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Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 17x124x160. First edition. Top edge foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. 288 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps throughout text. Includes foreword by His Royal Highness Field Marshal The Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT. "This volume, spanning nearly three centuries of professional warfare, chronicles sixteen battles, from Blenheim in 1704 and Waterloo in 1815 to Burma in 1945. David Chandler, the head of the War Studies Department at Sandhurst, has gathered a team of widely respected military historians to describe the major battles. Each battle is placed within its strategic context, with ample discussion of both cause and outcome. The battle accounts focus on the actions of the British forces and, when appropriate, of the Australian, Canadian, American, and the French allies who fought alongside them.

New York: Dell, 2021. Reissue. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 8x4x7. New, still in original plastic wrap. An exceptional set. 2021 Mass Market Paperback. "A gorgeously packaged boxed set featuring mass market paperback editions of books five through eight in Diana Gabaldon's New York Times bestselling and hit Starz television Outlander series. The epic tale of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser and their daring adventures across centuries has mesmerized legions of Outlander fans for decades. Now, for the first time, readers can enjoy the next grouped installment of the saga that sparked a sensation together in one beautiful package displaying stunning art from the television series. Featuring The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, and Written in My Own Heart's Blood, this boxed set picks up where the first set - which included books one through four - left off, continuing the enthralling legend. Whether you're a fan of the Starz hit show based on the books, a… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. 989 pp. The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’s certain knowledge. Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served England as a nurse on the battlefields of World War II, and in the aftermath of peace found fresh conflicts when she walked through a cleftstone on the Scottish Highlands and found herself an outlander, an English lady in a place where no lady should be, in a time—1743—when the only English in Scotland were the officers and men of King George’s army. Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 2015. 11th printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Eleventh printing. An exceptional copy. 2015 Trade Paperback. xvii, 825 pp. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s wife, Claire Randall, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family’s secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x2x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. 993 pp. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence—with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie’s death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Book club edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, light crease to corner of front jacket flap. 1994 Hard Cover. viii, 931 pp. 8vo. "From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues. Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her... and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. 743 pp. "From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland... For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones... about a love that transcends the boundaries of time... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his... Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart... in a race to thwart a doomed… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. viii, 870 pp. In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the exotic West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel. Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her . . . and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. 627 pp. Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2010. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2010 Trade Paperback. xvii, 830 pp. Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son—a young lieutenant in the British army—across the barrel of a gun. Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though—not if she has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two… Read More

New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Reprint. Front corner lightly creased. 2014 Trade Paperback. 904 pp. What if you knew someone you loved was going to die' What if you thought you could save them' How much would you risk to try' Claire Randall has gone to find Jamie Fraser, the man she loved more than life, and has left half her heart behind with their daughter, Brianna. Claire gave up Jamie to save Brianna, and now Bree has sent her mother back to the mysterious Scottish warrior who was willing to give his life to save them both. But a chilling discovery in the pages of history suggests that Jamie and Claire’s story doesn’t have a happy ending. Brianna dares a terrifying leap into the unknown in search of her mother and the father she has never met, risking her own future to try to change history . . . and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x2x9. First edition. In original tartan jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 1997 Hard Cover. 880 pp. In original tartan jacket. "The fourth novel in the best-selling romantic time-travel saga that included Voyager finds Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall in South Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution, where they must fight to save a young girl.

New York: Vintage Books, 1995. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x1x8. First printing. Edges rubbed and creased, spine creased, page ridges foxed. 1995 Trade Paperback. xvi, 681 pp. "Hailed as the most important and entertaining biography in recent memory, Gabler's account of the life of fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster Walter Winchell 'fuses meticulous research with a deft grasp of the cultural nuances of an era when virtually everyone who mattered paid homage to Winchell' (Time).

Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Front hinge starting, owner bookplates on front endpaper, pages lightly toned. 1881 Hard Cover. 230 pp. 8vo. A mystery novel, translated from the original French. Two-column format. Gaboriau was most well-known for his detective novels featuring Monsieur Lecoq, which may have been more popular were they not contemporary with the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes stories. Detective Lecoq is discussed by Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in A Study in Scarlet (not positively - Holmes called him a 'miserable bungler').

New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1900. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Reissue. Endpapers foxed. 1900 Hard Cover. 307, 10 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece. Translated from the original French. Gaboriau was most well-known for his detective novels featuring Monsieur Lecoq, which may have been more popular were they not contemporary with the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes stories.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Jones, Bayard. Reprint. Spine faded with loss of titles, edges and endpapers lightly foxed, pencil name on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. 366 pp. Red cloth, white titles. Black-and-white frontispiece by Bayard Jones. Translated from the original French. Gaboriau was most well-known for his detective novels featuring Monsieur Lecoq, which may have been more popular were they not contemporary with the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes stories.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sloan, John. No date, circa 1920. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his embossed stamp on front endpaper (purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Boards lightly soiled. 394 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. A mystery novel featuring Monsieur Lecoq, translated from the original French 'La Clique doree'. Gaboriau was most well-known for his detective novels featuring Monsieur Lecoq, which may have been more popular were they not contemporary with the immensely popular Sherlock Holmes stories.

Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2014. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x0x9. Second printing. A fine copy. 2014 Hard Cover. 127 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and illustrations. On August 16, 1777, a motley militia won a resounding victory near Bennington, Vermont, against combined German, British and Loyalist forces. - This laid the foundation for the American victory at Saratoga two months later. Historian Michael P. Gabriel has collected over fifty firsthand accounts from the people who experienced this engagement, including veterans from both sides and civilians women and children who witnessed the horrors of the battle. Gabriel also details a virtually unknown skirmish between Americans and Loyalists. These accounts, along with Gabriel s overviews of the battle, bring to life the terror, fear and uncertainty that caused thousands to see the British army as loved ones departed to fight for the fledgling United States.

New York: Back Bay Books, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x2x9. First printing. A fine copy. 2012 Trade Paperback. lviii, 707 pp. Drawing upon previously unpublished material, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel tells the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. Through it, we see Karl as never before: a devoted father and husband, a prankster who loved a party, a dreadful procrastinator, freeloader, and man of wild enthusiasms -- one of which would almost destroy his marriage. Through years of desperate struggle, Jenny's love for Karl would be tested again and again as she waited for him to finish his masterpiece, Capital. An epic narrative that stretches over decades to recount Karl and Jenny's story against the backdrop of Europe's Nineteenth Century, Love and Capital is a surprising and magisterial account of romance and revolution -- and of one of the great love stories of all time.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1980. Recent Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. Recent reprint. Highlighting throughout. 1980 Trade Paperback. xv, 221 pp. Translated and with an introduction by P. Christopher Smith. “This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight of Gadamer's best known essays on Plato….These studies, spanning a period of almost fifty years, are important not only for what they have to say concerning Plato, but also for what they reveal about the development and insightfulness of Gadamer's hermeneutical theory of interpretation….[He] aims at dialogue with Plato and achieves it.”―Jeremiah P. Conway, International Philosophical Quarterly.