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Los Angeles, CA: M & L Printing, 1968. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A bright, fine copy in a plastic book sleeve.. Light blue-white duodecimo chapbook; 15 pages, color illus. Introductory issue chapbook. || Published semi-monthly. || Politics; Armenian; United States.

Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 2002. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Barely worn folds of spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, light soiling to rear cover, light crease to front cover, else very good+.. Red octavo; xiii, 224 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. Contents: War and peace: when past and future became the now / Russell C. Leong, Don T. Nakanishi -- i. Worlds of crisis -- Oh, say, can you see? Post September 11 / Helen Zia -- Notes from a New York diary / Jessica Hagedorn -- Existing at the center, watching from the edges / Roshni Rustomji-Kerns -- War against the planet / Vijay Prashad -- Nothing to write home about / Amitava Kumar -- Today: September 11, 2001 / Russell C. Leong -- ii. Civil liberties and internment -- Thinking through internment: 12/7 and 9/11 / Jerry Kang -- Loaded weapon / Eric K. Yamamoto, Susan Kiyomi Serrano -- Pearl Harbor revisited / Frank Chin -- How does it feel to be a problem? / Moustafa Bayoumi -- What does danger… Read More

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very fine in very fine DJ; as new.. Small quarto in black and sepia tone photo illus DJ; xiv, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [661]-768) and index. "Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during the pivotal decade after World War II. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times, ranging from the Marshall Plan to the establishment of NATO. In a book filled with insight based on research in government archives, memoirs, letters, and diaries, historian Beisner illuminates Acheson's policy-making, describing how he led the State Department and managed his relationship with Truman. The book examines Acheson's major triumphs, including the highly underrated achievement of converting West Germany… Read More

México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1969. Primera ed. Paperback. Faint shelf wear else a very good (+) to near fine (-) copy. White duodecimo, 224 p. 17 cm. In spanish -- Ensaio Hispano-Americano -- Della Cruscans (English writers) -- Politics -- Social Science.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Crisp copy, slight dusting to top edge esle very good (+); price clipped DJ and some very minor wear thus very good (+). Octavo in a white DJ ; illus ; 22 cm. France -- Civilization -- History -- Oxford Press.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Crisp copy, slight dusting to top edge esle very good (+); some minor shelf to very good (+) DJ. Octavo in a white DJ ; illus ; 22 cm. France -- Civilization -- History -- Oxford Press.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. A fine, bright copy with subtle wear to spine head. Octavo in white DJ; xiii, 176 p, bib, 24 cm. France -- Foreign relations -- Europe.

Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1979. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Three small tears to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, faint scuff to spine foot folds, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good+ DJ.. Octavo in grey DJ; xiii, 238 p; 24 cm. Social Sciences; Psychology.

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2003. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head folds & foot folds, very gently bumped corners, few light marks to front board, else very good+ to near fine(-).. Blue-cloth octavo; xi, 273 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction / Joanne Meyerowitz -- In the wake of September 11: the clash of what? / Michael H. Hunt -- Damming Afghanistan: modernization in a buffer state / Nick Cullather -- A short history of anti-Americanism and terrorism: the Turkish case / Nur Bilge Criss -- Notes on the CIA's secret war in Afghanistan / John Prados -- Rescuing women and children / Emily S. Rosenberg -- A cultural history of the war without end / Melani McAlister -- The September 11, 2001, oral history narrative and memory project: a first report / Mary Marshall Clark -- "Anti-Americanism" in the Arab world: an interpretation of a brief history / Ussama Makdisi -- History in the Fundamentalist imagination / R.… Read More

New Delhi: UBSPD, 1996. 10th anniversary rev. & enl. ed. Paperback. Near Fine with faint edge wear; tight and clean within.. Octavo in green white and orange wraps; 329p,index. 10th anniversary rev. & enl. ed. || India -- Politics and government -- 1947-.

Bari: G. Laterza & figli, 1951. Paperback. Very Good(+) with light wear to wraps; tight and clean within. Octavo in offwhite wraps; 219 p., index. In Italian. Uncommon. Signature and inscription dated 1951 to front free endpaper, possibly by the author. Series: Libri del tempo || Italy ; Italie. Politics ; Pensée politique. Italie, Enseignement crise, 1946-1950. Italie, 1946-1950.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Schillinger Verlag Gmblt, 1995. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Sparse highlighting to mid section (p.75), else very good copy in a near fine DJ with protective mylar. Quarto in an illustrated DJ (black spine). Korea -- Civilization -- Pictorial works -- History.

Roma: G. Bertero, 1901. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. An unopened copy ; wraps mildly worn at edges ; top 1/4 of spine partly cracked ; else a tight and clean Very Good copy.. Quarto in offwhite printed wraps ; 94 p. ; 24 cm., bib. refs. In Italian. Uncommon. || Niccolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1782-1861. Arnaldo da Brescia.

Oxford: Blackwell, 1949. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Light spotting & wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, front DJ flap clipped at bottom, slightly sunned & worn fold to spine head & foot, front-bottom corner lightly bumped, top corners barely bumped, small edge-bump to front-side edge, faint spotting to front pastedown & front free endpaper, else very good in good+ DJ.. Octavo in blue DJ; 228 p; 21 cm. Politics. || Contents: The theory and its origins -- Hume -- from Hume to Bentham - - Jeremy Bentham -- The radical Utilitarians -- James Mill -- Utilitarianism and the classical economists -- John Stuart Mill -- The Utilitarians -- Apologies and corrections.

New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Mint, new in original unopened shrink wrap. Octavo in a black DJ ; xiv, 240 p. ; 22 cm. Opera -- Political aspects -- Politics -- History.

New York: Free Press, 2001. Third edition, first printing. Hardcover. A like new copy in a fine DJ. A large octavo in a cream color DJ ; xxvi, 549 p, index, appendix : b&w illus ; 25 cm. United States -- Politics and government -- Ronald Reagan -- History.

New York: Abrams, 1969. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very little wear & sunning & few spots to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light sunning to bottom edge & spine foot, else near fine(+) in very good DJ.. Folio in white DJ; 240 p, b&w illus & portraits; 36 cm. Contents: The national conventions : Miami Beach and Chicago -- The national conventions : Chicago and Miami Beach. || Politics; History.

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004. Instructor's ed., 3rd ed. Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy, a fine tight bright copy. Large white quarto ; xxxii, 701 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ; 29 cm. Instructor's edition // Sociology -- United States -- History -- Pluralism.

Paris: ECMT : OECD, 2000. Hardcover. Ex-library in custom binding ; never circulated. Usual markings.. Large quarto ; 91 p. ; 27 cm. Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Europe. Environmental impact analysis.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Hardcover. Mint; sealed in original shrinkwrap.. Octavo in blue multicolored DJ (red spine); xix, 335 p, illus, music ; 24 cm. Contents: 1.; "Historico-topographico-panoramic Inexactitudes" --; 2.; Sede Vacante: Rome without a Pope --; 3.; The Painter's Rome --; 4.; The Singer's Rome --; 5.; The Policeman's Rome --; 6.; Act One --; 7.; Entr'Acte --; 8.; Act Two --; 9.; Act Three --; App. 1.; Sardou's La Tosca and Puccini's Tosca: Plots and Parallels --; App. 2.; Libretto-making. || Church and state; Politics -- Italy -- Rome -- History.