Search Results: History, Biography, Memoirs from NEXUS BOOKS

Chicago, A.C. McClurg, 1910 First American edition. With 140 b.& w. photographic illustrations. Two corners slightly bumped and spine cloth a little age-dulled (inevitably), else a Near Fine copy in grey boards with white cloth spine..

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1996. First edition. A biography of the great American archaeologist Bandelier. Includes photographic illustrations, bibliography, sources and index. A Fine hardcover bound in full navy blue cloth lettered in gilt, in a Fine flawless dustwrapper. An "as new" copy..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. First edition, hardcover, 657 pages. Corner tips slightly bumped else a Near Fine copy: clean, firmly bound, no internal markings of any kind. In a Near Fine dustjacket with no tears or chips. A very nice copy..

Vancouver, British Columbia: Cane Press, 2003. Second, revised edition. Includes 36 pages of illustrations. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Dr. Astley Smith, Jamaican Consul, Vancouver, Kindest Regards, Trev Sue-A-Quan, 3 October, 2004." A Fine copy in brand new, unread condition. A very scarce book!.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. First edition, hardcover, 288 pages. A Fine copy in brand new condition: no internal markings whatsoever, a lovely clean, bright, unused copy. In a Near Fine dustjacket with very, very slight edgewear. Excellent..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover, BOMC issue (identical to trade edition). A Fine copy in brand new condition, in a Fine dustjacket..

Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1978. First edition, hardcover, 561 pages. Neat book-plate on front pastedown, else a Very Good condition copy in original navy blue cloth binding. No textual markings whatsoever: no underlining, no highlighting, no marginal notes. This is a deaccessioned copy from an academic library so has a small number in white ink at the heel of the spine of the book and jacket, and a very small inkstamp on top and bottom edges of the text block. There are NO library pockets, date labels or any other ex-library accretions (and the small number sequence at the bottom of the jacket spine is not very noticeable). In a Very Good dustjacket (now protected in a removable mylar sleeve). A nice copy of an extremely scarce book in hardcover..

Portland, Oregon: Feral House, 1994. First edition, softcover, illustrated with many black and white photographs. In Fine, "as new" condition: absolutely no flaws at all. Appears to be an unread copy, clean, bright and unmarked. Scarce thus.. New.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover, 488 pages. A Near Fine copy with no internal writing, underlining or highlighting, in a Near Fine dustjacket with just very slight edge wear. An excellent "nearly new" copy..

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. First edition, hardcover, 184 pages, plus numerous photographic illustrations and line drawings. The famous folklorist's magnum opus. A Very Good copy in original orange cloth, lacking dustjacket. The cloth is faded on the back board and spine, otherwise this is a nice firm, tight, clean copy..

London: Croom Helm, 1987. First edition. Hardcover, 235 pages. A Fine copy in brand new condition, in a Fine dustjacket. Uncommon: a hard to find book..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 2003. First edition, hardcover, 310 pages. Numerous photographic illustrations. A Fine, brand new copy in a Fine dustjacket..

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First edition. With numerous b.& w. photographs and maps. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..

London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Second edition. Softcover. A Fine, brand new copy.. New.

London: Temple Smith / St. Martin's Press, 1985. First edition, hardcover, 198 pages. Neat, interesting book-plate on front pastedown, else a VG+ to Near Fine condition copy in original black boards. No textual markings whatsoever: no underlining, no highlighting, no marginal notes. Paper is slightly age-darkened, otherwise this is a lovely copy. In a price-clipped VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. An excellent copy of an extremely scarce book..

New York: University Books, 1970. First University Books edition (this book was first published in 1883). A controversial thesis that the Earth was plunged into cataclysm in ancient times due to a comet passing close by. A Fine flawless hardcover bound in full black cloth, top edge red, no inscription or book-plate, no internal markings. In a lovely bright VG+ or better dustjacket with only very tiny edgewear. An excellent copy..

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. Completely revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. A VG+ copy: clean, bright and unworn, with no inscription or book-plate. Text completely unmarked. In a VG+ dustjacket, now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. An excellent copy; scarce in dustjacket..

Edmonton & Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1995. First edition, hardcover in blue cloth binding, 218 pages. A Near Fine condition copy in a VG+ dustjacket (a few short edge tears). No inscription or book-plate; no textual markings of any kind; a clean, bright, unworn copy. Jacket is now protected in a mylar sleeve. An excellent copy of a scarce, very hard to find book. Anna Procyk focuses on the nationality policy of the Volunteer Army and the Russian liberals who dominated its politics. Challenging the generally accepted view that the character of the White movement was primarily anti-Bolshevik or even restorationist, she shows how the concept of "one, indivisible Russia" was central to the Volunteer Army's ideology and identity and how it contributed to its failure. Dr. Procyk also challenges the view that the Volunteer Army's generals were reactionary monarchists and that they were primarily responsible for the White movement's failure. She… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1992. Reprint. Small cloth-bound hardcover in red dustjacket. A Near Fine (nearly new condition) copy: no internal markings, cloth binding is perfectly clean and unworn, gilt lettering bright. In a similar jacket: just slight wear at corner tips (jacket is now in a protective mylar sleeve). A very nice copy indeed..

London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. A Near Fine (i.e. nearly new condition) copy, bright and clean, completely unmarked, spine uncreased. A super copy..