Spain James W (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition: Fair / Dust Jacket is Fair. Ex-Library. Dust Jacket: Fair. Former library copy with expected library markings and wear. Dust jacket is present with four tears and noticeable wear at the head and foot of the spine. Tape is present on the cover boards. Library markings include a withdrawn stamp, card pocket, and crossed out barcode. Pages show age related toning/discoloration, with some staining to the page edges that does not affect readability. Scattered markings and highlighting are present within the text. Rear flyleaf has markings that have been crossed/scratched out. A well used but complete and readable copy, offered primarily as a reading or reference copy. No edition or printing statement is present, First Edition status has not been confirmed. James W. Spain's The People of the Khyber: The Pathans of Pakistan is an illustrated study of the Pathan communities living along the Pakistan Afghanistan frontier surrounding the Khyber Pass. Drawing on the author's experience and research, the book examines tribal groups, their landscape, history, daily life, poetry, feuds, and the traditional code known as Pukhtunwali. Spain's diplomatic background adds further historical interest: a specialist AbeBooks listing notes his U.S. Foreign Service career and later ambassadorial appointments. Published by Frederick A. Praeger in 1963 and illustrated with photographs and maps, this original hardcover is an appealing acquisition for collectors and researchers of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pashtun history and culture, the Khyber Pass, tribal studies, South Asian history, anthropology, diplomatic history, and mid twentieth century regional studies.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. signed by author - minor wear to cover - otherwise a clean like new copy - enjoy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition, fourth printing. Octavo hardback 190 pages Illustrated + maps Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (loss of about one inch square of material from bottom edge of front panel of jacket) Gift inscription on front end paper.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited to 600 copies. ; 97 pages; The author was a career diplomat for the United States, serving as ambassador in Tanzania, Turkey, Sri Lanka and at the United Nations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 190pp hardback, grey boards blue-lettered in wrapper, retailer's stamp to front end-paper and ownership signature, illustrated with map and bw plates.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Name inside else interior is overall clean. Outer page edges lightly smudged. Boards have wear at corners. Dust jacket has heavy wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. 252 pages. Ex-library from the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C. Includes 32 black and white illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, and Index. Topics covered include Enduring Icons; Getting an Education; Wearing a Uniform; Family Values; A Working Apprenticeship; Falling in with the CIA; Back in the Department; Practicing Diplomacy; First Anointings; Camelot, Catastrophe, & a Coda; Foreign Face Cards; More Foreign Face Cards; American Jokers; More American Jokers; Advice & Consent; This & That; and Index. James William Spain (July 22, 1926 - January 2, 2008) was in the US Foreign Service with postings in Karachi, Islamabad, Istanbul, Ankara, Dar Es Salaam, and Colombo and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as deputy permanent representative), and Sri Lanka. He was the author of numerous books, including In Those Days, American Diplomacy in Turkey, The Way of the Pathans, and Pathans of the Latter Day. He contributed articles on foreign affairs to a variety of publications. Ambassador Spain lived a distinguished life of service to his country. He was a remarkably able diplomat who met adversity with strength, rudeness with grace, and challenges with enthusiasm. He played pivotal roles in maintaining and strengthening the United States alliance with Turkey, in bringing about a peaceful transition to majority rule in Zimbabwe, and strengthening the United States' relations with all the countries of the subcontinent. He was most proud of the headlines that never had to be written, thanks to his work defusing tensions between nations. The author was a twentieth-century American diplomat who spent most of his life in high-level diplomacy in Asia and Africa. His memoir offers readers a firsthand account of U.S. diplomacy and of a family that tied its experiences to the events of contemporary history. He writes of personal triumphs and family tragedies and speculates on the meaning of it all, including the joys and tribulations of retirement in Sri Lanka. In Those Days is the candid, often funny, autobiography of a twentieth-century American diplomat who spent most of his life in high-level diplomacy in Asia and Africa. The story takes James Spain form an Irish Catholic childhood in gangster-era Chicago through military service as Douglas MacArthur's photographer in occupied Japan and university life at Chicago and a Ph.D. from Columbia. His Foreign Service career brought postings in Islamabad, Istanbul, and Ankara and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as deputy permanent representative), and Sri Lanka. Spain's memoir offers readers a firsthand account of U.S. diplomacy and of a family that tied its experiences to the events of contemporary history. He writes of personal triumphs and family tragedies and speculates on the meaning of it all, including the joys and tribulations of retirement in Sri Lanka. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ex-library hardcover no jacket, 1963 good.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 252 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. edition. Dust jacket has worn on edges with chip missing from bottom back. Blue boards slightly mottled. Light foxing present. Binding is solid. Black and white photos.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Signed and inscribed by the author, former ambassador to Tanzania, Turkey and Sri Lanka. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Plus Jacket. Fourth Impression. 190pp. Inscribed by author to former owner on front endpaper. Front board has a square impression, possibly a book that was stcked on top and pressed into it. Front board has a warp. Jacket has the same square impression on the front panel. Jacket has dust staining along the edges. Edges have light wear. Spine ends have light chipping. Text is clean and unmarked. Inscribed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1963 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. DJ present, in plastic wrap. Ex-Library with standard markings. 190p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. 190pp, b/w plates. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback book with dust jacket titled THE WAY OF THE PATHANS by James W.Spain. Published by Robert Hale Limited in 1962. Illustrated with map and vintage black and white photographs. Dust jacket shows scuffing/rubbing with browning/tears top and bottom edge - bookstore stamp bottom of front endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-1-middle) rareviewbooks Language: eng.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 293 Seiten; Kartenbeilage im Anhang; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); leichte altersbedingte Anbräunung des Papiers; der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Originalschutzumschlag vorhanden, jedoch beschädigt (kleinere Einrisse im Randbereich). In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Spine bumped, Wear & Nicks on DJ ; B&W Photographs; 8.75 x 5.6 x 0.8"; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Daniel Boorstin's Copy of American Diplomacy in Turkey: Memoirs of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary by James W. Spain. The 6 by 9 inch hardcover book is 252 pages and in good condition. The black cloth boards are decorated with gold and clean. The inside text pages without writing. However, it is from the Smithsonian library with call number tag to the spine and barcode to the back cover with associated stamping on the front free end page, dated 1976. This is Daniel Boorstin's copy with both a bookplate on the inside cover an a dedicated inscription from the author. Daniel J. Boorstin was the twelfth librarian of congress from 1975 until 1987, appointed under President Ford. He was also an accomplished author of more than 20 books, contributing much to the fields of sociology and history. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1973, for his book, "The Americans: The Democratic Experience.". Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Folding map to rear. Tall 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, upper front joint has cracked, still holding but evidence of split, else very good, clean throughout, no dust wrapper; a specialised study of this ethnic group that live around the frontier region of Pakistan and Afghanistan.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1995 First edition, 1st prntg in publisher fine cond green box, titles in gilt, boxed w/ Way of the Pathans, 2nd edition (1972), 7th impression 1994. grey & charcoal-grey hb cloth board bndgs, clean & bright, crisp, Unclipped similar style illus djs, no creases or tears, exc unread, as new, gift cond; interiors unmarked, 1 b/w map, b/w illus in both volumes, 163/190 pp. 6"x 9". author scholar & diplomat, 1st posted to Pakistan 1951-1953.…

Second Impression. Map, illustrations, 190pp, index. A prior owner's details front pastedown, front pastedown a little browned and cockled, a little light browning, a good hardback copy. Draws on personal experience and scholarly research of the tribal society which lives along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.…