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no author listed The Fianna of Ireland
Ireland Midland Printers 1985 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Black vinal cover containing beautiful art of Finn, Oisin, Keelta, Goll, and Dermot with bio and displayed in Plastic folder with gold blocking. Boxed by Dublin Box Co. Ltd. Frank O'Reilly Graphid designer. Wonderful presentation. Fianna (singular fiann) were small, semi-independent warrior bands in Irish mythology. They are featured in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill. They are based on historical bands of landless young men in early medieval Ireland known as kerns. The historical institution of the fiann is known from references in early medieval Irish law tracts. A fiann was made up of landless young men and women, often young aristocrats who had not yet come into their inheritance of land.[Rare.; Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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no author listed USSR Exhibition, New York 1959
New York 1959 First Edition; First Impression Paperback Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
The official brochure of the USSR Exhibition in 1959 held in New York. There is also an address by N.S. Khrushchov laid in. Book now in archival sleeve to protect condition. ; Exhibition Booklet; Photos and illustrations; 0 X 0 X 0 inches; 17 pages
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Park, No-yong Retreat of the West; the white man's adventure in eastern Asia
Hale, Cushman & Flint, Inc. 1937 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Signed by Author
Inscribed and signed by author. Orange cover with blue lettering. No dust. Very clean contents. Park No-Yong, who was born in 1899 in Liaoning, received a bachelor of arts from the University of Minnesota in 1927. Park won the John S. Pillsbury Prize at the University in 1926. After graduating from the University, He enrolled at Harvard University and received a master of arts in 1930 and a doctorate in political science and international relations in 1932. Park was an accomplished author, his works included “Making a New China,” “An Oriental View of American Civilization,” “Retreat of the West: the White Man’s Adventure in Eastern Asia,” and “Chinaman’s Chance.” During his time at Harvard University, Park often came back to the University of Minnesota to teach courses or deliver lectures related to China politics. He went on various speaking tours under the auspices of the Community Service Department at the University of Minnesota.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
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Pope, Ernest R. Munich Playground
Munich, Germany Panorama Press 1953 Second Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket Illustrated by Lothar Linkert, Bad Hoburg
Red cloth Cover with gold print. Dust jacket in mylar (clear plastic) cover has some yellowing to edges and some sunfading to end papers! European editon. Has Adolph Hitler image in background of dust jacket illustrated by Lothar Linkert and Bad Hoburg. "Hitler and his disciples were anything but an awe-inspiring group of ascetic, fanatic, and inhuman supermen, says the author, and offers full proof of his contention". May have yellowing on end papers and dust jacket from age and sitting on shelf. No writing, inscriptions, or underlining. Books were new when acquired, and wrapped in brown wrapping paper, but have aged and may have gathered elements in storage. We provide delivery tracking at on US orders. Scarce in this condition. From the forward to the European Edition: "In the following pages I have described life under Hitler and the Nazis just as I saw it when I was Munich Corespondent for Reuters news agency during the most historic days of the Third Reich. The unretouched picture will enable the reader to day to flash back to the nightmare world of the Brown Shirts." "...it is the authentic and exclusive story of Der Furhrer's playground. Those seeing Germany, Bavaria, Munic, Berchtesgaden--and Dachau-- for the first time now can visualize how everything looked in the days of Adolf Hitler, as those who today visit the eternal city of Rome see it in the mind's eye and from the history books as it was in the days when Emperor Nero fiddled and the gladiators killed Christians in the Coliseum." Haunting images. The author, Munich December 1953. Multiple copies available. Rare in this condition.; Cover Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Porter, Jane The Scottish Chiefs A Romance
Hartford Conn Andrus, Judd 1835 1st Edition Thus; First Impression Hardcover Poor with No dust jacket as issued
Original 1835 printing. Leather binding loose and cracked. Contents Complete. (needs rebind) This is the full five volumes in three, but bound into one book. Jane Porter (17 January 1776 – 24 May 1850) was a Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Her work The Scottish Chiefs is seen as one of the earliest historical novels and remains popular. Porter is considered to have "crafted and pioneered many of the narrative tools most commonly associated with both the national tale and the historical novel." Her 1810 work The Scottish Chiefs, about William Wallace, one of the earliest examples of the historical novel, was very successful and the French version was banned by Napoleon). It has remained popular with Scottish children. The Pastor's Fireside (1815) was a story about the later Stuarts. Poor to fair condition as is. ; Five Volumes in Three, Leather Binding, Bound in one Book; 24mo 5" - 6" tall
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Reynolds, James Sovereign Britain (Author Signed)
Putnam 1955 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket Signed by Author
Author's signature on title page, otherwise book is clean of markings. Dust jacket has one tear on the back about 1/4 inch long. Dust jacket is now protected in Brodart. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Signed by Author
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Roller, Kalman J. Sopron chronicle, Hungarian Foresters in the Western World 1919-1986
Rakoczi Foundation 1986 091954505X / 9780919545052 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Part 1, An extensive account of the move of the entire Hungarian Forestry school from Sopron, Hungary to Vancouver, British Columbia after the Revolution in Hungary in 1956. Part 2: ChronicalExcellent account. Dust Jacket now in Mylar Protective Cover.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 178 pages
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Smuts, Francois (Editor) Stellenbosch three centuries Official commemorative volume
Africa Stellenbosch Town Council in collaboration with the Oude Meester Group 1979 0620039213 / 9780620039215 First Edition; First Impression Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Brown cover with gold print. Dust jacket has chips, but now in Brodart mylar protective cover. Presentation card inside front cover signed by C. W. Marais, Mayor on 9-15-1981. Scarce if not rare. ; Photographs, Maps, illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 464 pages
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Stuart, James Gibb The Mind Benders Gradual Revolution and Scottish Independence
Scotland Stuart Titles Ltd 1978 0853352321 / 9780853352327 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Signed by Author
Inscribed and signed by author 1983. Dust Jacket now in Mylar Protective Cover. Beautiful scarce collectors grade copy of this book. James Gibb Stuart is a financial author,[1] owner of Ossian Publishers, and chairman of the Scottish Pure Water Association.[2] He is known for his outspoken opposition to the European Union,[3] and for publishing a book on monetary reform, The Money Bomb, in which he advocates a complete overhaul of British currency, the pound sterling. Rare. ; Embryo Book; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Signed by Author
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