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Mountfield, David
The Railway Barons
Light foxing to eps and page edges. No inscriptions or other marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 224pp. How the Industrial Revolution led to the emergence of hard thrusting entrepreneurs who covered the world with a web of iron and steel. The railways of today survive as a lasting monument to their success. The author covers railway mania in Britain, Europe and the USA from the 1830s onwards and then charts the careers of six railway 'Barons', two in Britain and four in the USA.
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Hauxwell, Hannah; Cockcroft, Barry
Innocent Abroad : The Travels of Miss Hannah Hauxwell
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to top of slightly faded spine. 191pp. The travels of the lady from Yorkshire, in her wonderfully naive, yet essentially wise view of Europe and her European travels.
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Luft, Hyam Mark
A History of Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, 1620-1970 (SIGNED By AUTHOR)
Signed 'H Mark Luft' on title page. Previous owner's name on front end paper and title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. The book is wrapped in a professionally printed removable plastic cover imprinted with the title and author. A little marking to the insides of the boards where this sleeve had been secured. 338pp. Detailed history of this Liverpool school with illustrations. Scarce with dust jacket.
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Cook, Chris
A Short History of the Liberal Party, 1900-1976
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with signs of storage to covers and slight creasing to a few page corners. 178pp. The history of the Liberals before they became the Lib-Dems and at one of the last times they came to national prominence under Jeremy Thorpe and having just won the Orpington byelection.
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Nemo
The Making of Europe
Previous owner's name to front end paper. Faint fingermarks to a few pages. Pencil lines to rear end paper. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked slightly rubbed bevelled-edged boards and tiny bump to lower rear corner. Gilt upper page edges, other page edges slightly dusty. Scarce. 311pp..
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Lipson
Europe in the Nineteenth Century 1815-1914
A little very faint pencil highlighting. Previous owner's embossed name/address to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a little foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with sunning/staining to spine and nicks/chips to edges. Fol-out maps in excellent condition. 298pp.
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Harris, Nathaniel
The Art of the Renaissance
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners and very minor traces of storage. 79pp. An invaluable guide to the artists of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Very well illustrated.
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Simms, George (editor)
Ryder Cup 1985
No marks or inscriptions. Two small creases to rear cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. ca 125pp. Official Souvenir Programme of the 1985 Ryder Cup at The Belfry between Europe and the USA. With mini leaflet of the event tucked in.
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Gordon, David and Townsend, Peter
Breadline Europe : Measurement of Poverty
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 465pp. A major reference work for poverty research as well as for the public discourse on poverty policies. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Townsend, Peter
Hard Times : Prospects for European Social Policy
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 24pp. The Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture for 1991. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Negri, Nicola
Poverta in Europa E Trasformazione Dello Stato Sociale
Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of front covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and some rubbing to corners. 291pp. All text in Italian. Poverty in Europe and the transformation of the welfare state. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Mitchell, B. R.
The Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol 4 : Statistical appendix 1700-1914
Date inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with bright lightly rubbed boards, slight fading to spine and no bumping to corners. 87pp. Historical economical statistics of Europe. Scarce.
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Sylla, Richard and Toniolo, Gianni (editors)
Patterns of European Industrialization : The Nineteenth Century
Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Tiny creases to front corners and to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight dustiness to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 276pp. A discussion based on studies from six authors plus individual country studies of six different European countries and Russia.
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Katz, Solomon
The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Mediaeval Europe
School stamp inside rear cover. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, part of front end paper missing and no bumping to corners. 164pp. Detailed study of the end of the Roman Empire.
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Mutherich, Florentine & Gaehde, J.E.
Carolingian Painting
No marks or inscriptions. Very small crease to upper edge of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 127pp. A study of the painting from the time of the Court of Charlemagne in the late 8th and early 9th centuries which spread throughout the Frankish enpire. With twenty-nine pages of introduction, bibliography and provenance of the plates plus forty-eight full-page plates and associated descriptions opposite.
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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Unequal migrants: The European Community's unequal treatment of migrants and Refugees (Policy Paper No 13)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 51pp. A study on immigration and racism in Europe. Very scarce.
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Chris Platt
The Immigration Act 1988: a discussion of its effects and Implications (Policy Paper No 16)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 52pp. A study of the Immigration Act of 1988 including rights of abode, polygamy, diplomats, deportation and charges. Very scarce.
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Solomos, John
Race relations research and social Policy : A Review of Some Recent Debates and Controversies (Policy Paper No 18)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 16pp. A study of some of the central problems which have arisen in policy analysis in the field of race relations. Very scarce.
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Anwar, Muhammad
Race relations policies in Britain: Agenda for the 1990s (Policy papers in ethnic Relations No 21)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 33pp. A study of the race relations situation in Britain and the policies in force. Very scarce.
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Booth, Heather
Second Generation Migrants in Western Europe: Demographic Data Sources and Needs (Statistical Papers in Ethnic Relations No 1)
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 35pp. A review of the availability and types of data on 'second generation' migrants to four countries in Western Europe - Sweden, Netherlands, Britain and Germany. Scarce.
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Pettegree, Andrew (editor)
The Early Reformation in Europe
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 250pp. With ten essays from experts in the field covering evangelism, catholicism and protestantism in the countries of Europe around the 16th century.
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Csorba, Csaba & Estok, Janos & Salamon, Konrad
The Illustrated History of Hungary
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 247pp. History of Hungary 'from the old days till now'. Very well illustrated. Hungarian National colours ribbon across lower front edge..
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Monika Sus and Franziska Pfeifer (editors)
European Union in the World 2025
Slight storage mark to rear. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. 60pp. A series of varying projected scenarios of how the EU might develop in itself and in its relationships with the other parts of the world in the next 10 years. Published before the result of the UK referendum was known, the scenarios include the outcomes of both possible reults of this referendum. .
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Professor Clive Emsley
The Impact of World War II: (Total War and Social Change ; Europe 1914-1955 : Book 4)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight scratching to spine, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 319pp. Detailed assessment of the effects of the Second World War in Europe. How Europe became divided. A study work from the Open University.
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Merivale, Charles
History of Rome to the Reign of Trajan
Name and date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering to sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 560pp. Roman history written by the Dean of Ely with an introduction by Oliphant Smeaton. Undated but date on front end paper is 1910.
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Conant, Kenneth John and Pevsner, Nikolaus (editor)
Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800-1200
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board and spine, extremely faint line rub down rear, a trace of foxing to fore edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little foxing to spine and (invisible from the outside) tape strengthening to spine ends. Now protected in a fully removablle translucent sleeve. Further protected in a very good slipcase with rusty staples and lightly foxed and rubbed paper label to spine. 176 plates plus 343pp. A very detailed study of North European architecture from the Carolingian period of the late 8th and 9th centuries followed by the later Romanesque style in Italy, France and Germany and its expansion into Spain, Portugal, Palestine, Hungary, Scandinavia and Britain. Very well illustrated.
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John Van der Kiste
Crowns in a Changing World: British and European Monarchies 1901-36
Neat inscription to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and very slight bumping to upper edge. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with sunned spine and light creasing/rubbing to upper edge. 205pp. This study shows the intimate relationships between the crowned heads of European countries in the first part of the 20th centur, how they were all related in blood and how the First World War weakened the connections and ultimately led to the age of the dictators in the 1930s.
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Wesly Frank Craven and James Lea Cate (editors)
The Army Air Forces in World War II; Vol 1 Plans and Early Operations January 1939 to August 1942 (Craven and Cate)
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to arched slightly cocked spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 553pp. Facsimile reprint of the US Air Force document from 1948. Illustrated with photographs and maps.
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Miranda Green
The Gods of the Celts
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, scratch down front cover and no bumping to corners. 257pp. A study of the Celtic peoples and their religion covering the whole of the Celtic world from Ireland to Austria over the period 500 BC to 400 AD.
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John H. Mundy
Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1150-1309
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 611pp. An in-depth study of European history over the century and a half from the mid 12th century. Chapters include Latin Europe, its Economy, its Society, its Government and Thought over the period.
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Robert Menasse
The Capital
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 417pp. 'A deliciously vicious and timely satire about the E.U. and the meaning of Europe today' - Financial Times. Translated from the German.
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Gooch, G. P.
Recent Revelations of European Diplomacy
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with very slightly marked navy boards, dusty page edges and with bumping to corners. 218pp. An in-depth study of publications written since 1914 mainly summarising the testimony and arguments therein on diplomacy in Europe, with some thoughts added by the author.
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Petrie, Sir Charles
Don John of Austria
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing/nick to spine ends. 336pp. Biography of Austrian nobleman Don John, born in 1547, the illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is best known as the victorious commander of the forces of the Holy League at Lepanto in 1571, a battle which saved Italy from becoming a Turkish Pashalik.
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Cunliffe, Barry
The Ancient Celts
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small rub inside front dust flap and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 324pp. A detailed study of the archaeological reality of the Iron Age inhabitants of barbarian Europe, tracing the emergence of chiefdoms, patterns of expansion and migration and the development of a mature 'urbanised' society, thus assessing the disparity between the traditional vision of the Celts and the archaeological evidence.
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Fulbrook, Mary; Cesarani, David
Citizenship, Nationality and Migration in Europe
Name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread although there is a crease down spine. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 225pp. An interesting study on migration and nationality in Europe (bearing in mind the effects of Brexit) and concentraing on Britain, Germany, France and Italy.
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Ernest Barker, George Clarke and Paul Vaucher
The European Inheritance Volume II (2)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tear/crease to top of sunned spine. Fold-out maps in excellent condition. 391pp. A detailed history of European man and his influence on the rest of mankind.
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Ernest Barker, George Clarke and Paul Vaucher
The European Inheritance Volume III (3)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a few tiny nicks to upper and lower edges, sunned spine and slight foxing. Fold-out maps in excellent condition. 406pp. A detailed history of European man and his influence on the rest of mankind.
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Josef Kren
Birds of the Czech Republic
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges and nick to upper rear edge. 336pp. A comprehensve study of the birds of the Czech Republic, their habitats, climate, protection and important bird areas as well as the ecology and geography of the country. Some black & white photographs plus line drawings.
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Oppenheimer, Stephen
The Origins of the British: A Genetic Detective Story
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 628pp. A scientific detective story combining genetics, linguistics, archaeology and historical record demonstrates the the Anglo-Saxon invasions contributed just a tiny fraction (5%) to the English gene pool.
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Bishop, Chris
Order Of Battle: German Infantry In World War 2 (WWII)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 192pp. A comprehensive account of German infantry which made up the bulk of the Wehrmacht forces in the Second World War comprising paratroop, mountain, light and grenadier units and their specialist functions. Well illustrated.
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Bellamy, David
Bellamy's Europe
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. Based on ten BBC television programmes featuring the author, the book highlights various elements of nature in places where the author had specialist knowledge.
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Soper, Musia (editor)
Encyclopedia of European Cooking
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to top of page edges, slight sunning to upper edges of boards, slight irregular fading to spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with well creased/nicked upper edge and three cm repair to lower edge. 631pp. With recipes from twenty-one European countries from Austria to Yugoslavia. Illustrated. Very scarce with jacket in the UK.
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Potocki, Jan
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and minor bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very tiny nick/crease to top of spine. 631pp. Stories within stories within stories. Beginning in 1739 when a Walloon officer serving the King of Spain is plunged into a series of adventures. One of the great masterpieces of subversion and an encyclopedia of the dark side of the European Enlightenment. Written in French around the end of the 18th century. First edition of the 1995 translation by Ian Maclean. Tucked in is a printed sheet of additional notes on the book.
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The Editor
A Love Letter to Europe : An Outpouring of Sadness and Hope from Writers, Thinkers and Artists
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 334pp. A lament for what we lost in July 2016 and the hope for the future from 100 of the famous and the learned.
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Cunliffe, Barry
The Ancient Celts
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper and lower edges and traces of storage. 324pp. A fascinating new picture of the identity of the Celts from the Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford.
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Burg, Marie
The Young Traveller in Czechoslovakia
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards, very slightly dusty page edges, bumping to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with rubbing to edges, piece missing from upper front and top of spine and chips and nicks to edges. 128pp. Fictional account of two young people visiting Czechoslovakia in the 1950s, the places they visit, the social life they find there and much more in this account which provides an introduction to the country when it was still part of the Soviet Union.
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Toman, Jan and Felix, Jiri
A Field Guide in Colour to Plants and Animals
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 495pp. Comprehensive, at-a-glance information on Europe's plants and animals with over 1350 beautiful illustrations.
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Cronin, Vincent
Paris: City of Light 1919-1939
8vo 334 pages.
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Kennan, George F.
Sketches from a Life
First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "From George Kennan's private diaries of the last sixty years, this book represents a remarkable personal quest to understand his life and the meaning of his times through esquisitely etched portraits of the key cities and countries in which he served." George F. Kennan, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, is the author of some eighteen books on Russia and the Soviet Union, the nuclear issue, and diplomatic history. There is a marvelous photo of a very mature Kennan on the front cover. ".He was in Berlin and Hamburg as the Nazis rose to power; in Prague at the time of the Nazi-Soviet pact. He was the first American diplomat to enter Paris during the Nazi occupation. Here are his descriptions of travels through Russia at the height of the Stalinist purges." and much more just as interesting. This book has 364 pages.
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Hollander, A. N. J. den, ed.
Diverging Parallels. A Comparison of American and European Thought and Action. The European Association for American Studies
1st ed., 8vo hardback, v.g.cloth in v.g.d/j, 222pp.
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