owner. Illustrated endpapers, some illustrations in the text. A book about the troubadours, or young poets and their poetry of love, in the south of France from 1050 to 1250.
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Orixas Da Bahia

By: de Magalhaes, Elyette Guimaraes

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1974

Seller ID: 07807

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Light to moderate edge wear and some reading creases to the spine. Portuguese and English sections. 161 pages with Glossary and Index. Color plates.
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This Affair of Louisiana

By: Deconde, Alexander

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., Scribner: 1976

Seller ID: 07904

ISBN: 0684146878

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Long tear to jacket's front panel, held in place now and protected from further damage by a clear Mylar cover. 325 pages with Notes, Bibliographical Essay, and Index. Map and photo illustrations. Story of the struggle among Spaniards, English, and French for Louisiana in America's early years. In April 1802, Thomas Jefferson wrote; "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy... Every eye in the U.S. is now fixed on this affair of Louisiana."
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Miracle at Joaseiro

By: Della Cava, Ralph

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Columbia University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 03513

ISBN: 0231032935

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A volume in the series from the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. Shelf wear and spotting to page edges. Jacket price-clipped and has edge wear around the spine ends and tips. Protected now in a new mylar cover. Northeast Brazil political history of a popular religious movement between 1889 and 1934, initiated by a reported miracle in Joaseiro. 324 pages, with Abbreviations, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with black & white photos.
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Category: History