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Paassen, Pierre van. Earth Could Be Fair. New York: Dial Press, 1946. 1st edition. 509 pages. Signed by the author. Good hardcover, spine title partially faded. #26749. $22.50
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Pakula, Marvin H. Heraldry and Armor of the Middle Ages. South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes, 1972. 4to (large book). 264 pages. Index. Bibliographies. Glossary. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Contents include heraldry, shields, ordinaries, the cross, subordinates, the lion, common charges, blazoning and tricking, differencing, allusive arms, augmentations, marshalling, the crest, supporters, badges and knots, mottoes, crowns, coronets, and chapeaus, and other topics. Good hardcover in slightly torn and repaired dust jacket, with tape repairs at top and bottom of spine and lower front right-hand corner. Former owner's small name stamp inside front cover. ISBN 0498078434. #25243. $25
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Paschall, Eliza K. It Must Have Rained: A Documentary Account of the History of Civil Rights in Atlanta from the Files of the Council on Human Relations of Greater Atlanta, an Interracial Voluntary Organization which Operated Informally in the 1940s and 1950s and Formally through the 1960s. Foreword by Sam Massell, Jr. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia: Center for Research in Social Change, 1975. 4to. viii, 205 pages. Bibliographical notes. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover) in plastic clamshell binding. Former owner's name on title page and other notes in red ink. #29442. $70
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Perrot, Michelle. Les Ombres de l'Histoire: Crime et Chatiment au XIXe Siecle. Paris: Flammarion, 2001. 428 pages. Index. Bibliography. A history of crime and prisons in France in the 19th century. Text in French. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 2080679147. #28301. $30
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Peschanski, Denis, a cura di. Vichy 1940-1944: Quaderni e Documenti Inediti di Angelo Tasca Archives de Guerre d'Angelo Tasca. Francois Bedarida, Introduction. Paris, France: Editions du CNRS & Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, 1986. Prima edizione. xxii, 749 pages. Index. Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Annali, Anno Ventiquattresimo, 1985. French ISBN 22203843X. ISSN 0544-1374. Text in French. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 880799044X. #29321. $150
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Plutarch. Plutarch's Essay. Preface by The Rev. Andrew F. Peabody. Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Troy, New York: Nims and Knight, 1881. xxx, 549 pages. Good hardcover; spine ends slightly frayed, edges and corners rubbed, front hinge starting. #26753. $80
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Random, Harley, Compiler. Pioneer Recollections. Stories and Pictures depicting the early history and development of Benton County [Iowa]. Vinton, Iowa: Historical Publishing Company. Printed by the Cedar Valley Daily Times, 1941. 392 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Business directory. Advertising. Selected from the family albums and libraries of the descendants of the Pioneers of the county. Also stories as written or dictated by these residents, from records in their possession or tales related to them by their parents. - Title page. Good hardcover; covers slightly soiled; foxing throughout. #29094. $85
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Reynolds, Grindall. A Collection of Historical and Other Papers, by Rev. Grindall Reynolds, D.D., to which are added Seven of His Sermons. Edited by Alice Reynolds Keys. Introduction by Hon. George F. Hoar. Concord, Massachusetts: Alice Reynolds Keyes, 1895. 1st printing. xv, 499 pages. The Rev. Grindall Reynolds, 1822-1894, served Unitarian churches at Jamaica Plain and Concord, Massachusetts. In 1881 he was elected Secretary of the American Unitarian Association. His historical essays include American history, history of Concord, Massachusetts, and a other topics. Good hardcover, edges and corners slightly rubbed. #25082. $25
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. The Roosevelt Letters: Being the Personal Correspondence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Early Years, 1887-1904. Volume 1. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Edited by Elliot Roosevelt. London: George G. Harrap, 1949. 1st printing. 470 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Good hardcover in worn, foxed and frayed dust jacket. Foxing on endpapers and top, bottom, and fore edges. Previous owner's name in ink on title page. #21406. $15
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Rosenberg, Arthur. The Birth of the German Republic, 1871-1918. Translated from the German by Ian F. D. Morrow. New York: Oxford University Press, 1931. viii, 286 pages. Index. Bibliography. A scholarly narrative of the events leading up to the establishment of the German Republic in November 1918. - Preface. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket. #26815. $25
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St. James, Warren D. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: A Case Study in Pressure Groups. Foreword by Ulysses S. Donaldson. New York: Exposition Press, 1958. 1st edition. 252 pages. An Exposition-University Book. Based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation, Saint Louis University, 1956. Very good hardcover. Exlibrary: small label on spine, stamps on top and bottom edges, pocket inside front cover, stamp on blank front flyleaf and inside rear cover. #23991. $30
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Schenkel, Peter. ETI: A Challenge for Change. New York: Vantage Press, 1988. 1st edition. xiii, 248 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. ETI, extraterrestrial intelligence, and an analysis of what advanced intelligent life on other planetary systems would mean to us. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0533076501. #27883. $45
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Scrutton, Thomas Edward. Commons and Common Fields, or the History and Policy of the Laws Relating to Commons and Enclosures in England. New York: Burt Franklin / Lenox Hill Publ. & Dist. Co., 1970. Facsimile reprint. viii, 180 pages. Index. Yorke Prize Essay for the University of Cambridge for the year 1886. First published in 1887. Very good hardcover. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. Stamps on rear flyleaf. #23440. $120
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Selby, John E. The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988. 1st printing. xiii, 442 pages. Index. Bibliographical Essay and Notes. Maps. Frontispiece. An analysis of the political, administrative, and military history of Virginia during the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 087935075X. #29104. $27.50
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Shepherd, Barnett. Sailors Snug Harbor, 1801-1976. New York: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, in association with Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1979. Square 8vo. 104 pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Dated and inscribed by the author. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover); edges slightly rubbed. #29073. $25
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Southern Regional Council. Augusta, Georgia and Jackson State University: Southern Episodes in a National Tragedy. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1970. 4to. 76 pages. Special Report. Includes: 'Introduction' by Pat Watters and Robert E. Anderson, Jr. 'Augusta, Georgia,' by William Winn, with D. L. Inman. 'Jackson State College' by Ed Williams. Published June, 1970. Very Good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #29443. $55
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Southern Regional Council. Cooperatives, Credit Unions and Poor People. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1966. 4to. 16 pages, vi. Special Report. Subtitled: 'Cooperatives, Credit Unions and Negroes in the Rural South'. Published March, 1966. Very Good stapled wrappers (soft cover); some pages have newspaper burn. #29446. $30
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Southern Regional Council. A Hundred Years Later. Toward Regional Realism, No. 2. Foreword by Leslie W. Dunbar. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1962. 28 pages. Contributors are James McBride Dabbs, Frank P. Graham, Paul Green, Benjamin E. Mays, James Stokely, and Marion A. Wright. Published September 1962. Very Good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #29449. $25
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Southern Regional Council. Hungry Children. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1969. 4to. 27 pages. Southern Regional Council. Special Report. Includes: 'Children in Mississippi,' by Joseph Brenner, Robert Coles, Alan Mermann, Milton J. E. Senn, Cyril Walwyn, and Raymond Wheeler (All M.D.'s). 'Report of Raymond M. Wheeler, M.D. of a Field Trip to Humphreys and Leflore Counties, Mississippi.' Probably published in 1969 or 1970. Very Good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #29444. $40
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Southern Regional Council. Race Makes the Difference: An Analysis of Sentence Disparity among Black and White Offenders in Southern Prisons. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1969. 4to. 16 pages. Special Report. Published March, 1969. Very Good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #29445. $30
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Spector, Stephen. Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st printing. xv, 279 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 019530716X. #28494. $17.50
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Stiles, William H. Austria in 1848-49: Being a History of the Late Political Movements in Vienna, Milan, Venice and Prague; with Details of the Campaigns of Lombardy and Novara, A Full Account of the Revolution in Hungary; and Historical Sketches of the Austrian Government and the Provinces of the Empire. 2 volumes in 1. New York: Arno Press & The New York Times, 1971. Facsimile reprint. 2 volumes in 1 (x, 391; vi, 444 pages). Portraits. First published New York, Harper & Brothers, 1852. Very good hardcover. Exlibrary with minimal markings, small stain on lower spine, small stamps inside front and rear covers and on front and rear flyleaves, pocket inside rear cover. #26901. $60
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Stone, J. M. Reformation and Renaissance, circa 1377-1610. London: Duckworth, 1904. Small 4to (medium-large book). ix, 470 pages. Index. Illustrations. Good hardcover; front and rear covers worn and partially discolored, spine ends slightly frayed, corners rubbed, front hinge starting, paste-down endpapers worn at outer edges. Internally sound. #26754. $45
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Strauss, Walter, editor. Signs of Life: Jews from Wuerttemberg. Reports for the Period after 1933 in Letters and Descriptions. New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1982. xvii, 389 pages. Index. Photographs. Good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket. Some soiling on front flyleaf. ISBN 0870682016. #22075. $15
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Swallow, Charles. The Sick Man of Europe: Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic, 1789-1923. London & Tunbridge: Ernest Benn, 1973. 1st printing. 143 pages. Index. Photographs. Maps. Benn's World Histories. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0510184200. #23997. $15
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Tacitus, Cornelius. C. Cornelii Taciti Opera: From the Text of Brotier; with His Explanatory Notes, as Edited by A. J. [Abraham John] Valpy. Translated into English. Volume III of 3 volumes. London: Printed and Published by A. J. Valpy: Sold by Longman and Co, [etc.], 1834? 306 pages. For the Use of Schools and Colleges. Contains: Historiae; Situ, Moribus, et Populis Germaniae; CN. Julii Agricolae Vita; Dialogus de Oratoribus. Text in Latin with footnotes in English. Very good hardcover; blindstamped cloth with gilt author and title on spine; spine ends slightly rubbed and worn. Former owner's name on blank front flyleaf. #27927. $35
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Taylor, Nick. American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work. New York: Bantam Books, 2008. 1st printing. 630 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Dated and signed by the author. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Works Progress Administration. As New hardcover in As New dust jacket. ISBN 9780553802351. #29114. $37.50
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Thomas, Julia Adeney. Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 1st printing. xv, 239 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Twentieth-Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power, 12. As New hardcover in As New dust jacket. ISBN 0520228545. #29426. $45
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Tsao, Po-i, editor-in-chief. China Forum. Volume 1, No. 1, January 1974. Taipei, Taiwan: China Forum, 1974. Small 4to (medium-large book). 358 numbered pages with text in English. About 358 additional pages of text in Chinese. Articles include 'History and Literature in Chinese Cultural Heritage'; several articles about Sun Yat-sen, including a bibliography. Text in English and Chinese. Very good hardcover. Small date stamp on top edge. #22782. $30
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Turner, Victor, editor. Colonialism in Africa: 1870-1960. Volume 3. Profiles of Change: African Society and Colonial Rule. Preface by Peter Duignan. Cambridge: University Press, 1971. viii, 455 pages. Index. Bibliography. Maps. Illustrations. On half-title page: Hoover Institution Publications. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover, pocket removed inside rear cover. ISBN 052107844X. #25901. $30
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Ulmer, Al. Cooperatives and Poor People in the South. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1969. 4to. iii, 31 pages. Special Report. Published March, 1969. Very good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #29448. $30
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United States. Congress. Senate. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Hearings and Reports before the Senate Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, House Hearings and Reports, on the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Uranium Inventory at Oak Ridge, Public Laws, Hearings and Reports on S.1717, Confirmation Hearings of the General Manager and Members of Atomic Energy Commission, Senate calendars, Civil Defense against Atomic Attack, etc., 79th-82d Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1945-1952. 7 volumes. Bound in beige buckram with gilt spine titles on maroon and black backgrounds. Very good condition. #20184. $420
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United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census with the Cooperation of the Social Science Research Council. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. A Supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Commerce, 1949. 4to (large book). viii, 363 pages. Index. Errata Sheet No. 2 bound in. Together with: Continuation of Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. With Revision of Selected Series. 4to. iv, 79 pages. Stiff wrappers. Very good condition. Good pictorial hardcover, covers slightly worn. #24661. $17.50
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Walls, Dwayne. Fayette County, Tennessee: Tragedy and Confrontation. Introduction by Robert E. Anderson, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Regional Council, 1969. 4to. 36 pages. Special Report. Published October, 1969. Very good stapled wrappers (soft cover); notes in ink on title page. #29447. $30
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Ware, James, Sir. Ancient Irish Histories: The Works of Spencer, Campion Hanmer, and Marlburrough. Volume 1. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1970. Facsimile reprint. Volume 1 of 2. 266, 204 pages. Kennikat Series in Irish History and Culture. Kennikat Press Scholarly Reprints. First published in 1809. Contents: Edmund Spencer's 'A View of the State of Ireland, Written Dialogue-wise, between Eudoxus and Irenaeus,' 1596. Edmund Campion, 'A Historie of Ireland, Written in the Yeare 1571.' Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label removed, stamp on all edges, number and stamp inside front cover, number on lower title page, pocket and stamp inside rear cover. ISBN 0804607672. #26006. $70
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Weinstein, Fred. History and Theory after the Fall: An Essay on Interpretation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. 1st printing. x, 205 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Inscribed and signed by the author. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0226886069. #29103. $35
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Westborough, Massachusetts. Commemorative Booklet, Westborough, Massachusetts, 250th Anniversary, 1717-1967. Westborough: Anniversary Committee, 1967. 176 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #29072. $20
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Westfeldt, Wallace. Settling a Sit-in: A Report Prepared for the Nashville Community Relations Conference. Nashville, Tennessee: Community Relations Conference, 1960. Narrow 8vo. 9 pages. This is an undated pamphlet, but appears to have been published soon after the sit-in. Very good wrappers (soft cover). #29450. $35
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White, Jonathan. Italy: The Enduring Culture. London and New York: Continuum, 2001. 1st USA printing. xiii, 346 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Color plates. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0718502574. #27787. $17.50
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Wilson, A. N. God's Funeral. London: John Murray, 1999. 1st printing. xi, [2], 402 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Signed by the author. 'Wilson's fascinating and challenging account shows how the decline of religious certainty in Victorian times had its origins with the eighteenth-century sceptics--but brought a devastating sense of emotional loss which extends to our own times.' - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0719557615. #27266. $35
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Wilson, Woodrow. The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Volume 36, January 27-May 8, 1916. Arthur S. Link, editor. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1981. 1st printing. xxiv, 684 pages. Index. Photographs. Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Princeton University. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0691046824. #22304. $80
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Wood, J. Carter. Violence and Crime in Nineteenth-Century England: The Shadow of Our Refinement. London: Routledge, 2004. 1st printing. xii, 204 pages. Index. Bibliography. Routledge Studies in Modern British History, 1. Mint hardcover. ISBN 0415329051. #29452. $125
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Wright, Arthur. The Man without Fear. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1986. 1st printing. 141 pages. Photographs. A fictional account of a Baptist missionary first in Czechoslovakia and later in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. Very good cloth-covered hardcover in slightly frayed and chipped dust jacket. Two label stains on flyleaf. ISBN 0805930280. #18658. $20
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Zimmermann, Michael, editor. Zwischen Erziehung und Vernichtung: Zigeunerpolitik und Zigeunerforschung im Europa des 20. Jahrhunderts. [Between education and destruction: Gypsy policy and Gypsy research in Europe in the 20th century.] Vorwort [von] Ulrich Herbert. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007. 591 pages. Index. Bibliography. A few photographs. Beitrage zur Geschichte des Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, 3. Text in German. As New hardcover in As New dust jacket. ISBN 9783515089173. #29420. $130
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Zlatar, Zdenko. Between the Double Eagle and the Crescent: The Republic of Dubrovnik and the Origins of the Eastern Question. Boulder, Colorado: East European Monographs, Distributed by Columbia University Press, New York, 1992. xx,336 pages. Bibliography. Frontispiece map. 'This study is an investigation of a problem: how and why the Republic of Dubrovnik (in Latin and Italian Ragusa) had recourse to Habsburg protection, and of how and why this alternative to the traditional Ragusan tributary relationship to the Ottoman Empire (1458-1868, 1693-1808) first flourished and then failed during the Morean War (1684-1699).' - Preface. Very good hardcover. ISBN 088033245X. #27351. $35
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