Search Results: World History from Widdershin's Books

First Edition. First Printing. Westview Press (1979). Near fine, full cloth hardcover with fine, bright jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. Scholar's bookplate on first endpaper, else quite fine. Many black and white illustrations, photos, and substantial text. A handsome copy of this classic. Boxed shipping. 12-b

First Edition. First Printing. Viking (2003). Fine, as new, unread quarter cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine as new jacket in new removable Brodart sleeve. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed shipping. 6-onb

New. The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Alexander, Caroline. First Edition. First Printing. Viking Adult, 2003. Fine, new, unread hardcover. Fine new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed shipping. 13-onb

First Edition. First Printing. China's Great Convulsion, 1894-1924: How Chinese Overthrew a Dynasty, Fought Chaos and Warlords, and Still Helped the Western Allies Win World War One. John Fulton Lewis. Sun on Earth Books (2005). Fine, as new, full cloth hardcover with fine, as new, jacket. NOT a remainder. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. 6-on b

Revised Edition. Later Printing. J.A.Brainerd (1864). Good +, black, bonded full cloth binding with bright gold lettering on spine. Rubbing to top edge of spine. Original text block is toned at page edges, with some toning extending into pages. A previous owner's name/firm written/stamped on first 3 blank pages and stamped on title page. Third blank page has tear at top edge. No other writing in text and the numerous black and white illustrations are quite fine and clear. Appears to have been re-bound in bonded cloth. A sturdy, pleasant reading copy. Boxed shipping. 11-2-b

First U.S. edition. First printing. History of Private Life, Volume V: Riddles of Identity in Modern Times. Antoine Prost (Editor), Gerard Vincent (Editor), & 3 more. Harvard (1991). First English translation. As pictured. Fine, as new, hardcover with fine, as new, jacket in new, removable mylar sleeve. Fifth and final volume in an award-winning series. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift shipping. 9780674399792. 17-b

In the Land of White Death : An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic. Valerian Albanov. Translation by Alison Anderson. First Modern Library Edition. First Printing (2000). Fine, as new, unread full cloth hardcover with fine as new jacket. A sharp copy. 6-b

First Edition. First Printing. Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science. Dr. Natalia Berger (Editor). The Jewish Publication Society (1995). Full-color pictures of manuscripts, posters, photographs, sketches, etc. taken from Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Israel. Fine, as new, crimson full cloth hardcover with gold lettering. Fine, as new jacket. Oversized book cannot be shipped outside the U.S. Standard shipping only. Well boxed for safe shipping. 3-b

Let Heroes Speak: Antarctic Explorers, 1772-1922. Michael H. Rosove. First Edition. First Printing. Navel Institute Press (2000). Fine, as new, unread quarter cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Numerous photographs, maps and substantial text. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 6-b

The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War. Benn Steil. First Edition. First Printing. Simon & Schuster; Illustrated Edition (2018). Fine hardcover with fine, as new jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b

First Edition. First Printing. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (April 27, 2010). Fine, as new, unread hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed. safe shipping. 11-b

First Edition. First Printing. Yale University Press (March 28, 2008). Fine, as new, unread full cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 12-b

First Trade Paperback Edition/Printing. Forensic Press (2004). Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 12-b

First Edition. First Printing. Pirates and Piracy by David Reinhardt. Konecky (1997). Illustrated. Fine, as new, large hardcover with fine, glossy as new jacket. A superb copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed shipping. 9781840130669. 15-b

The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic. Alan Gurney. First Edition. First Printing. Norton (2000). Fine, as new hardcover with fine as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 6-b

The South Pole Ponies. Theodore K. Mason. First Edition. First Printing. Dodd, Mead (1979). Fine, blue full cloth hardcover with very good jacket. Jacket has moderate, rubbing wear to extremities and panels. No writing or tears. A pleasant copy. An account of two expeditions, one by Shackleton, one by Scott, in which Manchurian ponies were used to help cross the frozen continent in search of the South Pole. Substantial text, maps, photographs...and ponies. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b

The Three Ages of Atlantis: The Great Floods That Destroyed Civilization. Diego Marin, Ivan Minella, and Erik Schievenin. Bear & Company; Illustrated edition (2013) New, unread trade paperback. 13-b

First Edition. First Printing. Balai Pustaka (2003). Illustrated. The Turmoil At Talangsari by W. Wasis. Fine, as new trade paperback. Color photos and substantial text. A powerful narrative about a little known fundamentalist group in Indonesia during 1989. Reference book includes interviews, military reports, and historical context. Contemporary Indonesian history, Islam in modern Southeast Asia. NOT a remainder. Safe, swift shipping. 11-b

We Answered With Love: Pacifist Service in World War I. Haines, Nancy Learned. A personal perspective on the role of pacifists during the Great War. New trade paperback. Safe shipping. 13-b