‎Europe‎

‎Llorente, Juan Antonio‎

‎The History of the Inquisition of Spain From the Time of Its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII‎

‎London: Geo. B. Whittaker 1827. Hardcover. Very Good -. Composed from the original documents of the Archives of the Supreme Council and from those of subordinate tribunals of the Holy Office." Second Edition. xx 583 1 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Gilt rules on spine. Half title: Llorente's History of the Inquisition. Bookplate of the library of the Presbyterian Board of Publication Philadelphia on front fixed endpaper and remains of call number in white on spine; no other remnants of library ownership. The author Juan Antonio Llorente 1756-1823 was the general secretary of the Inquisition at Madrid in 1789; after becoming a Bonapartist he published this history critical of the Inquisition. It first appeared as Histoire Critique de l'Inquisiton Espagnole in 1817. In Very Good- Conditon: lacking gilt-tooled leather spine label; some light cracking & flaking of leather over spine; edges rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Geo. B. Whittaker hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001629

‎Emsley, Clive‎

‎Policing and Its Context 1750-1870‎

‎New York: Schocken Books 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue label on front free endpaper indicating that this was a review copy sent by The Journal of Modern History. It was reviewed by renowned English legal historian J.S. Cockburn who has signed the title page in that journal in vol. 59 #3 Sept. 1987 pp. 562-64. 10 189 p.; 23 cm. Yellow cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Includes abbreviations references select bibliography and index. No price listed. Stated First American Edition. Inscribed by J.S. Cockburn on the title page. The author presents the major developments in European police forces during the 18th and 19th centuries in particular focusing on the years 1750 to 1870 as England's police force superseded that of France as the model for Europe. ISBN: 0-8052-3856-5. Book is in Very Good Condition: slightly cocked; several lightly pencilled editorial corrections by Cockburn to the text and two small marginal brackets one on p. 60 and another on p. 81 by Cockburn; otherwise pages are unmarked. Dust Jacket is in Very Good Condition: 0.5-inch tear from lower edge of back section; upper edge lightly creased. Schocken Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001534 ISBN : 0805238565 9780805238563

‎Urwin Derek W.‎

‎The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945‎

‎London: Longman 1997. Fine. x 292 p.: one double-page map; 22 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Includes appendices a guide to further reading and index. Second Edition. "One of the best concise introductions to the New Europe for students of modern history politics and international relations and for general readers interested in a deeper understanding of our own times." This edition "updates the story to the beginning of 1994." from the back cover. ISBN: 0-582-23199-X. Book is in Fine New Condition. Longman unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 001577 ISBN : 058223199X 9780582231993

‎Lettre a Mylord Sur la nécessité & la Justice de l'entiére Restitution de la Monarchie d'Espagne‎

‎France 1710. Paperback. Very Good . Traduit de l'Anglois." 24 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: A-C4 4to. No publication information. At foot of p. 24: "Londres le 10 20 Février 1710" although largely trimmed off in this copy. Knuttel 15905. The identity of the English-language original if it exists has not been established. A very scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession arguing that the stronger claim to the Spanish throne lay with the Austrian claimant Archduke Charles rather than with the French claimant Philip based on blood and degree rather than on Salic Law. In Very Good Condition: stitched edge slightly rubbed; light foxing in some margins; otherwise clean and bright. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001486

‎Afschetsinge van den Aart en Eigenschappen van de Koninglyke Familie van de Ministers van Staat en van de Voornaamste Persoonen van het Hof van Vrankryk: Met een Korte Oprekeninge van de Inkomsten van deselve Kroon‎

‎Ville Franche: Paulus Pinceau 1702. Paperback. Very Good . 31 1 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-D4 4to. Plain wrappers not original. Woodcut title vignette of three heads with wings printer's device and initial letter. "11" in ink in upper right-hand corner of title page. Knuttel 14824. A very scarce pamphlet relating to the War of the Spanish Succession. In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled and foxed; last leaf faintly dampstained; otherwise clean and tight. Paulus Pinceau paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001477

‎Aanmerkingen op de Kroons-Erffenis van den Hartog van Anjou Aoo ten Aanzien van Zyne Regtenals ten Opzichte van Zyne Gevolgen‎

‎Netherlands 1701. Paperback. Very Good -. Title page continued: "Nevens eenige overwegingen op de Memorie van den Coning van Vrankryk aan haar Hoog Mog: en over het belang van verscheide Vorsten en Staaten van het Christenryk in de tegenwoordige gestaltenis van zaaken. . Uit het Engels overgezet. Volgens de Copy gedrukt tot London." 44 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-E4F2 4to. Woodcut title vignette and initial. No publication information; date from Worldcat. Disbound from a larger volume but solid. Translation of: The Duke of Anjou's Succession Considered. Knuttel 14604. A very scarce pamphlet from the War of the Spanish Succession considering the validity of the Duke of Anjou's claim to the Spanish crown. In Very Good- Condition: first and last pages lightly soiled; foxing throughout; 3-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 5-6 not touching text. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001493

‎Lyste vande Staet der Troupen die den Koning van Vrankryk syn Armeé Sullen Formeeren‎

‎Gravenhage Netherlands: Nicolaes Wilt 1684. Paperback. Very Good -. 2 10 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi1A4B1 4to. Woodcut title vignette. Date of publication from Worldcat. Knuttel 11922. Not in STCN. Old ink page numbering 799-810 written over printed page numbers. Contains lists of the number of batallions of infantry gendarmes cavalry and dragoons from each area of France with their officers. In Very Good- Condition: slightly foxed and soiled primarily along page edges; stitching gone; otherwise a clean and solid copy. Nicolaes Wilt paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001491

‎Hooper, John‎

‎The New Spaniards‎

‎New York: Penguin Books 1995. Paperback. Very Good . xviii 472 p.: 2 full-page maps; 20 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Includes index. New and revised edition. "Focusing on issues which affect ordinary Spaniards from housing to gambling from changing sexual mores to rising crime rates John Hooper's fascinating study brings to life the new Spain of the 1990s. Including some 100000 words of additional material this edition has new chapters on--among other things--Spain under Socialism women's changing role bullfighting the progress of Spain's remarkable experiment with regional home rule and what he calls 'the cult of excess'" from the back cover. ISBN: 0-14-013191-4. In Very Good Condition: covers are lightly creased and rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001437 ISBN : 0140131914 9780140131918

‎T'Samen-Spraak Tusschen Marphorio en Pasquin over het Testament van Karel de II. Koningh van Spanjen‎

‎Keulen Netherlands: Pieter Hamer 1700. Paperback. Fine. 40 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-E4. B3 missigned B5. 4to. Plain wrapper. Woodcut title vignette and initial letter. Knuttel 14502. A debate over the Spanish succession in the form of a dialogue between Pasquin and Marphorio. In Fine Condition. A very scarce pamphlet relating to the Spanish succession published shortly before the War of the Spanish Succession began. Pieter Hamer paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001471

‎Brayley, EW. E. W.‎

‎Londiniana; or Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: including Characteristic Sketches Antiquarian Topographical Descriptive and Literary 4 Volumes‎

‎London: Hurst Chance and Co 1829. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 4 volumes: folded frontispiece in each vol. 99 plates 24 folding; 18 cm. Plain brown paper over boards with printed paper spine labels with title: Londiniana or Reminiscences of the British Capital by E.W. Brayley. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text in vol. 4. The plates include views maps and plans; they were bound in following the table of contents and list of plates in each volume rather than facing the specified pages of text. Former owner's inscription at head of each title page: Frank Tayler July 1886. Tayler erased the name of the previous owner which can faintly be seen under his name. In Near Fine- Condition: paper starting to separate over some joints with slight loss of paper at joints and at head of spines; otherwise a clean and crisp set of this wonderfully illustrated guide to London. Hurst, Chance, and Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001268

‎Daru, Pierre‎

‎Histoire de la République de Venise v. 9 provenance: George H. Fisher and E.F. Wistar‎

‎Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1853. Hardcover. Fair. 4th edition "augmentée des critiques et observations de M. Tiepolo et de leur réfutation par M. le comte Daru." Volume 9 only: 4 568 p.; 22 cm. Leather. All page edges red. Front free endpaper bears inscription: "Presented as a token of remembrance to George H. Fisher from his cousin E.F. Wistar 1872." Front fixed endpaper bears inscription: "M. Wistar." The first 224 pages contains an index to the set. Includes "Observations de M. Almoro Tiepolo sur L'Histoire de Venise et Réponses de M. le comte Daru on p. 225-568. In Fair Condition: lacking leather over spine; both boards are largely detached; leather is scraped on front board; small shadow on first few leaves; otherwise pages are clean and tight. Firmin Didot Frères hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001166

‎Vachon Marius‎

‎Detaille‎

‎Paris: A. Lahure Imprimeur-Éditeur 1898. Paperback. Good. 4 172 6 p.: 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates many in-text drawings; 34 cm. Original brown paper covers with "Detaille" printed in black on the front cover. Colophon states: "Achevé d'imprimer le 30 Novembre 1897." Title page printed in red and black. A study of the work of French artist Edouard Detaille 1848-1912 who was the official painter of the battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and became famous for his paintings of soldiers military life and manoeuvres and uniforms. This type of c. 1900 French publisher's insubstantial binding was meant to be replaced when the purchaser took the book to a bookbinder. It was not made to last for over a century and this one shows the expected signs of wear most significantly the loss of most of the paper over the spine and the resulting separation of the sections of the book. The volume is complete however with all 24 leaves of plates. In Good Condition with the binding as described: cover is soiled; fore-edges of some leaves slightly soiled and in a few cases slightly chipped; otherwise clean and bright. A. Lahure, Imprimeur-Éditeur paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000792

‎Layard, George Somes‎

‎The Headless Horseman: Pierre Lombart's Engraving Charles or Cromwell‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co 1922. Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/fair . Lombart Pierre. With an introduction by Campbell Dodgson Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. 18 125 7 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece 11 leaves of plates; 29 cm. White cloth spine with blue paper over boards; paper spine label printed in red and black. Original plain blue dust jacket matching blue paper over boards with a matching spine label in red and black. Top page edges are blue. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Many opened pages. No date of publication is given but the introduction is dated Feb. 1922. Title page printed in red and black. Decorative head pieces and tail pieces. A detailed study of the equestrian engraving Cromwell on Horseback by Pierre Lombart 1613-1682 which is based on the horse and rider in Van Dyck's painting King Charles I Under an Archway. A wonderful introduction to print collecting for the novice. The book is in Near Fine Condition: front fixed endpaper stained by former presence of bookplate; small faint stain on front free endpaper; otherwise pages and plates are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Fair Condition: 1.25 cm. lacking at head of spine; dampstain along upper edge of front section; chipped at tail of spine and lower edge of back section; several small tears with one archival repair to the inside; small section lacking along spine. Frederick A. Stokes Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000671

‎Bartholomew's Four Miles To the Inch Road Map of England and Wales: New Series Sheet 7: Southern Wales‎

‎London Eng: Edward Stanford 1900. Very Good . The Edinburgh Geographical Institute; Copyright John Bartholomew & Co. 1 sheet 53 x 76 cm. Color map dissected and mounted on linen. Light blue paper attached to front and back when folded printed in black. Cover title: Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Small printed label for Edward Stanford "Geographer to the King" attached to map in lower right-hand corner next to copyright notice of John Bartholomew & Co. Lower caption notes: "Roads specially revised for Touring Cyclists." No date of publication. Bartholomew's Four Miles To the Inch Road Maps were advertised in 1897 and into the 20th century. This map does not contain the publisher's dating code or the Cyclists' Touring Club symbol both used from 1911 or road numbers used from 1921. This suggests that it was published around 1900. The map shows the southern part of Wales containing Pembroke Carmarthen Cardigan Radnor Brecknock Glamorgan and parts of Monmouth and Hereford. In Very Good Condition: covers are somewhat soiled but intact; two linen folds out of six just starting to separate from the top edge; otherwise a clean and solid map. An attractive copy of this scarce map from the turn of the last century showing routes appropriate for drivers and cyclists. Edward Stanford unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 000485

‎Ferguson, Richard S.‎

‎Early Cumberland and Westmorland Friends: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Early Members of the Society of Friends in Those Counties‎

‎London Eng: F. Bowyer Kitto 1871. First Edition. Very Good -. London: F. Bowyer Kitto; Carlisle: Chas. Thurnam and Sons. vii 3 208 p.; 20 cm. Reddish-brown pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and black-stamped decoration of both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Binder's label on back fixed endpaper for Westleys & Co. London. Front free endpaper bears the names of two former owners: Thomas Drewry 1871 and Jesse Darbyshire 1901. A third name was erased at the head of that endpaper. The author states that about one third of these biographical sketches of early English Quakers first appeared in the Carlisle Journal. This is the first edition in book form. The appendix contains relevant excerpts from Besse's Sufferings. In Very Good- Condition: spine sunned; somewhat cocked; cover is slightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed; pp. 1-16 partially detached; pp. 154-55 have a shadow in the gutter from former newspaper bookmark; a few pencilled marginialia and occasional soiling in the margins. F. Bowyer Kitto unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 000472

‎Fleury Lame‎

‎L'Histoire Grecque: Recontée aux Enfants‎

‎Paris: C. Borrani Libraire-Éditeur 1880. Hardcover. Fair. 4 420 p.; 15 cm. "Nouvelle Édition revue et corrigée." Original black cloth spine with a printed paper spine label; printed paper over boards. Back cover bears an advertisement for the author's Cours D'Histoire Recontée aux Enfants et a la Jeunesse. Series title page inscribed: Ellen Bayard 1413 Mass Ave Washington D.C. Ellen Bayard 1869-1932 m. Count Reinhold A. Lewenhaupt d. 1891. The series title page indicates that the series of which this volume is a part was based on "la Méthode Élémentaire de M. Lévi." In Fair Condition: front cover partially detached; small section at head of spine and larger section at tail of spine lacking; covers are stained; back cover rubbed; back fixed endpaper has been replaced; p. 23-24 detached but present; a few scattered pencilled notations. C. Borrani, Libraire-Éditeur hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000036

‎Book Of Kells‎

‎BOOK OF KELLS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS - THREE LIMITED EDITION PRINTS FROM THE BOOK OF KELLS‎

‎Ireland: Trinity College Dublin. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Limited Edition. Print. A unique opportunity has allowed the release of a very small number of artists proofs of this exclusive and unique set of prints taken directly from the Book of Kells and with full authority of Trinity College Dublin. The prints comprise the Chiro page St John and The amazing Four Evangelist. This set of serigraph silk screen prints were hand-printed in thirty colours on conservation quality thick weave paper by a master printer. Each print has a hand embossed seal highlighting the print title and the edition name. The set of prints took six months to proof and three months to edition and the images shown just cannot reflect the stunning vibrancy and depth of these prints. The edition was originally sold at the price of over $5000! Each set is presented in a folder which can be personally monogrammed in a leather block if so wished. These prints would be perfect in a boardroom domestic setting or even your favorite Irish pub! Each print measures 24.5” 62cm high by 19” 48.2cm wide. We have a very small supply of these prints. Images available on request. ; 18" x 13" . Trinity College, Dublin unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4423

‎Taine, H. ; Durand, J.‎

‎Italy: Rome and Naples Florence and Venice‎

‎<p>NY: Leypoldt & Holt. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn pages toned. 1871. Third Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and blindstamped on front boards. Omnibus edition of two volumes in one with corrections. xi 363 pages; ix 385 pages indexes. An antiquarian travel account of these four iconic Italian cities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Leypoldt & Holt hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60144

‎Robida, A., illustrator. Text by Georges Gustave Toudouze‎

‎Francois 1er Le Roi Chevalier‎

‎Paris: Boivin & Cie 1909. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Toudouze G. Gustave. Folio 37 by 30 cm. 80 2 pp. Charismatic color illustrated front cover with lavish use of gilt impressed into cloth and rich greens and reds of king's costume such as one would find in a painting of the early Renaissance. Lavish color illustrations generally full page every other page by Robida of the larger-than-life Gallic Renaissance king remembered for waging war nearly non-stop for having welcomed Leonardo da Vinci to his protection for having acquired the Mona Lisa from da Vinci and perhaps most of all as an ambitious builder most notably of Chambord the immense palatial confection that is a riot of towers crockets and turrets in the Loire Valley and also the largest royal palace based on square footage in France -- larger than Versailles based on this criterion. Condition: Light soiling of the gray cloth here and there especially by rear joint. Some cloth blistering most pronounced by front joint. A tiny pinprick hole of cloth rear cover. Perhaps a slight shake to the text block's adherence to the binding. Moderate age toning to the leaves. Boivin & Cie unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 007557

‎Europa Publications‎

‎A Political Chronology of the Americas‎

‎Hardback. New. Provides a record of the political history of each of the countries of the Americas from the birth of each nation to the present day. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A9781857431186 ISBN : 1857431189 9781857431186

‎Exponents Brussels 1958‎

‎Privately Printed. Very Good; Spine sunned pages toned. 1958. Softcover. Blue printed wraps with fountain design and title stamped in white on front cover. Many black and white photos. Message from Howard S. Cullman United States Commissioner General Brussels World's Fair. Measures 25 x 20 cm. "This is not an official publication of the United States Government" stated on title page. A collection of essays poems illustrations songs stories and photos from the many guides who worked at the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. A directory of guides' addresses at rear. Vintage ads from corporate sponsors on inside rear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages . Privately Printed paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 33379

‎Funck-Brentano, F.‎

‎Jeanne D'Arc‎

‎Paris: Combet & Cie. Ancienne Librairie Furne 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Guillonnet O.D.V. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 84 pp. Lavish full page color illustrations virtually every other page. Part of series of young adult biographies of French heroes and leaders from the early twentieth century. Soilage on white decorated boards. One page with close tear about 1.5 inches in margin. Overall a very good copy. Combet & Cie. (Ancienne Librairie Furne) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001092

‎Toudouze Gustave‎

‎Le Roy Soleil‎

‎Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne Combet & Cie 1904. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Leloir Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 92 pp. Lavishly illustrated luscious folio sized 14.75 by 11.75 inches children's and/or young adult biography part of series of such covering monarchs and towering figures of French history this being of Louis XIV the "Sun King". Virtually every other page has bright color illustrations some illustrations cover two pages and some are underlay to the print as the norm of the genre. Also lovely header decoration. Some soilage to the boards and wear in corners and spine tips. Page with age toning. Minor chips on FFEP and half title page. Text and plates are clean and bright. Overall comfortably very good. Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 001026

‎Mack Smith Denis;Smith Denis MacK‎

‎Mazzini‎

‎Cumberland Rhode Island U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New Jacket. Yale Univ Pr hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000940 ISBN : 0300058845 9780300058840

‎Robida, A., illustrator. Georges Toudouze, author‎

‎Francois 1er Le Roi Chevalier‎

‎Paris: Boivin & Cie 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Toudouze G. Gustave. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ii 80 pp. Lavish color illustrations generally full page every other page by Toudouze of Renaissance king warrior and builder of fantastic chateaux. Soilage on rear board and RFEP. Minor soilage and wear to boards elsewhere. Toning to pages. Overall very good. Boivin & Cie hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001090