History from Gilt Edge Books

With an Introduction by Anna Quindlen. Translated by Tony Langham and Plym Peters. In 'Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary" we see the human face behind this young writer's eloquent voice. For the first time , Anne's life before her family went into hiding, is revealed.Over one hundred photographs, many of which have never been published, provided. This is the first… Read more about this item

An unconventional history of discovery. Richly anecdotal and personal, generously illustrated with photographs and maps, this high hearted chronical is a delight. Pictorial jacket price-clipped.

New York: Harcourt,Brace and Company,, 1935 Sydnet MacGillvary Brown - Professor of European History Lehigh University. Frontispiece: A double-page map in color showing Europe in the thirteenth century. A generous List of Maps provided (21 total). Twenty-nine chapters and index supplied. The contents are photographed. Name to ffep. This book remains sound and most servicable.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

New York: The Free Press, 1986 Richard E Neustadt (Lucius N Littauer) Professor of Public Administration in the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. For two decades a consultant to presidents and their cabinets. Ernest R May (Charles Warren) Professor of History at Harvard University. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. For those… Read more about this item

Toronto: Collins, 1981. Introduction by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk,Bt. Foreword by Lord Treviot. 208 pp. This book shows how tracing your personal genealogy can become a fascinating piece of detective work through time, an adventure that is wholly absorbing. Step by step, the lines of research in Great Britain and abroad are clearly explained. Advice is given on… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Thomas J. Curry Ph,D, Roman Catholic Priest and Director of Continuing Education for Clergy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1986). The First Freedoms studies the church-state context of colonial and revoltionary America to present a bold new reading of the historical meaning of the religion clauses of The First Amendment. Preface by… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1950. This volume, the successor to " The Years Of Endurance and Year Of Victory", opens in 1812 with Napoleon marching into Russia and Wellington's men knocking open the door into Spain behind him. It describes the brilliant campaigns etc. Preface by author, Epilogue, List of Abbreviations used in Footnotes and Index supplied. Map end-papers. Leaves are… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1969. For thirty-three years, Sir Arthur Bryant has contributed a weekly commentary to the "Illustrated London News". Out of his articles on the passing scene he has made a work of art which not only re-creates the vanished world in which he grew up, but conjures up, with a sense of immediacy the revolutionary years through… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1994. Translated by Tai Hung-Chao with editorial assistance of Anne F. Thurston. She is a distinguished scholar of recent Chinese history and culture. Foreword by Professor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University. He believes this book to be "The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any dictator in history." The contents:… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1960. The Great Buffalo Hunt...its history and drama, and its role in opening the West. Illustrated with 17 half-tone reproductions and line drawings by Nick Eggenhofer. Author's sixth book. A factual account of the greatest slaughter of animals in history...that of the buffaloes on the Great Plains. In 1871 hide hunters swarmed over… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. 898 pp +1 includes index. A history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy. 90 illustrations. Map endpapers. Gilt stamped figure of Voltaire to front board. . BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 729 pp. A history of European civilization in the period of Skakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrant, Galileo and Descartes: 1558-1648. Lists 59 illustrations. Map endpapers. Stamped figure of Bacon to front board. . BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

California: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1979. Later print. A Destiny Book D-124. Illustrated scenic wrap-around covers. Cover and internal illustrations by John Steel. Frontispiece photo titled: Main Street, Bozeman, Montana about 1880. Early pioneering of the Rouse family in Montana. Photographs of the Rouse family present. The illustrations by John Steel add much to the text. An interesting read..… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Card covers. This classic work of scholarship and empathy tells the story of the self-creation of the African-American people. The authority and eloquence of this work make it essential reading for sll who want to understand the American past and present. Nathan Irvin Huggins was W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of History and Afro-American… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell - Collier Press, 1968. America In The Making Series Edition. Cameo portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe frontispiece. Introduction, Ten Chapters, Epilogue, Bibliography and Index provided. A well-illustrated book - one being a b/w two page drawing showing 'Savannah as it looked in March 1734'. This vivid account of Georgia's early history gives a graphic picture… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1988. 398 pp. This richly illustrated book tells the story of Europe and the Mediterranean over a thousand years which saw the creation of Western Civilization. Over two hundred illustrations, including twenty-four colour plates, amplify the text; and the picture is completed with comprehensive reference material in maps, genealogies, a chronology, lists of further reading,… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay Company Inc, 1967. 'White House Weddings' is history and it is entertainment. This book tells the story of every marriage known to have taken place in the Executive Mansion - including a little-known one in 1801. Illustrated with more than forty contemporary prints and photographs, the account is filled with romance and intrigue, as well… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. 334 pp including notes, bibliography and index. 24 pages of b/w photos and 3 maps. In 324 A.D. the city of Constantinople was founded as the New Rome. During its first three centuries the Byzantine world integrated Christianity fully within the Greco-Roman tradition. Through eleven centuries this fabulous civilization underwent profound tranformations; for… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 'The Australians' is a panoramic picture of the vast island continent of Australia and its colorful people, a wonderfully readable book crowded with rich and riveting details of every aspect of Australia's past, its present and its prospects for the future. Ross Terrill writes of Australia, his native land, with both intimate understanding… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. 423 pp. Thirty three chapters. The first six chapters covering historical transportation and trade. Chapter seven picks up with Donald A. Smith's arrival in 1938 and the first Canadian railway setting the stage for the rest of the chapters on the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway up to 1935 written clearly, concisely and… Read more about this item