Resultados de búsqueda: History -- Europe from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 408 pp., acknowledgements, notes and index. Yellow coloured endpapers. The text is copiously, illustrated with 235 colour and 299 black and white illustrations (including plans, and room plans). Dark brown coloured boards with gilt decoration and embossed writing on the front panel and on the spine. Very slight rubbing to the book edges and there are some dust marks to the top paper edge. The marks to the endpapers and previous owners name is on the ffep. Some handling marks throughout the book. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a room in Mary Ellen Best's house in Frankfurt in about 1844, with dark brown background and white writing on the front panel and spine. Dust wrapper is slightly faded and the corners are slightly stuffed. Some wrinkling and crinkling to the dust wrapper edges. Dust wrapper is priced clipped on the front fold over on the bottom of right-hand corner. "In this… Leer más

William Heinemann, Melbourne, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. XII, 324pp., acknowledgements, foreword by author, list of illustrations, bibliography and index. Illustrated endpapers, both different, front endpaper shows Napoleon receiving flowers from the Balcombe girls [sisters ], and back endpaper showing an aerial view of Kooyong tennis court. Coloured frontispiece, of Dame Mabel Brookes painted by William Dargie. The text is illustrated with 57 black and white illustrations. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of the spine are soft. The front hinge is soft. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a tennis match in progress, with blue background and white writing on front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is faded and slightly rubbed. The corners are likewise slightly rubbed. Dame Mable Brookes and her husband were citizens of the world and for many years were the friends of… Leer más

Reynal and Hitchcock, New York, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. 765 g.; VIII, 9-352 pages, last four pages blank intentionally, editorial preface, list of illustrations, short biography of Count Wilczek by Alfred Johannes Resseguier. Black-and-white Illustrated frontispiece of Count Wilczek . within the text there are three sepia toned photographs 1/4 blue coloured cloth backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 dull red coloured cloth wards with gilt embossed 'arms' on the front panel. Dark red coloured tint to the top text block edge. The front fore edge of the paper has been handcuffed. A little rubbing to the book corners and backstrip edges and some browning of the internal pages and text block edges. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers. A previous owner has scrubbed out their name in 'whiteout'. The reminiscences of Count Wilczek, Viennese aristocracy, through the latter half of the 19th and early part of the 20th century.… Leer más

Thames & Hudson, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.585 kg.; IV, 416 pages, introduction by author, index. Tan coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 555 illustrations, of which 50 are in colour. The illustrations include both photographs and contemporary illustrations. 1/4 Tan coloured cloth spine with gilt titles. 3/4 buckram boards with gilt embossed publisher's logo to the front panel. A little rubbing to the backstrip and to the book corners. There has been a printing fold where the underlying webbing has not been hived off neatly to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing Piazza San Marco, Venice by Francesco Guardi, with white and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the top dustwrapper corners and top backstrip edge and rubbing to the lower. A few small closed tears to the top dustwrapper edge with associated creasing. A… Leer más

Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XVIII, 524 pages, last four pages blank, includes glossary, notes, index. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography, end page maps, photographic illustrated dust jacket. The front edge of the text block is grubby. Below this a relatively good condition book. In 1987, the author, an English born Jew, decided to take a six-month sabbatical to write a book. It took in seven years. His search was from a lost community, one that had vanished along with members of his family when the German army swept into Poland in 1939. -- drawing on archives as well as of testimony, interweaving past and present, Konin is at once a recreation in minute detail of a world that is called for ever, and immensely moving story of lives caught up in the sweep of history, and the tale of one man's consuming obsession. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Leer más

Vintage, London, 1995. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. XVIII, 524 pages, last four pages blank, includes glossary, notes, index. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography,and 1 maps, In 1987, the author, an English born Jew, decided to take a six-month sabbatical to write a book. It took in seven years. His search was from a lost community, one that had vanished along with members of his family when the German army swept into Poland in 1939. -- drawing on archives as well as of testimony, interweaving past and present, Konin is at once a recreation in minute detail of a world that is gonefor ever, and immensely moving story of lives caught up in the sweep of history, and the tale of one man's consuming obsession. -- front fold over blurb. There is on the first page what appears to be a splash of coffee or milk tea. No other damage to declare, reading crease to the spine, age toning of the page edges. Still a very good copy. Size: 8vo -… Leer más

Collins and Harvill Press, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. forward by Salvador De Madariaga. Illustrated endpapers, showing a map of Romania and its environs along with routes taken by the author. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Plain text dust wrapper, with grey and white coloured background with black, red and purple coloured titles to the front panel and spine. The reminiscences of a man who was caught up in the early stages of the Cold War and of his clandestine flight from Romania in 1949 slight spotting of the top edge of the text block, illustrated dust jacket has a small stain at the top of the rear panel, and is price clipped. No other damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 318, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- Prisoner- of- War;… Leer más

Book Club, London, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. 600 g.; 318 pages, list of figures, list of plates, acknowledgements, introduction by the author, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography between pages 160 and 161, numerous maps and black-and-white figures within the text, throughout the text. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. The edges are rubbed and there is light age toning to the text block edges and dust marks to the top text block edge. Colour photographic dustwrapper with yellow and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. There is a tear, 1.25 " to the top left-hand corner of the dustwrapper. A small history of the occupation of Europe from approximately one million years B.C.E. to the birth of Christ.… Leer más

Earlscourt Publications Limited, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. LXXXVIII, 836 pages, last two pages blank, intentionally, preface from the editors, documents and index. Light blue coloured boards with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with black, gray and blue titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Photograph, black-and-white, of Wladyslaw Bartoszewski to the front fold over panel. In this book the editors tell about " ... the help given by the Polish people to the victims of the Nuremberg laws when the Nazis occupied their country. At the outbreak of World War II common Poland had a larger Jewish population than any other country in the world. According to the latest census, 3 1/2 million citizens had registered themselves as practising Jews, and this number alone constituted more than a 10th of the total population of Poland. Further, there were about 100,000 members of… Leer más

Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. 800 g.; (6) VII -- XXIV, 398 pages, last page blank, foreword by Lewis W. Spitz, preface by editors, knowledge months, list of abbreviations, note on the contributors, index and a list of illustrations. Dark gray coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with four pages of black and white reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Black coloured cloth covered boards, with small gilt illustration to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the backstrip ages and to the book corners. There is a bump to the top edge of the front panel. Dust marks to the top text block edge. Very light age turning of the internal text. Black and white illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) which has had a dark purple coloured overlay, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing to the dust at the edges and a few small tears to… Leer más

Michael Joseph, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 268 pages. Blue coloured boards with silver illustration, of a young man lying on his back playing a violin, to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a young man lying on his back playing the violin, with a bird on his knee and in the tree to his right there are 4 people, with pink background. Black writing on the front panel and spine. Autobiography of the author growing up as a young man in the first Republic of Czechoslovakiain the early 20th century. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and the spine is cocked. There is a patch to the top spine edge which is faded, commensurate with loss of dustwrapper. Browning and light foxing to the endpapers. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers. Internal pages quite are age toned. Previous owners stamp to the free front endpaper and original… Leer más

Michael Joseph, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. 268 pages. Blue coloured boards with silver illustration, of a young man lying on his back playing a violin, to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a young man lying on his back playing the violin, with a bird on his knee and in the tree to his right there are 4 people, with pink background. Black writing on the front panel and spine. Autobiography of the author growing up as a young man in the first Republic of Czechoslovakiain the early 20th century. The dust jacket is missing the top quarter and the bottom 3rd, and has a rather large tears. The book itself is in very good order, aged toning of the page edges, and some slight tanning of the spine section where the dustjacket is missing. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to… Leer más

Michael Joseph, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 268 pages. Blue coloured boards with silver illustration, of a young man lying on his back playing a violin, to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a young man lying on his back playing the violin, with a bird on his knee and in the tree to his right there are 4 people, with pink background. Black writing on the front panel and spine. Autobiography of the author growing up as a young man in the first Republic of Czechoslovakiain the early 20th century. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History -- Europe; Inventory No: 0266380. .

Time-Life Books, Amsterdam, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. bibliography, acknowledgements, picture credits and index. Map Illustrated endpapers, showing the Viking world and places visited. The text is illustrated with numerous contemporary black-and-white and colour illustrations, black-and-white and colour photographs and illustrations and maps. The book is bound in a leather look navy blue binding with gilt titling and gilt on the front panel as well as a pasted on illustration, showing "running before an offshore wind under full sail, a Viking ship of the ninth century courses gracefully over the waves with its fierce dragon head glowering out of the sea in this re-creation by the artist Ken Townsend." -- from the verso of the title page. The Vikings! The marauding seafaring people of the North. This is their history. Part of The Seafarers series. A little rubbing to the book corners. Size: 4to… Leer más