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U. S. Relief Commission in Europe
Report on Operations of United States Relief Commission in Europe 1914 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0332719537.G ISBN : 0332719537 9780332719535
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Graham Ovenden, editor; Lord David Cecil, Essay;
A Victorian Album: Julia Margaret Cameron and Her Circle
NY: Da Capo Pr. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Da Capo Press 1975 first printing. 4to. 9 3/4" x 13 1/4" vii252pp. illustrated with 119 duotone plates. Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron. Edited and with a Preface by Graham Ovenden. Introduction by Lord David Cecil. Additional photographs by Lewis Carroll Oscar Rejlander and drawings by George F. Watts. Includes a family tree and a list of sitters. Green cloth with gilt titles and designs to resemble a photo album top edge tinted brown. Mild rub to the lower board edges small spot of wear at one lower tip. Near fine in very good dust jacket with uniform sunning to the spine. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1975. Da Capo Pr unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 010003 ISBN : 0306707497 9780306707490
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Council of Europe
Natural Sources Of Flavouring: Report No. 2
Council of Europe. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Council of Europe unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : Z1-E-009-01644 ISBN : 9287161569 9789287161567
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Luxemburg, Rosa (translated by Eden and Cedar Paul)
ROSA LUXEMBURG ON THE SPARTACUS PROGRAMME
Republic of Sri Lanka: Young Socialist Publication 1966. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 28 pp. Edge and corner wear with some darkening around the edges; no interior markings. Speech delivered on December 30 1918 at the Founding Conference of the Communist Party of Germany held in Berlin. Young Socialist Publication Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 232171
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Yapp, Nick
150 Years of Photo Journalism Vol. 1
Cologne: Konemann. Volume 1. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cologne: Konemann 1995. Thick 4to. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" 480pp. illustrated throughout with stunning black and white historical news sports and theater photography. Text in English German and French. Black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles red endpapers. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hard. 1995. Konemann unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009982 ISBN : 3895081019 9783895081019
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Bernard, Bruce (Editor)
Century. One Hundred Years of Human Progress Regression Suffering and Hope
London: Phaidon. Hard cover in laminated boards. Published London: Phaidon 1999 reprinted 2000. Thick square 4to. 10 1/4" x 10 1/4" 1120pp. illustrated with nearly 1000 b/w and color photographs to present a comprehensive visual document of the twentieth century. Very good plus clean strong copy. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1999. Phaidon unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009994 ISBN : 0714838489 9780714838489
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Barker, Ralph
THE THOUSAND PLAN
London: Pan Books 1967. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 271 pp. Pan Book M205. Lightly rubbed on the corners with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pan Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 230482
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Lodge, Edmund
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
London: Harding and Lepard. Single volume of engraved portraits from 1835 edition of Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Volume begins with Charles James Fox and ends with Sir Walter Scott. Portraits only - no text or title page. Portraits measure 7" x 10 5/8" and have all edge gilting. Moisture impressions to a few. Most very good. . Good. Hard. 1835. Harding and Lepard unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009634
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Hamilton, Edith
MYTHOLOGY
New York: Back Bay Books - Little Brown 1998. Book. Illus. by Steele Savage;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. xiv 497 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Steele Savage. The Contents are: Foreword; Introduction to Classcal Mythology; The Mythology of the Greeks; The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology; The Gods the Creation and the Earliest Heroes; Stories of Love and Adventure; The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War; The Heroes of the Trojan War; The Great Families of Mythology; The Less Important Myths; and The Mythology of the Norsemen; followed by an index. Back Bay Books - Little Brown Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 229723
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Herm, Gerhard
THE CELTS - The People Who Came Out of the Darkness
New York: St. Martin's Press 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. 312 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 229722 ISBN : 0312127057 9780312127053
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Squire, Charles (foreword by Owen Perkins)
CELTIC MYTHS AND LEGENDS
New York: Gramercy Books 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. xiv 450 pp. Quarter-bound in green cloth on green boards; decorated in gilt on the spine; headband. Illustrated with colour plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block. The Contents are: The Interest and Importance of Celtic Mythology; The Sources of Our Knowledge of the Celtic Mythology; Who Were the Ancient Britons; The Religion of the Ancient Britons and Druidism; The Gaelic Gods and Their Stories; The British Gods and Their Stories; and Survivals of the Celtic Paganism; followed by an index. Gramercy Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 229703 ISBN : 0517101572 9780517101575
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Censor (Bunce, Oliver Bell)
Don't: A Manual of Mistakes and Improprieties More or Less Prevalent in Conduct and Speech
London: Griffith & Farran. First English edition. Hard cover half leather. Published London: Griffith & Farran 1884. 12 mo. 77pp. Bound in brown pebbled leather over burgundy cloth burgundy and black marbled endpapers. Mild foxing to the last few pages gentle rub to lower tips else very good plus in near fine binding. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1884. Griffith & Farran unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009737
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D'Esparbes, G. (preface)
Fontainebleau. Les Petits Appartments de Napoleon et Josephine
Versailles: A. Bourdier. Hardbound portfolio of 100 loose plates. Published: Versailles: A. Bourdier no date c.1900. Folio case 11 1/2" x 15 1/4" 18pp. text plus 100 loose plates - most on heavy stock. Plates are numbered from 1-225 but 100 plates are present. The publisher released other variant works and selected the plates to be used from a pool of illustrations. Much of the spine for the case lacking lower spine has old tape repair. A few plates have minor edge fray/chipping all are very good and are of high quality. . Good. Hard. A. Bourdier unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009783
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Toynbee, Arnold J.
Hellenism: The History of a Civilization
New York and London: Oxford University Press. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New York and London: Oxford University Press 1959 first printing. 8vo. xii272 illustrated with maps. Brown cloth with red and white titles. Light underlining in one chaper else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 1959. Oxford University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009277
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Durant, Will and Ariel
The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815 The Story of Civilization Volume XI
NY: Simon & Schuster. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster 1975 first printing. Thick 8vo. xxi872pp. illustrated with plates. Black cloth with gilt titles and cover design top edge tinted gray. Fine pristine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket - price of $17.50 intact. Simon & Schuster reader opinion postcard laid in. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1975. Simon & Schuster unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009295
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Osmont, Marie-Louise (introduction by John Keegan) (translated by George L. Newman)
THE NORMANDY DIARY OF MARIE-LOUISE OSMONT 1940 - 1944
New York: Random House - The Discovery Channel Press 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. xv 118 pp. Quarter-bound in brown on brown boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword: About the Author; Translator's Note by George L. Newman; Introduction by John Keegan; The Diary - beginning August 6 1940 and ending August 17 1944; Marie-Louise Osmont's Glossary; and Footnotes. Random House - The Discovery Channel Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 229078 ISBN : 0679434380 9780679434382
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Goodwin, A.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
London: Arrow Books - A Grey Arrow 1959. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 192 pp. Grey Arrow G16. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front cover and a crease on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: I: The ANCIENT REGIME: Introduction; Faulty Finance; Administrative Complexity; Agrarian Distress; II: THE REVOLT OF THE NOBILITY - 1787 - 1788: Calonne's Plans for Radical Reform; The Revolt of the Notables; The Revolt of the Parlements; The Revolt of the Provinces; III: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION - 1788 - 1789: Necker's Second Ministry and the Recall of the Parlement; The Formation of the Partiotic Party; Pamphlet Warfare and the Attack on Privilege; Necker and the Convocation of the States General; The Elections to the States General; IV: THE REVOLUTION OF THE LAWYERS - 5th May - 27th June 1789: The Opening of the States General; The Conflict of the Orders - 6th May - 9th June 1789; The Formation of the National Assembly - 10th - 17th June; The Failure of Counter-Revolution - 18th - 27th June; V: THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES AND THE FALL OF THE ANCIEN REGIME: The Revolt of Paris and the Fall of the Bastille; The Revolt of the Provinces and the Great Fear; The Fall of the Ancien Regime - 4th - 11th August 1789; The Declaration of Rights 26th August 1789; The Schism in the Patriotic Party and the October Days; VI: THE WORK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES: The Constituent Assembly and Constructive Reform; Mirabeau and the Monarchy - October 1789 - April 1791; The Civil Constitution of the Clergy and Religious Schism; The Flight to Varennes - 21st June 1791; The Massacre of the Champ de Mars 17th July 1791; The Feuillants and Constitutional Revision; VII: THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WAR AND THE LAST DAYS OF THE MONARCHY: The Political Consequences of the Constitution of 1791; Political Groupings in the Legislative Assembly; The Origins of the War of 1792; The Last Days of the Monarchy; VIII: FROM THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY TO THE EXTENSION OF THE WAR WITH EUROPE: The Dethronement of Louis XVI and Its Results; The September Massacres; The Convention; Girondina and Montagnards; The King's Trial and Execution; War with Europe; IX: THE RISE OF REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT AND THE CRISIS OF NATIONAL DEFENCE: Military and Economic Difficulties - January March 1793; Sectional Movements in Paris February-April 1793; The Fall of the Gironde 5th April-2nd June 1793; The Federalist Revolt and the Collapse of the First Committee of Public Safety - May - July; The Crisis of National Defence and the Rise of Hebertism - July - August 1793; Terror the Order of the Day - September 1793; X: THE TERROR THE FACTIONS AND THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE: The Terror; The Dantonists and the Policy of Clemency; The Fall of the Factions; The Ascendancy and Fall of Robespierre - 13th April - 27th July 1794; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; and an Index. Arrow Books - A Grey Arrow Paperback
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Toynbee, Arnold J.
East to West
New York and London: Oxford Univ Pr. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New York and London: Oxford Univ Pr. 1958 first printing. 8vo. xii243p illustrated with fold-out 2-color map. Beige cloth with blue titles and brown designs. Mild sweat to top edge of rear cover soiling to top edge of page block else fine bright crisp in near fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1958. Oxford Univ Pr unknown
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Toynbee, Arnold J.
The World and the West
New York and London: Oxford Univ Pr. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New York and London: Oxford Univ Pr. 1953 first printing. 8vo. vi99pp. Burgundy cloth with silver titles and design. Offset toning to rear pastedown from newspaper review. Fine bright crisp in fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1953. Oxford Univ Pr unknown
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Jerrold, Douglas
The Lie About the West a Response To Professor Toynbee
NY: Sheed and Ward. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Sheed and Ward 1954 first printing. 12mo. 85pp. Beige cloth with red titles. Offset toning to two pages from book review laid in else fine in near fine dust jacket with mild sunning to the spine. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1954. Sheed and Ward unknown
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Burchard, Johann (translated by Geoffrey Parker)
AT THE COURT OF THE BORGIA
London: The Folio Society 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 245 pp. Light brown cloth decorated in red black and gilt on the front panel and spine; brown upper edge; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white plates and presented in a black slipcase. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Subtitled: Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI Written by His Master of Ceremonies. The Borgias in all their glory Lucrezia Joffre Juan Cesare. The Folio Society Hardcover
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Fraser, Antonia
THE WARRIOR QUEENS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 383 pp. Trade paperback format. Illustrated with black and white plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: A Singular Exception; Antique Glories; The Queen of War; Iceni: This Powerful Tribe; Ruin by a Woman; The Red Layer; Eighty Thousand Dead; O Zenobia; Matilda Daughter of Peter; England's Domina; Lion of the Caucasus; Isabella with her Prayers; Elizabetha Truimphans; Jinga at the Gates; Queen versus Monster; The Baliant Rani; Iron Ladies; and Unbecoming in a Woman; followed by Reference Notes and an Index. Alfred A. Knopf Paperback
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Morley, John David
IN THE LABYRINTH
London: Andre Deutsch 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 212 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on gold boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; small ink mark on the title page; no other interior markings. The Chapters are: Arrest; Journey into the Past; Behind the Bakery; Schimkov's Notes; Leopoldov; In the Labyrinth; The Nemesis of Boros; The Great Wheel; The Road Builder; Kunzendorf; and In the Poplar Avenue. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 228316 ISBN : 0233979786 9780233979786
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Jacques (translated by Helen Waddell)
A FRENCH SOLDIER SPEAKS
London: Constable and Co 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo. vii 138 pp. Beige boards matching the dustjacket. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Translator's Note; A French Soldier Speaks; The Cattle Leave Lorraine; Christmas Eve 1940; The Marseillaise; The Treason of the Elite; and The Quest of Lost Valley. Constable and Co Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 228347
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Spengler, Oswald
The Decline of the West Volume 2
2015: Arkose Press. Hard cover. Quality reprint in the Scholar Select series. Published Arkose Press 2015. 8vo. laminated boards xi507xxxii pp. Fine. . Fine. Hard. Arkose Press unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009084 ISBN : 1346200416 9781346200415
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Jebb, Camilla
A Star of the Salons: Julie De Lespinasse
NY: Putnam's. First American edition. Published NY: Putnam's 1908 first printing. 8vo. xii343pp. illustrated with 20 plates. Blue/green cloth with gilt titles top edge gilting. Light edgewear ocassional mild foxing else very good. . Very Good Minus. Hard. 1st. 1908. Putnam's unknown
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Campbell, W. Bennett (preface)
D-DAY 1944 - June 6 - 1984
Ottawa Ontario: Government of Canada Veterans Affairs 1984. Book. Illus. by Eric Aldwinckle;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing. 8vo. 48 pp. This is in English and in French. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers. Light edge and corner wear with some minor rubbing on the covers. Aviation painting on the cover by Eric Aldwinckle. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a four-colour map. The Contents are: Preface by W. Bennett Campbell; The Landings in Normandy June 6 1944; The Assault Plan; Preparation for the Assault; The Assault; Normandy Cemeteries and Memorials; Canadian Memorials - D-Day Area; Canadian Forces Associated with D-Day Landings; Canadian Army Units; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; and Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons. Government of Canada Veterans Affairs Paperback
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Smolen, Kazimierz
AUSCHWITZ 1940 - 1945 - Guide Book Through the Museum
Oswiecimiu Poland: Panstwowe Muzeum 1976. Book. Very Good-. Paperback. Later Printing. 120 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a fold-out map. The Contents are: Entrance to the Former Camp; Hitler Takes Over in Germany; Fire in the Reichstag; Racial Discrimination of Jews; Remilitarization; World Opinion; First Operations; Outbreak of World War II; Resistance Movement; Concentration Camps; Auschwitz - Oswiecim; Hall of Nations; Extermination of Soviet P.O.W.s; Extermination of the Gipsies; Extermination; The Road of Death Deceiving the Victims; Conditions of Transportation; Selection; Extermination Factory; Process of Extermination; Camouflaging of Crimes; Cyclon B; Exploiting the Corpses; Dividing the Loot; Material Proofs; Arrival at the Camp; Hair Cutting and Bathing; Registration and Tattooing; Marking the Prisoners; Clothes; The Amount of Prisoners with Camp Numbers; Quarantine; Administration of the Camp; Self Government of Prisoners; Roll Calls; Rapportfuhrer; Letter Writing; A Prisoner's Life; Everyday Toil; The German Industry Used Prisoners as Workmen; IG Farbenindustrie; The SS and the Industrial Concerns Got Rich Thanks to the Work of the Prisoners; Starvation; The SS Stole the Food of the Prisoners; Living Quarters; Sanitary and Hygenic Conditions; Selections Among the Sick Prisoners; Experiments on Prisoners; The Block of Death; Flogging; Hanging from the Stake; Other Punishments Provided for the Prisoners; Executions; Resistance Movement; The Attempt to Liquidate the Camp; The Road to Birkenau; The Execution of Women Prisoners; The Mass Grave; The SS Settlement and the SS Mess. Part Two: Birkenau: The Railway Viaduct; The Main Gate; The Building of the First Sector; Konigsgraven - King's Ditch; The Women's Camp; Barrack 25; The Quarantine Camp; The Familie's Camp; The Camp of the Jewish Women from Hungary; The Gipsy Camp; The Men's Hospital; The Railway Ramp and the Crematoria the Spot Where Selections Were Made; Mexico - Women's Section; Obliterating the Traces of Crimes; Liberation; Punishing the Criminals; and We Remember. Panstwowe Muzeum Paperback
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Buford, Bill (editor) (Heinrich Boll; Hans Magnus Enzensberger; Christa Wolf; Ian Buruma; Doris Dorrie; Gunter Grass; Ed Kashi;
GRANTA 42 - Winter 1992
New York: Penguin Books 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; ink marks on the contents page. The Contents are: German Efficiency by Heinrich Boll; The Great Migration by Hans Magnus Enzensberger; Losing the War: Liberation Day by Christa Wolf; Buchenwald by Ian Buruma; The German Character: Love in Germany by Doris Dorrie; Losses by Gunter Grass; Berlin by Night by Ed Kashi; The East German Character: Zonophobia by Monika Maron; Halle by Day by Hans Joachim Ellerbrock; The Stone-thrower from Eisenhuttenstadt by Max Thoms Mehr and Regine Sylvester; A Hippy Among Communists by Klaus Schlesinger; The Virtues of Communism: Shaking Hands with Zeitgeist by Wolf Biermann; As Seen by Foreigners: The Devil's Kitchen by Russell Hoban; The Table by Pawel Huelle; Lederhosen by Haruki Murakami; Ohne Mich: Why I Shall Never Return to Germany by Martha Gellhorn; Baghdad Diary by Nuha Al-Radi; Notes from Abroad: What Used to Be Called Yugoslavia: Zagreb by Dubravka Ugresic; and Dobrinja by Nedzad Ibrismovic. Penguin Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 227796 ISBN : 0140140565 9780140140569
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Newman, Bernard
THE THREE GERMANIES
London: Robert Hale 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 251 pp. Black boards decorated in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks and small chips around the edges; short closed tear on the lower left of the front panel; price clipped; some darkening on the endpapers; no interior writing. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. The Chapters are: The Reluctant Capital; Retreat from Ruin; Kruppstadt; Parties and People; Expellees and Refugees; Down South; The Fourth Germany; Great Argument; Uneasy Island; Street of the 17th June; The Democratic Sector; The Hole in the Curtain; The Fair City; Light Relief; Survivor; Back to the Land; Kultur; Paragraphs; The Second Germany; The Third Germany; and Important; followed by an index. Robert Hale Hardcover
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Hunter, Lt.-Col. T. M.
NAPOLEON IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT
Ottawa Ontario: Directorate of Military Training - Army Headquarters 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 324 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with maps and fold-out maps. The Contents are: The Formative Years: Napoleon's Early Training: Regimental Duty and Corsican Politics - The Rise to Power. The Young General: Italy 1796 - 1797: Elimination of Piedmont - Forcing the Po - Versatility in Command - Destruction of Austrian Offensives - Peace at Leoben. Master of War: Bavaria and Austria 1805: The March to the Danube - Victory at Ulm - Napoleon Occupies Vienna - Coup de Grace at Austerlitz - The Aftermath of the Campaign. The Ruthless Gambler: Russia 1812: Napoleon at His Zenith - The Breach with Russia - From the Niemen to the Kremlin - The Retreat from Moscow - The Final Reckoning. Overburdened Titan: Germany 1813: Reconstruction of Napoleon's Army - Formation of the Fifth Coalition - From Lutzen to the Armistice - The Austrian Intervention - Nemesis at Leipzig. The Napoleonic Enigma: Waterloo and Final Years: and Sword and Sceptre - The Limitations of Genius; followed by an index. Directorate of Military Training - Army Headquarters Paperback
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Laing, Margaret
JOSEPHINE AND NAPOLEON
New York: Mason Charter 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 196 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white and colour plates. The Chapters are: Seven in the Morning; Married to a Bachelor; Do You Love Him; Men Bore Me; Scandal International; Caesar's Wife; Love Rouge and Tears; A Heavy Crown; The Sacrifice; and Peace and Politics; followed by an index. Mason Charter Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226915 ISBN : 0884050912 9780884050919
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Palmer, R. R.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMANITY - Education and the French Revolution
Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. viii 347 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on brown cloth; decorated in gilt on the spine; black endpapers; headband. LIght rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket with some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Realities Before the Revolution: The ABCs; Colleges and Private Schools; Higher Learning. Nationalization: The Growth of Royal Authority; Signs of the Enlightenment; Writings of the 1760s on National Education; Actual Changes 1762 - 1789; The State the Church and the Public Power on the Eve of the Revolution. Politicization: Politics and Education; Plans and Projects; The Talleyrand Report and Its Critics; Discord and Disarray; Disendowment. Democratization: The Quest for Equality: The Condorcet Plan; The Disintegration of the Condorcet Plan; The Ambiguities of Education Commune; The Parisian Democracy of 1793; Educational Demands of the Sections of Paris; The Paris Plan of September 15 1793; Some Actualities. Democratization: Building the Better World: The Bouquier Law; A National Language; National Festivals and a New Civic Environment; The Accelerated Revolutionary Courses; The Ecole Normale: Democracy Confused and Confounded. Modernization: The Paths of Progress: Ideologues and Intellectuals; The Half-Revival of Condorcet; The Law of 3 Brumaire of the Year IV; The Public and the Private Sectors; The Central Schools: Progressive Education; More Democrats: The Debate of the Year VII; And Ideologues: The Council on Public Instruction. Modernization: Collective Power: The Last Public Discussion 1800 - 1802; Old Colleges or New Central Schools; The Law of 11 Floreal of the Year X; The Napoleonic Lycees; The Imperial University; Monopoly and Competition; and The Higher Spheres; followed by: Concluding Reflections; an appendix; and an index. Princeton University Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226917 ISBN : 0691054347 9780691054346
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Petrova, Ada; Watson, Peter
THE DEATH OF HITLER - The Full Story with New Evidence from Secret Russian Archives
New York: W. W. Norton and Company 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. xii 180 pp. Quarter-bound with Navy blue cloth on gray boards; lettered in copper foil on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps colour plates and black and white plates. The Chapters are: PART ONE: HITLER'S BODY: The Last Prize; 1945: These Bones Have Never Been Found; 1968: The Russian Bombshell; 1979: Hitler Was Not a Coward; The Discovery of Hitler's Skull; Bitter Almonds: The Forensic Evidence; 1995: Professor Zyagin's Independent Verdict. PART TWO: HITLER'S OTHER REMAINS: The Spy in the Bunker; Hitler's Sketchbook; and The Bavarian Squire: Hitler's Photograph Album; followed by Epilogue: Other Secrets in the Russian Archives; Appendix A: The Fate of Hitler's Relatives; Appendix B: Russian Archives Consulted During Research; Annotated Bibliography; and an index. W. W. Norton and Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226893 ISBN : 0393039145 9780393039146
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Hall, Henry Rushton
UNWRITTEN HISTORY
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1935. Book. Illus. by H. W. Whanslaw;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. vii 348 pp. Green cloth with a small gilt pictorial and gilt lettering on the spine; blue upper edge; illustrated with nine colour plates and almost two hundred line drawings by H. W. Whanslaw - all present and accounted for. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with some nicks and chips around the edges; some loss at the head and foot of the spine; presentation plate on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. The Contents are: One: The Age of Stone: Unwritten History; Earth Changes in the Ancient World; The Work of Rivers in the Ancient World; Types of Men in the Ancient World; About Flint; The Men of the Dawn Period; The Men of the River Drift; The First Cave Men; The Later Cave Men; The Life of the Cave Men; The Art of the Cave Men; Relics of the Cave Men; The End of the Stone Age; The New Stone Age; Life in the New Stone Age: Homes; Food; Crafts; Barter. Two: The Age of Metals: From Stone to Bronze; Metal in the Service of Man; Dwellings; Corn and Cattle; Pottery; Clothing and Weapons; Wanderings and Encroachments; Barrows; Stonehenge; Digging a Barrow; Pile Dwellings and Crannogs; A British Lake Village; A Legend of a Lake Village; Iron and Gold; Names Old and New; The End of Unwritten History; and The Four Ages; followed by an index. Thomas Nelson and Sons Hardcover
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Acomb, Evelyn Martha
The French Laic Laws 1879-1889: The First Anti-Clerical Campaign of the Third French Republic
NY: Octagon Press. First edition thus. Reprint of the 1941 Columbia University Press. Hard cover. Published NY: Octagon 1967 first printing. 8vo. 282pp. Red cloth with gilt titles. Near fine. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1967. Octagon Press unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009020
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Chomsky, Noam
A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo East Timor and the Standards of the West
London and New York: Verso. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London and New York: Verso 2000 first printing. Small 8vo. 154pp. "The conflicts in Kosovo and East Timor looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism was not the moving force behind NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia and that there as in East Timor strategic concerns were dominant while the fate of the civilian population was incidental." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 2000. Verso unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009026 ISBN : 1859847897 9781859847893
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Mitford, Nancy
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
Middlesex England: Penguin Books 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 255 pp. Penguin Book 1181. Edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; some darkening in the white areas; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Versaille and Louis XV; Paris and Madame D'Etioles; The Ball of the Clipped Yew Trees; Fontenoy; Presentation at Court; Mourning; The Staircase; Pleasure; Royal Family and Poisson Family; Power; Friends and Table Talk; Tastes and Interests; From Love to Friendship; The Affaire Choiseul-Romanet; Politics at Home; Politics Abroad; Damiens; The Seven Years War; Choiseul; and The End of a Dream; followed by an index. Penguin Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 227111
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Morton, H. V.
In Search of South Africa
London: Methuen. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Methuen 1948 first printing. 8vo. xii368pp. illustrated with 16 plates 1 map and map endpapers. Yellow cloth with gilt titles and cover design. Very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1948. Methuen unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009059
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Asquith, Lady Cynthia
MARRIED TO TOLSTOY
London: Hutchinson of London 1960. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Blue cloth decorated in red and gilt on the spine; blue upper edge; illustrated with black and white plates. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks and short tears around the edges; some discolouration on the dj; price intact; some markings in the endpapers; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. The Contents are: Courtship; Betrothal; Yasnaya Polyana; Sonya's Early Diary; Sister Tanya; Family and Friends; War and Peace; The Crisis; The Move to Moscow; The Sky Darkens; What Then Must We Do; The Tolstoyans; The Kreutzer Sonata; Renouncement; Famine; Vanichka; Infatuation; Resurrection; The Crimea; The Nurse Falls Ill; Re-enter Chertkov; Where Do So Many Tears Come From; Come Back Leovochka; and Widowhood; followed by an index. Hutchinson of London Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 227239
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Zimmerman, Dr de (translated by Major Neuman)
SELECT VIEWS OF THE LIFE REIGN AND CHARACTER OF FREDERICK THE GREAT - King of Prussia - in Two Volumes
London: Hookham and Carpenter 1792. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. xi iv 258 270 pp. Bound in marbled boards with leather spines and corners; decorated in gilt on the spines; headbands. The boards are worn and there is some chipping at the head and foot of the spines; each volume has a previous owner's name inside; the dedication page in Volume One is loose. The full title is: SELECT VIEWS OF THE LIFE REIGN AND CHARACTER OF FREDERICK THE GREAT - King of Prussia. Containing besides many profound Remarks on the prominent Features of the Reign and Character of that unrivalled Sovereign serving to Illustrate His Posthumous Works two very remarkable Letters of the Empress of Russia to the Author; a great Variety of Anecdotes relating to eminent political and literary Characters of Great Britain and other Countries; and also an authentic Exposition of the Origin and True Causes of the British Alliance with Prussia translated from the German of Dr de Zimmerman First Physician to His Britannic Majesty at Hanover Knight of the Russian Order of Wlodimir and Member of several Literary Societies by Major Neuman of the Nassau Guards. Hookham and Carpenter Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 227295
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Smolen, Kazimierz
AUSCHWITZ 1940 - 1945
Oswiecimiu Poland: Panstwowe Muzeum 1961. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 83 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Some of the chapters are: Hitler's Army; Racial Discrimination of Jews; World Opinion; Resistance Movement; Concentration Camps; Extermination of Soviet POWs; Extermination of Gypsies; The Road to Death - Deceiving of Victims; Extermination Factory; Process of Extermination; Administration of the Camp; German Industry Used Prisoners as Workmen; Starvation; Fate of Women and Children; Experiments on Prisoners; The Block of Death; and Punishing the Criminals - Nuremberg. Panstwowe Muzeum Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226807
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Delevoy, Robert L. (translated by Stuart Gilbert)
BRUEGEL - Historical and Critical Study
Cleveland: Albert Skira - with World Publishing 1972. Book. Illus. by Bruegel;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 153 pp. Beige cloth decorated in red on the front panel and spine; headband; profusely illustrated with colour plates of Bruegel's paintings. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Albert Skira - with World Publishing Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226013
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de Villiers, Marq
SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: The Third Russian Revolution
Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 34 pp. Staple-bound in card covers. Light wear on the corners; no interior markings. Harper Collins Publishers Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226243 ISBN : 0006377505 9780006377504
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MARC Europe
Christian England: Results of the 1989 English Church Census
Paperback. Very Good. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : GOR012103043 ISBN : 1853211001 9781853211003
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Watson, Virginia
The Trail of Courage : A Story of New Amsterdam
New York New York: Coward-McCann Inc. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1948. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 181 pages: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: KB#016603: No dustjacket is included. Boards and pages are clean unmarked no writing or marks found bright except for light fading of print on spine tightly bound and sharp cornered except for minor scuffing at board corners. Scarce Out Of Print Book. Legend of just some of the full-age illustrations include: Vrouw Geertruyd's family greeted her affectionately / The marketplace in New Amsterdam /The gift from faraway Brazil / Already there was a crowd in front of the monster / Ulrica watched the skaters with envy. : B&W Illustrations . Coward-McCann, Inc. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016603
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Anonymous
THE LIFE OF VICTOR HUGO - The Great French Poet
London: Ward Lock and Bowden 1895. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Wear along the spine with some darkening on the covers. Ward Lock's penny books for the people the story of Victor Hugo author of Les Miserables The Hunchback of Notre Dame and many others. Ward Lock and Bowden Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 224992
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Jimenez, Ramon L.
CAESAR AGAINST THE CELTS
Edison New Jersey: Castle Books 1996. Book. Illus. by Lionel Royer;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. xii 285 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Wraparound dustjacket art by Lionel Royer. The Contents are: Preface; Prologue; Caesar in Rome; The Celts in Europe; Caesar in Gaul; The Rhine and the Channel; Expedition to Britain; To the Thames; Turmoil in Rome; Revolt in Gaul; Divus Julius; and Postscript: The English Search for Caesar; followed by an index. Castle Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 225020 ISBN : 0785814175 9780785814177
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Plato; Stone, I. F.
THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOCRATES - with - THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES
New York and London: Dover Publications; Picador 1992. Book. Illus. by Jacques-Louis David;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printings. 8vo. xi 115 282 pp. Trade paperback format. Both books have some edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spines; the Plato book has some creasing on the back cover; no interior markings. The covers on both books feature a painting by Jacques-Louis David. The Plato book is subtitled Four Dialogues: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; and Phaedo. The main points in the Stone book: Preface: How This Book Came to be Written; Prelude; Socrates and Athens; and The Ordeal; followed by Epilogue: Was There a Witch-hunt in Ancient Athens; and an index. Dover Publications; Picador Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 225091
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Anderson, J. R. L.
THE VIKINGS
Middlesex England: Puffin Books 1974. Book. Illus. by Graham Humphreys;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 48 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art and interior colour and black and white artwork by Graham Humphreys. The Contents are: The Vikings Burst into History; The Pirate Days; In the East; About Boats and Skis and Sledges; Home from the Sea; and The Empire Builders and After. Puffin Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 224473 ISBN : 0140610146 9780140610147
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