‎Europe‎

‎Thomson George Malcolm‎

‎The Prime Ministers: From Robert Walpole to Margaret Thatcher‎

‎London: Martin Secker & Warburg 1980. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xxiv 260 p. 14 unpaginated p. of color illustrations: many full-page and in-text black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Red cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "In a series of masterly vignettes Mr Thomson traces the development of the Prime Ministerial role." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright. Martin Secker & Warburg hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009474

‎Ogg, David‎

‎Europe in the Seventeenth Century‎

‎London: Adam & Charles Black 1963. Hardcover. Good . Eighth Edition Revised. viii 571 p. 4 leaves of folded maps; 22 cm. No dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper: Larry Fischer. In Good Condition: ends of spine faded; occasional marginal marks; a few underlinings in black ink; otherwise clean and tight. Adam & Charles Black hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009375

‎Symbolist Europe: Lost Paradise Beaux Arts Magazine‎

‎Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 73 3 p.: color illustrations; 19 cm. Paperback. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held June 8-Oct. 15 1995 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Contents: Symbolism or the irredeemable ego by Jean Clair -- The symbolist constellation by Jean-Michel Charbonnier interviewed by Guy Cogeval -- Idealism and myths: mysterious images and images of the past by Laure Murat -- The depths of the ego: dream and death by Yves Kobry -- Symbolism and country: the artist as prophet by Andrzej Turowski -- Man and nature: from vigorous exuberance to the harmony of a golden age by Itzhac Goldberg. In Near Fine Condition: covers are curving away from pages; clean and bright. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 009396

‎Davison, Brian K.‎

‎The Observer's Book of Castles; with 46 Line Drawings by Jasper Dimond 12 Black and White Illustrations and 3 Maps‎

‎London: Frederick Warne 1979. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 185 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Light grey cover with white spine and cover titles. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's list of The Observer's Series on back section of dust jacket. This title is no. 78 of 82 titles in the list. In Fine/Fine Condition: clean and bright. Frederick Warne hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009241 ISBN : 0723215936 9780723215936

‎Campbell-Johnson, Alan‎

‎Eden: The Making of a Statesman‎

‎Westport Conn: Greenwood Press 1976. Hardcover. Fine. x 4 306 p. 16 p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with white spine title. No dust jacket as issued. First published in 1955 when the British conservative politician Anthony Eden 1897-1977 was still active. He served as Prime minister from 1955 to 1957. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. Greenwood Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009122 ISBN : 083718813X 9780837188133

‎Bingham Jane‎

‎The Tudors: The Kings and Queens of England's Golden Age‎

‎New York: Metro Books 2012. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 208 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeats cover illustrations. Dark brown endpapers. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and bright. Metro Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009201 ISBN : 1435142950 9781435142954

‎Bingham, Caroline‎

‎The Stewart Kingdom of Scotland 1371-1603‎

‎London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. ix 1 283 p. 16 p. of illustrations: map genealogical tables; 22 cm. Red cover with gilt spine title. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket. An "immensely readable and entertaining survey of Scottish history from the fourteenth century to the reign of James VI and I" -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: lower back corner slightly bent; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: loss at upper edge; edges rubbed; flaps are slightly soiled. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009029 ISBN : 0297768085 9780297768081

‎Astle Thomas; Ayscough Samuel; Caley John editors‎

‎Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa A.D. 1291; Printed by Command of His Majesty King George III &c. &c. &c. in pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain‎

‎London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1802. Hardcover. Good. 8 xxv 1 xxv 448 p. 1 leaf of a facsimile; 43 cm. Half calf with gilt-tooled spine title on leather label; marbled paper over boards. Running title: Taxatio Ecclesiastica P. Nicholai. Edited by Thomas Astle Samuel Ayscough and John Caley. Text in abbreviated Latin; prefatory matter in English. Scarce. In Good Condition: boards are detached but present; minor loss at ends of spine and loss at corners; boards are scraped; pages are clean and bright. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008974

‎Franciscis, Alfonso de‎

‎Pompeii: Civilization and Art -- Naples Archaeological Museum Oplontis Herculaneum Stabiae‎

‎Milan: Kina Italia 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. 128 p.: color illustrations; 27 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Publisher's advertisement on inside of back cover. No date of publication. The name of Alfonso de Franciscis Superintendent of Antiquities in Naples is at the head of the title page and the end of the text on p. 126 suggesting that he was alive when this was published. He died in 1989. In Near Fine Condition: head of spine rubbed; small scrape at lower edge of back cover; clean and bright. Kina Italia paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008843

‎Wrangel Herman‎

‎Correspondence with the Swedish Minister on the Subject of the Detention by the Swedish Government of the British Transit Mail to Russia as a Reprisal for the Search of Parcels Mail by His Majesty's Government; Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty August 1916‎

‎London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons 1916. Very Good. 1 25 1 p.; 33 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 28 1916." Partially printed in parallel columns of French and English; the remainder in English. Contains 18 documents from and to County Herman Wrangel 1857-1934 representative of the King of Sweden in London from 1906 to 1920 tracing the conflict over the handling of mail to and through the two nations during the war. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; two horizontal folds; otherwise clean and solid. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008639

‎Younger, Robert, Baron Blanashburgh‎

‎Report on the Typhus Epidemic at Gardelegen by the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War During the Spring and Summer of 1915; Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty October 1916‎

‎London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons 1916. Very Good. 10 p.; 33 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 34 1916." The detailed report on the typhus epidemic that occurred at the German internment camp at Gardelegen in 1915 was presented by Robert Younger Baron Blanashburgh 1861-1946 the chairman of the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War. Robert Younger Baron Blanashburgh 1861-1946 was a Scottish barrister and judge. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; otherwise clean and solid. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008642

‎Spanton, Ernest Frederick; Scott-Brown, James‎

‎Reports on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners and Natives in German East Africa; Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty September 1917‎

‎London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1917. Good. 31 p.; 34 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 13 1917." Reports by the Rev. Ernest F. Spanton James Scott-Brown and others of their treatment by the Germans in German East Africa present-day Burundi Rwanda Tanzania and part of Mozambique. In Good Condition: outer 2 leaves pp. 1-2 and 31 are detached from remaining text block and soiled; p. 3 soiled at corners; otherwise clean and solid. His Majesty's Stationery Office unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008650

‎Tennant, Harold John‎

‎British Prisoners of War in Germany; Statement by Mr. Tennant in the House of Commons May 24 1916‎

‎London: s.n. 1916. Good. 1 broadside; 21 x 33 cm. Harold John Tennant 1865-1935 then Under Secretary of State for War emphasizes the importance of the parcels of food being sent to British prisoners of war in Germany. A scarce World War One publication. In Good Condition: minor loss at one corner; 3 closed tears of 1 cm. or less from the edges; light soiling and creasing. s.n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008653

‎Magi, Giovanna‎

‎All Paris‎

‎Florence Italy: Bonechi 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. 125 p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The front and back covers fold out the front to reveal a map of Paris and the back a publisher's catalog. "New Edition." Heavily illustrated. In Near Fine Condition: front cover is slightly creased; a few notes by former owner on final page table of contents; otherwise clean and solid. Bonechi paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008676 ISBN : 8870091910 9788870091915

‎Palm Franklin Charles‎

‎Calvinism and the Religious Wars‎

‎New York: Henry Holt and Co 1932. Hardcover. Very Good -. ix 1 117 p.; 19 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine and cover titles. Part of The Berkshire Studies in European History. Intended for use in college history classes. Includes index. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed and lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight. Henry Holt and Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008535

‎Sand George; Munro Georgina C.; Lott Henry Frank; Copway George‎

‎People & Howitt's Journal The People's Journal; with which is incorporated Howitt's Journal‎

‎London: Willoughby & Co 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 363 1 52 p. engraved title page and 24 leaves of plates; 26 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Paper label with handwritten number in first compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Caption title p. 1: The People's Journal; with which is incorporated Howitt's Journal. Final 52 pages are headed Appendix. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was acquired by the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College Carlisle Pa. in 1864. No date of publication or volume number. From 1849 to 1851 the magazine was published by Willoughby & Co. The Appendix on p. 48 references a work published in 1851. Contents include fiction by George Sand Georgina C. Munro Elizabeth O'Hara Paul Creyton John Townsend Trowbridge and others; poetry by Charles Mackay Henry Frank Lott and others; Indian legends by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh George Copway; a description of the establishment of John and Richard Morley "Warehousemen Hosiers and Glovers" in London including the dormitories of their employees; The Balance of Employment: Its Political and Moral Necessity by Clara Walbey; The Adventures of Peter Viaud; and articles about "life assurance" life insurance the slave trade and the life of a draper's assistant. Two leaves of portraits have been traced in pencil on the reverse side. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; title page and facing plate are lightly soiled; closed 2-cm. tear from fore-edge of title page; closed 3-cm. tear from fore-edge of p. 5; closed 2-cm. tear from upper edge of p. 339; scattered soiling; otherwise clean and solid. Willoughby & Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008408

‎Byrde Penelope‎

‎Janes Austen Fashion: Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen‎

‎Ludlow England: Moonrise Press 2008. Paperback. Near Fine -. 128 p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback. "Jane Austen's references to fashion and needlework have been compiled and arranged in six chapters. Each chapter includes a general introduction and discussion of an aspect of dress with quotations from jane Austen's works." -- p. 8. The author was Curator of the Museum of Costume & Fashion Research Centre in Bath. In Near Fine- Condition: edges slightly rubbed; table of contents slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Moonrise Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008293 ISBN : 095395613x 9780953956135

‎Scott, Walter, Sir‎

‎Tales of a Grandfather First Series; Being Stories Taken From Scottish History by Sir Walter Scott vol. 2 provenance: Richard Morris Smith‎

‎Exeter N.H.: J. & B. Williams 1833. Hardcover. Good -. 249 1 p. frontispiece and added engraved title page; 16 cm. Contemporary plain black paper over boards with black leather over spine with gilt-tooled decoration most of which is lacking. Frontispiece is engraving of the meeting of the bishops of Dunkeld and Glasgow engraved by W. H. Lizars from a drawing by Wm. D. Smith. Added engraved title page bears imprint of Wm. Burgess New York dated 1831. Former owner's inscription on blank page following front free endpaper: Richard Morris Smith 1836. Richard Morris Smith 1827-1896 was a Philadelphia architect and the author of The Burlington Smiths. In Good- Condition: lacking most of leather over spine; front board is partially detached; light foxing heavier on 2 engraved leaves and title page; otherwise clean and solid. J. & B. Williams hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007983

‎Rose Mary Beth editor‎

‎Women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Literary and Historical Perspectives; Edited with an Introduction by Mary Beth Rose‎

‎Syracuse N.Y.: Syracuse University Press 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. xxviii 2 288 2 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contains essays by Merry E. Wiesner Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg William Monter Madelon Sprengnether Carole Levin Leah S. Marcus Janel M. Mueller Elissa Weaver Mary Ellen Lamb Tilde Sankovitch and Mary Beth Rose. Includes index. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; one page corner creased; clean and tight. Syracuse University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 007903 ISBN : 0815623526 9780815623526

‎Vertot, Abbe de‎

‎A Critical History of the Establishment of the Bretons among the Gauls and of Their Dependence upon the Kings of France and Dukes of Normandy; by Monsieur the Abbot of Vertot . . . Done from the Original French printed at Paris 2 volumes provenance: Strickland Freeman‎

‎London: Printed for W. Taylor J. Pemberton E. Symon W. Chetwood J. Lacy and J. Clarke 1722. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 2 vi 356 p.; 4 243 1 p.; 19 cm. 8vo Signatures: v. 1. A4 B-Z8 Aa2 -- v. 2. A2 B-Q8 R2. Contemporary speckled calf with blind-tooled decoration on each board with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment of each volume with gilt-tooled title: Vertot's History Gilt-tooled volume number in third compartment of each with gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges speckled red. Titles in double line borders. Woodcut head pieces tailpieces and initial articles. Translation of Histoire critique de l'établissement des Bretons dans les Gaules. Dedication signed by the translator John Henley. Engraved armorial bookplate on each fixed endpaper: "Strickland Freeman Esqr. Fawley Court Bucks 1810." Strickland Freeman d. 1821 inherited Fawley Court from his uncle Sambrooke Freeman in 1782. He wrote works on horsemanship and botany. Although his will was probated in 1822 and some sources state that he died that year he died in Nov. 1821 according to Debrett's. Circular red stamp on title page verso of each volume of Pennsylvania State University Library. In Very Good Condition: minor loss at spine ends; vol. 2 has modern repair of joints with Japanese tissue; vol. 1 lacking back free endpaper; both volumes have modern repair of hinges with Japanese tissue; pages are clean and tight. Printed for W. Taylor, J. Pemberton, E. Symon, W. Chetwood, J. Lacy, and J. Clarke hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007782

‎Alison, Archibald‎

‎History of Europe from the Commencement of the French revolution in MCDDLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV -- vol. 12 bound with index volume‎

‎Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1855. Hardcover. Very Good . Ninth Edition. vi 407 1 p. 2 leaves of plates: tables; 2 235 1 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary half dark green morocco with dark green morocco-grain cloth over boards. Red leather spine labels in two spine compartments with gilt-tooled title author and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. This volume covers from 1814 and 1815. The index volume has a separate title page dated 1856. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; spine lightly scraped; otherwise clean and tight. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007860

‎Detaille, Edouard‎

‎Le Panorama: Uniformes de l'Armée Française par Edouard Detaille‎

‎Paris: Ludovic Baschet 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Typogravure Goupil & Cie. 2 p. 56 plates; 37 cm. Red leather spine with gilt spine title; red and black marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Title page is printed on pink paper with advertisements on the reverse. No date of publication. The plates are dated 1885 or 1886; the advertisement for the Panorama series on the reverse of the title page includes L'Exposition Universelle de 1900. Former owner's name on title page: "Wm. Harle." William Harle or Horle was a well-known American maker of miniature military figures. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. Extremely scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; loss of leather at spine ends; leather is separated along front joint and starting at head of back joint; plates are clean and bright. Ludovic Baschet hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007769

‎Halevy Ludovic‎

‎L'Invasion 1870-1871 par Ludovic Halévy; Dessins par L. Marchetti et Alfred Paris Récits de Guerre part 4‎

‎Paris: Boussod Valadon & Cie 1885. Hardcover. Very Good . 245 3 p. 45 leaves of color and black and white plates included in pagination including 13 double-leaf plates 1 color plate not included in pagination: many in-text illustrations; 35 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. "Récits de Guerre" -- at head of title page. No date of publication. Boussod Valadon & Cie. was in business from 1884 to 1919. WorldCat records give 1885 as the year of publication. Color series title page for Récits de Guerre with "4e Livraison" at the upper edge. Title page in red and black. Contents: De Froeschwiller a Sedan: récit d'un chasseur à pied -- Forbach: récit d'un habitant de Metz -- Gravelotte Saint-Privat: récit d'un officier de Hussards -- Villersexel: récit d'un mobile -- Tours: notes prises du 21 au 22 Novembre 1870 -- Étretat: notes prises du 5 au 14 Décembre 1870. Consists of personal accounts of the Franco-Prussion War. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. Boussod, Valadon & Cie hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007772

‎Lezius Martin‎

‎Gloria -- Viktoria: Drei Jahrhunderte Deutsches Soldatenleben‎

‎Berlin: Verlag Scherl 1937. Hardcover. Very Good -. 237 3 p. 30 p. of unpaginated illustrations including 1 double-page illustration 15 leaves of color plates; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Lacking dust jacket. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: B. Westermann Co. New York. Entirely in German. In Very Good- Condition: cover is lightly soiled; soiling in fore-edge margin of p. 17; otherwise clean and tight. Verlag Scherl hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007625

‎Neuwirth, Joseph‎

‎Prag von Joseph Neuwirth; Zweite völlig umgearbeitete Auflage‎

‎Leipzig: E. A. Seemann 1912. Hardcover. Very Good . 168 p.: black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Series title on front cover: Berühmte Kunststäatten Band 8. All page edges black. Black endpapers. Includes index. Publisher's advertisement on p. 168. Former owner's inscription on blank page following front endpapers: "Lili Neumann 1935." Small pencil marks next to some of the illustration captions suggest that those were things she saw on her visit to the city. A history of Prague from the Premyslid dynasty to the beginning of the 20th century illustrated with photographs of buildings and art found in the city before the world wars of that century. In Very Good Condition: spine slightly sunned; lacking half of blank leaf before back endpapers; clean and tight. E. A. Seemann hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 007540