Search Results: History/World from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

New York: BOMC (Arcata Graphics, Little Brown arrangement), (1992). Edited by Emily Morison Beck. Illustrated by Joan Paterson Kerr, selection (color reproductions in two sections), b/w text cuts, pull-out map (Erwin Raisz). First thus edition. c.1942. The American Past Series (BOMC). Blue cloth, illustrated eps, marking ribbon. 8vo. pp. xxviii, [2], 682, [4] colophon, Index, credits. Fine/In like jacket and slip case/No price in mylar. Introduction by Mauricio Obregon. Cloth slip-case with color paste-on of Columbus coat-of-arms. Beautiful gift edition, unread copy. Oversize..

New York: Times, Inc, (1966). Illustrated by Color & b/w photos & reproductions. First edition. Great Ages of Man series. Illustrated boards, quarter cloth. 4to. pp. 192. Near Fine/No jacket..

Tyringham, MA: Self Published, (1977). Illustrated by one 2page map. First edition. Yellow wraps. 12mo. pp. 172. Near Fine..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. Illustrated by Frontis and 27 ports (collated). First US (SD) edition. Royal cloth, uncut & unopened. Royal 8vo (24,5cm). pp. 433, [3]. Index. Very Good/No jacket. Lightly sunned spine, minor cover soil, caps chipped, two worn corner tips, internally fine: most sections unopened. Benjamin Franklin through Myron T. Herrick..

Boston: Western Islands, 1984. First edition. Blue cloth. 8vo. pp. 361. VG/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Light edgewear..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Illustrated by b/w map and [8] b/w photos from author's collection. First edition. Burgundy boards with gilt top emblem, black quarter cloth printed gilt spine. 8vo. pp. x, 342. Fine/Near Fine/Clipped price in mylar. Only flaw is clipped price. "The Story of a Chinese student's journey from boyhood to leadership in Tiananmen Square", Brandeis student at the time of publication. (Asian Studies)..

New York: MacMillan, April 1969. First edition. Stiff wraps. 8vo. pp. xlviii, 1183-1468, xlvix-cxii. Very Good. Articles: Goals of Italian Fascism by Edward R. Tannenbaum; Cities and the Election of 1928: Partisan Realignment? by Jerome M. Clubb and Howards W. Allen; The Study of United States History in the Soviet Union by N. N. Bolkhovitinov; Extensive book reviews..

: Wm. H. Wise, 1921 (V.1-7), 1924 (V.8). Illustrated by Port frontis. Uniform edition. [c.1883-96 author]. 8 volumes. Grey blind-stamped cloth impressed with torch pattern. Foolscap 8vo or 16mo (17cm). pp. 377, 453; 401, 395; 425, 463; 390, 404; 369, 377; 399, 444; 477, 487; 441, 538. Index. Fine/No jacket, as issued. Volume 1 has 2 bumped corners. Post at cost quoted to destination..

New York: Hill & Wang, 1990. First edition. Tan boards, red quarter cloth. 8vo. pp. xiv, 273. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. 15 essays from the Polish emigre periodical Kultura drawn from the last 20 years of its publications..

Springfield, IL: Templegate (Cahill & Co. for Clonmore & Reynolds), 1965. Illustrated by [8pp] b&w photograph centerfold. Stated revised [US] edition. c.1937 as Death in Dublin...c.1965 Dublin & London. Black cloth, red stopstain. 8vo. pp. xii, [2], 192. Index. Very Good/In like jacket/In mylar protector. Orange sticker over flap price; sunning and chipping to top edge of jacket. New author foreword..

: Octagon Books, 1982. Illustrated by b&w reproductions. First edition. Gray cloth. 8vo. pp. viii, 279. Near Fine/VG/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, closed tears..

New York: Viking Press, 1981. Illustrated by b&w maps and reproductions. First edition. Tan boards, brown quarter cloth. 8vo. pp. xii, 451. Near Fine/VG+/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, two shallow chips..

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. Bookclub edition. Red cloth. Small 8vo. pp. x, 462. Good/Good/No price in mylar. Edgewear to binding in worn faded jacket..

N.P. [Birkenhead, England]: N.P. [Polish Publications Committee], [1943]. Assumed first edition. Stapled wraps. 12mo (19cm). pp. 45. Sources. Very Good. Archival reinforcement, corner bump. Scarce. Part I Polish-German Boundaries, Danzig and East Prussia, Part II Polish-German Boundaries, Western Frontier; Selesia, Pomerania, Part III Eastern Boundaries of Poland with Soviet Russia, Historical Rights of Poland..

New York: Caratzas Bros., 1978. Translated by Sarah Arnold Rigos. Illustrated by b/w photos & maps. First English Language edition. c.1973, Paris as La Feu et la Hache...(Awarded Medaille D'or 1974). Navy cloth. 8vo. pp. xi, [3], 438. Photographs, Maps, Footnotes, Bibliography. Near Fine/VG/Unclipped price in mylar. Rubbed jacket..

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1960. Edited by Allan Evans and Howard M. Ehrmann. First edition. History of the Modern World Series. Blue decorated buckram. 8vo. pp. xvii, 553, xviii(index). VG+/No jacket..

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First edition. Red cloth. 8vo. pp. 278. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar..

New York: George Braziller, 1979. Illustrated by 2 maps. Stated First edition. Review slip laid in. Orange cloth. 8vo. pp. xvi, 426. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear..

London: William Smith, 1840. Illustrated by text engravings. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine and top emblem. Super Royal 8vo. pp. [2], xvi, 552. Index. Volume 2 only. Very good internally backstrip split and loose, requires rebacking..

New York: Viking Press, 1971. Illustrated by b&w photographs. First edition. Red cloth. 8vo. pp. 288. Near Fine/VG/Clipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, bottom cap rubbed..