Category: History
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Illustrated History of the Third Reich
By: Bradley, John
Price: $10.95
Publisher: NY, ©1978
Edition: (reprint)
Seller ID: 8NY026
"As new except for softening at top of spine. DJ as new except for 1/4"" rip on top edge. 256 pages (12.25 x9.5""), Glossary, Bibliography & Index, hundreds of black and white photos - most pages contain multiple photos." View more info
"American Attitudes Toward Japan, 1941 - 1975"
Price: $8.95
Publisher: "Stanford, CA/ Washington, DC", 1975
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 99H024
"Tight, bright, clean & square. Light rubbing to covers and a single faint crease on each cover. ""examines American perceptions of Japan and traces them from World War II to the present…contends that once stereotypes take hold, they can shape international events..."" 114 pages, 9x6"" (22.9x15cm)" View more info
The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing:
Seller ID: 9781634504027
"Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers"
Price: $7.50
Publisher: NAL Trade:
Seller ID: 9780451218391
"In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others...."They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne--the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who ... View more info
Will the soviet Union Survive Until 1984?
Price: $9.95
Publisher: NY, 1970
Edition: (1st American Edition)
Seller ID: 48T015
"As new except for sun fading of spine. Appears unread. ""a penetrating and balanced analysis of the structure of the Soviet Union(in 1970)"" by a Russian historian and playwright expelled from Moscow University in 1963 for political reasons. Spine slightly faded with small tear on bottom rear corner. Clean and tight. " View more info
"Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest"
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster:
Edition: 2
Seller ID: 9780743216456
As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In "Band of Brothers," Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Draw... View more info
"China, My Great Teacher"
By: "Anderson, Sid"
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Xlibris, 2005
Seller ID: 7-5T025
"As new - gift quality! Signed and inscribed by author. ""How you and China can learn and profit from the mistakes of the United States"" ""dedicated to Chinese students studying or proficient in English"" ""It's been said that there are more English learners in China than there are native English speakers in the whole world"" 126 pages." View more info
Dans Les Vastes Plaines Russes
Price: $13.95
Publisher: "Moscow, Russia", 1986
Edition: (2e)
Seller ID: 1NX002
"As new except for slight tilt and owner's name and date on first free page. Glossy photo covers. Livre de lecture avec commentaries en francais. Illustrated with maps and color photos. Introduction in French, text in Russian." View more info
Daily Life in Venice at the Time of Casanova (Original title: Venise au temps de Casanova) (Daily Life Series 18)
By: "Andrieux, Maurice (Mary Fitton, trans.)"
Price: $36.95
Publisher: NY, 1972
Seller ID: 21H002
"As new except that back flap of dust jacket has clipped bottom corner (not price clipped). Navy blue cloth with silver gilt titles. ""Venice in the latter half of the eighteenth century must have been the most joyful place on earth ' freer than anywhere of the idiocies of feudalism and superstition that still beset the rest of Europe'... "" 232 indexed pages" View more info
Germany and the Germans: The United Germany in the Mid-1990s; New Edition
By: "Ardagh, John"
Price: $6.95
Publisher: Penguin Books:
Edition: 3
Seller ID: 9780140252668
I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians
By: "Armstrong, Virginia Irving (compiler)"
Price: $4.95
Publisher: NY, 1972
Edition: (1st printing)
Seller ID: 92P005
"Tight, yellowed pages, clean, square. Reading crease on spine. A collection of the oratory of the American Indian from the 17th century to the present day" View more info
The Civil War at Charleston-Post Courier Booklet
By: "Arthur Wilcox, Warren Ripley"
Price: $3.00
Publisher: News and Courier/Evening Post:
Seller ID: B003XNP7N6
Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery
By: "Atkinson, Rick"
Price: $15.00
Publisher: National Geographic:
Seller ID: 9781426200892
Arlington National Cemetery spreads across the rolling hills west of the Potomac, a serene and reverent sanctuary for the presidents, soldiers, and heroes--famous and unsung alike--who lie in eternal rest among its green lawns and quiet glades, a roster dating back to America's birth and including many of the foremost names in our history. A national monument in the truest sense, Arlington's solemn beauty embraces a brave legacy--a heritage remembered and renewed every d... View more info
Napoleon III: La Conquete de Pouvoir
Price: $7.25
Publisher: "Paris, France", 1934
Seller ID: 4DT080
"Tight, yellowed, clean for age, faint flare. Faint edgewear, slight chipping to spine top. Text in French. Illustrations." View more info
Black Dog of Fate: an American Son Uncovers his Armenian Past
Price: $3.75
Seller ID: 9780767902540
The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced--the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million ... View more info
Hong Kong Voices
By: "Balke, Gerd"
Price: $149.95
Publisher: Hong Kong, 1989
Edition: (1st edition)
Seller ID: 28T010
"As new except for faint sticker shadow on back cover. ""In this collection of interviews with a cross-section of Hong Kong people, Gerd Balke has discovered a wide variety of opinions about the territory's future…"" 273 pages." View more info
Things Chinese
By: "Ball, J. Dyer (H. J, Lethbridge, intro.)"
Price: $21.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press: 1982
Seller ID: 7-5T024
" Tight, light age tanning to pages, light age soil to exterior page edges, square. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Crisp dust jacket which has shelfwear to top and bottom edges and a 1"" L-shaped rip which has been stabilized with clear tape on the inside. A ""dictionary of Chinese culture, society and history"" 766 indexed pages. 8.5x5.75x2.5""" View more info
Danmark 1940-1945
By: "Barford, Jorgen H. (Frihedsmuseet, photos)"
Price: $8.95
Publisher: "Copenhagen, Denmark", 1984
Seller ID: 4-DY014
"Danish, English, German & French text (in side-by-side columns). Tight, bright, clean and square but has chipping along edge of front cover. 80 pages with 55 black and white photos" View more info
The Fighting Ghettos (Original title: Seifer Milchamot Hagetaot)
By: "Barkai, Meyer (ed. & trans.)"
Price: $12.49
Publisher: "Philadelphia, PA", 1962
Edition: (1st English edition)
Seller ID: 4-8H007
"Tight, clean interior, faint foxing to exterior page edges, light age soil to cover edges, square. Map covers and endpapers. Slight softening and rubbing to spine ends. Owners name inside front cover. Dust jacket is present but soiled with a few tiny rips along edges. Originally publish in Hebrew in Tel Aviv in 1954 by the Ghetto Fighters House and Kibbutz Hammeuchad. ""Firsthand account of Jewish resistance to the Germans - Within the Ghetto Walls, In the C... View more info