London: Ernest Benn, 1958. Paperback. Fourth edition. 224 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs; 18 cm. Yellow and blue paperback with aerial photograph of Knole on front cover. Includes a chronological table and a genealogical table. This fascinating account by author Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) of the Sackville family and Knole..... More
Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie. 1928. Loose_leaf. 12, [4] p.: 40 leaves of photographs; 34 cm. Portfolio has red cloth spine and corners, with red ribbon ties; printed in red and black. The text and leaves of plates are loose in the portfolio, as issued. Text is entirely in French..... More
Haarlem, Netherlands: Wilhelmus van Kessel, 1710. First Edition. Paperback. 24 p.; 22 cm. Signatures: A-C4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette of a bird feeding baby birds in a nest with a banner reading "Trouw Moet Blyken," and woodcut initial. Knuttel, 15891. A very scarce poem from the War of the Spanish..... More
Leyden, Neth. Hendrik van Damme, 1705. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *4 (4to). Disbound. Woodcut initial letter. Not in Knuttel. A poem praising John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as a military hero. In Very Good Condition: disbound and without stitching; leaves are separating at fold; pages are clean and..... More
Philadelphia: American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1927. Paperback. 61, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled lightly greay cover printed in red and black. No date of publication; 1927 is the latest date in the list of references following the text. The 2-page Family Record on pp. 60-61 has not been used. The..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2013. Hardcover. [10], 357, [1] p., [24] unpaginated pages of color illustrations; 24 cm. Blue and black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Map on front endpaper and aerial view of the city on back endpaper. Stated First Edition. Includes index and bibliography. Book and..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlas-Anstalt, 1964. Hardcover. Zweite Auflag/Second Edition. 438, [2] p., 40 unpaginated pages of facsimiles: illustrations; 28 cm. Red cloth with gilt-on-black spine title and gilt-stamped cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket. List of the author's works on the final 2 unpaginated pages. History of France from 1789 to 1848..... More
Akron, Ohio: Werner Co., 1900. Hardcover. [6], 181, [1] p., 41 leaves of color plates; 45 cm. Black cloth with gilt cover title: Deutschlands Heer und Flotte. Title page in red and black. Text in parallel columns of German and English; plate captions in both languages. Some plates are labelled..... More
Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, 1998. Paperback. xiii, [3], 381 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes glossary of German organizations, biographical notes, selected bibliography, and index. Former owner's name on half title page. Consists primarily of original letters and other documents (translated into English in the case..... More
![La Fayette et Washington [World War I propaganda]. Henry Soulié](/pictures/thumb/004142.JPG?v=1472082336)
Paris: Imprimerie Adrien Marécnal, 1917. Paperback. 158, [2] p.: full-page portraits and other illustrations; 13 cm. White wrappers printed in red and blue. Spine and front wrapper titles. Edited by Henry Soulié. Contains speeches and articles about Lafayette and Washington emphasizing the historical bonds that connect France and the United..... More
![Russia in Europe [map]. Thomas Stackhouse](/pictures/thumb/004429.JPG?v=1472082359)
London: T. Stackhouse, 1783. Map. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 14.5 x 15.25 inches. Mat size: 22.75 x 23.75 inches. A beautiful example of this map of Eastern Europe showing the jurisdictions (as titled on the map) of Moscow, Woronesk, Bielgorod, Kiow, Smolensk, Novogorod, Nisi Nowogorod, Penzinskoi, Alatyrskoi, Galicoskoi..... More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1982. Hardcover. xix, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Brown cloth with black spine and cover titles. Contributions in Women's Studies, no. 35. Includes index. No dust jacket, as issued. Covers support by men for women's right to vote in the United States and England. In Fine..... More
![Likt och Olikt: Sociala och Kulturkritiska Uppsatser från 1880-talet [2 volumes bound together]....](/pictures/thumb/005658.JPG?v=1502912422)
Stockholm: Albert Bonnier, 1919. Hardcover. 372, [2] p.; 331, [3] p.; 19 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled author, series title, and title. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards; all page edges..... More
Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1814. Hardcover. 156 p.; 19 cm. Original white paper over spine and plain grey paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. The subject of this volume is Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813), a French General under Napoleon Bonaparte, who was banished from France in 1803. He arrived..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Hardcover. xi, [1], 70 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 30 full-page illustrations; 26 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with red, black, and gilt embossed spine title, cover title, and cover illustration and decoration. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers with black decoration..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1824. Hardcover. Volume one only: [2], 400 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary full polished Spanish calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red and green morocco spine labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled series title in one and "Convention I" in the other. "Paris 1824"..... More
Paris: Just Tessier, 1838. Hardcover. Cinquième Edition. Vol. 1 only: [2], 6 leaves of tipped-in engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label with gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Gilt-tooled decoration on raised bands. Marbled paper over boards. Title vignette; historiated..... More
![Histoire de la Révolution Française par M.A. Theirs [vol. 6]. Adolphe Thiers](/pictures/thumb/004175.JPG?v=1472082339)
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie. 1870. Hardcover. Treizième Édition. vol. 6 only: [4], 395, [1] p., frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment, author and volume number in fourth, gilt-tooled decoration in..... More
London: Seven Dials, Cassell & Co., 2000. Paperback. First published in 1984; this edition includes a new author's note and errata. 408 p.: heavily illustrated; 25 x 26 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. A wonderfully illustrated study of the interior design of homes in Europe and the United..... More
London: T. Becket, 1778. Paperback. Title continued: "on the Motion for the Address, and the Amendment: With Notes." The second edition, printed from the same setting of type as the first. vi, [2], 74 p.; 21 cm. 8vo. Modern marbled paper wrapper. References: Howes, T258; English Short Title Catalog, 3844..... More
Washington, D.C. American Historical Association, 1993. Paperback. vi, 68 p.; 23 cm. Pamphlet with illustrated cover; stapled. Part of the American Historical Association's Essays on Global and Comparative History. The author considers industrialization and gender inequality in England, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, and China. In Very Good+ Condition..... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1893. Hardcover. [14] leaves of text, [87] leaves of plates with illustrations and text, [12] leaves of color plates; 49 cm. Contemporary dark green leather with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment and gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled title..... More
Helsinki, Finland: F. Tilgmanns förlag, 1873. Hardcover. 100 p., 35 steel-engraved plates; 26 x 33 cm. Red cloth with gilt-tooled cover title; gilt rules on spine. Blind-ruled border on both boards with additional gilt ruled border on the front board. White moire endpapers. Bound without the engraved title page and..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1927. Hardcover. Vol. I: xiii, [1], 450 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. A Semicentennial Publication of the Johns Hopkins University. This volume goes through 1679. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Elise Willing Balch Collection at the Historical Society of..... More
Paris: A. Lahure, Imprimeur-Éditeur, 1898. Paperback. [4], 172, [6] p.: 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates, many in-text drawings; 34 cm. Original brown paper covers with "Detaille" printed in black on the front cover. Colophon states: "Achevé d'imprimer le 30 Novembre 1897." Title page printed in red and black. A...... More