London: 1787. Reprint. Hardcover. "Signed Francis Townsend, Windsor Herald, Deputy Bath King of Arms" on endpaper with ribbon attached (Windsor Herald from 1784–1819). Quarto. viii, 72pp., with original seal of the Windsor Herald depicting a knight in armor, with sword and shield, on his horse, coat of arms on verso..... More
Amsterdam: N. V. De Arbeiderspers, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 105-112pp. Original illustrated wraps protected by modern mylar. This fascinating anti-Nazi socialist weekly was published in the Netherlands, and started as a supplement to the paper Het Volk [The People]. The illustration on front cover is by Albert Hahn, Jr...... More
Wien: Danubia-Verlag, no date. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Inludes 100 photographs. Yellow cloth with title in red on spine in original dust jacket. Minor spotting to boards. Some chipping, creasing and few small closed tears on dj. Usual age browning to outer edges of pages. Magnificent biography of Theodor Körner (1873-1957)..... More
Stuttgart: Gau-Organisationsamt Württemberg-Hohenzollern, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. 80pp., 1 folding map. Original blue quarter-cloth over illustrated wraps with blue and white lettering on cover. Map on inside front cover. Illustrated title page. Though in small format, the cover design by Hellmensch exudes the desired effect of power. Page three..... More
NP: Self published, ca. 1943. Limited edition (not numbered). Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated ([6],22pp. Brown cloth with silver Iron Cross stamped on front cover. Illustrated front and rear endpapers. Inscription on free front endpaper: "Unserer lieben Paula, die uns in den Stunden tiefsten Leides so treu beigestanden, zum Andenken an unseren..... More
Stuttgart: Wilh. Murr, (1932). Softcover. 8vo. Original b/w illustrated wraps. 20pp. (including wrappers). Drawing on front cover shows a farmer and his wife in despair as a figure, representing death, looms over their farm in the background. Landvolk in Not. Wer hilft? Adolf Hitler! translates to: Farmers in despair. Who..... More
München: F. Bruckmann, nd (ca. 1942 ). Softcover. Oblong 4to. [32, 3pp]. Original illustrated wraps protected by modern mylar. Scarce National Socialist propaganda looking at the years 1939-1941 during W.W.II on Heligoland. Profusely illustrated with photogravures showing the German Wehrmacht and Kriegsmarine on duty, at parades and recreational activities. Other..... More
Philadelphia: E. Stanley Hart, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp., 9 plates incl. frontispiece, 7 leaves of manuscript + 10pp booklet. Rebacked with tan cloth retaining the original calf boards with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece set of Smith of Bramham and cognate families of Smith Coat of Arms. Dedication..... More
Leipzig: Roehler & Amelang, (1935). Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 37pp. of text interleaved with 60 full-page reproductions of paintings in vibrant colors by Ernst Vollbehr. Quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards protected by modern mylar. Rare work of artistic views showing the construction of Hitler's Autobahn. All publications that followed were..... More
London: W. Rogers and Abel Roper, 1698. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [24], 1-200, 209-572, [20]pp (Table of contents). Contemporary blind-stamped spotted calf neatly rebacked, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Monumental history of Portugal written by renown Portuguese historian and poet, Emanuel de Faria y Sousa (1590-1649)..... More
München: Zentralverlag der NSDAP. Franz Eher Nachf. 1936. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 280pp. Original printed wraps with logo of NSKK in black on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. Wraps protected by modern mylar. Photographic free front endpaper. 1936 Nazi propaganda looking at the history and role of the..... More
Hardcover. 4to. 92pp. Special edition of the Italian magazine "Firenze" bound in gold-stamped soft calf leather, resting in decorative cardboard slipcase. Red and white ribbons on front of slipcase all protected by mylar, slipcase in two parts with matching top-edge slide-on as issued. Published to commemorate Hitler's and Mussolini's meeting..... More
London: Printed for J. Walthoe, M. Wootton, G. Conyers, [and 6 others], 1713. New edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (7 3/4 x 5"). [6], xxviii, 312, 104pp. Later blind-stamped paneled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Imprimatur leaf stating J. Berkenhead 1660 present. Frontispiece portrait of king Charles I...... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1754. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 491, 516 (30)pp. Original gilt-lined contemporary calf with elaborate gilt tooling on spine and gilt lettering on labels of spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. From title-page: "Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth from the Year 1581 till her Death..... More
Hamburg: Möllerische Buchhandlung, 1783. New enlarged edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. (10), xxiv, 182pp, 6 plates, including frontispiece, four of them folding. Original mottled calf with gilt lettering on red leather label of spine, gilt tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Hand-colored frontispiece etching of Georgius..... More
Berlin: Arbeiterjugend-Verlag, 1929. Second edition. 7.-16. Tausend. Hardcover. Quarto. 72pp. Yellow quarter cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards with photomontage. Yellow endpapers. Photographic title page with text printed in red and black. A book by and for the children of workers,drawn from letters and records of "childrens' groups" by Andreas Gayk..... More
London: Printed by J. C. for Thomas Basset, 1676. Second edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 7 1/2"). [8], 604, [18]pp. Modern half brown morocco over grey cloth, with original gilt-lettered leather title label laid on spine. Gold lettering and tooling to spine. Modern marbled endpapers. Modern fly leaves..... More
Berlin: Freiheitsverlag G.m.b.H., 1937. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 64pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blind stiff wrappers. A collection of 45 photogravures documenting Mussolini's 5-day official visit to his friend and ally Adolf Hitler, in Germany, in late September 1937. Many of the photographs featured in this work were taken by..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1847/48. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Uncut. XVIII, 432, XIV, 416pp. Original gilt pictorial cloth with gold lettering on spines and front boards. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on both free front endpapers. Illustrated title-pages with black and red lettering. Decorative initials. Laid..... More
London: Printed for John Williams at the signe of the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1655. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (8, 19, 1)pp. index) 171 (1), (8) 427 (1), (8) 235 (1), (8) 238 (2), (8) 172, 22pp. Original calf with blind-stamped ruling on covers, blind-stamped vignettes and gilt..... More
New York: Nikola Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio (15 7/8 x 13"). Original light brown half cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards with black-border gray lettering creating the effect of thre-dimensionality. Cover illustration by Attila Gremigni. Photogravure by Oreste Cuppini. With portrait of Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy and..... More
London: Printed for James Woodman and David Lyon, 1726. First London edition (?). Hardcover. Octavo. xxxi,336,[15]pp. Blind-tooled calf, black title-label with gold lettering. Raised bands. Binding protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece engraving of Thomas More. Title-page printed in red and black. Captivating account of the life of Sir Thomas More..... More
Wien: Stern, ND (ca 1946). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 39, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red lettering on front cover. Gripping account of the daily horrors and massacres committed by the Nazis at Auschwitz. This work is illustrated throughout with 13 b/w in-text photographic reproductions. Minor sunning and sporadic creasing..... More
Nürnberg: Printed at Graphische Kunstanstalt Felix Reusche, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Duodecimo. 4pp., one plate laid in. Original illustrated color wraps featuring German Eagle and Swastika with gray and white lettering on cover. Text printed in red and black. This four page pamphlet contains a printed address by Adolf..... More
Krakow: W. Krakowie. Nakladem Akademii, 1917-1952. Hardcover. 4to. 8 of 10 volumes. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor scuffing and staining to boards. Tom 1-2: 1917-1919. 297,3, xxxii pp. Tom 2, Zeszyt 2: 1922. 102-158, cvii pp. Tom 3, Zeszyt 1: 1923. 104, xix pp. Tom 4, Zeszyt 1-2..... More