Search Results: History Books from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Minneapolis, MN. : Lutheran Orient Mission, 1920.. 1st edition. Good w/o dust jacket. Cover board is three quarters spotted and darkened (it appears another book was resting on it and partially protected it). Edges and corners have some wear, with some spotting on endpapers. 52 p. A brief biography of the life and work of the 13th & 14th century medieval Spanish missionary to the Moslems. He preached in North Africa, Spain, and the Baleric island of Majorca. He also wrote on eof the most famous works on Chivalry, the Book on the Order of Chivalry (Libre del Orde de Cauayleria). A very scarce work from a minor religous small press.

New York and Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992.. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in reddish binding without dust jacket. Some light wear to the edges of the boards with light bumping to the head and heel of the spine. 284 pages with indices of authots, persons discussed, and subjects. A good bibliography on developments around the world in the field of Historiography.

London : Richard Clay & Sons, 1917.. Pamphlet. Very Good. 1st printing. Very good in printed paper wrappers. Staplebound. Slight darkening at spine, slight wear at edges and corners. Some rusting at staples at middle. 16 p. An partly propagandistic explanation of the role of Italy in World War I as a neutral and then later as a member of the Allies. Interesting contemporary background information.