HISTORY (FOREIGN)
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THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE LAFAYETTES
Written by Edith Sichel.
Stock no. 1201566
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd..
3rd
1910.
Very good condition.
Blue decorative embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 354 pages. Corners bumped. Boards lightly marked.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- FRENCH REVOLUTION
LA BRETAGNE PROVINCE
Written by Skol Vreizh.
Stock no. 822544
Published by Skol Vreizh.
1st
1986.
Fine condition.
Title on spine is Histoire De La Bretagne 1532-1789 Volume 3. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Text in French. ISBN: 2903313083.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- BRITTANY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION
Written by Peter Burley.
Stock no. 630327
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
American and British Commentators in France 1788-94. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0297795465.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- FRENCH REVOLUTION
EARTHQUAKE THE DESTRUCTION OF SAN FRANCISCO
Written by Gordon Thomas; Max Morgan-Witts.
Stock no. 817918
Published by Souvenir Press.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A reconstruction of America's greatest and most famous disaster. Lilac boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are plans of the San Francisco Fire. B/w photos. ISBN: 0285620053. A few minor foxspots mainly to text block else a clean copy. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and a little grubby.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- EARTHQUAKE
PICTURESQUE AMERICA
Written by William Cullen Bryant.
Stock no. 816352
Published by D. Appleton & Company.
1872.
Fair condition.
Two volumes. Large format. Full brown leather binding, raised bands and gilt gilt decorations to spine. Gilt titles and decorations to front cover. All edges gilt. Numerous b/w steel engravings. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. 12.5 x 10 inches. Book: all plates present. Damage to first two pages of Volume I, with slight loss. Dampstaining to corners of first 40 pages of Volume II else contents very good. Hinge of front board of Volume II slightly cracked. Edges a little worn.
MEXICO AS I SAW IT
Written by Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
Stock no. 814550
Published by Hurst & Blackett.
1902.
Slightly better than good condition.
Second edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. Colour plates and b/w photos. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by author. All plates present. Endpapers lightly foxed. Joints slightly cracked. Contents very good. Spine faded and rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- MEXICO
- CENTRAL AMERICA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
GENNEM DE FAGRE RIGER
Written by Johannes Poulsen.
Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 440819
Published by V. Pios Boghandel.
1st
1916.
Very good condition.
Modern binding with 3/4 marbled and red leather spine and corners. B/w photographs. Text in Danish. Front panel of original wrapper, which is illustrations by Nielsen has been bound in as part of the prelims. Edges worn, with a little fading to leather. An unusual item!
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- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ILLUSTRATED
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DANISH
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
ANASAZI RUINS OF THE SOUTHWEST IN COLOR
Written by William M. Ferguson; Arthur H. Rohn.
Stock no. 810786
Published by University Of New Mexico.
1st
1986.
Fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity. ISBN: 0826308740.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
LETTRES CHOISIES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE
Written by Madame De Sevigne; M. Poujoulat.
Illustrated by V. Foulquier.
Stock no. 810363
Published by Alfred Mame Et Fils.
1st thus
1871.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Floral patterned endpapers. 18 b/w text illustrations. Text in French. Limited edition of 300 copies. Top edge gilt. Title on spine is Madame De Sevigne. Copy no. 124. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page is very browned and has been reinserted. Last page also very browned and reinserted. Possibly not original binding but looks contemporary. Corners rubbed.
HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
Written by William H. Prescott.
Stock no. 628351
Published by George Routledge and Co..
1854.
Very good condition.
Two volumes. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands and elaborate gilt decorations to spines. Marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Prelims lightly foxed. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- SPAIN
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1962.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- CHINA
- BIOGRAPHY
- ASIA
- MEDICAL HISTORY
ATHENS, ATTICA AND THE MEGARID
Written by Hans Rupprecht Goette.
Stock no. 599120
Published by Routledge.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The archaeological treasure of Athens and the surrounding area. B/w photos. ISBN: 041524370X. Book and wrapper fine except for small black mark to lower edge.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (GREEK)
- ARCHAEOLOGY