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Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Danish Statistical Department, 1947. Hardbound. GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean and square. Red leather with white crest and lettering, but the cover corners are chipped. An official yearbook giving a snapshot in time of Denmark just after World War II. 288 indexed, illustrated pages with detailed descriptions and current statistics (1947) of Government, Education, Finance, Agriculture, Shipping, Arts and Science, Social and Economic Conditions and more. Extensive list of "Literature for Consultation" for even more detail. End paper maps of Denmark(front) and of Danish Shipping Lanes (back). 7x5" (18.5x13cm). Text in English

Englewood Cliffes, NJ: Spectrum (#S-45) / Prentice-Hall, 1962. (1st printing). Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Perfect reading for this 50th anniversary year of the March on Washington - a factual report card on civil rights at that time. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Covers creases from corner bump on bottom spine corner. Remainder marks on top edge. "a resume of the recent five-volume report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights"

Mexico: SepSetentas (#157), 1974. (1st edition). Paperback. VERY GOOD. Inscribed and signed by editor. "Seleccion, estudio preliminar y notas de Boyd G. Carter." Tight, faint page yellowing, clean, slight curl. Edgewear and light cover creasing. Underlining in the introduction only. Light bump to bottom front corner. Book has a few dogeared pages. Text in Spanish. "En el presente volumen, Boyd G. Carter recopila varios de los 265 articulos periodisticos que, bajo la rubrica de Plato del dia, Manual Gutierrez Najera publico en El Universal, entre el 8 de abril de 1893 y el 10 enero de 1895." Inscrita y firmado por el editor. "Seleccion, estudio preliminar y Notas de Boyd G. Carter." Tight, página amarillamiento tenue, limpio, ligero rizo. Edgewear y la luz creciente cubierta. Subrayando sólo en la introducción. Bache Luz esquina frontal inferior. Libro tiene unas cuantas páginas con pliegues en la esquina. Texto en español.

London, UK: Melisende, 2003. (2nd revised edition). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "two simultaneous narratives, the dominant of which is the story of Palestinian Christianity. The narratives are set within the context of Palestine's changing political and religious history. Gradually the secondary narrative overtakes the Christian narrative, particularly during the last 12 years with the rise of nationalism, Zionism, the triumph of Israel, and the dramatic decline of Palestinian Christianity in the Holy Land..." 305 pages including index and bibliography.

Itasca, IL: F. E, Peacock, 1973. Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Reading copy. Tight, bright, bright and clean interior, creased and age soiled exterior, square. 3 pages with highlighting and 4 with underlining. Contains original source readings in sections on: The Renaissance; The Reformation; Economic Life; Discovery and Colonization; Scientific Revolution; Beginnings of Economic Modernization; The French Revolution; Napoleon, conqueror and Conquered; & Politics (16th & 17th, 18th centuries). 470 pages, 9x6" (22.9x15cm).

London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, faint page yellowing, clean interior, slight age soil to exterior, square. Owner's name on title page. Red covers, sewn binding. 43 pages including Bibliography.

NY: Roundtable Press / Checkmark, 2000. (1st thus). Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "an essential guide to the People's Republic of China, from its major geographical features to its complex and controversial international relations…" 662 indexed, illustrated pages in Encyclopedia format including Suggested Reading list. ISBN: 0816043744.

Baltimore. MD: Pelican, 1962. (3rd edition). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for small chips out of back top corner and cover at bottom of spine. "England during the two and a half centuries after the Norman Conquest…the best existing sketch of English society in the earlier Middle Ages…" 316 indexed, annotated pages with "further reading" list and "A select list of essential dates".

Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica. (numbered edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint soil to cream colored covers. Photocopies of original hand-written documents with facing pages containing typeset content. 214 pages. #1260 of 2,000 copies. Text in Spanish. ISBN: 9681602412.

NY: Harbinger/Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955 copyright (C.11.69). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, bright, clean interior, age soiled exterior, curled. Chip on surface of front cover. 296 pages, Index (8x5-3/8", 23x13.4cm). "the period in 1947 when the United States stepped out irrevocably and whole-heartedly as leader upon the world stage..."

NY: Avon, 1976. (3rd Printing). Paperback. NEAR FINE. A tribute to the Mountain Men..Kit Carson, John Colter, Jim Bridger..It was an epic time which lasted hardly more than a third of a century..a book which has the drama and suspense of a novel. Tight, bright, clean w/slight tilt. Light spine & hinge crease and slight edgewear. ISBN: 0380006944.

NY: Balantine, 1974. (1st Paperback). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. tight, yellowed, clean, faint curl. Edgewear to top of spine and corners. A few light surface creases and reading creases on spine. "A Tribute to the Mountain Men"

NY: Cumberland Enterprises, c1992. (Signed). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "A book that delights, informs and suggests startling parallels to today's world…King Charles II, whose far-seeing plan rebuilt a city; Samuel Pepys whose diary told the tale; Christopher Wren whose architectural genius brought London back to life...the epic mess..." 155 indexed pages including Bibliography.

NY: Bonanza, 1987. (2nd printing). Hardcover. NEAR FINE / Very Good. As new except for light age tanning of pages. Dust Jacket is intact and shiny but has stain on inside only of bottom edge, light shelfwear to top edge and a small chip at top of front flap hinge. "through the words of the finest writers of our time, you will re-experience the triumphs and ordeals and rethink the crucial issues of recent history..." "70 articles selected from LIFE's first 24 years" 729 pages. ISBN: 051763208X.

Danbury, CT: Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce, 1994. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear to edges. Chamber of Commerce brochure designed to sell the region in 1994. Freeze-frame of the area at a moment of time in high quality photos, ads and statistics. The Housatonic Valley Region in southwestern Connecticut includes the towns of Bridgewater, Ridgefield, Brookfield, Sherman, New Milford, New Fairfield, Newtown, Bethel, Redding and the City of Danbury. 58 page, color illustrated, staple-bound.

Stroud, UK: Sutton, 1997. (1st UK edition). Oversize Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Very Good. As new except for slight softening of spine ends. DJ has creasing and small rips along top edge and light shelfwear on other edges. "the real story of the SS...is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism...led by a man motivated by the belief that he was the spiritual reincarnation of the Saxon King Heinrich I, founder of the German Reich..." ISBN: 0750913967.

Mexico: El Colegio de Mexico, 1973. (Septima reimpression 1983). Paperback. VERY GOOD-. As new except for occasional underlining and uneven yellowing of pages. From "El Tiempo Prehispanico" to "El Tramo Moderno" with special sections on "La Revolution Mexicana", "El Momento Actual"(1972) and "El Ultimo Decenio: Anos de Crisis, Anos do Oportunidad". 79 pages ISBN: 968120218X.

Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1947. (11th reprint, 1979). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight age tanning of pages. "encierro en limitadsimo espacio el entero panorama curlural de la America hispanica…La considera aqui en los aspectos politico-social y del pensamiento y su expresion: lengua, literatura, filosofia, ciencia y arte..." Text in Spanish. 171 indexed pages.

Madrid, Spain: Alianza Editorial (AU#51), 1973. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Solid binding. Pages tanned on edges. Overall clean but there is occasional underlining in chapters "sitema social" and "Estructura y desarrollo economicos". Previous owners's name written on first page. Creased spine and cover. Some rubbing along edges. Text in Spanish. 623 pages (7-3/4" x 5-1/4") "el resultado de la estreca colaboracion entre los especialistas que se han responsabilizado de cada uno de los siete volumenes...El presente volumen se abre con la proclamation de la Republica en abril de 1931 y concluye en los ultimos meses de 1970..." Sólido vinculante. Páginas curtidas en los bordes. En general limpio pero hay subrayado ocasional en los capítulos "sitema social" y "Estructura y desarrollo economicos". Nombre de Propietario anterior escrito en la primera página. Aumentó la columna vertebral y la cubierta.… Read More

Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica (#142), 1959. (secunda edicion, segunda reimpresion, 1979). Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for tiny bump to spine corner and faint shelfwear to top and bottom cover edges. " se cifran en el afande presentar en forma coordinada una historia que, por encima de los aspectos peculiares de cada uno de los paises, refleje sistematicamente la vida de las naciones desde el punto de vista de los henchos que de manera comun les atarnen..." French flaps. Text in Spanish. ISBN: 9681601807.