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Lindisfarne, the Cradle Island

By: Magnusson, Magnus

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stocksfield, Northumberland, England, Oriel Press: 1984

Seller ID: 04335

ISBN: 0853622108

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Sheila Mackie's beautiful illustrations help tell the story of the Isle of Pilgrimage for birds and men, sanctuary of Nature, and shrine of Christianity from the beginning to the present day. 218 pages.
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En ros at Norrkoping

By: Malmberg, Arne

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Norrkoping, Nermans Bokhandel: 1963

Seller ID: 08067

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light shelf wear. Clean, tight copy. The dust jacket has some chips and edge tears, rubbing to the rear panel, and is protected now in a clear Mylar cover. Eighty-eight pages with numerous black and white and color photos promoting Norrkoping, Sweden--its history, culture, and present day lifestyle.
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The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy & the Disintegration of the USSR

By: Mandelbaum, Michael (Editor)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Colchester, Vermont, U.S.A., Council on Foreign Relations: 1991

Seller ID: 06333

ISBN: 0876091001

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

120 pages with Appendixes and Index.
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Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History

By: Margo, Robert A.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press: 1991

Seller ID: 05257

ISBN: 0226505103

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Some faint highlighting of text and red underlining of a few sentences. Bookstore price sticker on front free endpaper. Clean otherwise throughout.
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Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

By: Martin, Thomas R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 05420

ISBN: 0300067674

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

252 pages with Suggested Reading and Index. Illustrated with maps, plans, tables, and photos.
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Image for The American Collections of the University Museum: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America [University Museum Bulletin, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, June 1943]

The American Collections of the University Museum: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America [University Museum Bulletin, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, June 1943]

By: Mason, J. Alden

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, University Museum: 1943

Seller ID: 05859

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

First several pages have a diagonal crease. Tail of the spine chipped. Soiling to rear cover. 64 pages, illustrated. This bulletin offers a brief sketch of the peoples and cultures of ancient Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs, Mayans, and Toltecs. Illustrated with maps and photos of archaeological artifacts in the museum's archives.
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Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union

By: Matlock, Jack F. Jr.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1995

Seller ID: 06038

ISBN: 0679413766

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to boards, jacket has a bit of wear at the extremities, no tears or chips. 836 pages, including the following after the chapters: Names and Transliteration, Chronology, Dramatis Personae, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Endpapers map of the Soviet Union 1989. A 16-page section of black and white photos follows page 342.
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Dueling; The Cult of Honor in Fin-de- Siècle Germany

By: McAleer, Kevin

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 09379

ISBN: 0691034621

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine+

268 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated. From the publisher: "This sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel, the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siècle Germany, questions what it took "to be a man." From initial provocation to final death agony, the book invites the reader into the complex mindset and protocol of the duel."
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The American Revolution and its Influence on World Civilization

By: McCormick, Robert R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Chicago Tribune: 1945

Seller ID: 05654

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light shelf wear, wear to the jacket's spine (small holes, tears). Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Subtitle on jacket: "How America's ideals have advance human progress and how they are now menaced by counter revolutionary forces." A compilation of a series of addresses broadcast over WGN and the Mutual Broadcasting System February 24-May 5, 1945.
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Memories in Focus: N.E. Uslter from Old Photographs 1850-1950

By: McDonald, Tom & Robert Anderson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland, Second Coleraine Company boys' Brigade Old Boys Silver Band:

Seller ID: 04011

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

The book is not paginated, but includes one black & white plate per page. As there are 120 plates, the book runs about 120 pages, plus a brief Bibliography. Gift inscription to the previous owner on the front free endpaper.
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The Vision of Rome in Late Renaissance France

By: McGowan, Margaret M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press: 2001

Seller ID: 08092

ISBN: 0300085354

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

461 pages, including Coda, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Numerous illustrations.
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The Genius of the People

By: Mee, Charles L.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1987

Seller ID: 10842

ISBN: 006015702x

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

348 pages with Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated, endpaper maps. The genius of the people as it revealed itself in the strange mix of bankers, farmers, politicians, merchants, scholars, and generals who struggled throughout the long summer of 1787 to construct a constitution unique in the history of nations.
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King of the Mountains: Ludwig II and the Bavarian Alps

By: Menzel, Marianne (Introduction and Text Selection)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Munchen, Objektiv Verlag: 1986

Seller ID: 08779

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

122 pages with numerous color photos of the Bavarian landscape by Gregor Schmid. Accompanied by contemporary texts from the 19th century. Endpaper maps of Bavaria. English translation by PJ Blumenthal.
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Israel: A Country Study

By: Metz, Helen Chapin

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S Government Printing Office: 1990

Seller ID: 03027

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Area Handbook Series, research completed 1988. 416 pp., including Bibliography, Glossary, and Index. Illustrated with many figures and photos.
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Pictorial Guide to Pagan

By: Ministry of Culture

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Rangoon, Ministry of Culture, Archaeology Department, Socialist Republic of the Union of: 1979

Seller ID: 10219

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Mild edge wear. Clean copy. Pictorial paper covers, stapled. This booklet covers the ruins of Pagan, erected mostly from the 11th to 13th centuries A.D., when Pagan was the seat of the Burmese dynasty. Sixty-three pages of images and text about these historic monuments. Includes a fold-out map inside the rear cover depicting Pagan and Environs. A chronological list of Kings of Pagan is presented near the beginning of this booklet.
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The Provinces of the Roman Empire: The European Provinces - Selections from the History of Rome, Volume 5, Book 8

By: Mommsen, Theodor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press: 1968

Seller ID: 07086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Slight darkening to top edge of page block. Jacket has some rubbing and a few creases. Protected in a Mylar archival cover now. 363 pages with Biographical Note, Index, and map: The Roman Empire under Hadrian.
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Ci che stato che che sar: Torre a Mare - Borgo - turistico - Archeologico

By: Mongelli, Saverio

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Italy,

Seller ID: 11190

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Italian Language Text. Writing inside the front cover, otherwise fine. 24-page, stapled booklet with black and white photos and what appears to be an old plat of Le Pelosa, Torre a Mare (city in Bari, Italy). Progetto turistico-archeologico per la valorizzazione della Riviera del Levante-Litoranea S. Giorgio/Torre a Mare (Tourist-archaeological project for the enhancement of the Riviera del Levante-Litoranea S. Giorgio / Torre a Mare). History of La Pelosa/Torre a Mare.
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Sviatoslav Richter : Notebooks and Conversations

By: Monsaingeon, Bruno

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, U.S.A., Princeton University Press: 2001

Seller ID: 06516

ISBN: 0691074380

Condition: Near Fine

Very slight cocking to the spine. Life of the famed Russian pianist, recounted through his music journals and a private interview. English translation by Stewart Spencer. Nice copy in mylar.
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Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

By: Montague-Smith, Patrick

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, British Heritage Press: 1985

Seller ID: 00161

ISBN: 0517458012

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

192 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with 60 black & white and 100 color photos. Previous owner's embossed stamp on title page. Oversized, heavy volume that may require additional postage for expedited or overseas delivery.
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Cloak & Cipher: A History of Secret Writing

By: Moore, Dan Tyler & Martha Waller

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill: 1962

Seller ID: 02560

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to book and jacket. The analysis of famous codes and ciphers and the role of cryptanalysis in great events.
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