World History from Schroeder's Book Haven

New York: Co-operative Publication, 1901. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 510 pages. A history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to nineteen hundred. Ten inch by fourteen inch full-color folding map is tipped in. Black cloth-covered boards with red and white oak leaf and maple leaf design on front. Dull gilt title on spine with… Read more

New York: Basic Books, 1997. Reprint. . Paperback. VG/Wraps. 223 pages. Asks what should be America's global strategy for maintaining its exceptional position in the world. Maps, charts, index. VG/Wraps. Tight, no reader crease, no marks. Small coffee stain on lower foredge. Item #: E3669.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 563 pages. Describes the evolution of craft work into wage-earner factory work during the industrial revolution. 529 pages plus 34 pages of references and index. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Good/No Jacket. Binding and hinges very firm. Several instances of underline in one chapter. Small owner bookplate.… Read more

London: George Bell & Sons, 1909. Revised ed. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 448 pages. An introduction by Edward Armstrong, index. Green cloth-covered boards with blue title on spine. Good/No Jacket. Firm sewn binding, no name or marks. Spine ends softened. Silverfish whitened spots on the spine. Item #: E3681.

New York: Routledge, 2000. 1st Am. ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 363 pages. Essays on the work of historians from around 450 BC to modern times. Grey hardcover with black title on spine. VG/No Jacket. Scattered margin check-marks and pencil underline. No owner name. Tight with square corners. An inch long crescent torn off the edge of the… Read more

Chicago: Dominion Company, 1898. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Light green cloth-covered boards with red, navy, and gilt illustrations and titles on front and back. This is a salesman sample with titlepage, contents, list of illustrations, some pages from the beginning of each chapter, b/w photos and maps. Lined pages in the rear to record names/addresses of… Read more

Adamant Media Corp., 2005. Reprint. . Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 387 pages. An unabridged facsimile of the 1897 edition published by Cambridge University Press. Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. Item #: E3604.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2014. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 293 pages. History of the development of six key technologies of modern life. Fine/Fine. No indication of use or handling. Item #: E3618.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 48 pages. Greek myths interpreted for young readers, and illustrated with color photos of carvings, paintings, and decorations. Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no marks. Item #: E3567.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of A, 1978. 1st ed. . Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 80 pages. Story of saving the ancient temple from flooding by the Aswan Dam, and its acquisition and reconstruction by the Metropolitan Museum. Stapled magazine format. Color and b/w photos throughout. Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, no marks. The only sign of wear is small corner bend… Read more

Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1975. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 396 pages. One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University. Useful to military and other personal for a description of government, culture, and land of a nation. Folding maps. Bibliography, glossary, and index. List of published Area Handbooks. Dark green cloth-covered… Read more

Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1974. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 266 pages. One of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University. Useful to military and other personal for a description of government, culture, and land of a nation. Folding maps. Bibliography, glossary, and index. List of published Area Handbooks. Dark green cloth-covered… Read more

St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1892. Revised ed. . Hardcover. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. 633 pages. Four books in one, each numbered separately, for a total of 633 pages. Historical overviews of areas in Asia, the Middle East, Egypt and the Mediterranean, plus Scotland. Black pebble-cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. All edges are marbled. 1892 printing… Read more

New York: Scribners, 1902. Reprint. . Hardcover. X-Lib Good+/No Jacket. 342 pages. Seven papers on many aspects of India...religion, social and cultural issues, poetry and language. Very dark blue-green cloth-covered boards with gilt seal on front and gilt title on spine. X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Former library copy, typical stamps & marks. Binding firm, minor separation near front hinge,… Read more

London: Pearson, 2003. Reprint. . Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 234 pages. History of Iraq up to U.S. and British invasion in April 2003. Two maps, bibliography, and index. Near Fine/Wraps. tight, no wear, no marks. Book is s little cocked. Item #: E3464.

Cambridge: Harvard Univ., 1999. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1107 pages. Comprehensive history of Chinese civilization and culture, shaped by itsrelation to outsiders. Orange boards, black cloth spine with gilt title in red block. Dustjacket has wrap-around illustration from sixteenth-century scroll of The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour by Wang Hui. Title in red block on front… Read more

New Haven: Yale Univ., 2019. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 224 pages. A social history covering seventy thousand years of beds and their types and uses. Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E3393.

New Haven: Yale Univ., 2019. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 445 pages. A cultural, economic, political, and ecological history of India's sacred river. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tight, no marks. Dustjacket has small bump at upper front corner of spine. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E3391.

London: Edward Arnold, 1902. 2nd ed. . Hardcover. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. 573 pages. Two volume set in dark green cloth-covered boards, leather spines with gilt titles. A library rebind. B/w photos, folding frontis view of the mountains, maps, and fold-out maps. 1902 second edition. Much on mountaineering, the peoples and cultures of the region, it's place in history… Read more

London: BBC Books, 2005. Reprint. . Paperback. VG/Wraps. 208 pages. Civil and social history of England in 1086, and the Anglo-Saxon, Roman, and Iron Age cultures that preceded the Norman king William the Conqueror. Color plates, glossary, bibliography, and index. VG/Wraps. Tight, unmarked, without external wear. One page has minimal damage from a bookmark. Item #: E3238.