History from Books of the World

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, February 2023. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, top edge slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright, slight wear to top edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 473 pages. This is the story of the next great power rivalry: the struggle to control… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Facts On File, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright with a short tear at spine head. Not from a library. 240 pages. Illustrated in color. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.

New York: Random House, September 2012. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 639 pages. A masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Macmillan, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition / first printing (stated). Very Good book in a Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Jacket has tears and creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 621 pages.

Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1965. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering in red title bands and boxes to spine and front cover. No ISBN in book. A Very Good in a Good Jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound, ends bumped. Jacket clean with edge wear and chipping. Not from a library.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: St. Martin's Griffin / Thomas Dunne, August 2010. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. Lightly tanned, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kaunas, Lithuania: Naujasis Lankas, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages. A collection of memories of sixteen Lithuanians, exiled to Siberia in their infancy or childhood - young victims of Stalin's genocide. 327 pages.

New York: Random House, June 2008. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light tanning and slight reading wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages. Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Basic Books, April 2003. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked. Spine ends bumped. Reading wear to edges. No tears or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxix+392 pages. Illustrations, maps.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, June 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 349 pages. The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story. This is… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Vintage, April 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 384 pages. When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 340 pages. Winner of the National Book Award. A vivid and gritty piece of forgotten history.

New York: Popular Library, 1973. Mass Market Paperback. No additional printings listed. "FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK" noted on back cover. Very Good-. Creases to cover and spine. Interior unmarked but tanned. No ownership or library markings. Not clipped. 505 pages. Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, these are the articles that Hunter S. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone magazine while covering… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Basic Books, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 337 pages. Contents: Two worlds -- The "pearl and the gold" -- Smith's epic -- Innocence lost -- "Virginea Britannia" -- War and retribution -- Redeeming Pocahontas -- For "The good… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, June 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 317 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A former professor of Greek at Yale University, Wills painstakingly deconstructs Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and discovers heavy influence from… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Assouline, 2023. Hardcover. Pictorial linen over boards. New in original shrinkwrap. 240 pages. 9.8 x 10.9 x 1.3 inches. 3.75 pounds. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. A lavishly illustrated exquisite coffeetable book from Assouline that accompanies George C. Wolfe's film "Rustin" produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground. Bayard Rustin is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clipped, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxiii + 509 pages. This secret policeman's memoir contains explosive material. The atomic bomb secrets… Saber más sobre este artículo

Universal City, California: Universal Pictures, 2018. Five-volume Paperback Set in Thick Pictorial Board Slipcase. New in original shrinkwrap. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. 11.5 x 9.4 x 2 inches. Six pounds. Heavy item: Large extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Contents: Book One : The Mission : Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay Book… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Penguin, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight with a light crease. Covers clean with reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 592 pages. The definitive biography of Malcolm X, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Reaktion Books, September 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 136 pages. The authors recount the history of chocolate, which from ancient times has been associated with sexuality, sin, blood, and sacrifice. The… Saber más sobre este artículo