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Flandrin, Jean-Louis & Southern, Richard (translated by)
FAMILIES IN FORMER TIMES: KINSHIP HOUSEHOLD AND SEXUALITY IN EARLY MODERN FRANCE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1979. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket hardcover. 23 B&W tables & 11 figures. ISBN 0521223237 The author provides a detailed analysis of kinship household and family relations in early modern France. He uses primarily documentary evidence from early modern France but also draws comparisons with England in the same period and with the medieval and modern family. His book provides a fascinating account of the intimate life of men and women in past society and shows how that society has exerted a lasting influence on the behavior of our contemporaries. 265pp. Cambridge University Press unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS014141I ISBN : 0521223237 9780521223232
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Kummel, Gerhard (translated from the German by Carvel de Bussy)
TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND THE NATION STATE VOLUME I.
Boulder CO: Social Science Monographs 2001. HC. fine blue cloth hardcover no dustjacket as published. B&W tables. ISBN 088033987X NO DUSTJACKET AS PUBLISHED -- Contents include: Basic Theoretical Considerations; German-American Trade Relations Between the Wars; From Cooperation to Confrontation: The Development of German-American Opposition; and German-American Business Relations Between the Wars: The Automobile Industry. 182pp. Social Science Monographs unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS035012I ISBN : 088033987X 9780880339872
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Eckhoff Lorentz editor
THEY WERE FROM NORWAY: PORTRAITS OF TEN MEN WHO MADE HISTORY
Oslo Norway: Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag 1960. HC. very good padded brown "leatherette" covers hardcover. B&W illustrations. Contents include: Niels Henrik Abel; Ole Bull; Henrik Ibsen; Bjornstjerne Bjornson; Edvard Grieg; Armauer Hansen; Fridtjof Nansen; Roald Amundsen; Edvard Munch; and Gustav Vigeland. Inscribed in 1962 from a Member of Defense of Norway to Vice-Admiral Grenfell. 124pp. Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS023342I
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Calabrese, Omar (edited by)
MODERN ITALY: FROM EXPANSION TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR - VOLUME TWO 1900-1939 - Volume 2
Milan Italy: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro 1983. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket hardcover in worn slipcase. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 8843510509 Text in English. 555pp. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS038647I ISBN : 8843510509 9788843510504
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Looseley, David L.
THE POLITICS OF FUN: CULTURAL POLICY AND DEBATE IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE
Oxford: Berg Publishers 1995. HC. very good pictorial boards hardcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 1859730132 This authoritative study considers contemporary policies for the arts in France and the cultural and political issues they have raised. 279pp. Berg Publishers unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS038857I ISBN : 1859730132 9781859730133
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Herriot, Edouard (translated by John Heron Lepper)
AMID THE FORESTS OF NORMANDY
London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1926. HC. good dark green cloth hardcover small stain on spine. B&W illustrations. 276pp. Cassell and Company, Ltd unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS039797I
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Eimerl, Sarel
REVOLUTION!: FRANCE 1789-1794
Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1967. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. B&W illustrations. An account of the most ferocious and perhaps the most colorful of revolutions this book gives an insight into the pattern of all revolutions. 223pp. Little, Brown and Company unknown
Référence libraire : BOOKS040023I
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Davis, Terence
John Nash: The Prince Regent's Architect
<p>London: A. S. Barnes. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed glue spot . from old bookplate on front free endpaper. 1966. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth with blue topstain. Black and white frontispiece portrait photo acknowledgments black and white photos and illustrations notes figures list of executed works works attributed to Nash list and windex. A biography and historical study of the distinguished architect best known for replanning London's West End. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages .</p> A. S. Barnes hardcover
Référence libraire : 58051
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Radice, Betty ( Translated with an Introduction and Notes by)
Abelard & Heloise The Story of his Misfortunes and The Personal Letters
London: The Folio Society. 1977. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Near Fine copy in Very Good Slipcase. Slip case is slightly worn at opening and upper edge. Black & white wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Maps to endpapers. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 130 pages. . 1st thus. Hardback. The Folio Society hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB290314
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Schonpflug, Daniel
A World on Edge. The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age
New York: Macmillan. 2018. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 300 pages. For a brief moment a century ago the end of the Great WAr offered peace and the prospect of a bright new social order to a cdark ravaged Europe. The author recreates how these days were experienced by the people who lived them - thier stuggles dreams and desires. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Macmillan hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB324643 ISBN : 1509818499 9781509818495
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Parry, Ivor & Tom Whitney
Old Aberdare & Merthyr Tydfil in Photographs
Ireland: Stewart Williams Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0900807180 . Hardcover with dustjacket great gift copy book and jacket look new no remarkable flaws the original price is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included "This magnificent collection of photographs rich vivid and evocative provides for the most part a fascinating record and commentary of Aberdare and Merthyr over a period of fifty years from about 1870" . Stewart Williams, Publishers hardcover
Référence libraire : 050947 ISBN : 0900807180 9780900807183
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Yeats, Michael B. & Jack B. Yeats
'Something to Perfection Brought' the Cuala Press by Michael B. Yeats: Published on the Occasion of an Exhibition of an Irish Literature Collection Given to Stanford by James A. Healy with Drawings by Jack B. Yeats
Stanford California: Stanford University Libraries. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1976. Trade Paperback. 33-page paperback stiff white card covers and pale green dustjacket nicely-produced overview of the James Healy Collection of Irish literature both the book and jacket are in excellent condition no remarkable flaws . Stanford University Libraries paperback
Référence libraire : 051050
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Nic Dhiarmada, Briona
The 1916 Irish Rebellion
University of Notre Dame Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0268036144 . Large format hardcover with dustjacket first American printing book and jacket are in excellent condition a small bruise to the top edge of the rear cover is the only remarkable flaw to this clean attractive copy "stunning collection of over 200 photographs and illustrations that bring to life the events during the Irish rising when Irish rebel leaders and their followers staged an armed uprising in the city of Dublin in an attempt to overthrow British rule and create an autonomous Irish republic"; ; 204 pages . University of Notre Dame Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 051061 ISBN : 0268036144 9780268036140
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Matus Kucera
Slovensko V Obrazoch: Historia
<p>Vydavatel'stvo Osveta 1990. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback in Slovakian Russian English German and French 1990 with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains the original Text To Plates booklet loosely inserted. Photographs available. Not an old library book.</p> Vydavatelstvo Osveta hardcover
Référence libraire : 240387 ISBN : 8021701773 9788021701779
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W. M. Knight-Patterson
Germany: From Defeat To Conquest 1913-1933
George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1943. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback 1943 with no jacket. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of age handling and storage - boards rubbed to edges corners slightly rounded. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 240373
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Horne, Mike; Bayman, Bob
The Northern Line
<p>Middlesex England: Capital Transport Publishing. Very Good. 1999. Second Printing. Softcover. 1854142089 . Black and white and color photographs maps. An illustrated historical study of the Northern Line one of London's most important and well traveled tube railways. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages .</p> Capital Transport Publishing paperback
Référence libraire : 57975 ISBN : 1854142089 9781854142085
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Croome, Desmond F.
The Piccadilly Line
<p>Middlesex England: Capital Transport Publishing. Very Good. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1854141929 . Black and white and color photographs maps. An illustrated historical study of the Piccadilly Line one of London's most unusual tube railways. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages .</p> Capital Transport Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 57976 ISBN : 1854141929 9781854141927
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David Drake
Paris at War: 1939-1944
Cambridge: Belknap Press 2015. First edition. hardcover. good/very good. 8vo. pp.545. previous owners inscription on FEP Belknap Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 273285 ISBN : 067450481x 9780674504813
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Robertson, Kevin
Railways of Gosport: Including the Stokes Bay and Lee-on-the-Solent Branches
Kingfisher Railway Productions 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Price clipped jacket. Illustrated in b/w. Kingfisher Railway Productions Hardcover
Référence libraire : 032935 ISBN : 0946184259 9780946184255
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Theodore F. T. Plucknett
A Concise History Of The Common Law
<p>Butterworth & Co. Publishers Ltd 1956. Hardback. Very Good. Fifth edition hardback 1956 with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age handling and storage - boards with light stain to front otherwise clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.</p> Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 240363
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Christian IV and Europe The 19th Art Exhibition of the Council of Europe Denmark 1988
np: The Foundation For Christian IV Year 1988. 1988. 4to. pp. 607. many illus. some colour. biblio. wrs. Exhib. Cat. np: [The Foundation For Christian IV Year 1988]. unknown
Référence libraire : AUNriCOU4 ISBN : 8798284320 9788798284321
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Douglas Home Jamie
Stately Passions: Scandals of Britain's Great Houses
<p>London: Michael O'Mara Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Printing. Hardcover. 1843171546 . Black cloth. Acknowledgments black and white photos and illustrations notes bibliography sources and index. An entertaining and informative insight into the lives loves and morals of some notorious denizens of the aristocratic world. from the front jacket flap ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .</p> Michael O'Mara Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 57945 ISBN : 1843171546 9781843171546
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Powell, Gary
Square London: A Social History of the Iconic London Square
<p>Leicester UK: Matador / Troubador. Very Good. 2012. First Printing. Softcover. 1780881762 . xii 454pp. Black and white and color photos bibliography and index. It's been over 100 years since the publication of a book about London's squares and this book seeks to address the void of past historical neglect and link the London square to events of national and international importance. from the rear cover ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Matador / Troubador paperback
Référence libraire : 57943 ISBN : 1780881762 9781780881768
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Acton, Harold
The Last Medici
NY: Thames and Hudson 1980. Minimal moisture staining along fore-edge of pages 264-end else clean and tight textblock. Brown cloth binding moderate bump to front bottom corner light bumping to head and foot of spine. Price-clipped dust jacket light rippling to head and foot of spine lightly worn corners mylar sleeved. 327pp. including bibliography and index. First Thus. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by 116 Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Thames and Hudson Hardcover
Référence libraire : SB9017 ISBN : 050025074X 9780500250747
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Andrew Roberts
Napoleon and Wellington
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2001. First edition . Hardcover. good/very good. 8vo. pp.350 previous owners name on FEP Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
Référence libraire : 274466 ISBN : 0297646079 9780297646075
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Ular, Alexandre
A Russo-Chinese Empire
London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. 1904. Octavo Size approx 14x21cm. Near Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Covers lightly rubbed. Some foxing to preliminary pages and text-block edges. Some pages uncut. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 336 pages. An English version of "Un Empire Russo-Chinois" . 1st English Language Edition. Hardback. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB324604
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Morgan Wendy
Caeheulon and the Parish of Penegoes: The Story of a Welsh Farmhouse
Machynlleth Powys UK: Coch-Y-Bonddu Books 2003. Gift quality copy. Textblock is very clean and tight. All page edges are straight and sound. Bumped head and foot of spine minimally bumped corners. 398p. Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by B&W Photographs/Diagrams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Coch-Y-Bonddu Books Paperback
Référence libraire : SB16781 ISBN : 0954211766 9780954211769
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Compiled By American Express Europe Ltd
The American Express Motoring Guide 1985
Great Britain: American Express Europe Ltd 1984. Paperback. Couple of creases to cover. Small nip to spine. This Guide is divided into sections according to country. Within each section you'll find the garages and other establishments grouped under towns or nearest towns in the case of country establishments. London establishments are grouped according to postal district.Inside you'll find a complete Motorway Map showing every service station that welcomes the Card and a gull-colour 16-page road map of the U.K. Then there's a listing of establishments where you can find petrol. tyres breakdown services garage shops and a whole host of other essential motoring services. 240 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. Academic Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc. . 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. American Express Europe Ltd Paperback
Référence libraire : 076454
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Tom Brosnaham and Pat Yale
Turkey. A Lonley Planet Travel Survival Kit
U.S.A: Lonely Planet 1997. Paperback. Some writing and a face drawn to inside back Update Page. 99 detailed maps including full-colour country map with highlights. Extensive coverage of sights from the modern to the ancient. Helpful tips for buying exotic Turkish carpets. Expanded cultural and historical information. Places to stay and eat for all budgets from urts hostels to boutique hotels. Practical Turkish food guide. Comprehensive language section and detailed glossary. Illustrated. 743 pp. 5th Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Lonely Planet Paperback
Référence libraire : 047186 ISBN : 0864423640 9780864423641
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Robin Hunter
True Stories of the Paras. The Red Devils at War
London United Kingdom: Virgin Books 1999. Slight wear to cover. In this book the author traces the history of the Parachute Regiment of the British Army captuing the daring and excitement of the historic campaigns conducted by this unique fighting force from the first ever jump into occupied France in 1942 through to the Regiment's role today. Illustrated. 252 pp.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Academic Literature. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Virgin Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 041888 ISBN : 0753503018 9780753503010
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Arthur J. Willis
Genealogy for Beginners
Great Britain: Phillimore 1976. Tracing your own family history and gradually constructing your own unique pedigree is an absorbing hobby a never-ending personal detective investigation. This book tells you exactly how to set about it; how to collect information from living relatives; how to make full use of all the clues and traditions you already have; how and where to find written records; how with luck to build up a complete pedigree back to the late Middle Ages. 191 pp. Slight foxing to top edge. Very slight shelf wear and a tiny tear to edge of D/J. Repair to small tear to top corner of D/J.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Academic Literature. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Phillimore Hardcover
Référence libraire : 028465 ISBN : 0900592311 9780900592317
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Europa Publications Staff
Europa World Yearbook 1989 Volume 1
London England: Europa Publications. part one international organizations part two afganistan-jordan red boards with gilt lettering some wear to edges. . Very Good. Boards. First Edition. 1989. Europa Publications hardcover
Référence libraire : 019360 ISBN : 0946653496 9780946653492
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Europa Publications Staff
The International Who's Who 1989-90 Fifty Third Edition
London England: Europa Publications 1988. red board with gilt lettering on blue background. Since the appearance of the first edition in 1935 the book has grown to encompass almost every field of human activity and now contains over 19000 biographies. Until the 1960s few personal details were given but during that decade the entries were expanded to include details of place of birth parentage marraige children and leisure interests. 1726 pages. Some wear and tear and some waterstain marks to D/J. Fifty-Third Edition. Boards. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Europa Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019363 ISBN : 094665350x 9780946653508
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Europa Publications Staff
Western Europe 1989 : A Political and Economic Survey
London England: Europa Publications. blue boards some wear to edges.some browning to endpaper. . Very Good. Boards. First Edition. 1988. Europa Publications hardcover
Référence libraire : 019362 ISBN : 094665347x 9780946653478
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Jonathan Beckman
How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair
Boston: Da Capo Press 2018. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.386 Da Capo Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 305535 ISBN : 0306823551 9780306823558
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Livings Henry
That the Medals and the Baton Be Put on View: The Story of a Village Band 1875-1975
Newton Abbott: David & Charles 1975. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked kingfisher blue cloth boards minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 96pp. The story of the Dobcross Brass Band from 1875 although there was actually a band there before 1875. Dobcross is a small village in the Saddleworth area of Oldham although originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The story tells of band members over the years contests won and much more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good . 8.75 x 5.75 inches. David & Charles Hardcover
Référence libraire : 028012 ISBN : 0715370715 9780715370711
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Sutcliffe, Linda and Smyth, Laura
Five Murders and a Killing
Mossley Tameside: The Authors 2018. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 87pp. This booklet chronicles five murders that were committed in Mossley Greater Manchester between 1869 and 1939. It also covers a killing in 1918 where the accused was acquitted after a trial. Very scarce. Soft Cover. Fine. 11.25 x 8 inches. The Authors Paperback
Référence libraire : 028073
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Redhead, Brian
Manchester : A Celebration
London: Andre Deutsch 1993. Signed on title page by William Egerton Lord Mayor of Manchester May 1993. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards minor bump to middle of upper and lower front edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 168pp. Manchester was where the atom was split the computer was developed the first passenger railway station was built and where Mr Rolls met Mr Royce. This book is a unique ovation for Manchester in stunning photographs previously unseen a record of how by 1993 it came to be the city leading Britain towards the twenty-first century. Signed by Mayor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11.25 x 10.75 inches. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
Référence libraire : 018697 ISBN : 0233988165 9780233988160
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Grant, Michael
The Etruscans
NY: History Book Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over light brown boards gilt lettering on spine light brown endpapers. Profusely illustrated with numerous B&W photographs and 24 maps. Includes Chronological Table extensive Notes Bibliography with notes and a detailed Index. . This is a new unused unmarked copy. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket now in Mylar are in perfect pristine condition. AS NEW/AS NEW. Book Club Edition. B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xviii 317 pp . History Book Club hardcover
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THORESBY, Ralph & Thomas Dunham WHITAKER
DUCATUS LEODIENSIS: or the Topography of . Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding . of York.
Leeds Wakefield: B. Dewhirst for Robinson Son and Holdsworth 1816. Second edition Enlarged. Hardcover. Good. engravings woodcuts. Folio; xvi xvii 261 i.e. 268123 159 11: pagination irregular; 42.5 cm. contemporary panelled & diced calf extra gilt newly rebacked foxed . Ex libris Alfred Harris and G. F. Ferrand. <br/><br/>2 vols in 1. With the pedigrees of many of the Nobility and Gentry from records original evidences and manuscripts including 13 genealogical tables. The original edition of this book in 1715 justified Thoresby's membership in the Royal Society and displayed his erudition on Englands's Roman antiquities and coins many of which are depicted here. Thoresby also owned a broad collection of "curiosities" from incunables to medical anomalies which was ranked second only to Tradescant. In this edition the continuation of the Pedigrees was principally done by Christopher Bolland and the additions to Part 2 "Musaeum Thoresbyanum" detail items added after 1715 to the time of the collections dispersal. Also includes a Life of Thoresby who has been called the First Historian of Leeds. The frontispiece is a mezzotint portrait of Thoresby with an engraved view of Leeds by J. Le Keux and a portrait of John Harrison & 8 other engravings of views and coins or antiquities and also dozens of heraldic devices.Includes a lengthy poem about John Thoresby by Theodore Bathurst. The 'Ducatus leodiensis' forms vol. I the Loidis and Elmete" by T.D. Whitaker 1816 vol II of what is commonly called "The history of Leeds." - Boyne. B. Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth hardcover
Référence libraire : DEMO014591I
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Hemery, Eric
Walking the Dartmoor Waterways: A Guide to Retracing the Leats and Canalas of the Dartmoor Country
<p>Newton Abbot: David and Charles. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers lightly worn. 1986. Hardcover. 0715386271 . Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Many black and white maps photos and illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages .</p> David and Charles hardcover
Référence libraire : 57850 ISBN : 0715386271 9780715386279
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Fenwick, John ( Sir / Baronet )
Proceedings Against Sir John Fenwick Bar. Upon A Bill of Attainder for High Treason.
London 1698. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Small octavo; ii 348 iv vi contemporary panelled calf blindstamped extra-gilt spine; stain on rear endpapers and rear Table head of spine and corner of spine label chipped damage to several of the blindstamped ornaments. <br/><br/>Fenwick was a major-general who developed a powerful hatred for William of Orange during Fenwick's service in Holland. Undeterred by his first plot against Orange who became King William III Fenwick continued to conspire with Robert Charnock and others. He was arrested in 1696 and beheaded for treason in early 1697 after the secret message to his wife printed herewith having been apprehended by the Crown was found to be essentially a confession of his unfaithfulness. Wing P3545 . hardcover
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Paul Johnson
Napoleon
New York: Viking Press 2002. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 190 from the series ""Penguin Lives"" Viking Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 187335 ISBN : 0670030783 9780670030781
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Petrescu, Paul; Stoica, Georgeta
Arta Populara Romaneasca
Editura Meridiane 1981. 148pp. of text c.80pp. B&W and color photosgraphs White hardback DJ has tiny chips tears and rubbing along edges text in Romanian and English Arta Populara Romaneasca . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Editura Meridiane Hardcover
Référence libraire : w201229379
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Ewert, A. (ed.)
French Studies : A Quarterly Review : Volume I 1947
Oxford U.K.: Basil Blackwell 1947. Volume 1. Maroon cover with gilt lettering to spine looks a little worn. Coloured page block. Some marginalia. Contents in good clean condition. However pages 192 and 292 detached but intact. Ex-library stickers to front inside cover and BEP. Ex-library stamp on FEP and last page. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library. Basil Blackwell Hardcover
Référence libraire : 219331
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Fraser, John Foster Fraser
Russia of Today
London: Cassell & Company Ltd. 2015. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good Condition. Mild rubbing to edges and very faint mark to front cover. Scattered foxing to book edges and several pages at rear. Offset to free endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White plates - interesting historical photographs of Russia at the time. viii 29 pages. Fraser was a notable Victorian/Edwardian Travel writer. An account of the author's trip to Russia at the beginning of World War I. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Cassell & Company Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB321370
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Burton, Richard (Sir).
Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition" & "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa" in Journal Of The Royal Geographical Society.
London: John Murray 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo; cxxvii 444 12 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>Burton's contributions occupy the first 190 pages. Also Prof. George Rolleston's lecture to the RGS an early ecology talk "The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature produced by Man's Interference". " I propose . to notice a few of the many alterations produced by disforesting in our own and other countries". John Murray hardcover
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CROSSMAN, Richard
DIARIES OF A CABINET MINISTER. 3 vols
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vos clothbacked boards <br/><br/>Crossman became Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1966-68. He was an Oxford don before his election as a Labour M.P. He reveals what happens behind closed doors in the Cabinet meetings. Volume One alone was hailed by the Financial Times as "the most important book on British Government to have appeared since the war." Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover
Référence libraire : DEMO011143I
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St. Clair, William
That Greece Might Still be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence
<p>London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0192151940 . Red cloth binding. viii 412pp index notes black and white photos and illustrations folding map of Greece at rear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 57822 ISBN : 0192151940 9780192151940
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Kertzer, David I.
The Pope Who Would Be King : The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
New York: Random House. 2018. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxx 474 pages. The role of Pius IX in the making of a new democratic reality in mid 19th century Europe. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB324503 ISBN : 0812989910 9780812989915
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