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Conway, John Joseph; Mrs. John Lane (intro.)
Footprints of Famous Americans in Paris
London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head/John Lane Co. 1912. Book. Good-VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth front cover bordered in blind lettered in gilt deckled edges. xxxi315 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Former owner's signature/date Dec. 1914 in pencil on front flyleaf. Modest shelf wear. Approx. 2" x 3" at bottom front cover corners shows dampstaining with resultant dye lightening slight dampstaining along lower rear fore-edge not extending to interior beyond very slight dye stain on front flyleaf edge otherwise solid VG with firm binding clean interior. John Lane The Bodley Head/John Lane Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035502
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Labande, Y., and E.-R. Labande; George Millard (transl.)
Rome English Edition
Fair Lawn NJ: Essential Books 1956. Book. Illus. by Yves Brayer cover painting. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Essentially as issued with note to slightly age-toned text block edges. Color illus. dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear mildly soiled rear panel now in mylar. 270 pp. well-illus. Scarce in DJ. Essential Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035526
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Dictionnaire des Eglises de France Belgique Luxembourg Suisse IVb: Normandie
Robert Laffont 1968. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark mustard cloth lettered in brown. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows light shelf wear now in mylar. 192 pp. illus. folding map in rear pocket. Text in French. Former owner's book plate mounted on front pastedown. Robert Laffont Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035517
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Goncourt, Messieurs les membres de l'academie; M. Lucien Descaves (editor); M. L. Benedite (intro.); Yoshio Markino (essay)
The Colour of Paris: Historic Personal and Local
London: Chatto & Windus 1920. Book. Illus. by Yoshio Markino. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red buckram lettered in gilt. Mild shelf wear spine panel somewhat sunned cloth a bit soiled. Firm binding clean interior beyond former owner's signature in pencil on front flyleaf holiday greeting card mounted on front pastedown. Some foxing to endpapers scattered interior foxing generally light. xxxvi264 pp. illus. w/ color plates. Decently preserved copy. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035527
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Hyatt, Alfred H. (editor)
The Charm of Venice
London: Chatto & Windus 1924. Book. Illus. by Harald Sund. VG. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orange cloth lettered/decorated in dark purple. Mild shelf/handling wear spine panel somewhat sunned. Short gift inscription on front flyleaf dated 1930. xii388 pp. illus. w/ 12 color plates by Sund. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035506
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Lees, Frederic
A Summer in Touraine
New York: Brentano's 1924. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Approx. 1/8" closed tear to cloth at heel of spine otherwise virtually as issued. xiv236 pp. illus. w/ 12 b&w plates endpaper map. Scarce color illus. dust jacket shows modest age toning slight loss at spine extremities and 1" x 1/2" irregular area of loss midway down spine panel presents well in archival mylar. Third edition based on preface; DJ front flap lists other Brentano's publications for fall 1924. Brentano's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035535
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Kemp, Peter
The Campaign of the Spanish Armada
New York: Facts on File Publications 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Remainder stamp on bottom text block edge otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued -- two copies included. 160 pp. illus. mainly in color. Facts on File Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035533 ISBN : 0816018286 9780816018284
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Borel, Pierre; Alan Ramsay (transl.)
Cote d'Azur The French Riviera
Fair Lawn NJ: Essential Books 1957. Book. Illus. by Roger Bezombes cover design. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gilt. Nicely preserved with mere hints of shelf wear slightly soiled bottom text block corner slightly toned endsheets and text block edges. 257 pp. 169 heliogravure illus. Color illus. dust jacket mildly rubbed along edges and joints minor loss from chipping along top rear edge and at head of spine mildly toned rear panel and retaining bright front panel color now in mylar. Text in English - scarce in this edition/translation. Essential Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035501
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Anderson, John J.
A School History of France Illustrated with Numerous Engravings and Maps Anderson's Historical Series
New York: Maynard Merrill and Co. 1893. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green-gray cloth lettered/decorated in black. Moderate shelf/handling wear cloth showing surface rubbing and red staining to a portion of front cover rubbed spine extremities toned text block edges. Firm binding. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf and blank verso of color frontis. map otherwise unmarked. 371 pp. illus. w/ color map plates cuts in text. Maynard, Merrill and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035536
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Dessart, Charles; Orio Vergani (intro.)
Lacs Italiens Le Chemin des Iles
Bruxelles/Brussels Belgium: Editions Charles Dessart 1955. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray cloth lettered in white. Cloth mildly spotted otherwise nearly as issued. 96 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs endpaper maps. Text in French; a separate booklet laid in at rear provides captions for all photos in English and German. Dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear. Editions Charles Dessart Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035497
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Cerio, Edwin
The Masque of Capri
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1957. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket slightly chipped at corners and with sliver of loss along bottom front edge approx. 1/2" loss at head of spine with mild creasing along a portion of top rear edge now in mylar. x132 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs drawings. 2nd ptg.: 1958. Thomas Nelson and Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035520
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Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord (intro.)
Selected Automobile Tours in Great Britain
London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. Ex-Library. VG-. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stiff color illus. cardstock boards. Ex-library copy typically marked/stamped perforation stamps to front flyleaf and final leaf of main text. Mild binding lean with several creases 1/2" loss at heel of spine front cover still quite attractive. xvi280 pp. 118 pp. rear ads. illus. w/ line drawings maps; paper residue partially obscures p. 118 ad. Book mark advertising Dominion Motor Spirit attached to binding by string. 100 tour itineraries. Appears to be first edition ca. 1925-30 with no additional printings or editions indicated. Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 035624
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Pisa, Alberto (paintings); M. A. R. Tuker and Hope Malleson (text)
Rome
London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deep violet cloth elaborately decorated in olive green and black lettered in gilt top text block edge in gilt. Spine panel background violet sunned to a medium gray also a sunning line along upper front cover approx. 1/2" from top edge mildly toned text block edges and endpapers. Slight surface rubbing to covers. Firm binding clean interior top edge gilt bright and crisp. xi267 pp. illus. w/ 70 color plates w/ captioned tissue guards. One of the more common entries in the Black series but a much better than average copy. Adam and Charles Black Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035698
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Gibson, Hugh
A Journal from Our Legation in Belgium
Garden City NY: Doubleday Page and Co. 1917. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown ribbed cloth lettered in gilt. Mild shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities. xii362 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Former owner's signature/city in pencil on front flyleaf with inexplicably what appears to be a shopping/grocery list on the following front blank otherwise unmarked. A nicely preserved copy. Doubleday, Page and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035744
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Colton, George
A Maryland Editor Abroad: What He Saw and What He Thought of It
Annapolis MD: Printed Not Published by the Maryland Republican 1881. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal blue cloth decorated in black lettered in gilt. Moderate shelf wear rubbed along edges and joints with some exposure to corners spine extremities a bit frayed and showing narrow bands of loss. Lacks front flyleaf. Text block edges toned by age. Firm binding intact interior. viii228 pp. copiously illus. w/ many reproduced engravings. Printed, Not Published [by the Maryland Republican] Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035740
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Waquet, Francoise
Les fetes royales sous la restauration ou l'ancien regime retrouve Bibliotheque de la Societe Francaise d'Archeologie n. 14
Paris France: Arts et metiers graphiques 1981. Book. VG. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray stiff wraps lettered in black. Mild shelf wear lightly soiled covers light diagonal creae to top rear corner. Square uncreased binding clean interior. iv207 pp. Text in French. Arts et metiers graphiques Paperback
Bookseller reference : 035787
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Matthews, John
The Arthurian Tradition The Element Library
Shaftesbury Dorset and Rockport MA: Element Books Ltd 1995. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Very slight shelf wear nearly as issued. 96 pp. illus. in color. Element Books Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 035338 ISBN : 1852307137 9781852307134
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Sutcliffe, Mark, and Robert Timms (editors); Frank Althaus and Darya Lakha (transl.); Yuri Molodkovets, Vladimir Terebenin, Leon
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia
London: Booth-Clibborn Editions 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Red paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Essentially as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows modest surface rubbing now in mylar. 407 pp. 639 color illus. Booth-Clibborn Editions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034775 ISBN : 1861540388 9781861540386
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Leprevost, Thierry, and Bernage, Georges
Hastings 1066: Norman Cavalry and Saxon Infantry
Chateau de Damigny France: Heimdal 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color pictorial boards. Light shelf wear. 80 pp. illus. w/ color photographs. Heimdal Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034909 ISBN : 2840481502 9782840481508
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Victor, Jayme; Ernesto Bartholomew; Lorjo' Tavares
Perfis contemporaneos retratos biographias e litteratura Contemporary Profiles: portraits biographies and litterature Nos. 1-66 1895-1901 Complete in One Volume
Lisboa Lisbon Portugal: Typ. da Comp. nac. editora 1895. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Collected. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray cloth lettered and with front cover illustration of a young woman in a long dress flanked by blossoms and a floral basket in pale pink gilt and black back cover decorated in blind gray marbled endsheets. Collected and complete run of this biographical journal Vols. I-VII consisting of Nos. 1-66 published 1895-1901. 2644 pp. plus inserts continuously paginated printed on coated "art paper" stock illus. w/ full page portrait plates variously tinted in sepia gray and pink with pink tissue guards. Mild external war cloth along joints and at corners somewhat rubbed with mild soiling to back cover cloth. Binding and hinges fully intact. Interior shows some gatherings toned by age others still bright all leaves intact with no brittleness to paper slight dampstaining evident at top corner only of the final several leaves. A very few leaves show short closed tears along fore-edge. Each number is generally 4 pp. portrait plate many/most inter-leaved with an additional unnumbered text leaf Realidades e phantasias. Text in Portugese. Subjects include Augusto de Castilho Duqueza de Palmella D. Antonio de Lencastre Assis Brasil Dr. Magalhaes Lima Cinira Polonio Carlos Lobo d'Avila Thomaz Ribeiro Jose Luciano de Castro and many more. Very scarce. Typ. da Comp. nac. editora Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034409
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Morgner, Hans
Die Salzstrasse auf alten Ansichtskarten: Luneberg - Lauenberg - Schwarzenbek - Molln - Ratzeburg - Lubeck Ein Bildband
Luneberg Germany: Verlag Lebenshilfe GmbH 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Laminated color illus. boards. Essentially as issued. 79 pp. approx. 74 full page post-card reproductions accompanied by captions. Text in German. Very scarce. Verlag Lebenshilfe GmbH Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034530
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Kameradschaftlicher Verein 1901 eV. "Arbeitskreis Alt Simmerath" e. V.
650 Jahre Pfarre St. Johannes der Taufer Simmerath: Anno 1346 - Anno 1996 Cover Title: 650 Jahre Pfarre Simmerath
Simmerath Germany: Weiss-Druck GmbH & Co. for Pfarre St. Johannes der Taufer 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. paper covered boards. As issued. 144 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Text in German. Exceptionally scarce. Weiss-Druck GmbH & Co. for Pfarre St. Johannes der Taufer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034540
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Knight, William
The English Lake District as Interpreted in the Poems of Wordsworth
Edinburgh Scotland: David Douglas 1904. Book. VG-. Decorative Cloth. Third Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dark red cloth bordered lettered and with front cover device in gilt. Cover cloth modestly soiled darkened along spine panel and with area of mild dampstaining mild dye lightening along rear joint text block edges rather dulled by age. Firm binding. Former owner's signature/addrress inscription on upper main title another on blank recto of rear flyleaf otherwise unmarked though a portrait of Wordsworth has been mounted on rear pastedown. xvii272 pp. David Douglas Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034108
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Brown, John Carter; Donald G. Rohr (editor); J. Carter Brown (epilogue)
The Young John Carter Brown in Europe: Travel Diaries 1823-1824
Providence RI: John Carter Brown Library 2005. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black and dark rust cloth lettered in gold foil facsimile signature stamped in blind on lower front cover. As issued. lxi304 pp. illus. w/ 4 b&w plates. Edition limited to 1250 copies. John Carter Brown Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034263 ISBN : 0916617653 9780916617653
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Yeats, William Butler; Denis Donoghue (editor)
Memoirs: The Original Previously Unpublished Text of the Memoirs and the Journal
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gold foil. Text block edges a bit toned by age former owner's book plate mounted on front flyleaf rear flyleaf quite toned toward edges. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear slightly sunned spine panel now in archival mylar. 318 pp. The Macmillan Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033859
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Lottman, Herbert
The Left Bank: Writers Artists and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
New York: Halo Books 1991. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Light shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and along edges. Square uncreased binding clean interior beyond former owner's signature on front flyleaf. xiv319 pp. Halo Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033467 ISBN : 096228744x 9780962287442
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Aldin, Cecil
Scarlet to M.F.H.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. Book. VG. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gilt. Minor shelf wear mild binding lean text block edges somewhat dulled by age. xii152 pp. illus. Early reprint no statement of edition/printing copyrighted 1933 undated main title. Scarce illus. dust jacket typically age-toned most especially along spine panel chipped at spine extremities w/ approx. 1/2" loss at heel rubbed flap folds 3" closed tear along top front edge extending into "Scarlet" of title no loss a few short closed edge tears now in mylar. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033594
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Evenson, Norma
Paris: A Century of Change 1878-1978
New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue cloth lettered in gold foil. Essentially as issued. xvii382 pp. with 254 illus. Color pictorial dust jacket shows slightly rubbed corners chipped w/ 1/8" strip of loss across head of spine several short closed edge tears w/ mild associated creasing now in archival mylar. Yale University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033353 ISBN : 0300022107 9780300022100
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Korbonski, Stefan; Norbert Guterman (transl.)
Warsaw in Chains
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1959. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red-orange cloth lettered in silver foil. Text block edges slightly soiled/toned by age otherwise nearly as issued. Gift inscription dated 1959 on half-title otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket shows mild silverfish nibbling along top rear flap edge and upper front flap fold mildly rubbed edges 1/2" closed tear with associated crease at top rear joint light soiling now in archival mylar. xvi17-319 pp. maps. Relatively scarce. The Macmillan Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033365
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Klosz, Gyorgy [Klosz, Gyorgy]; Lajos Mesterhazi (editor); Alfred Falvay and Tamas Szanto (transl.)
Budapest Anno . . . : Lichtbildaufnahmen im Atelier und ausser Haus durch die Kunstanstalt von György Klösz
Budapest Hungary: Corvina 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. paper covered boards. As issued. Unpaginated approx. 128 pp. 123 b&w photographs. Text in German from the original Hungarian. Corvina Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033444 ISBN : 9631337049 9789631337044
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Pollnitz [Pollnitz], Karl Ludwig; A Gentleman of Oxford (transl.)
Love Life at the Saxon Court New Edition
New York: Brentano's 1929. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown 1/4 cloth marbled paper covered boards paper title label mounted on upper spine. Mild shelf wear minor exposure at corners title label toned and slightly chipped along one edge spine panel somewhat sunned with light moisture mark midway down a minor cosmetic distraction. 292 pp. illus. Remnants of a label mounted on front flyleaf otherwise clean interior. Originally issued 1750. Brentano's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033197
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Dawson, Arthur H.
Stories from Dutch History
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown cloth lettered/illus. in brown and ivory deckled text block edges. 277 pp. illus. w/ 16 b&w plates. Modest shelf wear top text block edges a bit darkened by age a nicely preserved copy. Former owner's book plate mounted on front pastedown; mild foxing to the first several leaves including title and light foxing adjacent to some of the plates interior otherwise fully intact. No date of publication no indication of edition or printing. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032440
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Edwards, George Wharton
Marken and its People
Moffat Yard and Co. 1912. Book. VG. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered and illus. in gilt color pastedown illus. occupying most of front cover deckled text block edges. Light shelf wear slightly rubbed spine extremities. Firm binding clean interior. Former owner's armorial book plate mounted inside front cover signature/date along top edge of p. 1 otherwise unmarked. ix182 pp. color frontis. color illus. title page 20 b&w plates reproduced from author's pencil sketches. Nicely preserved copy strong VG verging on Near Fine with only minor condition issues. Moffat, Yard and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032441
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Meldrum, David S.
Holland and the Hollanders 2nd Edition
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1899. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered/decorated in black gilt and red. Modest shelf wear lightly rubbed along joints and spine extremities with a few tiny holes along lower front joint 1/8" tears to cloth at head and heel of spine very minor exposure to top corners. Spine lettering a bit faded strong on front cover. Firm binding clean interior. xi408 pp. b&w plates line drawings in text. Small ex-libris tag mounted on front pastedown evidence of repair to hinges. Map at rear partially colored scattered occasional annotations in pencil. William Blackwood and Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032442
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Boulger, Demetrius C.
Holland of the Dutch
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1913. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green ribbed cloth lettered and with front cover armorial device in gilt top text block edge in gilt. x268 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Light shelf wear with slightly rubbed spine extremities light foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Dated 1913 on lower main title w/ blank verso presumed 1st edition printed in Bath England. Very scarce. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032446
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Mielert, Fritz
Das schone Westfalen: Band 1 2 3 4 Complete in 4 Volumes
Dortmund Germany: Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus 1922. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in four 4 volumes uniformly bound in stiff wraps with front cover pictorial pastedowns wraps variously dark gray 1 burgundy 2 dark green 3 and light brown 4. All 4 volumes showing only hints of shelf wear essentially as issued. All 4 volumes in brown paper dust jackets showing light wear to edges thus Near Fine. 116 128 164 104 pp. fully illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Vol. 1 shows what appears to be an extensive gift inscription in German dated 1925 on front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Notably well preserved copies seldom offered as a set. Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032772
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Peters, Hans; K. H. Schmolz
Der Dom zu Köln 1248-1948 Koln Germany
Dusseldorf Germany: Verlag L. Schwann 1948. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray 1/4 cloth paper covered boards. Issued to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the cathedral at Köln Germany. Light shelf wear a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities top corners mildly bumped with minor surface paper loss to top rear corner. xxviii pp. 131 b&w photographs. Scarce. Verlag L. Schwann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032777
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Seiler, Harald
Münster: Die Alte Stadt Munster/Muenster
Münster Germany: Aschendorff 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray paper covered boards lettered in dark red and black. Very slight shelf wear corners slightly bumped nearly as issued. Short gift inscription in German dated 1949 on front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Slight foxing to endsheets. Dust jacket somewhat toned by age with 3/4" closed tear at head of spine mended on verso. 34 pp. 76 b&w photographs at rear additional drawings in text. Text in German. Aschendorff Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032776
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Wagenfeld, Karl
Das Bilderbuch von Münsterland Das Bilderbuch von Munsterland
Munster Germany: Verlag der Westfalischen Vereinsdruckerei 1939. Book. Illus. by Wilhelm Rosch photographs; Waldemar Mallek maps. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue dyed natural linen lettered and illus. in ivory. As issued. Gift inscription in German dated 1939 on front flyleaf; card of Direktor Wilhelm Schmitz Kreisrichter der NSDAP Ratsherr der Stadt Munster mounted on lower front pastedown. 64 pp. fully illus. w/ b&w photographs. Text in German. Exceptionally scarce. Verlag der Westfalischen Vereinsdruckerei Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032774
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Durrich [Durrich], Joachim; Annemarie Benker (fwd., captions); Werner Albsmeier
Münster Munster in Westfalen: Bilder einer Stadt
Münster Germany: Verlag Aschendorff 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color pictorial paper covered boards. Text in German English French and Dutch. As issued. Illus. dust jacket as issued now in archival mylar. 149 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs drawings folding maps at rear. A very scarce photographic history of Münster in Westphalia. Verlag Aschendorff Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032775
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Die Schöne Heimat: Bilder aus Deutschland Die Schone Heimat Die Blauen Bucher
Konigstein im Taunus Germany: Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger/Hans Koster 1959. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray stiff wraps lettered in dark blue. Gift inscription dated 1961 on front flyleaf otherwise essentially as issued. Dark blue pictorial paper dust wrapper with mere hints of shelf wear essentially as issued. 112 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Later printing. A notably well preserved copy. Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger/Hans Koster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032773
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Schmalstich, Clemens (editor, text)
Das deutsche Volkslied: Eine Auswahl der schonsten Heimatslieder nebst einem Tongemalde - Band 1
Berlin Germany: Richard Birnbach Book. Illus. by Paul Telemann. Fine. Decorative Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black limp cloth lettered in white with color pastedown illus. on front cover of young woman with floral wreath in her hair by Telemann. Very slight shelf wear virtually as issued. 144 pp. Text in German. Musical bookseller's stamp from Munich on lower main title former owner's address stamp on top margin of p. 3. Traditional German folk songs scored. Richard Birnbach Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032771
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Mainardi, Patricia
The End of the Salon: Art and the State in the Early Third Republic
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1994. Book. VG. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Minor rubbing to corners creasing to top corner of final 20 or so pages. Firm square binding clean and unmarked interior. xii210 pp. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032869 ISBN : 052146921x 9780521469210
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Hasler, Charles
The Royal Arms: Its Graphic and Decorative Development
London: Jupiter Books Ltd. 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue cloth-effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows very slight shelf/edge wear nearly as issued now in mylar. xi387 pp. illus. Jupiter Books Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031687 ISBN : 0904041204 9780904041200
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Le Victoria Hall: Son histoire architecturale - Son histoire musicale - Sa restauration - Ses orgues Victoria Hall 1894-1987 Les orges du Victoria Hall: 1894 1949 1993 - Complete in 2 Volumes
Ville de Geneve/Departement des Beaux-Arts et de la Culture 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes burgundy and green stiff wraps with color front cover pastedowns housed in original yellow printed cardstock slipcase. Both volumes as issued slipcase with modest shelf/edge wear. 80 89 pp. illus. Limited to 7000 copies. Text in French and English. Ville de Geneve/Departement des Beaux-Arts et de la Culture Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031951
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Kirichenko, Evgenia; Anikst, Mikhail (compiler/editor)
Russian Design and the Fine Arts 1750-1917
New York: Harry N. Abrams 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Burgundy cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued now in archival mylar. 288 pp. 300 illus. including 260 color plates. A lovely gitt-quality copy. Harry N. Abrams Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032397 ISBN : 0810937581 9780810937581
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Sutcliffe, Mark, and Robert Timms (editors); Frank Althaus and Darya Lakha (transl.); Yuri Molodkovets, Vladimir Terebenin, Leon
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia
London: Booth-Clibborn Editions 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Red paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Essentially as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows modest surface rubbing to front panel moderate surface rubbing and several light scratches to rear panel now in mylar. 407 pp. 639 color illus. Booth-Clibborn Editions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031351 ISBN : 1861540388 9781861540386
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De Biasi, Mario (photographs); Barzini, Luigi (text); Guido Gerosa (commentary); Peter Lauritzen (transl.)
Invitation to Milan
Italy: Magnus Edizioni 1984. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth publisher's device stamped in white on lower front cover oblong format. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket essentially as issued. Illus. w/ 230 color plates. Housed in original publisher's slipcase color pictorial paper covered boards Near Fine to Fine with very slight shelf wear. Magnus Edizioni Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031354 ISBN : 887057038x 9788870570380
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Faensen, Hubert; Ivanov, Vladimir; Beyer, Klaus G. (photographs)
Early Russian Architecture
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1975. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gray buckram lettered in black. Front board slightly bowed otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows 1" closed tear and mild rubbing along top front edgs slight chipping along head of spine now in mylar. 537 pp. 420 plates including 86 in color. A few instances of underlining in pencil through early pages otherwise unmarked. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031539 ISBN : 0399112936 9780399112935
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Seigneret, Paul; N. R. (transl.)
Life and Letters of Paul Seigneret Seminarist of Saint Sulpice Shot at Belleville Paris May 26th 1871.
New York: P. O'Shea 1875. Book. Good-VG. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Burgundy cloth variant lettered/decorated in silver foil and black. Ex-library never circulated unmarked exterior with call label ghost on lower spine panel a few internal marks/stamps. Modest shelf wear slight exposure to corners and slight ding along bottom front edge rubbed spine extremities. Top text block edge somewhat dulled by age. Front flyleaf detached but present otherwise intact interior. 311 pp. Apparent first U.S. translated from the 2nd French edition. Seigneret was among the victims of the 1871 Paris Commune uprising. P. O'Shea Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030497
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