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First Aid for Airmen (Air Force Pamphlet No. 35-5-3).

U.S. Air Force, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington, D.C., Dept. of Air Force, (1959). VG PB.

Cries for Peace: experiences of Japanese victims of World War II.

Soka Gakkai Youth Division, compiler, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Tokyo, Japan, Japan Times Ltd, (1978). 1st Eng ed. VG PB. The horror wreaked on innocent people by war, man's maximum folly.

Harper's Encyclopaedia of History, based upon plan of, preface on study of American History, by Woodrow Wilson 10 volumes.

Lossing, Benson John, · 1912 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

NY, Harper, (1912). 3rd ptg. VG. Embossed edging, gilt lettering spine, colo frontis, back cover vol. 1 some wrinkling & discoloration.

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: the ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War.

Foner, Eric, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Oxford Univ Press, (1970). 19th ptg. G PB. Cover creased, rounded nick on back cover. Foner shows what political factions had in mind about undertaking the Civil War. and whether the northern or southern form of society should take root in the West & determine the nati...

Paris in the Terror: June 1793- July 1793.

Loomis, Stanley, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1964. BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ browned & chipped at edges. Brilliantly organized history of a complicated period, biography, social history.

Rustics in Rebellion: a Yankee report on the road to Richmond 1861-65 (formerly called Campaigns of a Non-Combatant).

Townsend, George Alfred, introduction by Lida Mayo, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chapel Hill, NC, University of N. Carolina Pr, (1950). G ex-library. Library binding, index.

Secret Missions of Civil War: first hand accounts by men& women who risked their lives in underground activities North & South.

Stern, Philip Van Doren, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago, Rand McNally, (1959). 1st ptg ss. G ex-library.

I Rode with Stonewall being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff....

Douglas, Henry Kyd, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chapel Hill, NC, Univ of North Carolina Press, (1940). 4th ptg. G ex-library. Hinges reinforced, corners bumped, library binding, owner's name fep.

Smokerama: classic tobacco accoutrements.

Collins, Philip, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1992). 1st ptg. G PB ex-library. Beautiful photography of all the paraphenalia surrounding tobacco.

Witness from the Shah to the Secret Arms Deal, an insider's account of U.S. involvement in Iran.

Rafizadeh, Mansur, former Chief of Savak (Shah's secret police), · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Morrow, (1987). 1ss ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Ft DJ flap creased. Author once thought the Shah the best hope for democratic but describes his demonic excesses that led. author to switch his allegiance to the CIA.

The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror.

Banks, Charles Eugene and Opie Read, · 1906 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

np, np, (1906). Fair. Hinges cracked, owner's name fep, shaken, heavy edge wear, esp spine ends, edges of one illus tattered, some pages spotted. Paste down pictorial cover, wear on edges.

The Lawless Decade: pictorial history of American transition: from the WWI armistice & prohibition to repeal & New Deal.

Sann, Paul, executive editor, New York Post, · 1957 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1957). VG. Small puncture mark on ft cover & first pages at bottom. Edge wear.

The Berlin Wall: Kennedy, Krushchev, and a showdown in the heart of Europe.

Gelb, Norman, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dorset Press, (1986). 1st ptg ss. VG in VG DJ. Gelb exlores the whole story of the Berlin Wall.

Bricks without Straw: the evolution of George Washington University.

Kayser, Elmer Louis, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, (1970). VG in VG DJ. Severely limited in resources when it began in 1821, the university had to use heroic effort to get out of debt & grow.

Toronto: reflections of the past.

Filey, Mike, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Toronto, Canada, Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd, (1972). VG lg sz PB. Bottom corner of cover & first page sl creased.

Time Annual 1994: the year in review.

Time, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Time, (1995). VG in VG DJ. Earthquakes in California, political upheavals in Washington, a once great athlete running away on Los Angeles freeways.

Shooting Ourselves in the Foot.

O'Keefe, Bernard J., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped. "Nuclear power in the U.S. is dead, not because it is dangerous .but because it is not financeable.". A Fortune 500 CEO gives some irreverent observations: "The obtuseness of recent actions of American automobil...

Recapturing Wisdom's Valley: the Watervliet Shaker heritage, 1775-1975.

Filley, Dorothy M., edited by Mary L. Richmond, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Albany, NY, Albany Institute of History, (1975). VG PB. Binding sl browned at spine, some dents on ft cover, right hand edge sl creased up.

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). VG-. Spine and corners sl worn. Covers & bottom fore-edge sl soiled.

History of North Dakota.

Robinson, Elwyn B., · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1966. G ex-library. Back ep partially removed, hinges cracked. Robinson puts ND in broad context, relating it to great movements in history.