Category: European History

A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London and Paris, John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier : 1858

Seller ID: 059266

Condition: Very Good

Custom-bound full calf, bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt, 5 raised bands, dentilled edges, marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints, corners, and bands, spine gilt partially rubbed away, title and publisher labels both partial. Firm binding, clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title, interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 12th edition. xl,572 pp., (8) folding maps/plans. A respectable copy, quite scarce early edition.
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Amsterdam: Then and Now [Toen En Nu; Tel Qu'il Fut - Tel Qu'il Est; Damals Und Jetzt]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, H. D. Pfann : 1969

Seller ID: 012753

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy cloth, decorated and lettered in gold foil. Oblong folio. 120 pp., illus. in b&w with period engravings, drawings, modern b&w photographs. Top board slightly warped, otherwise appearing virtually as issued. Interior clean and bright. Text in Dutch, English, French, German, with English translation of Introduction supplied as 4-pp. supplement laid in at front. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, a bit of rubbing at corners.
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Auction Vol. III, No. 2 (Oct. 1969): "A Tapestry Masterpiece: The Lady and the Unicorn," by Genevieve Souchal

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. : 1969

Seller ID: 029123

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Periodical. Slight edge wear, virtually as issued.
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Auction Vol. III, No. 2 (Oct. 1969): "A Tapestry Masterpiece: The Lady and the Unicorn," by Genevieve Souchal

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. : 1969

Seller ID: 029122

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Periodical. Slight edge wear, virtually as issued.
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Die Grossen der Weltgeschichte [Sammelalbum = Stamp Album]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Eckstein-Halpaus GmbH : 1936

Seller ID: 045712

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff tan wraps, color front cover pastedown illus. 63 pp., printed on rectos only, with 252 mounted color stickers. Front cover shows slight dampstaining along upper fore-edge, light surface rubbing to pastedown. Contents fine.
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Four Hours A Year: A Picture-Book Story of Time Inc.'s Third Major Publishing Venture -- The March of Time

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, Time, Inc. : 1936

Seller ID: 004576

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG-

Original prospectus for the third publishing venture (after Time and Fortune) of Time, Inc. -- and the first to fail. Tan cloth, moderately soiled. Interior clean and fully intact. Firm binding. 72 pp., illus. w/ gorgeous b&w photographs.
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Handbook to Switzerland, with General and Railway Maps of Switzerland; Five District Maps, and Plans of Bale, Zurich, Lucerne, Berne, Lausanne, and Geneva [7th Edition, Revised] [Ward, Lock & Co.'s Switzerland]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd. : 1920

Seller ID: 018369

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Dark fred cloth, lettered and decorated in black. Mildly sunned spine panel, light shelf wear. Foxed text block edges and endpapers, clean interior. 224 pp., b&w plates, 12 color foldout maps + 1 large color fold-out frontis. map. Similar format to Baedeker's. Nicely preserved copy.
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Images du Temps Passe

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Editions du Credit Lyonnais : 1955

Seller ID: 022089

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ivory paper-covered boards, color illus. and gilt lettering on front cover. MIldly soiled covers, light shelf wear, closed tear repaired along upper front joint, mildly bumped at head of spine. Primarily illustrations, 168 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates of scenes in French history from the Medieval era into the 19th century. Text in French.
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Northern Europe: Norway, Russia, The Netherlands, France, Germany, and Switzerland [Youth's Companion Series]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Ginn and Co., Publishers : 1902

Seller ID: 045775

ISBN: B001NI1TA8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG-

Dark red cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Moisture contact has resulted in dye lightening along bottom edge extending to bottom 1" of both covers, otherwise mild handling wear. Firm binding. vi,122 pp., illus. Clean interior.
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Ottoman Siege of Vienna 1683

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Orange Blossom Special : 1995

Seller ID: 047027

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Booklet, color illus. wraps, unbound as issued with elastic bands across corners. 8,12,6,2,[2] pp., 4 plates. Very scarce.
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Portfolio of the European War in Rotogravure Etchings Selected from The Mid-Week Pictorial of The New York Times [1916]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Circulation Bureau, Times Building : 1916

Seller ID: 026970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Brown 1/4 cloth, light brown paper covered boards, lettered in brown. Light shelf wear, a bit of rubbing at corners, small indentation along bottom front edge. Text block edges somewhat toned by age, interior otherwise intact, with firm binding. Issues are individually paginated, usually 22 pp./issue, 200+ pp. total, starting 3 Feb. 1916, ending 10 Aug. 1916. Laid in is a large folding color Peace Map of Europe , ca. 1919, issued by the Logan Trust Co., Philadelphia, with minor separation along several folds but overall intact. Notably well preserved copy with only minor condition issues.
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Society of Chemical Industry in Basle 1884-1934 [Basel]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Basle [Basel], Switzerland, Society of Chemical Industry : 1934

Seller ID: 028992

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Orange cloth, CIBA company device and dates in gilt stamped on front cover. As issued. Original decorated paper dust jacket shows short closed tear w/ associated crease along bottom front edge, sunned spine panel with short closed tear at head, minor chipping along top rear edge, now in mylar. Housed in original paper covered slipcase, partially toned/sunned, with edgewear. 85 pp., illus. w/ full page color plates, additional b&w drawings in text. Presentation copy, with card laid in. Printed by J. E. Wolfensberger, Graphic Arts, Zurich. Book Fine, dust jacket Near Fine, slipcase VG.
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The British War Blue Book - Miscellaneous No. 9 (1939): Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart : 1939

Seller ID: 057655

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Blue cloth, lettered in black. Early printing, no F&R colophon on copyright page. Text block edges typically a bit tanned, otherwise essentially as issued. xxxiv,251 pp. Laid in is "The Outbreak of War 22nd August - 3rd September 1939," 8vo booklet, sold by the British Library at Rockefeller Center in NYC, containing 22 pp. of proclamations, statements, and broadcasts by the British government relative to the declaration of war on Sept. 3, beginning with King George VI's message to the people of the British Isles.
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The Lumiere; Containing a Variety of Topographical Views in Europe and America

Price: $195.00

Publisher: New York, Henry R. Piercy & Co. Printers : 1831

Seller ID: 003732

Binding: Quarter-Leather

Condition: Good

Original 1/4 calf, marbled paper over boards, leather backstrip. 74 pp., many accompanied by a full-page woodcut opposite. Rubbed edges, with corners exposed, leather rubbed, with small area of loss at top spine extremity. Former owner signature (dated 1831) on FFEP. Interior a bit toned, with scattered foxing (ranging to moderate in a few spots), mostly to woodcuts. Contains 31 of an unspecified number of plates. Interesting early U.S. views of U.S. Capitol at Washington D.C., the New York Highlands near West Point, Bedford Mineral Springs and York Springs, Adam County, (Pennsylvania), Brookl...
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Trade Guilds of Europe: Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Trade Guilds of Europe, and the Laws and Regulations by Which They Are Governed [United States Consular Reports]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., GPO : 1885

Seller ID: 020140

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

Pale green wraps, lettered in black. Mild binding lean with a few creases, loss to front cover at top front corner and a few chips along fore-edge. 332 pp. Text block edges somewhat dulled by age, interior intact, with firm binding. Scarce.
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Nicolaus Copernicus and his Epoch

By: Adamczewski, Jan

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Warsaw, Poland, Interpress Publishers : 1972

Seller ID: 045363

ISBN-13: 9780684138398

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Periwinkle cloth, lettered in black. 1972 Interpress (Warsaw) edition, preceding the 1974 Scribner. Cloth slightly sunned along edges, spine panel, upper back cover, otherwise essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows rubbing and a few closed tears along edges, all short but one 1 1/2" along top front edge, now in mylar. Text in English. 164 pp., b&w illus.
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Vart Land en Skildring i Ord och Bild [Vrt land - En skildring i ord och bild]

By: Alden, Gust. A., Wilh. Berg, C. J. Bergman, C. E. Bergstrand, Aug. Bondeson, Aug. Cajanus, G. Djurklou, Anders Flodman, et al.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Stockholm, Sweden, Fahlcrantz & Co. : 1888

Seller ID: 035461

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Original tan cloth, illus./decorated in blue, red, and gilt, with sepia and black pastedown illus. on front cover. Mild shelf wear, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities, with front cover decoration bright and intact, lightly soiled cloth on rear cover. Original brown cloth hinges intact. Front flyleaf shows several creases and slight fore-edge chipping, text block edges toned by age. Interior generally clean and intact, with some leaves midway through text block showing light staining in upper binding margin, not affecting text. Text in Swedish.
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The Ascendency of Europe 1815-1914

By: Anderson, M. S.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Longman-Pearson Education : 2000

Seller ID: 051450

ISBN-13: 9780582418653

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Stiff color wraps, French flaps. xi,411 pp. New/as issued. 2nd edition, 4th ptg.: 2000.
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Historic Side-Lights, Illustrated with Portraits, Diagrams, and Fac-similes

By: Arnold, Howard Payson

Price: $16.95

Publisher: New York and London, Harper and Brothers : 1899

Seller ID: 060034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark green cloth, decorated in black, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Mild wear with minor flecking along portions of front joint and a few other flecks on cover cloth, slight gilt loss along top edge. Firm binding, clean interior with slight dampstain to top corners only of some early and late leaves, a minor cosmetic distraction. 1st ed. v,331 pp.
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1812: Napoleon in Moscow

By: Austin, Paul Britten

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Greenhill Press : 1995

Seller ID: 054015

ISBN-13: 9781853671951

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dark red cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, color illus. dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ed. 264 pp.
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Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers [23rd Edition]

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Leipzig, London and New York, Karl Baedeker, Publisher : 1909

Seller ID: 040422

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Flexible red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, marbled text block edges. Mild external wear, with mild soiling to covers, minor sunning to spine panel. xl,584 pp., 72 maps, 19 plans, 12 panoramas. Interior and maps nicely intact, several maps incorrectly folded with a worn edge projecting beyond text block. Former owner's signature on upper front flyleaf.
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La Belle Epoque: Fifteen Euphoric Years of European History

By: Bairati, Eleonora, Philippe Jullian, Malcolm Falkus, Paolo Monelli, Janos Riesz, and Brunello Vigezzi

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Co. : 1978

Seller ID: 029146

ISBN-13: 9780688033279

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Red polished paper covered boards, lettered in white. Moderately foxed top text block edge, with occasional slight foxing along top margins, otherwise nearly as issued. Color illus. dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine extremities, with slight shelf wear, price clipped front flap, now in archival mylar. 333 pp., illus. in color.
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