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London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket; Owner name, gift inscription on first page of . preface and top corner removed from front flyleaf in Vol. 1, pages toned, . owner name on front free endpaper of Vol. 2, top corner removed from front . flyleaf in Vol. 6, owner names on verso of front free endpaper in Vol. 10. . Boards lightly worn, some hinges tender.. 1868. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Green blindstamped cloth binding. Gilt lettering stamped on spines. All in Mylar protective sleeves. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Dymock's Caesar: Caii Julii Caesaris Opera Omnia; ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensita, Notulis Sermone Anglicano Exaratis Illustrata, Et Indice Nominum Propriorum Uberrimo Instructa: IN USUM SCHOLARUM by Dymock, Joannis - 1848
by Dymock, Joannis
Dymock's Caesar: Caii Julii Caesaris Opera Omnia; ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensita, Notulis Sermone Anglicano Exaratis Illustrata, Et Indice Nominum Propriorum Uberrimo Instructa: IN USUM SCHOLARUM
by Dymock, Joannis
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Edinburgh: Impensis Bell & Bradfute, et Oliver & Boyd, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1848. First Edition. Fold-out Map of Gallia. Written in Latin. Original tooled maroon calf boards showing only minimal wear for a book this age, mostly at spine, touch at corners. Spine is sunned. Neat owner inscription from 1853 & another from 1957. Mostly clean internally but little pen underlining on 1 page; little spotting at front leaf edge; touch chipping few pages. 12 x 18; 314pp + 162 pp of index & glossary = translation. 476 pp in total. Book dated MDCCCXLVIII *** Impensis Bell & Bradfute, et Oliver & Boyd.
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- Keywords latin, History, roman history, ancient history
Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, in ten volumes
by Campbell, John Lord
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Weltgeschichte Der Neuesten Zeit, 1890-1925
by Herre, Prof. Dr. Paul
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Berlin: Verlag Ullstein. Very Good; Boards rubbed, owner bookplates on front pastedowns.. 1925. Hardcover. In two volumes. Half brown leather with green cloth sides. Titles stamped in gilt on spines. Text in German fraktur. xviii, 439, [18] pp; 444-851 pp. Many black and white photos, color charts and tables and color plates. A Germano-centric, between-the-wars view of world history with many images of military leaders, intricately-bearded gents, and royal types. Heavily illustrated. A handsome set. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Grand Hotel
by Baum, Vicki
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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Unknown Tuscany
by Guido Biffoli; Pier Carlo Santini; Guido Piovene [Preface]
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This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a Dust Jacket Protector) has some Small Scratches (mostly to the Rear Cover) and some Edgewear, including Small Tears (1/4" long or smaller), Small Creases, and Slight Chipping at the Head and Base of the Spine and some Bumping to the Fore Edge Corners, which has caused a Few Small Tears (1/4" long or smaller) and associated Small Creases, but the Dust Jacket has No Stains or Foxing. The Hardcover Boards have Slight Corner Bumping but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining with the Exception of a Gift Inscription on the Front End Page and with Light Corner Bumping to the Top Fore Edge Corner but No Tears, Dog-eared Pages, Stains, Mold, or Other Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.Book Description:Impregnable fortresses, welcome…
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THE DUTCH BARRIER 1705 - 1719
by Geikie, Roderick & Montgomery, Isabel A. with Trevelyan, G.M. & Geyl, P.
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Cambridge University Press, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxi, 418pp, frontispiece map of The Southern Netherlands, 5 Appendices. Bookplate of a former owner on the fep, with his name discretely in ink on the ffep, otherwise a clean, tight copy..
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Mykhailyk [Mikey]
by Dmytrenko, M[ariia] (pseud.); Skorkhid, W. Nicholson (Trans.)
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Todd & Honeywell, Inc, Great Neck, NY, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Levytsky, M. & Zalucky, W. Book . VG+ HB in VG DJ, protected by mylar cover. 45 p.: ill.; 24 cm. First American Ed. The author was a member of the Ukrainian Partisan Army and was killed by the Soviet Secret Police in 1948 at the age of 30. This true story of a boy in the insurgency was first published in an underground ed. in Ukraine in 1949. Black paper over boards with bright gold title on spine. Contents are tight and clean. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front and back FEP and acknowledgements page. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 45 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Levytsky, M. & Zalucky, W.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: FICTION; . ISBN: 0899622909. ISBN/EAN: 9780899622903. Main Picture: Dmytrenko (1984), Mykhailyk (First American Edition) - Front Panel and Spine of Dust Jacket,…
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The pilgrimage of the Tiber, from its mouth to its source: with some account of its tributaries.
by Davies, William
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Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle. London. 1873. First edition. Octavo. xii, 347pp, 48pp publisher's adverts. Engraved frontis., map, coloured in outline, 3 further engraved plates, text engravings. Original cloth, gilt lettering, rules and cover vignette. Bumped and rubbed. Hinges cracked. Untrimmed, and partially unopened. Short closed tear to first page of index. Sporadic minor foxing/spotting. Blue silk bookmark. Inscription dated Dec 27th 1873 to verso ffep. WH Smith stamp embossed to ffep.
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My wanderings in the Balkans
by Heathcote, Dudley
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Hutchinson & Co. London. nd. [1925] First edition. Octavo. xvii, 328pp. Photo frontis., 31 further plates, text and endpaper maps. Original red cloth, gilt lettering, slightly sunned to spine. A little rubbed, marked and bumped. Endpapers slightly toned, light occasional spotting."I realised that a new Europe had been moulded out of the old…It mattered little whether it was economically sound or unsound that this or that race should be given national status… independence was in itself sufficient to justify the map of Europe being made out anew".
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by Robert M Edsel
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First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Dust jacket slows slightest shelf wear, and there is some yellowing of the pages around the edges, but the book binding is tight and clean. Signed and inscribed by author. Inscription reads, "To Richard Best Wishes." Book will be bubble wrapped upon shipping.At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments…
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A History of the Crusades: Three Volume Boxed Set
by Runciman, Steven
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Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Volume 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. All three volumes are in Fine Condition in a Fine Slipcase. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
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Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries Vol. II (Froissart's Chronicles)
by Froissart, Sir John
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London: William Smith, 1839. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 7" x 10. History from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Volume 2 of 2. Damage to the spine / backstrip and the back board detached though present but page block still tightly bound. Rough cut paper, pages clean throughout. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually within 24 hours. Please call or email with your questions. This could be a good rebinding / restoration project. A heavier book, please enquire about shipping costs to your destination. 7"x10
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Soviet Russia: Promise or Menace?
by Petersen, Arnold
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New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm), 62, [2] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Attack on Soviet communism by Arnold Petersen, who was a leader of the Socialist Labor Party. The SLP was a bitter foe of the Communists, claiming they had abandoned Marxism. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, soiling to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good.
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
by W. B. Dixon
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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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V Zajetí Slov
by apek, Karel
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Prague: Svoboda, 1969. Later Czech edition. Hardcover. Very good -. 209 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with stamped illustration of eyeglasses, a pipe, and a pen on front cover. Publisher's pink top stain. Original dust jacket is in very good- condition, intact but foxed, toned, and mildly torn at edges and corners. Water damage to bottom portion of back cover, but textblock and dust jacket are unaffected. Written in his mother tongue, apek writes short essays about specific words and their uses and idiocyncracies. The second portion of the book moves into a broader reflection on the use of phrases and idioms and their cultural significance.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Angola Under the Portuguese: The Myth and the Reality
by Bender, Gerald J
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. xxvii, 288 pp. Bound in full blue cloth, top edge stained red, in white dust jacket printed in plum. Perspectives on Southern Africa, 23. Includes bibliography and index. Near Fine, rubbing to bottom edge of binding, internally crisp and clean, in Near Fine dust jacket with minor age-toning. Excellent copy.
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THE DUTCH BARRIER 1705 - 1719
by Geikie, Roderick & Montgomery, Isabel A. with Trevelyan, G.M. & Geyl, P
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Cambridge University Press, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxi, 418pp, frontispiece map of The Southern Netherlands, 5 Appendices. Bookplate of a former owner on the fep, with his name discretely in ink on the ffep, otherwise a clean, tight copy..
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Sociologia anarchica
by Gori, Pietro
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Milano: Editrice Moderna, 1947. Third Edition. Printed wrappers. Opere Volume VII. Stain to top edge and to lower corner of text block, old price to back cover. About very good. In the Italian language.; Octavo.
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by Robert M Edsel
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First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Dust jacket slows slightest shelf wear, and there is some yellowing of the pages around the edges, but the book binding is tight and clean. Signed and inscribed by author. Inscription reads, "To Richard Best Wishes." Book will be bubble wrapped upon shipping.At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments…
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