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The Steep Places

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Harper & Brothers Date published: 1948

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1948 Harper & Brothers. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has navy textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Deckle fore edges. Front cover has blind-stamped publisher's logo. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. 247 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small edge tears. Bottom corner of front flap is clipped, but price still present at top corner. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Includes dust ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The American Crusade I: the Age of Democracy 1910-1918

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: William H. Wise Date published: 1927

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1927 William H. Wise, Art Edition. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards and dark brown leatherette spine. Leatherette extends across one-third of cover and has stamped illustration of the Statue of Liberty in yellow, brown and green on the front. Spine has matching design of a sundial and trees with a ship on the ocean in the background. Spine ends bumped. Light rubbing at corners. Top edges gilt. Covers have a few light stains. Endpapers printed with marbled pattern in ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Development of the United States From Colonies to a World Power used book

The Development of the United States From Colonies to a World Power

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Date published: 1918

Description: Good; No jacket. 1918 Houghton Mifflin Company. Eleventh impression. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Map on front endpaper. Fold-out map at back, in good condition. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers lightly rubbed. Notes on front free endpaper in ink. Name stamped in top margin of first page of Preface. Notes in pencil on rear endpapers. 3 pages have either margin marks ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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A Rope and a Prayer: the Story of a Kidnapping used book

A Rope and a Prayer: the Story of a Kidnapping

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Date published: 2011 ISBN-13: 9780143120056 ISBN: 0143120050

Description: Fine. 2011 Penguin Books. Trade paperback. 360 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Seen From E. a. : Three International Episodes

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Date published: 1947

Description: Good+; Fair Jacket. 1947 Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition, stated. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped floral cover decoration. Deckle fore edges. Top edges colored green. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Top of spine lightly wrinkled. Pages clean and unmarked. Small stains on top page edges. 313 + vii pages. A Borzoi ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Power Projection: a Net Assessment of U.S. and Soviet Capabilities

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: National Strategy Information Center Date published: 1978

Description: Very Good. 1978 National Strategy Information Center. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine lightly sunned, but NOT creased. Front cover has a small light crease at the bottom corner. Back cover has a very light ink smear that appears to be a printing artifact from the time of manufacture. Pages clean and unmarked. Foreword by E. R. Zumwalt, Jr. 89 pages. NSIC Agenda Paper No. 7. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Turning Stream

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc Date published: 1948

Description: Good+; Fair Jacket. 1948 Doubleday & Company Inc. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gray cloth-covered boards with black and reverse spine lettering on a black panel. Top page edges colored gray. Deckle fore edges. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Head of spine has a small nick. Pages clean and unmarked. 440 pages. Jacket fit loosely on book, and has tattered top and bottom edges, with several ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Catalyst: a Plan to Use Law to End Large Scale War

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Rosenfeld Publishing Date published: 1982

Description: Good. 1982 Rosenfeld Publishing. Softcover pamphlet, with stapled binding. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Spine has short horizontal crease at center. Very light wear on covers. Address label on back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 36 pages. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Socialist Commonwealth of Nations: Organizations & Institutions

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Yale University Press Date published: 1967

Description: Good+; Good Jacket. 1967 Yale University Press. Second printing of 1964 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. 300 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Two facing pages have a total of eight lines of text underlined in ink. Small brown stain on bottom page edges. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with light soiling to the back panel and some wrinkling at ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict: Making America's Middle East Policy, From Truman to Reagan

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: University of Chicago Press Date published: 1985 ISBN-13: 9780226769615 ISBN: 0226769615

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1985 University of Chicago Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering. 522 pages. Series: Middle Eastern Studies, Monograph No. 1, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Miami. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb used book

Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Date published: 2004 ISBN-13: 9780815783008 ISBN: 0815783000

Description: Fine; Near Fine Jacket. 2004 Brookings Institution Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gold paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 268 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Includes ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Conflict and Bargaining in the Middle East: an Israeli Perspective

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Date published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780801820465 ISBN: 0801820464

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1978 The Johns Hopkins University Press. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has yellow cloth-covered boards with brown spine lettering. 448 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light overall surface rubbing, chipped, wrinkled, and nicked edges, and small tears. Carefully packed, shipped ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Challenges of Our Time: Disarmament and Social Progress. Highlights, 27th Congress, Cpsu used book

The Challenges of Our Time: Disarmament and Social Progress. Highlights, 27th Congress, Cpsu

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: International Publishers Date published: 1986 ISBN-13: 9780717806423 ISBN: 0717806421

Description: Very Good. 1986 International Publishers. Translated from Russian. Trade paperback. 216 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Bottom corner curled a little at the back. Page edges lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Western Ontario and the American Frontier

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Russell & Russell Date published: 1970

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1970 Russell & Russell. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Black and white map frontispiece + one other map in text. Deckle fore edges. xxiv, 295 pages + index. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Soft crease at bottom corner first 40 pages. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The American Crusade II: the Age of Democracy 1918-1927

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: William H. Wise Date published: 1927

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1927 William H. Wise, Art Edition. Vol 15 only. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards and dark brown leatherette spine. Leatherette extends across one-third of cover and has stamped illustration of the Statue of Liberty in yellow, brown and green on the front. Spine has matching design of a sundial and trees with a ship on the ocean in the background. Spine ends bumped. Light rubbing at corners. Top edges gilt. Covers have a few light stains. Endpapers printed with ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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In Search of Canada used book

In Search of Canada

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Transaction Publishers Date published: 1989 ISBN-13: 9780887387838 ISBN: 0887387837

Description: Near Fine. 1989 Transaction Publishers. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. A few light brown smudges on fore edges of pages. Pages clean and unmarked. 396 pages. Originally published as a special issue of Daedalus, Fall, 1988. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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International Security: Winter 2004/05 Vol. 29 No. 3

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: MIT Press Date published: 2005

Description: Fine. 2005 MIT Press. Softcover. Periodical issue. International Security, Winter 2004-2005, Volume 24, Number 3. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Unread. Just removed from shrink wrap. Pages clean and unmarked. 190 pages. Sponsored and edited by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. Contents: The Perils of Counterinsurgency: Russia's War in Chechnya by Mark Kramer; China Engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order by David Shambaugh; ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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The Aipac College Guide to Exposing the Anti-Israel Campaign on Campus

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: AIPAC Date published: 1984

Description: Very Good. 1984 AIPAC (American Israil Public Affairs Committee) Second printing. Softcover. 203 pages. Series: AIPAC Papers on U.S. -Israel Relations: 7 " NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked. "Special Edition for the Hillel Foundation funded by the Becker CPA Review Course Philantrhopic Fund." Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The United States and Ethiopia: Military Assistance and the Quest for Security, 1953-1993

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: University Press of America Date published: 1994 ISBN-13: 9780819195234 ISBN: 0819195235

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1994 University Press of America. First edtion. Hardcover has black leather-grain texture paper-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Small dent in top edge of back cover. Appears to be unread. Small light traces of erased pencil marking (former price) at top corner of front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The United Nations and Palestine used book

The United Nations and Palestine

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Date published: 1949

Description: Good+. October 1949 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. International Conciliation, No. 454, October, 1949. NOT ex-library. Softcover, with stapled and glued binding; green and white cardstock covers. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine covering lightly wrinkled. Corners of front cover bumped and mildly curled, with first few pages bumped. Small chip at head of spine. Pages clean and unmarked. ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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