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London, England: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Translated from the Hebrew by Moshe Pearlman. Printed and bound in Italy. Glossy, heavy, stiff wrappers are clean and unmarked, light wear to edges, light crease marks to front. Fully Illustrated with many colour and b/w photos of the excavation site. The story of the archaeological excavation at Masada, the last stand of Jewish rebellion against the Romans,about 70 A.D. to 73 A.D. Yadin's book reconsiders that period and relives that last stand on Masada. The illustrations provide an education in themselves, as they were chosen to inform and instruct the reader about this heroic stand. 256 pages with Bibliography and Index. 7.5 x 5 inches. 1985, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, England

New York, New York, USA: Basic Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Top edge of text block is lightly specked with near colorless spots. otherwise the book is in fine condition, in maroon half-cloth with gilt titles, gray boards, clean, unmarked, tight, solid and square. Internals as new. b/w historic illustrations. At the time of the French Revolution, 1789- , the promises of "liberty, equality, and fraternity" did not apply to women--but in this book the voices of women who witnessed and experienced the Revolution can finally be heard and given their place in history. They left eighty accounts of what they saw, these chronicles ranging from the 16-page testimonial of the Widow Bault, wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison, to the ten volume memoirs of the prolific writer Mme de Genlis; and from a dictated life story of an illiterate… Read More

Avery Publishing Group, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 7x0x9. Avery Publishing Group, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Illustrated. Bright, glossy wrappers, irremovable sticker to lower front corner which is creased. Except for that corner the book is spotless, tight and solid. 160 pages.9.25 x 7.25 inches. 1998, Avery Publishing Group, NY.

U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good + Condition, Clean and bright cover, slight wear to corners and spine head; tight glued binding; lower edge of page block rather smudgy. Pages clean and free from any markings, no creasing. Includes maps, information tables, historic documents, b/w illustrations. A really great reference book, quick look-ups for all kinds of information about US History. 496 pages with index. 9 x 6 inches. 1993, Houghton Miflin, Boston, MA, USA

Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A: Multnomah Books, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First Edition Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, soundly bound. Foreword by President, West Vision International, Dean Hirsch. Mike Yankoski, after earning his BS at Westmont College in computer science and theology, chose to become homeless to find some answers to some questions: How do you treat others--those you like, know, don't know, don't like? Those who fall into your comfort zone, and those who shove you? Would you sleep under a bridge in the rain? panhandale for your next meal? help those who do? Mike speaks about homelessness from his first hand experience, to raise support and awareness of the plight of the homeless. 192 pages. 7" x 5". 2006, Multnomah Books, Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A.

Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Translated by Stephen Dunn. First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean and unmarked red cloth binding, gilt lettered on spine. Trace wear to extremities, tight & solid sewn binding. Clean, bright, red jacket., unclipped. Quarter inch closed tear to rear edge of spine head. A. Yanov provides a provocative and highly original study of the role of Tsar Ivan IV-known as Ivan the Terrible-in Russia's past, and his power over Russia's present and future. He explores the bloody revolution of 1565 that led to a reign of terror, when Ivan brushed aside Russia's European heritage and fundamentally altered its future. Russian history since then may be seen as a cycle of attempts to break out of the autocratic mold, followed by violent restorations of the ancient regime, headed in turn by Peter… Read More

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A: Villard Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Archival protective jacket cover. Clean, spotless, tight, solid volume. The author poses the questions: Does the Mid-Atlantic really possess no singular quality? Doesn't this region have its own characteristics and quirks, ones that are distinctly and uniquely Mid-Atlantic in flavor? He sets out to answer these questions and brings a portrait of the true color of these states, their charms, their flaws, their personalities. Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. 289 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. 1993, Villard Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1986. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back First Bonanza Books Printing. Large Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean and unmarked blue half cloth with bright and bold gilt titles, gray cloth wrappered boards. Very strong binding, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals Near Fine-page 99 has a crease and slit on the fore edge, tape reinforced. Jacket is unclipped, clean, glossy, and bright, with llustrations of persons in various costumes in different centuries and in different countries. There is is slight wear to extremities. Includes costumes/clothing from all areas of the globe and from civilizations of the ancient world to present day, with accompanying text not only about the costumes but about the social times and settings. More than 650 individual entries and lavishly illustrated with 8 pages of color and over 2000 drawings of… Read More

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1988. First Trade Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Trade Paperback Edition in Near Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid, with slight wear to cover edges. Cover has French flaps. Internals in Fine Condition. 7.5 x 8.5" tall, 288 pages. 1988, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.

New York: The Dial Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Reprint in Very Good Condition. No jacket. A story of love that crosses racial boundaries in Antebellum Natchez. Frank Yerby, 1916-1991, was a popular historical novelist. He is considered the first best-selling black novelist. Binding of clean and unmarked black cloth w/gilt titles. Slight wear to spine lower edge, front corners gently bumped. Tight and solid book. Small Senior Center stamp on text block edges and paste-down. Rough cut. Text pages very clean and unmarked. 342 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1950, The Dial Press, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Penguin Books, 2012. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Revised and Updated Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Clean and unmarked orange and yellow wraps, trace wear to upper edge, sound and tight binding. Internals quite clean, no markings of any kind. A leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin, continues the story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. In The Quest he shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. He tackles tough questions and offers insights about coal, electricity and natural gas. He explains how climate change has become a great issue and leads the reader through rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. 820 pages with Notes,… Read More

Halifax, NS, Canada: Nimbus Publishing, Limited, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Cookbook in Very Good Condition with comb binding; blue cover illustrated with a sailing vessel; clean and unmarked, bottom edge of cover wavy. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked. 6 x 9" tall. 191 pages. Cooking with Canadian and Nova Scotia recipes. 6 x 9 inches. 191 pages. 1992, Nimbus Publishing, Limited, Halifax, NS, Canada.

USA: Harpercollins, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Wendy Wheeler. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition. No Jacket. Browntone drawings by Wendy Wheeler. Pictorial, laminated binding is very clean, looks unused, former owner inscription on front endpaper, else Fine. Internals as new. Sixty recipes for home-baked, all-natural cookies--to bake and enjoy. 144 pages, indexed. 1990, 7 x 7.25 inches. 1990, Harpercollins, USA

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket. Fully illustrated with graphs, tables, diagrams. Binding of forest green cloth, gilt titled, very clean and unmarked, tight, solid and square with sewn binding. Very nice volume. Former owner name on endpaper. Internals very clean, no writing, no underlining, no tears. Black and white jacket is scuffed, edge worn, ragged at spine head. Contains information on the principles as well as practices of the design of airfield and highway pavements. Each method of design, as well as the fundamentals, illustrated by problems. 569 pages with Index. 9.25 x 6.2 inches. 1965, John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York, USA

, Anstey, Leicestershire, England: Gfa House - A Division of Gospel for Asia, 1988. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Fourth Printing, 1996. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Foreword by Erwin Lutzer. The message of"The Road to Reality" - Along the way, we must cross difficult bridges, and only the Lord can show the way. Bright and colorful cover, soundly bound, internals as new. 198 pages, 9 x 6 inches. Gfa House - A Division of Gospel for Asia, Carrollton, Texas, 1988.

Carrollton, Texas. USA: GFA Books, 1988. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Sixth Printing, 2001. Trade Paperback As New. In this prophetic and practical book, K P Yohannan challenges the reader to get disentangled from the enticements of contemporary culture. He shows how to find the way back to the heart of Christianity. 198 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 2001, GFA Books, Carrollton, Texas. USA

New York and Toronto: A Mentor Book/ New American Library Publishers, 1956. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Good Condition. Edited and with an Introduction and Commentaries by John D. Yohannan. Song, story and scripture of the great cultures of Asia from the classics of more than 2500 years. The illustrated cover is clean with a diagonal crease down the front, edges rubbed, no spine crease, tight and solid glued binding, all pages intact; Pages are lightly toned, quite clean, no markings of any kind. 432 pp with Bibliographies and Chrolologies. 1956, A Mentor Book/ New American Library Publishers, New York and Toronto

New York: Tor Books/Tom Doherty Associates Inc, 1993. First Thus. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6. First Mass Market Paperback Printing. In Good Condition. Clean and unmarked illustrated cover with slight wear, former owner name on inside of front cover, Pages age-toned, clean, no marks of any kind. Rear cover wavy. An old tale, the German story of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. Jane Yolen tells it afresh--this time in the forest patrolled by the German army during World War II. A tale of castles, of mists and thorns, of a beautiful sleeping princess and an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth. She uses the fairy tale form to write about the ramifications of the holocaust--a superb accomplishment and an important social statement. 200 pages. 4 x 6.75 inches. 1993, Tor Books/Tom Doherty Associates Inc., New York.

McLean, Virginia: IndyPublish, 2002. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Facsimile reprint of the original which was published in 1860. Charlotte Yonge was a prolific English writer--160 works, mostly novels. One of her more well-known novels is "The Heir of Radclyffe". The white wraps are very clean, black titles, no edgewear, bindong tight, solid and square. Internals as new. 164 pp. 6 x 9 inches. 2002, IndyPublish, McLean, Virginia.

London, England: Bloomsbury Books, 1990. First Thus. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hard Back Collins New Naturalist Series. Bloomsbury First Edition. First published by Collins in 1949. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Archival protective jacket cover. 60 Color Plates, Over 60 Plates in b/w, 87 Text Figures. Clean and bright, tight and solid, immaculate condition in original cream cloth. Provides a vivid picture of all aspects of the natural history of the seashore of Great Britain. 311 pages inc. Appendix and Index. 8.75 x 6 inches. 1990, Bloomsbury Books, London, UK