History from Trolls Treasure

Osprey Publishing, 1998. Later printing. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 48 pages with color illustrations as well as black & white photographs and illustrations showing the uniforms and equipment as well as giving the history and organization of the British Army in North America between 1775 and 1783. Book is in very good condition with minor edge… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. Good +. Based on the award-winning Radio 4 programs "This Sceptred Isle" tells the fascinating story of British history from Caesar's invasion in 55 BC to Queen Victoria's death in 1901. Using extracts from Winston Churchill's "A History of the English-Speaking People" plus accounts from contemporary chronicles and diaries, Lee's… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its center.James Reston, Jr., the author of Galileo: A Life (called "masterful" and "brilliant" by the Washington Post) and the critically lauded The Last Apocalypse, a stunningly original portrait of the Christian world at the… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Rizzoli, New York, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Red Cloth boards; 128 p. 156 illustrations (55 in color). This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New… Read more about this item

Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1989. 2nd Revised Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Black & white photograghs and maps. A history of the construction of the Alaska Highway (American and Canadian National Defense). A Brief View of the Contents: Early Highway Proposals; American and Canadian Defenses; Northwest Staging Route; Proposed Routes; Initial Construction; Keeping the Supplies… Read more about this item

New York: MJFBooks, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket are fine, mildest edge wear, but there is a remainder mark on the lower page block. I assume the book is a Book Club Edition as there is no price on the dust jacket, but there is a full number line on the copyright page.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Black cloth at spine over red boards, gilt lettering. 356 p. Bibliography, Notes, Index. 14 pages of black & white photographs. Drawing on new research and recently declassified documents, authors Adam LeBor and Roger Boyes reveal a tapestry of ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances...ranging from… Read more about this item

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. Later printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 772 p. "This is a tome which occassionally tells you just a little more than you really want to know about the three great voyages to the Pacific, but anyone seriously interested in the western penetration into… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Knowledge, 1938. Presumed First. Hardcover. Brown, leather-like boards with red spine and gilt lettering, with black, red & gilt designs. 384 p. Illustrated with black & white photographs and illustrations. "Music is the language of the soul. Throughout the centuries, in all lands and among all peoples, man has sfound expression for his… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 1989. Book of the Month Club. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Wit and eruditioncombine in a survey of man's search for food and how it has directed his historyand shaped the course of religion and society, excploration and technology. A banquet for everyoen with a mind and stomach." -- Observer (London). Book is… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Adult, 1999. Second printing. Hardback. Near Fine/near fine. Book is in near fine condition with mild edge wear. It is an ex-library book with the usual stickers/marks, but very clean. On the outside, there is only a spine sticker. The jacket is near fine, mild wedge wear, unclipped and mylar-covered.

London: Phoenix Press, 2003. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing archeological sites he uncovered. Early in the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern Peruvian Andes--and in 1911 came upon the fabulous Inca city… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1970. First Harper Torchbook Edition. Soft Cover. New Introduction to the Torchbook Edition by Eric Hobsbrawm. This is a repint of the original 1911 book. Book is in very good condition, but it belonged to the University of Delaware's Anthropology Department and has a sticker on the cover and is stamped on the… Read more about this item

Camden, ME: International Marine/ MacGraw-Hill, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. White boards with blue cloth binding and gilt spine lettering. "In October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold’s treasonous attempt to hand control of the Hudson River to the British, his patch-work fleet on Lake Champlain was all that stood between British forces and a swift end… Read more about this item

New York: Random House Anchor Books, 2000. First edition. Trade Paperback. As New. Simon Singh is the author of Fermat's Enigma. "It would be harder to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. Mr Singh gives cryptography not only its historical dimension, but its human one." - The New York Times … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. First edition. Hardcover. New. Paper Over Boards. No Jacket as Issued. Limited edition. B&W illustrations. New Book, never read, but bottom spine a little bumped.

New York: William Morrow, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Cloth. 248 p. Black & white and Color photographs as well as black and white illustrations. An incredible source with wonderful pictures of the intricate detail of pieces. From the jacket, "Joan Edwards believes that the embroiderers of old are as interesting as their… Read more about this item

Wilmington, Delaware: Middle Atlantic Press, 1993. Second printing. Hardcover. New/New. This is the author's limited edition of 250 copies of his book originally published in 1949 and long out-of-print. Illustrated history of this resort area from its beginning history as part of Letitia Manor in William Penn's days. 21 illustrations. New book.  The picture is a scan… Read more about this item

Yosemite National Park, Ca: Yosemite Association, 1989. Second printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 289 pp. with bibliography and index. B&W illustrations. The author traces the history of Yosemite in terms of the people who lived and visited there like Grizzly Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Muir. Photographs by Carelton E. Watkins. Book is near fine.… Read more about this item