Kurzer Begriff Deutscher Reichs-Historie darinnen die Hauptveränderungen des deutschen Reichs verfasset und aus bewährten Scribenten erläutert worden by Burcard Gotthelf Stuvens - 1771

Concordia Publishing House, 1903. Poor condition Hardcover Octavo Bound in Black Leather, 1903, presumed 1st edition. Edges of boards worn through. Spine tattered with pieces missing. Written entirely in German, and in large script. Interior clean and solid. I cannot imagine what this book must have gone through to look like this, but here it is, a survivor for your reading pleasure. It seems to be extremely rare, I've only seen one other copy online in twelve years.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Lutherische Derlagshandlung, 1870. Very Good Hardcover 16mo with no dust jacket, 1870, 1st edition. Text entirely in German. Lutheran hymnbook, mostly in text. Tan cloth boards showing rubbing of edges. Interior clean and very solid. RARE : ANTIQUE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5" - 6" tall. Book.

New Orleans: Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1904. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. pp: 31, (1); text illus from photographs. Light wear to spine. Text in German. 9.25" x 6" Published in English in 1909 as The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and the Creoles of German Descent. The author has been described by scholars as the leader and "standard-bearer of culture for the German community of New Orleans." This work expanded the definition of Creole, formerly reserved for those of French or Spanish descent.

STUTTGART, GERMANY: ARTHUR SCHOTT, 1890 UNIQUE, RARE. TWO PAGES ATTACHED NEATLY IN THE FRONT. ONE IN RED INK SIGNED 1886 LOOKS LIKE BY CARL JOSEPH. OTHER PAGE WRITTEN BY IGNATIUS FREDERICK, BISHOP OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.--NOV. 8, 1892 WHERE HE IS ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE BEAUTIFUL WORK AND RECOMMENDING IT TO CATHOLICS OF THE DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. SHOULD BE WELCOME IN EVERY CATHOLIC FAMILY. CIRCA 1890. TWO SECTIONS, 467 PAGES AND 367 PAGES. VERY NICE LOOKING RED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, WEAR SHOWS ON UPPER AND LOWER SPINE, INSIDE FRONT COVER AND BACK SHOWS AGE, SMALL STICKER STATING M. BARTH & CO. IN FRONT, TIGHT INSIDE, CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BEAUTIFUL COLOR FRONTISPIECE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK. ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FOLDOUT PICTURE OF LOURDES IN COLOR. LOURDES IS A French watering resort famous for miracle cures. In 1858 the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared in a grotto to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), later canonized as St. Bernadette in 1933. A marble… Read More

Octavo, paper boards, 22 x 15 cm, [viii], 132 pages; backstrip chipped, paper toned and a little brittle, with torn title page and occasional chipping, decent condition overall. Half-tone photos throughout.A very evocative guide book to "Jewish excursions" in Frankfurt and Hessen, dedicated to "My wife, Bertha Lilienthal, née Fuchs. My hiking companion on rocky roads." The preface is dated almost exactly a year before Kristallnacht. The author was the chief cantor at the main synagogue in Wiesbaden. He and his wife fled to Amsterdam in June 1939. He was transported to Theresienstadt in 1943 and murdered in October 1944. His wife's exact fate is unknown.

Concordia Publishing House, 1903. Poor condition Hardcover Octavo Bound in Black Leather, 1903, presumed 1st edition. Edges of boards worn through. Spine tattered with pieces missing. Written entirely in German, and in large script. Interior clean and solid. I cannot imagine what this book must have gone through to look like this, but here it is, a survivor for your reading pleasure. It seems to be extremely rare, I've only seen one other copy online in twelve years.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Von A. Francke, Bern, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text is in German. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers are grubby in spots but otherwise in sound condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; German Language; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 15630. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Tombleson. London. 1832, [1834]. 2 volumes. Royal 8vo. 190pp; 181, (4)pp. Engraved title pages. Folding panoramic map; folding map. 137 (68+69) engraved plates. Later half calf, marbled boards, raised bands to spine, in six compartments, gilt lettering and spine rules. Marbled boards with a little shelf wear. Upper hinges reinforced. Minor worm damage to lower edge of reps Vol.II. Occasional light foxing and offsetting. Signature of Edward Lock to fep of each volume. A handsome set, with all plates as listed.
William Tombleson (1795-1846) Artist, illustrator and engraver.

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., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
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.

First Edition.Holmes' Ramble contains valuable comparisons of Mozart and Beethoven which date from only a very short period after Beethoven's death, as well as an engraved facsimile of an invitation to Beethoven's funeral.8vo. Half-leather-backed decorated boards, gold stamped on the front and back covers with the crest of The Society of Writers to the Signet. London: Published by Hunt and Clarke. 1828. Hinges cracked but holding firmly by the cords; minor wear to boards and corners; o/w fine.