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Quennevat, Jean-Claude
Les Vrais Soldats De Napoleon
Paris: Sequoia-Elsevier 1968. 225pp index bibliographynum bw & some colour ills. Or brown leather leatherette with soldier in gilt to front. Some white marking at bottom of front cover top corners slightly bumped. Text in French. Excellent volume on all aspects of soldiers lives in the time of Napoleon copiously illustrated with contemporary images. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Sequoia-Elsevier Hardcover
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Browning, Oscar
Napoleon. The First Phase. Some Chapters on Boyhood and Youth of Bonaparte 1769-1793
London: John Lane the Bodley Head. 1905. 316pp index appendices3 bw plates map. Or blue cloth with Napoleon's coat-of-arms to front. Minor edge wear. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout rear hinge just starting. Details of events in the childhood and youth of napoleon Bonaparte. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. John Lane the Bodley Head. Hardcover
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Young, Norwood
The Growth of Napoleon. A Study in Environment
London: John Murray 1910. xii 418pp index bw ills. Or green cloth with gild crest to front. Very slight wear to head and foot of spine slight foxing to title page/tissue guard. Detailed account of the childhood youth and early career of Napoleon Bonaparte. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
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Trainie, J.; Carmigniani, J.-C. (Commandant Henry Lachouque.)
Napoleon et La Campagne D'Espagne 1807-1814
Marsat France: Copernic. 1978. HEAVY. 236pp bibliography chronology maps num bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight toning to jacket flaps. Slight toning to page edges. Excellent survey of Napoleon's Spanish campaigns including those in Portugal. Well illustrated. Text in French. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Copernic. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010233
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Aldington Richard
The Duke Being an Account of the Life & Achievements of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington
New York: The Viking Press. 1943. x 405pp index 15 bw ills 9 maps. Or gray cloth in pictorial jacket. Very slight edge wear to cloth. jacket price-clipped edge worn creased with several tears tape on edges spine faded. Biography of the Duke of Wellington from his youth through his time in India the Napoleonic wars and on to his time in politics and his time as Prime Minister of England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 8vo. The Viking Press. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010230
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Thorburn, W. A
French Army Regiments and Uniforms from the Revolution to 1870
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Books 1969. 84pp 58 bw ills 2 col plates. Or red cloth in pictorial jacket. Jacket shows some minor edge wear tape reinforcement at head of spine price clipped. An authoritative introduction to one of the most fascinating and complex periods of military costume.A Stackpole Arms and Armour Illustrated Monograph. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Stackpole Books Hardcover
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Partner, Nancy F
Serious Entertainments. The Writing of History in Twelfth Century England
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 1977. 289pp index bibliography notes. Or red cloth. Light spotting to top page edges very light edge wear to jacket very slight fading of spine. The author investigates the diversity of subjects leisurely digressive avenues and open possibilities of interpretation that characterise the historical literature of twelfth century England. Examines in depth the work of Henry of Huntingdon William of Newburgh and Richard of Devizes considering their writing as a window which can reveal a vivid view of the 12th century. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. The University of Chicago Press. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010440 ISBN : 0226647633 9780226647630
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Ashton, Ed
Lytham
Preston UK: Mather Bros. 1947. 121pp bw ills maps. Or geen cloth. Endpapers and prelims heavily foxed some light to moderate foxing throughout spine very slightly faded and slightly cocked. Nice local history of Lytham concentrating on the period after 1796. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Mather Bros. Hardcover
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Ross, Michael
The Reluctant King: Joseph Bonaparte King of the Two Sicilies and Spain
New York: Mason/Charter 1977. 302pp index bibliography notes 14 bw ills. Or red cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight foxing to page edges. Jacket price clipped with very slight edge wear. Comprehensive biography of Joseph Bonaparte making extensive use of Joseph's memoirs and correspondence including many letters to and from Napoleon never published in English. Joseph served as ambassador to Rome King of the Rwo Sicilies and of Spain later exiled to Switzerland and finally America. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Mason/Charter Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010113 ISBN : 0884054934 9780884054931
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Connelly, Owen
Blundering to Glory. Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Wilmington De.: Scholarly Resources Inc. 1987. x 250pp index bibliography maps. Or red cloth in pictorial jacket. A couple of tiny spots to page edges. Discusses the military legacy inherited by a young Bonaparte and goes on to discuss each campaign from 1793 to the final days of Waterloo in careful detail. Numerous campaign maps. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Scholarly Resources Inc. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 010130 ISBN : 0842022317 9780842022316
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Clark, E. A. G
The Ports of the Exe Estuary 1660-1860. A Study in Historical Geography
Torquay UK: The University of Exeter. 1968. 247pp index bibliography appendices few bw ills map. Pale blue cloth library binding. Ex library with usual impedimentia of stamps label etc. Otherwise a very nice copy. The first part of the book examines the actual ports and their setting; the second deals with the ports and their trade including wool and other import/export trades. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Ex-Library. The University of Exeter. Hardcover
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Quinn Hubert
Dear Were the Days
London: The Religious Tract Society 233pp. Or green cloth in jacket. Number written at top on contents page small bump on bottom edge of front board. Jacket somewhat toned with darker oblong from old sticker- no tears/creases NOT price-clipped. No date but c1920-30. Scarce older book containing sketches of life in Antrim. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
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Lofthouse, Jessica
Lancashire's Fair Face. Discoveries Ribble to Lune
London: Robert Hale 1952. 336pp index bw text ills map. Or red cloth in 'map' jacket. Endpapers toned bottom corners bumped. Jacket edgeworn with several chips and tears. Guide to Lancashire from Ribble north to Lune. Covers history traditions crafts and tales old and new. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo. Robert Hale Hardcover
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Waters, Don
Hitler's Secret Ally Switzerland
La Mesa CA: Pertinent Publications 1994. x 297pp index bibliography notes. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket front flap slightly creased. "Defined in detail are the evil machinations of the Swiss governemnt in their treatment of the poor wretches that attempted to escape the horrors of Hitler's holocaust. In complete indifference to the will of their strongly pro-Allied constituancy the wartime Swiss Federal Council made every meaningful decision in favour of the Nazis." quoted from jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pertinent Publications Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 009841 ISBN : 0964001179 9780964001176
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Tornius, Valerian
Salons. Pictures of Society Through Five Centuries
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1929. ix 318pp bibliography11 bw ills frontis patterned end papers. Or gray cloth lacking jacket.Some uneven fading to covers part of jacket laid in on fly leaf. An account of salon society and its equivalents from the Renaissance to the time of Napoleon. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation Hardcover
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Younghusband Maj Gen Sir George
The Tower of London from Within
London: Herbert Jenkins 1919. First published 1918 2500 copies-this second edition 1500 copies. xviii 323pp folding frontispiece plate: the Tower of London in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth AD 1597; bw plates diagrams appendices index. The fascinating history of the Tower written by someone living inside the walls the then Keeper of the Regalia. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Herbert Jenkins Hardcover
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Gathorne Hardy Jonathan
The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny
Newton Abbot UK: Victorian & Modern History Book Club 1973. 350pp index bibliography appendix bw ills. Or orange cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to boards. Jacket has 2 tears of about 1/2" each and some edge wear and chipping. Spine faded and some foxing to flaps. A comprehensive look at the phenomenon of the British nanny both past and present. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Victorian & Modern History Book Club Hardcover
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Quiney, Anthony
The Traditional Buildings of England
London: Thames and Huson. 1990. 224pp index bibliography glossary maps 193 ills 81 col. Or pictorial card covers. As new. Slight edge wear to bottom rear cover. Perhaps no other country offers so varied a heritage of traditional buildings as does England. Seemingly moulded into the landscape these farmhouses cottages barns manor houses inns stables windmills dovecots etc have been shaped over the centuries by the influence of local custom climate terrain and materials. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Thames and Huson. Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 005087 ISBN : 0500276617 9780500276617
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Maguire, John Francis
Pius the Ninth and His Times
Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son Ltd. 1878. xvii 399pp 2 bw portraits. Or blue cloth with gilt decoraion and white/green flowers. Moderate occasional foxing slight rubbing to bottom edge and top/bottom of spine. Very bright fresh attractive copy. The life and times of Pope Pius the Ninth revised and brought down to the ascension of Leo the Thirteenth by The Right Rev Monsignor Patterson. . New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. M. H. Gill and Son Ltd. Hardcover
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Chandler, David G
Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars
New York: Macmillan 1979. xxxvi 570pp bibliograohy maps bw ills. Or cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with moderate edgewear including several short tears and small chips. Comprehensive dictionary of the soldiers strategies armaments movements and battles that shaped events during Napoleon's reign. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
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Longueville T
The First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
London: Longmans Green & Co. 1910. xiii 287pp indexappendix family tree bw ills errata slip. Or maroon cloth with coat-of-arms in gold to front cover. Some toning and moderate foxing spine darkened light rubbing. Scarce volume on the first Duke and Duchess of Newcastle during the late 1500s and 1600s. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover
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Sergeant Philip W
The Empress Josephine. Napoleon's Enchantress. 2 Volumes
London: Hutchinson 1908. 2 volumes. 664pp; index; 34 bw ills. Original blue cloth top edges gilt title in gilt to spine. Cloth somewhat rubbed slight shelf wear to head and foot of spine; moderate foxing with occasional heavy spots. Attractive 2 volume set on the life of the Empress Josephine from her early life on Martinique to the court of Napoleon and beyond. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hutchinson Hardcover
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Geraghty, Tony
The Irish War. The Military History of a Domestic Conflict
London: HarperCollins 1998. xvii 404pp index bibliography chronology bw ills map. Or black cloth in jacket. As new with remainder line on bottom edge. Drawing on public and covert sources as well as interviews with members of the SAS and MI5 elite Special Branch officers and many in the security forces and IRA the author brings to light the disturbing inner workings of an organized terrorist group and its military opposition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. HarperCollins Hardcover
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Edmonds, Richard
Chelsea. From Five Fields to the World's End
London: Phene Press. 1956. 133pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minimal edge wear. Historical and topographical look at London's Chelsea. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Flanders Dennis. 8vo. Phene Press. Hardcover
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Ross, Steven T
European Diplomatic History 1789-1815: France Against Europe
Malabar Florida: Robert E Krieger Publishing Co 1985. First published by Anchor Books 1969. 425 pp 13 maps bibliography index. From the French Revolution to Waterloo. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Robert E Krieger Publishing Co Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 000967 ISBN : 0898743699 9780898743692
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The Duchess of Atholl
The Truth About Forced Labour in Russia
London: Philip Allan & Co. 1932. 64pp. Or gray wraps with yellow title label. Heavily foxed bookseller label on front cover. A summarised edition of The Conscription of a People. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Philip, Allan & Co. Paperback
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Stinde, Julius. (Schmitz, L. Dora. translator)
The Buchholz Family. Sketches of Berlin Life
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1886. v 262pp. Or blue cloth with intricate leaf design in black. Slight shelf wear to edges lacks front free endpaper slight toning to edges. A series of sketches illustrating life in Berlin in the mid-19th century. This is the first English language edition after it reached it's 50th edition in Germany. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
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Griggs, Frederick l
Highways & Byways in Lincolnshire
London: Macmillan 1914. xviii 519pp; index; folding map at rear; num bw ills. Or blue cloth with gilt title teg. Slight edge wear to boards tiny split 2mm to cloth at top of front hinge; prev owners bookplate on front pastedown some toning to page edges and endpapers. Very fresh bright copy. Details the towns churches and sites of Lincolnshire with sections on foxhounds the Black Death the Bolles family folklore and folksongs and more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
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Hudson, William Henry
The Man Napoleon
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1914. 242pp index 15 bw plates col frontis portrait decorated endpapers. Or green cloth with gilt decoration top edge gilt. Slight edge wear to boards bookplate on ffep. Biography of Napoleon including youth and childhood the Egypt expedition Waterloo Napoleonic Wars and more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Hardcover
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Le Goff, Jacques. (trans Cochrane, Lydia, G
The Medieval World
London: Parkgate Books. 1997. 392pp index bibliography. Slightest signs of having been read. Ten profiles by ten leading medievalists give a clear picture of medieval man in Europe. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Parkgate Books. Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 002486 ISBN : 185585385x 9781855853850
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Ryder, Peter F
The Medieval Buildings of Yorkshire
Ashbourne UK: Moorland Publishing 1982. 159pp index bibliography num bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Prev owners name blacked out on ffep some minor spotting to edges. Jacket has light edge wear with some soiling to front flap fold. Describes and illustrates several hundred of Yorkshire's buildings dating between Anglo-Saxon times and 1550AD. These include well known edifices such as York Minster and Beverley Minster as well as many lesser known but interesting buildings such as fortified houses chapels dovecotes and barns some of which have never before been described in print. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sml 4to. Moorland Publishing Hardcover
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Forsyth, William
The Novels and Novelists of the Eighteenth Century in Illustration of the Manners and Morals of the Age.
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1871. 339pp 8pp ads index. Or embossed green cloth with title in gold to spine. Edges toned some foxing slight shelf wear. A study of 18th century novels and novelists relating to the customs of the times- includes fashion prisons romances clergy while seperate attention is given to Fielding Richardson Smollett and Goldsmith. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. D. Appleton & Co Hardcover
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Chartock, Roselle K. & Spencer, Jack. (eds)
Can it Happen Again Chronicles of the Holocaust
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal 1995. xxi 376pp index glossary. Or papered boards with cloth spine in jacket. Eyewitness accounts and articles by numerous authors including Robert Ardrey Lucy Dawidowicz Anne Frank Rudolf Hoess Aldous Huxley Thomas Keneally Primo Levi George Orwell William Shirer BF Skinner Albert Speer Art Spiegelman Elie Wielsel Yevgeny Yevtushenko and 72 others dealing with the holocaust and anti-semitism. Includes everyhting from Auschwitz to modern day skinheads. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Black Dog & Leventhal Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 006183 ISBN : 1884822266 9781884822261
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Porter, Tim
Prague Art and History
Prague: Flow East 1992. 128pp chronology num col illsmap. Or pictorial card. As new. A lavishly illustrated introduction to the art and history of Prague. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Flow East Paperback
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Ede Mary
Arts and Society in England Under William and Mary
London: Stainer and Bell. 1979. 218pp index bibliog.94 bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Slightest of shelf wear to edge of jacket. Explores the complex interaction of political religious and artistic changes in England following the Revolution in 1688. Also examines the European influence not only on the higher arts but also on the domestic side; the country cottage as well as the stately mansion; the broadsheet ballad and popular woodcut as well as opera and court portraiture. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Stainer and Bell. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 003218 ISBN : 0852494807 9780852494806
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Cognasso, Francesco
Life and Culture in Piedmont from the Middle Ages to the Present
Turin Italy.: RiV-SKF 1970. HEAVY. viii 397 bibliography index 28 ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Covers 2000 years of sub-alpine history and culture in Piedmont western Italy. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Garino Piero & Gandalfo Renzo. 4to. RiV-SKF Hardcover
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Warburton Rev. W
Edward III
Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1875. 266pp index 3 maps 2 folding 3 folding genealogical charts. Or blind stamped brown cloth. Front stained edge knock to bottom hinges starting small stain on fore-edge. An account of the life and times of King Edward III who reigned from 1327-1377 one of the longest reigning English monarchs. Not Stated. Cloth. Good Plus. 16mo. Estes and Lauriat Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 001018
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Fiszman Samuel ed
Constitution and Reform in Eighteenth Century Poland: The Constitution of 3 May 1791
Bloomington: Indiana University Polish Studies Center. 1997. xxx 562pp index 100s bw ills facsimile documents. Or red cloth in jacket. Although short-lived the Polish constitution of 3 May 1791 was acknowledged as a milestone by republican thinkers in Europe and America. This volume is the first attempt in English to provide a comprehensive view of Poland in the Age of Enlightenment- a time of political and social reform and cultural revival. In addition to its focus on the Constitution of 1791 and the Polish movement for political reform the book documents the history of Polish parliamentarism and the connection between the Polish American and French ideas of a democratic state at the end of the 18th century. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Indiana University Polish Studies Center. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 001813 ISBN : 0253333172 9780253333179
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Njardvik Njordur P. trans John Porter
Birth of a Nation. The Story of the Icelandic Commonwealth
Reykjavik: ICeland Review 1978. 96pp bibliography chronology Slightest of edge wear and residue of old price sticker on rear cover. Concise history of Iceland from discovery and settlement to fall of the Commonwealth with the death of Gissur Thorvaldsson in 1269. First English Language Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. ICeland Review Paperback
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Espitalier, Albert ( J. Leewis May,transaltor)
Napoleon and King Murat. A Biography Compiled from Hitherto Unknown and Unpublished Documents
London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1912. xiii 509pp index genealogical table appendix 17 bw ills. Or red cloth. Spine faded endpapers toned bookplate removed from front pastedown with some loss. Overall a decent copy of this scarce Napoleonic biography. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. John Lane, The Bodley Head Hardcover
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Williamson, James A
Great Britain and the Empire. A Discursive History
London: Adam & Charles Black 1946. vii 213pp index maps. Or dark blue cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on ffep some toning to paper. Jacket toned with some chipping at head and foot of spine and some edge wear. A short clear and satisfying account of the development of England Britain and the British Empire. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover
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Elliott, Kirsten
Bath
London: Frances Lincoln Limited 2004. HEAVY. 208pp index 200 col ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minimal edge wear to jacket. The story of the ancient British town of Bath illustrated with more than 200 color photographs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Menneer Neill . 4to. Frances Lincoln Limited Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 007977 ISBN : 0711222665 9780711222663
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Crampton, Patrick
Stonehenge of the Kings: A People Appear
London: The Scientific Book Club 1967. First published same year by John Baker.171pp bw ills select bibliography index. Or cloth in jacket. Jacket chipped with taped repairs at spine head and foot and nicks at corners. Jacket flaps taped to endpapers. The author presents his theory that Stonehenge was the headquarters of a warrior society a place of kings and heroes of the kind portrayed on Homer's 'Iliad' and in the Ireland of 'Tara of the Kings'. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. The Scientific Book Club Hardcover
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Fortescue, Sir John
Six British Soldiers
London: Williams & Norgate 1928. 272pp 6 bw ills. Or blue cloth in ajcket. Damp stains at top edge of both covers very small closed tear on title page. Jacket has been backed with brown paper and while appearing very good has some large tears at folds and some chipping at head and foot of spine. The Historian of the British Army takes 6 typical British soldiers Cromwell Marlborough Wellington Moore Abercromby and Stuart and shows the contribution of each to the making of the army and the evolution of military policy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good. 8vo. Williams & Norgate Hardcover
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Martis, Nicolaos K. (trans John Philip Smith.)
The Falsification of Macedonian History: Ancient Jewish Sources and Testimony on Macedonia
Athens: Athanassiades Bros. 1984. 230pp bibliography bw & col ills. Or card covers. This edition revised with supplementary material. This book won the Prize of the Academy of Athens for its examination of claims that Macedonia was not of Greek heritage. Fascinating account from ancient & historical sources proving the Greek heritage of Macedonia. 4th English Language Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Large 8vo. Athanassiades Bros. Paperback
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Rochling Carl & Knotel Richard
Der Alte Fritz in Funfzig Bildern Fur Jung Und Alt
Berlin: Verlag Vonpaul Kittel 1895. 100pp- 50 col plates. Or bevelled green cloth with ornate pictorial decoration to front title in gold. Minor rubbing to spine edges some tiny bumps to edges of cover. Bookplate on front pastedown small bookseller label on verso of ffep light foxing to endpapers front hinge just starting. Beautiful fresh clean copy of this scarce pictorial history of the life and reign of Wilhelm II- Der Alte Fritz. All plates present undamaged and clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. Verlag Vonpaul Kittel Hardcover
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Seth-Smith, Michael
Bred for the Purple. A History of the Monarchy and the Turf
London: Leslie Frewin. 1969. 286pp index bibliogrpahy appendices bw ills. Or purple cloth in jacket. One short pen line on ffep. Slight edge wear to price clipped jacket. An account of the British monarchy's interest in and influence on racing. Their famous horses the Royal owners and the men who dedicated their lives to the service of Royal racing-the managers trainers and jockeys. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Leslie Frewin. Hardcover
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Grant Will
The Call of the Pentlands. A Land of Glamour and Romance
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1951. xv 269pp index bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth. Lovely tight clean copy. A new and enlarged edition with some corrections and 3 new chapters with information on the Pentland Hills. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Oliver & Boyd. Hardcover
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Gazi, Stephen
History of Croatia
New York: Philosophical Library Incorporated 1973. xv 368pp maps chronology. Or green cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on ffep tape mark on front pastedown and small owners name label on rear pastedown. A general survey of Croatian history covering the country's geographical conditions and pre-historical past; the Roman provinces of Dalmatia and Pannonia; the origins and settlement of the Croats on the Adriatic shores; the medieval national kingdom; the Hungaro-Croatian commonwealth; the Turkish and Venetian conquests; the Habsburg era; the modern trends of a re-awakened nationalism; special chapters covering Bosnia; the Republic of Dubrovnik; Venetian Dalmatia as well as the country's cultural and artistic development. . Apparent First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Philosophical Library, Incorporated Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 006628 ISBN : 0802221084 9780802221087
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Burford. E. J
London. The Synfulle City
London: Robert Hale Limited 1990. x 228pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Slightly musty odour. Illustrated history of the seamy sleazy riotous life of London's Square Mile. Original investigations into original documents broadsheets letters ballads and cartoons reveal that pornography and piety rags and riches were bosom companions in the scandalous affairs and comings and goings of old London town. From the Saturnalian rites of Roman Londinium to Priss Fotheringham's lubricious Chuck-office and Mother Cresswell's bawdy cry of "No money! No Cunny!". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Robert Hale Limited Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 004489 ISBN : 0709040261 9780709040262
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