Lisboa: Editorial Presença/Biblioteca Nacional, 1983. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 173 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with 12 plates displaying facsimile photographs of artwork, manuscripts and more. Text in Portuguese. Book is in very good condition. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 251pp. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine in original printed price-clipped dust jacket. Charlton examines the fortunes of positivist thought during the period of its greates influence in nineteenth-century France. Minor staining on boards, tail of..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, (1977). Reprint of the 1843 edition. Hardcover. Silver-stamped gray cloth with imprinted black title label with silver lettering. Translated from the German by General Carl von Clausewitz from the 1843 German title "Der Feldzug 1812 in Russland." Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian..... More
Stockholm: Central Board of National Antiquities, and the Swedish National Committee of ICOMOS, 1981. First edition. 4to. 386pp. In very good condition. Covers issues such as Physical Planning and Preservation, Legilation and presents essays discussing preservation work on numerous sites in Sweden. Text in English, German, and French. More
London: Macmillan, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XIII, [1], 203, [1]pp. Original decorative wrappers over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. This book deals with one of the most important and neglected episodes in modern history: the fate of seven minority nations of the U.S.S.R. whose populations were almost..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 277pp. Blind-stamped green cloth with brown lettering on spine. Interesting study By G. D. Crothers on the 1907 German elections focusing on changes in public sentiment in regards to certain "national" questions and policies. Number 479 of the series "Studies..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xii, 476pp. Black cloth with imprinted gold-lettered title-label in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece. Captivating study of Anglo-Norman history and the Norman impact in England in the eleventh century. Head and tail of spine bumped. Top-edge of dj flap repaired..... More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1930. First edition thus. Softcover. Ex-Library. 8vo. 202pp. Original printed paper wraps. Text in French. Paper on spine rippled. Head and tail of spine bumped. Two and a half inch hairline tear near top left of front flap. Ex-library stamps on title page. Overall tight copy in..... More
Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., (1979). First American edition. Hardcover. 4to. 208pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Pictorial half-title and title-page. Lost Berlin evokes the atmosphere and ambiance of one of the great cultural and artistic cities in the world. Everett recaptures the Golden..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1940. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVIII, 474pp. Original printed dust-jacket over grey cloth with gold lettering on spine. In this powerful work, the author makes an apocalyptic diagnosis of the German evolution in the 19th century. He emphasizes the inevitable dialectic movement in the..... More
München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1936. Softcover. 8vo. 48,[8],pp. Wrappers in original dust jacket. Discoloration to wraps. Chipping, creasing, staining and tearing to dj. Illustrated with 48 reproductions of b/w photographs. Typical book published during the Third Reich glorifying the "farmer elite" of upper Bavaria. Text in German, Gothic script..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, [2], 181, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over red cloth with black lettering on spine. In this remarkable work, the author describes the functions of the Fascist party, explains how it was organized to perform its tasks, and discusses conflicts..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, 1176pp. Original printed wrappers over blue cloth, with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Fascinating work being a compendium of modern scholarship, designed to meet the needs both of the general reader and of the specialist in all fields of..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965. Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo. XII, 484pp. Original printed wrappers over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The American and French Revolutions were expressions of a general transformation of political attitudes and ideals in the Western world. Here the nature of this transformation is..... More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. Second printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. 584, [2]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial title page. Remarkable work in which the author recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history, emphasizing the problems produced..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961. Second printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, 533, [3]pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Scarce and fascinating work which is one of the few researches to study a large-scale industrial society primarily through the people's own views. Approximately 3000 former Soviet..... More
Zürich: Schultheß & Co. AG, 1956. Softcover. 8vo. viii,136pp. Original wrappers. Minor creasing to edges of wraps. Frontisportrait of Rahn with facsimile signature. Volume 39 of "Mitteilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich" (Kantoner Verein für Geschochte und Alterstumskunde). A biography of Professor Johann Rudolf Rahn (1841-1912), the founder of the..... More
Omaha, Neb. Axel H. Andersen, Inc., 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 472pp. Decorated red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Corners bumped and slightly frayed. Some wear to edges. Minor staining and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting.History of Denmark and its..... More
New York: National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 68 pp. Original illustrated glossy wrappers. A Series of 21 Articles by Distinguished Religious Leaders on the Effect of Vatican II on Interreligious Relations Yesterday, Today and Tommorrow. From the Oscar M. Lazrus Center for Interreligious Affairs..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xi, 166pp. Original blue clothe with blind-stamped publisher's device and lettering on cover and spine. The historical views of Flavius Josephus in his "Bellum Judaicum" and a contribution to the question of sources. Essentially a unchanged version of Lindner's dissertation 1970/71..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, [2], 349, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Top edge red. Printer's device on title page. Fascinating work being a detailed analysis of the political, social and economic history of the France..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1945. Softcover. 8vo. 269pp. Illustrated wrappers with black lettering. Top and bottom page edges untrimmed. Many pages unopened. Illustrated title page in red and black lettering. Fascinating historical work. Staining, creasing, scuffing, rubbing and discoloration to wrappers and spine. Browning to pages, not affecting text. In..... More
Savigliano (Italy): Stampa 77, 1979. Softcover. 4to. 2 Vols. 640 pp. Photographic wrappers. Light age rubbing to edges. Detailed history of the Italian city of Asti in the Piedmont region seen through the names of its streets and squares. In Italy every street is named after a famous person who..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 470, [2]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. In this captivating account of the Russian revolutionary movement Professor Mavor reproduces, in full or in part, a number of interesting historical documents shedding new light on the Bolshevik..... More
Gingko Press, (1985). First American edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. xxxiii,220pp. xxi,121pp. xiv,162pp. Blind-stamped blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in dust jacket. Tail of spines slightly bumped. Minor staining to dj's. Slight browning to outer edges of pages. Endpapers printed with facsimiles of letters. Preface by Paul Oskar..... More