Paris: C. Borrani, Libraire-Éditeur, 1880. Hardcover. [4], 420 p.; 15 cm. "Nouvelle Édition revue et corrigée." Original black cloth spine with a printed paper spine label; printed paper over boards. Back cover bears an advertisement for the author's Cours D'Histoire Recontée aux Enfants et a la Jeunesse. Series title page..... More about L'Histoire Grecque: Recontée aux Enfants
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1936. Hardcover. "Written to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims." Part I and Part II in one volume. 225, [1] p., frontispiece and one leaf of a map; 225, [1] p., frontispiece and one leaf of a map: many full-page and in-text... More about Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland: Connecting Links between Cities and...
London, Eng. T. Bensley, 1799. Bewick, Thomas. Hardcover. Printed by T. Bensley, for Vernor and Hood, J. Cuthell, Lackington, Allen, and Co., J. Walker, R. Faulder, Otridge and Son, and Ogilvy and Son. [Attributed to Sir Philip Francis]. Two volumes: [6], xxxv, [1], 274 p.; [3], xxxviii-xxxix, [1], 319, [3]... More about Junius
Stockholm: Centraltryckeriet, 1932. Pamphlet. [1], 166-174 p.: tables; 23 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Writing on front wrapper. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and on several pages: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College." In Good Condition: wrapper is scraped along spine; remains of... More about Ett Bidrag till de Förhistoriska Grekernas Antropologi: Ymer Tidskrift utgiven av Svenska...
Stockholm: Fornvännen, 1932. Pamphlet. [2], 89-94 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. "Särtryck ur Fornvännen" -- on front wrapper. Former owner's name at head of front wrapper: "Professor Dr John Sjoqvist." Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and on several pages: "Department of Classical and Near..... More about Nagra Reflexioner Rörande Folkungamonumenten i Varnem och Gudhem
Weimar: Gebrüdern Gädicke, 1799. Hardcover. [2], vii, [1], 514 p., 1 folded leaf with a table on each side; 21 cm. 19th-century? tree calf. "Nach den Orten alphabetisch geordnet, undmit kurzen statistischen Nachrichten versehen." Part of the series Geographisch-Technologisches Handbuch für reisende Kaufleute. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of... More about Fabriken- und Manufacturen- Address-Lexicon von Teutschland und einigen angränzenden Ländern:...
Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie., Éditeurs, 1927. 11, [1] p.: 40 leaves of photographs; 34 cm. Portfolio printed in red and black with red cloth spine and corners; red ribbon ties. The text and leaves of plates are loose in the portfolio, as issued. The last (unpaginated) page of text... More about Le Mobilier Vendéen et du Pays Nantais
Cologne: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, 1998. Hardcover. 440 p.: 974 illustrations; 26 cm. Dark blue cloth with yellow spine and cover titles. Brown endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket... More about Jews in Germany from Roman Times to the Weimar Republic; With a Preface by Marion Grafin Donhoff
Philadelphia: Printed for James Stewart & Co. by Snowden & M'Corkle, 1797. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only, of 4 volumes. 567, [1], 6 p., frontispiece, 6 additional leaves of plates; 26 cm. Signatures: A-4B4 (index signed: [a] b c) (4to). Original full calf with gilt-ruled spine; black leather spine label with... More about The History of France, From the Earliest Times, Till the Death of Louis Sixteenth; From the...
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. xv, 431 p.: 12 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth spine with red-stamped spine title; light brown paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes chronology, notes, bibliography, and index. "The Fourth Republic, inaugurated in the autumn of 1946 after de... More about The Locust Years: The Story of the Fourth French Republic 1946-1958
Philadelphia: James Y. Humphreys, 1822. Hardcover. Second American from the last London edition. 4 volumes ([2], 380, 358, 359, 395 p.): frontispiece maps (folded) in vols. 1 and 2; 22 cm. Contemporary calf with irregular dark horizontal patterns. Four spine compartments; dark green morocco labels in second compartments with gilt-tooled... More about The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests; From the Earliest Accounts till the...
Paris: Éditions Bernard Grasset, 1939. Paperback. 15, [1] p.; 23 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown and green wrapper title. A speech given by the French playwright Jean Giraudoux on Nov. 11, 1939, as Commissaire Général à l'Information, during the so-called Phoney War between the defeat of Poland by... More about Le Futur Armistice
London / New York: Cassell & Co., 1888. Paperback. 192, [16] p.: illustrated advertisements; 14 cm. Paperback with brown wrappers printed in black. "Vol. III, No. 114. Subscription price per year, $5.00. Mar. 31, 1888" -- at head of front wrapper. "Copyright 1888 by O. M. Dunham" -- at foot... More about London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales (Cassell's National Library, 114
London: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1811. Hardcover. 124 p.; 31 cm. Contemporary brown cloth spine with plain brown paper over boards. In Good Condition: front board is detached but present; lacking most of cloth over spine; edges are rubbed; pages are clean and bright. More about A Provincial Glossary; with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions; by Francis...
London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1894. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 25 cm. signed "GUTH," without the leaf of biographical text. Jean Baptiste Guth (1855-1922) was a French illustrator who signed his Vanity Fair caricatures "GUTH." Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (1847-1907) was elected the 6th President of the... More about "The French Republic": J.P.P. Casimir-Perier (Men of the Day, no. 596) -- Vanity Fair,...
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London: John Murray, 1829. Hardcover. Fifth edition. This is volume 1 only of 3 volumes. xix, 1, 549 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between gilt rules; black morocco label in the 2nd and 4th compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. Gilt-ruled borders on both... More about View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages [Vol. 1
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1973. Paperback. 232 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with spine title and front cover illustration. Exhibition designed by Michael Brawne. Indices include index of lenders. In Very Good- Condition: spine is darkened; faint stain on front cover; otherwise, clean and tight. More about The King's Arcadia: Inigo Jones and the Stuart Court: A Quatercentenary Exhibition held at the...
Paris: G. Decaux; A. Quantin, 1882. Hardcover. "Troisième Édition." [6], ii, 400 p., frontispiece and 24 leaves of plates (including 1 map): many in-text drawings; 31 cm. Red morocco spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second comparment; marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt... More about La Hollande: A Vol d'Oiseau; eaux-fortes et fusains par Maxime Lalanne [provenance: Theodore...
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1929. Lucas, Samuel. First published in The History of Hitchin, vol. 2, 1929; this separate edition published later the same year. 150, [2] p.: 9 in-text drawings, 13 leaves of illustrations (many by Samuel Lucas); 25 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration;... More about A Mirror for the Society of Friends: Being the Story of the Hitchin Quakers With an Introduction...
London: Thomas Underhill, 1642. Title continued: "Vpon the Impeachment of the Earles of North-hampton, Devon-shire, Monmouth, and Dover, and of the Lords Rich, Andever, Grey of Ruthen, Coventry and Capell, for their contempt in departing from the Parliament, and not returning upon Summons." [2], 11, [3] p.; 19 cm. Signatures... More about The Speech of Denzell Holles Esquire: Delivered at the Lords Barr, Wednesday the 15th. of Iune
New York: Penguin Books, 1995. Paperback. xviii, 472 p.: 2 full-page maps; 20 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Includes index. New and revised edition. "Focusing on issues which affect ordinary Spaniards, from housing to gambling, from changing sexual mores to rising crime rates, John Hooper's fascinating study brings to... More about The New Spaniards
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. Hardcover. "Illustrated with engravings by Sargent, Woods and other eminent artists." [2], xviii, 484, 32 p., frontispiece and 6 leaves of steel-engraved plates: illustrations, music, portraits; 23 cm. 20th-century binding: half calf with 6 spine compartments between raised bands; red-brown cloth over boards... More about The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt; From the unpublished ms. of Dr. Cornelius;...
London: J. Stratford, 1809. Hardcover. 632, viii, viii p., 46 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf. Includes "Addenda: Comprising various necessary Corrections, and an Account of such Improvements as have taken Place in and about London since the Commencement of this Work"; index, and a list of subscribers... More about London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its...
London: J. Parsons, 1793. Hardcover. Bound uniformly: (1) The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688; by David Hume, Esq. To which is prefixed a short account of his life, written by himself. 10 vols, 59 leaves of plates. (2) The History of... More about Parson's Genuine Pocket Edition of Hume's History of England, with a continuation to the death of...
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1923. Paperback. [4] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. An offprint from Archäologischer Anzeiger. Stamp of Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, at foot of front wrapper. Handwritten call number at head of spine on front wrapper... More about Scheuklappen; Sonder-Abdruck aus dem Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts;...