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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers:  Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

by Kennedy, Paul

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Used - VG
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VG
Edition
7th ptg
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394546742
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New York: Random House, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards, black cloth spine, foil titles, xxv, 677, [1] pp, 12 maps, notes, bibliography, index. Bottom edges rubbed, private library stamp on recto of ffep. DJ spine slightly chipped; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Nations project… Read more about this item
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A History of Civilizations
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A History of Civilizations

by Braudel, Fernand

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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First US Edition
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780713990225
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New York: Allen Lane (Penguin Books), 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Richard Mayne. Blue boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, xl, 600 pp, 23 maps, index. DJ spine somewhat sunned; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X… Read more about this item
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The March of Folly from Troy to Vietnam

The March of Folly from Troy to Vietnam

by Tuchman, Barbara W.

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1984
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale grey cloth, foil titles on spine & author's initials on front board, xiv, 447, [1] pp, 18 ff plates (about half in color), Faint damp staining to top of front board & top edge, pages slightly cockled, edges of boards… Read more about this item
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The Violent Peace

The Violent Peace

by Mydans, Carl & Shelley (Eds.)

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
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Hardcover
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New York: Atheneum, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in grey cloth with maroon cloth spine, gilt titles on spine & blind on front board, endpaper maps, xi, 478, [1] pp, many black & white photos & maps in text, index. Board edges slighty faded, pencil notes on preliminary blank. DJ… Read more about this item
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Witness to a Century:  Encounters with the Noted, the Notorious, and the Three SOB's

Witness to a Century: Encounters with the Noted, the Notorious, and the Three SOB's

by Seldes, George

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780345331816
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 490 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Memoirs of a journalist whose career began in 1909, and reported on most of the 20th century. Shipping… Read more about this item
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A History of the Twentieth Century (Volume One:  1900-1933)

A History of the Twentieth Century (Volume One: 1900-1933)

by Gilbert, Martin

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Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First US Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780688100643
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, foil titles on spine, xiv, 927, [1] pp, 1 ff b & w photo plates, 29 maps, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Gilbert's three-volume history is arranged chronologically. Vol. 1 only. Shipping weight 4… Read more about this item
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1688:  A Global History

1688: A Global History

by Wills, John E., Jr.

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Used - Near Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780393047448
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New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, gilt titles on black spine, xv, 330 pp, map, a few b & w illustrations in text, bibliography, index. Top corner of rear board bumped. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Wills describes everyday… Read more about this item
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Abaco: The History of an Out Island and Its Cays

by Dodge, Steve

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Edition
3rd ptg
Published
1987
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780932265005
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Decatur, IL: White Sound Press, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stiff beige covers with black titles & drawings, x, 172 pp, dozens of maps, drawings, & photos, notes, bibliographical essay, index. Sticker marks on half-title, coffee stain on fore-edge does not affect text. According to the blurb, this is "the first… Read more about this item
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In Defense of History

In Defense of History

by Evans, Richard J.

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First US Edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780393046878
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New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard boards, green spine, gilt titles on spine, [xiii], 287 pp, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. … Read more about this item
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The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age

The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age

by Lukacs, John

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780395584729
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New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, black paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, [xi], 291 pp. Ball-point underlining on 3 pp, an occasional 'X' pencilled in the margins of a few more, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.… Read more about this item
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The Origins of History

The Origins of History

by Butterfield, Herbert

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
2nd ptg
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Edited and with an introduction by Adam Watson. Rust-brown cloth, 252 pp, bibliography, index. One corner lightly bumped, light edge wear, small spots on top edge and fore-edge, else as new. Dj has slight edge wear, a wrinkle in front… Read more about this item
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Spy Stories from Asia

Spy Stories from Asia

by Singer, Kurt

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Used - G+
Jacket Condition
G+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1955
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth-textured boards, black-on-yellow titles on spine, xiv, 336 pp. Extremities lightly bumped & rubbed, ffep & half-title a bit cockled along bottom edge, fore-edges of a few leaves (pp 237-44) have tears or small chips, but generally clean & bright.… Read more about this item
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The Book of Flags

The Book of Flags

by Campbell, Vice-Admiral Gordon, V. C., D. S. O. & I. O. Evans, F. R. G. S.

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Edition
2nd ed
Published
1953
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Oxford University Press, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue-grey cloth, xi, 116 pp, 15 color plates, numerous b&w illustrations shaded to indicate color, brief bibliography, index. Covers well-worn and bumped with a few spots, front endpaper torn all along gutter, but front hinge still attached by mull, and internally clean… Read more about this item
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Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World:  A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present

Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present

by Morris, Richard B. & Graham W. Irwin (Eds.)

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
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Published
1970
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Row, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. First Edition stated, but a square deboss present on rear board may indicate that it is a book club edition. Quarter blue cloth, black cloth-covered boards, titles in black & silver ink on spine, xxxii, 1271 pp, index. Slight edge wear.… Read more about this item
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Theodore H. White at Large:  The Best of His Magazine Writing, 1939-1986

Theodore H. White at Large: The Best of His Magazine Writing, 1939-1986

by White, Theodore H.

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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679416357
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter light grey cloth, light grey paper-covered boards, xxi, 681, [1] pp, index. DJ is price-clipped, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. White wrote nearly two hundred magazine and newspaper articles; editor Edward Thompson "selects the best of these articles, taking us… Read more about this item
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The World Before Columbus 1100-1492

The World Before Columbus 1100-1492

by Burman, Edward

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780245547300
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London: W. H. Allen & Co., Plc, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, x, 227 pp, 4 ff b & w plates, bibliography, index. Bottom corner of rear board lightly bumped. DJ has a 2 cm tear at top of rear joint, slight wear… Read more about this item
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History of the Later Roman Commonwealth, from the End of the Second Punic War to the Death of Julius Caesar; and of the Reign of Augustus: with a Life of Trajan

by Arnold, Thomas

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Used - Fair
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No dj
Published
1846
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1846 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. "Two volumes of the English edition complete in one." Joint publisher: George S. Appleton, Philadelphia. Original black ribbed cloth with gilt titles on spine, blind & gilt decorations on spine & boards, viii, 9-552 pp, [6] pp advertising. … Read more about this item
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Gods, Graves, and Scholars:  The Story of Archæology

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archæology

by Ceram, C. W. [Kurt W. Marek]

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Edition
11th ptg
Published
1952
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from the German by E. B. Garside. Blue cloth, bronze titles on spine, silver decoration on front board, top edge dyed green, xii, 428, xvi, [2] pp, 16 ff plates, bibliography, index. Corners and spine ends bumped, bottom edge soiled,… Read more about this item
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Europe's Inner Demons:  An Enquiry Inspired by the Great Witch-Hunt

Europe's Inner Demons: An Enquiry Inspired by the Great Witch-Hunt

by Cohn, Norman

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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First US Edition
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark grey cloth, red foil titles on spine, top edge dyed red, xvi, 302 pp, 4 ff plates, notes, bibliography, index. DJ has a 2 cm tear at top & a small stain at bottom of rear panel, else fine in Brodart… Read more about this item
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What is History?  The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge, January-March 1961

What is History? The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge, January-March 1961

by Carr, Edward Hallett

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
12th ptg
Published
1969
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, blind dec. on front board & device on rear board, [vii], 209, iii, [2] pp, footnotes, index. Remainder mark is a rubber-stamped 'H' on ffep, one leaf dog-eared, else fine. DJ has a… Read more about this item
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