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A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts Which Principally Regard the English History; of which many are referred to by Hume
London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley 1793. Hardcover. Good. vii 1 571 1 p.; 28 cm. Grey library binding with gilt-on-black spine title "Harleian Miscellany" and call number at tail of spine. Publisher's advertisement on one page following text. Bookplate of the Rittenhouse Club Philadelphia on front fixed endpaper. The Harleian Miscellany was a collection of pamphlets and tracts from the library of the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer which was edited and published by Samuel Johnson and William Oldys between 1744 and 1753. This edition contained about one sixth of the original. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: cloth is discolored and stained; faint dampstain along upper and lower page edges; otherwise clean and solid. Printed for C. and G. Kearsley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007542
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Kohler, Werner
Oberbayrische Fahrten; Mit mehr als 190 neuen Bildern
Berlin: Franz Schneider Verlag 1925. Hardcover. Very Good . 220 4 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustration on front cover. Top page edges blue. Publisher's list of titles in the series Deuytsche Fahrten on page facing title page. Publisher's advertisements on final 3 unpaginated pages. Includes index. A very nicely illustrated journey through Upper Bavaria including Munich in the 1920s. Entirely in German. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; corners of front cover bumped; pages are clean and tight. Franz Schneider Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007583
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Wittich, Wilhelm; MacFarlane, Charles
A Visit to the Western Coast of Norway by W. Wittich bound with Popular Customs Sports and Recollections of the South of Italy by Charles MacFarlane
London: C. Cox 1848. Hardcover. Fair. 216 224 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title. Popular Customs Sports and Recollections of the South of Italy by Charles MacFarlane was published in London by Charles Knight & Co. in 1846. Front fixed endpaper bears bookplate of the Rev. J. Congreve Overslade. John Congreve opened Overslade private classical school near Rugby England by 1854. In the 1860s George Farncomb Wright became his partner in the school; they dissolved their partnership for "the tuition of young gentlemen" in 1871. In Fair Condition: rubbed; split into two pieces between the two titles after p. 216 of Visit and before the title page of Popular; otherwise clean and solid. C. Cox hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007461
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Jenkins, RJH. R. J.
Archaic Argive Terrracotta Figurines to 525 B. C.
Athens: British School at Athens 1931. Paperback. Good . 23-40 p. 5 leaves of plates; 25 cm. Brown wrappers with black title. Reprinted from the the Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 32. Offprint. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and p. 39: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College." The author Romilly James Heald Jenkins 1907-1969 was a British scholar and was the Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History Language and Literature at Kings' College London from 1946 to 1960. In Good Condition: ex-library stamp; scraped along spine; front wrapper detached but present; creased; old dampstain at lower edge of front wrapper and first page; otherwise clean and solid. British School at Athens paperback
Bookseller reference : 007502
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Dunbabin, T. J.
Archaeology in Greece 1939-1945: British School of Archaeology at Athens Annual Report of the Committee for the Sessions 1944-1945 1945-1946
Cambridge Eng: Journal of Hellenic Studies 1944. Paperback. Very Good -. Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies vol. 64. 35 1 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and p. 31: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College." The first report by the British School of Archaeology at Athens after the liberation of Athens and return to the school's location which had not been bombed. Unfortunately "the Villa Ariadne had been looted of practically every movable object and apart from the fact that the Germans had installed electric light was in a poor state." The majority of the report covers new finds during the period of the war. It does not cover damage done to monuments and museums during the war. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is scraped along spine; ex-library; pages are clean and solid. Journal of Hellenic Studies paperback
Bookseller reference : 007503
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Wohnbauanleihe der Bundeshauptstadt Wien vom Jahre 1922 im Gesamtnenbetrage von dreitausend Millionen Kronen rückzahlbar innerhalb sechzig Jahren: Fünfprozentige Schuldverschreibung lautend auf den Überbringer über Zehntausend Kronen
Vienna: Vienna 1922. Very Good. 4 31 cm. First page printed over engraved background with orange border. "Serie 1409 Lit C. No. 81748." A municipal bond issued by Vienna in 1922 to "alleviate the scarcity of lodgings" in the city resulting from World War One. Text is in German and English. The third and fourth pages consist of interest coupons each worth 250 Kronen/Crowns which could be redeemed on April and October of each year beginning with Oct. 1922 and running through April 1937. The first 7 coupons 1922-1925 have been removed. Because of extreme inflation in 1925 the Krone was replaced by the Schilling at the rate of 1000:1. In Very Good Condition: corner slightly creased; one horizontal crease; lacking 7 coupons as noted; otherwise clean and solid. Vienna unknown
Bookseller reference : 007304
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Handwritten true copy made in 1776 of the 1752 Tripartite Indenture relating to the Manor of Slapton Devon County England
1776. Very Good. 1 handwritten document folded. 3 leaves; 40 cm. Tripartite indenture among 1 Richard Peage of Slapton yeoman and Edmund Whiteway of Harberton yeoman 2 Joseph Symons of Harberton yeoman and 3 Christopher Symons son of Joseph Symons. Regarding the sale of part of the Manor of Slapton late the estate of Sir Henry Northcote. The original witnessed by John Paige and Thomas Tucker. In Very Good Condition: minimal separation at folds; clean and solid. unknown
Bookseller reference : 007383
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Finzsch Norbert
Obrigkeit und Unterschichten: Zur Geschichte der rheinischen Unterschichten gegen Ende des 18. und zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 1990. Paperback. Very Good -. 335 p.: tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Entirely in German. In Very Good- Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; cover and page edges are lightly soiled; pp. 81-96 have browned; otherwise clean and tight. Franz Steiner Verlag paperback
Bookseller reference : 007223 ISBN : 3515054596 9783515054591
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Markovna, Nina
Nina's Journey: A Memoir of Stalin's Russia and the Second World War
Washington D.C.: Regnery Gateway 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. viii 4 400 p.; 24 cm. Yellow cloth spine with gilt spine title; grey paper overr boards. Illustrated dust jacket. A fascinating autobiography of a woman who grew up in Soviet Russia endured life under Stalin struggled through the Second World War and survived in post-war Germany before making it on a ship to the United States. Book is in Very Good Condition: page edges and endpapers slightly discolored; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled; bright. Regnery Gateway hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007242 ISBN : 0895265508 9780895265500
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Blair, R. Baxter; Harding, Samuel B.
Europe at the Time of Charles V 1519-1556 Denoyer-Geppert New Social Science Map H9 by Samuel B. Harding; compiled and drawn by R. Baxter Blair
Chicago: Denoyer-Geppert Co 1956. Map. Very Good . 1 folded linen-backed color map 33 x 44 inches attached to a dark green cover 30 cm. with brown printed paper label. In Very Good Condition; edges are starting to fray; map is clean bright and intact. Denoyer-Geppert Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 007266
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Cook, Theodore Andrea
Twenty-Five Great Houses of France: The Story of the Noblest French Chateaux by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook; With an Introduction by W. H. Ward
London: Country Life and George Newnes 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. xl 436 pages frontispiece: 403 illustrations black-and-white photographs and plans 1 map; 40 cm. Dark blue cloth on spine and corners with grey cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges gilt. Imprint includes Charles Scribner's Sons New York. No date of publication give. Most of the illustrations are from photographs taken by Frederick H. Evans; frontispiece is mounted. Title page printed in red and black. Includes index. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Peabody Institute Peabody Mass. indicating that it was acquired through the Eben Dale Sutton Fund in 1916. Small oval stamp reading "E.D.S. Library Peabody" in occasional lower corner. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: grey cloth is soiled generally and has light purple stain on the back board; edges rubbed; occasional "E.D.S. Library Peabody" stamp; otherwise clean and tight. Country Life and George Newnes hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007196
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Zentner, Christian
Der Tag der Einheit: Deutschland am 3. Oktober 1990; Mit einem Geleitwrot von Reinhard Appel
Köln Cologne: Lingen Verlag 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine. 127 1 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. White cover with black spine and cover titles; cover illustration. Commemorating the official reunification of Germany on Oct. 3 1990. Contributions by Reinhard Appel Richard von Weizsäcker Helmut Kohl Willy Brandt Ritya Süssmuth Lothar de Maiziere and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1990. In Near Fine Condition: corners are bumped; cover very lightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight. Lingen Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007131
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Titeux, Eugene
Historiques et Uniformes des Régiments de Cavalerie; texte et dessins par Eugène Titeux
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 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 on front board; blind-ruled borders on both boards. Marbled endpapers. "Historiques et Uniformes de L'Armée Française" at head of title page. No date of publication. WorldCat says 1893 which is the latest date in the regimental histories. Contents: Cuirassiers -- Dragons -- Chasseurs -- Hussards -- Spahis -- Chasseurs d'Afrique. Each section has separate half title and title page and 2 full color plates. Includes detailed history of each regiment as well as the striking large color plates. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; front joint separated from head of spine for 6 cm. and from tail for 5 cm.; plates are clean and bright. Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007040
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Almon John; Champigny Jean de translator
Examen du Ministère de Mr. Pitt dedié au Roi de Prusse; traduit de l'Anglois par le Colonel Chevalier de Champigny; avec des Notes Intéressantes
La Haye the Hague: Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet 1764. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 346 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Mr. Pitt." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Engraved armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Le Comte Lannoy De Clervaux." Small printed label on front fixed endpaper: "A Monsieur le comte Félix de Lannoy." Inscribed on half title page: "Monsieur Le Comte De Lannoy De Clerva." Stamp of the Pennsylvania State College Library on the title page verso. Translation by of A Review of Mr. Pitt's Administration by John Almon 1737-1805 an English journalist. William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham 1708-1778 was a prominent political figure in Great Britain during the French and Indian War the Seven Years' War and served as Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss of gilt on lower spine; minor insect damage in lower margins of some leaves; clean and tight. Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007080
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Holme, Charles, editor
The War Depicted by Distinguished British Artists; edited by Charles Holme
London: The Studio 1918. Hardcover. Good . v 1 98 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Edges of board are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Eight leaves of color plates are included in page count. The 30 artists represented include many who were serving in the First World War such as Second-Lieut. Muirhead Bone and Lieut. Adrian Hill. In Good Condition: cover is lightly soiled; ink spot at upper edge of front board; small gouge in center of front board; ends of spine frayed; cloth starting to separate over joints from tail of spine; lacking lower corner of p. 69-70 without loss of captions or illustrations; discoloration along fore-edge of title page; illustrations are clean and bright. The Studio hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007086
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Green, Mary Anne Everett, editor
Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series 1670: With Addenda 1660 to 1670; Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office; Edited by Mary Anne Everett Green
London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode 1895. Hardcover. Good. 4 867 1 36 p.; 28 cm. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Many pages not opened. Includes Catalogue Revised to 1st February 1895 of English Scotch and Irish Record Publications Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission and Annual Reports of the Deputy Keepers of the Public Records England and Ireland on final 36 pages. Tipped in at front free endpaper a slip indicating that the volume was "Transmitted by direction of The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury." On the front fixed endpaper are two bookplates one indicating that this was received by the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1896 and the other that it was presented by that institution to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1968. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: remains of spine label at tail of spine; cloth has separated along back joint and at head of front joint; chipped and frayed at ends of spine; a few pages opened carelessly; pages are otherwise clean and tight. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007024
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Detaille, Jean Baptiste Edouard
Types et Uniformes: L'Armée Française par Édouard Detaille; texte par Jules Richard
Paris: Boussod Valadon et Cie 1889. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 volumes bound together: 2 128 4 p. frontispiece and 32 color plates; 4 116 8 p. frontispiece and 28 color plates: many in-text drawings; 49 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment and gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Issued in 16 parts in portfolios. Title pages in red and black with vignette. Contents: vol. 1. États-majors -- Écoles -- Infanterie -- Cavalerie; vol. 2. Armes spéciales -- Corps indigènes -- Corps auxiliaires -- Marine. The artist Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille 1848-1912 was the official painter of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and became famous for his paintings of soldiers military life and manoeuvres and uniforms all of which are included in this impressive volume. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; text and plates are clean and bright. Boussod, Valadon et Cie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007032
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Paassen Pierre van
Der Vergessene Alliierte von Pierre van Paassen; Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Hans Jahn
Buenos Aires: Alemann y Cia. Ltda 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. 297 5 p.; 20 cm. Blue cloth with red spine title; red title on silver pastedown on front cover. Publisher's catalog on final page. Dust jacket in mylar cover with map on front section and advertisement for the book on the back section. Inside of dust jacket decorated with red-on-white pattern. First published in 1943 in English as The Forgotten Ally. The author a Dutch-Canadian-American journalist argued vehemently that the Jews should be evaucated from Europe and resettled in Palestine along side the Arabs. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: paper is browning and brittle; clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: spine is sunned; rubbed; loss at tail of spine and along upper edge of back section. Alemann y Cia. Ltda hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006740
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Banti, Luisa
I Culti Minoici e Greci de Haghia Triada Creta
Rome: Scuola Archeologica di Atene 1942. Paperback. Good. Offprint from Annuario della R. Scuola Archeologica di Atene vol. III-IV Nuova Serie 1941-42. 4 11-74 p.: illustrations plans; 31 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and on one page: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College." Former owner's name at upper edge of first page: Mary H. Swindler. Mary Hamilton Swindler 1884-1967 was the author of Ancient Painting 1930 and taught archaeology and classics at Bryn Mawr College. The author Luisa Banti 1894-1978 was an Italian archaeologist art historian and educator who specialized in the Etruscan and Minoan civilizations. Scarce. In Good Condition: wrapper is scraped along spine; remains of library identification at head of spine on front wrapper; faint dampstain along fore-edge and lower edge of front wrapper and first 2 leaves; otherwise clean and solid. Scuola Archeologica di Atene paperback
Bookseller reference : 006601
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Lukan, Walter; Peyfuss, Max Demeter
Ost- und Südosteuropa-Sammlungen in Österreich: Verzeichnis der ib liotheken Institute Archive und Museen
Vienna: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik Wien 1982. Paperback. Very Good -. 98 2 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with orange and black cover. Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Ost- und Südosteuropa-Instituts Band 9. Includes indices by place person institution region and title. Entirely in German. In Very Good- Condition: "Sept. 18" -- written on front cover; occasional marks in black ink in text; otherwise clean and tight. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik Wien paperback
Bookseller reference : 006561 ISBN : 3702802010 9783702802011
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Keneally Thomas
Now and In Time To Be: Ireland & the Irish; Thomas Keneally; Photographs by Patrick Prendergast
New York: W. W. Norton & Co 1992. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American Edition. 208 p.: color illustrations; 30 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Grey endpapers. Dust jacket designed by Dick Adelson with photographs by Patrick Prendergast. Born in Syndey Australia Thomas Keneally is the prize-winning author of many novels including Schindler's List. In this book he recounts his journey "to the land of his ancestors." Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; bright. W. W. Norton & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006499 ISBN : 0393030512 9780393030518
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Kennedy, Liam; Ell, Paul S.; Crawford, E. M.; Clarkson, L. A.
Mapping the Great Irish Famine: A Survey of the Famine Decades
Dublin Ireland: Four Courts Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 220 p.: figures maps tables illustrations; 31 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index. A detailed examination of the changes in Ireland in the 19th century through the pivotal event of the great famine of the 1840s. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Four Courts Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006500 ISBN : 1851823530 9781851823536
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Ramsey, William
The Trial of Maurice Margarot Delegate from London to the British Convention: Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on the 13th and 14th of January 1794 for Sedition; taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey
Edinburgh: James Robertson 1794. Good. Carefully corrected and many sentences added which owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the witnesses are omitted in the London copy. The public may therefore by assured that this is the genuine edition." 195 1 p. engraved frontispiece portrait; 20 cm. 8vo. Disbound; housed in new brown clamshell box with gilt-tooled spine label. Sold in London by D.I. Eaton J. Jordan W. Ramsey and J. Marsom. Publisher's advertisement for records of the trials of Muir Palmer and Skirving on one page following text. ESTC T122114. Maurice Margarot 1745-1815 was one of the founders of the London Corresponding Society which sought parliamentary reform in England. In 1793 he was arrested and charged with sedition. He was convicted and transported to New South Wales in May 1794. After his return to England in 1810 he testified regarding corruption in New South Wales. In Good Condition: disbound; first blank leaf and frontispiece portrait and last several leaves are partially detached; last 3 leaves have closed tear from the gutter; light soiling; a few pencilled marginal notations. Clamshell box is in Fine Condition. James Robertson unknown
Bookseller reference : 006316
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Mure, William
A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Antient Greece vol. 4 provenance: Winchester College
London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. Vol. 4 only: xii 568 p. 1 folded map of the world according to Hecataeus; 22 cm. 19th-century polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title "Literature of Ancient Greece" and volume number. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments; double gilt-ruled border on each board which have gilt-tooled coat-of-arms of Winchester College in the center with motto "Manners makyth Man." Boards have gilt-decorated edges; all page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper with image of an angel overpowering a devil reading "69 Kingsgate St. House Library." Moberly's House at 69 Kingsgate St. is one of the oldest boarding houses at Winchester College. Gift inscription to C. W. Musgrave Burton on blank page following front endpapers dated Christmas 1956. This volume covers Greek prose and historians of the period before focusing on Herodotus. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; loss at head of spine; faded along upper edge of front board; closed tear from one edge of map which has tear with loss from center; otherwise clean and tight. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006364
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Miller, George
History Philosophically Illustrated from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution -- Vol. 4
London: James Duncan 1832. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 4 only. vii 1 561 1 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. Boards have gilt-rolled edges. All page edges red. Brown endpapers. This volume covers Great Britain Ireland and France from the 17th century to the end of the 18th century. In Very Good Condition: leather is slightly rubbed and lightly stained; pages are clean and tight. James Duncan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006365
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Dumas Alexandre; Gould Edward Sherman translator
The Progress of Democracy; Illustrated in the History of Gaul and France by Alexanre Dumas; Translated by an American
New York: J. & H. G. Langley 1841. Hardcover. Very Good -. iv 5 14-376 p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spie title: Democracy in France. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Grayson. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was given to the Washington County Historical Society by the Grayson Estate in June 1905. Copyrighted 1841 by Edward S. Gould in New York suggesting that the American translator of Dumas' Gaule et France is Edward Sherman Gould 1808-1885. In Very Good- Condition: cocked; cover is lightly soiled; foxing generally light; otherwise clean and tight. J. & H. G. Langley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006227
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Harris, John; Orgel, Stephen; Strong, Roy
The King's Arcadia: Inigo Jones and the Stuart Court: A Quatercentenary Exhibition held at the Banqueting House Whitehall from July 12th to September 2nd 1973; Catalogue by John Harris Stephen Orgel and Roy Strong
London: Arts Council of Great Britain 1973. Paperback. Very Good -. 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. Arts Council of Great Britain paperback
Bookseller reference : 006180
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Sieburg, Friedrich
Im Licht und Schatten der Freiheit: Frankreich 1789-1848 Bilder und Texte
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlas-Anstalt 1964. Hardcover. Fine/good. 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 heavily illustrated with in-text full-page and double-page illustrations in both black-and-white and color. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: lacking a piece from upper edge of front section; several closed tears; chipping at ends of spine; clean and bright. Deutsche Verlas-Anstalt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006166
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Engels, Friedrich
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 by Friedrich Engels; Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky
Middletown DE: First Rate Publishers 2016. Paperback. Fine. Approx. 100 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated front cover. Unpaginated. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. First Rate Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 006102 ISBN : 1505712084 9781505712087
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Jost, Isaak Markus
Geschichte der Israeliten seit der Zeit der Maccabäer bis auf unsre Tage nach den Quellen bearbeitet von J. M. Jost; Fünfter Theil vol. 5
Berlin: In der Schlesingerschen Buch- und Musikhandlung 1825. Hardcover. Very Good -. xvi 4 367 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-rolled decoration; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; oval green leather label in fourth compartment with gilt-tooled volume number; and gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges yellow. "Berlin gedruckt bei Louis Quien." Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Dr. Adler. Previous owner's name partially removed from front free endpaper. Contents: Geschichte der Juden in West-Europa seit ihrer Ankunft bis zur allgemeinen Verbreitung des Catholicismus im siebenten Jahrhundert -- Geschichte der Juden im Byzantinischen Reiche bis ins siebente Jahrhundert -- Geschichte der Juden in Persien und Arabien bis ins siebente Jahrhundert. The author Isaak Markus Jost 1793-1860 taught at the Philanthropin in Frankfort-am-Main and was a Jewish historian. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; loss along spine; occasional foxing; pages are otherwise clean and tight. In der Schlesingerschen Buch- und Musikhandlung hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006093
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Sozialistische Monats-Hefte 1907 1. Band 6. Heft Juni
Berlin: J. Bloch Verlag der Sozialistische Monatshefte 1907. Paperback. Good. 1 420-498 p.: tables; 24 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black with cover illustration. Contains articles by Ernst Deinhardt Max Schippel Eduard Bernstein Willem Hubert Vliegen Edmund Fischer Otto Hue Simon Katzenstein and Fausto Pagliari. In Good Condition: lacking paper over spine; back wrapper and final leaf are detached but present; chipping at upper and lower edges of front wrapper; minor stain along spine edge of front wrapper; pages are browning but clean and solid. J. Bloch, Verlag der Sozialistische Monatshefte paperback
Bookseller reference : 005989
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Kistler, Mark Oliver
Orphism and the Legend of Orpheus in German Literature of the Eighteenth Century
Urbana IL: University of Illinois 1948. Paperback. Near Fine. An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in German in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois 1948." 2 11 3 p.; 23 cm. Stapled brown wrapper; front wrapper printed in black reproducing title page. In Near Fine Condition: light vertical; clean and tight. University of Illinois paperback
Bookseller reference : 005993
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Planitz, Karl-Heinz
Das Verhaeltnis des Koelner Liederbuechleins ca.580 zum Frankfurter Liederbuechlein 1580
Urbana IL: University of Illinois 1938. Paperback. Very Good. An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in German in the graduate school of the University of Illinois 1938." 2 14 4 p.; 23 cm. Stapled brown wrapper; front wrapper printed in black reproducing title page. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "T. C. Tatman 1947." Thomas Cooper Tatman 1917-1996 did graduate work in German philology and taught German at Temple University Lincoln University and Friends Select. In Very Good Condition: back wrapper discolored; otherwise clean and tight. University of Illinois paperback
Bookseller reference : 005992
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Furst, Carl M.
Nagra Reflexioner Rörande Folkungamonumenten i Varnem och Gudhem
Stockholm: Fornvännen 1932. Pamphlet. Good. 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 Eastern Archaeology Bryn Mawr College." In Good Condition: wrapper is scraped along spine; remains of library identification at head of spine on front wrapper; otherwise clean and solid. Fornvännen unknown
Bookseller reference : 005823
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La Renaissance: Politique Litteraire et Artistique -- Quatrième Année No. 9 April 29 1916: Hommage a l'Angleterre -- Homage to Great Britain
Paris: La Renaissance 1916. Paperback. Very Good -. p. 2053-2084: illustrated advertisements; 31 cm. Light green wrappers printed in black with illustrated advertisements on front and back wrappers. Text printed in two columns with French and English. Contains prose and poetry reflecting on British genius. Contributors include: Antonin Dubost Paul Deschanel Maurice Ajam Maurice Alfassa Henry Berenger Maurice Boucheor Emile Boutroux Alfred Capus Louis Cazamian Romain Coolus Julia Daudet Mme Alphonse Daudet Jeanne Lapauze Mme Daniel-Lesueur Victor Delbos Edmond Haraucourt and many other prominent French figures. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; "ABH" written at upper edge of front wrapper; lower corner of front wrapper and first leaf creased and partially separated; light soiling along some page edges; otherwise clean and solid. La Renaissance paperback
Bookseller reference : 005574
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Williams, Robert Folkestone; Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, King of Great Britain
Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover Brunswick Berlin and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts Illustrative of her history with letters and other documents
London: Henry Colburn 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: 1 xxiii 1 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 1 vii 452 p. frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams approx. 1805-1872. The life of Sophia Dorothea 1666-1726 Consort of George I before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set. Henry Colburn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005557
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Gadicke, Johann Christian
Fabriken- und Manufacturen- Address-Lexicon von Teutschland und einigen angränzenden Ländern: Zweyter Theil Enthaltend das Verzeichniss der Fabrik- und Manufactur-Orte dieser Länder mit Anzeige der Waaren die daselbst verfertigt werden
Weimar: Gebrüdern Gädicke 1799. Hardcover. Good. 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 Edward B. Krumbhaar. E.B. Krumbhaar 1882-1966 taught applied pathology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1927 to 1942 was a distinguished cardiac physician and was one of the founders of the American Association of the History of Medicine. Former owner's name written along fore-edge of title page: L Krumbhaar. A fascinating look at German-speaking parts of Europe at the beginning of industrialization. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lacking about half of the leather over the spine; boards are rubbed; pages are lightly brown but clean and tight. Gebrüdern Gädicke hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005556
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Burnet, Gilbert
An Abridgment of Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England reward of merit to John Faulkner from the Mercers' School
London: J.G. & R. Rivington Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1833. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. 2 volumes viii 429 1 p.; xi 1 413 1 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; black label in fourth compartment with gilt-tooled author and volume number. Elaborate gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments and same border on all boards. All page edges marbled matching marbled endpapers. Gilt-tooled armorial decoration of the Mercers' School in the center of each front board. The Mercers' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in London in the 16th century and operated until 1959. Blank leaf following front endpapers in vol. 1 bears bookplate of the same armorial decoration and written below: "Reward of Merit to Master John Faulkner Mercers School Midsummer 1848." On the following blank leaf is a gift inscription from John Faulkner to his son J. Faulkner Jr. dated 1894. Engraved bookplate on each front fixed endpaper of J. Faulkner Junr. In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed most heavily at corners; loss at edges of black spine label on vol. 2 with minor loss from other label edges; solid and clean. Attractive set with interesting provenance. J.G. & R. Rivington, Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005564
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Robertson, William
The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth by William Robertson; with An Account of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication by William H. Prescott -- 3 volumes
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1875. Hardcover. Very Good -. New Edition. 3 volumes: xviii 544 p. 1 leaf with a frontispiece portrait of Charles the Fifth engraved by John J. McCarty; viii 549 1 p.; vi 530 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's red-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Robertson's Charles the Fifth. Coat-of-arms gilt-stamped on spines; initials of William H. Prescott gilt-stamped on front boards. Spines and front boards have black-stamped decoration including a different coat-of-arms; back board have blind-stamped decoration mirroring the front boards without the initials. "New and Revised Edition" -- on spines. Boards have beveled edges. Dark brown endpapers. Each front fixed endpaper bears a bookplate reading "Shapleigh" with a black-and-white photo of a rural scene. Blank leaf following front endpapers in each volume inscribed by former owner: "Adelaide Shapleigh Sept. 1898." In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; ends of spines and corners are fraying; clean and tight. J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005384
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Cutler, Thomas W.
Cottages and Country Buildings designed by Thomas W. Cutler
London: Horace Cox 1896. Hardcover. Good . 17 87 p. 44 leaves of plates: plans views; 19 x 28 cm. Faux vellum over boards with gilt-stamped cover title. Boards have bevelled edges. Floral patterned endpapers. Each plate is accompanied by one or two pages of descriptive text. Cutler's designs perfectly present late 19th-century English rural architecture from cottages of various sizes to a village corner shop to small and large country houses. The volume concludes with his design for the Princess Alice Memorial Hospital at Eastbourne. In Good Condition: corners are rubbed; back board is scraped; both hinges are weak; clean and tight. Horace Cox hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005173
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Ball, Charles
The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India; and a Concise History of the Great Military Events which have tended to Consolidate British Empire in Hindostan; by Charles Ball 2 volumes
London and New York: London Printing and Publishing Co 1858. Hardcover. Very Good . Illustrated with Battle Scenes Views of Places Portraits and Maps Beautifully Engraved on Steel." 2 volumes: 8 2 vii 1 647 1 p.; 4 viii 663 1 p. frontispiece and added engraved title page in each volume and 77 leaves of additional engraved plates including double-leaf map; 28 cm. Modern leather rebacking with gilt-tooled spine titles; original maroon pebble-cloth over boards. No date of publication; History of the Indian Mutiny was issued in parts in 1858 and 1859. Each volume contains the London Printing and Publishing Co. title page with as appropriate vol. I or vol. II; vol. 1 also contains a title page for S.D. Brain stating "Copyright Edition." Inscription on blank leaf preceding vol. 1 frontispiece indicating that this was given by James W. Leonard to John H. Bowman in 1939. Heavy; for international shipping they will have to be sent by international priority. In Very Good Condition: lacking pp. 11-12 vol. 2; old repair to lower corners of several leaves in vol. 1 without loss of text; old repair to closed tear from lower edge of one plate without impact on caption or image; foxing primarily in margins of plates; otherwise clean and bright. London Printing and Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005067
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Guth, Jean Baptiste
The French Republic": J.P.P. Casimir-Perier Men of the Day no. 596 -- Vanity Fair Aug. 30 1894
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1894. Near Fine. 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 French Third Republic in 1894 following the assissination of president Carnot. He resigned after six months making his the shortest presidency in French history as of 2016. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004963
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Grose, Francis
A Provincial Glossary; with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions; by Francis Grose; a New Edition Corrected
London: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1811. Hardcover. Good. 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. Van Nostrand Reinhold hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004991
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Jacobsthal Paul
Scheuklappen; Sonder-Abdruck aus dem Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts; Überreicht vom Verfasser
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co 1923. Paperback. Good. 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. Name written in red on front wrapper. The early work of Paul Jacobsthal 1880-1957 was focused on Greek vases. In 1935 he was forced to leave Germany because of the rise of the Nazis; after he settled in England he expanded his interests to Celtic art. This offprint about blinders on horses as depicted in Roman art is an outlier from both of those areas. Very scarce. In Good Condition: scraped along spine; front wrapper is detached; former owner markings on front wrapper; otherwise clean and bright. Walter de Gruyter & Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 004863
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Wheatley, Henry B.
Round About Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or A Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park: Consisting of Retrospect of the various Changes that have occurred in the Court end of London
London: Smith Elder & Co 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. xi 1 405 1 p. frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Contemporary half morroco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Brown and red decorated endpapers. Errata on unpaginated page following Preface. With: 1920 clipping from the Daily Chronicle of article by Trevor Allen "Kensington in The Season: Things Seen in a Twilight Stroll." In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; clean and bright. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004761
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Allen, George H.
The French Revolution by George H. Allen 4 volumes
Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons 1922. Hardcover. Very Good -. 4 volumes many leaves of plates including plans portraits facsimiles maps and music some in color and some folded and 3 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards; 25 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and spine and cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Red endpapers. Title pages in red and black. Includes indices and a chronological table. A heavy set which will require extra shipping if purchased out of the United States. In Very Good- Condition: ends of spines are rubbed; vol. 2 front joint is frayed at upper edge; vol. 3 cloth is splitting over both joints; vol. 4 front joint separating at lower edge; covers are lightly soiled; pages and plates are clean and bright. George Barrie's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004653
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Kuzdas Heinz J.
Mauerkunst Berlin: 30 Postkarten
Berlin: Elefanten Press 1990. Paperback. Fine. 60 p.: color photographs; 15 cm. Paperback with stiffened covers reproducing two of the images from the Berlin Wall. From 1982 to 1990 Heinz J. Kuzdas took photographs of the paintings and other graphics added to the Berlin Wall by artists including Keith Haring. This book contains 30 of them printed with a caption on the back of each. They can be detached and used as postcards. The captions identify the location and the artist when known. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Elefanten Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 004676 ISBN : 3885207346 9783885207344
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Der Bunte Rock: Eine Sammlung deutscher Uniformen des 19. Jahrhunderts; Beilage zur Halpaus 4
Cologne: Verlag Haus Neuerburg 1933. Paperback. Very Good -. 28 p. with 252 cards; 31 cm. Maroon stiffened card covers with gilt cover title and color illustration on front cover. No publication information but most sources attribute this uniform card book to Haus Neuerburg in Köln in 1933. The 252 mounted color cards often called cigarette cards portray uniforms from the various German-speaking parts of Europe. Arranged in three sections: I. 1800-1810 Deutschland in seiner tiefsten Erniedrigung -- II. 1808-1842 Die Zeit der Befreiung -- III. Die Zeit des Aufstiegs. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; small loss at lower edge of front cover next to spine and at tail of spine; lower corners are creased; pages and cards are clean and bright. All 252 cards are present. Verlag Haus Neuerburg paperback
Bookseller reference : 004688
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Russell William
The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763; In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son vol. 2 provenance: Samuel B. Wylie McLeod
London: G.G. and J. Robinson 1794. Hardcover. Fair . A new edition carefully corrected." Vol. 2 only of 5 volumes: 32 467 1 p.23 cm. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled decoration in spine compartments. All page edges speckled black. ESTC T148503. This volume covers the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: S.B. Wylie McLeod Philadelphia Dec. 1853. Same owner at head of title page: Samuel B. Wylie McLeod. Small engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Alan S. Goodman. Samuel B. Wylie McLeod 1831-1899 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York before serving as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy for two years. He was a doctor in New York where he helped to found the New York State Medical Association. In Fair Condition: front board is detached but present; lacking leather spine label and some gilt from spine; corners of boards are rubbed; occasional foxing; otherwise pages are clean and tight. G.G. and J. Robinson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004486
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Oudinot Nicholas Charles Victor duc de Reggio
De l'Italie et de Ses Forces Militaires provenance: William Macneile Dixon
Paris: Anselin Libraire pour l'Art Militaire 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 324 2 p.: title vignette tables; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title; both gilt-tooled and blind-tooled spine decoration. Pink blue and white marbled paper in an unusual tiger pattern over boards. Dark blue and black marbled endpapers in a French shell pattern. Brown ribbon bookmark. Errata on final page. Lacking map. With: 2 slips stating "With the compliments of Professor W. Macneile Dixon" loose; one also has the emblem of John Lane Co. The Bodley Head New York City. William Macneile Dixon 1866-1946 was an English author and professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgow from 1904 to 1935. The author Nicholas Charles Victor Oudinot duc de Reggio 1791-1863 was the son of Napoleon I's marshal Nicolas Oudinot. In 1814 at the end of the later Napoleonic campaigns he was promoted to major. He led the cavalry school at Saumur from 1822 to 1830 and was inspector general of cavalry from 1836 to 1848. Most significantly he commanded the eight to ten thousand French troops that besieged Rome in 1849 taking it back from the short-lived Roman Republic. Lacking map; otherwise in Very Good Condition: binding is rubbed with several scrapes in the paper over the boards; front joint just starting at head; clean and bright. Anselin, Libraire pour l'Art Militaire hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004552
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