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Trade paperback. Zustand: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 237 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name sc 165.

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Original cloth with dustjacket, large format, edges of dustjacket worn, else in (very) good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition. Book and protected, unclipped, dustjacket are -- As new. Contains numerous reproductions of lobby cards, dating back to 1908, with accompanying text, and a foreword by Benny Green. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 159 pages. Over 100 Color Illustrations; Few B/w Illustrations (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback, xiv + 472 pages; very light bump to spine bottom, just a hint of shelf scuffing to bottom edge, but very tight in binding, very gently read if at all, spine and covers flat/uncreased, interior very clean and unmarked. PLEASE NOTE: the section "About this Item" is written by me and my copy ships from beautiful Newfoundland, Canada, NOT the UK, and the section "About this title---Synopsis" is nonsense and gibberish provided by Abebooks and does NOT relate to my copy. See also our listings for The Voice of War: The Second World War Told By Those Who Fought It, edited by James Owen, and also for James Merrill's Uncommon Valor: The Exciting Story of the [US American] Army by the Men Who Served.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good-. Front cover creased; light wear at foot of spine. Sticker ghost on inside of front cover, else interior clean and unmarked. Includes an index. 190 pages. Interviews with Oscar Ichazo (1931-2020), a Bolivian philosopher and metaphysical teacher who founded Arica School in Chile in 1968. In this collection of interviews, conducted by journalists and members of Arica, Ichazo discusses a wide range of social and historical topics related to the search for enlightenment. He talks about his life and the experiences which led to his prominence as a philosopher and mystic. He describes journeys to Eastern strongholds of esoteric knowledge, experiences with shamans and meeting with masters, the underlying unity of the high cultures and traditions, the dynamic structure of the psyche, the nature and purpose of a mystical school, and the coming of a 'metasociety'.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Marginalia and underlining throughout. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

First edition limited to 2500 copies (as stated upon copyright page). xxii, 118, [4] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Color pictorial dust jacket rubbed with some foxing; slight bumping/scuffing at edges. Pale yellow cloth. Past owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown; interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Laid-in at rear endpaper is publisher's promotional order card with past owner's mailing label still affixed. The book features the personal journal accounts of John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe (1803 -1891), son of renowned neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (1764-1820), regarding his October-December 1834 travels from New York to New Orleans and Natchez by ship and his return to Baltimore by stagecoach. ISBN 0917860217.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. (xv) 457 pp. Black boards lettered in blue on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada; Foreword by The 19th Earl of Derby - Edward Stanley; Introduction; A Calling in Canada; The Derbys; Stanley's Youth and the Impact of Sports; Arrival in Canada; Agitation; Crisis in Masculinity; The Behring Sea Question; The Son of Love - Stanley Western Canadian Trip; Narrow Escape from a Watery Grave; Birth of the Stanley Cup; The Earl at Knowsley; and The Death of Derby; followed by an epilogue and an index. Size: 8vo. Book. …

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Zustand: Near Fine Plus. Near Fine Plus. First Edition. The red colour of the spine panel of dust jacket is faded. Story of the origins, rise, and ultimate downfall of Brother Twelve (Edward Arthur Wilson), the legendary cult leader whose teachings attracted thousands of followers worldwide in the 1920s. Hundreds of these disciples came to live at the Aquarian Foundation, a colony established in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia that was to be the power center of the dawning new age. 371 pages plus 16 pages of B/W photo illustrations.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Intriguing and detailed story of the rise and fall of the Aquarian Foundation colony, established by the charismatic charlatan Brother Twelve on Vancouver Island in the 1920s. Foreword by Colin Wilson. 362 pages + Index; 16 pages of glossy black-and-white photos. Unclipped dust jacket is protected in a clear sleeve. Appears "as new" and unread.…

Unknown. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Used - Very Good. Commercial Art Press, Cedar Rapids. 22 pages. Halftone portraits, church. 8 x 5.5", printed wrapper, string tie. VG.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 6.50x0.31x9.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 6.50x0.31x9.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 119 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Foreword by John A Ziegler, Jr; Hockey Night in Canada; Broadcast Team; Foster Hewitt; The Great Gretzky; Hockey Giants; New Faces; The Teams; Schedules; 1981-82 Season in Review; Trophies and Awards; NHL Officials; NHL Rules and Signals; and 1981-82 Statistics and All-Time Records. Size: 4to. Rob Wilson; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 148 pages. 6.00x0.38x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Fine. Trade paperback, second printing, xiv + 472 pages; very tiny traces of shelf wear, but very clean and unmarked, unread condition;------CONTENTS: Setting the Agenda - Towards a Theory of Combat Motivation, by John Keegan;---Reflections on the Sharp End of the War, by John Ellis;---The British, The Scottish Soldier - Reality and the Armchair Experience, by Diana Henderson;---The Shadow of the Somme - The influence of the First World War on British Soldiers Perceptions and Behaviour in Worl War II, by G. D. Sheffield;---British Field Force in France and Belgium, 1939 - 40, by Brian Bond;---The Real Dad's Army - The British Home Guard, 1940 - 44, by S. P. MacKenzie;--- British Soldiers on the home front - Army morale Reports 1940 - 45, by J. A. Crang;---Commonwealth Contingents, 'Twas England Bade Our Wild Geese Go': Soldiers of Ireland in the Second World War, by Ian Wood;---'If I Fight for Them, Maybe Then I Can go Back to the Village' - African Soldiers in the Mediterranean and European Campaigns 1939 - 1945, by David Killingray;---Matters of Honour - Indian Troops in the North African and Italian Theatres, by Gerald Douds;---Mr Wu and the Colonials - British Evacuation from Crete 1941, by Angus Calder;---'If This War isn't Over, and Pretty Damn Soon, There'll be Nobody Left in This Old Platoon' - First Canadian Army February - March 1945, by Terry Copp;--- Seven Armies in Europe, French Combat Performance in 1940 and the Politics of the Fall of France, by Martin S Alexander;---Italian Soldier in Combat - Myths, Realities and Explanations, by Brian R. Sullivan;---The Italian Job - Five Armies in Italy 1943 - 45, by Richard Holmes;---Peasant Scapegoat to Industrial Slaughter - The Romanian Soldier at the Sige of Odessa, by Mark Axworthy;--- Red Army Battlefield Performance - The system and the Soldier, by John Erickson;---Offensive Women - Women in Combat in the Red Army, by Reina Pennington;---Motivation and Indoctrination in the Wehrmacht, by Jurgen Forster;---The German Soldier in Occupied Russia, by Theo Schultz;---Who Fought and Why - The Assignment of the American Soldiers to Comabt, by Theodore Wilson;---The GI in Europe and the American Military Tradition, by Reid Mitchell;---Two Memoirs: 'Puir Bluidy Swaddies are Weary' - Sicily 1943, by Hamish Henderson;---Infantry Combat -A G I in France 1944, by Steve Weiss;---Reflections: Trauma and Absence - France and Germany 1914 - 1945, by Omer Bartov;---Oral History and British Soldiers Experience of Battle in WW 2, by Nigel De Lee;---Soldiers Experience in Two World Wars - Some Historiographical Comparisons, by Hew Strachan.------"In the 50 years since the end of the Second World War, much has been written about the men at the top, but little attention has been given to what soldiering was like for the 'dog-face' and 'squaddy', the NCOs and junior officers. Redressing the balance, this original and powerful book explores the conditions in which the soldiers of many different countries lived and died, as well as their hopes and fears, and their experiences of battle. John Keegan, Brian Bond, Richard Holmes, John Erikson, Theodore Wilson, John Ellis and Omer Bartov are among the distinguished cast of historians whose subjects range from GIs in Europe to Indian troops in North Africa, and from the comic overtones of Dad's Army in Britain to the grim earnest of the war on the eastern front, where Russian women fought as full combatants." PLEASE NOTE: the section "About this Item" is written by me and my copy ships from beautiful Newfoundland, Canada, NOT the UK, and the section "About this title---Synopsis" is nonsense and gibberish provided by Abebooks and does NOT relate to my copy.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Poor. 0349137315. Softcover, 320 pages, illustrated. Front endpaper removed, creasing on cover and sellotape repair to spine. Endpapers and page edges tanned, stained and spotting. Reading copy. John Thompson (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Edition not stated on copy right page; latest date is 1962 Every pistol in this collection has a B&W photo which are nearly half the page and the descriptive text underneath. Includes a 10 page index. Book size is approximately 8.25"W by 11" L. Pages are clean and bright; Binding is tight - a very solid book; there are no loose signatures despite thickness of book. Interior pages do not have tears, creases, There is no writing or underlining on interior pages Grey colored end papers both front and back are clean and complete. Slate grey cloth covering of boards are clean and bright. Lettering on spine is bright and readable. Edges and corners of cloth covered boards have lsome shelf wear and light soiling. This is NOT an ex-lib or a remainder.…

Soft Cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Trade paperback, xiv + 472 pages; very tiny traces of shelf wear, but very clean and unmarked, unread condition;------CONTENTS: Setting the Agenda - Towards a Theory of Combat Motivation, by John Keegan;---Reflections on the Sharp End of the War, by John Ellis;---The British, The Scottish Soldier - Reality and the Armchair Experience, by Diana Henderson;---The Shadow of the Somme - The influence of the First World War on British Soldiers Perceptions and Behaviour in Worl War II, by G. D. Sheffield;---British Field Force in France and Belgium, 1939 - 40, by Brian Bond;---The Real Dad's Army - The British Home Guard, 1940 - 44, by S. P. MacKenzie;--- British Soldiers on the home front - Army morale Reports 1940 - 45, by J. A. Crang;---Commonwealth Contingents, 'Twas England Bade Our Wild Geese Go': Soldiers of Ireland in the Second World War, by Ian Wood;---'If I Fight for Them, Maybe Then I Can go Back to the Village' - African Soldiers in the Mediterranean and European Campaigns 1939 - 1945, by David Killingray;---Matters of Honour - Indian Troops in the North African and Italian Theatres, by Gerald Douds;---Mr Wu and the Colonials - British Evacuation from Crete 1941, by Angus Calder;---'If This War isn't Over, and Pretty Damn Soon, There'll be Nobody Left in This Old Platoon' - First Canadian Army February - March 1945, by Terry Copp;--- Seven Armies in Europe, French Combat Performance in 1940 and the Politics of the Fall of France, by Martin S Alexander;---Italian Soldier in Combat - Myths, Realities and Explanations, by Brian R. Sullivan;---The Italian Job - Five Armies in Italy 1943 - 45, by Richard Holmes;---Peasant Scapegoat to Industrial Slaughter - The Romanian Soldier at the Sige of Odessa, by Mark Axworthy;--- Red Army Battlefield Performance - The system and the Soldier, by John Erickson;---Offensive Women - Women in Combat in the Red Army, by Reina Pennington;---Motivation and Indoctrination in the Wehrmacht, by Jurgen Forster;---The German Soldier in Occupied Russia, by Theo Schultz;---Who Fought and Why - The Assignment of the American Soldiers to Comabt, by Theodore Wilson;---The GI in Europe and the American Military Tradition, by Reid Mitchell;---Two Memoirs: 'Puir Bluidy Swaddies are Weary' - Sicily 1943, by Hamish Henderson;---Infantry Combat -A G I in France 1944, by Steve Weiss;---Reflections: Trauma and Absence - France and Germany 1914 - 1945, by Omer Bartov;---Oral History and British Soldiers Experience of Battle in WW 2, by Nigel De Lee;---Soldiers Experience in Two World Wars - Some Historiographical Comparisons, by Hew Strachan.------"In the 50 years since the end of the Second World War, much has been written about the men at the top, but little attention has been given to what soldiering was like for the 'dog-face' and 'squaddy', the NCOs and junior officers. Redressing the balance, this original and powerful book explores the conditions in which the soldiers of many different countries lived and died, as well as their hopes and fears, and their experiences of battle. John Keegan, Brian Bond, Richard Holmes, John Erikson, Theodore Wilson, John Ellis and Omer Bartov are among the distinguished cast of historians whose subjects range from GIs in Europe to Indian troops in North Africa, and from the comic overtones of Dad's Army in Britain to the grim earnest of the war on the eastern front, where Russian women fought as full combatants." PLEASE NOTE: the section "About this Item" is written by me and my copy ships from beautiful Newfoundland, Canada, NOT the UK, and the section "About this title---Synopsis" is nonsense and gibberish provided by Abebooks and does NOT relate to my copy.…

hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xxvi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ISBN 9780226136226, 0226136221 OCLC 5285932 LCCN 79019254 LC E275.A2 R48 Dewey 973.38 ; Contents: New England in arms -- War around Manhattan -- Countering Burgoyne -- New Jersey mobilized -- The Philadelphia theater -- War in the Carolinas -- Virginia, to Yorktown -- The Indian frontier -- Maritime combat -- Behind enemy lines -- Logistics -- Other revolutionaries ; A classic oral history of the American Revolution, The Revolution Remembered uses 79 first-hand accounts from veterans of the war to provide the reader with the feel of what it must have been like to fight and live through America's bloody battle for independence.; "In a book fairly bursting with feats of daring, perhaps the most spectacular accomplishment of them all is this volume's transformation of its readers into the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers. . . . An amazing gathering of 79 surrogate Yankee grandparents who tell us in their own words what they saw with their own eyes."-Elaine F. Weiss, Christian Science Monitor ; "Fascinating. . . . [The soldiers'] details fill in significant shadows of history."-Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times ; "It's still good fun two centuries later, overhearing these experiences of the tumult of everyday life and seeing a front-lines view of one of the most unusual armies ever to fight, let alone win."-Richard Martin, Wall Street Journal ; "One of the most important primary source discoveries from the era. A unique and fresh perspective."-Paul G. Levine, Los Angeles Times ; FINE/FINE. Book.…