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  • ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT: History's Double Helix. by Rotberg, Robert I., editor.
    Rotberg, Robert I., editor.
    ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT: History's Double Helix.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (2006.). First edition - "An exciting and wide-ranging exploration of the myths and narratives that lie behind the unresolved Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.. . This book creates a dialogue among Palestinian and Israeli authors, who examine opposing versions of the historical narratives in the context of contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations" Contributors include Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Mordechai Bar-On, Daniel Bar-Tal, Nathan J. Brown, Saleh Abdel Jawad, Eyal Naveh, Ilan Pappe, Dina Porat, Robert I. Rotberg, Nadim N. Rouhana, Gavriel Salomon, and Mark Tessler." Notes at the end of each essay. 273 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55375
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  • IBSEN AND HITLER: The Playwright, the Plagiarist, and the Plot for the Third Reich. by Sage, Steven F.
    Sage, Steven F.
    IBSEN AND HITLER: The Playwright, the Plagiarist, and the Plot for the Third Reich.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, dj. Hardcover first edition - A new look at Adolf Hitler's master plan for the Third Reich; the first to discern that it was based in part on the plays by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Over decades, Hitler cribbed Ibsen's phrases, metaphors and themes for his own writings and soliloquies. Sources, notes, index. Photographs. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-786717130.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 45074
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  • Saunders, John J, editor.
    THE MUSLIM WORLD ON THE EVE OF EUROPE'S EXPANSION.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966.

    Condition: Good only. (edge wear, creased spine, prev. owner's name on 1st page)

    Book ID: 14469
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Sedgwick, Henry Dwight.
    FRANCE: A Short History of its Politics, Literature and Art from Earliest Times to the Present.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1929. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 12 glossy plates, tri-fold, duotone map tipped in at rear. Index. 418 pp

    Condition: Very good in burgundy cloth (rubbing to lettering on spine, prev owner's name).

    Book ID: 46184
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Shotwell, James T.
    WHAT GERMANY FORGOT

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1940. dj. Hardcover first edition - A discussion of the effects of the Treaty of Versailles, and an attempt to put this in perspective as only one of the causes of German problems between the wars. 152 pgs.

    Condition: Very good in tan cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine and cover, no dj.

    Book ID: 8913
    Keywords: History: World
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  • J'ACCUSE! The Men Who Betrayed France. by Simone, Andre.
    Simone, Andre.
    J'ACCUSE! The Men Who Betrayed France.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Dial Press, 1940. Hardcover first edition - A book written in anger, during a time of defeat and betrayal for France - but a book which puts the blame not just on the Germans, but on the politicians, the military and the wealthy families who ruled France but who were corrupt and complicit in the Nazis rise. Introduction by Carleton Beals. 304 pp.

    Condition: Very good in beige cloth with red lettering (bookplate, prev owner's name stamped, no dust jacket)

    Book ID: 71168
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  • Sinclair, Andrew.
    THE LAST OF THE BEST: The Aristocracy of Europe in the Twentieth Century.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs, index.

    Condition: Very good+ in fair dust jacket. (book- slight spine slant, dj- severe edge wear, several tears along edges, few chunks missing from back cover, top & bottom, pc - looks better than it sounds in a Brodart cover, though.)

    Book ID: 13171
    Keywords: History: World
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  • THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS. by Spence, Lewis.
    Spence, Lewis.
    THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Bell Publishing, n.d. (c 1968.) dj. Hardcover - Facsmile reprint of this classic work on the lost continent of Atlantis. Includes 16 plates. ISBN: 0-517-181614.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some tanning to the paper.)

    Book ID: 22693
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Stewart, George R.
    NAMES ON THE GLOBE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5018958.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear on back cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 31812
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  • NAMES ON THE GLOBE. by Stewart, George R.
    Stewart, George R.
    NAMES ON THE GLOBE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5018958.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86367
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  • [Thompson, Edward Palmer, 1924-1993] Rule, John and Malcolmson, Robert, editors
    PROTEST AND SURVIVAL: Essays for E. P. Thompson.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The New Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Thompson was both a leading historian and an activist who influenced a whole generation of historians; this book, published shortly after his death, contains essays by both American and British historians that are a tribute to his work and an examination of the scope of his influence. Topics range from Edward Thompson as a teacher to essays on William Blake (by Alec Morley), feminist and anti-war agitator Sylvia Pankhurst (by Barbara Winslow), Black, Italian and Irish longshoremen and the New York harbor stike of 1919 (by Calvin Winslow), 'dangerous classes' in Victorian England (by Victor Bailey) and more. Includes a bibliography of Thompson's work. ISBN: 1-56584-114x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 26258
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PAST: Oral History. by Thompson, Paul.
    Thompson, Paul.
    THE VOICE OF THE PAST: Oral History.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Oxford University Press, (1989). A fully revised edition of his pioneering work on oral history - a work which challenged the accepted myths of historical scholarship and emphasized the importance of the voices of the ordinary people. Includes a new chapter present on memory and the self, more on historical interpretation and practical advice and more. Prefaces to both the first edition and second editions, model questions, index, ix, 314 pp. ISBN: 0-19-2192302.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 59812
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Tredree, H. L.
    THE STRANGE ORDEAL OF THE "NORMANDIER"

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - A story told 40 years later by the man who was the wireless radio operator on the tramp steamer, the Normandier, and one of the few survivors of this tragedy.

    Condition: VG+/VG (light overall edgewear to dj, faint price stamped on both front endpaper, and bottom edge of text block.)

    Book ID: 8917
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Ulam, Adam B.
    THE RIVALS: America & Russia Since World War II

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin Books, 1977.

    Condition: VG (pages slightly yellowed around edges)

    Book ID: 10761
    Keywords: History: World
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  • Wedgwood, C.V.
    The Great Rebellion: THE KING'S PEACE, 1637-1641.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1956. dj. Hardcover - Classic study of the period just prior to the overthrow and execution of Charles I, the first of several volumes dealing with the history of the 'Great Rebellion' or the English Civil War. Illustrated. Bibliographical note, index. 510 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 25266
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  • THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, by Weir, Alison.
    Weir, Alison.
    THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER,

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Ballantine, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A careful reconstruction of the events leading up to the murder of two boys - Edward V and his brother Richard of York - in 16th century England. 287 pages, including index and bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0-345-383729.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 44342
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  • Weit, Erwin
    AT THE RED SUMMIT: Interpreter Behind the Iron Curtain

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1973. Hardcover first edition - An account of high level Communist conferences by the official interpreter for Wladyslaw Gomulko for 13 years.226 pgs, index, photographs.

    Condition: NF/NF.

    Book ID: 8893
    Keywords: History: World
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  • THE CHAOS OF EMPIRE: The British Raj and the Conquest of India. by Wilson, Jon.
    Wilson, Jon.
    THE CHAOS OF EMPIRE: The British Raj and the Conquest of India.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Public Affairs / Perseus Books, (2016). First edition - A "dramatic revisionist history, [which] upends the carefully sanitized image of unity, order, and success to reveal an empire rooted far more in violence than in virtue, far more in chaos than in control. . . the Raj's institutions-from law courts to railway lines-were designed to protect British power without benefiting the people they ruled. This self-serving and careless governance resulted in an impoverished people and a stifled society, not a glorious Indian empire." Notes, bibliography. 549 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 71640
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  • THE FRACTURE ZONE: A Return to the Balkans. by Winchester, Simon.
    Winchester, Simon.
    THE FRACTURE ZONE: A Return to the Balkans.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The title comes from the following comment by Winchester: 'if the underlying crust of the earth in the Balkans is cracked and shifing along great fault lines, so the people of the Balkans are affectd by the faulty lines made by man.' Although written while the war in Kosovo was actually happening, this is not so much a book about the war as it is an intimate portrait of the area and the people painted during a time of war and conflict. It is also an attempt to understand what has led the region to violence - and the causes that will inevitably result in more violence in the…

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    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The title comes from the following comment by Winchester: 'if the underlying crust of the earth in the Balkans is cracked and shifing along great fault lines, so the people of the Balkans are affectd by the faulty lines made by man.' Although written while the war in Kosovo was actually happening, this is not so much a book about the war as it is an intimate portrait of the area and the people painted during a time of war and conflict. It is also an attempt to understand what has led the region to violence - and the causes that will inevitably result in more violence in the future. Includes some suggestions for further reading. 255 pp, map endpapers. ISBN: 0-06-0195746.

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    Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy but with lower corners bumped)

    Book ID: 51758
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  • KRAKATOA: The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883. by Winchester, Simon
    Winchester, Simon
    KRAKATOA: The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An examination of the world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano - Krakatoa - which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Maps. Illustrated. Suggestions for further reading, index. xvi, 416 pp. ISBN: 0-066212855.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 78042
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  • Wolfe, Bertram D.
    THREE WHO MADE A REVOLUTION: A Biographical History (2 volume set.)

    Edition: Trade paperbacks.

    New York: Times Inc, (1964.). Introduction by Allen Dulles, who comments that this book does not deal with 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia, but rather with how Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin used their years of exile and underground activity to prepare themselves for the coming revolution. Includes editor's preface and author's introduction. Illustrated with photographs. Sources, pronunciation guide and index in Volume 2. Vol 1: 420 pp; vol 2: 413 pp.

    Condition: Very good in stiff illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name, small piece missing on lower corner of front cover of volume 1.)

    Book ID: 30272
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  • Woodham-Smith, Cecil.
    THE REASON WHY.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. Hardcover - Fascinating history of the Crimean War and the story behind the battle immortalized by Tennyson's poem: 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' - 'Theirs not to reason why / Theirs but to do and die.' The first full account of this symbolic battle. Woodham-Smith's second book, one which came naturally out of her first one, the landmark biography of Florence Nightingale. Sources, index. 287 pp.

    Condition: Very good (prev owner's name), no dj.

    Book ID: 15753
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