London: Printed by William Jaggard for Walter Burre, 1621. Third edition. Hardcover. Folio. (64) 669 (54)pp., 8 double page plates. Original three-quarter brown leather over brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on red leather label and raised bands of spine. Red edges. Marbled endpapers. Poem,with historiated headpiece and..... More
Paris: Michael Sonnius, 1580. Hardcover. Two parts, folio: [asterisk]6 2[asterisk]4 A-2Q6, 2R2, 2S-3D6, 3E4 (= 310 leaves; blank 3E4). [20], 568, [2], [27, index], [3, blank]pp. Separate full titles for “pars altera” of the main work and the “Chronologia Hebraeorum”, the latter with printed marginalia. Contemporary roll-tooled pigskin, spine with..... More
New York: F. Tyler Daniels Co., Inc., (1918). President's Edition, limited to 1,050 numbered copies. Hardcover. Complete in 15 volumes. Quarto. Original publisher's full brown leather binding with color illustration stamped on front cover and blind-stamped spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Ribbon marker. Each volume with..... More
Nürnberg: In Verlag Christoph Weigels seel. Wittwen. Drucks Lorenz Bieling, 1726. First printing of the new revised edition. Hardcover. Folio. [9], 293, [7]pp. & 48 unpaginated leaves with over 400 copper-engravings by C. Weigel. Full hand-stitched vellum from the period. Richly engraved half-title page. Text on half-title: "Sculptura historiarum et..... More
London: Charles Knight, 1833 (Vols. 1-2); 1834 (Vol. 3); 1835 (Vols. 4-5); 1836 (Vol. 6); 1837 (Vol. 7). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 x 8"). [6], 198, [4], 192pp (Vols. 1-2); [4], 192, [4], 211, [1], [4], 196, 4pp (Vols. 3, 4, 5); [4], 184, [4], 203, [1]pp (Vols. 6-7)..... More
Geneva: Series of League of Nations Publications, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 1/4 x 8 1/2"). 573, [3], 28pp (Index). Contemporary olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Published by the League of Nations, this volume contains the complete proceedings of the International Conference on Treatment of Foreigners held..... More
Paris: S. Mabre-Cramoisy for F. & P. Delaulne, 1688. Later edition. Hardcover. Two parts, 8vo: [20], 526, [76 indices], [2 blank]; 241, [7 index]pp. Separate title for the second part. Each part with index; second part with tables throughout. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, lettrines; printed side glosses; text charts. Contemporary..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. First edition. Softcover. Small Folio. 68 Vols. Original illustrated wraps with elaborate decorative border and four portraits on cover, as issued, some issues with text and publisher's device. Sold by subscription only. Extraordinary set with original photogravure per issue, printed to heavy paper with captioned..... More
Paris: Institute de Recherche et D'Histoire des Textes, 1975. Original document. Softcover. Quarto. 510, 511-966pp. Original quarter dark blue tape over illustrated light blue wraps, protected by modern mylar. "Course et Piraterie" presented to the International Commission of Maritime History on the occasion of its 15th International Colloquium of Historical..... More
München: Verlag Franz Eher Nachfolger, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 160 (24)pp. Original illustrated wraps. Frontispiece photograph of Hermann Göring by Röhr, Magdeburg. Detailed photo-documentation of the history of aviation with text contributions, starting with Otto Lilienthal, the Wright Brothers, Charles Boisin, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Henry Farman, Graf Zeppelin, etc. Contributions..... More
Lyon: Tournachon-Molin, 1805. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], 404, [4], 371, [1]pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with title label laid on spines. Bossuet's "Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle" is a stunning work detailing the fall of many empires. But then the "Discours" was composed under a single preoccupation. To..... More
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [12], XXXIX, [1], 208, 148, 326, [2]pp. Original full marbled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Publisher's vignette on title. Recording and analyzing the year 1792's major events, developments and trends..... More
London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [12], XXXII, 207, [1], 124, 301, [1]pp. Original full marbled calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Publisher's vignette on title. Recording and analyzing the year 1793's major events, developments and trends worldwide..... More
München: Oskar Beck, 1922-1923. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 557, [11], VII, [1], 635, [13]pp. Original cloth over decorative paper covered boards, with black lettering on spines and front covers. "Der Untergang des Abendlandes:" (The Decline of the West) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler, the first volume..... More
Paris: P. Blanchard et Eymery, 1812. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XII, 13-610pp. Original paper covered boards with gold lettering and borders on spine. Decorative title-page. Engraved frontispiece. Fascinating work being a chronological history of the nations of the world, since its creation until 1811. Spine slightly age-toned. Corners bumped and..... More
Berlin: Hans Riegler Verlag für Vaterländische Literatur, 1936. First edition. Softcover. Small Folio. Unpaginated, 100pp., plus 7 maps, two of them folding, incl. inside back flap. Original photo-illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Two color diagrams on inside front cover, map and diagrams on folding..... More
Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1969. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small folio. x, 211, (1)pp. Double column text. Decorative blue buckram with black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher's black slip case with slightly chipped blue paper spine label. Illustrated with 15 unnumbered leaves of multicolored woodcut..... More
Madrid: Ediciones Doce Galles, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 749pp. Original color-illustrated wraps with green and white lettering and green ruling on cover, green lettering on spine. Proceedings of the international congress "Science, Discovery and Colonial World." Comprehensive rendering with sixty-four contributions by experts on the subjects, incl. Norman J...... More
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, (1973). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 85pp. Original illustrated wraps. Inscribed by author on free front endpaper, dated Dec. 23, 1974. Pictorial title-page. Interesting work on Gypsy customs and way of life. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Staining and scuffing on wraps. Age toning to..... More
Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Press, [1956]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, 439, [1]pp. Original cloth with white lettering on spine. This book is the result of a conference on feudalism held at Princeton University in 1950, under the general sponsorship of the Rockfeller Foundation and the American Council of Learned..... More
Breslau: Josef Max und Komp. 1852. Fourteenth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 131pp. Leather over paper covered boards. Interesting work being a text book of basic world history for school girls and private lessons for adolescent girls. Age-wear on binding with spine missing and covers detached but present. Heavy rubbing along edges..... More