New York: Frederick Ungar, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 282pp. Original illustrated wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Top edge green. This book is a lively political history of Germany. It shows the true face of Junkerism, but at the same time its adversary, German liberalism, in its..... More
Hanover: Printed by and for Charles and WM. S. Spear, 1810. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. viii, 280pp. Contemporary leather with title-plate. Age wearing throughout binding. Glue residues on boards and spine. Scuffing, discoloration and rubbing to boards and spine. 3 small pieces of cello-tape to front and rear endpapers. Browning and..... 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
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
Paris: Société d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres" 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. X, 408pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and printer's device in gilt on front board. Printer's device on title-page. Ribbon mark. Fascinating biography on Emperor Julian, man of unusually complex character, as well as military commander..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 971, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work designed for the general reader as well as the specialist and is intended to be a scholarly yet readable..... More
London: Methuen, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 582 pp. Blue cloth binding with dj. Light rubbing to edges. Minor chipping to head of spine of dj. Spine lightly discolored. Profusely illustrated with b/w annotated drawings, maps, photos and facsimiles. A very tight copy in near fine condition. More
Schwäbisch Hall: Journal-Verlag Schwend, (2000). Hardcover. 4to. Volume V of IX volumes. 609pp. Original gold-stamped blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. The most detailed work on Prussian-German rifles and bayonets ever published. Includes dates, facts and other important details of each weapon. Profusely illustrated with color..... More
London: Swan Sonneschein, 1893. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 554pp. + adds. Gilt decorated maroon cloth binding. Some wearing to edges. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Front board water stained and warped. Gilt top edge. Illustrated with 250 annotated b&w images. Light discoloration to edges of pages. A great..... More
London: The Studio Limited. The Studio Publications, 1932. Hardcover. 4to. 128pp. Purple cloth with title in gold on cover and spine. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and frayed. Wear to corners. Some discoloration and scuffing to boards. Small bookplate to inside of front board. Signatures of..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1905. 5th edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x, 304 pp. Gilt decorated blue cloth binding. Head and tail of spine bumped. Minor wear to edges, corners rubbed and bumped. Some foxing to title and half title page. From page 84 to 137 directly concern Carl Joubert contact with and..... More
New York: Praeger Publishers, (1972). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 204pp. Brown cloth, gold lettering on spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. "Guiding spirit of the abortive 1905 revolution and a leading force in the Russia Revolution of 1917, center of a storm of controversy..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1963. Softcover. 8vo. xiii,263pp. Original wrappers. Some creasing, discoloration and minor staining to wraps. Pages unopened. Schriften der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteuropaforschung der Universität Münster. German politics in Lithuania during "The Great War (W.W.I). Text in German. Wraps in good-, interior in very good condition. More
The Lydian Press, (1965). Hardcover. 8vo. x,105pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine in dust jacket. Some creasing, discoloration, chipping and tearing on dj. This book was published in 1965 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the martyrdom of over a million and a half Armenians during World War..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vi,648pp. Brown cloth, title label on spine. Marbled edges. Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre Septieme qui comprend le regene de Marc-Aurele (161-180). Marcus Aurelis. Text in French. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. xx,144pp. Gold decorated maroon cloth. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine, corners and parts of edges rubbed. Small bookplate on free front endpaper. Frontispiece. Gutter along rear endpaper split but firm. Quatrains..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1960). Revised expanded edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi,206pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. The author presents his view that in pre-1914 Italy, under the leadership of Giovanni Giolitti, not only Italian democracy but also a promising fusion of the best..... More
Stuttgart: Levz & Müller, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. vii, 236,4pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled boards. Lacking backstrip. Interesting compendium looking at the history of church music / hymns from the time of Ambrosius to the 1880's. Ambrosius (333 AD -397 AD) was a theologian and bishop in Milan..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. (xii), 254 pp. Original orange illustrated dust jacket with black and lettering on front cover and spine. Orange cloth boards, gilt lettering and publisher's device on the spine. In 1843 the author went to seek two British officers, Lieutenant Colonel Charles..... More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, ND. Offprint. Softcover. 8vo. 12 pp. Original printed wrappers. Father António Vieira's letter to D. Afonso VI. Wraps foxed, stained at edges. Age-toning to interior pages. Text complete and legible in Portuguese. Wraps in fair, interior in good to very good condition. Scarce. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1914. 8vo. A pamphlet published by Methuen in 1914. "The War of Civilization" was given by then Prime Minister Herbert Asquith in Edinburgh on September 18, 1914. This copy notes it as the authorized edition, revised by Mr. Asquith. "The War of Civilization" 8 pp..... More
Coimbra: Impresa da Universidade, 1906. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 18 pp. Original illustrated wrappers, title page blind stamped with a seal "Prudenter Ac Fortater". Bibliotecas e Archivos Nacionaes. As Cartas do Padre Antonio Vieira Offerecidas oa Archivo da Torre do Tombo. Records of letters of the archives of the main..... 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
Durham, NC: Duke Univ Pr, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 326 pp. Darkgoldenrod cloth binding w/dj. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Dj lightly rubbed. Light staining to back. Illustrated endpapers. Large section of annotated images, photos, charts and detailed maps. A tight copy in very good condition..... More
London: Cambridge at the University Press, (1970). Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 189pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original price-clipped dust jacket. Captivating study by A. Black of the political ideas in the conflict between the Council of Basle (1431-1449) and Pope Eugenius IV (1431-1447). Minor staining on front..... More