Search Results: History: Empires and Civilizations from The Owl at the Bridge

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1994. Hard Cover. Two volumes; maps (6 color, 4 folding); 32 cm. Translated into English by Luciano F. Farina & Marc A. Beckwith. Volume VI of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). First published 1992 in Italian. Contents in English with facing Spanish text. Bound in tan pictorial cartographic boards; new from publisher in tan linen slipcase; fine, gift quality. stock#Mart006 [101144b].

Siena: Università degli studi di Siena, Protagon, 2000- . First Edition. First volume in a projected series: 1. Catalogo degli estratti, a cura di Eleonora Bassi e Silvia Pallecchi. A catalog of 5113 offprints of articles on classical antiquities and civilization. Soft Cover. 387 pages, illus. (2 color), facsims, indices, 24 cm. Vg, new from publisher / softcover. Stock#43195.

NY, HarperCollins, ©2003. Hard Cover. ix, 240 p., maps; 22 cm. Antiquity: From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire. ISBN (10): 0060174099. Stock#47321. Vg, gift inscription on front fly/ dj fine.

Italica Press, NY, 1988. Historical Travel Guide. Soft Cover. with New Introduction and Bibliography by Ronald G. Musto. 253 p., index, maps; 21.5 cm. Translation of De Topographia Constantinopoleos. "This volume present a second edition of John Ball's 1729 English translation of The Four Books of the Antiquities of Constantinople, which was written by Pierre Gilles and published posthumously in 1561. No other edition of an English translation of this work has been available since that time, despite the fact that this is a fundamental text on one of the principal cities of both East and West." Pictorial paper covers; new from publisher. stock#41887x.

Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1965. Hard Cover. viii, 290 p. 24.5 cm. Parker discusses 267 English books published between 1481 and 1620 which informed Englsihmen of the wider world and established an interest in territorial expansion. Stock# 32,283. Vg/ dj vg.

[London, BBC] 1940. Soft Cover. [4] p., 21.5 cm. Reprinted from The Listener of February 29, 1940. Radio propaganda at the beginning of World War II, the period of "phony war". "Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) played a central role in the decolonization of the British Empire. The son of Britain's first Socialist prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, Malcolm soon emerged from his father's shadow to take a crucial political and diplomatic part in the shaping of the Commonwealth." Caption title. Stock# 40,516. Vg. / wrappers.. World War II, military history, government.

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1992. Hard Cover. 380 pages; 32 cm. Introduction & notes by Anna Unali; translated into English by Gioacchino Triolo & Luciano F. Farina. Volume V of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). First published 1990 in Italian under title Le Scoperte di Cristoforo Colombo nelle testimonianze di Diego Alvarez Chanca e di Andrés Bernáldez. At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets. National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. English and Spanish. Tan cartographic boards; new from publisher; gift quality. stock#Mart005 [101144f].

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1992. Hard Cover. 655 pages, many illus. (incl. color); 32 cm. Introduction ("In Search of an Image"), commentary & notes by Gaetano Ferro, Luisa Faldini, Marica Milanesi, in collaboration with Carla Pampaloni, Laura Monferdini, Maria Teresa di Palma; coordination & editing, Gianni Eugenio Viola. Volume XI of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). At head of title: Italian Encyclopedia Institute. Founded by Giovanni Treccani. Translation of Iconografica colombiana into English by Luciano F. Farina and Carla Onorato Wysokinski. Bibliography, pages 596-598. Tan cartographic boards; new from publisher; gift quality. Shipping included in price. stock#Mart011 [101144c].

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge, Volume 112. "The fifteenth-century Italian merchant and traveler Cyriacus of Ancona... journeyed tirelessly in Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Levant in search of classical inscriptions..., recording his findings... in notebooks which are now almost entirely lost. Much of their content, however, has come down in the derivative form-- sometimes autograph-- of extracts, transcripts, and fragments, and in old prints of lost codices." "Father Edward W. Bodnar... and Professor Charles Mitchell... present a critical edition of the surviving records of two journeys [Cyriacus] made in the Propontis and Northern Aegean in 1444 and 1445, when he inspected such important sites as Cyzicus, Thasos, and Samothrace, as well as many books in monasteries on Mount Athos. The text-- parts of it hitherto unpublished-- is constituted from all the related manuscripts..." 90 pages of typescript, 24 b/w illustrations; 25… Read More

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello stato, c1992. Hard Cover. 507 pages; 32 cm. Edited by Ernesto Lunardi, Elisa Magioncalda, Rosanna Mazzacane; translated into English by Felix Azzola; revised by Luciano F. Farina. Volume II of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. Opus epistolarum Decades De Orbe Novo Schede. Tan cartographic boards, new in publisher's shrinkwrap; gift quality. stock#Mart002 [101145b].

Sections: Origina Peopling of the Americas; Era of Exploration; Founding of the English Colonies 1578-1732; Colonies & the Empire 1624-1775; Era of the American Revolution 1976-89; Erarly National & Antebellum Periods 1789-1860; Civil War & Reconstruction 1861-77; Domestic Issues from Hayer to Wilson 1878-1918; U.S. in World Affairs 1866-1918; America between two World Wars 1919-39; U.S. in WWII; U.S. & Balance of World Power 1945-74; Domestic Issues & National Politics from Truman to Nixon 1945-74; Presidents & their Cabinets; Party Strength in Congress; Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court; Declaration of Independence; Constitution of the U.S. Section 2, Topical Chronology: Expansion of the Nation; Population, Immigration & Ethnic Stocks; Leading Supreme Court Decisions; American Economy; Science, Invention, & Technology; Thought & Culture; Mass Media; Five Hundred Notable Americans; index. xiv, 1245 pages; dust jacket slightly worn, mild shelfwear; Good+. Stock#ofc0360.

University of Chicago Press, ©1976 ©1964. Soft Cover. xvii, 285 p., 48 p. of illus. at end, 25 cm. "Presents the whole sweep of Etruscan civilization, its history, art and architecture as well as the language, music and religion…" ISBN (10) 0226712354. Stock#47760. Good+, shelf wear, owner name on front fly / soft cover.

London & N.Y., Batsford & Putnam's, 1967. Hard Cover. Christian heirs of pagan Rome, the Byzantines flourished for over a thousand years-- from A.D. 330, when Constantine proclaimed Byzantium the capital of the Roman Empire, renaming it Constantinople, to the sack of the city by the Turks in 1453.” 240 p., over 100 illustrations; Stock# 32,047. Vg/ dj vg.

Cambridge (UK) UP, 1908; reprint Martino 2001. Hard Cover. iii, 523 p.; 23.5 cm. Besterman 1550. Following three centuries of Ottoman rule characterised by nearly complete spiritual and cultural isolation from Europe, Cyprus was handed over to Great Britain in 1878. This English colonial period saw the establishment of law coincidental with harsh exploitation of the Cypriot people. Cobham collected and translated this collection of papers printed between 1892 and 1895 as a supplement to "The Owl", a newspaper published at Nicosia. The historical materials comprise 478 pages; the bibliography lists about a thousand titles. Stock# 41,345x. Fine, new from publisher

"The main reason for a new edition at this time is, of course, the discovery of inscribed tablets of the Bronze Age at Pylos and Mycenae by, respectively, Carl W. Blegen... lan J. B. Wace... together with Michael Ventris' extraordinary accomplishment in deciphering them and proving them to be written in an early form of Greek." xxiii, 519 pages, index, chronological table, glossary, bibliography (pages 472-495), index, appendix: The Athenian Agora; 110 plates, 63 maps & diagrams including endpaper maps. Bound in navy binder's cloth stamped in silver; ink owner name, neat ink obliteration of previous owner name; Good+. No dust jacket. Stock#ofc0538.

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello stato, 1998. Hard Cover. Two volumes; 32 cm. Volume IV of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). Introduction, commentary & notes by Paolo Emilio Taviani and Ilaria Luzzana Caracci, editors; translated & edited by Luciano F. Farina. Tan cartographic boards; new in publisher's shrinkwrap; tan linen slipcase; gift quality. stock#Mart004x [101144e].

New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1969. Hard Cover. xl, 624 p., illus., color maps; 25 cm. With a foreword by Peter Charanis. Revised edition. Rutgers Byzantine Series. Translation of Geschichte des byzantinischen Staates. First pub. 1940; revised edition 1952. Stock#40404. Vg/ dj vg.

New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1969. Hard Cover. xxv, 548 p., illus., color maps (some fold.), geneal. tables; 25 cm. Summary: Succinctly traces the Byzantine Empire's thousand-year course with emphasis on political development and social, aesthetic, economic and ecclesiastical factors. ISBN (10): 0813505992. Stock#46756. Vg / dj vg.

Udgivet af A/S Jernkontoret i Anledning af 50 Ärs Jubilæet 1 April 1955 [Friedlænder, København]. Soft Cover. 40 p., illus.; 20 cm. A small, informative account of the Iron Age. Nice illustrations incl. color plates. Paper; VG in slipcase. stock#45052.

Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1990. Hard Cover. Two volumes, 5 color folding plates (maps); 32 cm. Volume I of Nuova Raccolta Colombiana (English). Introduction and notes by Paolo Taviani and Consuelo Varela. At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets ; National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. Translated into English by Marc A. Beckwith and Luciano F. Farina. Tan cartographic boards; tan linen slipcase; new from publisher; gift quality. stock#Mart001 [101144g].