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: Garland Publishing, 1995. Quarto (29cm). Dark green pictorial paper-covered boards; xxvi,[1048]pp; black and white in-text illustrations. Light spotting to top edge, text block sagging slightly, generally clean and Very Good. 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
London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); dark brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [13],14-319,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by Dan Bawley on the front endpaper to J. Wayne Fredericks, the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1961-67): "To..... More
Philadelphia: Casemate, 2018. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Red paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket; x,261,[1]pp; black and white illustrations. Lightly rubbed at head and tail, else Near Fine. Jacket with barcode label to rear panel, else Near Fine. [62118]. 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
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990. First Edition. First printing. Pink paper backed in purple cloth, in purple pictorial dj; [xvi],587pp. Straight and sound, pushed at head, minor scuff to paper on front board: Very Good. Jacket unclipped, lightly rubbed, spine sunned: Very Good. More
[London]: Bramley Books, 1997. First Edition Thus. Octavo (25cm); glossy pictorial boards; dustjacket; xxii,170pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £15.99), with light surface wear, and a tiny tear at upper rear panel. "This vivid account explores the war as it appeared to the professional and amateur..... 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