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Republics Ancient and Modern - Volumes 1,2 and 3
by Paul Rahe
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Unjacketed
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- 1994
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1994 three volume softcover set as pictured. These books constitute a "masterwork of political theory and comparative politics", spanning the breadth of history from ancient Greece to the present. Volume 1 - Binding is firm. Covers are rubbed with curling corners. Text block mottled at top edge with a stain at upper corner. Text with some notations and underlining. Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Slaveholders' Union
by George William Van Cleve
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2010
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- 9780226846682
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2010 hardcover as pictured. A controversial "for the right reasons" book arguing that the United States constitution was pro-slavery "in its politics, its law, and its economics." Well documented with several appendices and an extensive bibliography. This copy is in very good condition. Binding firm. Dust jacket and boards show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sixteenth Biennial Report Of The Board Of Trustees Of The Idaho State Historical Society : For The Years 1937-1938
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- 1938
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1938 softcover as pictured. This is the 16th biennial report of the Idaho State Historical Society. It includes articles on the Nez Pirce reservation, the city of Lewiston, the Elo Settlement in Long Valley, the first census of Idaho in 1863 and more. Stapled binding is firm. Covers are soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's library stamp and name on front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Finding a New Midwestern History
by J. Lauck, G. Whitney and J. Hogan (Editors)
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 2018
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- 9781496222350
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2018 softcover as pictured. This is a collection of essays exploring aspects of life in an often neglected section of the US. Included are pieces on history, immigration, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal shelf… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volumes 1 and 2
by Edward Gibbon
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- ca 1930s
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$49.00
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Circa 1930s two volume hardcover set as pictured. A well made edition of the Gibbon classic in nice condition given its age. Bindings are firm. Blue cloth boards with gold and red stamping in the typical Modern Library pattern are bright and show only light edge wear. Endpapers and text are age tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Famous Parks and Public Buildings of America
by John L. Stoddard
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- 1899
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$76.00
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1899 hardcover as pictured. This is a very worn but still quite readable copy of an early travelogue by the originator of that genre, John Lawson Stoddard. It includes over 100 large format photographs from around the US, Canada and Europe with accompanying commentary. Binding is intact but relaxed. Front hinge cracked (see photo). Red cloth boards with black stamping… Read more about this item Item Price
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History, Rhetoric, and Proof
by Carlo Ginzburg
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 1999
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- 9780874519334
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$21.00
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1999 softcover as pictured. A provocative examination of the relation between rhetoric and historiography. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are lightly rubbed with gently curled corners. Text is unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR Item Price
$21.00
John L Stoddard's Lectures - Supplementary Volumes 2, 3 and 4
by John L Stoddard
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- 1907
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1907 hardcovers as pictured. These are supplementary volumes 2, 3 and 4 to the John Stoddard Lecture Series. Topics covered include Sicily, Genoa, The Engadine, South Tyrol, Lake Garda, The Dolomites, Canada, Malta and Gibralter. Bindings are firm. Green cloth boards with gold stamping are soiled and show varying degrees of edge wear. Volume 2 with fraying at base of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters Writ By a Turkish Spy Who Liv'd Five And Forty Years Undiscover'd At Paris
by Giovanni Paolo Marana
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- 10th Edition
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- 1734
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1734 hardcover set as pictured. Please note that this set includes 7 of the 8 original books, volume 2 is not included. This is a marvelous set, "Giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe: And discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts, (especially that of France) continued from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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