European History

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 – vii, 528 pgs. Vol 2 – 502 pgs. Vol 3 – 510 pgs. Vol 4 – 494 pgs. Text in French.6 x 9 in. Half chocolate-brown morocco with red marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and designs. Brown marble endpapers. Marbled edges to text block. Brown silk bookmark. Tissue-protected frontis illustration. Vol 4 has fold-out map at end. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Some wear to paper boards. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Large David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Wear to and very small tears to corners. Very tight Vol 1 – slight damage to raised bars on spine, wear to front board.Vol 3 – tiny damage to one raised band of spine.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. By Wanda Ga'g. 1938. Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, 18th Impression Thus. EXLIB. Good- Condition/ Good- Condition DJ. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "The beloved tale as the Grimm Brothers set it down, accompanied by perfect pictures." Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by author Wanda Ga'g. DJ flaps have been trimmed by library. DJ protected by mylar. (Please see our photos.) RARE, ESPECIALLY IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Back panel of the green, red and white dust jacket is a book list of Wanda Gag titles.

Paris: George Steinheil, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines. Three volumes bound in two. This is a limited edition of 150 copies, this being No. 11. Volume 1: xxvjii, 284 p.p.; Volume 2: 458 p.p., Volume 3: x, 477 p.p. Illustrations throughout text of alchemtical symbols. Light rubbing to spine labels and extremities to boards. Slightly bumped edges. Light foxing throughout. Top edge gilt. A nice set in fine condition. Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) was a French scientist and professor at College de France in Paris. Berthelot believed that all chemical reactions depend on the physical forces that can be measured. He proved that organic compounds can be formed by ordinary methods of chemical manipulation and obey the same principles as inorganic substances. He was the recipient of the Davey Medal (1883) and the Copley Medal (1900) for his scientific achievements. Berthelot was interested in and published a… Read More

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Vellum. Title in gilt on green calf label on spine. [32] 740 p.p. Slightly bumped spine and edges. Some soiling to boards and extremities. Light foxing, some yellow staining to pages. Ex Libris Neathman Mill Library stamp on rear fly leaf. Tight boards, pages otherwise clean and crisp with decorated black and white initials. A near fine copy. A Dominican friar and writer, Remigio Nannini produced religious as well as secular works, and poetry. Nannini published "two collections of orations drawn by historians (the first, Military Orations collected by all the ancient and modern historians, Venice, 1557)" [Cantimori, Delio. Italian Encyclopedia, 1934]. Nannini also went on to publish the works of St. Thomas Aquinas (1570) at the request of Pope Pius the V.

1565 Charles IX Great Ordinance of 1561 France French LAW & Government Chalard

In 1561, when Charles IX ascended the French throne, he led a series of 151 articles compromising the Great Ordinance of 1561. French scholar Joachim Chalard published his own commentary and perspective on the ordinances, notes that deal primarily with the corruption within the government. He also discusses the deplorable acts of Catholic clergy, unlawful taxation, trade regulations, the nobility, and the use of military.

This 1565 edition is considered exceptionally rare. According to Baudrier, the Clement Baudin editions were much scarcer than those published by Giochard or Rigaud.

Item number: #7521
Price: $795
CHALARD, Joachim du

Sommaire exposition des ordonnances du roy Charles IX. Sur les plaintes des trois Estats de son royaume, tenus à Orleans, l'an M.D.LX. Par Joachim Du Chalard, advocat au Grand Conseil, natif de La Souterraine, en Limousin.
A Lyon : Par Clement Baudin., 1565.

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Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."

The Family Moskat. A Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Copyright 1950 Farrar, Straus & Giroux. VG/VG green and orange original $5.95 price original dust jacket is included. Translated from the Yiddish by A.H. Gross. A nice copy of a hard to find item.

Handsomely rebound in half morocco over marbled boards; 5 raised bands; gilt particulars to spine. xl, 288 pp. 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches.

Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.

Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Contact, dec 1947. Anne.Frank; 'Het Achterhuis, Dagboekbrieven van 14 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944'. Very good condition. Small octavo. Hard cover, pp 253. No dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch language. One of the booklets printed ALMOST 75 YEARS AGO in dec 1947. Original white and red paper-covered boards. Illustration with 3 photo's of the hiding place ('Het Achterhuis'), 1 groundfloor-plan and 2 examples (facsimile) of the handwriting of Anne Frank. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor.Title on the front board and spine. A very good copy! Pages are a little bit tanned after all these years. No inscriptions.Anne began her diary on her 13th birthday, 12 June 1942 during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The diary was found in the hiding place ( 'Het Achterhuis') by Miep Gies, after Anne Frank, her Jewish family and other Jews were taken away to the concentration-camps. Miep Gies was one of the helpers during their… Read More

History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon by M. Adolphe Thiers. Condition is "Like New".
Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Printer: Henry Colburn, London, 1845. Twenty volumes bound in ten. 1845-1862. Translated by D. Forbes Campbell. The only Authorized Edition. Finely rebound in 1/2 red calf, elaborately gilt decorated spines with red labels, gilt ruled covers, and gilt decorated dentelles. Marbled boards. Volume (1-2) illustrated with portrait frontispieces. 272pp and 252pp. (3-4) , 328pp; 322pp has pictorial frontispiece. (5-6) , 254pp; 302pp. (7-8) ,362pp; 378pp. (9) , 318pp. (10-11) , 230pp; 192pp. (12-13) 240pp; 251pp. (14-15) , 286pp; 253pp. (16-17) , 277pp; 480pp. (18-19) , 390pp; 361pp. And (20) , 440pp. Text blocks tight, clean & intact. No foxing wear or fading; this is in superb condition. Internally hinges perfect condition all strong and intact. Paste downs perfect condition gilt decoration to three edges, marbled papers. End papers perfect… Read More

Eindstation Auschwitz; 1946. Eddy de Wind. Published and printed in the Netherlands.Text in the original Dutch language. First edition, first print. Very rare. Pp 195. Pages are tanned after 75 years with paper of that period. Professional restauration of the spine. Powerful inscription of first owner on titelpage with a tiny hole as result. Amateurish repair with tape. No other inscriptions. Some wear of the boards. At the end of the book is The Report of the State Committee of the USSR of investigation of circumstances of concentration-camp Oswiecim ( Auschwitz).Eliazar (Eddy) de Wind (Den Haag, 6 februari 1916 – Amsterdam, 27 september 1987) was a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist of Jewish birth. De Wind was a surviver of the Holocaust in the concentration-camp Auschwitz in Poland.
Eddy de Wind went first to the deportation-camp Westerbork in the Netherlands as a volunteer to help the(Jewish) people that were transported from here to the concentration-camps in the east.
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Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts… Read More

Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn 1936 First Edition. Doubleday Doran & Co. RARE. Title page states 1936. Used. Good-/ New Fax Whistler Dust Jacket. Condition: Front board was cracked in half in shipment and has now been taped from inside. Fabric is intact. Other than this damage the book is in good overall condition. Priced accordingly. 332 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Plot summary: "Shadows moved across the moor. Horses' hoofs rang sharply on the stone pathway. They had come again - the mysterious visitors who arrived at Jamaica Inn under cover of darkness...Here is a story of passion, treachery and death. Of a beautiful woman caught in the web of a dangerous intrigue. And of her compelling love for a scoundrel. Daphne de Maurier tells this strange tale of the suspense and excitement which characterizes her internationally famous novels Rebecca and The Scapegoat"

1685 SCOTLAND 1ed Royal Burghs Alexander Skene Scottish Government Aberdeen
Alexander Skene's "Memorials of the Royal Burghs in Scotland" is a rare, 17th-century history of the Scottish royal municipalities established by the royal crown. Royal Burghs had been utilized in Scotland and Northern England since the 12th-century and Skene's "Memorials" is easily the most important and thorough history of the royal burgh tradition in Scotland.
In addition to discussing the matters of Scottish royalty, this 1685 first and only edition covers Scottish government, public services, trade and commerce, all with a sense of Scottish patriotism and national pride. It also contains a survey of the city of Aberdeen
Item number: #22528
Price: $750
SKENE, Alexander
Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland : With Some Overtures Laid Before the Nobility and Gentry of the Several Shyres in This Kingdom
Aberdeen: printed by John Forbes, 1685. First and only edition.
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