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Knowing One's Enemies, Intelligence Assessment Before The Two World Wars, edited by Ernest R. May, ISBN: 0691006016, softcover, Princeton University Press, 1986, 561 pages with maps, chart and index; nonfiction: intelligence. This is a book of essays by experts illuminating how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. It warns that intelligence agencies can do certain things very well – but other things poorly. "The studies make absorbing reading …all do an excellent job of examining how the governments in question…perceived and appraised external threats and how they responded to what they thought they saw." – New York Time Book Review. Condition: very good; pages are clean and unmarked Price: $40.00 |
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Bible, Church and God by William McCarthy, hardcover, The Truth Seeker Co., Inc., 1943, 736 pages with black and white illustrations; nonfiction. Condition: very good/ good. The front hinge is cracked. The title page is half separated from the binding; otherwise the binding is good, tight. The dust jacket is in one piece with numerous chips and tears. The previous owner's name is on the front free endpaper. Markings on three pages Price: $25.00 |
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The Fundamentals of Freethought by Marshall J. Gauvin, hardcover, reprint, Peter Eckler Publishing, 1923, 216 pages with index; nonfiction. Marshall Gauvin began his work life as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. After years of self-education and preparation, he embarked on a career as a freelance public lecturer. He became well known for his anti-religious sentiments and his weekly "anti-sermons" which were well-given, during the 1920's and 1930's. On retiring from the lecture circuit in 1940, he worked for the duration of the war at Macdonald Aircraft Ltd., building and repairing planes for the Royal Canadian Air Force. He wrote monthly articles for the Truth Seeker magazine until his health failed. Condition: very good/ no dust jacket, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, pages browned due to age. Price: $100.00 |
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The Neglected Book or The Bible Unveiled by M.M. Mangasarian, hardcover, The Truth Seeker Co., 1926, 270 pages; nonfiction. Condition: very good/no dust jacket, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, pages browned due to age. Price: $25.00 |
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Sixty Years of Psychical Research by Joseph F. Rinn, hardcover, The Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1950, 618 pages with index, frontispiece of Harry Houdini; nonfiction. The following information is taken from the dust jacket: Joseph R. Rinn was born in 1868. Because of his success as a produce merchant, he was able to devote much time through many years to psychical research. He was an official or active member of many psychical research societies and the closest associate of Harry Houdini. He investigated the foremost spiritualist mediums of the previous six decades prior to 1950. For many years he posted a reward of $10,000 for proof of genuine psychic phenomena which he could not duplicate by physical means. Condition: very good+/very good+, very nice copy, previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Price: $60.00 |
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The Anarchist Writings of William Godwin edited by Peter Marshall, softcover, ISBN 0900384298, Freedom Press, 1986, 182 pages; nonfiction: philosophy. An English journalist, political philosopher and novelist, he was one of the first exponents of Utilitarianism, as well as a proponent of anarchist philosophy. Godwin was the father of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Condition: very good +, underlining. Price: $8.00 |
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Music, Acoustics & Architecture by Leo L. Beranek, hardcover, John Wiley & Sons, 1962, 586 pages, with black and white photos and drawings, appendixes, name index, subject index; nonfiction. Leo L. Beranek, acoustics expert and former MIT professor, published in 1962 this seminal work on acoustics. It is based on his analysis of 55 concert halls throughout the world, and is considered a classic in the field; the 2004 edition of the text expanded the study to 100 halls. Beranek participated in the design of numerous concert halls and opera houses. From the author: “This book is offered to music lovers and musicians, to architects and acousticians, to everyone who is interested in the sounds of music. Every interest and experience is heightened by some knowledge of the inside story; I have tried to tell this story as simply as possible, while still maintaining technical accuracy.” Condition: very good +/ no dust jacket Price: $25.00 |
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The Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 25, 1961, Norman Rockwell cover of a cheerleader; nonfiction: magazine Condition: very good, no loose pages, remnant of mailing sticker on front cover Price: $6.00 |
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PM New York Daily, Vol.1 No.1, New York, Tuesday, June 18, 1940 Headline: Hitler Arrives In Munich to Meet Mussolini; nonfiction: newspaper first edition Condition: very good, fragile but intact, chipped edges no inner page tears Price: $20.00 |
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The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb by Gar Alperovitz, ISBN: 0-679-76285-x, softcover, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 1995, 843 pages with index, notes, selected bibliography, appendix: Byrnes’ Activities: April to July 1945; nonfiction. The author is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics. He is a former Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; a founding Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Politics; a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; and a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, and the author of critically acclaimed books on the atomic bomb and atomic diplomacy. Regarded as a work of scholarship, this work minutely reconstructs the events leading up to Hiroshima. It is “enunciated clearly and with a wealth of supporting evidence in a powerful, brilliantly organized book.” Condition: near fine/no dust jacket Price: $7.00 |
