Gaceta De Nicaragua
Managua: 1899. Newspaper. 2 folded pages, 40 cm. Ano IV. Managua, Miercoles 28 de Marzo de 1899 Num. 13. More
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Mankind United; a challenge to "mad ambition" and "the money changers" : accompanied by an invitation to the world's "sane" men and women
[Oakland, California]: International Registration Bureau (Pacific Coast Division of North America), 1938. Fourth edition. Paperback. Paperback turquoise octavo in stiff paper boards. Folded publishers letter pasted in. xiv, 313 pages ; 18 cm. Contents: Our early history and sixty successful years of secret service -- The world's hidden rulers --..... More
Maps and descriptions of routes of exploration in Alaska in 1898; with general information concerning the territory (Ten maps in accompanying envelope) ...
Washington, D.C. Printed in the Engraving and Printing Division of the United States Geological Survey, 1899. Paperback. Paperback quarto 138 pages ; 23 cm + 10 folded maps in separate cover 31 cm. Series: 55th Cong., 3d sess. Senate. Doc ;; no. 172; || Geology -- Alaska. Discoveries in geography..... More
Quick; News Weekly ; June 12, 1950
1950: Cowles Magazines, Inc., Des Moines. Paperback. Paperback white and red orange 12mo. 64 pages, b/w illustrations, 15 cm. Published weekly by Cowles Magazines, Inc. - Publisher of Look, Quick, Fair || "5 Ways to Avoid Sex Crimes"-front cover. || Arturo Toscanini: Miracle on Main Street || This Week's Biggest..... More
Welcome; to the University of California Berkeley, 1954-55
Berkeley: Associated Students, University of California, Berkeley, 1954. Paperback. Paperback octavo with blue cover. 80 pages, b/w illustrations, 23 cm. Contents: Introducing your university - Before you come to "Cal" - After you arrive - Your College Career - Special Services and Facilities - Campus Geography - University Regulations -..... More
David Crockett; his life and adventures
New York: Dodd & Mead, 1874. Presumed First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in decorated red cloth boards with faded gilt spine and gilt front cover. viii, [7]-350 pages : b/w frontispiece, plates ; 19 cm. Scarce || Series: His American pioneers and patriots; || Contents: Parentage and childhood -- Youthful..... More
Romano-British coin hoards
Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 2002. Paperback. White octavo, color illus to front cover, 72 pages, b&w illustrations, 21 cm. Although Britain has nothing of the Roman architecture left that once dominated the islands, there are many museums in which hoards of coins and precious objects can be viewed. Richard Abdy..... More
The penitente moradas of Abiquiú
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. Paperback. 123-167 pages illustrations 28 cm. Series: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology,; paper 63; [United States. National Museum] Bulletin ;; 250; || Moradas -- New Mexico -- Abiquiu. Moradas. More
El hombre de los ojos nuevos; ensayo
Córdoba: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 1960. First edition. Paperback. Octavo in orange printed wraps; 221p. Inscribed by author. / Uncommon / America; Civilization; History; Philosophy. . More
al-Nahar ; Harb al-Sanatayn 1975-1976
(Beirut, Labanon): al-Nahar, 1976. Hardcover. Folio in custom black boards. xvi, 356 pages: numerous b&w photos throughout ; 40 cm. 4.5lbs. In Arabic. Scarce. Reprint of selected issues of al-Nahar published between Feb. 27, 1975 and Nov. 15, 1976. / Newspapers. Journalism in Middle East. Lebanon -- History -- Civil..... More
Documentos escogidos del archivo de la casa de Alba :; Los publica la duquesa de Berwick y de Alba, condesa de Siruela
Madrid: N.P., 1891. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. White octavo; xxiii, 610 p; 23 cm. In Spanish. || Spain; History. || Contains documents from the 15th-18th centuries, with an appendix of selections from the 11th-14th centuries. More
Memorial histórico por la ciudad de Logroño ;; Ed., prólogo y notas de José Simón Díaz ; Biblioteca de libros riojanos; Textos. 2.
1953: Inst. de estudios riojanos, Logroño. Paperback. Medium octavo in printed wraps; xxix, 223p; b/w plates; notes, index. In Spanish. Rioja, Spain ; España; Local History. More
Comentários de Afonso de Albuquerque. Tomo I, Partes I e II.; com prefácio de Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão.
Lisboa: Impresa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1973 (1774). 5a. ed. Facsimiile reprint ed., with new preface. Hardcover. Volume 1 only of two: xxvii, 385p, frontis.,ill., folded map ; 22 cm; bibliographical references. Uncommon. // "Conforme a 2a ed. de 1576", of which the 1774 ed. is here reprinted." Text in Portuguese..... More
Akhenaten, King of Egypt
New York, N.Y. Thames and Hudson, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto in off-white DJ, 320 pages, b&w illustrations, 26 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. More
Radio Daily Presents The 1950 Radio Annual
New York, N. Y. Radio Daily Corp. 1950. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto in brown cloth boards. 1280 pages, color illustrations, 24 cm. Uncommon. || News, radio, broadcasters. Television. Channels. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**. More
Atlanta from the Ashes
Atlanta, Georgia: Ruralist Press, 1928, 1929. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. Octavo in black cloth with gilt titles; illus., maps; 163 pp., 22 cm. In English. Limited edition #6863 presented to author and housing planner, Dr. John M. Gries, "One of those to whom this book is dedicated with the..... More
The Society of California Pioneers; centennial roster
[San Francisco]: The Society, 1948. Commemorative ed. Paperback. Paperback quarto in felt paper covers. 134 pages : b/w illustrations ; 24 cm. Societies. Membership requirements. History. More
Histoire de Baalbek
Beyrouth [Beirut]: Imprimerie Al-Igtihad, 1921. Fourth edition. Paperback. Small Octavo in grey-green self-wrappers; viii, 168 p., [5] leaves of bw plates : p., ill. ;, 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Text in French. Phoenicia; Ancient Near East; Lebanon. More
Ciudad de Mexico inolvidable = Unforgettable Mexico
Leon, Spain: Editorial Everest, [1995]. Hardcover. Brown leather oblong quarto in blue-white slipcase; 237 p, color illus ; 23 x 29 cm. In Spanish. || Mexico City (Mexico) -- History; Travel. More
The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation; From the Louisiana Purchase to Today
Washington, D.C. National Geographic, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in blue boards in blue and black illus. paper wraps (black spine); 273 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, facsims.; 24 x 29 cm. Signed by David Brinkley; Photographs by Sam Abell; **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may..... More
How sturdy an oak; a centennial history of Live Oak Lodge, no. 61 ;; Free and Accepted Masons in California.
Oakland, Calif. 1954. Hardcover. Large octavo/small quarto in bright blue cloth with gilt titles; 181 p. illus., ports. 27 cm. A lovel copy. Several intersting photoso in b/w of Oaklamnf architecture. || Freemasons. Oakland, California. Live Oak lodge, no. 61. More
Frontier Guide to Enchanted Banff and Lake Louise
Calgary: Frontier Publications, 1968. Staplebound. Octavo in orange stapblebound matte pictorial wraps; b/w illus., maps.; 64 p., 22 cm. Very scarce. || Series: Frontier book No. 10. More
The German enigma; the elitist tradition in German literature
New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 1st ed. Hardcover. Small Octavo in Black boards w/ Red illustrated DJ: xx, 225 p. ; 21 cm; includes biblio and index. German literature -- History and criticism. Nationalism in literature. Nationalism -- Germany. Geographic: Germany -- Intellectual life. . More
Das österreichische Jahrhundert : Die Donaumonarchie 1804-1918
Wien: Molden, 1974. Hardcover. Medium 4to in illsu full-color DJ; 399 p. : illus. (some col.); bibliographical references , index.; maps ; 28 cm. Text in German // Austria -- History -- 1789-1900. Austria -- History -- 1867-1918. More
The United States in our own time: A history from reconstruction to expansion being an extension of "The history of the last quarter century"
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1903. Hardcover. Octavo in black cloth with gilt titles; 961 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, map, facsimile 24 cm.; a very sturdy book with tight binding; cloth is lightly to heavily rubbed at different parts along the edges; pages 729-750 have a closed tear..... More