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FRIENDSHIP BOOK OF GREETINGS AND SIGNATURES COLLECTED AT THE 1951 AND 1954 HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: 1951

Seller ID: G2225

Binding: Hardcover w/faux suede and leather binding

Condition: Good

64p. Cover edges worn down to reveal the cardboard beneath. The first pages have scraps from a brochure from the academy mounted composing a title page of 1951 Hague Academy of International Law, Peace Palace, and the program for the 1951 academy followed by a collection of 19 greetings from 1951 academy attendees and 9 greetings from the 1954 academy attendees. Laid in preceding the 1954 pages is 2 loose leaves with Information Concerning the 1954 Session. (8-1/2"x6") The book was created by Cecilia Mandal (or Mandahl) of Sweden who attended the academy in 1951 and 1954. The signatures repres...
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SPYING STILL GOES ON: FOUR SPIES SPEAK

By: Ecke, H.; Compiled By

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, Loring & Mussey: 1935

Seller ID: H7670

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

[xii], 210p. Four spies - from Great Britain, France, Germany, and Soviet Union - operating during the time between the two world wars detail their experiences. Back hinge cracked, top of pages lightly soiled, top of spine sunned, cover corners lightly worn, round sticker on jacket spine, front flap torn with tape on both flaps and pastedowns, large chips to top and bottom of spine and to corners with tears to edges. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")
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THE GREAT ROAD

By: Kummer, Frederic Arnold

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co.: 1938

Seller ID: H8860

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+

[xii], [307p.] Cover corners bumped and worn and spine cloth torn on bottom, price clipped jacket has chips to edges especially to corners and top and bottom of spine. B&w illustrations. (8-3/4"x6")
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BRITAIN IN INDIA: AN ACCOUNT OF BRITISH RULE IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

By: Masani, Rustom Pestonji

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1960

Seller ID: H5484

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

294p. 2nd printing (1962) Cover has fade spots, bookstore ink stamp on back endpaper, rubbed jacket has tears and chips to edges, former owner's name on front endpaper. Details "two and a half centuries of British rule, from the first voyage of an East India Company vessel in 1601 to the withdrawal in August 1947," by an insider to the British turnover to Indian rule. B&w illustrations and photo plates. (8-5/8"x5-3/4")
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THOSE OF THE STREET: THE CATHOLIC-JEWS OF MALLORCA: A STUDY IN URBAN CULTURAL CHANGE

By: Moore, Kenneth

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame: 1976

Seller ID: H12704

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

viii, 218p. Jacket lightly soiled. Urban anthropologist Moore examines the history of the Chuetas of Majorca, descendants of Jews but practicing Catholics, and the future changes to their ethnic identity. Jacket design by Emily Schossberger. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-1/4"x6-1/4")
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THE FORBIDDEN VOYAGE (JACKET SUBTITLE: OF THE PHOENIX INTO THE A.E.C. PROHIBITED ZONE)

By: Reynolds, Earle

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, David McKay Co.: 1961

Seller ID: H12119

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very good

281p. Name on front pastedown, cover has small white spots, jacket foxed with a few stains and chips to edges. Account of the Reynolds family's voyage into the forbidden zone during a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific in 1958. Jacket by S.A. Summit Inc. 4 leaves of b&w photo plates. (8-1/4"x5-5/8")
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ONE WEEK IN MARCH

By: Sherwin, Mark & Charles Lam Markmann

Price: $29.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1961

Seller ID: H7885

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

254p. Signed by Sherwin on front endpaper. Jacket has chips and creased tears to edges that have been reinforced with clear tape. Jacket Ben Feder, Inc. 8 b&w photo plates. (8-1/4"x5-1/2")
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BIRTH CONTROL AND LIBEL: THE TRIAL OF MARIE STOPES

By: Stopes, Marie Carmichael; Edited by Muriel Box

Price: $19.00

Publisher: South Brunswick, NJ, A.S. Barnes & Co.: 1967

Seller ID: H10615

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

392p. Top of cover stained as well as jacket, which has a large chip on top front cover with smaller chips to edges. (9-1/2"x6-3/8")
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MEN AND MONSTERS

By: Swanljung, Christian; in Collaboration with Lewis Stanton Palen

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.: 1928

Seller ID: H5476

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

[xx], 315p. Table of contents tipped in, page fore and bottom edges and first 30 pages have acid discoloration spots, cover spine lightly sunned and corners bumped. Author's experiences in Siberia during World War I. B&w frontispiece and foldout map. (7-5/8"x5")
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LIFE (MAGAZINE), DECEMBER 1979, SPECIAL ISSUE: THE 70'S THE DECADE IN PICTURES

By: Various

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: G1760

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

200p. Cover spine torn at staples with edges worn and creased. B&w and color photographs. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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LIFE (MAGAZINE), FALL 1989, SPECIAL ISSUE: THE 80S

By: Various

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Time Inc.: 1989

Seller ID: G1763

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

[184]p. Cover rubbed with edges lightly worn. B&w and color photographs. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE MAYA

By: Whitlock, Ralph

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London; New York, B.T. Batsford; G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1976

Seller ID: H13153

ISBN: 399205438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

[x], 173p. Remainder. Jacket edges and folds scraped, mark on bottom page edges. Relates the history of the Mayan civilization with descriptions of their social life and customs for a juvenile audience. B&w illustrations and photographs. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")
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THE TIDE OF FORTUNE: TWELVE (12) HISTORICAL MINIATURES

By: Zweig, Stefan; Translated by Eden & Cedar Paul

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1940

Seller ID: H12592

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very good

viii, 285p. Endpapers and jacket toned, price clipped jacket corners and top and bottom of spine chipped and spine and edges sunned. Jacket design by Enit Kaufman. (8-5/8"x6")
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