A HISTORY OF VENICE
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 673p. A softcover book in near fine condition. The text is clean and the binding tight. Includes two sections of black and white illustrations. More
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 673p. A softcover book in near fine condition. The text is clean and the binding tight. Includes two sections of black and white illustrations. More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 336p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Contains both black and white and color plates. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Hardcover. 335p. A small red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cloth and endpapers soiled; edge of spine lightly worn; light foxing inside; otherwise clean and tight. From the MAKERS OF HISTORY series. Illustrated with black and white engravings. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Hardcover. 405p. A small tan-yellow decorated cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Front cover faintly foxed. Small stamp on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of King Louis Philippe I of France. From the MAKERS OF HISTORY series..... More
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 362p. A burgundy cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed and cloth spotted with a few very faint smudges, visible only when held at an angle. A few marks on top foredge. Text unmarked and binding secure. A scarce..... More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 96p. A softcover book in fine condition. The text is clean and the binding tight. A recounting of the famous phase of the Battle of Balaclava that inspired Tennyson's poem. Illustrated throughout. More
London: Rough Guides, 2003. Paperback. 366p. A pocket-sized softcover book in very good condition. Mild wear to edges, small crease in half-title page. Otherwise like new. More
Prague: Nakladatelstvi Dopravy a Spoju, 1978. Milos Novak. Hardcover. 311p. A mint-green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Text in Slovak. A history of the world's railways. Illustrated by Milos Novak. More
London: Watts & Co., 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 144p. A small cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Top corners lightly bumped and endpapers unevenly tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. The Thinker's Library, no. 51. Measures approx. 6.6" x 4.4" More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. 347p; 359p. A set of two green cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. The spines and foredges are faintly foxed, and the spine text has grown dull with age. Embossed stamp on both volumes' front free endpapers. Otherwise..... More
Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtio Ajatus, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 217p. An oversize, glossy hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped and rubbed; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Text in Finnish with an English summary. A guide to the decorations and medals of Finland. Measures approx. 12" x 8.5" More
London/New York: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co., 1926. 9th edition. Leather. 3 vols. 387p; 392p; 419p. FINE BINDINGS BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. A set of three hardcover books bound in 3/4 navy blue leather with marbled boards and endpapers. The spines are ornately decorated in gilt, and..... More
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1974. Hardcover. 591p. Ex-library copy of a dark red gilt cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Usual library markings and stickers inside and on exterior. Cover faded. Otherwise clean and tight. A bibliography of works pertaining to ancient European religions. Main text is in German..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 168p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The book's edges and spine are faded. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is mildly edgeworn and sunned, but in otherwise excellent condition. Minogue traces the history of nationalism..... More
Bastei Verlag, 2008. 1st Edition. Leather. 299p. An oversize hardcover book bound in golden-yellow leather. Fine condition; unmarked and tightly bound. Volume 1 only (of four). Text in German. An illustrated guide to the medals of German orders of honor and merit. Measures approx. 12.8" x 9.75" More
Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1899. Limited Edition. Leather bound. COMPLETE SET OF 18 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER. THE VERSAILLES EDITION, BEING #62 OF 800 NUMBERED SETS. Each volume bound in 3/4 and marbled boards; top edges gilt, silk ribbon bookmark in each volume. The leather was originally a...... More
Englewood, CO: Kenneth Goff, 1948. Paperback. 78p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition spotty stains on cover, and all pages deeply tanned. Early owner's inscription on title page. Text otherwise unmarked and binding secure. Kenneth Goff (1914-1972) professed to have been an agent for Communist Russia, and became an..... More
Cincinnati: God's Revivalist Press, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 308p. A red gilt cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine tanned. Cloth rubbed and lightly stained. Otherwise clean and tight. A scarce memoir of the 1915 Armenian genocide. Contains black and white photographs. More
New York: La Galerie Numismatique and Vilmar Collectibles, 2007. Paperback. 262p. An oversize softcover book in near-fine condition. Edges very lightly crinkled and shelf-worn, but otherwise, interior clean and binding tight. An auction catalogue featuring an assortment of European decorations and medals. The auction took place on Sunday, January 14..... More
Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 823p. A large, glossy red hardcover book in fine condition. No dustjacket. Text in Danish with English summary. A guide to the medals and honors of Denmark and Iceland. Measures approx. 11.9" x 8.4" More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 302p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Contains occasional black and white photographs and illustrations. More
New York: Van Nostrand Renhold Company, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 200p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact and glossy. Captioned black and white photographs taken during the Crimean War. Measures..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 460p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Primary documents that demonstrate the everyday conditions of Russia during the 1930s. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. First American Edition. Hardcover. 358p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 284p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A study of Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Renaissance humanist scholar, and the effect of printing on intellectual life in..... More