Storia

Perestroika: new thinking for our country and the world.

Gorbachev, Mikhail, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harper & Row, (1987). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. "The purpose of this book is to talk without intermediaries to the citizens of the whole world about things that, without. exception, concern us all.I am convinced that they, like me, worry about the future of our planet.".

The Play within the Play: the inside story of the UN.

de Sa, Hernane Tavares, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Knopf, 1966. 1st ed. VG.

American Assassins: the darker side of politics.

Clarke, James W., · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ Press, (1982). VG lg sz PB. Probes the lives of 16 individuals who tried to kill or did kill our presidents and other prominent politicians. Clarke introduces evidence of real differences among men and women who until now have been lumped together...

Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation 1489-1556.

Pollard, Albert Frederick, M.A., · 1906 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,108)

NY, Putnam, 1906. 2nd ptg. VG. Long termed the most mysterious figure in the English Reformation, his obscurity not in his character, but in the. atmosphere which he breathed. Red binding, gilt lettering, gilt facsimile of Cranmer's signature on ft cover, spine faded, edge wea...

St. Augustine & St. Johns County: a historical guide.

Adams, William R., Ph.D., · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

St. Augustine, FL, Third Millennium Editions, (2005). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Based on professional historic surveys of St. Augustine and St. Johns County, provides locations, maps & fascinating description. of buildings and places that visually display more than 4 centuries of ...

The President's House: 1800 to the present.

Truman, Margaret, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Ballantine, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A first daughter shares the history and secrets of the world's most famous home. A beautiful copy.

The Crusades: iron men and saints.

Lamb, Harold, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1930. 1st ed. G. Black binding, gilt circle drawing of battle on ft cover. Binding rubbed, corners bumped.

The Napoleonic Wars: an illustrated history 1792-1815.

Glover, Michael, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hippocrene Books, (1978). Fine in Fine DJ. Glover weaves together the 4 strands of military, naval, economic and diplomatic of the struggle that lasted 20 years.

Medieval England: a social history and archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 A.D..

Platt, Colin, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Scribner, (1978). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A fresh view of social England with archaeology and social history reconciled, the decline of public order. DJ edge wear.

The Civil War.

Robertson, James I., Jr., · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Civil War Centennial Cm, 1963. G PB ex-library. In answer to many questions from students about the Civil war. Library markings.

A Life in a Year: the American Infantryman in Vietnam, 1965-1972.

Ebert, James R., · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Novato, CA, Presidio, (1995). 1st PB ptg. G PB. At last the simple truth about the grunts and how they lived and died in Vietnam as they tell their own story in their own. words. What Vietnam was really like, from beginning to end, from the Delta to the DMZ, at the point of th...

Aircraft Carriers at War: a personal retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation.

George H. W. Bush, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute, (2007). VG in VG DJ. A contemporary perspective of events, decisions and outcomes in the Cold War - Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation. Owner name ft endpaper.

Atlas of Ancient America.

Coe, Michael, Dean Snow and Elizaeth Benson, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Facts on File Pubs, (1986). VG in G DJ. Ancient America presented in the form of an atlas comprising maps, text and pictures. DJ edge wear, ft flap creased.

The Johnstown Horror!!! or Valley of Death being a complete and thrilling account of the awful floods and their appalling ruin...

Walker, James Herbert, · 1889 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Philadelphia, H. J. Smith & Co, (1889). G. Graphic descriptions of the terrible rush of waters, great destruction of houses, factories, churches, towns and thousands. of human lives, heart-rending scenes of agony, separation of loved ones, panic-stricken multitudes and their f...

The War with Spain: a complete history of the War of 1898 between the United States and Spain.

Morris, Charles, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,949)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1899. VG. Gray binding decorated with multicolored flaps, silver lettering.

The Greenbrier Heritage, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Olcott, William, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Netherlands, Arndt, Preston, Chapin Lamb, (1967). VG in VG transparent DJ. A step back into another time.

Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history.

Larson, Erik, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (2000). 1st PB ed. VG PB. September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even meteorologist Isaac Cline failed to. grasp the true meaning of the strange deep sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours...

July's People.

Gordimer, Nadine, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

London, Penguin, (1987). VG PB. Gordimer was born and raised in South Africa. For years it was a deteriorating situation there. Now all over the cities are. battlegrounds. A look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and white. Owner na...

Imperial Hubris: why the west is losing the war on terror.

Anonymous (author of Through Our Enemies' Eyes), · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Brasseys' Inc., (2004). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. A senior member of the U.S. intelligence community warns the U.S. and its allies are losing the war on terror, and the enemy. al Queda only grows stronger.

The Cracker Barrel.

Sloane, Eric, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1967). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. With charming text, illustrated by his own line drawings, Sloane creates the flavor of the country store, much more than. a mercantile establishment, it served as a meeting house, newspaper, public forum and private c...