ART AND POWER: EUROPE UNDER THE DICTATORS 1930-45
Written by Dawn Ades.
Stock no. 1829477
Published by Hayward Gallery. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book is about the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, running from 1996 - 1996. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 360 pages. ISBN: 1853321486. A lovely copy with some minor staining to lower edge of text block else contents clean.

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THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.

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THE HUNDRED DAYS TO HITLER
Written by Roger Manvell; Heinrich Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1829447
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What were the precise circumstances that made possible Hitler's seizure of power? A detailed day-to-day account of exactly how Hitler and the Nazi leaders manoeuvred their way to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0460078593. Text block browned with some foxing and a small stain. Grubby marks to page 15 and facing page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE AGE OF PHILIP II (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Fernand Braudel; Eugen Weber.
Stock no. 1829337
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Three volume set. Introduced by Eugen Weber. Green covers with gilt decorations to all. Colour plates. Top edges green. xxxvii and 406 pages. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split to lower edge by approx 3" but is still tight (VG).

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THE JANISSARIES
Written by Godfrey Goodwin.
Stock no. 1829119
Published by Saqi Books. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the fifteenth to the sixteenth century, the janissaries were the scourge of Europe. Who were they? Why were they an elite? Why did they decline and what was their end? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. ISBN: 0863560490. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is a little marked & scuffed, spine very slightly faded.

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THE SONG OF ROLAND
Written by C.K. Scott Moncrieff; John Burnside. Illustrated by Anna Balbusson; Elena Balbusson.
Stock no. 1828828
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration. Introduced by John Burnside. Superb colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little marked on one side.

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THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION
Written by Henry Kamen.
Stock no. 1828553
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

A Historical Revision. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, dramatic gilt and red decoration to front. Brown endpapers show districts of the Spanish Inquisition. Colour plates. Contents are bound UPSIDE-DOWN and back to front. Else a lovely copy contained in VG publisher's slipcase which has some surface paper loss to lower spine and is a little scuffed.

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THE COWARD OF MINDEN: THE AFFAIR OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE
Written by Piers Mackesy.
Stock no. 1828462
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Lord George Sackville was court-martialled for disobedience at the battle of Minden in 1759 and pronounced to be 'unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatsover'. What caused him to disobey the orders of his German Commander-in-Chief to bring up the cavalry? Was it cowardice? Or incompetence? Or a determination to be awkward? Or was he an unlucky victim of circumstance? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713908513. Small black mark to front endpaper. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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GRENADIERS
Written by Kurt Meyer.
Stock no. 1828378
Published by J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc.. 1st 1994. Almost very good condition.

The battles of Waffen SS units during the Second World War under the command of "Panzermeyer", (as the author was known to his soldiers) in Poland, France, the Balkans, Russia and on the Normandy invasion front. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0921991193. Top & tail of spine lightly worn and repaired with clear tape. Text block lightly browned. Tape marks to endpapers. Previous bookseller's address label to front pastedown. Tick marks in biro to book listr on page iii. Contents clean although there is a musty odour present.

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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co. 1829. Good condition.

Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.

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THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
Written by Anne Curry; Malcolm Mercer.
Stock no. 1327803
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated volume providing a defining reassessment of England's legendary vitory on the fields of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 - a triumph that changed the course of the Hundred Years War and Britain's relationship with her longtime enemy, France. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300214307. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased with slight grubbiness to rear panel.

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GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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