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By: SMITH, W. Eugene) SMITH, W. Eugene

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1984,

Seller ID: 106931

(SMITH, W. Eugene). The Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Research Series, Number 20, July 1984 : W. Eugene Snith, Middle Years. (Tucson) : Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1984. Pp (2),3-87,(1). Illustrated. Double Column. 4to, illustrated whitecard covers, letered in black. Contents : Director's Statement (by James E nyeart). W. Eugene Smith, Middle Years (by William S. Johnson). A Portfolio: Pittsburgh, Plates 1-16; Haiti, Plates 17-27; As from My Window I Sometimes Glance, Plates 28-36; The Loft from the Inside In, Plates 37-43; Hitachi...
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Behold the West Indies. in dj.

By: OAKLEY, Amy Oakley, Thornton

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Appleton-Century, New York, 1941,

Seller ID: 55708

OAKLEY, Amy. Behold the West Indies. Illustrated by Thornton Oakley. N.Y.: D. Appleton-Century, 1947. Pp. 540. Frontis., maps to endpapers, and numerous illustrations to text, some full page. 8vo, mustard cloth. Comitas, Caribbeana 1900-1965, 3.224. Amy and Thornton Oakley record their impressions of Nassau, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Leeward and Windward Islands, Guadalupe, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Tobago, the Dutch West Indies, Venezuela, Columbia, and Panama. Cocked, boards somewhat soiled, ow very good solid copy, in fair price...
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Beneath Tropic Seas : A Record of Diving Among the Coral Reefs of Haiti. 2nd US

By: BEEBE, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Putnam, New York, 1928,

Seller ID: 88598

BEEBE, William. Beneath Tropic Seas : A Record of Diving Among the Coral Reefs of Haiti. With sixty illustrations. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (September 1928). Second Printing. Pp. (8),v-xiii,(1),1-234, colour frontis., 37p. of black and white plates and 1 map leaf. 8vo, green cloth with gilt ti tle block to front, gilt lettering to spine. See Berra, William Beebe: An Annotated Bibliography XIV. Anderson 81. Faint dampstain to all edges of boards, gilt lettering wearing away from spine, name, as is. 15.00
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Bermuda's Sailors of Fortune. 2nd Printing

By: KENNEDY, Jean de Chantel, Sister

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Baxter's Book Shops, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1969,

Seller ID: 55677

KENNEDY, Jean de Chantel, Sister. Bermuda's Sailors of Fortune. (Hamilton, Bermuda : Baxter's Book Shops, 1969). Second Printing. Pp. (8),5-155,(1) + 3 leaves of plates in text, 8 p. of plates and 1 folding map of St. George's at rear. Some other illustrations in the text. 8vo, art-illustrated whitecard covers with French flaps. Front cover gives the author as simply Jean Kennedy. See Hallett, Bermuda in Print : A Guide to the Printed Literature on Bermuda, 2nd ed., p.120. "The bulk of this book was published by the Be rmuda Historical Society in four issues of the Quarterly under the titl...
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Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

By: WETMORE, Alexander and Bradshaw H. SWALES SWALES, Bradshaw H. United States National Museum Bulletin 155)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1931,

Seller ID: 70282

WETMORE, Alexander and Bradshaw H. SWALES. The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic . Washington: Smithsonian Institution/US GPO, 1931. Pp. [i]-iv,1-483,(1), frontis., + 24 p. of plates and 1 folding map. Illustrated. 8vo, printed grey-green card covers. United States National Museum Bulletin 155. Rubbed, covers creased, inner hinges tender, edges bumped and nicked, chip to fore-edge of plate #25, else vg. 30.00
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Blue Helmets : A Review of United Nations Peace-keeping. Third Edition, Paperback.

By: United Nations].

Price: $30.00

Publisher: United Nations Department of Public Information, New York , NY, 1996, ISBN:9211006112

Seller ID: 114042

[United Nations]. The Blue Helmets : A Review of United Nations Peace-keeping. New York, NY : Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information, (1996). Third Edition. Pp. (3),iv-xvi,[1]-808. Double colum. Large 8vo, grey card covers with blue lettering to front cover and spine. "The third edition of 'The Blue Helmets' is a unique publication, containing themain facts of 41 United Nations peace-keeping operations from 1948 through early 1996. Wearing their familiar blue helmets or blue berets, military p ersonnel serving as United Nations peace-keepers are increasingly being...
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Canada and the United Nations. A Tribute to the United Nations by Guita Percha & Rubber, Limited

By: Allied Countries - WW2).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Guita Percha & Rubber, Limited, 1943,

Seller ID: 80276

(Allied Countries - WW2). Canada and the United Nations. A Tribute to the United Nations by Guita Percha & Rubber, Limited. N.pl.: (Guita Percha & Rubber, Limited , 1943). Pp 1-20. Illustrated. 8vo, blue stapled card covers. “Guita Percha & Rubber, Limited, an all-Canadian Company, is happy to pres ent this booklet to our customers and friends as a tribute to the United Nations.” - from page one. This booklet has information on the allied countries participating in World War Two, including a brief summary of each country along with a picture of its flag and leader(s). The countries covered ar...
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Canadian Military Journal / Revue Militaire Canadienne. Vol. 7, No. 3, Autumn/ Automne 2006.

By: BASHOW, David L. (ed.). HORN, Bernd SHRUM, L.A. LEPINE, J.P.F.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Department of National Defence, Ottawa, 2006,

Seller ID: 94667

BASHOW, David L. (ed.). Canadian Military Journal / Revue Militaire Canadienne. Vol. 7, No. 3, Autumn/ Automne 2006. (Ottawa : Department of National Defence, 2006). Pp 1-102;1-102. Illustrated. Double Column. 4to, illustrated grey card covers. Contents : “Outside the Wire – Some Leadership Challenges in Afghanistan” by Colonel Bernd Horn (pp 6-14); “Transformation and Airspace Operations in Afghanistan” by Captain L.A. Shrum (pp 15-24); “The Case for International Trusteeship in Haiti” by Major Michael T. Ward (pp 25-34); “The United States Unified Command Plan” by Lieutenant Colonel Marcus F...
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Consequences of Class and Color : West Indian Perspective. pbk original.

By: LOWENTHAL, David and Lambros COMITAS, eds. COMITAS, Lambros, ed. WALCOTT, Derek JAMES, C.L.R.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1973, ISBN:038504402x

Seller ID: 76766

LOWENTHAL, David and Lambros COMITAS, (eds.). Consequences of Class and Color : West Indian Perspective . Edited and introduced by David Lowenthal andLambros Comitas. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press, Doubleday, 1973. First Anc hor Books edition. A Doubleday Anchor Original. Pp. xx,[1]-334,(6) of ads at rear. Small 8vo, illustrated black card covers. Mass market paperback. Contents: 1. Marcus Garvey's "The Race Question in Jamaica"; 2. C.V.D. Hadley's "Personality Patterns, Social Class, and Aggression in the British West Indies"; 3. Rex Nettleford's "National Identity and Att...
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Empires to Nations : Expansion in America, 1713-1824. First Edition.

By: SAVELLE, Max

Price: $30.00

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press , Minneapolis, 1974,

Seller ID: 115060

SAVELLE, Max . Empires to Nations : Expansion in America, 1713-1824. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, (1974). First Edition. 8vo, dark grey cloth, gilt lettering to front & spine. Volume 5 in the Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion series. Max Savelle (b. January 8, 1896, Mobile, Alabama - d. September 12, 1979, Seattle, Washington). "This history traces the growth of the Euroamerican societies in the Western Hemisphere during the eighteenth-century period of European expansion. Professor Savelle reviews the continuation and completion of the exploration of the America...
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Evergreen Review : Volume 4 Number 13, May-June 1960.

By: IONESCO, Eugène). JARRY, Alfred). DAUMAL, Rene). Evergreen Review, 4:13).

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Grove Press, 1960,

Seller ID: 45182

(IONESCO, Eugène). Evergreen Review : Volume 4 Number 13 : 'Pataphysics is the Only Science. (NY: Grove Press, 1960). Pp. 192. 8vo, green ill. card covers. Contents: Roger Shattuck: "Superliminal Note". Part I: The Satraps: "A Fish's Life" (by Raymond Queneau); "Foursome" (by Eugene Ionesco); "A Letter to His Magnificence The Vice-Curator Baron" (by Boris Vian); "Chant Song... It Droppeth As The Gentle Rain (A Ballet)" (by Jacques Prevert); "The Chinese Princess" (by Rene Clair); "Two Stories" (by Jean Ferry); Monsieur Juva's Flint Statue...
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Eyewitnesses to Peace : Letters from Canadian Peacekeepers.

By: SNAILHAM, Jane

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, Clementsport, N.S., 1998, ISBN:1896551165

Seller ID: 83950

SNAILHAM, Jane. Eyewitnesses to Peace : Letters from Canadian Peacekeepers.Edited by Alex Morrison and Steven A. Torrisi. (Clementsport, N.S.) : The Canadian Peacekeeping Press, 1998. First Edition. Pp [i]-xviii,1-177,(5). Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, illustrated green card covers. Peacekeeping roles inthe former Yugoslavia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Haiti. Autographed Copy stick er to front, else very good. Signed by the author to half-title. 20.00
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French Atlantic Triangle : Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade. paperback

By: MILLER, Christopher L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham & London, 2008, ISBN:9780822341512

Seller ID: 114419

MILLER, Christopher L. The French Atlantic Triangle : Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade. Durham & London : Duke University Press, 2008. First Paperback Edition. Pp (6),[vii[-xvi,(2),[3]-571,(5). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, illustrated black card covers, lettered in white and blue. "The French slave trade forced more than one million Africans across the Atlantic to theislands of the Caribbean. It enabled France to establish Saint-Domingue, t he single richest colony on earth, and it connected France, Africa, and theCaribbean permanently. Yet the impact of the slave trade on the culture...
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Gold : Its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Distribution. First Edition

By: MACLAREN, J. Malcolm GREGORY, John Walter, ex-libris

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Mining Journal, London, 1908, : 1908

Seller ID: 104313

MACLAREN, J. Malcolm. Gold : Its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Distribution. With One Coloured Plate and 278 Illustrations. London : The Mining Journal, 1908. First Edition. Pp (4),[v]-xxiii,(1),[1]-687,(1), coloured frontispiece + 38 plates. Text illustrations. Maps. 8vo, green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. James Malcolm Maclaren (b. October 23, 1873, Thames, New Zealand - d. March 13, 1935, Burncoose, Cornwall). .Of local interest : Nova Scotia (pp 460-467). Contents : Part I. The General Relations of Auriferous Deposits. Introductory. - Condition of the Interior of the Earth...
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Haitian People. pbk.

By: LEYBURN, James G. MINTZ, Sidney W., foreword Caribbean Series, 9)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1966,

Seller ID: 75450

LEYBURN, James G. The Haitian People. With a new introduction by Sidney W. Mintz. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1966. Pp. [i]-xlviii,[1]-342, + 1 double-leaf map. 8vo, printed white and black card covers. Number 9 in the Caribbean Series. Sidney W. Mintz, editor. "One of the very few books to deal with Haiti's crucial century of isolation (1804-1915)", this volume focuses on the history of the troubled Caribbean nation, from the slave revolts to the early 1940s, when Leyburn finished his study. Spine faded and slightly browned, name to ffep, occasional pencilled marginalia, els...
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History of US Armed Interventions. Vol. I. US Aggression Against Soviet Russia, and Countries of Asia and the Middle East. Vol. II. US Imperialist Aggression in Latin America

By: KOCHIN, A., and A. SINELNIKOV (eds.) SINELNIKOV, A. Problems of the Contemporary World (Nos. 91 anmd 92)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: "Social Sciences Today" Editorial Board, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1980,

Seller ID: 114694

KOCHIN, A., and A. SINELNIKOV (eds.). A History of US Armed Interventions. Vol. I. US Aggression Against Soviet Russia, and Countries of Asia and the Middle East. Vol. II. US Imperialist Aggression in Latin America. Moscow : "Social Sciences Today" Editorial Board, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981. Pp (4),5-[220]; (4),5-[208]. 8vo, white and blue card covers, lettered in black and white. Problems of the Contemporary World (Nos. 91 anmd 92). Contents : Vol. I. Foreword (by I. Grigulevich); Expansionism—a Weapon of US Imperialism (by E. Ivanyan, and G, Trofimenko); The United States i...
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Hogan Story.

By: PARSONS, R.M. Sea Breezes 56:439 ISHERWOOD, J.H.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Sea Breezes, 1982,

Seller ID: 21510

PARSONS, R.M. "The Hogan Story." An article in Sea Breezes: The Magazine of Ships and the Sea, Vol.56, No.439, July 1982, pp.483496, double column. Also: Lloyd M. Stadum's "Career of a Beauty: the Chieftain of 1907"; W.R. Lucas' "Saga of the Peggy" [the 1893 race between the paddle steamers Ravenswood and Lorna Doone]; J.H. Isherwood's "Columbia Mail Steamer Haiti of 1932"; Alastair Forsyth's "Giant of the White Star" [on a Merseyside Maritime Museum model of the Titanic, formerly used as model of both the Britannic and the Olympic, pp.464-9]; others and...
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Log of Christopher Columbus. Second Paperback Printing.

By: COLUMBUS, Christopher) FUSON, Robert H., trans.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: International Marine, Camden, ME, 1992, ISBN:0877429510

Seller ID: 114896

(COLUMBUS, Christopher). The Log of Christopher Columbus. Translated by Robert H. Fuson. Camden, Maine : International Marine Publishing Company, (copyright 1992). Second Paperback Printing. Pp (8),ix-xviii,(2),1-252. Illustrations in the text. Double column. Oblong 8vo, illustrated orange, white, and black cardcovers, red and black lettering to spine. Robert Henderson Fuson (b. July 7, 1927, Bloomington, Indiana - d. October 22, 2004, Tampa Bay,Florida). "As he set sail in 1492 on the voyage that would culminate in th e discovery of the New World, Christopher Columbus resolved to "wri...
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Lydia Bailey

By: ROBERTS, Kenneth

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1947,

Seller ID: 75669

ROBERTS, Kenneth. Lydia Bailey. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company,1947. First Edition. Pp. (12),[1]-488,(12). Illustrated with maps on front and rear pastedowns, ffep and rfep. 8vo, black cloth cover with gold and r ed lettering to spine and front cover. "These are 'the heroic years' when Albion Hamlin comes from Maine to Boston to defend a client who has run afoul of the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts. Before he knows quite what has happened to him Albion has lost a case, delivered a ringing oration on liberty in the teeth of illiberal Justice Chase of the Supreme Court, and b...
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Masters of the Dew : A Novel of Haiti. in dustjacket.

By: ROUMAIN, Jacques. HUGHES, Langston, trans. COOK, Mercer, trans.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1947,

Seller ID: 103923

ROUMAIN, Jacques. Masters of the Dew : A Novel of Haiti. Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (c.1947). With "Liberty Book Club" to foot of spine on book proper and jacket. Pp. (6),vii-[viii],(2),1-180. 8vo, tan cloth with red lettering to spine. A translationof the Haitian Marxist author's masterwork, 'Gouverneurs de la Rosee'. Rou main, b. June 4, 1907, Port-au-Prince; d. August 18, 1944. "This novel fromHaiti is a vivid prose idyll of elemental urges among an elemental people. It portrays with ever-powerful simplicity the Haitian sun and s...
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