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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. BCE. Hardcover. A book club edition (despite first printing statement) of author's account of the lead-up and eventual defeat of the Spanish Armada by the Royal Navy in 1588. The author presents the story from alternating Spanish and English points of view. With maps at endpapers, 2 additional maps and two sections of plates bearing black & white illustrations. Indexed. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with indistinct image of a ship to cover in grey, titling in black on grey spine block. Jacket features unattributed back cover photographic portrait of the author. --- A clean, tightly-bound and sound copy but with creasing to corners of a few leaves. Dust jacket with rubbing and slight sunning, but remains intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xviii, (2), 443 pages .
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Bauhaus
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Cologne: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 3829025939 . A first printing of the English-language edition of an examination of the Bauhaus school of art and arts & crafts. The institution was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany. It only existed for 14 years, but its impact on world-wide arts has continued well into the 21st century. This hefty work with hundreds of color and black & white photos and drawings. --- In black cloth-covered boards with silver-stamped cover and spine titling. Red dust jacket with three-dimensional circle, square and triangle images to cover. --- With a small scuffed spot to fore-edge of front cover, faint soiling to textblock lower edge, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, newish copy. Dust jacket with couple of small tears at flap creases and minor creasing to edges, else bright and intact. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any…
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Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe
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New York: NAL Caliber. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. 0451235835 . A profile of each of the three American generals who led the Allied effort in World War II in Europe. Includes a section of black & white plates. --- A firm, clean copy but with a little cover soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 654 pages .
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City of Darkness, City of Light
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New York: Fawcett Columbine / Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 044991268X . A first printing of Marge Piercy's novel, which tells of the French Revolution through the eyes of three different women. With chart depicting cast of characters at rear of volume. --- In pictorial boards, wrapped in clear mylar jacket upon which is printed titling and other information. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Jacket also in excellent condition.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, 479 pages .
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Modern Library #32.4)
by BURCKHARDT, Jacob
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [c.1957]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting Jacob Burckhardt's look at the "colorful period of Italian life and thought between 1350 and 1550." With details about the arts, fashions, manners and thought of the period. The Swiss-born author first published this work in 1860. It was commended for its treatment of the Renaissance period and social aspects of daily life. Translated by S. G. C. Middlemore, and with an introduction by Hajo Holborn. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with image of a Renaissance-era bridge crossing an Italian river. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 379 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1957 (though 1954 date appears in book). ML #32.4. --- A very well-preserved copy: bright and tightly-bound but with faint penciled notes to last page. Price-clipped dust…
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Claudius
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New Haven, Connecticut Usa: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0300047347 . The first English-language bio of Roman Emperor Claudius to be written since the 1930s, this work has received much acclaim. Nice copy, in mock cloth hard covers. Prev owner's embossed seal on front free endpaper; otherwise clean, unmarked interior. DJ lightly scuffed and in removable mylar protective cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume I: The History of the Empire from 180 A.D. to 395 A.D. (Modern Library Giant #G6.2)
by GIBBON, Edward
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [1977-1980]. Hardcover. 0394604016 . A Modern Library reprint edition of this most famous work in the field of world history, in which Edward Gibbon clearly and thoroughly details the decline of the Empire of Rome and offers theories as to why it happened. Volume I only of the three volume set. Material for this set borrowed from Everyman's Library editions of this classic. --- In Toledano spine G8 / brown paper-covered boards / minimalist gilt-stamped spine titling / perfect bound (not stitched) / plain style GA endpapers / plain tan style Gk dust jacket, verso is blank. Likely published c.1977-80 (no date appears in book). --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy, though with slight foxing to textblock top edge. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor soiling, otherwise in good shape and protected in removable mylar. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any…
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume Two only (of the 6-volume set) (The Great Books of the Western World series)
by GIBBON, Edward
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. Leather. Volume two only (of six) in a deluxe Franklin Library edition presenting this most famous work in the field of world history, in which Mr. Gibbon clearly and thoroughly details the decline of the Empire of Rome and offers theories as to why it happened. With etchings from Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Vedute di Roma" providing views of Roman memorials and public works. This volume tells of events from the Reigns of Nero and Constantine to those of Gratian and Valentinian II. With annotations as previously published in an edition of this work by the Everyman's Library. --- Issued as an entry in the publisher's The Great Books of the Western World series, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of their original publication by Encyclpaedia Britannica. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in rich full brown bonded leather covers with three raised…
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The Eagles Die
by Marek, George
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New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and his family are profiled in this book club edition. In black covers w/minor corner bumps; clean & bright interior. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Expansion of Europe: A Social and Political History of the Modern World, 1415-1789 (Volumes I and II bound as one)
by ABBOTT, Wilbur Cortez
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New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. A 1924 reprint edition of the author's hefty, comprehensive history of the expansion by European powers into the wider world. Volumes I and II combined in this single volume. With plenty of black & white illustrations, as well as maps in b&w and in color. --- In navy cloth-covered boards with faded gilt spine titling. --- Book is in fairly rough condition, with warped boards, soiled covers, with dampstains and rippling to leaves but remains intact and fully readable.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxviii, 512, 463 pages .
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Germany and the Germans An Anatomy of Society Today
by ARDAGH, John
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. BCE. Hardcover. 0060158395 . "...searching and incisive portrait of contemporary German society" in a good, clean, bright copy. In black half cloth and black paperboard covers. Book and dust jacket clean, bright and sharp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 478 pages .
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A History of Europe
by ROBERTS, J. M.
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New York: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0713992042 . A first U.S. printing of Oxford historian J. M. Roberts's in-depth telling of the history of Europe. He begins with the first Europeans and the ancient Greeks, and proceeds through both World Wars to the downfall of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The author details how people from a continent with a relatively small land area came to exert power over the entire world. With 42 black & white maps. --- In black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with composite color image of paintings. --- With prior owner's circular embossed seal to front free endpaper, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy. Intact jacket with slight rubbing and a small sticker to spine, else lacking damages and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 628 pages .
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History of Europe From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV [1815] to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII [1852]. Volume IV only: June 1844 through 1852.
by ALISON, Sir Archibald
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. Hardcover. Volume 4 only in author's four volume series (Spine says Vol VIII but title page has work as Volume IV). In tan calf leather with raised bands and titling on spine in gilt on black blocks. Endpapers and text block edges marbled. Hinges good, with some abrading to the calf at the spine. Volume has been exposed to dampness, interior pages are rippled but with no apparent dampstains. Prev. owner's bookplate at front pastedown. Textblock firm and intact. Includes 147-page extensive index of the events of European history from 1815-1852 for all four volumes of this series. A handsome, though faultily labeled, volume in this important work on the history of Europe. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 542, 147, (2, ads) pages .
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
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New York: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1967. Hardcover. William Hickling Prescott's landmark work of Spanish history first appeared in 1837 and is presented here in a handsome Heritage Press reprint edition. Edited, and with a preface, by C. Harvey Gardiner, with eye-catching color illustrations by Lima De Freitas. With brightly colored map of Spain at endpapers. Sandglass leaflet not present. --- With De Freitas color portraits of the subjects on paper-covered boards, backed in olive quarter cloth with titling in gilt on red spine block. Volume housed in De Freitas illustrated paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright and lacking noticeable damages. Good-only, structurally sound slipcase with considerable soiling & a few small tears to paper covering.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxiv, 294 pages .
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In the Lion's Court Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII
by Wilson, Derek
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312286961 . In-depth look at six men who surrounded Henry VIII and their part in the story of this sometimes unbelievable monarch. In top shape, w/prev owner's gold embossed sticker front free endpaper. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 576 pages .
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Karlstein: Das Rätsel um die Burg Karls IV (in German language)
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Stuttgart: Verlag Urachhaus. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 3878381468 . A German-language guide to Karlstein, the castle of Emperor Charles IV (Karl IV) of the Holy Roman Empire. Built in 1348-1367 near Prague, the castle served as a repository for treasures of the Empire such as the crown jewels, artwork and other relics. With multiple black & white illustrations, as well as several color plates tipped onto leaves. --- In vivid red cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover and spine; maroon endpapers. Jacket with color reproductions of paintings. --- A clean, tightly-bound and bright copy. Jacket with light chafing at spine ends, and with mild separation of clear outer skin in spots; else bright and intact.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); 210 pages .
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Kristofer Columbus Hans Lefnad Och Resor (Swedish Language) Translation of: Christopher Columbus, His Life and Travels
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Chicago: Chas. Webb & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. In dark brown cloth-covered beveled edge boards with gilt, black and navy decorations and lettering, covers & spine. With dozens of illustrations and maps in black and white. Front and back covers cracked at hinges but solidly attached; textblock is firm. With cover edgewear. Published by The Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Co. with an imprint by Chas. Webb & Co. of Chicago. This Swedish language version of Washington Irving's history of Spain and their hired Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus is a large, heavy, unique volume.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 513, (3, ads) pages .
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1950s-60s]. Hardcover. A reprint edition of the famed historical novel set in Pompeii at the base of Vesuvius. First published in 1834. Publisher's flyer specific to this work laid in. --- This volume is made to simulate a book with leatherbound qualities, with gilt stamped decorations and titling on full dark green paper-covered boards and satin bookmark ribbon. Lacks a dust jacket. Volume bears 1946 date, but likely published c.1950s-60s. --- Outer paper covering is brittle and has a nick to top of spine, crack to covering at rear joint and prior owner's signature and notation to verso of front free endpaper; else a sound, intact copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (10), 356 pages .
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Legends of Charlemagne (Everyman's Library #556)
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London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1911]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated, probable 1911 first edition. An Everyman's Library edition presenting Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) for a younger reader. Some of the legends surrounding the 8th & 9th Century King of the Franks and his twelve prominent knights are shared. With an introduction by the author. Number 556 in Everyman's Library catalog in their "For Young People" series, edited by Ernest Rhys, who has also supplied a brief introduction. --- In 'flatback' binding style 1, full red cloth-covered ribbed boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With some discoloration to…
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The Life and Death of Lenin
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New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. BCE. Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to the life of the ruthless leader of the Russian Revolution, who led his forces through the subsequent Civil War and later oversaw the birth of the Soviet Union. With a section of black & white photos, holographs and endpaper maps of Saint Petersburg and of Russia, and an introduction by the author. Back matter includes end notes, bibliography, index and more. --- In a full-size book club edition. In black cloth-covered boards with facsimile signature of Lenin on cover in gilt, spine titling in gilt and orange. Cover features image of Lenin. --- A clean, firm copy though with soiling to textblock edges. Fair only dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges and some rubbing, else intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 672 pages .
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