Catalog 65 - History from Joseph Valles - Books

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, [1923], 1923. Good. xviii, 263 pp. ; illustrated with maps ; red cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamos, label, date due, pocket ; OCLC 2081295 ; fold out color map ; Contents: The revolt of the Belgian provinces -- The conference of London -- The constitution -- Progress --… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Comapny, 1966., 1966. Good. xx, 326 ; illustrated ; beige and blue cloth, no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; Contents: Geology molder of destiny -- Before the white sails showed -- New Amsterdam and New Sweden -- The time of two Jerseys -- Power of the purse… Read more about this item

New York, Random House, 1954., 1954. Good. [1st ed.], 1st printing ; 236 p. illus. 24 cm ; LCCN: 54-5955 ; LC: Z49A1; Dewey: 652.309 ; OCLC: 343148 ; decorative green cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, date due, pocket, reinforced binding ; "the sturdy old typewriter, and this biography of a machine might just catch… Read more about this item

Memphis, Tennessee : Published for the Author by Goodwin & Co., 1871, ©1860., 1871. Good. 7th edition ; vi, 266 pp. ; 20 cm. ; LC: PS1734.G8 ; grape colored, textured cloth with gold decorations and lettering ; ; poetry interspersed with short prose ; by the author of Life in Dixie During the War ; spine… Read more about this item

New York : Liveright, 1936., 1936. Very Good. xix, [6], 613 pp., [15] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. ; LC: PN451; Dewey: 809 ; OCLC: 9406336 ; black cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; illustrations by sculptor Onorio Ruotolo, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, Italy,… Read more about this item

London ; Toronto : W. Heinemann, 1935., 1935. Poor. xii, 336 p. front., pl., ports. 22 cm. ; LCCN: 35-10719 ; OCLC: 1003026 ; LC: DC146.C8; Dewey: 920.7 ; "This seems a far cry from horror stories, particularly as it reveals the author in the role of sound scholar and thoughtful biographer. His subject is Charlotte de Corday;… Read more about this item

New York : Russell & Russell, 1965, ©1952., 1965. Very Good. x, 717 p. illus., maps, ports. 23 cm. ; LCCN: 65-18142 ; LC: F1410; Dewey: 980 ; OCLC: 484370 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; small mark on front cover and spine ; "modern in the sense of this book means the twilight… Read more about this item

Oxford : Clarendon Press, MCMXXXI (1931), 1931. Good. 142 pp. 1 leaf., plates. frontispiece, folded map. 19 cm. ; LCCN: 31-26872 ; LC: DS258; Dewey: 915.5 ; OCLC: 423891 ; brown cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket, date due, label ; bookplate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ; "The task I… Read more about this item

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1984., 1984. Very Good. xvii, 299 pp. : illustrated. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0253328314; 9780253328311 LCCN: 83-49286 ; LC: D137; Dewey: 909.07 ; OCLC: 10532250 ; blue cloth with gold lettering, in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Rome and the northern Barbarians -- The pre-settlement phase -- Bondage and struggle -- Theodoric's kingdom… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1981., 1981. Very Good. xv, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0807110051; 9780807110058 LCCN: 81-83851 ; LC: DA250; Dewey: 942.04 ; OCLC: 8289637 ; red cloth in gold lettering, color illustrated dustjacket ; "The author shatters the myth of perpetual bloody conflict and shows… Read more about this item

New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989., 1989. Fine. xi, 326 p., [25] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0521370000; 9780521370004 LCCN: 88-37708 ; LC: DA333.B6; Dewey: 942.05/2/0924 ; OCLC: 18948711 ; "Madame Anne is not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide… Read more about this item

New York : Viking Press, [London : Printed by the Curwen Press ; Malta : Photoset by St. Paul's Press Ltd], 1970., 1970. Very Good. 192 pp. ; illustrated, color plates. ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 77-91318 ; LC: DA185; Dewey: 914.2/03/4 ; OCLC: 58069 ; A Studio Book ; red cloth with gold lettering ; no… Read more about this item

New York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987., 1987. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 247 pp., [8] pp. of plates : illustrated, some in color, portraits ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 1555841368; 9781555841362 ; LCCN: 87-2190 ; LC: DB851; Dewey: 943.6/1304 ; OCLC: 15224295 ; brown cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, date… Read more about this item

New York, Mason/Charter, 1974, ©1973., 1974. Good. 196 p. illus. 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0884050912; 9780884050919 LCCN: 74-14700 ; LC: DC216.1; Dewey: 944.05/092/4 ; OCLC: 1008141 ; red cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; small tear to top of dustjacket ; some spots on pages 179-182 ; slight knock ; G/G

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987., 1987. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xi, 273 pp. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0151931704; 9780151931705 LCCN: 86-14313 ; LC: JK2316; Dewey: 324.2736 ; OCLC: 13762215 ; grey and black cloth with silver lettering, in white red and black dustjacket ; tiny crease to inside front flap on… Read more about this item

New York : Hill and Wang, 1969., 1969. Good. 2nd ed. ; xvii, 251 pp. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0809042630; 9780809042630 LCCN: 69-16831 ; LC: BF731; Dewey: 155.8/094 ; OCLC: 12617 ; In the essay, the engineer, Oxford Professor of Spanish Literature and former Ambassador to the United States from Spain, Salvador de Madariaga, then… Read more about this item

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1986., 1986. Fine. xiv, 327 pp ; ISBN: 0816512981 (PBK); 9780816512980 (PBK) ; OCLC: 59811605 ; "Originally a presidio on the frontier of New Spain, Tucson was a Mexican community before the arrival of Anglo settlers. Unlike most cities in California and Texas, Tucson was not initially overwhelmed by Anglo immigrants, so… Read more about this item

Novato, CA : Presidio, 1999., 1999. Very Good. xii, 330 p., [23] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0891413979 :; 9780891413974 LCCN: 90-7814 ; LC: DD256.5; Dewey: 943.086 ; OCLC: 22183796 ; black cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket ; label ; ...[A] true and fascinating account… Read more about this item

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1986., 1986. Very Good. xiv, 327 pp ; ISBN: 0816508763; 9780816508761 ; OCLC: 59811605 ; "Originally a presidio on the frontier of New Spain, Tucson was a Mexican community before the arrival of Anglo settlers. Unlike most cities in California and Texas, Tucson was not initially overwhelmed by Anglo immigrants, so that… Read more about this item

Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1970., 1970. Very Good. viii, 391 pp. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 083691953X; 9780836919530 LCCN: 72-134094 ; LC: F1408.R7; Dewey: 980 ; OCLC: 122617 ; Essay index reprint series ; Contents: The life of James Alexander Robertson, by Alva Curtis Wilgus--The published writings of James Alexander Robertson, by Alva Curtis Wilgus-- Contribution… Read more about this item