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Condition: Very good, slight edge wear, front cover abrbumping at spine, lacking the dustjacket. A brilliant biography of Lord Nelson. Warner perfectly balances Nelson's personal life with his Naval duties, extensively referencing the Admiral's own letters to various people, including his wife Fanny, Emma Hamilton and various Naval men.

First edition, illustrated. Condition: Near fine book, light edge wear, and tiny bumps at coners. This is a large book and may require additional postage. This captivating book examines the author's interest in sailing ships that span 3,000 years from the Bronze Age to present. In his extensive design career, Mudie became fascinated by the design and building standards he saw in… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition, illustrated. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, the dust jacket has light edge creases, slight crease at spine. This is a large book and may require additional postage. Photographs by Peter Christopher Retells the story of Columbus's first voyage, and uses the experiences gained by sailing a replica of the Nina to describe what that trip must… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition, illustrated. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, the dust jacket has light edge creases, slight crease at spine. This is a large book and may require additional postage. From the discoverer of the Titanic. Packed with stunning paintings and photographs of the Bismarck in 1941 and as she looks today, plus fascinating full-color maps and diagrams. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, light creasing at corners, small abrasions along spine. Well read. Lou Stathis, John Holstrom, Bram - editors. Articles on Negril, The Politics of Pot, a short story by John Shirley (Six Kinds of Darkness), Growing Guide - The Secret Garden.

Condition: Very good, slight loose spine, edge wear, light creasing at corners, small abrasions along spine, well read. Lou Stathis, John Holstrom, Bram - editors. Articles on Pink Floyd by Lenny Kaye, The Last Defense of LSD, Indoor Growing, Drug Tests, Son of R. Crumb.

Condition: Very good, slight loose spine, edge wear, light creasing at corners, small tears at top and bottom of spine, well read. Lou Stathis, John Holstrom, Bram - editors. Articles on 1988 The Year of Hashish, Grow Rooms of the Future, Aldous Huxley by Jay Stephens, Building the Biosphere, Hippie Punk, an interview with Red Kross, and more.

First edition, illustrated. Condition: Very good plus, in very good dust jacket, light edge wear, slight bumping at corners, light creasing at dust jacket edges. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage. The author traces the development of the sailing ship in war and peace. From sow Phoemician galleys to manoeuverable battleships bristling with cannon, and from Egyptian… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition, softcover, illustrated. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, slight crease at spine. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage. This lavishly illustrated profile of 18 of the greatest shipwrecks of our century is filled with intriguing accounts of lost treasure, dramatic sinkings, heroic feats of survival, and technically sophisticated salvage operations. 160 photos, many in… Saber más sobre este artículo

2nd printing, illustrated. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, slight scuffing on cover. B&w and colour photographs, cutaways, course maps, reproductions. A look at the racing history of the schooner Bluenose and at the life of the Bluenose II, an ambassador for Nova Scotia tourism.

First Edition Condition: Fine book in near fine dust jacket, very light edge wear on dust jacket. Poet, essayist, diarist, novelist, and diplomat, George Seferis brought about a revolution in the way people viewed his native Greece. Acclaimed for his thought-provoking lyric poetry, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. At the same time, he rose in the diplomatic… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition, illustrated. Condition: Very good plus, light edge creases and very faint wear on covers. A short history of Lake Champlain and the story of over 200 years of Lake Champlain ferry boats. Includes To Seize Control - The Conflicts Over Lake Champalin by Jerry P. Williams and Two Centuries of Ferry Boating on Lake Champlain by Ralph Nading Hill.

First edition, softcover, illustrated. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear, top corner has creasing and slight abrasions. This is a large, heavy book and may require additional postage. A comprehensive history and reference work in one volume, chronicling the development of world shipping. As well as describing advancements in shipping, the author has included a number of sea battles, which are… Saber más sobre este artículo

Condition: Near fine, light corner crease. What Now: Trunp's Next Steps issue with articles by Richard Haas, Elliott Abrams, Sejal Hathi, Bob Kocher, Alex Raskolnikov, Tim Kaine, Fred Hu, Michael Spence, Ely Ratner, Fred Krupp, Brian Deese, Peter R. NeumannYadin Kaufmann, Joe Klein, and others.

Condition: Near fine, very light corner crease. Present at the Destruction: Trump in Practice issue with articles by G. John Ikenberry, Philip Gordon, Matthew Kroenig, Jeff D. Cplgan, Robert O. Keohane, Douglas A. Irwin, Jami Miscik, Brian Winter, Ruchir Sharma, Suzanne Mettler, Robert F. Worth, Emily Parker, and others.

Condition: Very good plus, light spine crease, small abrasion at top of spine. Trump Time issue with articles by Walter Russell Mead, John Paulson, Eugene Rumer, Richard Sokolosky, Andrew S. Weiss, Susan Shirk, Hal Brands, Peter Feaver, Dana H. Allin, Steven S. Simon, John Delury, Jennifer Lind, Holly Harris, and others.

Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, light creasing at spine, light corner creases. The Future of the International System issue with articles by Richard Haas, Joserph S. Nye Jr., Robin Niblett, Michael J. Mazarr, Timothy F. Geithner, and others. Interview with Fatou Bensouda.

Condition: Near fine, very light spine crease. A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory… Saber más sobre este artículo

Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, light creasing at spine, light corner creases. The power of populism issue with articles by Fareed Zakaria, Michale Kazin, Sheri Berman, Pankaj Mishra, Ash Carter, Lawrnce D. Freedman, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and others. Interviews with John Kerry and Marine Le Pen.

Mariner Books, Boston, 2020. First trade paperback edition. Condition: New. The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples… Saber más sobre este artículo