Frederick the Great and His Officials
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 318pp. Fine and unmarked in crisp, unworn dustwrapper, just a shade sunned on spine panel, Near Fine. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 318pp. Fine and unmarked in crisp, unworn dustwrapper, just a shade sunned on spine panel, Near Fine. More
London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons (et al), 1778. "A New Edition." Five octavo volumes. Modern half-calf over marbled boards, with printed linen spine labels; two portraits; folding map; pp. xxxiii,414 + viii,399 + vii,416 + ix,473 + vi,226,[270 = Index]. Complete, Very Good or better set in a...... More
[Roma]: Editori Laterza, 1985. First Italian Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; viii,315pp. Corners bumped, light dust-soil, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title page. First published in the original English as "The Origins of the First World War."..... More
London: I.B. Tauris, 2013. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 376pp. Fine in jacket; inscribed "To Roberto," dated 2013. More
[Saudárkròki, Iceland: Hvítt og Svart, 2003]. First Edition. Slim square quarto (21.75cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 52pp.; illus. throughout, many full-paged in color. Light wear, gift inscription inside upper cover (by a contributor perhaps?) else Very Good to Near Fine. Pictorial account of 12th-century Icelandic lore. More
Napoli: Vivarium, 1997. First Thus. Large octavo (24cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers; xiv,[2],588pp.; illus. and facsimiles throughout. Light shelf wear, wrappers rather dust-soiled, else Very Good overall, internally fine. Collected correspondence and professional documents issued by the Jacobin revolutionary who served as the general secretary to the provisional government..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1973. Quarto (29cm). Brown cloth, titled in gilt; xiv,449,[1]pp; black and white illus. With publisher's review slip laid in at front. Straight and sound, lightly bumped at corners and rubbed at head and tail, mild soil to lower edge of textblock, internally fresh: Very Good..... More
[London: Friends' Council for International Service, 1925]. Offprint. Octavo (20.5cm.); bifolium. Fine. Article first published in the World Outlook Section of The Friend, March, 1925. At head of title: "C.I.S." NYPL only in OCLC as of June, 2015. More
[London? Africa Bureau, 1956]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original blue staplebound card wrappers lettered in white; 16pp. Minimal wear, price cancel to upper cover (as usual), else Very Good or better. Address delivered by the former Regent of the Bamangwato tribe in Botswana. More
[Richmond, Surrey, England: Foreign Affairs Publishing Co. Ltd., 1969]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white glossy photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; [2],23pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light dust-soiling, else Near Fine. More
[New York]: Foreign Policy Association, 1951. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's decorative staplebound wrappers; 63pp. Light wear from handling, a hint of dust-soil, else Very Good and sound. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xx, 684pp. Trivial foxing to top edge of textblock, else a tight, clean, new-appearing copy. Fine. More
[New York]: Praeger, [1983]. First Thus. Wrapper issue. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's glossy green card wrappers; xviii,365pp.; map frontispiece. Wrappers a bit curled at fore-edges, light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on half title: "A Emiliana / Omaggio / Norm." First one-volume appearance of the author's..... More
[New York]: Praeger, [1981]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's navy blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; xviii,[2],177pp.; map frontispiece. Corners bumped else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "A Emiliana & Gottfried / Omaggio / Norm." The second volume to the author's history of post-War Italy, the..... More
[Roma]: Editori Laterza, 1982. First Italian Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; viii,428pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities with a few tiny soil spots, textblock lightly toned, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "A Emiliana / Omaggio..... More
[Boston? Allyn and Bacon, 1970]. First Edition. Quarto (25.5cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; [6],106pp.; black and white and color illus., including maps; text in double column. School book on sub-Saharan African cultures. Forms part of the Afro-Asian Regional Studies series. More
Praha: Naše Vojsko, 1965. Reprint. Quarto (26.5cm.); original linen in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; 249pp.; 24 leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos. Jacket extremities chipped and rather worn, especially at spine extremities and folds, cloth slightly foxed else Very Good in an About Very Good jacket. History..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Quarto. Paper-covered cloth boards in dust jacket; xv, 1324pp. Mild foxing to top edge; trivial toning to margins of text block and interior of jacket, else a neat, clean, unmarked copy. Minor shelf wear to jacket, including a closed half-inch tear to..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1951]. First Edition. Husband and wife co-authors' coverage of China from June, 1948, to September, 1950. Includes the collapse of the Nationalist government and the rise of the Communist regime. First printing. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth-backed boards, yellow printed dust jacket; x,245pp. Jacket a bit..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1951]. First Edition. Husband and wife co-authors' coverage of China from June, 1948, to September, 1950. Includes the collapse of the Nationalist government and the rise of the Communist regime. First printing. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth-backed boards, yellow printed dust jacket; x,245pp. Jacket spine a...... More
Oxford: Berg, 2000. Octavo. Printed paper-covered boards; xiii, 291pp. Trivial external wear to boards, else a tight, clean, new-appearing copy. Fine. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1925. First Thus. First illustrated edition, large paper issue. Octavo (21cm). Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; [xiv],354,[16]pp; halftone photographs throughout, 15 maps at rear. Sound but slightly loose and rubbed at edges: Very Good. With the view of Boston harbour and the corrected..... More
London: Cassell, [1963]. New Edition. Octavo (22.25cm.); original cloth in olive pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; ix,[1],187,iv,260pp. Frontispiece. Rear jacket panel a bit dust-soiled, upper flap price-clipping has cause a very slight paper flaw not affecting text; front hinge starting to crack, else interior near fine. Very Good overall. Collection of..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xxv, 258pp. Trivial foxing to top edge of textblock and interior of jacket, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Minor external wear to jacket, showing mild sunning to spine. Very Good. More
[Blacksburg, VA: Wilder Publications, 2011]. First Thus. Octavo (23cm.); original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 132pp. Fine. More