‎Europe‎

‎Gilbert of Bruges‎

‎The Murder of Charles the Good Count of Flanders - Revised Edition‎

‎New York: Harper Torchbooks TB1311/Harper & Row 1967. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Translated and Edited by James Bruce Ross. A contemporary record of revolutionary change in 12th century Flanders. Tan illustrated wraps clean and unmarked gently used whisper of corner wear; glued binding tight solid and square. Pages quite clean and free from any markings no creases. 348 pp. Includes maps; Plan of Bruges with detailed plan of the castle Genealogy of the Counts of Flanders and of the Erembald Clan; Description of the Church of Saint Dionatian at Bruges by Jospeh Mertens; Bibliography; and Index. 5.5 x 8 inches. 1967 Harper Torchbooks TB1311/Harper & Row New York. Harper Torchbooks TB1311/Harper & Row paperback‎

Référence libraire : 026848

‎Achebe, Chinua‎

‎Home and Exile‎

‎New York: Oxford University Press 2000. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. x 2 116 pp. Bound in half brown cloth over light green boards in green black and brown dust jacket printed in black and cream. Fine bright crisp copy with minor shelf wear in Fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002960 ISBN : 0195135067 9780195135060

‎Sawyer, P. H‎

‎Kings and Vikings: Scandinavia and Europe A.D. 700-1100‎

‎London and New York: Methuen & Co 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. 16 illustrative plates. 19 figures/diagrams/maps within text. Very clean unmarked grey cloth black titled; tight and solid binding. Very nice volume. Viking activity from the eighth to the eleventh century is here interpreted as an attempt by some Scandinavians to gain wealth and thereby power and prestige at the expense of the people of eastern and western Europe. Peter Sawyer traces the causes of this activity and assesses the consequences of Viking raids and conquests. 182 pages. 5.75 x 9.inches. 1982 Methuen & Co London and New York Methuen & Co hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 026628 ISBN : 0416741800 9780416741803

‎Howard, Michael‎

‎War in European History‎

‎UK and New York: Oxford University Press 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Updated Edition 2001. First published 1976. Cover illustration: detail from 'And there is no help for it' 1810 plate 15 of "The Disasters of War" by Goya. Clean and unmarked book lower corner tip creased pages evenly toned binding tight solid and square. A thousand years of history covered comprehensively showing how wars has often determined the character of society and society in exchange has determined the character of wars. Michael Howard has the historian's gift for combining the general view and the illuminating detail. This is a book that broadens and deepens our understanding of how the world we live in came to be in the shape it is. 165 pp w/Notes and Index. 5 x 7.75 inches. 2001 Oxford University Press UK and New York. Oxford University Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 026340 ISBN : 0192802089 9780192802088

‎Yalom, Marilyn‎

‎Blood Sisters: The French Revolution In Women's Memory‎

‎New York New York USA: Basic Books 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Top edge of text block is lightly specked with near colorless spots. otherwise the book is in fine condition in maroon half-cloth with gilt titles gray boards clean unmarked tight solid and square. Internals as new. b/w historic illustrations. At the time of the French Revolution 1789- the promises of "liberty equality and fraternity" did not apply to women--but in this book the voices of women who witnessed and experienced the Revolution can finally be heard and given their place in history. They left eighty accounts of what they saw these chronicles ranging from the 16-page testimonial of the Widow Bault wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison to the ten volume memoirs of the prolific writer Mme de Genlis; and from a dictated life story of an illiterate peasant to acknowledges classics Mme Roland and Mme de Stael. Their stories describe how they participated individually and collectively in these revolutionary years and how they sometimes succeeded in manipulating a political system that excluded them. Fascinating stories. 308 pages with Chapter Notes An Annotated Bibliography of French Women's Eyewitness Accounts of the Revolution and Index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 1993 Basic Books New York New York USA Basic Books hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 025718 ISBN : 0465092632 9780465092635

‎Ward, Alan J.‎

‎Ireland and Anglo-American Relations 1899-1921‎

‎Toronto: University Of Toronto Press 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 8vo. xii 292 pp. Bound in full black cloth title in gilt on spine in green blue red and white dust jacket printed in white and blue. Includes bibliography and index. Near Fine bright crisp copy with some shelf wear to extremities in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a short tear to top edge of front cover chipping and wear to head and tail of spine minor rubbing to extremities. <br/><br/> University Of Toronto Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002572 ISBN : 0802016278 9780802016270

‎Bennett, H. S‎

‎Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400‎

‎Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press 1965. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church. Since all of the inhabitants of England at that time were countrymen except for a few large towns this book is really an introduction to life in Medieval England as a whole. Clean and unmarked wraps in reddish-brown with a wood-cut illustration slight wear to extremities; half-title and title page are loose from binding. Illustrated with Six Plates and Four woodcuts. Binding tight and solid square. Pages very clean no markings of any kind. 364 pages indexed. 5.25 x 8 inches. 1965 Frst published 1937 Cambridge University Press Cambridge England Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 024840

‎Helen, Luc‎

‎Voyage En Vallee De La Loire De Sancerre a L'ocean‎

‎France: La Renaissance du Livre 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Publisher: Renaissance du Livre France1998. Hardcover Guide Book in the French Language in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Pictorial binding very clean and unmarked with lightly scuffed corners. Solid and tight volume. Illustrations in full color throughout. Internals as new. 236 pages. 7.25 x 7.5 inches. 1998. Renaissance du Livre France. Trips in the Valley of the Loire from Sancerre to the Ocean La Renaissance du Livre hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 024890 ISBN : 2804601994 9782804601997

‎Rodi, Cesare‎

‎Adda‎

‎Como: Banco Lariano 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Oblong 8vo. 124 8 pp. Bound in full green cloth stamped in white on cover and spine in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations throughout some in color. Near Fine minor shelf wear minor age-toning to pages otherwise tight and clean in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear to extremities. <br/><br/> Banco Lariano hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002519

‎Amouroux, Henri‎

‎1945-1950 La France du Baby-Boom‎

‎Paris: La Découverte/Agence France-Presse 1991. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Folio. 216 pp. Bound in full black cloth title stamped in white on spine in white dust jacket printed in brown and green. Black and white frontispiece and photographs throughout. Text in French. Fine bright clean copy in Fine bright dust jacket. <br/><br/> La Découverte/Agence France-Presse hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002506 ISBN : 2707119873 9782707119872

‎Harris, William N‎

‎Peterburgers‎

‎Saint Petersburg Russia: 1912 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Distributed by Dick Sleeper Distribution Sandy Oregon. Bill Harris serves as a carrer missionary with InterAct Ministries in Russia living in St. Petersburg. In t his book he explores with the reader Russia's cultural capital describing his many charged and exciting adventures--like dodging bombs in the metro evading ice spears -- many true tales from living in Russia. 229 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches. 2004 Shandal Publishing Saint Petersburg Russia 1912 paperback‎

Référence libraire : 024281 ISBN : 593925084X 9785939250849

‎Osborne, Roger‎

‎Civilization: A New History of the Western World‎

‎U.S.A: Pegasus Books 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Two eight-page sections of illustrations. 20 maps. Clean and unmarked red and black binding with gilt titles within gilt panel on spine spine head is compressed-only minor defect. Tight solid and square. Un-clipped jacket has trace wear to spine head and heel. A history of Western Civilization from the beginnings to the present from Troy to the Gettysburg Address from Einstein to Marx. The author ties together the histories of empires art philosophy science asnd politics. He describes the Western tradition of openness and freedom in the development of that culture recognizing that there is also brutality--for every Leonardo Da Vinci there is a Mussolini. He states that the idea of civilization is the story we tell each other to place ourselves in the world and justify our actions. And this story has become degarded the last few decades and divorced from reality. This is a thought-provoking re-examination of the past that is both challenging and inspiring--a book that might be required reading for all. xi 532 pages with References Further Reading and Index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 2006 Pegasus Books USA. Pegasus Books hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 024166 ISBN : 1933648198 9781933648194

‎Eugene F. Rice Jr‎

‎Foundations of Early Modern Europe 1460 - 1559 The Norton History of Modern Europe‎

‎New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company 1970. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. The Norton History of Modern Europe Series Volume. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. B/w illustrations throughout. A study of the Renaissance and Reformation drawing together the main lines of change for this period of rapid transition from medieval civilization to early modern with chapters on science technology and voyages of exploration. Prof Rice examines the economic expansion within Europe Renaissance society and the new humanist culture the rise of the sovereign state and the clash between the established Church and the Protestant reformers. Cover partially loose from crash otherwise wraps clean and unmarked with cover illustration from "The Journey of the Mage" by Gozzoli. Binding tight and solid all pages intact. 2-3 pages with a line or two highlighted otherwise clean and unmarked pages. x 182 pp. with Index. 5.5 x 8 inches. 1970 W.W. Norton & Company New York and London W.W. Norton & Company paperback‎

Référence libraire : 024016 ISBN : 0393098982 9780393098983

‎Valerio Lintner‎

‎A Traveller's History of Italy Traveller's Histories‎

‎U.S.A: Interlink Books 1995. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Ex-Library Third EditionTrade Paperback Travel Book in Good Condition. Includes maps line drawings chronologies 283 pages. Ex-Lib with minimal lib marks-no pocket or card. Designed for the traveller who feels the need for more historical background information on a country than can be found in a guide. Green card cover with historical illustration is clean and unmarked with reinforcement on spine and fore edge for easy cleaning and heavy travel use. Interior very clean and completely unmarked. Line Drawings by John Hoste. The author analyzes the development of the Italian people from pre-historic times up to the Italians of today. All the major periods of Italian history are dealt with--the Etruscans the Romans the communes and city-states the Renaissance Unification Fascism and the current Italy. Cross-referenced with sites towns churches cathedrals of historical importance. 283 pages with Index. 5 x 8 inches. 1995 Interlink Books New York New York USA Interlink Books paperback‎

Référence libraire : 024022 ISBN : 1566561825 9781566561822

‎Capponi, Niccolo‎

‎Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto‎

‎U.S.A: Da Capo Press 2007. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First De Capo Press Edition. Hardcover in Good Condition. No jacket. There is a circular brown indentation about the size of a pencil eraser near the upper edge of the front cover light scuff to rear lower corner otherwise the book is in very good condition bound in black and brown paper-wrapped boards otherwise clean and unmarked tight solid and square; Page edges and pages clean page 113 with underlined text otherwise no markings. Preface and contents pages wavy. Includes maps List of Dramatis Personae Prologue; two eight-page secition of historic illustrative reproductions on coated paper. Glossary Notes Bibliographical Note Bibliography and Index. xxxvi 411 pages. 6 x 9.25 inches. 2007 Da Capo Press USA Da Capo Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 023826 ISBN : 0306815443 9780306815447

‎Lerner, Robert E.; Meacham, Standish; Burns, Edward NcNall‎

‎Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture Volume I Thirteenth Edition‎

‎Troutdale Oregon: W W Norton & Co Inc 1998. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Paperback in Good Condition. Bright and clean illustrated cover with lightly scuffed front corners and rubbed edges. Some highlighting of text but does not affect easy reading; pages clean and otherwise unmarked; in-text illustrations and maps throughout; tight and solid binding. Volume I covers Western Civ up through the Age of Absolutism 1660-1789. xv 613 pages plus Appendix and Index. 7.2 x 9.5 inches. 1998 W W Norton & Co Inc . USA W W Norton & Co, Inc paperback‎

Référence libraire : 023782 ISBN : 0393972003 9780393972009

‎Troyat, Henri‎

‎Peter the Great‎

‎U.S.A: E. P. Dutton 1987. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Translated from the French by Joan Poinkham. Handsome volume bound in ivory quarter cloth over spine with bright and bold gilt titles brown paper-wrapped boards very clean and unmarked; tight and solid and square. Internals Fine. Jacket drawing from Chantilly Musee Cnde; hand lettering by David Gatti; design by Nancy Etheredge. Henri Troyat is a Russian-born Frenchman. He is noted as the author of "Catherine the Great" and other biographies of the Russian czars and the immensely popular "Tolstoy" and "Chekhov". In this biography of Peter the Great he has re-created one of the most crucial eras in Russian history. 392 pages with Chronology Notes Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1987 E. P. Dutton USA E. P. Dutton hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 023602 ISBN : 0525245472 9780525245476

‎Glasrud, Bruce A. and Alan M. Smith, eds.‎

‎Race Relations in British North America 1607-1783‎

‎Chicago: Nelson-Hall 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. xii 356 pp. Bound in full black cloth in white dust jacket printed in orange and black. Includes bibliography. Near Fine minor soiling to top edge light shelf wear internally clean and tight in Near Fine dust jacket with minor wear and age-toning. <br/><br/> Nelson-Hall hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002208 ISBN : 0882293885 9780882293882

‎Roberts, Mary Louise‎

‎Disruptive Acts‎

‎Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. xii 354 pp. Bound in full brown cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes index. Very Good small stain to front cover otherwise bright copy tight and clean in Very Good dust jacket with small stain to verso of front cover. <br/><br/> University of Chicago Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002255 ISBN : 0226721248 9780226721248

‎Weber, Eugen‎

‎The Western Tradition: From the Enlightenment to the Present Third Edition‎

‎Lexington MA; Toronto Canada; London England: D.C.Heath and Company 1972. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Third Edition. Trade Paperback in Good Condition 1019 pages. Selections of the writings of many persons of the times in which they lived with the cohesion reflected in the gradual process of Western man to greater awareness of the world and of self-consciousness and self-control in his attempted to master himself and the world around him. Clean bright tight unmarked except for previous owner signature. Light wear all around cover edges. Back of cover has a crease from top to bottom. Glued binding tight and solid square. Text block edges a little spotted. Text pages clean unmarked no creases. lightly toned double column format. xxxii 505 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 1972 D.C.Heath and Company Lexington MA; Toronto Canada; London England D.C.Heath and Company paperback‎

Référence libraire : 023231 ISBN : 0669811580 9780669811582

‎Walkowitz, Judith R.‎

‎Prostitution and Victorian Society‎

‎New York: Cambridge University Press 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good-. 8vo. x 348 pp. Bound in full black cloth in gold dust jacket printed in black. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good tight clean copy minor rubbing to extremities in Good dust jacket with chipping and short tears to extremities overall rubbing. <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 002079 ISBN : 0521223342 9780521223348

‎De Segue, Count Philippe-Paul‎

‎Napoleon's Russian Campaign‎

‎USA: Time-Life Books 1965. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Ilonka Karasz. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Cover art by Ilonka Karasz. Map of Napoleon's campaign. Tight clean square paperback in bright and colorful pictorial wraps. In flawless condition. Translated from the French by J. David Townsend with an Introduction by Peter Gay. Tight clean square paperback in bright and colorful pictorial wraps. In flawless condition. 295 pages with index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1965. This is a 1980 reprint of the 1965 edition. Time-Life Books paperback‎

Référence libraire : 023122

‎Valenta, Jiri‎

‎Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia 1968‎

‎Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1981. Paperback. Very Good . 8vo. xii 2 208 pp. Bound in red wrappers printed in black and white. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good light rubbing and wear to wrappers internally clean and sound. Nice copy. <br/><br/> The Johns Hopkins University Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 002023 ISBN : 0801825407 9780801825408

‎WHO Regional Office for Europe‎

‎Evaluation in Health Promotion: Principles and Perspectives WHO Regional Publications European Series‎

‎World Health Organization 2001-07. Paperback. Good. Good paperback copy. A small handful of markings gentle creasing to spine minor shelfwear to cover. Binding is tight and sturdy text mostly clean and always readable. World Health Organization paperback‎

Référence libraire : 168426 ISBN : 9289013591 9789289013598

‎Cohat, Yves‎

‎The Vikings: Lords of the Seas New Horizons‎

‎London England: Thames & Hudson 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Lavishly illustrated in full color throughout. Bright glossy clean unmarked wrappers with ruffling of front corners; tight solid and square binding. Coated paper pages are clean free from any markings no creasing. The Vikings the lords of the sea terrified the world in the Middle Ages and beyond. There are six illuminations taken from an English manuscript of the 11th century that tell the victims' point of view the epic tale of how the Vikings conquered the Anglo-Saxon lands in 886 when they crossed the North Sea led by their chief Ivar and landed on English soil. They massacred the inhabitants and pillaged the land. This is the history of the forerunners of the VIkings Norwegians trying to conquer the world Danes attacking Western Christiandom navigators and traders the Vikings at home Gods and Heroes. Ten pages of illustrations of the Bayeaux Tapestry that are exquisite. There is a Section of Documents: Egil's Saga; The Laxdaela Saga; The Death of Baldr; and others. 175 pages with Chronology and Index. 4.8 x 7. 1992 Thames & Hudson London England Thames & Hudson paperback‎

Référence libraire : 022630 ISBN : 0500300151 9780500300152