The Danish West Indies under Company Rule (1671-1754) With a supplementary chapter, 1755-1917. de Westergaard, Waldemar - 1917

London: A. Bell, 1714. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 628 8vo. Shewing by what Steps the French Ministers destroy'd the LIBERTIES of that Nation in general, and the PROTESTANT RELIGION in particular. With a view of the Distractions and Civil Wars during the Two Minorities in that Period. Collected from the most Authentick Authorities, never before Printed in France or England. By the Author of the Secret History of Europe". Leather binding, original (gilt decoration), but with new leather spine strips (5 raised bands). Book plate of Abercromby of Birkenbog Bar't to front paste down. The first Baronet, Sir Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog (1603-1684) was a Covenanter and member of the Scottish Parliament. Condition notes: Insect damage, most pronounced at prelims, but reduced to a pin hole through bottom margin of text pages. Pages somewhat grubby. Detailed photographs on request.

Sheffield, England: J.W. Northend, printer and lithographer, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. lxix, [3], 811 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author and 58 leaves of plates from photographs chiefly reproduced by Furniss of Sheffield; 25 cm. Printer's royal blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and illustrations of crown and drum, and gilt-stamped Loyal and True medallion on the front-cover. Lacking dust jacket. Title page in red and black. Includes addenda and corrigenda; indices by medal and officer; lists of military officers, colonels of regiments, naval officers, and and officers connected with the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and an index of the services of naval officers, all whose decorations were in the author's collection. Top page edges gilt. Beige endpapers. Inscribed "With the Author's compliments" on the dedication page, doubtless to one of the 80 subscribers listed after the dedication page. First Edition. In Very Good Condition: edges… Leer más

London: Methuen & Co., 1916. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 248, followed by 31, [1] pages of adverts. Includes a photo frontispiece of the author. Bound in green publisher’s cloth. No dust jacket. The binding contains a shelf lean; minor rubbing and bumping are present; the spine and edges are lightly faded. A note is handwritten on the verso of the frontispiece (dated Sept. 1916). The title page shows some age-toning. Minor spots of foxing are present on the prelims and on the outer edge of the title. Interior pages are otherwise clean.

New York Nikola Press, 1939, hardcover. Subtitle: La Guerra Che Noi Preferiamo (The War We Prefer) Mussolini (which refers to the Fascist remaking of Italy in all aspects, the subject of this book). -- Text in Italian and English. Each page contains several photographs. -- Sections include: agriculture; military; protection of mothers and children; training youth in Fascist principles; after-work recreation; aviation, maritime, roads, bridges, housing; section for each city; "autarchy" or economic self-sufficiency, producing its own raw materials; Il Duce as beloved of the people, "God's appointed messenger." -- At the rear are ads from American industries supporting Italy's superior products (many advertisers are in Pennsylvania). -- Hardcover, approximately 500 pages, 12xz17 inches. Condition: good (pages are clean and bright, but cover and text edges are quite worn, spine cloth is torn, but binding remains firm; ownership note on blank page; one photo is cut from ads).… Leer más

An American officer's first-hand observations of German military life and service during the Franco-Prussian war and a comparison of the military and educational systems of France and Germany. Tightly bound and in very good condition (no bumped corners, splits, underlinings or marginal comments). It carries both the names of New York and London publishers and is dated 1873 although a previous owner's ink inscription dates its purchase as in 1872. This first European (London) edition was issued in January 1873 but apparently was available in bookshops in December 1872. Original owner, Louis Tronchin, was a Colonel in the Swiss Federal Army.408 pages including a 25-page annex: "Organization and administration of the German Army".Lower spine is gilt-letter stamped: "Trübner & Co."

A very good+ paperback (Unbound) with 1+12 sheets, defect on cov. as in image, sheets near fine. 1 sheet comments by Chatzifotis and 12 sheets of the Chart.13sh. 52x36cm. 600gr. Feel free to ask for more details & images.
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Budapest: Akademiai Kiado [963-05-5291-4] 1989. (Small 4to) pp825-1569.. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Blue boards with white spine lettering. Illustrations, tables, folding maps, bibliography, index. The top edge of the front and back boards have been damp with resulting blue staining to the inner margin of the jacket. Otherwise fine. Text in Hungarian Language. (History--Hungary, History--Hungary).

London: Warrington & Co. , 1893. First edition. Hardback in full red morocco, gilt decorated dentelle to boards, and spine. All edges gilt. Edges and corner of boards are lightly rubbed. Front pastedown and ex-libris from The Surveyors Institute. This has been crudely reinforced with tape, but otherwise the book is in good condition, in a very attractive binding. An almanac with indexes and lists from Colonies and Dependencies of the time, to details on the extended Royal Family, Peerages etc. 124 pp. 185 x 115 mm (7¼ x 4½ inches).

Very good in good dust jacket. Some slight shelf wear to dust jacket.

The Inland Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Noted adventurer and collector Orla B. Taylor's detailed, photo-illustrated account of three extended trips to Africa visiting nearly every imaginable point of interest: Victoria Falls, diamond and gold mines, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, the Pyramids, the Nile River, the Sahara Desert, the Great Rift and much more. First Edition inscribed and signed by Taylor in black ink thus: "With many kindly thoughts, | Orla B. Taylor | To Mr. Edward L. Hearne | April 12, 1931." Inscription and signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Notably Hearne served as Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. His copy. Illustrated with hundreds of photos published for the first time. Includes full index. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and pictorial of jungle village to front panel. Scarce dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. 236 pp. 8" x 5 1/2". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities… Leer más