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CITY OF THE WEST: A Book of Drawings, The.
by King, Jessie M. [Marion] 1875-1949.
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Edinburgh & London: T. N. Foulis, 1911. Illustrated by 25 tipped in drawings of Old Glascow recto (collated). Plate I is table of contents. assumed first edition. Original boards. Narrow 8vo. pp. [25]. Very Good/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Overall toning, several short tears to jacket. Descriptions verso. Educated at the Glascow School of Design, whe wa infuential… Read more about this item Item Price
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![History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the Second [of 6], The Second Edition, The.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/845/1278845844.0.m.jpg)
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the Second [of 6], The Second Edition, The.
by Gibbon, Edward 1737-1794.
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London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1781. Illustrated by folding map facing pp. 22 "A Map of the Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople" 1781. Stated Second edition. Original tree calf, 5 raised bands, gilt dentilles about board edges, marbled endpapers. 4tp. pp. [6] blank, [xii], 640, 1 Errata, [7] blank. Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
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ROAD, The.
by Belloc, Hilaire 1870-1953.
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Manchester: Printed and Published for The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., Ltd. by Charles W. Hobson, 1923. Illustrated by b&w frontis and 7 plates (collated), 15 text maps and drawings. First edition. Buckram backed linen, black leather gilt print spine title, uncut. 8vo. pp. [16], 218. Index. Very Good/Lacks jacket. Light board wear, overall page toning. Front pastedown bookplate of… Read more about this item Item Price
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POLAK NA OBCZYZNIE, Wydanie II.
by Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw 1885-1947.
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Warszawa: Swiatowego Zwiazku Polakow z Zagranicy (Drukarnia Piotr Pyz i S'ka w Warszawie), 1937. Translated by Pole in Exile. Stated second edition. c.194. Stapled pamphlet. 16mo. pp. 16. Near Fine. First Polish President in Exile details 19 sections. Scarce.. Item Price
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MACROHISTORY AND MACROHISTORIANS: Perspectives on Individual, Social and Civilizational Change.
by Galtung, Johan and Sohail Inayatullah.
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Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. First (FP) edition. Burgundy cloth, black and silver topboard title. Inscribed by Riane [Tennenhaus] Eisler (b.1931) "For Ashley with admiration and affection". 8vo. pp. 274. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of wear to binding.. Item Price
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BIG FELLOW: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution, The.
by O'Connor, Frank 1903-66.
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Springfield, IL: Templegate (Cahill & Co. for Clonmore & Reynolds), 1965. Illustrated by [8pp] b&w photograph centerfold. Stated revised [US] edition. c.1937 as Death in Dublin...c.1965 Dublin & London. Black cloth, red stopstain. 8vo. pp. xii, [2], 192. Index. Very Good/In like jacket/In mylar protector. Orange sticker over flap price; sunning and chipping to top edge of jacket. New author… Read more about this item Item Price
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SAGA-BOOK OF THE VIKING SOCIETY for Northern Research Founded in 1892 as the Orknay, Shetland and Northern Society. Vol. X Part I: Proceedings 1919-1924
by Brogger, Shetelig, Mjelde, Hight, Ashdown, Kallas, Nerman, Collingwood, Flom.
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Coventry: Privately printed for...by Curtis & Beamish, Ltd, 1928. Illustrated by b&w photographs, maps and line drawings. First edition. Society for Northern Research. Stiff yellow printed wraps. 8vo. pp. 164, [2] ads. Index. Very Good. Light soil and wear to covers with rear corner chip, spine tender. Contents: The Oseberg Ship, Queen Asa's Scultpors (wood carvings found in the Oseberg… Read more about this item Item Price
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SAGA-BOOK OF THE VIKING CLUB. Vol. IV, Part I (1905) and Vol. IV, Part II (1906)
by Garson, Mackenzie, Cole, Conybeare, Astley, Collingwood, Magnusson, Stefansson, Kjaer, Schetelig, Leith, Duff, Bugge.
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London: Printed for TheViking Club, January1905 & 1906. Illustrated by b&w photographs, maps and line drawings. First edition. Society for Northern Research. 2 volumes. Perfect bound yellow wraps. 8vo. pp. 260; 261-502. Index. Very Good. Light soil and wear to covers, spines tender. Contents scanned.. Item Price
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VIKINGS. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Faculty of Arts of Uppsala University June 6-9, 1977. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis 8, The.
by Andersson, Thorsten and Karl Inge Sandred, Eds.
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Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksell, 1978. Illustrated by b&w photographs, maps and line drawings. First separate edition. Symposia, Universitatis Upsaliensis Annum Quingentesimum Celebrantis 8. Stiff wraps, blue printed cover. 8vo. pp. 176. Very Good+. Light cover soil. Multi-contributor, scarce. ISBN: 9155407064.. Item Price
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Geschiedenis van de Vestiging en den Invloed der Fransche Vluchtelingen in Nederland.
by Koenen, H. J. (Henrick Jacob) 1809-74.
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Leiden: S. en J. Luchtmans, 1846. Illustrated by b&w frontis (front and back of J.D. Steuerwald medal). First edition. Quarter pebble leather over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, marbled eps. 8vo. pp. xvii, [1], 451, [1]. Very Good/Ex-Lib. Withdrawn bookplate Bowdoin College, several embossed stamps throughout, spine label. Darkened spine with some rubbing and edgewear. Foxing starting about plate, tightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF CANADA, Volume I.
by Watson, Samuel James 1842-81.
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Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Co. (Hunter, Rose & Co.), 1874. First edition. Green blind-stamped cloth, printed gilt. 8vo. pp. 157. Index. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Light cap chipping and corner wear, fray check applied. Repaired joint tear to rear edge. Bookplate of Edward Isham, Ormsby Hill. Isham, a Harvard Law attorney formed a practice with Lincoln's son, Robert Todd… Read more about this item Item Price
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OLD QUEBEC, The Fortress of New France.
by Parker, Gilbert and Claude G. Bryan.
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New York: Macmillan, November 1903. Illustrated by frontis with tissue guard, indexed plates and 5 maps (collated). First (SD) edition. Red blind-stamped cloth decorated gilt, uncut, teg, thick paper issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv, [2], 486. Appendices, Index. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Binding has mottled spots and a light spray of dots of white paint to spine; two limp corners… Read more about this item Item Price
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BOUNDARIES OF POLAND, The.
by anon.
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N.P. [Birkenhead, England]: N.P. [Polish Publications Committee], [1943]. Assumed first edition. Stapled wraps. 12mo (19cm). pp. 45. Sources. Very Good. Archival reinforcement, corner bump. Scarce. Part I Polish-German Boundaries, Danzig and East Prussia, Part II Polish-German Boundaries, Western Frontier; Selesia, Pomerania, Part III Eastern Boundaries of Poland with Soviet Russia, Historical Rights of Poland.. Item Price
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Die Geschichtschreiber der deutschen Vorzeit. XIII Jahrhundert. Enthalt: Die Grossen Klnischen Jahrbcher, ubersetzt von Carl Platner (1867, 1. Band), Die Chronik Arnolds von Lbeck, ubersetzt von J.C.M. Laurent (1853, 3. Band), 3. Annalen und Chronik von Rolmar ubersetzt von H. Pabst (1867, 7. Band), 4. Jahrbucher von Genua ubersetzt von Wilhelm Arndt (1866, 8. Band), 5. Die Werke des Abtes Hermann von Altaich ubersetzt von Ludwig Weiland (1871, 9. Band)...Nach der Ausgabe der Monumenta Germaniae.
by Perz, Grimm, Lachmann, Kante, Ritter, Hrsg.
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Berlin: Verlag von Franz Duncker, 1853-71. Die Geschichtsschreiber der deutschen Vorzeit in deutscher Bearbeitung unter dem Schutze Sr. Majestt des Knigs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preussen. XIII Jahrhundert. Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 9. 2 volumes. Cloth backed marbled boards and fore-edges. 8vo. pp. xxxii, 272, 313, [2] ads; xvii, 195, xxviii, 267, xiv, 119. Very Good. Handwritten paper labels… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Fyra bundna titlar: 1. Interessanta scener utur Mnsklighetens historia.
fversatta frn tyskan af G.H. [pseud.] Frsta Hftet. (Edman 1799); 2. Vi Se Hvarann ter. Dialog. Fri
fversttning af M. Alten [pseud.] (Nordstrm, 1795); 3. Afhandling om Smittsamma Sjukdomar: Pris-Skrift.
fversatt frn tyskan af Magnus Hedrn. (Marquard, 1803); 4. Lrobok N:o 2. Srdeles fr Allmogens Barn, Som gjort de frste framsteg i lsning af A. Larsson [pseud.] (Carlhohm 1798)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/323/702/505702323.0.m.jpg)
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Fyra bundna titlar: 1. Interessanta scener utur Mnsklighetens historia. fversatta frn tyskan af G.H. [pseud.] Frsta Hftet. (Edman 1799); 2. Vi Se Hvarann ter. Dialog. Fri fversttning af M. Alten [pseud.] (Nordstrm, 1795); 3. Afhandling om Smittsamma Sjukdomar: Pris-Skrift. fversatt frn tyskan af Magnus Hedrn. (Marquard, 1803); 4. Lrobok N:o 2. Srdeles fr Allmogens Barn, Som gjort de frste framsteg i lsning af A. Larsson [pseud.] (Carlhohm 1798)
by Palm, Georg Friedrich (G.H.); Carl Christian Engel (M. Alten), 1752-1801; Dr. Johann Friedrich Christian Pichler, 1754-1807; Adolph Modeer (A. Larsson), 1739-99.
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Upsala; Stockholm., 1795-1803. Illustrated by several woodcuts and mathematical notation (in 4.) and vignettes. assumed first edition. Half leather over marble boards, ruled gilt spine alternating stamped fillets entitiled "DIVERSE" (miscellaneous). 12mo. pp. 96; 66, [2]; [vi] 120; 72. Very Good. Rare nonce volume of four titles in Swedish. Ink owner; C. W. Wessling with pencil note (part pen over… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Hume and Smollett's HISTORY OF ENGLAND Abridged and Continued to the Accession of George IV, in Two Volumes [bound in one].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/811/483811156.0.m.jpg)
Hume and Smollett's HISTORY OF ENGLAND Abridged and Continued to the Accession of George IV, in Two Volumes [bound in one].
by Robinson, John D.D 1774-1840.
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Exeter: J. & B. Williams, 1843. Illustrated by Frontis each volume. Later edition. c.1795 [first published abridgment], c.1823 [abridgment thus]. Full Leather. Thick 32mo (13cm). pp. [6] blank, [iv], 276, [4] blank, [iv] 226, 227-255 (Appendix), [3] blank. Good/In mylar protector. Binding worn with cracked joints, spine tender with several chips, no print but two gilt bands evident. Internal foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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LITHUANIA, The Rebel Nation.
by Vardys, V. Stanley and Judith B. Sedaitis.
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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, (1997). Edited by Alexander J. Motyl. First (N) edition. Westview Series on Post-Soviet Republics. Blue cloth. 8vo. pp. 242. As New/In like jacket/No price in mylar. ISBN: 0813383080.. Item Price
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BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, 1921 Edition, 8 Volumes.
by Lord, John LL.D. 1810-94, and (George Spencer Hulbert, Ed. Vol.8).
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: Wm. H. Wise, 1921 (V.1-7), 1924 (V.8). Illustrated by Port frontis. Uniform edition. [c.1883-96 author]. 8 volumes. Grey blind-stamped cloth impressed with torch pattern. Foolscap 8vo or 16mo (17cm). pp. 377, 453; 401, 395; 425, 463; 390, 404; 369, 377; 399, 444; 477, 487; 441, 538. Index. Fine/No jacket, as issued. Volume 1 has 2 bumped corners. Post at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Military Engineer of the American Revolution.
by Kajencki, Francis Casimir.
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El Paso, TX: Southwest Polonia Press, (1998). Illustrated by color and b&w reproductions and plates. Stated first edition. Blue cloth and endpapers. Signed by author on title page. Inscribed by "To General Kazimierz Sikorski, With deepest appreciation for your participation in the Annual Kosciuszko Conference and National Observance at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York on… Read more about this item Item Price
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LECTURES ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
by Dalberg-Acton, John Emerich Edward.
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London: MacMillan, 1910. Edited by John Neville Figgis and Reginal Vere Laurence. Original burgundy blind-stamped cloth, gilt print spine, unopened. 8vo (23cm). pp. [vii], 379, [4] Ads. Appendix (Literature of the French Revolution), Index. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of cap and corner wear. Unread copy, most signatures unopened. Twenty-two lectures delivered at Cambridge 1895-99.. Item Price
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