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London: John Murray. Fair. 1903. n Second Edition. Hardcover. xviii, 492 pages; London: Fair. 1903. Second Edition. xviii & 492 pages; Publisher's green cloth, spine and covers decoratively stamped in red and gilt, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges trimmed rough. Worn, with significant splitting along the front gutter hinge and a couple of minor cover spots. This is a reading copy only -- a young (probably pre-literate) critic has executed pencil scribblings on the frontispiece, title page, dedication leaf, the blank verso (only) of the first plate, and both rear endpapers, most of which have been erased, but not eradicated. There is also some red, or bistre crayon on the (blank) verso of the folding plan of the Battle of Ombdurman. Alas, the vigorous marks to the back of this plate continue across much of the text of page 275. There is further damage to the plate facing p. 8 and the following leaf of text (pp. 9-10) is torn out and missing. The plate facing p. 18 is gone (a… Leer más

Udine: Magnus Edizioni. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dustjacket and slipcase as pictured. Cresti is a professor of the History of Architecture at the University of Florence. This is an incredibly beautiful book on Tuscan architecture of many eras. The text is in the original Italian, the reproductions and photographs are stunning. A very heavy large book - domestic sales only. Book is large and heavy and will require extra postage.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Argentorati (Strassburg): Joh. Friderici Spoor. Very Good. 1696. Hardcover. Small 4to. (7-5/8" x 5-3/4") . 14 preliminary leaves, an inserted leaf (engraved: "Alphabetum Anglo-Saxonicum") -- 221 ff. ("Das Rehte lehenbuch das zu Nuerenberg wwart gemaht" -- this section is arranged with the medieval German text on the left-hand side, versos, facing Schilter's Latin translation, rectos) -- Following this bilingual text is a 5-1/2 pp. Index (printed in double-columns, with headings in both old German and Latin) ; Next -- is a text: "Jus Feudale Saxonicum. Ab Epkowe de Repkaw..." 56 pp. Next follows Johann Schilter's commentary (in Latin) on German Feudal Law -- 658 pp. (This long section also includes a supplement, and several short dissertations on specific related subjects) -- The volume concludes with an unpaginated "Index Rerum et Verborum" [20] pp. The binding is contemporary -- half tan sheep over sprinkled paper-covered boards,… Leer más

New Haven: Yale University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; xiii, (1), 523 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and signed on ffep by the author. To Rowland Evans, Jr. / A patriot and among / America's most distinguished / journalist, from / William E. Odom / 23 Nov 99" In this book, a distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and economic development than was perceived in the West. Drawing on interviews with key actors in the Soviet Union before, during, and after its collapse in 1991, General William E. Odom tells a riveting and important story. PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative newspaper columnist, commentator and author who antagonized liberal politicians and championed conservative causes. He left Yale and enlisted in the Marine Corps… Leer más

Washington: The Free Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 246 pages; Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on ffep "To / Rowland Evans / with best regards / Judy Shelton / March 17, 1989" A few marginal notes and creased corners by Evans, in dustjacket a bit faded at spine, as usual. PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative newspaper columnist, commentator and author who antagonized liberal politicians and championed conservative causes. He left Yale and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 during World War II and was discharged in 1944 because of malaria. In 1963, Mr. Evans and Mr. Novak began writing ''Inside Report,'' an insider's view of politics that was published four times a week until Mr. Evans retired in 1993. Mr. Evans and Robert Novak began their work as columnists in the early 1960's, a time when newspaper columnists wielded outsize influence in national politics. The pair pioneered in… Leer más

London: Constable & Co.. Very Good. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Notes on blanks front and rear and owner's name on second blank "Patten / 1946" A well used reference for Susan Mary Alsop in writing her book "The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815" (1984). Secure in original blue cloth binding, lettering rubbed from spine. Scattered foxin to text and binding. From the collection of Susan Mary Patten Alsop, a popular historian and a pillar of Washington society, was the daughter of a diplomat, a descendant of founding father John Jay and served with her first husband Bill Patten at the American Embassy in Paris in the 1950s. When her husband died in 1960, she married Joseph Alsop, the journalist, the following year. In the 1970s she embarked on her own literary career producing "To Marietta From Paris: 1945-1960" (1974), followed by "Lady Sackville: A Biography" (1978), "Yankees at the Court: The First Americans in Paris"… Leer más

New York. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; x, (2), 228 pages; Inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on ffep -- "To Kay and Rowly / Evans, with / fondest love from / Susan Mary Alsop / May 15, 1984" Clean and secure in original black cloth binding in very nice dustjacket. Index, Bibliography. Frontispiece and 17 illustrations on coated stock, mostly portraits of some involved. Black cloth, spine letters gilt, two dancing figures blind-stamped on front cover. This sparkling narrative, interweaving high-level, inner-circle gossip with firm scholarship invites us to share in the goings-on-amorous and political-at the 1815 Congress of Vienna. Susan Mary Alsop and her second husband columnist Joseph Alsop were quite good friends with Rowly and Kay Evans, living just a few blocks from each other in Georgetown, Washington, DC. PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative newspaper columnist, commentator and author who… Leer más

London: Printed for the Camden Society By John Bowyer Nichols and Son. Very Good+. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. xxii + [2] + 112 + [36] pages; Publisher's dark green-grey cloth, spine lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, with an arabesque pattern stamped in blind on the front and rear covers, pale yellow endpapers. The half title states: "The French Chronicle of London. " First printed edition of an important source for the Mediaeval history of London -- forming the latter portion of a parchment book in 8vo preserved among the Cottonian Manuscripts. It was written in old Norman French, evidently around the middle of the fourteenth century, but the name of the compiler has been lost. An excellent example of Camden Society Publication XXVIII -- top edges of the leaves unopened. Binding is clean and tight, with only light shelfwear at the spine ends.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that… Leer más

London: Collins. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages; Some pencil markings made by Susan Mary Alsop on several pages; otherwise contents clean and secure in original cloth binding with gilt lettering at spinein very good dustjacket. This was a reference book for Alsop's research for her book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. From a review: "Few historic occasions lend themselves more naturally to petticoat history than the 1815 Congress of Vienna, where Tsar Alexander I, Austria's Metternich, Britain's Castlereagh & France's Talleyrand assembled to reconstruct Europe after the upheavals of the French Revolution & the Napoleonic era--where, notoriously, three international beauties--Dorothea de Talleyrand-Perigord, her sister Wilhelmina Sagan & Catherine Bragation--played prominent roles. Alsop (Lady Sackville, Yankees at the Court) sets the scene over-elaborately but animatedly: the life, character, domestic & diplomatic… Leer más

London: Collins. Very Good. 1951. Later Printing. Hardcover. 383 pages; Some notes on ffep made by Susan Mary Alsop and several pages have turned down corners. Contents clean and secure in original cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine; binding faded at spine and along top of front board. This was a source book for Alsop's research for her book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. From a review: "Few historic occasions lend themselves more naturally to petticoat history than the 1815 Congress of Vienna, where Tsar Alexander I, Austria's Metternich, Britain's Castlereagh & France's Talleyrand assembled to reconstruct Europe after the upheavals of the French Revolution & the Napoleonic era--where, notoriously, three international beauties--Dorothea de Talleyrand-Perigord, her sister Wilhelmina Sagan & Catherine Bragation--played prominent roles. Alsop (Lady Sackville, Yankees at the Court) sets the scene over-elaborately but animatedly: the life,… Leer más

London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. Good. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 480 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown half leather over green cloth. Hinges very tender, leather worn at extremeties, large chip at base of spine (1"). Frontispiece engraving and 6 additional full page engraved plates with linen backing, many engravings (some full-page), plus decorated initial letters at beginning of each chapter. All plates and illustrations listed in the index are present, a couple have some spots of foxing, including the manuscript "Facsimile of Queen Elizabeth's Letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury" and "Allegorical Letter, Arms of Linlithgow." Former owner's signature in ink on ffep -- Peter Hagner; a couple old pencil notes on rear endpaper. During her brief reign, Mary found comfort in a number of Scottish castles and palaces, some even as a prisoner. Linlithgow Palace. Blackness Castle. Stirling Castle. Palace of… Leer más

Annecy: n.p.. Very Good+. 1950. Paperback. A travel pamphlet with maps, pictures, history & suggestions of sites and activities not to be missed when visiting Annecy, like the steam boat tour of the lake. Also included is a b&w postcard of the Hotel Beau Rivage, Annecy. Date is approximate.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Christianiae [Norway]: typis C. Gröndahl. Good. 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. [2], vi, 220 & 3 ff. facs pages; Contemporary patterned brown cloth, somewhat shaken, lacks the spine. The title page is detached, but present (having been attached to the following pair of leaves by an old-fashioned paper-clip). With the Library of Congress bookplate ("Huitfeldt-Kaas Collection") mounted to the front paste-down endpaper. There is a handsome presentation inscription on the facing blank leaf, from Peter Andreas Munch, to Christian Lange. Beneath this inscription is the LC Surplus-Duplicate stamp in red ink. Apart from a tiny "LC" perforated stamp on the title page, there are no other library marks. There are a few neatly written annotations in brown ink, including two ms. additions to the list of errata at the end. This is the first printed edition of documents relating the history of Munkeliv Abbey -- founded as a Benedictine abbey by King Eystein I… Leer más

London: The Bodley Head. Very Good. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 632 pages; Former owner's name on ffep "Patten / 1922" Clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine (rubbed away) and coat of arms on front cover; lower corner bumped, spine darkened. Illustrated with 22 reproductions from prints. Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1754 – 1842), known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Coke became a close friend of Charles James Fox, and joined his Eton schoolmate William Windham in his support of the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War. As a supporter of Fox, Coke was one of the MPs who lost their seats in the 1784 general election, and he returned to Norfolk to work on farming, hunting, and the maintenance and expansion of Holkham Hall, his ancestral home. From the collection of Susan Mary Patten Alsop, a popular historian and a pillar of… Leer más

New York: The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science. Very Good-. 1849. Engraving. From the July 1849 issue of The Eclectic Magazine; 1 pages; Steel engraving of Condemnation of Princess Lamballe, engraved by Samuel Sartain after painting by Louise Desnos (1830-1906). Image measures 17cm X 12cm, plate measures 25cm X 16cm, foxing at margins. Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan (8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. After her marriage, which lasted a year, she went to court and became the confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette. She was killed in the massacres of September 1792 during the French Revolution. .

Moscow: V.V Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. 37 ff & 13 ff. plates pages; Typescript, versos only of quarto sheets -- carbon. Thirteen plates (which appear to be photographs of the original text's illustrations, mounted to plain paper sheets). In a contemporary binder, citron buckram covers, metal hinges retaining leaves at the gutter margins -- pale blue endpapers. Bookplate of the (former) Army Map Service Library / 6500 Brooks Lane / Washington DC. This is a translation into English of a Russian publication from 1939. Originally published by the Voyenno-Inzhanernoy Akadamii imeni V.V. Kubsheva, Moskva 1939. This is an English translation by an unnamed writer, or writers. Part of a vast program of wartime translations of technical publications from various sources. The introduction to the text pays considerable attention to the importance placed by V. I. Lenin on military cartography and map making in general. The main text is largely… Leer más

Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. (x), 280, plates pages; Contents clean and secure in original tan cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket. Illustrated throughout, including folding plans of the buildings at end of text. Large heavy book may acquire increased shipping. Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "one of the most spectacular surviving domestic buildings of late Medieval England", along with Haddon Hall and Wingfield Manor. The medieval buildings are grouped around a huge courtyard; the largest built for a private residence before the 16th Century, and the Great Hall itself is the finest of its date in England. The west range of the courtyard is regarded nationally as one… Leer más

London: Adam and Charles Black. Near Fine. 1911. Hardcover. ix, 174 pages; Illustrated with Folding map, 20 colour plates after paintings by Robert Anderson. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in brown, white and gilt. Toning to endpapers, else a very nice copy of this beautiful book. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

London: Printed For James Hodges, At The Looking-Glass, On London-Bridge. Good+. 1722. First Edition. Hardcover. London: Good+. 1722? . First Edition. 48, 3-49, [1], 3-46 pp pages; Title continues: "Worcestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire. In what diocese, circumference of miles, number of houses, air, soil, rivers, commodities, seats of the nobility, and gentlemen, &c. Likewise an account of, I. Market-towns, market-days, and their distance fron London. 2. Members of Parliament. 3 Fairs, fix'd, and moveable. 4. Coaches, carriers, and water-bound. 5. Roads from London to the chief towns, and cross-roads in each county. London : printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, on London-Bridge, " [1722? Date suggested from a note in ms. At the foot of the title page of the British Library copy]. 12mo. [143 x 82 mm -- vertical chain lines]. Contemporary sheepskin leather, plain double rules framing the covers in blind, no paste-down endpapers… Leer más

Madrid: Imprenta Nacional. Very Good-. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 447, 27 pages; Madrid: Very Good-. 1858. First Edition. 447; 27 pp. Pages; Contemporary blue marbled paper-covered boards, backed with red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. The edges of the boards and the corners show considerable rubbing and wear. Internally, the printed leaves are fresh and remarkably free from foxing or toning. With the Library of Congress bookplate mounted to the front free-endpaper, a tiny "LC" perforated stamp at the foot of the title page, a very lightly inked accession stamp for the LC on the verso of the title page, and the DE-ACQUISITION faint red ink LC stamp "Surplus-Duplicate" across the bookplate, making this copy legal to buy and sell. A scarce legislative document of the short, Republican time of liberalism in Spain -- the terminal year of the "Trienio Liberal" or Three Liberal Years. The three years referred to ran between 1820 and 1823. During this short… Leer más