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What the Boys Did Over There.

Themselves, edited by Henry L. Fox, revised by Sergt. N. L. Forrestal, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Allied Overseas Veterans, (1919). G. Photo of soldier with thier experiences. Brown binding, gilt lettering and decoration, corners bumped, edge wear.

A Short History of the English People.

Green, J. R., M.A., Oxford, · 1884 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Harper, 1884. VG. It is the reproach of historians that too often they have turned history into a mere record of the butchery of men by. their fellow men. But war plays a small part in the real story of European nations and in that of England its part is smaller than in an...

Journey of Struggle, Journey in Hope: people and their pilgrimage in Central Africa.

Heaton, Jane, compiler, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Friendship Press, (1983). VG PB. Heaton was the administrator of the Pan African Leadership Course for Women in Zambia. Sl edge wear, few corner creases.

The Outline of History: the whole story of man.

by Raymond Postgate, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Garden City Books, (1956). Revised BCE. 2 VG in VG DJ hardback books. One of the truly great books of all time, a brilliant survey of man's progress from the earliest struggles of the cave man. from all the diverse cultural, economic, political, and social backgrounds of m...

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy from the earliest times to the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

Machiavelli, Niccolo, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Gloucester, MA, Peter Smith, 1974. Reprint. VG. Machiavelli with his famous treatise that the workings of government are not what they are but what is perceived. The first image maker. Slight fading to bottom edge of back cover.

Portsmouth: The Old Photographs series.

Foss, Gerald D. compiled by, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Augusta, ME, Alan Sutton, (1994). VG lg sz PB. First settled in 1623, Portsmouth is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. When the first census was taken in 1790 Portsmouth. ranked 12th in population and prior to the American Revolution more ships of the Continental Navy were b...

Historic Yarmouth town & county.

Ruff, Eric and Laura Bradley, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Halifax, NS, Canada, Nimbus Pub Ltd, (1997). VG lg sz PB. Remarkable Nova Scotia town with photos taken between mid-1800s and early 1940s, streetscapes and villages, special events,. ships that made Yarmouth famous.

The Suez Canal Problem: July 26-September 1956: a documentary publication.

U.S. State Department, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Washington, D.C., State Dept, (1956). G lg sz PB. Spine shows wear, reinforced with tape and ends.

The Wars of the Huguenots.

Hanna, William, D.D., · 1897 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

NY, E. B. Treat, nd (ca 1897). G. Red binding, gilt lettering on spine. Some discoloration on spine and binding edges. Publisher ad back of half title page,. inscription for church member, sl edge wear.

The Roots of the War: a non-technical history of Europe 1870-1914 A.D..

Davis, William Stearns, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Century, 1919. Reprint. VG ex-library. Olive green binding, gilt lettering. Library bookplate ft endpaper, extremity wear.

The Abdication of King Edward VIII.

Beaverbrook, Lord, edited by A. J. P. Taylor, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Atheneum, 1966. 1st Amer ed. G in VG DJ. A vivid, day-by-day record of the crisis as seen by an insider. Powerful press lord and confidant of Edward VIII, Beaverbrook. believed that a monarch deserved the same private rights as his humblest subject. Pictorial DJ of the cou...

Elizabeth and Essex: a tragic history.

Strachey, Lytton, · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harvourt Brace, (1928). 1st ed. VG. Tragic story of Elizabeth I's court favorite and his unhappy end. Owner sticker ft endpaper.

Britain 1688-1815.

Jarrett, Derek, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martins, (1973). 5th imp. VG in VG DJ. Transformation of Britain from the weak and impoverished nation of 1688 to the strongest and most powerful country in the world. DJ edge wear & tanning.

History of England.

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Loongmans Green, (1929). G. Red binding, owner stamp ft endpaper, hinges cracked.

Windham: Images of America.

Bell, Edith H., compiled by, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Dover, NH, Arcadia, (1996). VG lg sz PB. A nostalgic look back at Bell's adopted home, from its founding in 1717 to the present, from collections of life-long residents.

The Library in America: a celebration in words and pictures.

Dickson, Paul, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Facts on File Pub, (1986). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Doc you remember the first little branch library you were introduced to as a chiid? Paul Dickson does and this is his way. of returning the gift of passion for reading he acquired there. DJ edge tears.

The Last Fish Tale: the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port & most original town.

Kurlansky, Mark, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Ballantine Books, (2008). VG in VG DJ. "A fisherman is not a successful man he is not a famous man he is not a man of power, these are the damned by God.". Charles Olson, "Maximus to Gloucester", Sunday, July 19, 1960 A disappearing way of life, fishing, how it has thrived...

The Night the Mountain Fell: the story of the Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake.

Christopherson, Edmund, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

W. Yellowstone, MT, Yellowstone Pubs, (1962). VG PB. At 11:37pm on Monday, August 17, 1959, one of the severest earthquakes recorded on the N. American continent shook Montana. It sent gigantic tidal waves surging down the 7-mile length of Hebgen Lake, throwing an enormous qua...

The Women's West.

Armitage, Susan and Elizabeth Jameson, edited and with introductions by, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Norman, Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1987). 6th ptg. VG lg sz PB. 21 articles about pioneer women who were actors in their own lives, not passive participants in their husbands' ventures. Hardy seeker who came west, sometimes alone, in search of jobs, freedom, or land to homestead...

Soviet Elite Attitudes since Stalin.

Lodge, Milton C., · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Columbus, OH, Charles E. Merrill Pub Co, (1973). VG PB. Comparative anyalysis of five Soviet elites: full-time Party functionaries & four specialist elites: economic administrators,. mililtary, literary intelligentsia, and the legal profession and their attitudes toward the So...