Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1977). Reprint of the 1912 edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi,361pp. Original gold-stamped cloth with imprinted black title-label with gold lettering. Authoritative work by J. Colin on the history and transformation of war from the Antiquity up to the twentieth century. Translated from the French by Brevet-Major L...... More
NP: Heuris, [1980-1985]. Softcover. 8vo. 268 pp. Original decoratively pictorial paper wraps. Interesting work on Sebastião, who reigned as the King of Portugal from 1554-1578. Text is fully annotated with critical notes, includes bibliographical references. Text in Portuguese. Minor age wear to wraps, otherwise book is in very good condition..... More
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1845. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 24,988pp. Original calf crudely rebacked with black cloth, handwritten title-label. "Articles relating to the United States have been very largely extended, embracing every county, with the elements of their population arranged in tables from the census of 1840." Stamp and writing..... More
NP: Privately Printed, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 18 (1)pp., 2 plates. Original half leather with gilt ruling on cover, gilt lettering on spine, over green cloth. Decorative initials. "The Menzies Cabinet is one of the more important relics of Mary Queen of Scots which has been handed down through..... More
Basel / Lichtenhahn Verlag: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1979. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Softcover. Quarto. XXII, 420, XI, [1], 421-836pp. Original printed wraps over decorative leatherette. Books housed in publisher's slipcase. Color frontispiece in each volume. Fascinating work being the standard reference to Swiss historiography. It is profusely..... More
Berlin: Department of Defense, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 14pp. Original tan stapled wrappers with framed black lettering on cover. Guidelines for the construction of temporary buildings with technical information for the arms industry by Reichsmarschall Göring emphasizing the necessity of reducing building codes to basics in view of the..... More
Berlin: Buhnen-und Buchverlag russischer autoren J. Ladyschnikow Verlag, 1907. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. 437pp. Maroon cloth. Library inventory plate near tail of spine. Scuffing and some staining to boards. Hinges starting. Small numbers "2/6261" written in red on free front endpaper. At head of title: Die Mutter: Roman von Maxim..... More
London: John Russell, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 178 pp. Half calf over marble boards. Some age wearing to edges. Some darkening to spine. Red edges. Inscribed Inscribed 'To my greately esteemed friend A. Craig Gibson, F.S.A. Joseph Mayer, Liverpool, Sept. 9th, 1861.' Light water stain to top edges..... More
Lewiston, New York; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 leaves, 394 (2)pp. Original bright read cloth with gilt facsimile signature on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Studies in British History Volume 31. Illustrated with a map of Guinea and four facsimile reproductions of documents, including..... More
Halifax, Yorkshire: The Lodge of Probity No.61, 1939. Limited first edition. 1/500. Large octavo. Dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Pages uncut. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt. Illustrated frontispiece. This book is #386 of a limited printing of 500 copies, signed by the..... More
Staus: Hans von Matt, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. VI, [2], 167, [1]pp. Contemporary half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Frontispiece. Under the Helvetic Republic imposed in 1798 by French Revolutionary troops, Switzerland became a united country. The ideas of the French Revolution were not popular in some parts..... More
Berlin: Printed by Dr. Selle & Co., (1919) No date. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 14 (1)pp. Original tan wraps with color lithograph and black and red lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Each page with decorative head and endpiece. Appeal in support of the Union fight for worker's participation..... More
Berlin: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, 2014. First English language edition. Softcover. Small Oblong Octavo. 83(1)pp. Original gray wraps with black and white lettering on cover, white on spine. Photographic documentation of the mass murder ordered by Stalin in the years 1937 – 1938. Approximately 1,5 Million people were executed..... More
Amsterdam-Leipzig: Van Munster's Verlag, (1935). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (8) 239pp. Original gray cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. Documentation of the events starting with the arson of the building of parliament in Berlin on February 27, 1933 through the infamous two months trial that started on September..... More
Braunschweig: W. Bracke, Jr., 1877. Hardcover. 8vo. 398pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Some parts along spine split on front-and back board. Corners bumped and worn. Scuffing and some staining to boards. Sporadic foxing to few pages. German translation of: Histoire de la Commune de 1871.Text in Gothic..... More
Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, (1991). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix,173pp. Maroon cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine. Near fine condition. "We find traces of a highly developed drama among the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century. Due to their contact with the..... More
London: John Horn Ltd., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 208pp. Original printed wrappers over blue navy cloth with gold stamped lettering and gold stamped portrait of king George V on front board. Fascinating work being an homage tendered by various artists, authors and advertisers of the British Empire on the..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1975). Reprint of the 1936 edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp. Brown cloth with lettering on spine. Frontispiece of Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt after a portrait from Gérard. "At his death in 1827 the Duke of Vicenza left his Memoirs unfinished and imperfectly revised. There was no general preface;..... More
London: Tillotson & Son, 1916. Hardcover. Quarto (10-3/4" x 8"). 62 pp. With a title leaf and one page of text (remainder of pages are photographs of every aspect of life in the camps). Khaki printed dust jacket lettered in brown, over thin cardboard covers lettered in brown. Laid in..... More
Paris: M. D. (Maurice Devriès), ND (ca 1930). First edition. Paperback. Folio. Unpaginated. [4]pp. (text) 9 leaves (plates). Original decorative soft cloth, with decorative ribbon on spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Vignette on title. Decorative initials. This album consists of 9 striking documents in facsimile which contain..... More
Valencia: Miguel Laguarda, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [XXII], 318, [64] pp. Original half leather over brown cloth, title label with gold lettering. Bibliography of historical rights of Valencia. Legislation, letters, privliledges, decrees, books, tariffs, obligations, provisos and organization and administration of law during the 13th to 18th centuries. Illustrated..... More
Charlottenburg: Mundus Verlagsanstalt, 1919 (?). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 71pp. Decorative wrappers. A german work by the anti-socialist, Georg Fr. Nicolai (born Lewinstein) (1874-1864) who had published in 1914 an anti-war treatise "Manifesto to the Europeans" which was signed by only three other intellectuals, Albert Einstein, Julius Förster and Otto..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, ND (ca 1870). Later edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). xvi, 658pp (Vol. 1); viii, 705, [1]pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Top edge of each volume gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded..... More
Quebec: Publié par le Service des Archives du Gouvernment de la Province de Québec, 1930. Softcover. 2 vol in 4to. Illustrated with photographic reproductions of documents, maps, landmarks, etc. Pages untrimmed. Brown paper binding with folding, chipping and tearing to cover. Cover of first volume partially detached, but holding. Inscription..... More
Berlin: H. Büttner, (ca. 1935). Softcover. 8vo. 98 pp., numerous b&w illustrations, one organization chart (fold-out) of the Reichsarbeitsamt. Original colored paper wrap. Rare brochure introducing and describing the purpose, implementation, functions and regional operations of the Reichsarbeitsdienstgesetz issued by the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP) for the female..... More