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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 474 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.75x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 474 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Original wraps 26x33cm colour illustrated with "A Colossal Statue of Ancient Egypt" courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railways. 60pp including wraps, with b/w photos and travel-related adverts throughout. Wraps good, reinforced with archival tape along the length of the spine and to the inner front hinge. This issue leads with Count Malmignati's "Caravaning with the Nomads of Arabia", describing his travels with the Roualla Bedouin in the Syrian Desert courtesy of Emir Sheikh Nouri Chaalan and his grandson Fawaz. Other articles include Carleton Beals on "The Four Kingdoms of Guatemala" and last vestiges of the Quiche Civilisation; Harry H. Franck in Greece; H.V. Morton on Harrogate; Victor K. Eustafieff in Constantinope; Stoyan Christowe on the nomadic Kharkatchans in the Balkans ("probably the least known of any group of people inhabiting the European continent"); Michael R. O'Neil on the grandeur and decay of the Yurok Indian civilisation ("California's Little Known Aborigines"); and Ben Robertson Jr and McCoy Hill on the Great South Australian Desert. Also included is Horace L. Holmes' review of Seabrook's "The Magic Island", and the National Travel Club Bulletin.…

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. 26 cm, 127, [1] page. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Washington History is the only scholarly publication devoted exclusively to the history of our nation's capital. Started in 1989, the magazine replaced the original Records of the Columbia Historical Society, printed since 1897. Washington History is filled with scholarly articles, reviews, and a rich array of images. It is written and edited by distinguished historians and journalists. Each year the Historical Society publishes two issues of Washington History. It is mailed to members as a benefit of membership in the Historical Society. Since its founding in 1894, the Historical Society has been publishing articles about the people and events in the city's past and present. In 1989 the publications shifted from the hardback Records of the Columbia Historic Society to a magazine format Washington History. This issue includes the following: The Fateful Turn Toward Brown v. Board of Education by Clayborne Carson; To and From Brown v. Board of Education by John Hope Franklin; Race, Education and the District of Columbia: The Meaning and Legacy of Bolling v. Sharpe by Lisa A. Crooms; Public School Governance in the District of Columbia: A Timeline by Mark David Richards; The Dual School System in the District of Columbia, 1862-1954: Origins, Problems, Protests by Donald Roe; "The Showpiece of Our Nation": Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Desegregation of the District of Columbia by David A. Nichols; "Our Cause is Marching On": Parent Activism, Browne Junior High School, and the Multiple Meanings of Equality in Post-War Washington; The Role of Howard University School of Law in Brown v. Board of Education by Okianer Christian Dark; Pushback: The White Community's Dissent from Bolling by Bell Clement; Marching Toward Justice by Ossie Davis; and NARA and Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 by Walter B. Hill, Jr. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…