2019, ISBN: 9780807131930

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UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE.Owner name(?) possibly removed,as a horizontal,small rectangular-shaped cut-out to top,fore-edge corner … Altro …

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE.Owner name(?) possibly removed,as a horizontal,small rectangular-shaped cut-out to top,fore-edge corner which has also included the following half-title's concomitant corner too,but no price -clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photograph illustrated dw/dj panels with white+red lettering to fornt and spine/ backstrip,a thumbnail photograph detail to spine,rear panel with monochrome street scene and white lettered prose story extract to same; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with minor,faint thumbing to fore-edges but without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-697pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Books 1+2 comprising 20 and 18 chapters respectively,4pp glossary of crimimal+police slanguage with author's acknowledgements to verso of last page of same; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and title separator page with blank verso,Author's Note and individual Book's separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and even internally, the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation. In 1951 the Festival of Britain marks a new golden age of hope and prosperity for the country. Things are certainly looking up for the criminal elite who run the East End.For Jack,a draft-dodger with aspirations to be a champion boxer,there's easy money to be made for providing a bit of muscle. Meanwhile his sister Kath must keep secret the fact that she killed their father to protect her son,Brian,from the abuse she experienced as a child.Brian is so traumatised by witnessing this event that the complex union of violence and sexuality will shape his character for life.As the years go by and disillusion sets in, successive Labour and Tory governments aren't able to stop the rot.Younger,nastier criminals like the Kray twins and the Richardson brothers begin to carve out their own criminal empires and crush all resistance.Brutalised and embittered by years of failure and imprisonment,Jack decides to make a stand.The stage is set for one big war. 'CRIME and PUNISHMENT' is the first volume in a two-part epic,and follows the characters' lives up until the accession of Thatcher. The second volume will trace the dramatic changes in criminal society that reflected the wider social upheaval of the times, right up until the present day. Gordon Newman is a writer and television producer.In the 1970s,he created the British television show,Law and Order,and in more recent years,Judge John Deed and New Street Law. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - 1.2 Kg unpackaged - for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.QUERCUS,2009., 5, UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Ronald Searle; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to top edges and corners.Top edge minisculely,lightly dust-soiled,fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright,clean,unblemished, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,80pp [unpaginated] includes verso coloured illustrated,colour illustrated frntis,title page and a mixture of full-colour,full-page illustrations and full-page b/w illustrations - majority though,are in colour. Have you ever witnessed the Ancient,Noble (and Secret) Ceremony of Slashing the Trockenbeerenauslese? Or the Inauguration of the First Authentic (and Indisputable) Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita? Have you attended the Vinolympics,tasted Ptolemy Nouveau or watched the Uncorking of the Kangarouge? Unless you can answer 'yes' to at least one of these questions,your initiation into the mysteries of wine and its production has scarcely begun. Let Ronald Searle,in his own inimitable way,introduce you to the time honoured Wine Ceremonies of the World: from the USA (Blessing the Grapes - California Style) to the Far East (the Japanese Wine Ceremony); from Scotland (the Squeezing of the Bonnie Malted Grape) to South Africa (Colourful Ceremony of Offering Limited Recognition to the Black Grape) - and,in passing,let him show you how many ways there are to open a bottle of wine.A brilliant successor to 'The Illustrated Winespeak',its outrageously perceptive humour makes it a must for vintners and wine imbibers throughout the world. Some of these drawings have appeared first in The Subtle Alchemist (1973),Pariscope magazine (1973), Paris! Paris!(NY,1977) and R.S's aforementioned Illustrated Winespeak (1983). The rest of the drawings are new and appear for the first time in this collection. Ronald William Fordham Searle (b. March 3rd,1920 - d. Dec 30th ,2011.) He was an English artist and satirical cartoonist,comics artist,sculptor,medal designer and illustrator.He is best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the 'Molesworth' series. Works as Ronald Searle.Born in Cambridge.Studied at Cambridge School of Art (1936-39).Served in the Army during WW2 and was interned in Japanese PoW camps in Siam and Malaysia for three and a half years.On his release,he settled in London and began working as a humorous illustrator and carciaturist for books and magazines, including 'Punch' and 'Lilliput'.In 1959,at the invitation of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees,he visited camps in Austria, Italy and Greece,and published a book illustrating his impressions. The following year he settled in France,where he lived until his death. Searle has illustrated over 60 books.'Hurrah for St. Trinian's!' (1948) was among the first of many giving a mock-horrific view of private schools and their denizens; in these and many of his other books,the predominant mood of effervescent humour is offset by sinister or macabre overtones. He early developed a fanciful and strikingly individual graphic manner,subjecting the human form to grotesque distortions (bristling brows, hunched shoulders,matchstick legs and stiletto feet) and by the mid 1950s had become virtually a household name in Britain.He succeeds both at character-invention (favouring a number of well-defined types) and at caricature.He is also a painter in watercolour and gouache, etcher and lithographer and has worked on several films including Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965). Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! * * N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.SOUVENIR PRESS,1986., 5, UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[Complete and unabridged. Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edtion appeared in 1900.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or loss present - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Sporadic,but miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+foot of same.Top+fore-edges toned/aged but clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation. UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII (22) chapters; plus [unpaginated] a critic's review,title page,a dedication,a prefatory note to the original edition,a contents list/table,and to the rear - as last page - publisher's advert for 3 other titles. A highly collected and prolific author,and an unusual item/ ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the 'Churchilliana' canon. Although being the third of Churchill's works to be published, 'Savrola' was actually the first that he started writing,in the summer of 1897, when he was a 23-year-old officer in the 4th Hussars in India,and the ONLY work of fiction he had published.A significant curiosity among his works - and is therefore unique among his other works, which are generally memoirs and histories. ['Savrola' was originally and first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine,and Churchill later resolved to put it out in in complete form.] However,since both 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' and 'The River War' dealt with far more topical subjects they took priority on the schedule,and 'Savrola' was not published until the end of 1899. Churchill's writing reputation was far better served by the accounts of the campaigns he had served in. [The book's dedication is in fact to: 'THE OFFICERS OF THE IVth (QUEENS OWN) HUSSARS IN WHOSE COMPANY THE AUTHOR LIVED FOR FOUR HAPPY YEARS.'] Nevertheless,there is no doubt that Churchill poured his maturing political philosophy into the character of his hero Savrola.It has been been argued that this lifts the novel from the 'Ruritanian romance' genre and makes it one of Churchill's most significant literary efforts. A fast-paced thriller of political intrigue against a background of a revolution published a few years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign,when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire,it subtlety reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill, decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. 'Savrola' shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author's mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to,during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania. Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940- 1945 and again from 1951-1955.Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army,a historian, a writer,and an artist.He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. All buyers please note, that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after the order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. 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If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BEACON BOOKS,1957., 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt colour mannequin figures illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w embossed letters (author in white,title in black) to front,white lettered spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine but for a pair of tiny accidental,consecutive corner tips creases to lower corners of pp1-4 inclusive - but no other dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners - else would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-305pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Rudyard Hipling epigraph (from 'The Secret of the Machines'),2pp blanks at the rear,followed by acknowledgements and then a further 2pp blanks. Britain has lost the Falklands War,Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence.In a world not quite like this one,two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. 'Machines Like Me' occurs in an alternative 1980s London.Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment,is in love with Miranda,a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.When Charlie comes into money,he buys Adam,one of the first batch of synthetic humans.With Miranda's assistance,he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever a love triangle soon forms.These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control. Want more Ian McEWAN titles? For similar and other titles please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 books You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other books and suggested reading in it. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included.Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2019., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.Owner name to off-set shadowed front free endpaper but no price-clip to either front or rear,inner flaps. Colour,pictorial,non-credited artwork illustrated front panel with black+pale orange letters with an approx 2.5" closed tear to front,top fore- edge of dw/dj flap and a similar sized vertical closed tear to front spine/gutter's fold/crease,tear then extends horizontally across spine/backstrip - just below author's name,but no letters affected.Also at head of spine,a further shorter closed tear to rear gutter's fold/crease and another short closed tear a little further along the top edge of dw/dj - no loss to either tear.Spine/backstrip with colour illustration and black+pale orange letters but lightly sunned,rear panel is lightly grubbed with two small closed tears to lower edge,and minimally but sporadically foxed,white background for publisher's advert for other author's new novels.Top+fore-edges lightly toned with age and with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - text body virtually foxing-free,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's plain orange paper-covered boards/covers with bright crisp,blocked gilt letters,title/ author within a vertical,oblong black panel,plain white endpapers with verso+recto of free endpapers with off-set shadows from respective opposing pastedowns,both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.Any discolouration and imperfections commensurate with book's age.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vpp+1-337pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with blank reverse,XXVII (27) chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Described hard and in deatail,but honestly and fairly - the dw/dj being the more fragile and imperfect,than the solid book. East Anglian novelist.This title being his last published post-war novel,after several other rejections - despite a successful pre-war literary career - latterly,mainly due to his reluctance to use a literary agent.Recently enjoying something of a revival,this would make an interesting introduction to his work - regarded by some as the East Anglian 'Thomas Hardy' and in some quarters equal to,or surpassing him. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.CHAPMAN HALL.[n.d. circa 1954/5.], 3, UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges and head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-255pp [paginated] includes foreword by Professor Ian Kershaw [Professor of Modern History,University of Sheffield],author introduction,4 chapters, double-page Hitler's Europe colour map,profuse b/w (majority), sepia+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,references,a bibliography,notes on eyewitnesses, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis,contents list/table and picture credits to rear. The invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was the start of a war on the Eastern Front such as the world had never seen before,a conflict which unleashed the Holocaust against the Jews and left a death toll of over 30 million.Our familiarity with the events of the war fought by the British and American Allies,and the veil of secrecy that descended with the decades of Cold War that followed,has tended to push into the background Hitler's 'war of annihilation' in the USSR.In reality,it played a major part in a Cold War which lasted for the next 45 years. The fall of Communism has made it possible to find and question many of those who experienced the 'war of the century'.With this new evidence,Laurence Rees explores the truth behind the war,its ruthless leaders and its devastating effects on the military and civilian populations of both sides.By concentrating on key events and policies - such as Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, the legendary and horrific siege of Stalingrad,the German invaders' barbaric treatment of Soviet civilians and Red Army prisoners of war,and Stalin's paranoid revenge on real and perceived collaborators - Rees shows how this was a new and different kind of war.He also makes us pose the uncomfortable question: just how much like Hitler,the 20thC's prince of darkness, was the West's ally,Stalin? Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particuarly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.BBC,1999., 5, The Idaho Heritage, a Collection of Historical Essaysedited by Richard W. Etulain & Bert W. MarleyPublisher: Idaho State University Press  (January 1, 1974)Hardcover8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, 230 pages with maps & photossee Table of ContentsHumans may have been present in Idaho for 14,500 years. Excavations in 1959 at Wilson Butte Cave near Twin Falls revealed evidence of human activity, including arrowheads, that rank among the oldest dated artifacts in North America. American Indian tribes predominant in the area in historic times included the Nez Perce and the Coeur d'Alene in the north; and the Northern and Western Shoshone and Bannock peoples in the south.Idaho was one of the last areas in the lower 48 states of the US to be explored by people of European descent. The Lewis and Clark expedition entered present-day Idaho on August 12, 1805, at Lemhi Pass. It is believed that the first "European descent" expedition to enter southern Idaho was by a group led in 1811 and 1812 by Wilson Price Hunt, which navigated the Snake River while attempting to blaze an all-water trail westward from St. Louis, Missouri, to Astoria, Oregon. At that time, approximately 8,000 Native Americans lived in the region.Fur trading led to the first significant incursion of Europeans in the region. Andrew Henry of the Missouri Fur Company first entered the Snake River plateau in 1810. He built Fort Henry on Henry's Fork on the upper Snake River, near modern St. Anthony, Idaho. However, this first American fur post west of the Rocky Mountains was abandoned the following spring.The British-owned Hudson's Bay Company next entered Idaho and controlled the trade in the Snake River area by the 1820s. The North West Company's interior department of the Columbia was created in June 1816, and Donald Mackenzie was assigned as its head. Mackenzie had previously been employed by Hudson's Bay and had been a partner in the Pacific Fur Company, financed principally by John Jacob Astor. During these early years, he traveled west with a Pacific Fur Company's party and was involved in the initial exploration of the Salmon River and Clearwater River. The company proceeded down the lower Snake River and Columbia River by canoe, and were the first of the Overland Astorians to reach Fort Astoria, on January 18, 1812.Under Mackenzie, the North West Company was a dominant force in the fur trade in the Snake River country. Out of Fort George in Astoria, Mackenzie led fur brigades up the Snake River in 1816-1817 and up the lower Snake in 1817-1818. Fort Nez Perce, established in July, 1818, became the staging point for Mackenzies' Snake brigades. The expedition of 1818-1819 explored the Blue Mountains, and traveled down the Snake River to the Bear River and approached the headwaters of the Snake. Mackenzie sought to establish a navigable route up the Snake River from Fort Nez Perce to the Boise area in 1819. While he did succeed in traveling by boat from the Columbia River through the Grand Canyon of the Snake past Hells Canyon, he concluded that water transport was generally impractical. Mackenzie held the first rendezvous in the region on the Boise River in 1819.Despite their best efforts, early American fur companies in this region had difficulty maintaining the long-distance supply lines from the Missouri River system into the Intermountain West. However, Americans William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith expanded the Saint Louis fur trade into Idaho in 1824. The 1832 trapper's rendezvous at Pierre's Hole, held at the foot of the Three Tetons in modern Teton County, was followed by an intense battle between the Gros Ventre and a large party of American trappers aided by their Nez Perce and Flathead allies.The prospect of missionary work among the Native Americans also attracted early settlers to the region. In 1809, Kullyspell House, the first white-owned establishment and first trading post in Idaho, was constructed. In 1836, the Reverend Henry H. Spalding established a Protestant mission near Lapwai, where he printed the Northwest's first book, established Idaho's first school, developed its first irrigation system, and grew the state's first potatoes. Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Hart Spalding were the first non-native women to enter present-day Idaho.Cataldo Mission, the oldest standing building in Idaho, was constructed at Cataldo by the Coeur d'Alene and Catholic missionaries. In 1842, Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, with Fr. Nicholas Point and Br. Charles Duet, selected a mission location along the St. Joe River. The mission was moved a short distance away in 1846, as the original location was subject to flooding. In 1850, Antonio Ravalli designed a new mission building and Indians affiliated with the church effort built the mission, without nails, using the wattle and daub method. In time, the Cataldo mission became an important stop for traders, settlers, and miners. In addition to acting as a place for rest from the trail, the mission offered needed supplies and was a working port for boats heading up the Coeur d'Alene River.During this time, the region which became Idaho was part of an unorganized territory known as Oregon Country, claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. The United States gained undisputed jurisdiction over the region in the Oregon Treaty of 1846, although the area was under the de facto jurisdiction of the Provisional Government of Oregon from 1843 to 1849. The original boundaries of Oregon Territory in 1848 included all three of the present-day Pacific Northwest states and extended eastward to the Continental Divide. In 1853, areas north of the 46th Parallel became Washington Territory, splitting what is now Idaho in two. The future state was reunited in 1859 after Oregon became a state and the boundaries of Washington Territory were redrawn.While thousands passed through Idaho on the Oregon Trail or during the California gold rush of 1849, few people settled there. In 1860, the first of several gold rushes in Idaho began at Pierce in present-day Clearwater County. By 1862, settlements in both the north and south had formed around the mining boom.Mormon missionaries founded Fort Lemhi in 1855, but the settlement did not last. The first organized town in Idaho was Franklin, settled in April 1860 by Mormon pioneers who believed they were in Utah Territory; although a later survey determined they had in fact crossed the border. Mormon pioneers would go on to establish the majority of historic and modern communities in Southeastern Idaho, with Mormon settlers reaching areas near the current-day Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.Large numbers of English immigrants settled in what is now the state of Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century, many before statehood. The English found they had more property rights and paid less taxes than they did back in England. They were considered some of the most desirable immigrants at the time. Many came from humble beginnings and would rise to prominence in Idaho such as Frank R. Gooding who was originally from a rural working-class background in England but was eventually elected as the seventh governor of the state. Today people of English descent make up one fifth of the entire state of Idaho and form a plurality in the southern portion of the state.Many German farmers settled in what is now Idaho at the same time. German settlers were primarily Lutheran across all of the midwest and west, including Idaho, however there were small amounts of Catholics amongst them as well. In parts of Northern Idaho, German remained the dominant language until World War I, when German-Americans were pressured to convert entirely to English. Today, Idahoans of German ancestry make up nearly one fifth of all Idahoans and make up the second largest ethnic group after Idahoans of English descent with people of German ancestry being 18.1% of the state and people of English ancestry being 20.1% of the state.A significant number of people from Ireland immigrated to North America after the Potato Famine, and some migrated west searching for land for agriculture. Many ended up in Montana and southern Idaho. Because the Catholic Church already had a presence in the northern and eastern portions of the state, many Irish Catholics settled in Boise as well as in Butte, Montana. Today, 10% of Idahoans self-identify as being of Irish ancestry.York, the helper of Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific, was the first recorded African American in Idaho. There is a significant African American population made up of those who came west after the abolition of slavery. Many settled near Pocatello and were ranchers, entertainers, and farmers. Although free, many blacks suffered discrimination in the early-to-mid-late 20th century. The black population of the state continues to grow as many come to the state because of educational opportunities, to serve in the military, and for other employment opportunities. There is a Black History Museum in Boise, Idaho, with an exhibit known as the "Invisible Idahoan", which chronicles the first African-Americans in the state. Blacks are the fourth largest ethnic group in Idaho according to the 2000 census. Mountain Home, Boise, and Garden City have significant African-American populations. However, many major cities, such as Boise, have a small population of African Americans.The Basque people from the Iberian peninsula in Spain and southern France were traditionally shepherds in Europe. They came to Idaho, offering hard work and perseverance in exchange for opportunity. One of the largest Basque communities in the US is in Boise, with a Basque museum  and festival held annually in the city.Chinese in the mid-19th century came to America through San Francisco to work on the railroad and open businesses. They suffered discrimination due to the Anti-Chinese League in the 19th century which sought to limit the rights and opportunities of Chinese emigrants. Today Asians are third in population demographically after Whites and Hispanics.On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory from portions of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory with its capital at Lewiston. The original Idaho Territory included most of the areas that later became the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and had a population of under 17,000. Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state in 1868 and was admitted as a state in 1890.When President Benjamin Harrison signed the law admitting Idaho as a U.S. state on July 3, 1890, the population was 88,548. George L. Shoup became the state's first governor, but resigned after only a few weeks in office to take a seat in the United States Senate., Idaho State University Press, 1974, 0, Baton Rouge: Lousiana State University Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Lavendar cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. xi, 303 pp. Illustrations. "New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike. Stagnant between the Civil War and World War IIa period of great expansion nationallyNew Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past. A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditionsincluding racial inequalityintact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity. Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Narrated in a lively style and resting on a bedrock of research, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to fully understand the image-making of the Big Easy." -Jacket., Lousiana State University Press, 2006, 3<

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Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1963. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 first printing. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket would be perfect but for just a touch of very l… Altro …

Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1963. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 first printing. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket would be perfect but for just a touch of very light rubbing. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white, crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1963. First Edition. Photo illustrated. Index. Bound in the original reddish-orange cloth, stamped in black, and with a green spine panel. From the dust jacket: "A fascinating story about bookselling and bookcollecting. Henry Stevens of Vermont, 1819-1886, was one of the greatest booksellers of the nineteenth century. Among his clients were such giants as James Lenox and John Carter Brown. He sold the Smithonian Institute modern English books and the British Museum new American publications. He became the great expert in early English material, the greatest expert in early Americana, and an arms agent for General John C. Fremont at the outbreak of the Civil War. The author, librarian at the Wesleyan University in Middletown (Conn.) could make use of all the existing business letters, preserved in Libraries and in the archives of Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. The result is an important contribution to the history of the booktrade. The work includes a chronological bibliography of the publications of Henry Stevens.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 348pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., N. Israel, 1963, 5, Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1963. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 first printing. Appears unread. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears or creases. The jacket is protected by a removable Gaylord clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white, crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1963. First Edition. Photo illustrated. Index. Bound in the original reddish-orange cloth, stamped in black, and with a green spine panel. From the dust jacket: "A fascinating story about bookselling and bookcollecting. Henry Stevens of Vermont, 1819-1886, was one of the greatest booksellers of the nineteenth century. Among his clients were such giants as James Lenox and John Carter Brown. He sold the Smithonian Institute modern English books and the British Museum new American publications. He became the great expert in early English material, the greatest expert in early Americana, and an arms agent for General John C. Fremont at the outbreak of the Civil War. The author, librarian at the Wesleyan University in Middletown (Conn.) could make use of all the existing business letters, preserved in Libraries and in the archives of Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles. The result is an important contribution to the history of the booktrade. The work includes a chronological bibliography of the publications of Henry Stevens." Laid-in is a copy of an article by Joel Silver discussing this book, among others, from AB Bookman's Weekly, August 1993.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 348pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping., N. Israel, 1963, 5, UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges and head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-255pp [paginated] includes foreword by Professor Ian Kershaw [Professor of Modern History,University of Sheffield],author introduction,4 chapters, double-page Hitler's Europe colour map,profuse b/w (majority), sepia+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,references,a bibliography,notes on eyewitnesses, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis,contents list/table and picture credits to rear. The invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was the start of a war on the Eastern Front such as the world had never seen before,a conflict which unleashed the Holocaust against the Jews and left a death toll of over 30 million.Our familiarity with the events of the war fought by the British and American Allies,and the veil of secrecy that descended with the decades of Cold War that followed,has tended to push into the background Hitler's 'war of annihilation' in the USSR.In reality,it played a major part in a Cold War which lasted for the next 45 years. The fall of Communism has made it possible to find and question many of those who experienced the 'war of the century'.With this new evidence,Laurence Rees explores the truth behind the war,its ruthless leaders and its devastating effects on the military and civilian populations of both sides.By concentrating on key events and policies - such as Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, the legendary and horrific siege of Stalingrad,the German invaders' barbaric treatment of Soviet civilians and Red Army prisoners of war,and Stalin's paranoid revenge on real and perceived collaborators - Rees shows how this was a new and different kind of war.He also makes us pose the uncomfortable question: just how much like Hitler,the 20thC's prince of darkness, was the West's ally,Stalin? Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particuarly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.BBC,1999., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Collector's Edition,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,montage'd colour pictorial/photographic illustrated dw/dj panels, front panel with embossed,glossy white+gilt lettering,flat printed similar coloured lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel with superimposed glt prose extract to illustration: with negligible shelf-wear, bumping, creasing to edges and corners no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners virtually pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt crossed sabres,author's facsimile gilt signature below and COLLECTOR'S EDITION below that,all to upper board,spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked lettering and rear board with bright,crisp,blocked gilt regimental button (95th Rifles) design,a red+gold striped headband and immaculate/ clean plain maroon sets of endpapers.Though not bumped,the rear top corner has three oblique production(?) wrinkles of the cloth emanating from just below it's unaffected and sharp tip,for approx 2cm,but no creases to or visible under rear pastedown's concomitant corner tip internally.Due to the wrinkles present at this location,stored packaging has caused concomitant creases to dw/djand book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,3-326pp [paginated] includes Pts1-3 comprising 4,6,and 3 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,a historical note,bonus material Life of Sharpe; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography, title page,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear 3pp publisher's adverts for author's other works/titles. see also my book ID rja1025722 for another example of this same title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an acceptble condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite those,it really is still an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation.Born in the gutter,raised a foundling,he joined the army twenty-one years ago,and it's been his home ever since.He's a loose cannon,but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.So when,the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo,the Duke of Wellington needs a favour,he turns to Sharpe.For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another.Napoleon's army may be defeated,but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge. Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe.And in search of a spy,he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2021., 4.5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Collector's Edition,plus bonus content exclusive to Waterstone's,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,montage'd colour pictorial/photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,front panel with embossed,glossy white+gilt lettering,flat printed similar coloured lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel with superimposed gilt prose extract to illustration: with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners no nicks,tears or splits present.Front panel with white lettering to a black circular adhesive label - 'Includes bonus content exclusive to Waterstones legend.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips virtually pristine, appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt crossed sabres,author's facsimile gilt signature below and gilt capitalised 'COLLECTOR'S EDITION' below that,all to upper board, spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked lettering and rear board with bright,crisp,blocked gilt regimental button (95th Rifles) design,a red+ gold striped headband and immaculate/clean plain maroon sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Collector's Edition,1st edn,3-326pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 4,6,and 3 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,an historical note,bonus material Life of Sharpe; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography, title page,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear 3pp publisher's adverts for author's other works/titles. See also,my book ID rja992922 for another example of this same title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Want more Bernard CORNWELL titles? For similar and other titles, please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero,Richard Sharpe.If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation.Born in the gutter,raised a foundling,he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it's been his home ever since.He's a loose cannon,but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon.So when,the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo,the Duke of Wellington needs a favour,he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated,but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge.Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe.And in search of a spy,he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2021., 5, The Idaho Heritage, a Collection of Historical Essaysedited by Richard W. Etulain & Bert W. MarleyPublisher: Idaho State University Press  (January 1, 1974)Hardcover8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, 230 pages with maps & photossee Table of ContentsHumans may have been present in Idaho for 14,500 years. Excavations in 1959 at Wilson Butte Cave near Twin Falls revealed evidence of human activity, including arrowheads, that rank among the oldest dated artifacts in North America. American Indian tribes predominant in the area in historic times included the Nez Perce and the Coeur d'Alene in the north; and the Northern and Western Shoshone and Bannock peoples in the south.Idaho was one of the last areas in the lower 48 states of the US to be explored by people of European descent. The Lewis and Clark expedition entered present-day Idaho on August 12, 1805, at Lemhi Pass. It is believed that the first "European descent" expedition to enter southern Idaho was by a group led in 1811 and 1812 by Wilson Price Hunt, which navigated the Snake River while attempting to blaze an all-water trail westward from St. Louis, Missouri, to Astoria, Oregon. At that time, approximately 8,000 Native Americans lived in the region.Fur trading led to the first significant incursion of Europeans in the region. Andrew Henry of the Missouri Fur Company first entered the Snake River plateau in 1810. He built Fort Henry on Henry's Fork on the upper Snake River, near modern St. Anthony, Idaho. However, this first American fur post west of the Rocky Mountains was abandoned the following spring.The British-owned Hudson's Bay Company next entered Idaho and controlled the trade in the Snake River area by the 1820s. The North West Company's interior department of the Columbia was created in June 1816, and Donald Mackenzie was assigned as its head. Mackenzie had previously been employed by Hudson's Bay and had been a partner in the Pacific Fur Company, financed principally by John Jacob Astor. During these early years, he traveled west with a Pacific Fur Company's party and was involved in the initial exploration of the Salmon River and Clearwater River. The company proceeded down the lower Snake River and Columbia River by canoe, and were the first of the Overland Astorians to reach Fort Astoria, on January 18, 1812.Under Mackenzie, the North West Company was a dominant force in the fur trade in the Snake River country. Out of Fort George in Astoria, Mackenzie led fur brigades up the Snake River in 1816-1817 and up the lower Snake in 1817-1818. Fort Nez Perce, established in July, 1818, became the staging point for Mackenzies' Snake brigades. The expedition of 1818-1819 explored the Blue Mountains, and traveled down the Snake River to the Bear River and approached the headwaters of the Snake. Mackenzie sought to establish a navigable route up the Snake River from Fort Nez Perce to the Boise area in 1819. While he did succeed in traveling by boat from the Columbia River through the Grand Canyon of the Snake past Hells Canyon, he concluded that water transport was generally impractical. Mackenzie held the first rendezvous in the region on the Boise River in 1819.Despite their best efforts, early American fur companies in this region had difficulty maintaining the long-distance supply lines from the Missouri River system into the Intermountain West. However, Americans William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith expanded the Saint Louis fur trade into Idaho in 1824. The 1832 trapper's rendezvous at Pierre's Hole, held at the foot of the Three Tetons in modern Teton County, was followed by an intense battle between the Gros Ventre and a large party of American trappers aided by their Nez Perce and Flathead allies.The prospect of missionary work among the Native Americans also attracted early settlers to the region. In 1809, Kullyspell House, the first white-owned establishment and first trading post in Idaho, was constructed. In 1836, the Reverend Henry H. Spalding established a Protestant mission near Lapwai, where he printed the Northwest's first book, established Idaho's first school, developed its first irrigation system, and grew the state's first potatoes. Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Hart Spalding were the first non-native women to enter present-day Idaho.Cataldo Mission, the oldest standing building in Idaho, was constructed at Cataldo by the Coeur d'Alene and Catholic missionaries. In 1842, Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, with Fr. Nicholas Point and Br. Charles Duet, selected a mission location along the St. Joe River. The mission was moved a short distance away in 1846, as the original location was subject to flooding. In 1850, Antonio Ravalli designed a new mission building and Indians affiliated with the church effort built the mission, without nails, using the wattle and daub method. In time, the Cataldo mission became an important stop for traders, settlers, and miners. In addition to acting as a place for rest from the trail, the mission offered needed supplies and was a working port for boats heading up the Coeur d'Alene River.During this time, the region which became Idaho was part of an unorganized territory known as Oregon Country, claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. The United States gained undisputed jurisdiction over the region in the Oregon Treaty of 1846, although the area was under the de facto jurisdiction of the Provisional Government of Oregon from 1843 to 1849. The original boundaries of Oregon Territory in 1848 included all three of the present-day Pacific Northwest states and extended eastward to the Continental Divide. In 1853, areas north of the 46th Parallel became Washington Territory, splitting what is now Idaho in two. The future state was reunited in 1859 after Oregon became a state and the boundaries of Washington Territory were redrawn.While thousands passed through Idaho on the Oregon Trail or during the California gold rush of 1849, few people settled there. In 1860, the first of several gold rushes in Idaho began at Pierce in present-day Clearwater County. By 1862, settlements in both the north and south had formed around the mining boom.Mormon missionaries founded Fort Lemhi in 1855, but the settlement did not last. The first organized town in Idaho was Franklin, settled in April 1860 by Mormon pioneers who believed they were in Utah Territory; although a later survey determined they had in fact crossed the border. Mormon pioneers would go on to establish the majority of historic and modern communities in Southeastern Idaho, with Mormon settlers reaching areas near the current-day Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.Large numbers of English immigrants settled in what is now the state of Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century, many before statehood. The English found they had more property rights and paid less taxes than they did back in England. They were considered some of the most desirable immigrants at the time. Many came from humble beginnings and would rise to prominence in Idaho such as Frank R. Gooding who was originally from a rural working-class background in England but was eventually elected as the seventh governor of the state. Today people of English descent make up one fifth of the entire state of Idaho and form a plurality in the southern portion of the state.Many German farmers settled in what is now Idaho at the same time. German settlers were primarily Lutheran across all of the midwest and west, including Idaho, however there were small amounts of Catholics amongst them as well. In parts of Northern Idaho, German remained the dominant language until World War I, when German-Americans were pressured to convert entirely to English. Today, Idahoans of German ancestry make up nearly one fifth of all Idahoans and make up the second largest ethnic group after Idahoans of English descent with people of German ancestry being 18.1% of the state and people of English ancestry being 20.1% of the state.A significant number of people from Ireland immigrated to North America after the Potato Famine, and some migrated west searching for land for agriculture. Many ended up in Montana and southern Idaho. Because the Catholic Church already had a presence in the northern and eastern portions of the state, many Irish Catholics settled in Boise as well as in Butte, Montana. Today, 10% of Idahoans self-identify as being of Irish ancestry.York, the helper of Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific, was the first recorded African American in Idaho. There is a significant African American population made up of those who came west after the abolition of slavery. Many settled near Pocatello and were ranchers, entertainers, and farmers. Although free, many blacks suffered discrimination in the early-to-mid-late 20th century. The black population of the state continues to grow as many come to the state because of educational opportunities, to serve in the military, and for other employment opportunities. There is a Black History Museum in Boise, Idaho, with an exhibit known as the "Invisible Idahoan", which chronicles the first African-Americans in the state. Blacks are the fourth largest ethnic group in Idaho according to the 2000 census. Mountain Home, Boise, and Garden City have significant African-American populations. However, many major cities, such as Boise, have a small population of African Americans.The Basque people from the Iberian peninsula in Spain and southern France were traditionally shepherds in Europe. They came to Idaho, offering hard work and perseverance in exchange for opportunity. One of the largest Basque communities in the US is in Boise, with a Basque museum  and festival held annually in the city.Chinese in the mid-19th century came to America through San Francisco to work on the railroad and open businesses. They suffered discrimination due to the Anti-Chinese League in the 19th century which sought to limit the rights and opportunities of Chinese emigrants. Today Asians are third in population demographically after Whites and Hispanics.On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory from portions of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory with its capital at Lewiston. The original Idaho Territory included most of the areas that later became the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and had a population of under 17,000. Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state in 1868 and was admitted as a state in 1890.When President Benjamin Harrison signed the law admitting Idaho as a U.S. state on July 3, 1890, the population was 88,548. George L. Shoup became the state's first governor, but resigned after only a few weeks in office to take a seat in the United States Senate., Idaho State University Press, 1974, 0, Baton Rouge: Lousiana State University Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Lavendar cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. xi, 303 pp. Illustrations. "New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike. Stagnant between the Civil War and World War IIa period of great expansion nationallyNew Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past. A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditionsincluding racial inequalityintact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity. Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Narrated in a lively style and resting on a bedrock of research, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to fully understand the image-making of the Big Easy." -Jacket., Lousiana State University Press, 2006, 3<

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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear a… Altro …

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges and head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-255pp [paginated] includes foreword by Professor Ian Kershaw [Professor of Modern History,University of Sheffield],author introduction,4 chapters, double-page Hitler's Europe colour map,profuse b/w (majority), sepia+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,references,a bibliography,notes on eyewitnesses, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis,contents list/table and picture credits to rear. The invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was the start of a war on the Eastern Front such as the world had never seen before,a conflict which unleashed the Holocaust against the Jews and left a death toll of over 30 million.Our familiarity with the events of the war fought by the British and American Allies,and the veil of secrecy that descended with the decades of Cold War that followed,has tended to push into the background Hitler's 'war of annihilation' in the USSR.In reality,it played a major part in a Cold War which lasted for the next 45 years. The fall of Communism has made it possible to find and question many of those who experienced the 'war of the century'.With this new evidence,Laurence Rees explores the truth behind the war,its ruthless leaders and its devastating effects on the military and civilian populations of both sides.By concentrating on key events and policies - such as Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, the legendary and horrific siege of Stalingrad,the German invaders' barbaric treatment of Soviet civilians and Red Army prisoners of war,and Stalin's paranoid revenge on real and perceived collaborators - Rees shows how this was a new and different kind of war.He also makes us pose the uncomfortable question: just how much like Hitler,the 20thC's prince of darkness, was the West's ally,Stalin? Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particuarly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.BBC,1999., 5, The Idaho Heritage, a Collection of Historical Essaysedited by Richard W. Etulain & Bert W. MarleyPublisher: Idaho State University Press  (January 1, 1974)Hardcover8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, 230 pages with maps & photossee Table of ContentsHumans may have been present in Idaho for 14,500 years. Excavations in 1959 at Wilson Butte Cave near Twin Falls revealed evidence of human activity, including arrowheads, that rank among the oldest dated artifacts in North America. American Indian tribes predominant in the area in historic times included the Nez Perce and the Coeur d'Alene in the north; and the Northern and Western Shoshone and Bannock peoples in the south.Idaho was one of the last areas in the lower 48 states of the US to be explored by people of European descent. The Lewis and Clark expedition entered present-day Idaho on August 12, 1805, at Lemhi Pass. It is believed that the first "European descent" expedition to enter southern Idaho was by a group led in 1811 and 1812 by Wilson Price Hunt, which navigated the Snake River while attempting to blaze an all-water trail westward from St. Louis, Missouri, to Astoria, Oregon. At that time, approximately 8,000 Native Americans lived in the region.Fur trading led to the first significant incursion of Europeans in the region. Andrew Henry of the Missouri Fur Company first entered the Snake River plateau in 1810. He built Fort Henry on Henry's Fork on the upper Snake River, near modern St. Anthony, Idaho. However, this first American fur post west of the Rocky Mountains was abandoned the following spring.The British-owned Hudson's Bay Company next entered Idaho and controlled the trade in the Snake River area by the 1820s. The North West Company's interior department of the Columbia was created in June 1816, and Donald Mackenzie was assigned as its head. Mackenzie had previously been employed by Hudson's Bay and had been a partner in the Pacific Fur Company, financed principally by John Jacob Astor. During these early years, he traveled west with a Pacific Fur Company's party and was involved in the initial exploration of the Salmon River and Clearwater River. The company proceeded down the lower Snake River and Columbia River by canoe, and were the first of the Overland Astorians to reach Fort Astoria, on January 18, 1812.Under Mackenzie, the North West Company was a dominant force in the fur trade in the Snake River country. Out of Fort George in Astoria, Mackenzie led fur brigades up the Snake River in 1816-1817 and up the lower Snake in 1817-1818. Fort Nez Perce, established in July, 1818, became the staging point for Mackenzies' Snake brigades. The expedition of 1818-1819 explored the Blue Mountains, and traveled down the Snake River to the Bear River and approached the headwaters of the Snake. Mackenzie sought to establish a navigable route up the Snake River from Fort Nez Perce to the Boise area in 1819. While he did succeed in traveling by boat from the Columbia River through the Grand Canyon of the Snake past Hells Canyon, he concluded that water transport was generally impractical. Mackenzie held the first rendezvous in the region on the Boise River in 1819.Despite their best efforts, early American fur companies in this region had difficulty maintaining the long-distance supply lines from the Missouri River system into the Intermountain West. However, Americans William H. Ashley and Jedediah Smith expanded the Saint Louis fur trade into Idaho in 1824. The 1832 trapper's rendezvous at Pierre's Hole, held at the foot of the Three Tetons in modern Teton County, was followed by an intense battle between the Gros Ventre and a large party of American trappers aided by their Nez Perce and Flathead allies.The prospect of missionary work among the Native Americans also attracted early settlers to the region. In 1809, Kullyspell House, the first white-owned establishment and first trading post in Idaho, was constructed. In 1836, the Reverend Henry H. Spalding established a Protestant mission near Lapwai, where he printed the Northwest's first book, established Idaho's first school, developed its first irrigation system, and grew the state's first potatoes. Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Hart Spalding were the first non-native women to enter present-day Idaho.Cataldo Mission, the oldest standing building in Idaho, was constructed at Cataldo by the Coeur d'Alene and Catholic missionaries. In 1842, Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, with Fr. Nicholas Point and Br. Charles Duet, selected a mission location along the St. Joe River. The mission was moved a short distance away in 1846, as the original location was subject to flooding. In 1850, Antonio Ravalli designed a new mission building and Indians affiliated with the church effort built the mission, without nails, using the wattle and daub method. In time, the Cataldo mission became an important stop for traders, settlers, and miners. In addition to acting as a place for rest from the trail, the mission offered needed supplies and was a working port for boats heading up the Coeur d'Alene River.During this time, the region which became Idaho was part of an unorganized territory known as Oregon Country, claimed by both the United States and Great Britain. The United States gained undisputed jurisdiction over the region in the Oregon Treaty of 1846, although the area was under the de facto jurisdiction of the Provisional Government of Oregon from 1843 to 1849. The original boundaries of Oregon Territory in 1848 included all three of the present-day Pacific Northwest states and extended eastward to the Continental Divide. In 1853, areas north of the 46th Parallel became Washington Territory, splitting what is now Idaho in two. The future state was reunited in 1859 after Oregon became a state and the boundaries of Washington Territory were redrawn.While thousands passed through Idaho on the Oregon Trail or during the California gold rush of 1849, few people settled there. In 1860, the first of several gold rushes in Idaho began at Pierce in present-day Clearwater County. By 1862, settlements in both the north and south had formed around the mining boom.Mormon missionaries founded Fort Lemhi in 1855, but the settlement did not last. The first organized town in Idaho was Franklin, settled in April 1860 by Mormon pioneers who believed they were in Utah Territory; although a later survey determined they had in fact crossed the border. Mormon pioneers would go on to establish the majority of historic and modern communities in Southeastern Idaho, with Mormon settlers reaching areas near the current-day Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.Large numbers of English immigrants settled in what is now the state of Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century, many before statehood. The English found they had more property rights and paid less taxes than they did back in England. They were considered some of the most desirable immigrants at the time. Many came from humble beginnings and would rise to prominence in Idaho such as Frank R. Gooding who was originally from a rural working-class background in England but was eventually elected as the seventh governor of the state. Today people of English descent make up one fifth of the entire state of Idaho and form a plurality in the southern portion of the state.Many German farmers settled in what is now Idaho at the same time. German settlers were primarily Lutheran across all of the midwest and west, including Idaho, however there were small amounts of Catholics amongst them as well. In parts of Northern Idaho, German remained the dominant language until World War I, when German-Americans were pressured to convert entirely to English. Today, Idahoans of German ancestry make up nearly one fifth of all Idahoans and make up the second largest ethnic group after Idahoans of English descent with people of German ancestry being 18.1% of the state and people of English ancestry being 20.1% of the state.A significant number of people from Ireland immigrated to North America after the Potato Famine, and some migrated west searching for land for agriculture. Many ended up in Montana and southern Idaho. Because the Catholic Church already had a presence in the northern and eastern portions of the state, many Irish Catholics settled in Boise as well as in Butte, Montana. Today, 10% of Idahoans self-identify as being of Irish ancestry.York, the helper of Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific, was the first recorded African American in Idaho. There is a significant African American population made up of those who came west after the abolition of slavery. Many settled near Pocatello and were ranchers, entertainers, and farmers. Although free, many blacks suffered discrimination in the early-to-mid-late 20th century. The black population of the state continues to grow as many come to the state because of educational opportunities, to serve in the military, and for other employment opportunities. There is a Black History Museum in Boise, Idaho, with an exhibit known as the "Invisible Idahoan", which chronicles the first African-Americans in the state. Blacks are the fourth largest ethnic group in Idaho according to the 2000 census. Mountain Home, Boise, and Garden City have significant African-American populations. However, many major cities, such as Boise, have a small population of African Americans.The Basque people from the Iberian peninsula in Spain and southern France were traditionally shepherds in Europe. They came to Idaho, offering hard work and perseverance in exchange for opportunity. One of the largest Basque communities in the US is in Boise, with a Basque museum  and festival held annually in the city.Chinese in the mid-19th century came to America through San Francisco to work on the railroad and open businesses. They suffered discrimination due to the Anti-Chinese League in the 19th century which sought to limit the rights and opportunities of Chinese emigrants. Today Asians are third in population demographically after Whites and Hispanics.On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory from portions of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory with its capital at Lewiston. The original Idaho Territory included most of the areas that later became the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and had a population of under 17,000. Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state in 1868 and was admitted as a state in 1890.When President Benjamin Harrison signed the law admitting Idaho as a U.S. state on July 3, 1890, the population was 88,548. George L. Shoup became the state's first governor, but resigned after only a few weeks in office to take a seat in the United States Senate., Idaho State University Press, 1974, 0, Baton Rouge: Lousiana State University Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Lavendar cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. xi, 303 pp. Illustrations. "New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike. Stagnant between the Civil War and World War IIa period of great expansion nationallyNew Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past. A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditionsincluding racial inequalityintact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity. Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 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Baton Rouge: Lousiana State University Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Lavendar cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. xi, 303 pp. Illustrations. "New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore and spiritualism, Mardi Gras festivities, and illicit sex commerce in revealing how New Orleans became a city that parades itself to visitors and residents alike. Stagnant between the Civil War and World War IIa period of great expansion nationallyNew Orleans unintentionally preserved its distinctive physical appearance and culture. Though business, civic, and government leaders tried to pursue conventional modernization in the 1940s, competition from other Sunbelt cities as well as a national economic shift from production to consumption gradually led them to seize on tourism as the growth engine for future prosperity, giving rise to a veritable gumbo of sensory attractions. A trend in historic preservation and the influence of outsiders helped fan this newfound identity, and the city's residents learned to embrace rather than disdain their past. A growing reliance on the tourist trade fundamentally affected social relations in New Orleans. African Americans were cast as actors who shaped the culture that made tourism possible while at the same time they were exploited by the local power structure. As black leaders' influence increased, the white elite attempted to keep its traditionsincluding racial inequalityintact, and race and class issues often lay at the heart of controversies over progress. Once the most tolerant diverse city in the South and the nation, New Orleans came to lag behind the rest of the country in pursuing racial equity. Souther traces the ascendancy of tourism in New Orleans through the final decades of the twentieth century and beyond, examining the 1984 World's Fair, the collapse of Louisiana's oil industry in the eighties, and the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Narrated in a lively style and resting on a bedrock of research, New Orleans on Parade is a landmark book that allows readers to fully understand the image-making of the Big Easy." -Jacket., Lousiana State University Press, 2006, 3<