The Life of Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Michael O'Mara Books, 2004. Softcover. More
History
Britain in Pictures: British Dogs
London: William Collins, 1946. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. More
Illustrated Dictionary of Bible Manners and Customs
New York: Philosophical Library, Inc, 1967. J. de Vries. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Kencot Oxfordshire
Burford, Oxford: Privately Published, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. No publication date or year given. Author's dedication is dated Sept. 1, 1973. A history of the town of Kencot written in hand calligraphy. Work commissioned by Rosemay Abraham of Kencot Manor. More
Western Civilization in Thailand: Being Introduced to Thailand by King Chulalongkorn
Bangkok, Thailand: Department of Corrections Press, 1986. Paperback. Staple Bound. More
A Nation in Waiting: Indonesia in the 1990s
Allen & Unwin, 1994. Softcover. More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. With promotional band on dust jacket. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant..... More
Marriage and Love in England 1300-1840
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Contents I THE MALTHUSIAN MARRIAGE SYSTEM 1 Charles Darwin and Thomas Malthus 2 The importance of Malthusian marriage 3 The Malthusian marriage system and its origins II THE VALUE OF CHILDREN 4 The benefits and..... More
The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
London: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores..... More
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Princeton Studies in International History and Politics series. Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances..... More
The Glory and Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Modern China (Asian Civilization)
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1964. Paperback. More
A History of the Arab Peoples
Warner Books, 1992. Paperback. More
The Devils of Loudun
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Val Biro (cover art). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an..... More
Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World
London: William Collins, 2017. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Five hundred years ago a stubborn German monk challenged the Pope with a radical vision of what Christianity could be. The revolution he set in motion toppled governments, upended social norms and transformed millions of people’s understanding of their relationship..... More
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Rare. These fourteen essays covering a wide range of subjects of great current interest reflect the continuous evolution of the author’s thought from 1951 to 1961. Range and flexibility characterize Alexander Gerschenkron’s dynamic approach to Europe’s industrial history. Connecting..... More
World Masters Texts Library: The Federalist Papers (Chinese REVIEW illustrated edition) (Set of 2 Volumes)
Beijing, China: China Renmin University Press, 2013. Softcover. 2 volume set. English text with Chinese notes. More
Pencil Speakings from Peking
New York: The Macmillan Company. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. No date or year of publication indicated. First edition of this title was published in U.S. and U.K. in 1918. As an advance review copy, this edition mostly likely predates the 1918 publication year. More
A History of Modern France - Volume 1: 1715 - 1799
Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1976. Reprint. Third Edition. Paperback. A Pelican Book (A403). More
A History of Modern France: Volume One - Old Regime and Revolution 1715 - 1799
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Penguin Books A 403. More
Closer Than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition (presumed). First Printing. Hardcover. In this innovative book, Alfred W. McCoy takes a new approach to the military and political history of the Philippines. Comparing two generations of graduates from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)—the classes of 1940 and 1971—McCoy uncovers fundamental..... More
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Faber and Faber, 1990. More
American Heritage: The Magazine of History, June 1977 (Volume XXVIII Number 4)
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1977. Hardcover (Outsized). 19 articles on American history, including an interview with Tim McCoy. Contributors include: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., E.M. Halliday, John Brooks, James Wesley Baker, Spencer Klaw, Bruce Catton, Walter Lord, among others. More
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
New York: Modern Library Paperback, 2001. Wendy Halitzer (cover design). First Modern Library Paperback Edition. First Printing. Paperback. Signed by author on title page. Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire was one of the most..... More
