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London, UK: Pimlico, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. London, UK: Pimlico, 2005. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2006. Black and white in-text photographs. Clean, unmarked, gently used book, with just a touch of wear to cover edges. Caroline Elkins researched for eight years what happened in Kenya's detention camps, interviewing several hundred Kikuyu survivors of the British camps and unearthing documents, to help understand just what went on in Kenya. A few years after the defeat of Hitler in WWI there was an armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Britain's Gulag reveals what happened inside Kenya's detention camps, as well as the efforts to conceal the truth. Extensive Notes, Bibliography, Index. 475 pages. 8vo. 2005, Pimlico, London, UK. (First published in Great Britain by JonathanCape 2005. This Pimlico Edition 2005.

California: Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Publisher: Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA.,2009. 7th Edition. Large Softcover Book in Very Good Condition. Illustrations, diagrams, photographs. xii, 436 pages. 9.25 x 7.25 x 1.5". Touch of wear to corner tips. Some of first 25 pages have neatly highlighted sentences, paragraphs, otherwise, clean, unmarked, solid and square volume. Field Methods in Archaeology has been the leading source for information on field work for archaeoloy instructors and students since it was first authored in 1949 by the legendary Robert F. Heizer. An authoritative overview of the variety of methods used in the field--research design, survey and excavation strategies, conservation of artifacts, and laboratory analysis. 2009, Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1983. Third Printing. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Map of the Nez Perce Campaign-1877 on endpapers. Photographs are reproduced from originals in the L. V. McWhorter Collection. Frontis: Portrait of Yellow Wolf. Over 45 b/w illustrations. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt titles, stain to top edge of text block otherwise very clean and unmarked; front cover lifts up a little from the text block at the fore edge. Tight and solid binding, sharp corners. Internals are As New. The story of the last great Indian War in America, the Nez Perce Indian War, 1877. Yellow Wolf, who survived the war, decided to narrate the hitherto unrevealed story of Indian strategy and policy in that conflict and his friend, scribe, and commentator in this task was Lucullus V. McWhorter who spent his entire life in the study of Indian history and lore. Yellow Wolf, last great Nez Perce warrior, reveals the entire history of the… Leer más

Brassey's US, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Fine red half cloth, black titles with navy boards; tight, solid and square, sharp corners; internals pristine. "In Embassies Under Siege, eyewitnesses present nine representative crises in vivid detail, examining the recurring challenges posed to diplomatic missions. The authors, all career Foreign Service officers, provide more than just frightening firsthand accounts of vulnerable people facing great peril. They also suggest useful lessons for protecting diplomatic personnel abroad." (from the jacket) 8vo. 192 pages. Notes and Index. 1995, Brassey's US.

Boston, Massachusetts: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Publisher: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. First Edition. Ezra Pound, Expatriate American Poet and Critic, 1885-1972. Hardcover, Fair Condition. No Jacket. Beige paper boards lightly soiled, lightly bumped corners, backstrap intact but loose except for being attached on lower rear side about half way. It is darker than the front cover, title visible in brown. Pages are rough cut, tanned, completely clean and unmarked. Pages 7-8 loose from binding. 84 Pages. Notes. 4.5 x 7". 1910, Small, Maynard and Company, Boston, MA.

Library of America, 2017. Hardcover. As New/As New. 5x2x8. Two Volumes: 1938- 1959 and 1960-1992. Boxed set As New. Edited and introduced by Ann Beattie, these volumes bring together for the first time all 59 stories Peter Taylor (1917-1994) published in his lifetime. He was an American novelist, short-story writer and playwright who wrote about the American South. Fine tan linen binding with gilt-bordered red title panel on spine, tan ribbon page marker, sewn binding. Taylor's stories transform the tragedies and triumphs of his mid-century Southerners into timeless, universal fiction, in the manner of Chekhov or Henry James. He writes unflinching about social change in the South, encounters between blacks and whites, white employers and black servants, women and the extreme measures that had to take in male-dominated world, class illusions, the Old South, etc. 1650 pages. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. Library of America, 2017.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback 1900 Charles Scribner Edition in Good Condition. Volume XII of The Works of Eugene Field. Eugene Field (1850-1895) was a poet, a newspaperman and a prankster who was reportedly expelled from three colleges for his practical jokes. He wrote about the idiocies of his times, Chicago philistines, and also sentimental poetry "by the foot" and childrens' verse, such as "Wynken, Blinken, and Nod" and "Little By Blue". In original forest green cloth with bright gilt titles and decoration on front and spine. Very clean with slight wear to some extremities, faint wrinkling to cloth at upper corner, one whitish dot on front. Tight, solid and square binding. Top edge gilt. Rough cut on fore-edge and lower edge. Former owner bookplate on pastedown. Tissue guarded frontis, red letters on tissue. Damp stain on upper corner of endpapers and some pages, otherwise pages quite clean,… Leer más

Random House, 1984. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House 1984 Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 448 pages. 9.5 x 7.5". 1984 copyright, 9th printing. Time to bake bread, not just any bread but the "true staff of life, whole-grain bread"--a chancy business! The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book takes you by the hand and leads you through the process so that you can achieve superb results--beautiful delicious, healthful bread There are no marks on clean, illustrated pages. There is a damp stain on the lower edge of the text block that also appears on the lower edge of the half title and the title page. Slight wear to the cover edges, solidly bound. 1984, Random House.

New York, New York, USA: William Sloane Associates, 1951. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Five Volume Boxed Set. First Printing in this form. A Series presenting critical and biographical appraisals of the men who have most influenced and contributed to the development of American Literature. All Five Hardcover Books in Near Fine Condition. No jackets, as issued. Blue cloth binding w/silver titles. They are clean, unmarked, no edgewear, tight and solid sewn binding, square with sharp corners., rough cut. All internals are Fine. Spines are faintly sunned. Slipcase is two-toned grey, corners and edges scuffed, intact with all corners tight. 5.75 x 8.6 inches. 1951, William Sloane Associates Publisher, New York, New York, USA

London, England: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Hamlyn Publishing Group, Second Impression, 1988. First published 1987. Hardcover Quarto in Very Good Condition. Internals in Fine Condition. No Jacket. Lavishly illustrated with colour and monotone illustrations on nearly every page. Laminated illustrated cover is clean and bright, slight wear to front edge of spine head and heel; corners bumped, lightly scuffed; light imperfection to upper front corner of cover. Front cover illus: The Jack-in-the-green, a May Day custom of English city sweeps in the 18th & 19th centuries. Back cover illus: Corn dolly from Montenegro Horniman Museum. Here are the persistently recurring thought-patterns, beliefs and stories, which for centuries shaped the European peasant's outlook--from Britain, France, Greece and Germany to Russia and Scandinavia. This folklore is "mythology" in that it is concerned with supernatural forces as real entities in the… Leer más

London, England: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Hamlyn Publishing Group, Second Impression, 1988. First published 1987. Hardcover Quarto in Near Fine Condition. Internals in Fine Condition. No Jacket. Lavishly illustrated with colour and monotone illustrations on nearly every page. Laminated illustrated cover is clean and bright, slight wear to front edge of spine head and heel is the olny defect, else fine. Front cover illus: The Jack-in-the-green, a May Day custom of English city sweeps in the 18th & 19th centuries. Back cover illus: Corn dolly from Montenegro Horniman Museum. Here are the persistently recurring thought-patterns, beliefs and stories, which for centuries shaped the European peasant's outlook--from Britain, France, Greece and Germany to Russia and Scandinavia. This folklore is "mythology" in that it is concerned with supernatural forces as real entities in the everyday world. Printed in… Leer más

USA: Macmillan Co,, 1953. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Five Hardcover Volumes in Good Condition. Third Edition with new material 1927. Reissued 1935 This is the Eighteenth Printing, 1953. 96 plates in colour and black & white. These volumes explore in detail the structure and peculiarities of the music of the musicians herein, of the nature and history of the instruments on which the music is performed, and of the biographies and characteristics of its composers--of all such particulars that may throw light on the rise, progress and present (when written) condition of the ART OF MUSIC. Ex-High School Library Volumes. Lib card and stamps on endpapers and text edges, numbers on spine. Binding of clean dark green cloth with gilt imprinted Lyre on the front of each volume, gilt titles and decoration on spine. Volumes are generally clean and tight. Boards are in generally good shape. Clean, some corners bumped with some fraying. Vol I: spine head has small… Leer más

Emerson, Canada: Emerson Journal, 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Signed by Author. Signed by Author with Inscription and Notation on fIrst page. A book about Emerson, Manitoba, Canada. The notation reads: "Just so you will not forget Emerson-How could you!!!" signed by Isla Masterson. Then there is a notation. : "Overlook mistakes please-only the first little bit was ever proofread. In printing in a hurry these mistakes were not corrected." Signed I.M.-author's initials. A yellow paperback pamphlet with slight wear, pages clean and unmarked. B/w photographic illustrations. An historical sketch of the first settlers in the area, the Hudson Bay Company, Railroad, business development, the people, churches, customs, river traffic, etc. An interesting look at a unique area of Canada. "Originally collected by the Women's Institute in 1928; that typescript compilation revised and brought up to date for 1950 publication.… Leer más

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. E.P.Dutton, New York, New and Revised Edition. 1923. Fifth Printing, 1930. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 162 pp. 8 vo. Very nice clean and solid nearly 100 year old book. A delightful tale of two women founding, opening, and operating one of the first bookstores in the U.S. owned by women. Golden brown cloth boards with paper title/author label affixed to spine and upper front cover, corners and spine ends are scuffed, a nick to the lower edge of the front cover, rubbed down spine edge. Sewn binding is tight and solid. Fore-edge and lower edge rough cut. Front endpaper has a green squiggle. Pages age toned but not much, very clean, no markings, no creases or tears. A nice overall clean and solid copy of a delightful book. 1923. E. P. Dutton.

Clermont-Ferrand, France: Michelin & Cie, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Published Under the Patronage of The Minister of Public Education & Fine Arts & The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Orange hardcover binding is clean, silver titles, sunned along spine edge, rounded corners darkened, upper corner scuffed, spine backstrap damaged, torn. Internals quite clean and unmarked, sewn binding tight, solid. Red ribbon page marker. Illustrated paste-down. On front endpaper: Memorial Fund to the Defenders of Verdun Document. Rear endpapers with advertisements for Michelin maps. Four hundred thousand Frenchmen died for their Country on the battlefields of Verdun. This guide takes you to these battlefields, with descriptions of the origins and political history, chief military events, each battle described in action and importance--all fully illustrated with maps, historic photographs--on every page. 176 pages. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 1931,… Leer más

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Second Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 656 pages. Black cloth with blue metallic titles to spine, very clean, tight, solid volume, pages spotless, no creases, no marks of any kind. Text block fore-edge has a couple of very pale small spots. This is the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. So who are the Inklings? For three decades C. S. Lewis (1889-1963) and J.R.Tolkein (1892-1973) and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings which met every week in Oxford rooms and pubs to discuss literature, religion, and ideas; to read aloud from works in progress; to take rambling philosophical walks n nearby woods and fields; to provide companionship and criticism--and , in the process, rewrite the cultural history of their times. 9.4 x 6.25 x 1.75 1inches. 656 pages. Notes,… Leer más

London, England: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, 1908. Hardcover. Fair. 24mo - over 5 - 5?" tall. Publisher: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1908. First published in 1907 by Alden & C0., Ltd., Bocardo Press, Oxford. Hardcover Retired Library Book in Fair Condition. No jacket. Sixty Reproductions of Photographs with Brief Descriptions. 5.5 x 4". 68 pages. Green cloth binding with bright gilt titles to spine, corners and spine ends scuffed, edges rubbed. Library marks on endpapers. Sewn binding. Hinge cracked. All pages present. Pages 15-18 loose from binding, otherwise all other pages intact. From the Art Department: This little booklet is offered as a slight souvenir of a city whose beauties might well afford for a thousand artistic pictures. The selection comprises only a few examples of various types-architectural and picturesque.

New York and London: Groscup and Sterling Company, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Groscup and Sterling, New York and London, 1901. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. CLASSIC FRENCH 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE. Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, novelist and playwright, was one of the world's most notable writers in European literature and one of the founders of realism in European literature. His magnum opus was a series of almost 100 novels collectively called "La Comedie Humaine", which provide a portrait of all aspects of French society in the years after Napoleon's fall in 1815. He is known for his very human and realistic characters. Definitive Library Edition, Volume XXIX. This edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies for America. This is copy No. 202. Translated by Ellen Marriage. Edited, with a General Introduction and Preface by George Saintsbury. Many unopened pages (the leaves untrimmed on the fore-edges and… Leer más

Viking Penguin, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9. Viking/Penguin Group 1988, First Printing of First Edition Hardcover Quarto and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 628 pages. Over 6 lbs shipping weight. Captions by Julie FensterBlue quarter cloth with gilt titles, ivory parchment cloth over boards-two tiny specks to ivory cloth. Solid, square, tight, sewn binding. Internals as new. B/w and color historical photographs on nearly every page--more than 500 beautiful images and custom maps, from the first primitive maps outlining a new world to faded daguerreotype of young men in uniform, hopeful immigrant families arriving at Ellis Island, to stirring photographs of civil right marchers, and the Oklahoma City bombing. And includes paintings, sketches, etchings and engravings. Professor Brinkley's lucid writing and wit make this an outstanding book for both the history buff and the scholar. A Herculean treatise presenting a detailed, accurate, and fascinating account… Leer más

Chicago, Illinois-London: The University of Chicago Press-Cambridge University Press, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Chicago, Illinois-London: The University of Chicago Press-Cambridge University Press, 1959 First Edition. CR Page stated published 1959. No additional printings stated. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with the original pictorial Dust Jacket. 8vo. B/w collection of photographs, drawings, and historical woodcuts showing the tools, techniques, early instances of dowsing, and cross-sectional views contrasting the dowsers explanation of groundwater with the geologists' analysis. Blue full cloth boards are clean and unmarked with bright blue titles to spine and divining-rod on front. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Sewn binding tight, solid and square. Former owner name on endpaper. Pages in Fine Condition. Vintage dust jacket is clean, rubbed, with chipping to spine head and heel. Protected in archival sleeve. The magical, non-scientific practice of… Leer más