Neudamm: J. Neumann, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 196pp. Original cloth-backed brown boards with black lettering on cover. A practical guidebook for all technical aspects hunting weaponry, especially for the purchase of weaponry. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings, and diagrams. As noted on title page: at the same time..... More
Berlin: G. Fischer, 1921. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 60pp. Original wrappers. Small address label of previous owner on front wrapper. Pulling, chipping, discoloration and staining to wraps. Three-inch closed tear along spine on front wrapper. Free front endpaper loose. Heavy pulling on page edges. Chipping to edges on a few pages..... More
Zaragoza: [s.n.], 1975. First edition. Softcover. 1/1000 (#276) 8vo. 156 pp. Original printed wrappers. History of printing in Zaragoza Spain. V Centenario de la Introducción de la Imprenta en Zaragoza. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs of book pages and illustrations on glossy paper. 1" tear at tail of..... More
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Znanie, 1903. Edition: Izd.4. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. 278,[2],pp. Green cloth with library inventory plate near tail of spine Scuffing, rubbing and some staining to boards and spine. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Small numbers "2/6315" written in red on free front endpaper. Usual..... More
München: Hyperionverlag, 1921. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vii,491,[4],pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt-decorated spine. Title-plate. Raised bands. Rubbing to bands, head and tail of spine, and corners. Some wear to edges. Top edge gilt. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Fascinating history of France starting with the fall of Napoleon up..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Buchdruckerei R. Th. Hauser & Co., ca. 1922. Softcover. 8vo. 92pp. Original decorated wrappers. Library inventory plate taped across tail of spine. Discoloration and some staining to wraps. Corners slightly creased. Usual age browning. Heft 10 of the series "Schriften des Frankfurter Messamts (sic)." Text in German..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1930. Hardcover. 12mo. xv,255pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Ex-libris of Arthur S. Wolpe and stamp of the same in front endpapers. History of Jews in London. Jewish Communities Series. Illustrated with..... More
NP: Coimbra, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Small 4to. 401, [2] pp. Original printed wrappers. Biographical study and criticism about Cavaleiro de Oliveira. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Spine sunned and crudely reinforced with clear tape on top and bottom edges. Some age toning and foxing to wraps. Interior pages..... More
Lisboa (Lisbon): Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 41pp (text), 8 unnumbered plates. Original printed stiff wraps. First edition of this fascinating work being the official catalogue of an exhibition of historical documents from the Portuguese national archive (Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo) covering..... More
Paris: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Centro Cultural Português, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 239 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Fully annotated, includes bibliographical references and index. Book is in near fine condition. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1967). First edition. hardcover. Oblong elephant folio. 136, [2]pp. Gold-stamped yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers and half-title page. Color frontispiece. Work contains "sketches of the manners, society and customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1976). Reprint of the 1935 edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv,422pp. Turquoise cloth with white lettering on spine. Frontispiece of de Caulaincourt after a portrait by Gérard. "The Russian campaign of 1812 was the crisis of the Napoleonic tragedy. In that campaign nothing failed like success. "I beat..... More
Pôrto: Imprensa Portuguesa, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 197, [3]pp. Uncut. Original decorative wrappers. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Fernando de Aguiar. Remarkable work on the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, which was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir between Tangier and Fez, on 4 August..... More
München: Georg Müller, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. ix, 634, [2]pp. Full burgundy deluxe leather binding with finely gold-tooled spine. Raised bands. Binding designed by Paul Renner. Top edge gilt. Gold-ruled edges on inside of boards. Binding protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece reproduction of an engraving depicting Mazarin. Authoritative work..... More
Berlin: AHDE-Verlag, 1981. Second edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 30, [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Originally published in 1932 by anarcho-syndicalist Gerhard Wartenberg* under the pseudonym of HW Gerhard, this fierce anti-Nazi pamphlet describes the true nature of Nazism and castigates the Communists and the Social Democrats for enabling the rise of..... More
Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books, 2002-2003. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144, 127, [1], 128, 160pp. Original illustrated dust-jackets over black cloth, with gold lettering on spines. Pictorial title pages. The rise and fall of communism in the Soviet Union was a key event of the 20th century. Spanning nine decades..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (viii) [2] 579pp. Glossy tan and red dust jacket with tan lettering on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering on the spine. A comprehensive and scholarly study about the formative years of the..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. 4to. xii, 211pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. An academic study of Socialist responses to the rise of Fascism in the 1930s. Dj slightly creased. Overall in very good condition. More
Budapest: Ceu Press/ Central European University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Large octavo. (xiii) 530pp. B/w photo-illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering on the front cover, red and white lettering on the spine. Black paper boards with white lettering on the spine. A collection of 19 essays from various international..... More
Wroclaw, Warszawa, Krakow: Zaklad Narodowy Imiena Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1966. Softcover. 8vo. 182pp. Original wrappers. Work of history, focusing on the relations of Poland, Brandenburg and Prussia [before the foundation of the First united German Reich in 1870]. Age wear and browning to wrappers. Wrappers loose from book..... More
Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, (1970). Hardcover. Quarto. Vol. I: 1450 - 1460. lvi,390pp. Vol. II: 1460 - 1461. xxx,486pp. Gold-stamped red & black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Volume I looks at the ten year period from 1450 to 1460 as France emerged from..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. XXX, 586pp. Original burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This remarkable work tells the history of the 1793 Second Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was the second of three partitions that ended the existence of..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7"). xvi, 838pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. School binding. St. Edmund's seal in gilt to front cover. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Originally published in 1848, "The..... More
Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 370 + [2] pp. Original paper wrappers Interesting work on the Inquisition in Portugal in the 1500's. Text in Italian. Minor exterior shelf wear, but book is in very good condition. More
Edinburgh: Scottish League for European Freedom, ND (early 1950's). Softcover. 8vo. 176,[1]pp. Yellow wraps in original red and black dust wrapper. A treatise on the Ukrainian Liberation Movement in modern history. The author, Ukrainian economist and journalist Oleh R. Martovych, was one of the most prominent members of the Ukrainian..... More