PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING

Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes in Two Volumes

New York, NY: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1898. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set - part of the Nations of the World set. The books are in Very Good condition and were possibly issued without dust jackets. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear, along with some beginnning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. Both volumes have a previous owner's inked notation of ownership on the front endpapers. "William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory, also called "Photographic Memory". After an extensive period of study, during which he sporadically contributed to academic journals, Prescott specialized in late Renaissance Spain and the early Spanish Empire. His works on the subject, The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (1837) , The History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) , A History of the Conquest of Peru (1847) and the unfinished History of the Reign of Phillip II (1856–1858) have become classic works in the field, and have had a great impact on the study of both Spain and Mesoamerica. During his lifetime, he was upheld as one of the greatest living American intellectuals, and knew personally many of the leading political figures of the day, in both the United States and Britain." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 47792

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History William Hickling Prescott Willam H. Prescott Mexico Mexican History World Conquests Conquistadors

QUARLES, GIFFORD G.

Elementary Photography

Madison, WI: United States Armed Forces Institute, 1940. 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations & Photographs & Charts; This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have bumping, rubbing and wear. The cardstock covers of the book have noticeable generalized toning. The text pages are clean, but also noticeably toned.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 43999

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Gifford G. Quarles War Department War Department Education Manual World War II Photography

QUARTERMASTER REVIEW

Quartermaster Emergency Handbook for Officers Officer Candidates Enlisted Personnel and Roct Students

Washington D. C.: The Quartermaster's Association, 1942. Revised Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and wa issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping , rubbing and light creasing. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front cover. The text pages are generally clean. There is some tidemarking to the top edge of the first 20 or so pages, that doesn't affect the text. "In 1818, Thomas Jesup became the Quartermaster General, and he remained in that position until 1860. As a combat veteran, Jessup understood the importance of support to frontlineSoldiers; and he instituted practices and policies that have lasted until this day. According to Jesup, a Quartermaster at any level was first a military position, which required Soldiers familiar with military requirements. Yet he alsoinsisted upon strict standards in accounting. All Quartermaster Soldiers kept detailed records, which were subject to regular audits. He instilled a sense of purpose and professional pride within the Quartermaster Department. Because of his reforms, historians often call Thomas Jesup the “father of the Quartermaster Corps. ”" (from a brief history of the Quartermaster Corps. ). Very Good- .

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Book number: 39504

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History Quartermaster's Review Quartermaster Corps Supply Chains Logistics United States Military Military History

ROBINSON, ALBERT G.

The Philippines the War and the People

New York, NY: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The lettering on the spine and front cover are noticeable rubbed and difficult to read. The text pages are clean and bright with the exception of several smallish spots of foxing.. Very Good .

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Book number: 48444

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History Albert G. Robinson Philippines Colonies Colonial Philippines Islands

RUSH, ROBERT S.

Us Infantryman in World War II (3) European Theater of Operation 1944-45

Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing Inc, 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 1841763322. Illustrated by Elizabeth Sharp & Ian Palmer. B&W Illustrations; This is a larger than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40406

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: 1841763322 Military History Robert S. Rush Elizabeth Sharp Ian Palmer Infantry US Infantry Military History

SANDERS, LLOYD

The Holland House Circle

New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The covers have several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. TEG (Top Edge Gilt). "Under the 3rd Baron Holland and his wife Elizabeth, the house became noted as a glittering social, literary and political centre with many celebrated visitors such as Byron, Thomas Macaulay, the poets Thomas Campbell and Samuel Rogers, 'Conversation' Sharp, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. The figure of the political and historical writer John Allen was so associated with the house that he was known as Holland House Allen and there was a room in the house named after him. The prestige of Holland House extended to British colonies. In 1831 Henry John Boulton, who was born in Holland House, erected a baronial-like home in the city of Toronto. Henry John Boulton had been born in the famous English house, and he commemorated that fact by naming the Toronto home Holland House.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 35847

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: British History Lloyd Sanders Holland House Holland House Circle Authors Politics Baron Holland British History

SKELTON, R. A. , THOMAS E. MARSTON, AND GEORGE D. PAINTER (WITH A FOREWORD BY ALEXANDER O. VIETOR)

The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1965. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks and smallish tears, along with some generalized toning, especially to the edges. There are also several spots of rubbing to th dust jacket as well. "The Vinland Map was claimed to be a 15th-century mappa mundi with unique information about Norse exploration of North America but is now known to be a 20th-century forgery. The map first came to light in 1957 and was acquired by Yale University. It became well known due to the publicity campaign which accompanied its revelation to the public as a "genuine" pre-Columbian map in 1965. In addition to showing Africa, Asia and Europe, the map depicts a landmass south-west of Greenland in the Atlantic labelled as Vinland (Vinlanda Insula). " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 47998

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: World History R. A. Skelton Thomas E. Marston George O. Painter Vikings

SMITH, W. H. B

A Basic Manual of Military Small Arms How to Load, Operate, Disassemble, Assemble American - German - Italian - Japanese - Russian and Other Military Small Arms

Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Compnay, 1943. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a side stapled spine. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The paperback book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is edge wear, rubbing and a couple of tears to the spine ends and corners. There is a one inch tear to the top front spine joint, and several small creases and wrinkles to the corners. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper, along with an ink stamped owners notation: "Property of A. U. MC Farlin".. Very Good- .

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Book number: 45798

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Militaria The Military Service Publishing Company Arms And Armour Small Arms Military Small Arms Weaponry Rifles Pistols

SMITH, CAPTAIN JOH, A. L. ROWSE AND ROBERT O. DOUGAN

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1966. Facsimile; 1st Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a Facsimile edition of the London,1624 edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket but with a traycase which is also in Near Fine condition. The book itself is bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration to the front cover and spine. The text pages are on thick, watermarked paper. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Laid in is the introduction from the World Publishing Company. The tray case is in Very Good+ condition, but has several spots of discoloration, along with some wear and tear. "John Smith fell out of favor with the directors of the Virginia Company mostly due to his insistence of increasing food supply and reducing colonist numbers. Despite this, he wrote a series of publications after returning to England in October 1609[2] about the colonial effort in North America, where he marginalized the Company's involvement. The Generall Historie was based in large part on information he was given by others, as he had not personally witnessed what had happened in the years between his leaving Virginia and publishing the book. Some episodes may have been fabricated, condensed, or truncated, the most famous perhaps being whether or not he was actually "saved" from death by Pocahontas in 1607 (a fact Smith did not write about until this publication)." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .

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Book number: 39620

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: American History Captain John S A. L. Rowse Robert O Dougan Pocahontas Virigina Virginia Colony Virginia Colonial life American History

SPENCER, OTHA C.

Flying the Hump Memories of an Air War

Austin, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1994. 2nd Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0890966249. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the units of the United States Army Air Forces (AAF) based in China. Creating an airlift presented the AAF a considerable challenge in 1942: it had no units trained or equipped for moving cargo, and no airfields existed in the China Burma India Theater (CBI) for basing the large number of transports that would be needed. Flying over the Himalayas was extremely dangerous and made more difficult by a lack of reliable charts, an absence of radio navigation aids, and a dearth of information about the weather. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .

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Book number: 43018

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: 0890966249 Military History Otha C. Spencer Aeronautics / Astronautics Aviation World War II Flying The Hump Himilayas

TUCHMAN, BARBARA W.

The First Salute a View of the American Revolution

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Following graduation, Wertheim worked as a volunteer research assistant at the Institute of Pacific Relations in New York, spending a year in Tokyo in 1934–35, including a month in China, before returning to the United States via the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow and on to Paris. She also contributed to The Nation as a correspondent until her father's sale of the publication in 1937, traveling to Valencia and Madrid to cover the Spanish Civil War. A first book resulted from her Spanish experience, The Lost British Policy: Britain and Spain Since 1700, published in 1938. In 1940 Wertheim married Lester R. Tuchman, an internist, medical researcher and professor of clinical medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan. They had three daughters, including Jessica Mathews, who became president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 40196

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: American History Barbara W. Tuchman Revolutionary War Revolutionary America Americana American History

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Official Football Program Wisconsin Vs Indiana October 23, 1943

Bloomington, IL: Indiana University, 1943. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This is an official football program for the homecoming game between Indiana University and University of Wisconsin (Oct, 23, 1943). The program is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine of the program has rubbing, wear and tearing. The covers and text pages have a vertical crease and there is edge wear and a small tear to the foredge. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers have played their home games at Memorial Stadium since 1960. The team has won the Big Ten Championship twice, once in 1945 and again in 1967. The Hoosiers have appeared in eleven bowl games, including the 1968 Rose Bowl. Numerous Indiana players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, including Zora Clevinger, Bill Ingram, Pete Pihos, George Taliaferro, John Tavener, and Anthony Thompson, who was also National Player of the Year in 1989." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 38386

Catalogue: Indiana History

Keywords: Indiana History Indiana University Football Football Programs University Of Wisconsin College Football Indiana history

VLAHOS, OLIVIA

Far Eastern Beginnings

New York: Viking Press, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670307394. Illustrated by George Ford. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears. "She, later, attended the University of Texas Houston where she wrote and performed in shows for the USO and, under the tutelage of renowned anthropologist Gilbert McAllister, discovered her love of anthropology. She received her Masters from Sarah Lawrence College where the eminent mythologist Joseph Campbell became a life-long mentor and friend. A professor of anthropology and sociology at Norwalk Community College, Olivia spearheaded the creation of a certificate program in archaeology that has trained hundreds of avocational and professional archaeologists. In 1991, an annual scholarship was established at the college in her name. The author of several books and numerous articles on social and cultural topics, a bestseller, "Body: the Ultimate Symbol." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 38116

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: 0670307394 World History Olivia Vlahos George Ford The Orient China, Russia, World History

WALEY, ARTHUR

Secret History of the Mongols and Other Pieces

London, England: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price-clipped dust jacket has a couple of small nicks to the edges. "Arthur David Waley CH CBE (born Arthur David Schloss, 19 August 1889 – 27 June 1966) was an English orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry. Among his honours were appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1952, receiving the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1953, and being invested as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1956. Although highly learned, Waley avoided academic posts and most often wrote for a general audience. He chose not to be a specialist but to translate a wide and personal range of classical literature." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 47829

Catalogue: Chinese History

Keywords: Chinese History Arthur Waley Mongols Asia The Orient

WARRY, JOHN

Alexander 334-323bc : Conquest of the Persian Empire Campaign Series

London, England: Osprey Military Books, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "During his youth, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until age 16. After Philip's assassination in 336 BC, he succeeded his father to the throne and inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. Alexander was awarded the generalship of Greece and used this authority to launch his father's Panhellenic project to lead the Greeks in the conquest of Persia. In 334 BC, he invaded the Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire) and began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. Following the conquest of Anatolia, Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew Persian King Darius III and conquered the Achaemenid Empire in its entirety. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 35495

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Military History John Warry Alexander The Great Persian Empire Military Conquests Middle East Famous Commanders Military History