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Belgian Episodes
 Henri Moke and Alice Wilmere
1861 First Edition

Extremely Rare Volume

Book is in Good +++ condition for its age

    * Good +++ condition very HTF book of Belgian history
    * H. Moke was a Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
    * Pages very clean.
    * You see very, very few books this old in this great a condition.
    * Cover is starting to separate from the pages, but pages are all still tightly bound. see pic below
    * Cover has obvious wear for age of book, but as pictures show, the gilt titles and decorations are still very bright and vivid
    * 454 pages, James Hogg and Sons
    * Dedicated to His Royal Highness Prince Albert
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The Ulster Clans
O'Mullan, O'Kane and O'Mellan
by Rev. T. H. Mullin & Rev. J. E. Mullan 

Book is in Very Good - to Very Good condition for age. No DJ

  • B.N.L. Printing Co., Belfast, 1966.
  • First Edition thus
  • 249 pages
  • Includes histories, maps, genealogies of Northern Irish clans 
  • Cover has some minimal scuff marks. Front hinge slightly weak

 

 

 

$84.95

Assassins At Large
Being a fully documented and hitherto unpublished account of the executions outside Russia ordered by the GPU
by Hugo Dewar

Book is in VERY GOOD ++ condition in GOOD- DJ

  • Beacon Press, First Edition Thus, 1952, 203 pages.
  • A whole series of political killings committed by Soviet agents in the "free" countries is here put on record. Here too, are kidnappings and abductions of which the victims have never been traced. This book covers a cross section of those that dared to oppose Stalin and perhaps thought they were safe outside the Iron Curtain. This narrative is documented at every point, often written from first-hand experience. A terrifying and revealing account of the manner in which the Soviet secret police were able to reach beyond their borders.
  • Book has minimal shelf wear and no markings. Jacket has several tears and shelf wear, but is intact.

 

 

 

 

$44.95

Memoirs
by David Ben-Gurion

Book is in Excellent condition in Very Good DJ

    * David Ben-Burion is inseparably linked to the building of Israel as the Jewish State. The story of his life is the story of Israel. Compiled by David Bransten, the book captures Ben-Gurion's story in his own words, from his arrival in Israel in 1906, his service in WWI, participation in the Balfour Declaration and in the battle for the creation of Israel.
    * Also covers personal glimpses into the heart, mind and character of this complex man. Born in a Polish ghetto to farm laboror to founder and first Commander in Chief of the Israel Defense Forces. Autobiography and history combine in this one book by and about this statesman and scholar.
    * Very clean page, binding tight, spine straight.
    * Bookplate of prior owner inside leaf
    * First edition, 1970, World Publishing, 216 pages.
 



$19.95

A Peaceful & Working People
Manner, Morals and Class Formation in Northern Mexico
by William E. French
1996 Stated 1st English


Book is in MINT condition, No DJ

    * Focuses on the history of the Mexican State of Chihuahua, and the factors that led to modern day Mexican culture and moral structure.
    * Univ of NM Press, 1996 stated 1st 0826316832,262 pages
    * Pages and cover are nice and clean. Does not appear to have been read. Very slight corner bumps, otherwise perfect.




$149.95
The True Saga of Cleng Peerson
By Alfred Hauge
INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Hauge

Book is overall in Mint condition. no DJ

    * Cleng (Kleng) Peerson (1782-1865) was known as the 'Father of Organized Norwegian Migration to America'.  He is recognized as the one pioneer whose tracks can be found throughout the Norwegian settlements in the United States.
    * The True Saga of Cleng Peqson is not quite a biography but a sifting of the evidence available to a biographer. The resulting book is both a valuable collection of information on Cleng Peerson and an
interesting sidelight on the mind of the novelist Alfred Hauge. The American edition is profusely illustrated.
    * Norwegian Society of Texas, 1982, Dallas. 132 pg.
    * Published in Norwegian as Sannferdig Saga om Cleng Peerson
    * Translated from the Norwegian by John Weinstock and Turid Sverre.


  


$174.95