Search Results: History from Trevian Books

Brno: Statni Vedecka Knihovna, (1`986) First edition. 4to; 207 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. A comemmoration of 500 years of printing in Brno, with reproductions of many examples. Summary text in Engllish, Russian, and German. .

Washington (D.C.): The Sulgrave Club, 1983 First edition. 4to; 213 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A few small spots of rubbing; else a very good copy in original gold wrappers. A celebration of the first 50 years of this legendary DC women's club. With a roster of members since 1932..

New York: Scribner's, (1969), 1969. Second printing. 8vo; pp. xi, 226; twenty-eight illustrations from photographs and twelve maps; bibliography. A fine copy in original black cloth in a very good dust jacket. The strategic considerations, tactics, and impressions of those who fought in the three year desert campaign..

New York: Oxford, (1964 Second printing. 8vo 307 pp. VG in good used dj..

(Privately printed), 1929, 1929. First edition. 8vo; pp. x, 320. A fine in original gilt-stamped blue cloth. An early bibliography of 2,500 items pertaining to Westchester County, including items about the Bronx (which was originally part of Westchester)..

Berlin: Josef Altmann, 1926 First edition thus. 4to; unpaged [80]; 15 page pamphlet laid-in; some soiling to boards; interior fine, tight, and bright; a very good copy in original boards. A facsimile of an early printed haggadah from 1527. Pamphlet in German discusses the text. .

Zurich: Buch- und Kunstdruckerei Tschopp & Cie, 1927 Sechste, umgearbeiete reidierte und erweiterte Auflage. 4to; pp. 290, [36] advertisements. Minor rubbing to front cover; else a very good copy in original cloth backed boards. Sixth ed. of guide to Swiss schools and institutions. Ad section illustrated..

Norwalk: The Easton Press, (1999) "Signed Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather", #638/5000. 8vo; 408 pp.; illustrated; all edges gilt; ribbon marker; a fine copy in gilt-stamped brown leather. Originally published in 1992..

Duesseldorf: Verlag Stahleisen M.B.H., 1924 First edition. 4to; pp. vii, 246; 221 ilustrations from photographs and drawings. Spotting to endpapers; else a very good copy in original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards. A history of the development of iron..

Tokyo: Maru Graphic, 1976 First edition. 4to; 184 pp.; illustrated from photographs and two large folding drawings; a fine copy in original printed wrappers. A catalog of American warships, current and WWII eras. Text in Japanese..

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1840 First French edition. 8vo; pp.391. Original wrappers bound in. Some foxing; else a good copy in gilt-stamped buckram with library indications to cover but not interior. A translation of the second part of the manuscript work, which was first published in Spain..

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1886, 1886. First edition. 8vo; pp. vi, 444. Owners' name; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped orange cloth. A history of the Hudson River county which includes Nyack, Piermont, etc. Scarce..

Concord: The Rumford Printing Co., 1909, 1909. First edition. 8vo; 126 pp. A good copy in original gilt-stamped red cloth. A history of the Hillsborough County, NH, Pomona Grange authored by a charter member of the grange..

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1970), 1970. Reprint edition. 12mo; pp. xiii, 360. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of Olmsted's account of life on a whaling vessel and on the Hawaiin islands. Originally published in 1841. Full title: "Incidents of a Whaling Voyage to Which are Added Observations of the Scenery, Manners and Customs, and Missionary Stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands.".

New York: Sotheby's, 2010 First edition. 4to; 244 pp.; illustrated. 2 leaves with corner turned down; else a very good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers. Prices realized laid-in. One of several Copley auctions at Sotheby's, this with lots 190-556, comprising Arts & sciences and the Mark Twain Collection. Much signed material illustrated, invaluable reference..

New York: Modern Age Books, (1937) First wrappers edition, published simultanwously with hardcover edition. 8vo; pp. xiii, 183, [8] publisher's ads. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers, in lightly soiled dust jacket. Ghost-written by Mary McCarthy and considered by many her first published book..

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1960 First edition. 4to, unpaginated (fifty-seven); 173 illustrations from photographs. Light wear to edges of covers, else a very good copy in a worn dust jacket. The plate volume only; a photographic catalogue of the texts - in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic and dating from the 2nd century - and fragments found in the caves of Wadi Murabba'at in 1952. The discovery included writings by the insurgent leader Ar Kokhba who played a role in the second Jewish revolt against Rome..

New York: Exposition Press, (1959), 1959. First edition. 8vo; 134 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Some discoloration to covers; else a good copy or better in original blue cloth. The memoir of a real estate broker in Westchester in the first half of the 20th century. Many illustrations of houses, mansions, estates, etc., with stories of the people who bought and sold them..

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918), 1918. First edition. 8vo; 342 pp. Owner's name, else a good copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth. The autobiography of Julia Ward Howe's daughter. ( "Her literary work work involved considerable research on a small scale. Her guides to manners and customs are clearly written, with some humor and agreeable didacticism." DAB).

Chicago: Public Administration Service, ( 1958) First edition. 8vo; 256 pp.; illustrated from maps and charts. A very good copy in original blue cloth, w/o dj as issued. A digest of the major surveys made from 1928-1958 of the governments in metropolitan areas..