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Historia Media, 2001. Inb med skomsl. 302 sid

NO remainder marks or price clippings - Price inside dustcover: $24.00 - Illustrated - 352 pages - "The true story behind James Clavell's best-selling Shogun Samurai William is the incredible tale of a man who tried to bridge two very different cultures during one of the earliest and most fascinating encounters between East and West." "In 1611

Near-new condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 388 pages -

1st edition.~ cloth, dj, F/F. xiv+218pp, map, dustjacket edges a little bumped. ~ The travel biography of an English chap who took a bicycle ride from Hanover to Istanbul via Gdansk in the summer of 1990, just as the Berlin Wall was coming down. Entertaining.

1st edition.~ Cloth, dj, F/VG. xii+436pp, 16pp b/w plates, index, repaired nick to bottom R corner of the upper panel on the dustjacket, water stain along the bottom edge of the rear panel of the dustjacket, otherwise a fine copy. ~ Well written biography of the life military career of Frederick II of Prussia - Frederick the Great - who's desire to see his disjointed lands united meant he was at war with the Hapsburgs & the Austro Hungarian Empire for much of his life. The book details his campaigns & sucessful military career but also highlights his cultural achievements.

1st US edition.~ Cloth, dj, F/F. 230pp, b/w text illustrations, index, a nice fine as new copy. ~ Biography of Sir John Mandeville who in the year 1322 left England for Jerusalem and returned claiming to have visited India, China, Tibet and Sumatra. The book of his Travels became a sensation of the age. Yet, by the 19th century he had been dismissed.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback Second Printing A shot by shot description of Genet's sexy homoerotic short film set in a prison. UN CHANT d'AMOUR is a remarkable short: sordid, brutal, provocative; yet as poetic and lyrical as its title suggests.

Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good Hard Cover First Edition A history of 200 years of the English prison system.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Rebound in strong library binding. Lectures delivered in the University Hall of Dr. Williams's Library, London, October-December, 1914.