Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. Sm. quarto. xii,370pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Fascinating work on late Roman Egypt in the fourth and fifth centuries. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and plans. Minor creasing to head and tail of..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 274, 2pp. Decorated blue cloth and spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners rubbed. Top edge gilt. Scuffing and some staining to boards. Hinges starting. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Sporadic foxing throughout. "The object aimed at in the following pages has been..... More
Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1881-1884-1887-1888. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 x 8"). lxxiii, [5], 676pp (Vol. 1); lx, [4], 713, [3]pp (Vol. 2); lxxi, [5], 608, [2], 2pp (Vol. 3); xliii, [5], 678, [2], 2pp (Vol. 4). Uncut and partly unopened. Original blind-stamped full cloth, with gold lettering..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1364pp. Original mottled leather, black morocco title label with gold lettering. "We are grateful in being able to offer to the public the most elaborate, comprehensive, and perfect Gazetteer of the United States that has ever issued from the press."..... More
Abu Dhabi: Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, 2015. First edition. Box. Square Quarto (10 x 10"). 435pp. Original white wraps with black lettering on cover and white cloth label of spine, housed in black paper-covered box with black lettering in white cloth label in debossed frame. Black cloth lever..... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi, 576pp. Original orange dustjacket over burgundy cloth and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers (Symbols for library holdings). "This bibliography represents the most important contribution of its kind since the publication in 1933 of Robert Ernest Cowan's enlarged..... More
San Francisco: The History Company, 1886–1890. Hardcover. Octavo. Original light black calf with decorative gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Vols. 1–5: Native Races of the Pacific Coast; 6–8: Central America; 9–14: Mexico; 15–16: North Mexican States and Texas;..... More
Stanford University: Stanford University Press, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. (vii) 874pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine. The work is a historical study of the blockade of Germany at the end of WWI, as it continued after the signing of the armistice, up..... More
Northridge, CA: California State University, Northridge Libraries, 1973. Facsimile. Softcover. "This incunabulum is printed in facsimile as part of the dedication ceremonies for the Delmar T. Oviatt Library, October 24, 1973." 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrappers. Program of the dedication ceremony printed on wrappers. Facsimile of a historical work in Latin, printed on..... More
Toronto: Macmillan, 1923. Langdon Kihn. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Tan cloth spine over brown boards w/dj. Corners and head and tail of spine bumped. Spine sunned. Dustjacket with original color plate to front showing a Kootenay Indian; some chipping to edges of dj. Missing 1/2 by 1/8 inch..... More
London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. xc,236pp. Gold-stamped purple cloth with gold decoration and lettering on spine. Spine sunned. Heavy staining to boards. Minor chipping on tail of spine. Wear to front bottom corner. Arnulf of Lisieux (1141-1181), was deeply involved with many major events in..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. 345 (6)pp. Original green cloth with title blind stamped on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Color frontispiece, Trinity Manor, Jersey. A study in the by-ways of history. A revised edition due to the discovery that the letters of King Charles..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1981). First printing. Softcover. Lg. octavo. 458pp. Original photographic wraps. Fascinating narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine, as well as a new look at the part Christianity played in the Roman world of the third and fourth centuries. Age wear and creasing on..... More
Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Quarto. [8], 344pp. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. In this challenging study of a complex period, Barnouw investigates the works of seven representative figures of the Weimar republic: Walter Rahtenau, Robert Musil, Thomas Mann..... More
Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1900. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 142pp. Stiff wrappers covered with gilt stamped, decorated cloth. Minor wear to head and tail of spine and edges. Decorated endpapers. Gilt top edge. Minor foxing to fore-and bottom page edges. A beautiful book on the role of the German farmer from..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, (1961). First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii,442pp. Light brown cloth with black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Captivating account of what life was like under the collective regime of the Incas. The author looks at the rigidly hierarchized, static society..... More
Köln: Gauverlag Westdeutsche Beobachter, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 242 (16), 263 (20)pp. Original three quarter red buckram over gray cloth with heraldic image with Swastika. Red endpapers. Elaborate propaganda publication pointing to injustice perpetrated by the allies in Versailles Peace Treaty forcing Germany to abdicate its colonies in favor..... More
Wien: Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 293, [1]pp. Original 3/4 burgundy cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Remarkable history of the Austrian Revolution by Otto Bauer, renowned Austrian Social Democrat and one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency. Spine age-toned. Text in German..... More
London: Printed for The Company of Stationers, [1829]. First edition. Hardcover. Size: 2 3/8 x 1 3/8". Unpaginated. [26]pp. Original gold-, red-, and green-stamped pocket style full morocco binding housed in a matching morocco slipcase. All edges gilt. Striking four-page engraved frontispiece by Henry Adlard depicting the King's Palace and..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1999). Reprint. Softcover. Sm. quarto. xxiv,454pp. Original illustrated wraps. Comprehensive survey looking at more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome, covering the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions. Minor..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First American edition. Hardcover. 12mo (6 3/4 x 4 1/2"). X, [11]-202, 6pp (Publisher's advertisement). Original blind-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the Dauphin. First American edition on the life, captivity, and death of Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France..... More
New York: Belgian Information Center, ca. 1941. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers. Scarce and fascinating 12-page booklet being an expression of the Belgian fighting spirit against its Nazi oppressor. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of Belgian soldiers, clergymen and personalities in struggle..... More
London: Vallentine, Mitchell, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XI, [1], 232, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait of Leonard Montefiore. Printer's device on title page. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Wiener Library has dedicated a volume of essays to its..... More
Nyu-York: Poyle Tsien Palestina Komitet, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 22, 477 (3)pp., one fold-out map. Original illustrated olive cloth with black and olive lettering on cover and spine. Elaborate treatise of Israels past and present. The two prominent authors Ben-Gurion (Israel's first Prime Minister from 1949-1963) and Ben-Zvi (Israel's..... More
Tübingen: Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, (1879). Hardcover. 4to. viii,599pp. Black decorated red cloth in original cardboard slicase (Schutzcarton) with printed label on cover. Decorative page edges. Fold-out frontispiece of a plan comparing the "old" Rome to the "new." Fascinating detailed work on life and customs in the Roman Empire..... More