Search Results: Confronting History: New Books from Librarium of The Hague

London, Profile, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 422. Maps, halftone illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first book to provide a comprehensive account of the Scottish "Great Exodus" of the nineteenth century. Q-6

London, Zed Books, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xvi, 256. Tables, boxes, bibliography, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Offers important, pragmatic pointers to what Africa must undertake to navigate successfully the currents of globalization. "Offers clear directions for all those joining the flight against global apartheid." P-2

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xx, 380. Tables and figures. Notes, references, glossary, index. HARDCOVER with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-5

Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Quarto. Pp. (xvi) illustrated advertisements; 282, (16). Plates, some in colour, some tinted, and illustrations. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's pink paper-covered boards, lettering-piece to spine; spine rubbed, first inner hinge weak, bit foxed. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). 001-3

Crawley, University of Western Australia Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 243. Illustrations. Bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-6

Akron, University of Akron Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 343. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. "Draws on an unusually rich collection of family letters and diplomatic reports (.) An intriguing story based on a great collection of documents (.) Historians of France as well as those interested in foreign affairs of several European countries might usefully consult this book." P-3

Naarden, Anton W. van Bekhoven, 1970. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 349, (9). Title-page printed in red and black. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition. ~ Reprint of the 1850 Lisboa edition. HIT-2

Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xlix, 577. with 18 illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, cloth with dust-jacket. Brand new. ~ FIRST EDITION. Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation. Z-3 IN

Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 321. Notes, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-6

London, I. B. Tauris, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 202. With bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, black cloth, lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. A study of Zimbabwe's international economic and political relations. It covers the period from Independence in 1980 through to 1994, and outlines the economic and political legacy left to Mugabe's government by the long colonial experience and the years of nationalist struggle. A volume in the International Library of African Studies Series. Q-3

Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xvii, 224. Illustrations, maps. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, cloth with dust-jacket. A most handsome copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. 9780807830215 Q-6

Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 483. Full-page photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER. ~ FIRST EDITION. ISBN 0299199002 ISBN 0 299 19900 2 Q-6

Washington, US Institute of Peace, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xvii, 470, (4). Notes, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. An account of the evolution of the Dartmouth Conference, 1960, as a unique peacemaking venture over the course of more than 40 years. P-3

Essen, Klartext, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 500. Notes, index. HARDCOVER. ~ FIRST EDITION. ISBN 3898614301 ISBN 3 89861 430 1 009-5

London, Zed, 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 212. Notes, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-6

Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. ix, 276. Footnotes, index. HARDCOVER, cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Excerpts from ten of the most widely read book of the gulag literature. Q-6

London, I. B. Tauris, 2003. Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xvii, 230. Glossary, notes, index. HARDCOVER, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, without dust-jacket as issued. ~ First published in French as L'islamisme en face. With a new foreword and conclusion. Q-6

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xx, 458. With 2 full-page maps, 14 tables; notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, original half cloth lettered in black, without dust-jacket, as issued. ~ FIRST EDITION. After 132 years of colonialism and a brutal war of independence, France and Algeria have attempted to fashion a new relationship based on "mutual respect." Beginning with a review of the colonial period up to 1958, the book examines the various dramas that have distinguished bilateral relations since independence: the Evian Accords of March 1962, the substitution of cooperation for colonialism, the nationalization of the hydrocarbons sector in 1971, and the Fitna, Algeria's violent "trial" of itself as a nation during the '90s. The author melds philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, and literary criticism into his historical narrative. P-2

Essen, Klartext, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 413. Illustrations, photos, tables. Appendices, footnotes, bibliography. HARDCOVER. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-5

Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xxiv, 266. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-6