Search Results: History: Early Modern from Leaf and Stone Books

Paramus, New Jersey: Armenian Missionary Association of America. Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Paperback. + (12) 120 pages +(2) contains appendix, bibliography and index, glossy pink covers with black lettering and illustration, minor wear to head, tail, corners and covers, title page stamped with "Compliments of the Armenian Missionary Association of America", errata page added before contents page(v) , otherwise pages clear and unmarked ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages .

Bucknell University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0838755976 . 298 pages + (6) contains photographs, notes, bibliographies, list of contributors and index, DJ red, beige and blue with illustration and white and black text, some fading to spine colours, minor wear to head, tail, edges and corners, book black with gold lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, some pages marked with pen, otherwise clear, priced to reflect condition; The Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0199587906 . Xv, 279 pp. References, index. Illustration with maps, figures and tables. Octavo. Dull green dust jacket with medieval woodcut. DJ is clean and unmarked, in Mylar. Book has library stamps (no pockets or stickers) but otherwise clean and nice. Good copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages .

Palgrave Macmillan. Fair in Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1403968160 . + (20) 257 pages +(11) contains plates, notes and index, DJ glossy blue with white lettering and illustration, minor wear to head, tail, edges and corners, book blue covers with silver lettering on spine, wear to head, tail and top edge, many pages marked with pen, priced to reflect condition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Xix, 344 pp. Index, bibliography. Illustrated with tables and charts. Octavo. Dark red original cloth with dull gilt to spine, remains of library marks on spine and front cover. Interior has normal library marks including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very scarce. The books seeks to analyse the major monetary controversies of the period 1650-1710 and to relate them to the institutions which then appeared, not all of which have survived. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages .

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801449774 . Xiv, 285 pp. Bibliography, index. 2 colour plates, many figures, tables, charts and maps. Octavo. Grey dust jacket with figure of a nun and a monk, now in Mylar, with minor shelf wear. Book itself has minor age to covers, interior has owner sig. , otherwise clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "An unwilling, desperate nun trapped in the cloister, unable to gain release: such is the image that endures today of monastic life in early modern Europe. ..Schutte demonstrates that this and other common stereotypes of involuntary consignment to religious houses shaped by literary sources such as Manzoni's The Betrothed are badly off the mark. Drawing on records of the Congregation of the Council, held in the Vatican Archive, Schutte examines nearly one thousand petitions for annulment of monastic vows submitted to the Pope and adjudicated by the Council during a 125-year… Read More

Palgrave MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0230298621 . Xii, 218 pp. Notes, works cited, index. Small octavo. Dark grey hard paper with illustration from Margaret Cavendish. Covers have very minor wear. Interior is tight and clean EXCEPT the introduction has yellow highlighter and ink underlining and marginalia. There is a small amount of ink underlining elsewhere but the blows mostly fell in the first few pages. Otherwise, quite a nice copy. There is a gift inscription on the first blank that appears to be from the author. Priced low to reflect condition but still very usable. ; Early Modern Literature In History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Signed by Author .

Herculaneum Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. + (16) 399 pages +(17) Latin and Russian languages, comes with signed letter from the publisher, contains notes, black covers with gold lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, page 249 bent on bottom right corner, page 356 has small mark in bottom margin, otherwise pages clear and unmarked; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 399 pages .

Newark: University of Delaware Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0874138353 . 230 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index at rear. Light blue, grey, and white DJ. DJ in good condition, very slight wear along edges, otherwise no marks. Blue cloth boards. Book is in very good condition, clean with no marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .

Madrid: Nerea. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Paperback. 8486763126 . 314 pp. Notas, bibliografica comentada, indice analitico. Translated into Spanish. Glossy paper covers with Goya painting on the cover, minimal wear, owner's note on first blank, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Spanish Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages .

Casa Editrice Il Salice. Good. 1992. Softcover. Xiv + 438 pp. Italian text. White softcover wraps. Book is in good condition with faint wear along edges and spine. Signed in black pen by previous owner on front fly page. Half title page has title crossed out in red pen. Book is otherwise clean with no other marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Romae (rome): Institutum Historicum FF. Praedicatorum Romae Ad S. Sabinae. Good. 0. Softcover. 577 pp. Appendix and 2 indexes at rear. Spanish text. Brown softcover. Book is In good condition. Very slightly bumped along edges. Rear cover/corners are slightly bent, as are corresponding pages. Embossed on front cover, front fly page, and title page. Interior is clean with no marks. Usable copy of scarce work. ; Dissertationes Historicae Fasciculus XX .

Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden Gmbh. Good. 1994. Softcover. 3515065954 . Bibliography and collective index at rear. Edited volume with 12 articles by different authors. English text. White and dark blue softcover. Book has 2 blue marks on front cover. Otherwise book is in good condition with minimal wear. Interior is clean with no marks. ; X X ; 198 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 2003. Softcover. 0521533104 . 97 pp. 4 appendices at rear. Lavender softcover. Book is in excellent condition, very clean with no wear. Faint mark at bottom of front cover. ; 7.17 X 4.80 X 0.31 inches; 104 pages .

Leyden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. 172 pages, pages not numbered, Dutch language, facsimilie manuscript, folio, limited edition of 400, cream and manila covers with black lettering, wear to head, tail and edges, rips and tears to top right corners, few smudges on covers, bookplate in front of E. J. Brill Ltd, Ex-library with usual markings including library pocket in back, otherwise pages clear and unmarked ; Ex-Library; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 172 pages .

Boston: W. B. Clarke Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. Vii + 509 pp. Appendix, index and subject index at rear. Fold out map of Boston and New England inside rear cover. Numerous plates. Book is ex-library with stamps throughout interior. Red cloth boards with gold gilt coat of arms on front cover. Book is in fair condition. Some exterior wear along spine and edges. Hinges slightly cracked. Interior is clean with no non-library marks. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 509 pages .

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Very Good. 2002. Softcover. 0816638500 . Xxvii + 186 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index at rear. Dark blue softcover. Book is in excellent condition, very clean with no marks. Corners very slightly rubbed. ; 8.94 X 5.98 X 0.47 inches .

London & New York: Routledge. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415156181 . Xxxiii,296; v, 304; vi, 322; vi, 362 pp. Each article has notes at the end of the article. Illustrated with graphs and charts. Octavo. Four volumes bound in handsome dark navy blue ribbed cloth with silver gilt, minimal signs of wear. Interiors have a small pencil erasure on first blank, otherwise nearly as new, a very nice complete set of this important collection. "Meiji Japan represents a reassessment of the political, economic and social history of Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1911). The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was a pivotal event in Japanese history. Often seen as marking the break between 'pre-modern' and 'modern' Japan, the Restoration has dominated perceptions of Japan's history. This major new collection includes both earlier work written along more traditional lines and later challenges to accepted arguments. Together with a major new… Read More

Mexico: Airzpe. Good with no dust jacket. 1808. Leather. [vii], 250 pp. Entirely in Spanish. A small octavo. Bound in what appears to be the original leather, front board detached, spine perished. First blank has an old flourished inscript dated 1824. Text is clean and unmarked, paper nice, printing is somewhat uneven as to be expected from an 1808 Mexican edition. Goldsmith was pro-Napoleon for many years, then took against him, publishing an English language edition, shortly followed by a Spanish. The Mexican edition is quite scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages .

Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press. Good. 1977. Hardcover. 0815550472 . Xiv + 187 pps. 12 plates and 25 maps. Dark blue and black hardcover with gold gilt lettering. Book is ex-library with usual interior marks and pocket in the rear. Sticker remnant inside rear cover. Book is otherwise in very good condition, clean with no other marks. ; Ex-Library; 11 X 8.60 X 0.80 inches .