Bruce Hodge (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HT1972 7¼"x9½"; (pages 311-384); Soft Pictorial Cover, staple-bound; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: Foreword: The British Museum; Catherine the Great and Denis Diderot by A. Lentin; Pietro Aretino (Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer) by Alan Haynes; The Mechanics of Nomad Invasions (Nomad tribes and settled communities) by Bruce Chatwin; The Era of the American Cowboy by Louis C. Kleber; The Duel; 1731 (Duel between Lord Hervey and the William Pulteney) by Robert Halsband; The English Sunday by Ian Bradley; The Seizure of Brill by the Sea Beggars (Dutch revolt against the rule of Spain) by S.F.C. Moore; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editors; Notes on Further Reading.…

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ht1976 7¼"x9½"; (pages 281-350); Soft Pictorial Cover, staple-bound; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: Foreword: Vikings in Byzantium (The Viking Road to Byzantium by Dr. Hilda Ellis Davidson); The Mill on the Meuse: Verdun, 1916 by Charles R. Fisher; Father and Son: Frederick William and Frederick the Great in Russia by Aram Bakshian, Jr.; Soviet Political Posters: Art and Ideas for the Masses by W. Bruce Lincoln; The Legacy of Attalus: Pergamon and Rome by Philip E. Burnham, Jr.; The Spanish Sickness: the Seventeenth Century in Spain by Geoffrey Treasure; Whirling Dervishes in Turkey by Anne Fremantle; Book Reviews; Notes on Records; Letters to the Editors; Notes on Further Reading; Notes on Contributors.…

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ht1976 7¼"x9½"; pages 1-70; Soft Pictorial Cover, staple-bound; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: Foreword: The Greasy Pole (The Office of Prime Minister by Lord Blake); Woodrow Wilson as World Savior, 1919: by David Mitchell; Venice and the Fourth Crusade, 1204 by John Godfrey; From Sheffield to North Carolina, 1795 by William Noblett; The Ridolfi Plot, 1571 by Cyril Hamshere; General Dmitrii Milyutin and the Russian Army: by W. Bruce Lincoln; Cranborne Chase by William Seymour; The Great Eastern in Storm, September 1861 by T. F. Chambers; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editors; Notes on Further Reading.…

Large Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First British Paperback. A small crease to top right hand corner of front cover, otherwise fine. 562 pages. Size: 9" x 6". Cover: Bill Sienkewicz (illustrator). Book.

octavo softcover (NF) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs NR.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 10.00x8.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorCHRIS BRICKELL is a professor of gender studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. His books include Mates and Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand, Manly Affections: The Photographs of .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 98 Pp. Original Tan Card Covers Printed In Brown. Light Wear, 1/8" Loss At Top Of Spine, 1" Split At Lower Front Spine Edge. Contents Square And Immaculate. Slipcase In Quarter Calf Over Blue-Green Cloth. A Satire On Richard Le Gallienne's Quest Of The Golden Girl". Ownership Signature Of David K E Bruce Dated 1922 And With His Note That It Is A "1St Edition". David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898 - 1977) Was An American Diplomat, Intelligence Officer And Politician. He Served As Ambassador To France, The Republic Of Germany, And The United Kingdom, The Only American To Be All Three, And Frequently Mentioned In News Media And Fashionable Magazines. He Studied For A Year And A Half At Princeton University. He Dropped Out To Serve In The United States Army During World War I. At Parental Insistence, He Then Attended The University Of Virginia School Of Law (1919-1920) And The University Of Maryland School Of Law (1920-1921) Without Taking A Degree Before Being Admitted To The Maryland Bar In November 1921. He Served In The Maryland House Of Delegates (1924-1926) And The Virginia House Of Delegates (1939-1942). During World War Ii, He Headed The Europe Branch Of The Office Of Strategic Services (Oss), A Precursor To The Central Intelligence Agency (Cia), Which Was Based In London And Coordinated Espionage Activities Behind Enemy Lines For The United States Armed Forces Branches. Other Oss Functions Included The Use Of Propaganda, Subversion, And Post-War Planning. He Observed The Invasion Of Normandy Landing There The Day After The Initial Invasion. After Leaving The Oss At The End Of World War Two, And Before Entering The Diplomatic Field, In 1948-1949 David Bruce Was With The Economic Cooperation Administration Which Administered The So-Called Marshall Plan. Bruce, As A Member Of The New President's Board Of Consultants On Foreign Intelligence Activities, Wrote A Secret Report On The Cia's Covert Operations For President Dwight D. Eisenhower In 1956 That Was Highly Critical Of Its Operation Under Allen Dulles's Leadership. He Served As The United States Ambassador To France From 1949 To 1952, United States Ambassador To West Germany From 1957 To 1959, And United States Ambassador To The United Kingdom From 1961 To 1969. He Was An American Envoy At The Paris Peace Talks Between The United States And North Vietnam In 1970 And 1971. Bruce Also Served As The First United States Emissary To The People's Republic Of China From 1973 To 1974. He Was The Ambassador To The North Atlantic Treaty Organization From Late 1974 To 1976. Bruce Served As The Honorary Chair On The Board Of Trustees Of The American School In London During His Diplomatic Career In The United Kingdom. On May 29, 1926, Bruce Married Ailsa Mellon, The Daughter Of The Banker, Secretary Of The Treasury And Diplomat Andrew W. Mellon.They Divorced On April 20, 1945. Their Only Daughter, Audrey, And Her Husband, Stephen Currier, Provided Crucial Funding To Us Civil Rights Organizations In The Early 1960'S. They Were Presumed Dead When A Plane In Which They Were Flying In The Caribbean Disappeared On January 17, 1967, After Requesting Permission To Fly Over Culebra, A U. S. Navy Installation. No Trace Of The Plane, Pilot, Or Passengers Was Ever Found. Bruce Purchased And Restored Staunton Hill, His Family's Former Estate (A Plantation) In Charlotte County, Virginia. Bruce Received The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, With Distinction, In 1976. The David K.E. Bruce Award Was Established In 2007 At The American School In London. Bruce Wrote A Book Of Biographical Essays On The American Presidents Originally Published As Seven Pillars Of The Republic (1936). He Later Expanded It As Revolution To Reconstruction (1939) And Again Revised It As Sixteen American Presidents (1962).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Magazine. 16mo. String bound illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Fine. Poetry anthology with contributions from John Updike ("Worldly Monk's Song"), William Heyen, Terry Stokes, John C. Cullen, Lyn Coffin, Michael Waters, Imogene L. Bolls, X.J. Kennedy, Bruce Bennett, Carol Frost, Mary Oliver, Michael Dennis Browne, Robert Wilkinson,Miller Williams, Sheila Nickerson, Albert Goldbarth, Leonard Nathan, Jan D. Hodge, W.M. Aberg, and Charles Levendosky. Laid in is a card announcing the suspension of publication with this issue. Also laid in is a small broadside of a poem by Mark Thalman.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 317 Seiten Eine beeindruckende Sammlung von Mythen aus der ganzen Welt mit Informationen zu Religionen, Ritualen und Bräuchen der faszinierendsten Kulturen. Zustand: Einband mit geringfügigen Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt SEHR GUTER Zustand! HC1-332-8/8-00823259 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1623. …