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JG. Ed. Vos Regional Office Who/Europe Joseph G. Vos J. G.
Allergic Hypersensitivities Induced by Chemicals
Taylor & Francis Group pp. 360 . Hardback. New. Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6530687 ISBN : 0849392268 9780849392269
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Woodcock, Roger
Tyne Liners 1900-1962. Looking Back at .
Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle City Libraries. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and marked. 1993. Second Edition. Illustrated laminated card cover. 150mm x 210mm 6" x 8". 24pp. B/w photographic illustrations. . Newcastle City Libraries unknown
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Europa Publications
European Union Encyclopedia and Directory 2012
Taylor & Francis Group pp. 808 12th Edition . Hardback. New. Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 63145614 ISBN : 1857436288 9781857436280
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Europa Publications Kenneth Wilson Toby Wight Kai Wegerich Michael Tokmazishvili George Takhan-Mouravi Alexander Sodiqov Andrew
Eastern Europe Russia and Central Asia 2012
Taylor & Francis Group pp. 816 12th Edition . Hardback. New. Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 614273860 ISBN : 185743627X 9781857436273
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Europa Publications
The USA and Canada 2012
Taylor & Francis Group pp. 676 14th Edition . Hardback. New. Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 614273865 ISBN : 1857436296 9781857436297
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ERICKSON, CAROLLY
To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
New York: William Morrow & Co 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. William Morrow & Co. 1991. Type: Hardback First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket in archival protective cover. Red half-cloth w/gilt titles cream boards; three small faint pale grayish marks on front otherwise book is very clean no marks tight solid and square sharp corners. A handsome volume. Internals very clean free from any markings no creases. 384 pages with Chapter Notes and Index. Large 8vo; 9-10" tall. 1991 William Morrow New York. William Morrow & Co hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017803 ISBN : 0688073018 9780688073015
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TIME-LIFE BOOK EDITORS
France Library of Nations
USA: Time-Life Books 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources peoples customs and traditions histories economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Paper affixed illustration on front of the 17th Century facade of the Chateau of Cheverny. Bound in brown leatherette with silver titles very clean slight rubbing of the top edge back has a scratch line like a half loop. Tight and solid sewn binding square. Interior is pristine. Front endpaper: A topographic map showing the mountains deserts and other natural features of France. The back endpaper shows the principal towns cities and settlements. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1985. Time-Life Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017686 ISBN : 0809451247 9780809451241
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TIME-LIFE BOOK EDITORS
Eastern Europe Library of Nations
USA: Time-Life Books 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket as issued. . One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources peoples histories customs and traditions economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Bound in blue leatherette w/silver titles with paper illustration affixed to front of Poland's mountain dwellers amid the larch and spruce forests of the High Tatra. Clean and unmarked tight and solid sewn binding square with light rubbing of bottom edges. Interior is pristine. Front and back endpapers: The major rivers lakes mountain ranges and other natural features; the major cities and towns of these three Eastern European countries. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1987. Time-Life Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017695 ISBN : 0809451522 9780809451524
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Abbott, John S. C
ITALY with a Supplementary Chapter of Recent Events By Wilfred C. Lay Nations of the World Series
New York New York USA: Peter Fenelon Collier and Son 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Peter Fenelon Collier and Son 1900. Thorough and detailed history of Italy by the renown historian John S.C.Abbott. Hardcover Book In Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. Illustrated. Clean red cloth binding w/bright and sharp gilt titles. Lower front corner and spine head lightly scuffed other corners and spine heel rubbed front panel rubbed. Inner hinge reinforced with book tape.Tight solid square with sewn binding. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked--no underlining no highlighting. 668 pages. 8.25 x 6 inches. Peter Fenelon Collier and Son New York 1900. Peter Fenelon Collier and Son hardcover
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Stromberg, Roland N
Europe in the Twentieth Century
USA: Prentice-Hall 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 500 pages including Suggested Reading List and Index. Clean and unmarked brown and cream card cover; slight edgewear. Solid binding. Illustrations throughout. Pages quite clean and completely unmarked. Notable historian Roland Stromberg provides the reader this concise interpretive history of twentieth-century European society and civilization and surveys the full range of social political economic cultural and diplomatic events -- from pre-World War I to the 1990s. 500 pages. 8.9 x 6 inches. 1980 Prentice-Hall Publisher. Prentice-Hall paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017466 ISBN : 0132919060 9780132919067
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READER'S DIGEST EDITORS
Discover Western Europe Discover the World Series
Pleasantville New York USA: Reader's Digest Association 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Large Quarto Hard Cover Volume in Near Fine Condition. No jacket as issued. 9.5" x 11.75" tall. 160 pp with maps charts facts figures index. Fully illustrated in full color with illustrations on every page. Pictorial cloth binding very clean and unmarked. Slight rubbing on corner tips else fine. Tight and solid. Interior is in Fine Condition. Two pages with pull-out map of London to create a four page map in the center of the book. Visit Europe's places of natural beauty--Connemara's wild beauty The Netherlands hte Belgian tundra Corsica and other places. Explore the resources and the people--in the epicentre of wine the northern plain the breadbasket of Europe energy-nuclear vs fossil fuel 'big wheels' the sea white gold in the mountains; learn what it is like to live in Western Europe; visit the cities--Paris Amsterdam Brussels Berlin Luxembourg Vienna LondonDublin--; and enjoy the treasures of its heritage in Bavaria the chateaus of the Loire Mont-Saint-Miche; churches castles cathedrals everywhere. Take this fantastic trip through Western Europe. 2000 Reader's Digest Association Pleasantville New York USA Reader's Digest Association hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017244 ISBN : 0762103094 9780762103096
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McGirr, Michael
Things You Get for Free
USA: ATlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic Inc 2002. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Advance Uncorrected Proof Uncorrected Proof Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright wrappers with a bare touch of wear sound and tight binding square pages clean no marks no creases. A travelogue of a Jesuit's priest's journey with his mother to Europe's famous landmarks BUT also much more unlikely places--the home of the postage stamp in Bath a tatoo parlor in London. McGuir also delves into his family history unearthing sickness and instability but also love and endurance. A charming and witty book. 296 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Atlantic Monthly Press New York New York U.S.A. 2002. ATlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic Inc paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017285 ISBN : 0871138379 9780871138378
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Hutchinson, Robert J
When In Rome: A Journal of Life in Vatican City
USA: Main Street Books/Doubleday 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Ex-Library Stated First Edition. Full Number Line. Trade Paperback Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Usual lib marks otherwise clean glossy heavy card cover with French flaps and glassine covering; slight corner wear. Rough cut. Pages very clean completely umarked. Tight glued binding. A "witty delightfully disrespectful travelogue through the Vatican done by a loyal Roman Catholic journalist--". 289 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Main Street Books/Doubleday New York 1998. Main Street Books/Doubleday paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017319 ISBN : 0385486472 9780385486477
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Bell, Susan G. (Editor)
Women from the Greeks to the French Revolution
Stanford CA: Stanford Univ Press 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 313 pages. 9" tall 22cm.Brown illustrated card cover is clean and unmarked with light cover edgewear. Tight glued binding. Pages are clean with light pencilled lines along some text. An anthology with selections from the historical literature on the lives of women and on men's attitudes toward women from 400 B.C. to 1800 A.D. Women in the Ancient World: Greece and Rome. Early Christian Attitudes to Femininity. From the Introduction: Nunneries as the Medieval Alternative to Marriage. Varieties of Womanhood in the Middle Ages. Humanism and the Renaissance Education of Women. Renaissance Women and Reformation Influences. Women in the Century of the French Revolution. 1981 Stanford University Press Stanford CA Stanford Univ Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017127 ISBN : 0804710821 9780804710824
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Brown, R. Allen
The Origins of Modern Europe: The Medieval Heritage of Western Civilization
U.S.A: Barnes & Noble 1996. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First B & N Printing 1996. First Published 1972. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition and Dust Jacket As New. Book has former owner inscription on ffep otherwise in As New Condition. Black quarter cloth with bright and sharp gilt titles on spine gold boards. Eight maps. Brown explores Europe as it was during the 5th to 13th centuries with a twofold purpose: to show the relevance of medieval history at a time when interest seems to be waning and to show that the origins of modern Europe lie in the Middle Ages. He writes that "--all that matters most in the history of the West had happened by about 1300". 252 pages inc. Suggestions for Further Reading and Index. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Barnes & Noble New York 1996. Barnes & Noble hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017168 ISBN : 0760700575 9780760700570
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Noren, Allen
Storm: A Motorcycle Journey of Love Endurance and Transformation
San Francisco California: Travelers' Tales Inc 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book As New with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Lovely binding of forest-green half cloth w/gilt titles forest green boards. Immaculate. Green endpapers. Jacket shows signs of shelf-rubbing on front very clean no edgewear not price-clipped. Begun as a great motorcycling adventure this trip became a test of endurance as Allen and Suzanne rode through Germany Denmark and Sweden to the Artic Circle then on to Finland Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Poland. The extended road trip the unrelenting natural elements caused unexpected shifts in once-shared dreams and fissures in the relationship. A story of the journey and of the test of both riders' physical and emotional endurance. 355 pages. 6 x 8.25. 2000 Travelers' Tales Inc San Francisco California U.S.A. Travelers' Tales Inc hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 017211 ISBN : 1885211457 9781885211453
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Babcock, Michael A
The Night Attila Died
U.S.A: Berkley Pub Group 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Remainder. Photographic illustrations. Mr. Babcock presents his case with evidence for the assassination of Attila the Hun--a violent death not the recorded death from a nose bleed. He lays out his evidence like a skilled trail lawyer in a high-profile murder case--and solves an ancient murder mystery. 324 pages. 6 x 9 inches. 2005 Berkley Pub Group USA Berkley Pub Group hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016760 ISBN : 0425202720 9780425202722
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Nabhan, Gary Paul
Songbirds Truffles and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy
New York New York U.S.A: Bantam 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Ex-Library First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Green half cloth binding w/gilt titles green boards. Usual lib mks with check-out card on ffep. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Very nice clean solid book. Very slight lean to spine. Internals clean and free of any markings no creases. Gary Nabhan writes of his walks and travels in the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside in Italy cherishing and studying plants and beasts searching for vestiges of wilderness in a landscape more often admired for its human intervention aspects. An authentic pilgrimage in which the writer travels an ancient way back to the source of all healing and health: the land itself and what it gives us. 227 pp. 5.5 x 8.5. 1993 Pantheon Books New York New York U.S.A. Bantam hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016652 ISBN : 0679415858 9780679415855
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LOTHAR, ERNST
Beneath Another Sun: The Story of a Transplanted People
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc 1943. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Hardcover Literary Guild Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. The moving story of a people crushed under the 'New Order' of Nazism torn from their homeland and forced to manufacture weapons of tyranny who rise up to become part of the vast European underground movement. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt titles on spine debossed blind stamped vignette on cover of man overcoming his trials. Very clean and unmarked a touch of wear to extremities; tight solid and square; inner hinge cracked. Fore edge and bottom edge rough cut. Top edge tinted dark red. Endpapers with maps of the locale of "Beneath Another Sun"--Germany Austria Czechoslovakia Italy. Former owner name of endpaper and bookplate on flyleaf. Jacket is in good condition clean and colorful depicting people supply wagons mules moving from peaceful village to war-torn city; chipped at corners and spine head and heel. Vintage jacket in clear archival protective cover. 420 pages. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Publisher: New York. Doubleday Doran; 1943. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc hardcover
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CAZAURANG, JEAN-JACQUES
PYRENEES FRANCAISES
France: B. Arthaud Publishers 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. 80 illustrations with 20 in full color. Binding of spotless Ivory cloth w/green titles on spine and front; no marks on boards slight rubbing and a tiny bump on lower edge. Tight & solid square with sharp corners. Endpapers with maps of the Pyrenees. Photographic book of the Pyrenees and surrounding areas--beautiful and interesting illustrations with much detail of cathedrals churches abbeys etc--with descriptive text in French. Jacket clean and bright chipped spine edges. Cover illustration of the Abbey of St. Martin du Canigou. A Beautiful book. 109 pages. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. B. Arthaud Publishers France 1974. B. Arthaud Publishers hardcover
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MacDonald, Michael
Children of Wrath
New York: Polity Press 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . 8vo. xiv 194 pp. Bound in black boards. Very Good light foxing to top edge previous owner's name in ink to half title rippling to bottom of first 30 pages otherwise clean and bright in Very Good dust jacket with 1/4" tear to upper fore edge of rear flap light wear to extremities. <br/><br/> Polity Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 000946 ISBN : 0745602193 9780745602196
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Gollwitzer, Heinz
Europe In The Age Of Imperialism 1880-1914
U.S.A: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1969. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold and Sons Ltd Norwich. One of the Series 'History of European Civilization Library General Editor Geoffrey Barraclough.108 Illustrations 13 in color. Illustrated cover is clean and bright no marks or stains a touch of wear to extremities. Tight glued binding. Pages very clean no markings lightly toned. 216 pages with bibliography and index. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Harcourt brace & World New York 1969. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc paperback
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Durant, Will
The Reformation: A History of European Civilization from Wyclif to Calvin: 1300-1564 The Story of Civilization: Part VI
USA: Simon and Schuster 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback 17th Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Red cloth binding with gilt decoration on front and gilt titled on spine. Blind-stamped portraits of Luther and Erasmus on front. Very clean and unmarked slight rubbing of corners and edges. Backside has faded area otherwise no marks no stains. Endpapers with maps of Europe in 1519 and Medieval England and Wales. c 1399 The Swiss Confederation and the Ottoman Empire. 48 b/w illustrations. Internals are quite clean completely unmarked no creases. Sewn binding is tight and solid square with sharp corners. A History of European Civilization from Wyclif to Calvin: 1300-1564. 1025 pages with Bibliographical Guide Notes and Index. 10 x 2.5 x 6.75 inches. 1975 Simon and Schuster New York New York USA Simon and Schuster hardcover
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Steves, Rick
Rick Steves' 2000 Europe Through the Back Door
Santa Fe NM: John Muir Publications 1999. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. The Travel Skills Handbook for Independent Travelers. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Heavy glossy cover very clean unmarked tight guide book. Small tear to top front corner and slight edgewear on bottom edge. Rick Steves teaches how to travel to get the most out of your time and money--for anyone who wants an authentic European experience no matter what their travel budget. 482 pages. 1999 Santa Fe NM USA John Muir Publications paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016006 ISBN : 1562614959 9781562614959
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Brooks, John
Ghosts of London : The West End South and West
Great Britain: Jarrold Publishing 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Illustrated. Clean and unmarked; bottom right corner of cover is creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Fascinating b/w illustrations. Find out where to look for the ghosts of the famous - Cromwell Anne Boleyn Jeremy Bentham and more. Also read about the many curious tales of the supernatural in London. 144 pages. 1982 Jarrold Publishing Great Britain Jarrold Publishing paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 016021 ISBN : 0711700400 9780711700406
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Pepys, Samuel
Exciting Days in SAMUEL PEPYS DIARY
Mount Vernon New York USA: The Peter Pauper Press 1966. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Jeff Hill. Type: Hardback First Peter Pauper Press Printing. Diverting and enjoyable illustrations in red-black-white by Jeff Hill. Small Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. C. Merton Babcoclk Editor. Pictorial cloth in red tan black and white with drawing of scene of London along the Thames stylistic. Very clean with slight corner wear. Full page inscription for a prev owner on ffep--quite a nice note. Interior is in Fine Condition. Jacket with same illustration on front is clean chipped on top edge. Dated excerpts from Pepys' Diary showing us London in his eyes--first entry is Jan. 1st 1660. A delightful book. 45. x 7.4 inches. The Peter Pauper Press Mount Vernon New York USA The Peter Pauper Press hardcover
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Peck, Anne Merriman and Meras, Edmond A
FRANCE: Crossroads of Europe
New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hard-to-Fine Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Pictorial cloth in deep blue with lighter blue map of France on front light blue lettering on spine. Very clean and unmarked with light corner/edge wear. Tight and solid sewn binding. Previous owner name of endpapers and printed on lower edge of text block. Interior of book clean unmarked no tears. Delightful in-text drawings: The Vintage The Market Paris Street Corner etc. Very nice volume. Authors present in simple and entertaining English the facts about France a cultured person should know. Their wish is to stimulate interest in learning how French people lived what their habits are how they resemble or differ from English speaking countires--in 1936! At the end of the book there is a section on "Exercises" questions and answers for the student or anyone wishing to learn more about France; a list of books about France; and Index. 324 pages. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. 1936 Publisher: Harper & Brothers New York and London Harper & Brothers hardcover
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James, Kevin J.
Handloom Weavers in Ulster's Linen Industry 1815-1914
Dublin: Four Courts Press 2007. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . 8vo. 174 pp. Bound in black boards in yellow and white dust jacket printed in black. Two black and white illustrations one map and several charts. Includes bibliography and index. Very Good light bumping to corners minor shelf wear internally clean and tight in Very Good dust jacket with light wear to extremities. <br/><br/> Four Courts Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 000880 ISBN : 1846820014 9781846820014
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Motley, John L
The Complete Works of John L. Motley: Volume XIV: The Life and Death of John of Barneveldt Vol III Advocate of Holland With a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of the Thirty Years' War
New York: Society of English and French Literature 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Ex-Library Ex-Library Limited Edition This Edition Limited to 1000 copies. Volume XIV. Hardcover Book in Good Condition retired library book. No jacket. Brown textured cloth with gold paper panel impress on spine black titles within. Generally clean with minor darkening slight wear to extremities. Top edge gilt which is darkened. Rough cut on fore-edge and bottom edge.Tight solid stitched binding. Lib pocket and stamps on endpapers in front. Frontis: Barneveldt Warned of His Danger from drawing by Frederick Dielman captioned tissue protector with caption on opposite side. Tissue torn at lower end about an inch up. Includes illustration plates. Pages with wide borders clean no markings no tears only lightly toned. A good solid volume. HISTORY EUROPE-17 CENTURY; RELIGIOUS CONFLICT; PROTESTANTISM; CATHOLICISM; HAPSBURGS; BOURBONS; HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. 323 pages with index. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Society of English and French Literature New York 1902. Society of English and French Literature hardcover
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Kee, Robert
The Green Flag Vol. I: The Most Distressful Country
London England: Penguin Books 1989. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover tight glued binding square Pages clean free from any markings toned. Very nice volume. Indispensable reading for anyone wanting to get to the roots of Ireland's present discontents. "The Green Flag" stands as the most comprehensive and illuminating history of Irish Nationalism at the time of publication. Vol 1 opens with the question of "Who are the Irish" and ranges from Ireland's earliest beginnings to the Great Famine of 1845. 341 pages. 5.2 x 7.8 inches. Penguin Books London England 1989. Penguin Books paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015611 ISBN : 0140111042 9780140111040
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Belfrage, Sally
Living With War: A Belfast Year
New Orleans Louisiana: Viking Press 1990. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Jacket. r. Clean and unmarked tight & solid volume in black half cloth w/silver titles black boards square with sharp corners. Internals are as new. Unclipped jacket is rubbed no other defects. Sally Belfrage spent a good part of a year in Belfast to gain insights into the basic issues which she thought relatively straight forward. And they were anything but that. She tells of the situation in Northern Ireland-the ironic coexistence of violent destructiveness with a persistent instinct for joyful survival-with insight and generosity. One of her insights is that many people in Northen Ireland have a big investment psychological or material in staving off peace. written 1990. 303 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Viking Press New York 1990. Viking Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 013919 ISBN : 0670818119 9780670818112
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Sachar, Howard Morley
Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War
U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf Inc 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective cover. Black half cloth binding with gilt titles and design black boards. Front panel has a small greyish discoloration else Fine. Tight solid square sharp corners. Interior is pristine. Sacher expands our understanding of the fate of Europe's Jewish minority by looking at it as a test of the continent's transformation after the Great War World War I--by its end Europe's authoritarian old regimes had fallen and new seemingly democratic states and governments were rising; how well that succeeded may in measure be seen by the fate of Europe's Jewish citizens. A masterful work. 385 pages with Chapter Notes Bibliography and Index. 6.5 x 7.75 inches. 2002 Alfred A Knopf Inc New York New York USA Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015163 ISBN : 0375409149 9780375409141
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Paepke, C. Owen
The Evolution of Progress: The End of Economic Growth and the Beginning of Human Transformation
New York: Random House Inc 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Random House Inc. 1993. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Blue cloth with grey marbelized paper-wrapped boards very clean and unmarked with both upper corners and lower front near spine edge gently bumped; slight rubbing of lower board edges. Tight and solid. Interior is Fine. A penetrating analysis of the factors driving the world economy and an examination of today's cutting-edge biotechnology research--and a look into the future. The author contends that economic progress is coming to an end exhausted by its own success; a new vision of human progress will replace it--transformation of people themselves through advances in neurobiology genetic engineering and gerontology. 382 pages with index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 1993 Random House Inc New York New York USA Random House Inc hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015170 ISBN : 0679415823 9780679415824
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Gompert, David C. And Larrabee, F. Stephen (Editors)
America and Europe: A Partnership for a New Era
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Dust Jacket As New. The first comprehensive statement by leading RAND thinkers on a redefined Atlantic partnership- a book about how the way Europe and America interact. Individual essays in the area of free trade; NATO reform; joint "Atlantic" strategies toward the former Soviet Union and the Middle East; and other shifts in American and European policies toward one another and the world at large. Binding of blue-green cloth with black titles on spine very clean with slight discoloration on bottom edge of front board else Fine. Tight and solid. sewn binding square with sharp corners. Interior fine-very cleancompletely unmarked. 276 pages with bibliography and index. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 1997 Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK Cambridge University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015193 ISBN : 0521591074 9780521591072
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Keegan, John - Editor
Churchill's Generals
USA: Grove Weidenfeld 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First US Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Photographic illustrations. Essays by eminent historians on twenty generals whose reputations were made or broken by Churchill and the Second World War. Olive-green half cloth gilt titled with olive-green boards pristine condtion. Pictorial jacket with photographs of some of the generals. Not price-clipped. 368 pages. 6.5 x 9.6 inches. Grove Weidenfeld Publishers New York 1991. Grove Weidenfeld hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015467 ISBN : 0802113095 9780802113092
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Campbell, Greg
The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary
Boulder Colorado USA: Westview Press/Perseus Books Broup 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Bright red cloth binding is spotless with a slight touch of wear to lower corner tips and spine heel edges--very slight. Binding is tight and solid. Interior is Fine--spotless no creases no marks of any kind. Jacket is bright and clean unclipped and has slight edgewear. Part travel diary part historical guide this book shows us war and the struggle for peace through the eyes of a young journalist. 229 pages including Biblography Notes and Index. 9.25 x 6 inches. 1999 Westview Press/Perseus Books Group Boulder Colorado. BOSNIA. KOSOVO SERBIA. Westview Press/Perseus Books Broup hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014659 ISBN : 0813335892 9780813335896
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The European Scrap Book - The Year's Golden Harvest of Thought and Achievement
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Wm. H. Wise & Co 1928. Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Second Printing Sept 1928 24000 copies. Was first published August 1928 10000 copies. Taupe buckram spine covering with taupe cloth bound boards gilt titled within scroll outlined panel on front with gilt design; gilt lettering on spine nearly rubbed off; very clean and unmarked corners slightly pressed in. Tight and solid sewn binding. Bookplate on paste-down front endpaper slit up from the bottom right next to hinge; very small pale library stamp on endpaper with discard stamp no other lib marks. Frontis: portrait of George Bernard Shaw onion-skin protected with black lettering on side opposite the portrait. Illustrated title page. Illustration plates b/w and full colour. Pages very clean and free of any markings evenly toned double column format. 1928 European-writings of and about such personages and topics as George Bernard Shaw George Meredith Clare Sheridan Mussolini Anatole France Trader Horn Socialism London Slums Ethics Literature H.G.Wells and many and much more. 398 pages. 8 x 10.75 inches. W. H. Wise & Co. New York 1928. Wm. H. Wise & Co hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014698
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Irwin, John L
The Finns and The Lapps: How They Live and Work
Devon Great Britain: David & Charles 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Spring green/cream cloth binding with bright and sharp gilt titles; very clean and unmarked; tight solid and square volume. A few pages are lightly wavy along fore edge. Bright clean clipped jacket. A complete look at contemporary life in Finland and Lapland--their government taxation education religion housing industry welfare service and transport and also sport holidays food drink and entertainment. 171 pages with index. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. David & Charles Publishers Newton Abbot Devon Great Britain 1973. David & Charles hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014756
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Kennan, George F
From Prague After Munich - Diplomatic Papers 1938-1940
Princeton New Jersey USA: Princeton University Press 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing of First Edtion. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Dust Jacket As New. Blue cloth binding gilt titled very clean with the upper corners bumped else Fine. Sewn binding is tight & solid and square. Bright clean Dust Jacket no wear price-clipped. Diplomatic papers written by Mr. Kennan when he was Secretary of Legation in Prague beginning in 1938; they constitute an eyewitness report of the years 1938-1940 in Prague describing the initial impact of the Nazi occupation of the various parts of the former Czechoslovakia; they also deal with in 1968 the political future of the Czech people and the effects of Munich and the German occupation of Prague on the outlying regions of Slovakia and Ruthenia as well as on the Jewish population. 266 pages with Glossary and Index. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Princeton University Press Princeton NJ 1968. Princeton University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014749
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Shafer, Boyd C.; Francois, Michel; Mommsen, Wolfgang J.; Milne, A. Taylor
Historical Study In The West: France Western Germany Great Britain United States
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. No Dust Jacket. Gray half- cloth with golden-brown cloth-over boards black and white lettering. Very clean and unmarked tight and solid. No edgewear lower corner very slightly bumped. Internals in Fine Condition. The authors focus on how historical work is done in diverse countries with a brief history of historical study by Boyd Shafer. 239 pages. 1968 Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014766
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Brinton, William M. And Rinzler, Alan - Editors
Without Force or Lies: Voices from the Revolution of Central Europe in 1989-90 Essays Speeches and Eyewitness Accounts
San Francisco CA: Mercury House 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in VG Condition. 495 pages. Blue quarter cloth w/bronze titles orange boards very clean and unmarked; very slight rubbing of edges of boards; tight and solid. Unclipped Jacket is clean with upper edge wear and a closed tear on the lower front corner. In 1989 the Berlin Wall crumbled; a condemned playwright became president of Czechoslovakia; democratic revolutionaries overthrew Communist dictatorships in Poland Hungary and Romania. By the end of 1990 the two Germanies were reunified-predicted in 1990. These Voices from Europe reveal the drama the confusion the hopes in those countries in a time of dramatic change. Essays speeches and eyewitness accounts from Andrei Sakharov Mikhail Gorbachev Vaclav Havel Gunter Grass Tamas Aczel and many others. 9 x 6 inches. Mercury House San Francisco CA 1990. Mercury House hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014759 ISBN : 0916515788 9780916515782
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Williams, Geoffrey
Flying Through Fire - FIDO - The Fogbuster of World War Two
London England: Grange Books 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Grange Books 1996. Reprint of the 1995 First Edition. Hardcover pictorial laminated boards in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Lower corners with light wear else Fine. An account of FIDO Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation which was one of Great Britain's most remarkable wartime inventions and was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of aircrew during WW II. Photographic illustrations throughout. Lower corners with light wear else Fine. Foreword by Marshall of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham. 228 pages. 9.8 x 7 inches. 1996 Grange Books London England Grange Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014871 ISBN : 1856279006 9781856279000
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Snell, Gordon
Hysterically Historical: Madcap Rhymes of Olden Times
London UK: Hutchinson 1993. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Wendy Shea. Hutchinson London UK 1993. Hardback First Pub 1990. 1993 Reprint. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. No jacket. A fun book of rhymes with delightful caricature illustrations by Wendy Shea. Laminated illustrated boards very clean no markings. Tight and solid. Humorous rhymes about for example Queen Boadicea King Arthur King Alfred the Great King Canute King John Sit Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare Sir Isaac Newton Captain Bligh--throughout the centuries in England. 96 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1993 Hutchinson London UK Hutchinson hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 015025 ISBN : 0091763509 9780091763503
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William Blackwood and Sons, Various Authors
Tales From "Blackwood" Volume 6: My Friend the Dutchman; My College Friends; The Emerald Studs; and Others
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Type: Ex-Library Volume 6 of The Tales of "Blackwood". Small Solid Hardcover Ex-Lib Book in Good Condition no jacket. This is a collection of the British Empire adventurous stories originally published in the Blackwood Magazine in 1832 1829 18531852 1832. This volume includes: "My Friend the Dutchman"; "My College Friends-No. 11"; "The Emerald Studs"; "Christine: A Dutch Story"; and "The Man in the Bell". 4"x6" tall. 94 pages. No publication date stated. c 1933. Library binding of black leather gilt titled on spine and with library name stamped on front rounded corners; clean and unmarked with rubbed edges. Tight and solid binding. Top edge stained black; fore edge and lower edge red-speckled. Library document affixed to paste-down checkout card on rear paste-down usual lib stamps. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are clean no marks no tears. c. 1933 William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014319
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William Blackwood and Sons, Various Authors
Tales From "Blackwood" Volume 11: The Natolian Story-Teller; The First and Last Crime; John Rintoul; Major Moss; The Premier and His Wife
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Type: Ex-Library Volume 11 of The Tales of "Blackwood". Small Solid Hardcover Ex-Lib Book in Good Condition no jacket. This is a collection of the British Empire adventurous stories originally published in the Blackwood Magazine in 1832 1829 18531852 1832. Contents in this vollume include: "The Natollian Story-Teller": " The First and Last Crime"; " John Rintoul"; "Major Moss"; and "The Premier and His Wife". 4"x6" tall. 94 pages. No publication date stated. c 1933. Library binding of black leather gilt titled on spine and with library name stamped on front rounded corners; clean and unmarked with rubbed edges. Tight and solid sewn binding. Top edge stained black; fore-edge and lower edge red-speckled. Library document affixed to paste-down checkout card on rear paste-down usual lib stamps. Front endpaper corner is clipped. Pages are clean no marks no tears. c. 1933. William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014317
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William Blackwood and Sons, Various Authors
Tales From "Blackwood" Volume 7: My English Acquaintance; The Murderer's Last Night; The Wags; and Others
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7" tall. Type: Ex-Library Volume 7 of The Tales of "Blackwood". Small Solid Hardcover Ex-Lib Book in Good Condition no jacket. This is a collection of the British Empire adventure stories originally published in the Blackwood Magazine in the mid-1800s. Contents include: "My English Apprentice"; "The Murderer's Last Night"; "Narration of Certain Uncommon Things-"; "The Wags"; "The Wet Wooing-Narrative of '98; and "Ben-Na-Groich". 4 x 6 inches. 94 pages. No publication date stated. c 1933. Library binding of black leather gilt titled on spine and with library name stamped on front rounded corners; clean and unmarked with rubbed edges. Tight and solid sewn binding. Top edge stained black; fore edge and lower edge red-speckled. Library document affixed to paste-down checkout card on rear paste-down usual lib stamps. Front endpaper corner is clipped. Pages are clean no marks no tears. c 1933. William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014318
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Brodrick, Alan Houghton
Danger Spot In Europe
New York: Philosophical Library 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Publisher: Philosophical Library 1951. Hard Back First Printing in Very Good Condition. No jacket. 192 pages. Very clean red cloth gilt titled with light wear to corners and spine edges. Tight and solid. Interior Fine. Endpapers with maps of Western Germany. An exploration of the first-line problem of West Germany in the British French and US Zones in relation to the need for a line of defense as conditions existed in the early fifties. 192 pages indexed. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1951 Published by Philosophical Library New York. Philosophical Library hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014464
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Kostrzewa, Robert-Editor
Between East and West: Writings from Kultura
New York and Toronto: Hill & Wang/Farrar Straus and Giroux 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Mylar jacket cover. A collection of fifteen remarkable essays and short stories selected from the past two decades of 'Kultura' arguably one of the most important intellectual forums of the postwar period. An important contribution to a better understanding of the dilemmas and dynamics of Central Europe. It includes previously untranslated works of such authors as Czeslaw Milosz Leszek Kolakowski Slawomir Mrozek Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski and others. A short biographical sketch for each author is included. 273 pages. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. Hill & Wang/Farrar Straus and Giroux New York and Toronto 1990. Hill & Wang/Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 014569 ISBN : 0809029375 9780809029372
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MAYES, FRANCES
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy
U.S.A: Broadway Books/Random House 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A follow-up to "Under the Tuscan Sun". "A love letter to Italy--". Frances Mayes writes lyrically of the friendship festivity and food in Tuscany and throughout Italy. Clean and unmarked book with light wear to front corner and faint wear to edges; a few pages have been dog-eared otherwise clean and completely unmarked. Soundly bound square. 286 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. New York. Broadway Books/Random House 1999. Broadway Books/Random House paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 013741 ISBN : 076790284X 9780767902847
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Magnet, Myron
Dickens and the Social Order
Philadelphia Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. University of Pennsylvania Press 1985. First Printing. Hardcover Ex-library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Other than library marks which are minimal no pocket/card in very good condition. Book is clean solid unmarked except lib marks. Tight and solid. Internals very clean and unmarked no creases no toning. Jacket has very slight edgewear clean but some greying of white portion. An original study of four of Dickens' early works - Nicholas Nickleby Barnaby Rudge American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit providing new insights into the development of Charles Dickens as a novelist and a thinker. He emerges as a conservative thinker who deals in a sophisticated way with some of the major problems that have occupied political and social thinkers of all times. 19th Century Literature and History. Victorian Culture. 266 pages with Notes and Index. 6 x 9.25 inches. University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia PA 1985. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 013866 ISBN : 0812279840 9780812279849
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