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Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. viii, 232. Notes, references, index. HARDCOVER, blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Three case studies are explored: the Tianammen Square massacre, East Timor's violent modern history, and the circumstances of Indigenous Australians. A volume in the New Approaches to Conflict Analysis Series. P-2

New York, Berghahn, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 401 plus 5 pages of publisher's advertisements; index. HARDCOVER, sand cloth lettered in metallic red, without dust-jacket as issued. ~ FIRST EDITION. Religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. This selection of essays examines the intersection between religion and state-organized murder in the case of the Armenian, Jewish, Rwandan, and Bosnian genocides. It studies the religious aspects of modern genocide and the manner in which religion has taken a position ion mass killing. A volume in the Studies on War and Genocide Series. With a Conclusion by Ian Kershaw. Q-3

Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xxii, 336. Plus 6 unnumbered pages of maps and 15 unnumbered pages of illustrations. With text figures comprising of one double-page map, 6 full-page maps, 20 illustrations, many full-page. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers. In a very good condition, fine interior. - - FIRST EDITION. The first comprehensive history of the Canadian Inuit. Formerly in the University of Rochester Library, with armorial bookplate to that effect. Z-4 OUT

Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xxii, 336. Plus 6 unnumbered pages of maps and 15 unnumbered pages of illustrations. With text figures comprising of one double-page map, 6 full-page maps, 20 illustrations, many full-page. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Pictorial wrappers. BRAND NEW. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first comprehensive history of the Canadian Inuit. P-2

Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Royal 8vo. Pp. 236. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, grey cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket. Review copy (with publisher's stamps to prelims.) Unused. ~ FIRST EDITION. Examines the more subtle form of slave resistance that caused considerable consternation among slaveholders - that of insolence. A volume in the Studies in Rhetoric/Communication Series. P-2

East Lancing, Michigan State University Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Octavo. Pp. 150. Plus photographs. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. P-2

Nashville, Vanderbilt university Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 218. Notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. W-5

Kent, Kent State University Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 304. Illustrated. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, cloth with dust-jacket. A brand new copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. ISBN 0873387457 ISBN 0 87338 745 7 Q-5

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xii, 320. With 19 halftone illustrations (some full-page), 4 tables; notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, half cloth, lettered in silver, without dust-jacket as issued. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first book to explore the Women's Awakening Project in Iran. Drawing on a combination of archival data, oral history, diplomatic sources, and contemporary press reports, the book focuses on the relationship between the Iranian state and its female citizens. It examines the links between state policy, popular culture, and individual memory, and provides crucial background for understanding the current debate between hard-liners and reformers in Iran. P-2

Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 229. Notes, index. HARDCOVER, cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. In his revisionist appraisal of Mao, Feigon argues that the Chinese leader was misunderstood and misinterpreted by Western public. He was not a simple, uncorrupted populist hero, nor a ruthless evil, he suggests. P-2

Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 2003. Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. xiii, 403. Set in two columns. Line-drawn illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, black cloth, spine lettered in copper, with pictorial dust-jacket. ~ First English edition. Translated from the Spanish by Michel Besson. A volume in the Mesoamerican Worlds Series. Q-6

Cambridge, Polity Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 198. With frontispiece, head-pieces; sources and bibliography, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Studies a neglected side to Napoleon Bonaparte, that of the novelist and man of letters. The book demonstrates how this aspect of the Emperor's life actually provides the key to understanding it. P-2

Tokyo, Japan-Netherlands Society, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Vol. I. Two parts in one. Quarto. Pp. iii, 239; (ii), 219, 7. Plus large folding coloured lithograph map tipped-in at end. Japanese title-page at end of book. With numerous photographic illustrations throughout; Vol. II. Accompanying volume in Japanese. Plus 2 folding coloured lithographic maps tipped-in at end. With numerous photographic illustrations with facing tissue-guards. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's richly decorated full cloth, illustrations, ornaments and emblems on both sides and on spine, printed in several colours and heightened in silver and gilt, floral endpapers; hint of wear at foot of one spine. In about fine condition. Excellent set. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare complete set of both the English and the Japanese volumes. The Japan-Netherlands Society, under the Presidentship of Count Shigenobu Okuma, has been founded to promote better understanding between the two… Leer más

New York, Russell Sage, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. xiv, 398. Tables, charts, graphs. Appendix, notes, bibliographies, index. HARDCOVER, black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. For census 2000, the federal government made a historic decision to allow Americans to count themselves as members of more than one race. This decision, its origins, implementation, and consequences, is explored here by a panel of leading scholars. P-3

Washington, Brookings Institution Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xv, 256. Photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-5

London, Baldwin, Cradock, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. vii, (iii), 270, (1) Errata. HARDCOVER, rebound in neat blue full cloth, paper lettering-piece to spine, untrimmed, title-page bit dusty. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). 006-3

Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxii, 390. With numerous halftone and line illustrations and maps (some full-page) throughout, tables; bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, pale blue cloth, spine lettered in black, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Brings together the results of fifty years of studying the culture and ethnohistory of the Dene Indians of the Mackenzie River drainage of Canada western subarctic. Includes previously published essays, with updated commentary, as well as unpublished field notes, archival documents, essays and notes from contributors, and narratives by the Dene themselves. Richly, illustrated. P-2

Aldershot, Ashgate, 2001. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. BRAND NEW. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 554; x, 616. With numerous tables and figures throughout; introductions, notes, indices. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in green cloth, lettered in gilt. A brand new set, not yet traded. ~ A volume in The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government Series. This book brings together the most significant journal articles of the past decade, dealing with the key issues surrounding the collapse of communism in Europe and the ensuing change from communism to democracy. P-2

Kent, Kent State University Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Thick royal octavo. Pp. xv, 1085. Plates, illustrations to text. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, cloth, copper lettering. A most beautiful copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. 9780873388566 ST-5

Essen, Klartext, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Octavo. Pp. 309. Illustrations. Footnotes, index. HARDCOVER. ~ FIRST EDITION. ISBN 3898614565 ISBN 3 89861 456 5 Q-6