‎Biographie‎

‎Huck, Stephan (Hrsg.)‎

‎Ringelnatz als Mariner im Krieg 1914 - 1918‎

‎Bochum: Verlag Dr. Dieter Winkler, 2003. 24 cm ; Pp.‎

‎Kleine Schriftenreihe zur Militär- und Marinegeschichte Band 4. Mit Beiträgen von Frank Möbus, Werner Rahn, Friederike Schmidt-Möbius und Frank Woesthoff. Paperbackausgabe, 125 Seiten mit zahlreichen interessandten Abbildungen. Gutes Exemplar. pw154 ISBN: 3899110048‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 110619

‎Huddart, David‎

‎Postcolonial Theory and Autobiography‎

‎Routledge 2014. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:9780415759014 Routledge paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9738767 ISBN : 0415759013 9780415759014

‎HUDDLESTON SISLEY‎

‎ELISABETH D'ANGLETERRE, LE SECRET D'UNE REINE VIERGE‎

‎Les Sept Couleurs. 1960. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 212 pages. 'Nouvelle Bibliothèque historique'.‎

‎Hudleston, F. J.‎

‎Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne : Misadventures of an English General in the Revolution‎

‎367p. Hardcover Good condition‎

‎Hudson, Derek‎

‎James Pryde 1866-1941‎

‎Hardcover. Good condition. Errata slip included. Spine end bumped. No dust jacket. RB Used‎

‎Hudson, Derek‎

‎Lewis Carroll: An Illustrated Biography‎

‎No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 272pp. Biography of Lewis Carroll, now republished with a great many illustrations. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve.‎

‎Hudson, Mark‎

‎Titan: The Last Days‎

‎Hardcover, 1st edition in unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Jacket lightly scuffed at edges and lightly scored. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used‎

‎Hudson, Richard & Lee, Raymond:‎

‎GLORIA SWANSON‎

‎Vg/VG delightful clean copy tightly bound. dj has full plastic covering, loose-fitting. internally no fault. price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983) was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies". She is now best known for her comeback role in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which, mirroring her own life, he portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.‎

‎Hudson, WH W H‎

‎Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life‎

‎New York: E.P. Dutton 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Third printing of first edition in same year as original publication. An autobiography by the author of Green Mansions. Book is crisp and clean with tight binding sharp corners and clean pages. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth binding is lightly fading. Unpriced dust jacket has ad for War Savings Stamps. Chips to edges of jacket but otherwise it is fresh and bright. Frontispiece portrait of the author with intact tissue protector. Bookplate of Roy and Alberta Rogers affixed to front free endpage. Last page untrimmed. 8vo. 332 pp. In protective Mylar. <br/><br/> E.P. Dutton hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 94981

‎Hudson, Wilson M‎

‎Andy Adams. His Life and Wiritings. First edition.‎

‎Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 1964. 274 S., 24 cm, Originalleinen mit Originalumschlag.‎

‎Schutzumschlagkanten etwas berieben. Sonst gutes Exemplar. ( very good copy)‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 235278

‎Hueffer, Ford M‎

‎Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life And Works‎

‎Longmans Green and Co. 1896. Hardback. Good only hardback. edgeworn spine detached along back hinge and worn to front watermarking to back cover foxing to endpapers and sporadically throughout. Neat gift inscription on front free endpaper to Louis Davis English book illustrator and watercolourist from the Suffolk artist William Teulon Blandford Fletcher. 8vo cream cloth with gilt lettering on spine and attractive green/blue/red illus. to front board. With many illustrations complete with tissue-guards. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47815

‎Huener, Hans‎

‎Selbstbiographie eines Kunsthändlers.‎

‎Berlin, Selbstverl, (1957). 24 cm. 128 S., 26 Taf. Or.-Leinen, gold. Rü.-Titel u. Titel, m. persönlicher Widmung v. H. Huener. Buchrücken u. S. leicht gebräunt, ans. guter Zustand.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24916BB

‎Huff, Theodore‎

‎Charlie Chaplin‎

‎354pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition‎

‎Huffaker, Josephine Costello‎

‎Christian Gish of Virginia‎

‎Baltimore MD: Gateway Press 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Full turquoise cloth. Has a few notes in ink. A clean attractive copy. "Descendants of Christian Gish born ca. 1733/36 in Lancaster Co. Pa. who was the oldest son of Matthias and Katherine Bauer Gish who were emigrants from Germany. He married Sophia Houk ca. 1755/56. Family moved from Pennsylvania to Botetourt County Virginia in 1792 where Christian Gish died 1796. <br/> <br/> Gateway Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 012523

‎Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos‎

‎Picasso: Creator and Destroyer - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York London Toronto Sydney And Tokyo: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671454463 . A Fine first edition/first printing in an alike dust-jacket with minimal scuffing; In Picasso: Creator and Destroyer Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington tells the story of the life and work of one of the most iconic and influential artists of all time. She explores Picasso's tumultuous relationship with his family friends and colleagues his passion for art and his groundbreaking technique.Picasso: Creator and Destroyer is a fascinating exploration of one of the most innovative and influential artists of all time. Arianna Stassinopoulos tells the story of Picasso's turbulent relationship with his family friends and colleagues his passion for art and his groundbreaking technique. This book is a fascinating exploration of one of the most innovative and influential artists of all time.; 8vo; 558 pages . Simon and Schuster hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53322 ISBN : 0671454463 9780671454463

‎Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos‎

‎Picasso : ein Leben. Focus-Edition, Diederichs.‎

‎Kreuzlingen ; München : Hugendubel, 2006. 496 S., 22 cm. Pp., gebundene Ausgabe.‎

‎Seiten altersbedingt gebräunt. Einband leicht berieben, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten. ISBN: 9783720528580‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 236643

‎Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos‎

‎Picasso. Genie u. Gewalt. Ein Leben.‎

‎München, Droemer Knaur, 1988. 8° 526 S., Ill. Hardcover, Gewebe mit Schutzumschl. Su leicht berieben und bestossen.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16955BB

‎Huffmann, Johann-Friedrich (Hrsg.)‎

‎Damals war's. Zeitzeugen erzählen aus ihrem Leben. Ausgabe 2012 1. Auflage.‎

‎Frieling-Verlag, Berlin, 2012. 19,5 cm ; Pp.‎

‎Hardcoverausgabe, 183 Seiten mit Lesebändchen. Sehr guter Zustand. pw252 ISBN: 9783828030046‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60579

‎Hugh B Cave; George Bradshaw; John P Heffernan; Jacob Hay; R E Foy; Rowan, Carl T; George Gallup; Evan Hill; George Scullin; Tom‎

‎The Saturday Evening Post Magazine August Aug 22 1959 - Eugene Holman / How Negro Writer's Children Adjust to Prejudice / We Recovered Space Monkeys‎

‎USA: The Curtis Publishing Company 1959. Magazine. Illus. by Sargent Dick cover; Gus Pasquarella ; Mac Conner; Ken Riley; R. Jones; Carroll Jones; Mayan; Bates;. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 80 pages. Features: Cover sailing illustrations shows man turning green while his Marilyn-like lady friend enjoys the ride; Pepsi ad inside front cover shows poolside scene; Kent cigarette ad shows flower gardening couple; Allstate ad features photo of Ray Morton of Castro Valley California; We Recovered the Space Monkeys - Navy Diver Lt. j.g. R. Edward Foy recalls what happened in this photo-illustrated article; The Gang in Black Jackets - short story; We Tell Our Children - noted Negro journalist Carl T. Rowan tells how he answers questions his children ask when they come face to face with race prejudice - photo-illustrated article; The U-19's Last Kill part 1 of 6; The Secrets of Long Life - article with photos of Henrietta Dull William Perry Thomas Murphy Lulu Williams Redwing Beck and Granny Mounger; The Don't-Touch Girl short story; The Cowboy of Fifth Avenue - Eugene Holman is board chairman of Standard Oil - photo-illustrated article; They Hunt the Mysterious Menhaden - photo-illustrated article on the pursuit of this elusive east coast fish; Mr Lincoln's Mystery Cake short story; Rebirth of a Cathedral - resurrecting the Coventry Cathedral which was destroyed by Hitler's bombers; Top-Secret Boondoggle short story; Great two-page color photo of the one-day assembly of a pre-fab science hall at Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne IN; Portland cement ad features color photo of Will Rogers Jr.; Mark of Treachery part 7 of 8; Nice two-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan shows fisherman returning with a big haul; Nice back cover color-photo Kodak ad features Ozzie and Harriet and their boys David and Ricky; and more. Moderate wear. Bits of nibbling to edges of covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. The Curtis Publishing Company Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 201H0204

‎HUGH GUION MACDONELL‎

‎1870s ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND CATCH-ALL OF THE BRITISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES FOR ARGENTINA WHO DETAILS THE YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE OF 1871 AND HIS PART IN THE NOTORIOUS VIRGINIUS AFFAIR‎

‎BUENOS AYRES AIRES SOUTH AMERICA 1875. On offer here is a fascinating original journal of Hugh Guion Macdonell who was British Charge d'Affaires to the Argentine Republic in the 1870s. The journal while not very long contains significant handwritten personal accounts; the yellow fever plague of 1871 and a notorious major diplomatic incident the 1873 Virginius Affair between the Spanish British and Americans during the 10 years war. In fact the rear cover is a title page from a U.S Dept of State publication regarding the Affair. In all there are a total of 15 pages of narrative and letter copies and six pages of press clippings for the most part regarding the 1871 yellow fever outbreak in the Argentine. Macdonell begins recounting his career: how in 1850 he was quartered at Williamstown Cape of Good Hope in charge of a draft of discharged men when he sustained a wound trying to rescue another man. In 1861 he was sent to Herzegovina and Bosnia to make a report; in 1869 he was appointed secretary of legation in Buenos Ayres also travelling to Uruguay "where civil war was devastating the country". "English vessels were arbitrarily seized and British property destroyed - there being no telegraph with Britain I had to act on my own responsibility.having been appealed to by British residents and the contending parties to mediate". This was apparently only partially successful though he did obtain compensation for destroyed property and the release of vessels. He then states: "In 1871 a most devastating yellow fever epidemic broke out" which is then detailed in five pages of letters from Macdonell printed in a contemporary newspaper. There then follow eleven pages of handwritten copies of letters to and from Macdonell. Here are some snippets: "B. Ayres Aug 1 1871 - Sir we feel it incumbent upon us after the sad ordeal through which this city has passed to express to you our high appreciation of your noble and determined conduct during the late visitation of yellow fever. In that distressing period when the mortality rose to such a height that the piles of coffins encumbered the graveyards waiting their turn for interment; when panic had seized every individual when friend deserted friend relative relatives - all who could fled the deserted city of the dead. Through all this like a good soldier you remained firm at your post". He writes that in November 1871 he obtained from the government of Montevideo payment of a debt contracted between that government and the British in 1834. The settlement of this claim apparently led to the breaking of all relations between the Montevideo government and the British government. In 1873 he was then involved in events leading up to the Virginius affair a diplomatic dispute that occurred from October 1873 to February 1875 between the United States Great Britain and Spain then in control of Cuba during the ten years war. In 1873 a British Yacht the Deerhound was seized by the Spanish who accused it of carrying insurgents - Macdonell was central from the British side in the diplomatic settlement. Similarly in late 1873 the Virginius an American ship carrying Cuban insurrectionists was seized by the Spanish and the Spanish began executing those on board as pirates. This is touched upon and Macdonnel seems to have had some involvment in the settlement. There are copies of letters from Lord Granville Lord Hammond and Earl Derby to Macdonell regarding this series of incidents. The 8 x 5.5 inch journal with blue paper covers marked 'Personal HGMacdonell' is overall G. BIO NOTES: from one online source: Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Guion Macdonell; M #510393 b. 1832 d. 25 January 1904; Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Guion Macdonell was born in 1832. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Hugh Macdonell and Anne Hughes. He married Anne Lamb daughter of Edward Lamb in July 1870. He died on 25 January 1904 without issue. He was educated at Royal Military College Sandhurst Berkshire England. He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant between 1848 and 1853 in the service of the Rifle Brigade. He was with the Diplomatic Service in 1853. He held the office of Ambassador to Brazil in 1885.1 He held the office of Ambassador to Denmark in 1888. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross Order of St. Michael and St. George G.C.M.G. in 1899. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor P.C. in 1902. . Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0002215

‎HUGH OTTO WILLIAMS‎

‎1941 - 1942 EXCEPTIONAL RELIC OF WORLD WAR TWO FLIGHT AND PILOT TRAINING BEING AN ORIGINAL DIARY OF A YOUNG CADET AS HE MAKES HIS WAY WITH TREMENDOUS DETERMINATION TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR HIMSELF ONLY NINE MONTHS AFTER HIS OWN INSTRUCTION‎

‎AIR CORPS BASIC FLYING SCHOOL GUNTER FIELD. Very Good. 1941. On offer are two detailed and fascinating diaries of the early years of World War II told from the perspective of flight cadet and later Lieutenant and instructor Hugh Otto Williams. The books aren’t diaries exactly but books in which Williams wrote down the letters he sent to his brother Toby Williams of Kings Mountain North Carolina. The first diary depicts the daily life of Williams as a U.S. Air Corps flying cadet in training at the Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics in Jackson Mississippi. This diary goes from January to August 1941. The second diary follows Williams as a flight instructor at the Air Corps Basic Flying School at Gunter Field later Shaw Field in Montgomery Alabama. It goes from September 1941 to July 1942. In the beginning of the first diary Williams is a brand new cadet having just arrived in Jackson Mississippi. He describes in excellent detail what it was like to learn how to fly the difficulties the instructors written and physical exams the routines and drills that would make him a pilot. Along with the flying comes the rules regulations exercises inspections and all the other realities of learning to be a soldier and pilot. Only 25 days after he first arrives at the base after passing tests and exams and drills he ‘solos’ supervised for the first time. “I soloed - yes all by myself - it did make me feel good. It is an almost indescribable feeling to be up there by yourself. Funny it didn’t scare me one bit. In fact I kinda had a feeling of peace as soon as I got off the ground.” Williams talks about almost every single time he flies up in the hour what it was like what he did what he learned etc. In February he is flying all by himself in the plane and continuing to learn more and more. He comments that a large number of cadets have failed tests and “washed out” meaning they were not good enough to continue. By February there are only 40 or so cadets left out of an initial 92. He graduates in March and moves to Gunter Field in Montgomery Alabama as part of class 41-F. His instructor here is a Lt. McIntyre “A southerner and seemed to be awfully nice” and later a “Lt. Salisbury.” The planes at Gunter Field are different as well: “There ships sure are lots different from what we have been flying. More instruments that you can shake a stick at. Sure will be lots of things to remember to do. They have two-way radio sets - wireless and all that. We take off and land only with permission of the Field Tower. The ships are lots larger than the others. I am really interested in getting started.” The ships he is flying at Gunter are called BT-13s. At Gunter Field Williams is still a cadet and more training is done both flying and learning on the ground. In one instance he takes off on a routine training flight that turns into a difficult and almost harrowing experience as there are problems as gale force winds make flying tremendously difficult for Williams and Williams has to be given detailed instructions on how to land the plane. A small newspaper clipping is pasted in on the next page: “Gunter Drama: Radio Saves 105 Cadets”. In April a newspaper clipping about Williams in pasted in: “Local Boy Soon To Graduate In Air Corps.” He does just that and moves to Maxwell Field in Montgomery. Still part of Class 41-F Squadron H. At Maxwell Field Williams is at the Advanced Flying school. The diary ends in August as Williams finishes his Advanced Flying course with a day-night long distance trip of hundreds of miles. The second diary in begins with Williams now a Lieutenant and instructing at Gunter Field at the Air Corps Basic Flying School where he had started flying only 9 months beforehand. The letters focus on the students that Williams is in charge of 4 in total and the progress that they make or don’t. In January 1942 Williams moves to Shaw Field in Gunter South Carolina and is in charge of six students from six different states. Again he speaks often and candidly of his student’s progress and difficulties. In July he is made Assistant Commanding Officer for a new flying class coming into the Basic Flying School. Finally in July the last entry is written. “Maxwell Field. Central Instructors School. Montgomery Alabama.” Williams is at the school to learn more about Flight instruction. The diary ends with 21 black-and-white photographs of Williams a woman who seems to be his girlfriend or wife and a few of the faces of friends or family. Most of the photographs are labelled with the date they were taken and the location. The diaries also contain bits of ephemera as well. These include: Grade school report cards for Williams in 1932 and 1933 Army cards signifying the completion of various courses in Flight School a membership card to The Officer’s Club and Mess at Maxwell Field Alabama a pamphlet for the “Air Corps Training Detachment Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics Graduation Dinner Dance of the Class of 41-E” and various photographs of Williams from the time period. The two diaries are in good condition. Both covers are free of any major wear. The pages within are almost all still in good condition without much discoloration or rips/tears. The handwriting throughout is easily legible and readable in black ink. All photographs loose or pasted in are still in very good condition. The first diary is approximately 200 pages and the second diary is approximately 150. The books measure about: 4 1/2” x 6 1/4” inches. OVERALL: VG. Text: “January 1 1941. This place is completely out in the country not even a country store! NOthing but the post. Every building is brand new and it is really nice. The first day we were issued flying equipment which is really ‘the stuff’ - they issue to each man about $200.00 worth of equipment namely: A fur-lined jacket fur lined pants and shoes all leather on the outside. Helmet and goggles. Three pairs of coveralls jeans gloves and a mechanic's cap. So much in fact that a person don’t need except underwear and toilet articles. They vaccinated us for smallpox and typhoid in the same arm.We have a nameplate that we have to wear on our coveralls. It starts off one color and you have to polish it until it turns to another color. It took me all morning.”; “January 11 1941. The flying would be swell if it wasn’t for the Instructor. He told me yesterday that it would be a miracle if I ever learned to fly. But just between you and me I think I am pretty good. He has three of us. He takes us up one at a time. After all of us have been up we have a sort of conference going over our mistakes for the day. I don’t catch near as much on the ground as the other two do. I like to fly! I have four hours to my credit now. Am supposed to be able to solo in four more - that is if I ever solo!.We started off learning to do 90° turns. Climbing turns. 180° turns. 360° turns etc. Then we had to learn to follow a rectangle on the ground. That is you pick out a rectangular figure on the ground such as roads fences or something. Use a tree or something for a corner. Sounds easy. Would be if it wasn’t for the wind. You have to figure that on it will blow you off course.All kind of stuff like that.”; July 24 1941. I have completed my last flight in Advanced flying. Now I am supposed to be ready for bigger better and faster ships. It sure is a great relief to know I have actually finished - and I can brag a little with the few that all during my Cadet-training of over 200 hours I have even put a scratch on a plane. Our Squadron took our day-night cross-country yesterday. We flew from Maxwell to Nashville to Chattanooga. A distance of 390 miles where we landed ate supper and waited for it to get dark. Then after dark we flew from Chattanooga to Atlanta to Maxwell. It was a real nice trip. Beautiful weather. The mountains sure did look good from the air.I was Officer of the Day yesterday and today until 11:30 AM got out of a lot of the work due to the Cross-Country.”; “September 23 1941. I started instructing today. Two British and two Americans. It is a funny thing. Both the Americans primaryed at M.I.A. One even had Mr. Firpprecht as an instructor. So far I haven’t ridden with my students because today they had a cross-country trip and since they fly these in loose formation My students went with another flight. I was assigned to squadron 4 which at the present is the under class or class 42-A. They have about 35 hours. Sure am glad they let me start with an experienced class. They at least know what it is all about and maybe won’t scare me too bad right at first.”; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF FLIGHT CADET HUGH OTTO WILLIAMS HUGH O. WILLIAMS TOBY WILLIAMS KINGS MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS JACKSON MISSISSIPPI AIR CORPS BASIC FLYING SCHOOL GUNTER FIELD SHAW FIELD MAXWELL FIELD MONTGOMERY ALABAMA WORLD WAR TWO FLIGHT SCHOOL WW2 ERA AVIATION LIEUTENANT MCINTYRE LIEUTENANT SALISBURY CLASS 41-F FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR SOLDIER TRAINING ADVANCED FLIGHT U.S. AIR CORPS UNITED STATES ARMY SOLO FLIGHT AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0009131

‎HUGH SIDEY‎

‎JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTE‎

‎COLECCION GRANDES BIOGRAFIAS PLANETA DEAGOSTINI. El 22 de noviembre de 1963 era asesinado en Dallas el 34 presidente de los Estados Unidos. Atrás quedaba la heroica participación de Kennedy en la segunda guerra mundial su matrimonio con Jacqueline Bouvier y sobre todo tres años en la Casa Blanca que serán recordados por la lucha del presidente por la ingración racial y por la búsqueda de la coexistencia pacífica con la URSS lo que no le impidió exigir el desmantelamiento de las bases de misiles soviéticos en Cuba.‎

‎Hughes Lindsey‎

‎Pietro il Grande‎

‎ill., br. L'esistenza di Pietro il Grande (1672-1725) traboccò a tal punto di drammi personali e aspetti bizzarri, da irradiare un senso di mistero e fascino inesauribile. L'eroe celebrato di Poltava, l'incontrastato capo militare, il sovrano assoluto di uno dei paesi più grandi del mondo, il protagonista della serie di riforme che rivoltarono metodicamente ogni aspetto e settore della vita russa, sposò una contadina analfabeta. Il suo amore per i travestimenti, gli stravolgimenti e la parodia, per "il mondo alla rovescia", non fu mero passatempo o aberrazione, ma un elemento chiave nel suo stile di governo. L'uomo irresistibilmente volto ad Occidente annoverava tra i propri svaghi curiosità quali l'estrazione dei denti, la pratica dell'autopsia, la tornitura del legno e l'estinzione degli incendi. Il Padre della Patria russa condannò a morte, e forse torturò e uccise di persona, il proprio figlio primogenito. Tutto questo e altro ancora coesisteva in modi curiosamente funzionali con una vita alimentata da una volontà ideale di trasformazione quasi ossessiva. Questo libro, sempre attento a collocare il particolare caratteristico all'interno del contesto storico, politico e psicologico, ricostruisce, sulla base di un rigoroso lavoro documentario, le varie fasi della vita del grande imperatore russo, analizzando nei due capitoli finali la sua eredità politica e sociale, l'edificazione del suo mito dal Settecento a oggi.‎

‎Hughes, D. L. (Stover's Place, Pa.).‎

‎SKETCH OF THE LIFE, AND CHARACTER, AND WRITINGS OF JAMES Y. M'GINNES, of Shady Gap, Pennsylvania.‎

‎552 p. + Portrait Frontis. Mildly XLib. Springfield Female Seminary, Springfield, OH stamp on title page. Foxed. Inked ownership of H. R. Prat on frist fly leaf. 12mo. Original full brown publisher's cloth binding, embossed in blind and lettered and decorated in gold. Extremities worn with slight loss. A biography of an old school Presbyterian minister. Uncommon. PA 9‎

‎Hughes, Henry‎

‎Through Mighty Seas: Romance of a Little Windjammer‎

‎No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick to lower rear edge. 240pp. Biographical account of the author's voyages in the Pride of Wales wind-jammer from the Welsh port of Portmadoc to the South Americas and the West Indies. Illustrated.‎