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Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)
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Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)

by Findlen, Paula

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780520073340
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Berekely amd Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 449 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with drawings and engravings. First edition, first printing with full number line. A social, political and intellectual history of the revitalized rise of the… Read more about this item
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The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud Volume 1: Education of the Senses
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The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud Volume 1: Education of the Senses

by Gay, Peter

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1984
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780195033526
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 534 pages. Appendix, Bibliographical Essay, Index, etc. Illustrated with 32 pages of paintings, engravings and photographs in black and white. First edition, first printing with… Read more about this item
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The Pope's Elephant
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The Pope's Elephant

by Bedini, Silvio A.

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As New
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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781879941410
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Nashville, TN: J.S. Sanders & Company, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, mustard colored cloth in publisher's none price-clipped dust-jacket. 302 pages. Endmatter includes: Appendix; Sources and Notes; Bibliography; Index. Illustrated with black and white images of engravings, paintings and photographs. Stated first American edition; published… Read more about this item
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The Singular Beast:  Jews, Christians, & the Pig
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The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, & the Pig

by Fabre-Vassas, Claudine

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As New
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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780231103664
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 401 pages. Notes, Index. Illustrated with drawings and photographs in black and white. First edition, first printing with full number line. A probing examination of popular culture and antisemitism in European history… Read more about this item
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Dubrovnik in War

Dubrovnik in War

by Foretic, Miljenko (editor)

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Used - Near Fine
Published
2002
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9789536316168
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Dubrovnik: Matica Hrvatska, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 117 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs, chiefly in black and white, but with 14 in color and two color maps. Eleventh edition. Sixteen essays on various aspects of the siege of Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of Independence… Read more about this item
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Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichro?der and the Building of the German Empire
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Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichro?der and the Building of the German Empire

by Stern, Fritz

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good+
Edition
Fourth Printing
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394495453
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 620 pages. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fourth printing. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy. Very good+ in a… Read more about this item
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Beyond Hitler's Grasp: The Heroic Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews
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Beyond Hitler's Grasp: The Heroic Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews

by Bar-Zohar, Michael

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781580620604
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Holbrook, Massschussetts: Adams Media Corporation, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 298 pages. Bibliographical References and Index. Illustrated with vignette half-tone photographs throughout and map end-papers. First edition, first printing with complete letter line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh,… Read more about this item
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They Fought Back: The Story of the Jewish Resistance in Nazi Europe
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They Fought Back: The Story of the Jewish Resistance in Nazi Europe

by Suhl, Yuri (Edited and Translated By)

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 327 pages. Notes and Index. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black and white photographs and map end-papers. Second printing. Accounts of resistance and revolt by Jews in both camps and… Read more about this item
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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

by Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Published
1996
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679446958
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New : Knopf, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 622 pages. Sections at rear include: Pseudonyms; Abbreviations; Notes; Index; etc. Illustrated with 33 photographs and 8 maps. Book club issue with no price on dust-jacket flap, first printing.. A rather pointed indictment… Read more about this item
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Galician Portraits: In Search of Jewish Roots
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Galician Portraits: In Search of Jewish Roots

by Zalewski, Andrew

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Used - Very Good.+
Edition
First Edition
Published
2014
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780985589424
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$75.00

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Jenkinstown, PA: Thelzo Press, 2014. Large format trade paperback. Signed and inscribed by author. 400 pages. Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with vignette photographs. Stated first edition, first printing. Signed and dated by author, Oct. 16, 2014 on title- "Penne in appreciation for your help and invaluable advice." [Most likely Penelope Franklin, the books editor,… Read more about this item
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Victory 1918

by Palmer, Alan Warwick

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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871138033
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 368pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 12 pages of photographs and 6 maps. First American edition, first printing. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. … Read more about this item
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Changing Enemies: The Defeat and Regeneration of Germany
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Changing Enemies: The Defeat and Regeneration of Germany

by Annan, Noel

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780801484902
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Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1997. Large trade paperback. 266pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of photographs. First paperback edition, first printing. Annan's memoir of his service in wartime British intelligence, Germany's defeat, and the specific imapct of British influence on Germany's nascent postwar democracy. No previous ownership marks. A clean,… Read more about this item
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Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940

by Gooch, John

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2007
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521856027
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 651pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing. "This is the first authoritative study of the Italian armed forces and the relationship between the military and foreign policies of Facist Italy from Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 to the catastrophioc defeat of 1940." No previous ownership… Read more about this item
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Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History 1792-1815

by Glover, Michael

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780882544731
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New York: Hippocrene Books, 1979. Hardcover, blue cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 232pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 100 half-tones and maps. plus 13 color illustrations. First American edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. … Read more about this item
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Signal, Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine

by Mayer, S. L. [editor]

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
Fifth printing
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780138100513
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1977. Large format hardcover, red cloth in pictorical dust-jacket. Unpaginated. Extensively illustrated with original monochrome and color photographs, as well as maps and drawings. Fifth impression thus. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a… Read more about this item
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Inside Hitler's Germany Life Under the Third Reich

by Hughes, Matthew; Mann, Chris

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
Fourth Printing
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781567316216
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New York: MJF Books, 2000. Hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket. 224pp., Glossary, Further Reading, Index. Illustrated with more than 280 photographs. No previous ownership marks. No tears or chips to dust-jacket. No remainder mark. A very clean, square, fresh copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.. Fourth Printing. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo… Read more about this item
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$4.75
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Nazis

by Bruce, Duncan A.

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Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780600365563
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United Kingdom: Hamlyn, 1974. Large format hardcoverin original pictorial dust-jacket. 160pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with over 150 original monochrome photographs. Firtst edition. The story of the rise, development and eventuial collapse of the Nazi Party. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, sound copy with no faults. Very good+ in a very… Read more about this item
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The Final Act The Roads to Waterloo

by Dallas, Gregor

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Used - Fine
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Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805031843
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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 544pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated. First edition, first printintg with number line intact. No previous ownership marks. A well wriiten and researched work on the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, Waterloo. A clean, square, tight copy in a clean and complete dust-jacket.… Read more about this item
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The End of the European Era, 1890 to the Present

by Gilbert, Felix

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Third Edition
Published
1984
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780393954401
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1984. Large trade paperback. 556pp, Index, suggestions for further reading section. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Several pages show minimal highlighting, overall a clean, square, tight copy. No previous owner's name. Very good.. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Lost Hero: The Mystery of Raoul Wallenberg

by Werbell, Frederick E. [and] Clarke, Thurston

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Used - Good+
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Good+
Edition
Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Published
1982
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1982. Hardcover in dust-jacket. Book Club edition. 238pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. A clean, sound copy. Good+ in good+ dust-jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Boards. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$2.95