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Washington, DC: U.S.Dept Health and Human Services, 1992. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new with faintest shelfwear. "Special Collaborative NIAAA/CSAP Monograph. Based on NS\IAAA Conference, May 18-19, 1992." 459 pages, 21 chapters with References. Sections: Cultural Issues in Community-Based Prevention Research; Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Community-Based Prevention Research; Alcohol Prevention Research in Ethnic/Racial Communities - Case Studies.

Baltimore, MD: Penguin, 1969. (reprint). Paperback. GOOD. Reading copy. Tight, tanned pages, clean interior, age soiled exterior, tilted. Spine is creased and has wear to ends, rubbed cover edges and creased cover corners. "since their unexplained appearance in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Gypsies have doggedly refused to conform to the settled life...they have covered the continent and spread to America...their origin and dispersion, the occupations and traditions, their customs in love and death, and their language, signs, and magic..." 282 index pages including Bibliography and photo section.

NY: Bantam, 1976. (reprint, 1976. Paperback. VERY GOOD_. Tight, yellowed pages, clean, slight tilt. Creases on hinges and spine, slight rubbing to cover edges. "the mysterious, intrigue-filled world of the Gypsy - A world of bloody tribal vendettas and vicious swindles that swirl unseen and unnoticed all around us..." ISBN: 0553027476.

New York: Paul C. Dinding, 1876 . (2nd printing). Hardcover. GOOD. Tight, faint age tanning to pages, faintest soil to covers, square except for softened bottom cover corners which are rubbed through to boards. Softened and chipped spine ends. Owner's signature with 1876 date on front endpaper. Dark green, textured, cloth binding with stamped borders, gold lettering. Black and white frontispiece of Queen Margaretha with tissue. 493 pages. 6.5x9x1.5" Covers the history of Scandinavia from 811 including mythology, exploration, warfare and cultural change. "Their manners, and customs, discoveries, maritime expeditions, struggles and wars, up to the present time (1876)."