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Madrid: Imprenta Nacional. Very Good-. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 447, 27 pages; Madrid: Very Good-. 1858. First Edition. 447; 27 pp. Pages; Contemporary blue marbled paper-covered boards, backed with red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. The edges of the boards and the corners show considerable rubbing and wear. Internally, the printed leaves are fresh and remarkably… Read more about this item

London: John Murray. Fair. 1903. n Second Edition. Hardcover. xviii, 492 pages; London: Fair. 1903. Second Edition. xviii & 492 pages; Publisher's green cloth, spine and covers decoratively stamped in red and gilt, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges trimmed rough. Worn, with significant splitting along the front gutter hinge and a couple of minor … Read more about this item

New York: Foreign Policy Association. Near Fine. 1935. First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. 47 pages; New York: Near Fine. 1935. First Edition. World Affairs Pamphlets No. 7; 47 pages; Clean and secure in original printed orange wrappers. Mr. Duranty, whose shrewed insight and faculty for vivid interpretation have won him international recognition, brings to the writing… Read more about this item

London: Printed For James Hodges, At The Looking-Glass, On London-Bridge. Good+. 1722. First Edition. Hardcover. London: Good+. 1722? . First Edition. 48, 3-49, [1], 3-46 pp pages; Title continues: "Worcestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire. In what diocese, circumference of miles, number of houses, air, soil, rivers, commodities, seats of the nobility, and gentlemen, &c. Likewise an… Read more about this item

London: Privately Printed. Very Good+. 1829. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. viii, 258 pages; London: Very Good+. 1829. First Edition; First Printing. viii, 358 & [1] pages; Contemporary full polished calf, tobacco brown, covers paneled with incised lines in blind, decorative devices stamped in the corners and the panels of the spine, title lettered in gilt in… Read more about this item

Glasgow: A. Fullarton and Co.. Good. 1840. Second Edition. Hardcover. 180 pages; Contents clean and complete in original cloth covered boards in nice condition, rubbed at corners; backstrip missing, boards detached. Illustrated with twenty wonderful full page engravings of views of the castles done after drawings by the artist William Brown (engraved by William… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. xiv, 432 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and a gilt and red emblem on front board. Folding map in pocket at rear. Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800 – 1891) was a Prussian field marshal.… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. Good. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 480 pages; Contents clean and secure in contemporary binding of brown half leather over green cloth. Hinges very tender, leather worn at extremeties, large chip at base of spine (1"). Frontispiece engraving and 6 additional full page engraved plates with linen backing, many engravings… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. (x), 280, plates pages; Contents clean and secure in original tan cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket. Illustrated throughout, including folding plans of the buildings at end of text. Large heavy book may acquire increased shipping. … Read more about this item

Boston: B. B. Russell. Very Good. 1871. First Edition Thus. Leather. 638, (6) pages; A Brief Narrative of all the most interesting events in the past history of the Kingdom, and an Account of the Causesand the Results of the Recent Struggle for Italian Unity. OCLC 4428470 Owner's gift inscription on ffep, otherwise… Read more about this item

Manitoba: Edinburgh University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. xvii, (1), 305 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding in very good dustjacket faded at spine. Contents include: Introduction; Chapter One: The Dance called America, 1763-75; Chapter Two: The Changing Highlands, 1750-1800; Chapter Three: Highland Emigration… Read more about this item

London: Country Life Ltd. Very Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, [3], 299, [1] pages; Contents clean and secure in original red cloth binding with gilt lettering at front board and spine; fading at spine; cloth rubbed at lower corenera and chipped at spine ends. Inscriptions on ffep: "For Uncle Bob & Aunt Mammie /… Read more about this item

Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office. Very Good. 1920. Map. lovely map of North Wales mounted on cloth. Very Good condition, with one tiny worn spot at a corner fold. .

Washington: Royal Norwegian Embassy. Very Good+. 1942. First Edition. Cards. 1 pages; Printed invitation reads: "To celebrate the Seventieth Birthday Anniversary of / His Majesty King Haakon of Norway / The Ambassador of Norway and Mrs. Munthe Morgenstierne / request the pleasure of your company / at a reception / on Monday, August the third /… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages; Some pencil markings made by Susan Mary Alsop on several pages; otherwise contents clean and secure in original cloth binding with gilt lettering at spinein very good dustjacket. This was a reference book for Alsop's research for her book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. … Read more about this item

Moscow: V.V Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. 37 ff & 13 ff. plates pages; Typescript, versos only of quarto sheets -- carbon. Thirteen plates (which appear to be photographs of the original text's illustrations, mounted to plain paper sheets). In a contemporary binder, citron buckram covers, metal hinges retaining leaves at the… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good. 1957. Second Printing. Hardcover. 766 pages; Former owner's note on ffep - "For Bill / from Bill / in memory of lunch at the / Travellers Club in Paris on the / 10th April 1957 - gratefully." Laid in is a printed invitation with manuscript annotation ; Pour memoire // Le… Read more about this item

Paris: Flammarion. Very Good. 1981. Paperback. From the collection of Susan Mary Alsop, with her manuscript notes laid-in keyed to some ink markings in the text, particularly in the chapter on Le Congres de Vienne. This was a reference source for Alsop's book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. From the collection of Susan Mary … Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 379 pages; Avant-Propos Du Duc de Levis Mirepoix de L'Academie Francaise. Clean and secure in original red binding in very good dustjacket with minor wear at spine ends. Fascinating history of the role of the French in the American Revolution… Read more about this item

Wien: Bundesministerium für Unterricht. Very Good-. 1965. First Edition. Paperback. 510 pages; 1. Juni bis 15. Oktober 1965 Schauräume der Hofburg -- Kaiserappartements Wien. Contents clean and unmarked, wrappers creased and curled at corner. From the collection of Susan Mary Patten Alsop, a popular historian and a pillar of Washington society, was the daughter of… Read more about this item