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- Abernathy, Ralph David, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down.,
- Harper
Perennial, Division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1990 Paperback, 5.25x8, cover ends curled, otherwise
in very good condition, 641 pp. "... is the stirring, eloquently written autobiography of one of the most
important figures in the civil rights movement. It is a deeply moving, firsthand account of what it felt
like to be an integral part of an epic struggle, from the man who saw and participated in more of it
than any other individual ... In his compelling autobiography, Abernathy brings vividly to life the whole
panoramic sweep of the civil rights movement." [review by the Cincinnati Herald, from the book cover]
Book I.D. Number: 503 -- Price: $7.00
- Addison and Steele, Addison and Steel: Selections from the Tatler and the Spectator.
Edited by Robert J. Allen.,
- Rinehart Editions, Holt Rinehart and Winston Co., 1957
Paperback, 5.25x8.25, sturdy but worn cover, pages yellowing, text in good condition, 452 pp.
Book I.D. Number: 445 -- Price: $3.00
- Adler, Mortimer editor in chief; Charles van Doren, Executive Editor, The Annals of
America, 20 volumes, from 1493 to 1976,
- Encyclopedia Britannica Hardcover, 6.5x9.5,
silver lettering, very good condition. Book I.D. Number: 119 -- Price: $100.00
- American Heritage, American Heritage,
- American Heritage Publishing
Company, various years Hardcover, 8.75x11.25, 108 pp, wonderful photos and illustrations. Bounded
copies of The American Heritage. The following years are available: 1958 - Dec.; 1959 - Feb., April,
June, Aug, Oct, Dec; 1960 - Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct; 1961 - Dec; 1962 - Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct,
Dec.; 1963 - Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct.; 1964 - June; 1968 - Oct., 1972 - Dec.; 1973 - Feb., April, June,
Aug., Oct, Dec.; 1974 - Feb., April, June, Aug, Oct., Dec.; 1975 - Feb., April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec.; 1976
- Feb., June, Oct.; 1977 - Aug; 1978 - March, June, July, Nov., Dec; 1979 - Feb., March, April, May, Dec..
Price is $2.00 apiece. Book I.D. Number: 68 -- Price: $2.00
- Arabian Nights, Stories from the Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights'
Entertainments), translated by Edward William Lane, Revised by Stanley Lane-Poole,
- Harvard Classics, Grolier Enterprises Corp., Danbury, Connecticut, 1987 printing Hardcover,
5.75x8.5, The Harvard Classics Collector's Edition, 441 pp, very good condition. Book I.D. Number:
761 -- Price: $3.50
- Area handbook for the Study of China, Area Handbook for the Study of China, 1980 or
1981,
- The American University, Foreign Area Studies Hardback, 6x9.25, good
condition, maps, 587 pp. Book I.D. Number: 47 -- Price: $5.00
- Auden, W. H. editor, The Portable Greek Reader,
- Penguin books, 1977
printing Paperback, 4.25x7, 726 pp. Great selections. Includes Plato's Timaeus, many others.
Book I.D. Number: 596 -- Price: $6.00
- Avedon, John, In Exile from the Land of Snows: The First Full Account of the Dalai
Lama,
- Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 Hardcover, 6.5x9.5, dustjacket, withdrawn from library
collection, very good condition, 383 pp. Book I.D. Number: 64 -- Price: $20.00
- Bainton, Roland, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther,
- A Mentor Book,
Published by the New American Library, 1950 Paperback, 4.25x7, underlining, illustrations, small type,
336 pp. Reduce postage cost by 50% for this thin book. Book I.D. Number: 233 -- Price:
$3.00
- Balsiger, David and Sellier, Charles, The Lincoln Conspiracy,
- Schick
Sunn Classic Books, Los Angeles, 1977 Paperback, 4x7, cover worn, some underlining and pages
yellowing, text otherwise in good condition, 319 pp. Was made into a motion picture. 32 pages of
photos of the conspirators, Lincoln, etc. "On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated while attending a play at Ford's Theatre. Historical accounts tell us the murder was
committed by a crazed actor names John Wilkes Booth, AND NO ONE ELSE. Now, after more than a
century, startling new answers are uncovered for such questions as ... " [from the book cover]
Book I.D. Number: 498 -- Price: $3.00
- Bamford, James, The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency (NSA), America's
Most Secret Intelligence Organization,
- A Penguin Book, 1986 Paperback, 5x7.75, good
condition, page and cover edges worn, text unmarked, 655 pp. "The National Bestseller. The book
the NSA tried to suppress, with a startling new afterword on the Geoffrey Arthur Prime Spy Case." "The
NSA is the largest, most secretive, and potentially most intrusive American intelligence agency. It
dwarfs the CIA in budget, manpower, and influence. In the three decades it has existed, the NSA has
demonstrated a shocking disregard for the law. Until now, the inner workings of this agency have
eluded public scutiny. In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, however, James
Bamford penetrates the NSA's vast network of power -- the acres of computers, the electronic listening
posts worldwide, the intelligence-gathering satellites, and the people who control them. THE PUZZLE
PALACE is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage and of the frightening
Orwellian potential of today's intelligence communities." [from the book cover.] Book I.D. Number:
403 -- Price: $3.00
- Bamford, James, The Puzzle Palace: A Report on America's Most Secret Agency,
- Houghton, Mifflin company, Boston, 1982 Hardcover, 6.25x9.25, no dustjacket, some
watermarks on cover, otherwise good condition, 465 pp. "The National Bestseller. The book the NSA
tried to suppress." "The NSA is the largest, most secretive, and potentially most intrusive American
intelligence agency. It dwarfs the CIA in budget, manpower, and influence. In the three decades it has
existed, the NSA has demonstrated a shocking disregard for the law. Until now, the inner workings
of this agency have eluded public scutiny. In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting,
however, James Bamford penetrates the NSA's vast network of power -- the acres of computers, the
electronic listening posts worldwide, the intelligence-gathering satellites, and the people who control
them. THE PUZZLE PALACE is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage and
of the frightening Orwellian potential of today's intelligence communities." [from the book cover.]
Book I.D. Number: 667 -- Price: $6.00
- Barber, Noel, The Sultans,
- Simon and Schuster Hardcover, dustjacket
somewhat frayed, name written inside on first page, binding off kilter, otherwise good condition, 304
pp. "The story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives and actions of its sultans, in their
absolute power and terrifying cruelty." [from the book cover] "The subject of this vast, astonishing and
brilliantly readable work of history is the bizarre story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives
and actions of its sultans, with their absolute power and terrifying cruelty, their love of pomp and
magnificence and their overwhelming venality and corruption." [from the dustjacket] Book I.D.
Number: 676 -- Price: $8.00
- Barlett, Donald and James B. Steele, America: What Went Wrong?,
- Andrews and McMeel, A Universal Press Syndicate Company, Kansas City, 1992 Paperback,
5.5x8.5, good condition, 235 pp. "... is a solid indictment of how the rulemakers in Washington and
the dealmakers on Wall Street have changed the rules of the game to favor the privileged, the
powerful, and the influential -- at the expense of everyone else. Expanding on an unforgettable series
of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer, this book is the culmination of two years of research by Pulitzer
Prize-winning investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele ... " Book I.D. Number:
429 -- Price: $5.00
- Barnett, Corelli, The Swordbearers: Supreme Command in the First World War,
- First Indiana University Press Editions published by arrangement with William Morrow and
Co., 1975 Paperback, 6x9, binding worn, text clean, 392 pp. Contains: "The Tragic Delusion -- Col.
General Helmuth von Moltke", "Sailor with a Flawed Cutlass -- Admiral Sir John Jellicoe", "Travail,
Famille, Patrie -- General Philippe Petain", "Full Circle -- General Erich Ludendorff". Excellent photos of
all, maps. Book I.D. Number: 226 -- Price: $7.50
- Beard, Charles and Mary, America in Mid Passage. Volumes I and II,
- The Macmillan Company, 1939 Hardcover, 5.75x8.75, covers marked, some stains. 977
pages for both volumes. American history and culture 1920's-1938. $10.00 for both volumes.
Book I.D. Number: 145 -- Price: $10.00
- Bernstein, Carl, Loyalties: A Son's Memoir,
- Simon and Schuster, 1989
Hardcover, dustjacket, very good condition, 362 p. "LOYALTIES is the long-awaited book by Pulitzer
Prize-winning reporter Carl Bernstein, his first since ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and THE FINAL DAYS.
... Bernstein now focuses all his reportorial and writing skills on his own family: on the events that
shaped his childhood in Washington, D.C., and led to the persecution of his parents and thousands of
others during the McCarthy era ... Through the experience of his own family Bernstein traces the roots
of McCarthyism -- not (as many accounts would have it) back to Richard M. Nixon or the House
Committee on Un-American Activities, but to Harry Truman and Executive Order 9835, issued a year
before Truman sought reelection in 1948. Under that order more than 12,000 employees of the federal
government were accused of 'disloyalty' and brought before 'Loyalty boards' that passed judgment on
their loyalty to America. For two generations these proceedings -- in which thousands of loyal citizens
were driven from government -- have been classified and, until now, kept secret. As director of
negotiations for the United Public Workers of America, Bernstein's father served as defense counsel in
more than 500 of these cases. Bernstein's mother, who led lunch counter sit-ins for desegregation and
marches to protest the Rosenberg executions, was called to testify before the House Committee on
UnAmerican Activities when Carl Bernstein was ten years old. ... " [from the dust jacket] Book I.D.
Number: 870 -- Price: $3.00
- Billington, Ray Allen, America's Frontier Heritage,
- Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1966 Hardcover, 6x9, dustjacket, 302 pp. Withdrawn from library, has library stamp on top
page edge and front and back pages. Otherwise, text in good condition. Pages edges somewhat
soiled. Outstanding volume in the HISTORIES OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER Series. Book I.D.
Number: 1051 -- Price: $8.00
- Blassingame, John W., The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum
South,
- Oxford Univerity Press, 1975 Paperback, 5.25x8, fair-good condition, cover
worn, pages yellowing, no underlining, 262 pp. "...Professor Blassingame has successfully filled a major
gap in the historical literature of the antebellum south .... we obtain for the first time a detailed
examination of the daily lives of the slaves on large plantations, with some intelligent speculation about
the forces to which they were subjected .... Blassingames' book is strengthened by more than fifty
judiciously chosen illustrations interspersed at appropriate places throughout the text. The note on
sources, discussing the strengths and limitations of the slave narratives, is iteslf an important essay on
historical methodology. Well written besides ...." [The History Teacher] Book I.D. Number: 99 --
Price: $4.50
- Bloch, Marc Translated by L. A. Manyon, Feudal Society. Volume I: The Growth of Ties
of Dependence,
- A Phoenix Book, Published by the University of Chicago Press
Paperback, 5.25x8, very good-excellent condition, 279 pp. "... Place-names, chansons, heraldry,
technology, demography: every source is pillaged that can possibly cast light on how men thought and
lived and acted. It is this and the wealth of concrete illustrations that give Bloch's work its enduring
value: What he shows us is not a bloodless system, but the living and vitalising force which shaped
society in western Europe for four creative centuries." [G. Barralough, OBSERVER (London)] "Volume
I comprises an extensive analysis of feudal relations. After surveying the social and intellectual
conditions in which feudalism developed, Bloch examines the nature of the bond of kinship both as
a predecessor and as a concomitant of vassalage. The core of the volume is a masterly account of the
creation of the ties of dependence and of the relations of lord and vassal and the origins and nature
of the fief." [from the book cover] Book I.D. Number: 237 -- Price: $3.00
- Bloodworth, Dennis, The Chinese Looking Glass,
- Farrar, Straus, and
Giroux, New York, 1967 Hardcover, 5.5x8.5, no dust jacket, good condition, 429 pp. Author: Far East
staff correspondent for The London Observer. "David Astor, the editor of The Observer, suggested the
book ... and ... Frederic Warburg agreed to publish it." "I am not a Sinologue, but a journalist with a
Chinese wife and three Chinese children who has lived in the Far East for twelve years ... The purpose
[of the book] is to try to explain what makes the Chinese tick, to trace across more than 3,000 years
of history, philosophy, literature, and day-to-day living those often invisible puppet strings of atavistic
instinct and prejudice that may influence today the words and actions of one quarter of the people in
this world -- and their leaders. The choice of material, however frivolous at times, is therefore directed
toward this end." Book I.D. Number: 40 -- Price: $5.00
- Boorstin, Daniel J., The Americans: The National Experience,
- Vintage
Books, Random House, copyright 1965. Paperback, 5.25x8, good condition, 517 pp. Winner of the
Francis Parkman Prize. "'Boorstin's achievement is to compel us to see again, ranged in order, the
whole mass of attitudes and mechanisms that arise from American difference, and to display his
material so abundantly and ingeniously that we see aspects of the nation's past as if for the first time.'"
[from the book cover -- review by Marcus Cunliff, Book Week] Book I.D. Number: 558 -- Price:
$4.50
- Braudel, Fernand, Capitalism and Material Life 1400-1800,
- Harper and
Row Publishers, 1975 Paperback, 5.25x8, fair condition, pages yellowing and binding worn, 462 pp.
Book I.D. Number: 85 -- Price: $3.00
- Brayman, Harold, From Grover Cleveland to Gerald Ford ... The President Speaks Off
the Record: Historic Evenings With America's Leaders, The Press, and Other Men of Power at
Washington's Most Exclusive Club -- The Gridiron,
- Dow Jones Books, Princeton, NJ,
1976 Hardcover, dustjacket with some stains, cover marked, 870 pp, very good condition. "Free
wheeling musical satire ... significant portions of about 75 previously unpublished speeches by
Presidents, Vice Presidents and Presidential candidates ... moments of history in the making ... all this
and more is part of the record of the famous Gridiron Club. ... Always off the record! It was at a
Gridiron dinner that a chorus of members serenaded President John F. Kennedy with: "His wild Irish
prose, It sparkles as it glows ..." It was at a Gridiron dinner that Woodrow Wilson clearly predicted
America's entry into WWI -- 14 months before it happened. It was at a 1941 Gridiron dinner, when
Franklin D. Roosevelt had just finished speaking of "the broken treaty and the violated faith," that
Arthur Krock handed him a dispatch that Hitler had invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. ..." [from the
dustjacket] Book I.D. Number: 227 -- Price: $20.00
- Bronowski, J., The Ascent of Man,
- Little Brown and Company, 1973
copyright, book of the month club edition Hardcover, 7x10, cover was very beat up, tears have been
repaired with clear overlay over cover, book in good condition, 448 pp. Wonderful illustrations and
artwork. "THE ASCENT OF MAN is nothing less than a full-scale history of science developed from the
acclaimed thirteen-part BBC television series written by Jacob Bronowski, mathematician and
statistician, poet, historian, teacher, inventor, Fellow fo Jesus College, Cambridge, and a leader in the
modern movement of Scientific Humanism." [from the dustjacket] Book I.D. Number: 965 -- Price:
$7.50
- Brown, Anthony Cave, Wild Bill Donovan: The Last Hero,
- Times Books,
a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., Inc. 1982 copyright Hardcover, dustjacket,
name plate inside front cover and stamp on first page, otherwise very good condition, 891 pp. "The
biography and political experience of Major General William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS and 'father'
of the CIA, from his personal and secret papers and the diaries of Ruth Donovan." "The scope of
Donovan's career is astonishing. He made his mark in the US Cavalry chasing Pancho Villa; won half
a dozen of the highest medals of WWI in action on the western front, including the supreme award,
the Medal of Honor; became acting attorney general of the United States; personally won a number
of landmark cases before the Supreme Court; ran as Republican candidate for governor of New York
and was often spoken of for the presidency; created the great law firm of Donovan Leisure Newton &
Irvine; was founding head of the OSS and the creator of the CIA, and ambassador to Thailand. Among
Donovan's greatest accomplishments was his role in the grand strategic plan for Germany's defeat in
WWII, the Arcadia plan, in which Donovan's contribution was to ignite the national uprisings coincident
with the invasion of France. He also made a decisive contribution in diverting the Nazi armies into the
Balkans, fatally delaying the German invasion of Russia. America's counterpart to the tale of Britain's
'Intrepid' (Sir William Stephenson), Donovan's story will be relished by espionage and war buffs. Here,
revealed at last, are the inside, background details of the most extraordinary military and spy
operations of WWII." [from the bookjacket] Book I.D. Number: 675 -- Price: $12.00
- Brown, Anthony Cave, Body Guard of Lies -- Vol. 2 only,
- Harper and
Row Publishers, Book Club Edition, 1975 Hardcover, 5.5x8, dustjacket frayed and soiled, name written
on front page, pp. 531-1056. Text in good condition. Begins at Part IV, Chapter 6. Book I.D.
Number: 941 -- Price: $4.00
- Browne, Edward Granville, A Year Amongst the Persians. Impressions as to the Life,
Character, and Thought of The People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months' Residence in that
Country in the Years 1887-1888,
- The Century Travellers Series, The Century Publishing
Co., Ltd.1984. Paperback, 5.25x8.5, very good condition, 650 pp. Book I.D. Number: 33 -- Price:
$10.00
- Bruce, Robert, Lincoln and the Tools of War,
- University of Illinois
Press, 1989 Paperback, 5.75x8.5, excellent condition, new book, 368 pp. "Fascinated by mechanical
gadgetry and technology, Lincoln introduced breechloaders and machine guns into warfare and
promoted the use of incendiary weapons, ironclad warships, breechloading cannons, and aerial
reconnaissance. Robert Bruce chronicles the President's struggle against bureaucratic red tape and his
dealing with the colorful parade of inventors, ordnance experts, bureaucrats, military officers, and
lobbyists who heralded a new era in warfare." "In this book, Bruce examines a hitherto unexplored side
of Lincoln's role as President -- his willingness to function as his own War Production Board and his
own Bureau of Scientific Development. He presents a fascinating story, uncovers an unsuspected aspect
of Lincoln's presidency, and provides a brand-new chapter in Civil War History ... [Bruce Catton]". [from
the book cover]. Book I.D. Number: 438 -- Price: $10.00
- Bryan, J. III and Charles J. W. Murphy, The Windsor Story,
- William
Morrow and Company, Inc, New York, 1979, First Edition Hardcover, no dustjacket, cover some
scratches, otherwise very good condition, illustrations, photographs, 639 pp Book I.D. Number:
264 -- Price: $9.00
- Bullock, Alan, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. New Revised Edition Complete and
Unabridged,
- Bantam Book, 1961 Paperback, 4x7, cover worn, pages yellowing, no
underlining, small type, 780 pp. Book I.D. Number: 440 -- Price: $2.50
- Burns, Thomas S., The Secret War for the Ocean Depths. Soviet-American Rivalry for
Mastery of the Seas,
- Rawson Associates Publishers, Inc., New York, 1978 Hardcover,
dustjacket with a few small tears, 5.5x8.5, 334 pp. Good condition. "... Published stories deal almost
exclusively with atomic submarines and their missiles, but very little is known of the amazing
technology that has been developed to destroy submarines. For the first time, Mr. Burns introduces
us to it. We learn about three-story-high transducers, and the honeycombing of the ocean floor with
listening devices. We learn about Caesar -- a frightening new surveillance system -- the Doomsday
Machine, the Trident submarine, the undersea fortress networks of the next decade, and much more.
This is a story of men and ambitions, a war of geniuses. ... We find out about the roles of admirals
Rickover and Raborn, Howard Hughes and the Glomar Explorer, the CIA and foreign bases. We see the
rise and fall of admirals who picked the wrong system ..." [from the dust jacket] Book I.D. Number:
808 -- Price: $7.00
- Burns, James MacGregor, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox,
- A Harvest
Book, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1956 Paperback, back cover worn, otherwise good condition,
553 pp. Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation award and the Tamiment Book Award. "The first
political biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Book I.D. Number: 157 -- Price: $5.00
- Burns, James MacGregor, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox. The First Political
Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.,
- A Harvest Book, Harcourt Brace and World
Paperback, 5.25x8, cover beat up and underlining in first chapters, rest of text in good condition, name
written on front page, photos, 553 pp. Book I.D. Number: 439 -- Price: $4.00
- Burns, James MacGregor, Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,
- Smithmark Publishers, 1996, Leaders of Our Time Series. First published in 1970
Hardcover, 6.5x9.5, dustjacket, excellent condition, new book, 612 pp. "The proposition of this
stunning sequel to the celebrated ROOSEVELT: THE LION AND THE FOX, ... Mr. Burns has worked on
an enormous canvas. The great world at war is passed in review, but the focus is always on Roosevelt
-- his brilliant war leadership, the great vision he pursued, the fatal ambivalence that lay at the heart
of his strategy for freedom. The narrative moves from the dark days of 1940 and the fight over aid
to embattled Britain to the day in April 1945 when the President quietly slipped away." [from the
dustjacket] Book I.D. Number: 504 -- Price: $15.00
- Butcher, Captain Harry C., USNR, The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR,
Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942-1945,
- Simon and Schuster, New York, 1946
Hardcover, 5.75x8.5, cover damaged, front and back binding broken, pages fair-good condition, no
underlining or marks, 910 pp Book I.D. Number: 275 -- Price: $3.00
- Butow, Robert, Japan's Decision to Surrender,
- Hoover Library on War,
Revolution, and Peace, 1954, Stanford University Press Hardcover, 6x9.5, good condition, some
yellowing of pages, 259 pp. Book I.D. Number: 62 -- Price: $20.00
- Butterfield, Fox, China: Alive in the Bitter Sea,
- Bantam Book, published
by arrangement with Times Books, 1983 Paperback, 6x8.75, fair condition, some writing in frontispiece,
some underlining, 468 pp. Butterfield was the New York Times First Peking Bureau Chief. Book won
the American Book Award for General Non-Fiction. Picture of "life inside China". Book I.D. Number:
25 -- Price: $3.50
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