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391 pages; in German and Latin. Rebound; extremely light fraying of head and heel of spine, some age-darkening, otherwise in excellent condition, with all pages tight, clear, unmarked, untorn. Bears bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.Heinrich Hagenmeyer (1834-1914) was a groundbreaking scholar of the Crusades, whose standards for publishing and editing sources, particularly for the First Crusade, set the standard for historians ever since.Walter the Chancellor, a 12th century Crusader and Chancellor of Antioch, wrote his work on Antiochene Wars between 1119 and 1122. He provides a compelling first-hand account of the battle between Roger of Salerno's Antiochene Crusader army and that of Ilghazi of Mardin, who soundly defeated the Crusaders and killed Roger on the Field of Blood in 1119.. He also sheds some light on relations with nearby Muslim states.This is a hard-to-find first edition of Hagenmeyer's edited, indexed and annotated Bella Antiochena.

Probably rebound; binding is robust and solid, signature stitching is a little open, but still tight; one rather inexpert repair, as shown in photographs. Spine is tanned, as is a narrow band at top of rear board. Some early pages are considerably age-darkened, later ones considerably less so.Part of the Libraire des Archives nationales et de la Société de l'École de Chartres.Gesta Consulum Andegavorum or the Chronicle of the Counts of Anjou is a text written in Latin from 1100 to 1140 by the Benedictine monk and chronicler Jean Rapicault, known as Jean de Marmoutier, of the abbey of Marmoutier, near Tours .The Chronicle details the first dynasty of the Counts of Anjou since the succession of Charlemagne. Beginning with semi-mythical ancestors from the Gallo – Roman world, the account continues through the reigns of Charles the Bald, Fulk l to lll (Nerra) and includes the campaigns against the Normans and the Bretons, and Geoffroy Grisegonelle's successful defense against the marauding… Read More

A little fading and age-darkening, but binding completely tight, all pages bright and readable.Knut Hamsun's famous mature work, written toward the end of his prolific 50-year writing career, a more philosophical treatment of many of the themes he dealt with in his work, as well as his contemplation of modernism. It was written just before he rather tragically became involved with the Nazi party. Hamsun (1859-1952) was an adventurer-writer born into poverty in Lom, Norway, whose complex, subjective, psychological and stream-of-consciousness style and innovative technique profoundly influenced virtually all of 20th century fiction. He won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920 for Growth of the Soil.

163 pages. In French. Good +; binding is sound and tight. All pages are clean, tight and intact but age-darkened, with occasional light pencil underlining and one or two very small tears due to fragility of the paper. Binding is somewhat age-darkened, spine a little tanned. From the library of Medievalist John La Monte, whose signature it bears, then the library of medievalist Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study, whose bookplate it bears.The Christian Lebanese Doctor of Legal Sciences Dimitri Hayek's very hard-to-find-work on the creation, structure, enforcement, administration and comparison with Muslim law of Frankish feudal law in Syria after the conquest in 1098.

622 pages. Some abrasions, fading on spine, binding sound and tight, all pages clean, with a little foxing on some initial pages, gentle age-toning.Publication date unknown, but before 1866, when the book was awarded as the Midsummer 1866 Mark Prize at the famous Crypt School, Gloucester (founded 1539). Book appears unread; pupil won it for excellence in arithmetic, so this is perhaps unsurprising.

320 pages, 22 plates on foldouts in appendix. Page tops gilded.Some tanning on top of front board, a few stains on white leather binding, all pages tight and clean, no foxing or staining.Oskar Hecker's authoritative study of Boccaccio's manuscript culture, including discoveries from previously lost items from his library and texts authenticated by Hecker, in many cases from autographed manuscripts.In the 117 years since its publication, few significant additions to Boccaccio scholarship have been made in the areas on which Hecker concentrated.

Elegantly bound first edition of Henry Green's famous work tracing linkages and similarities between Shakespeare's thought and expression and the thought and expression of a considerable number of Emblemist writers. Green also provides an overview of the literature of emblems (allegorical illustrations with poetry or prose, descended from Medieval bestiaries), which was a popular genre in the 16th and 17th centuries. He discusses emblems and emblemist art that Shakespeare is known to have seen, as well as those that were contemporary with him.

Very Good: Some fading of, and slight abrasions on, spine; 121 pages.A centenary publication of NYU, detailing the contents of the James Arthur (1842-1912) horological collection which was donated in 1925 to New York University.Daniel W. Hering, Professor Emeritus of Physics, was appointed Curator, and is the author of this book. In 1932 the collection consisted of about 1,464 items: 224 clocks, 1,190 watches, and 50 books.A hard to find first edition of a important, detailed, technical, historical and scholarly horological work. Illustrated with a great many black and white photographs and drawings. Hering devotes time to the aesthetic and artistic value as well as to the mechanical ingenuity of these pieces.

Complete, Vols. 1 and 2 in one. Full leather; owner's name gilt-stamped in black label on front board, marbled endpapers. Good +: some abrasions and water/ink stains on front board, some abrasions on rear board, some corner bumping and a fair amount of foxing, but binding is sound, all pages present, intact and untorn; overall in very serviceable condition. Photos show foxed pages, but not all are so foxed.Second US Edition of John Howard Hinton's (1791-1873) famous and comprehensive History, in the production of which he was encouraged by Washington Irving, to whom it is dedicated. A fascinating and detailed look into a United States of 27 states whose vast territory is mostly inhabited by "savages."This is a large and heavy book: domestic shipping $8.00; please enquire about international shipping costs.

In German. 166 pages. Book essentially as new except for tanning on spine, small stain on top of front board, two small scuff marks on rear board. Bears bookplate and signature of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.Session reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical class, session of 3 November 1859; Volume XXXII, Part III. Reprint of the Vienna Academy edition 1856. By Professor Karl Hopf (1832-1873), expert on Greece in the Middle Ages from the Universities of Greifswald and Königsberg.Venice and the Byzantine empire. The German Order in Greece, Venetian dynastic history in the Greek archipelago. Ramon Muntaner and the Catalan Company, defense of Greece from the Turks.

Some age darkening, particularly on back covers. Otherwise, all pages tight, clean and unmarked, no stickers, not ex-library. Very slight tear in dust jacket of Die Normannen. Bear light pencil mark on both covers, Die Letzten Tage bears name in ink of distinguished medievalist Prof. K. M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
Either volume available separately for $30.00.
Prof. Endre Von Ivánka (1902-1974) was a German-Hungarian theologian and philologist. He was Professor at the Institute of Greek Philology in Budapest and Professor of Byzantine philology and intellectual history at the University of Graz.
He published the Byzantinische Geschichtsschreiber series of which these two volumes (vols. l and lll of the series) are an abridgement of the respective subject matter.
Die Letzten Tage von Konstantinopel (von Ivákna) is an abridged version of Prof. von Ivánka's translation and explication of the part of the Chronicon Maius attributed to Georges Sphrantzes… Read More

1080 pages in two volumes. No tears, no foxing, no stains, all pages tight and clean; slight wear on heels and heads of spines. 13 photographic illustrations, all tissue-protected; some darkening of tissues from photographs.First American edition. Also includes preface to English edition. Covers Huxley's life (1825-1895) through the recollections of his son Leonard and others and through his letters, dealing with his personal life and his wide range of interests, scientific research and activities."Darwin's Bulldog," a brilliant biologist, anthropologist, comparative anatomist, debater and highly influential promoter of scientific thought and education, Thomas Henry Huxley should need no introduction here.