Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love & Fallout
New York: Harper, 2011. Illustrated extensively with the drawings of Lauren Redniss. 208 pages, 4to, pictorial boards. New York: Harper, 2011. A fine copy. More
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An Appeal to the Public on the Conduct of the Banks in the City of New-York.; [Since the Suspension of Specie Payments]
New York: New-York Courier, 1815. 21 pages, printed with text in double columns. Original pamphlet, sewn (dampstain at upper corner, and rough at edges but well inside the ample margins; some pages still un-opened). New York: At the Office of the New-York Courier, 1815. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce pamphlet. OCLC lists only 13 copies, including those at Columbia, Cornell, Yale, Harvard, and the New York Historical Society. Attributed to Isaac Bronson by F. Redlich... More
Reminiscences of Seventy Years' Life, Travel, and Adventure; Military and Civil; Scientific and Literary.; Volume I: Soldiering in India. Volume II: Civil Service in Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards; Home and Foreign Travel.
London: Eliot Stock, 1893. 2 volumes. xvi, 558; viii, 574 pages, plus 16pp of ads. Thick 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth (spine ends neatly repaired; first several pages torn at top edge but otherwise an unread copy with unopened pages). London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First edition. A very good copy. More
Das Kriegswesen der Roemer in Treuen Abbildungen grosstentheils nach antiken Denkmalen...Erklart und geordnet von Doctor u. Professor Ottenberger. Illustrated with 62 fine engraved plates (4 folding) by G. Dobler, C. Kotterba, A. Zschocke, A. Friese, and others.
Prague: P. Bohmans Erben, 1824. Slim oblong 4to, contemporary calf (leather is well-rubbed with neat repairs to spine; rear endpaper lacking and front flyleaf clipped; light marginal stains on some plates but very little foxing). Prag: P. Bohmans Erben, 1824 "The Essence of Roman War" with incredible vivid illustrations featuring battle scenes, troop formations, naval warfare, war elephants, gladiators, fortifications, weaponry, etc. More
Historica's Women: 1000 Years of Women in History
Elanora Heights: Millennium House, 2007. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 576 pages, thick folio, glossy pictorial boards. Housed in folding case (interior of case damaged). Elanora Heights: Millennium House, 2007. A fine copy. Includes DVD. More
The French Revolution of 1789 as Viewed in the Light of Republican Institutions.
New York: Harper, 1887. Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations. 2 volumes, large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1887). VEry Good (+). More
The History of Napoleon Bonaparte.
New York: Harper, 1883. Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations. 4 volumes, tall 8vo, green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. Very Good (+). More
The National Museum of American History.
New York: Abrams, 1987. 422 illustrations, including 390 plates in full color, many double-page spreads. 495pp. 4to, cloth. New York: Abrams, 1987. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Adventures in Reputation: With an Essay on Some "New" History and Historians.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935. Illustrated. 264pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; ink ownership stamp inside front cover, dust wrapper worn. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935. A very good copy in a good dust wrapperl. More
Conflicts With Oblivion.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924. Illustrated. 404pp. 8vo, red cloth.New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. Good copy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1935. More
The Anglo-Saxons in England During the Early Centuries After the Invasion.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1926. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. 219 pages. Ttall 8vo, original gray printed wrappers; lightly soiled and edgeworn. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, (1926). First Edition. A very good copy. With the small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. Vilhelm Ekmans Universitetsfond, Uppsala. More
Against Silence: The Voice and Vision of Elie Wiesel
New York: Holocaust Library, 1985. 3 volumes, red and black two-tone boards, (gilt on spines partially illegible). New York: Holocaust Library, 1985. A near fine set. More
The Mediterranean in History
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. With texts by several authors. 161 color and 147 black-and-white illustrations. 320pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; minor bumping to upper corners. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (2003). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Future of Liberal Revolution.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. vooo + 152pp., slim 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper soiled. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1992). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
London: Methuen, 1904. THREE VOLUMES. 32 Illustrations by Pugin and Rowlandson. xiv + 231pp., xiv + 239pp., 288pp., large 8vo, vellum-backed original boards; some corners damaged, heads of spines chipped, one label missing, covers lightly soiled and worn. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. Internally clean and tight, overall, a very good set. More
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Beautifully illustrated with 104 brilliantly hand-colored aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson and A.C. Pugin [Pugin engraved the architectural details & Rowlandson the figures]. 3 volumes. Illustrated woodcut titles and engraved dedication page to the Prince of Wales in each volume. [4], iv, [2], 231; [6], vi, 239; [4], iv, 280, [6] pages. Large 4tos, bound in contemporary 3/4 red calf over marbled boards with gilt spines; marbled endpapers; all edges yellow. London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810. First... More
Albion; The Origins of English Imagination
New York: Doubleday, 2003. Color and b/w Illus. 524pp. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2003). Very good. More
London; A Biography
New York: Doubleday, 2001. Color and b/w Illus. 822pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2001). More
The Life of Thomas More.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. Illustrated. x + 447pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; upper front corner slightly dented. New York: Doubleday, (1998). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Last Medici
London: Methuen, 1973. Frontis., illustrated. 327pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; some chipping at head and tail of dust wrapper. London: Methuen and Co., (1973). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Last Bourbons of Naples, 1825-1861.
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1961. Illustrated in b/w. 560pp, thick 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., (1961). More
Essays on Church and State
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. 518 pages, blue cloth (a bit faded especially on spine and bumps to edges), thick 8vo. London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. A very good(-) copy. More
The Revolt of the Mind: A Case History of Intellectual Resistance Behind the Iron Curtain
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. 449 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, edge-worn dust wrapper (creased at bottom of spine). New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1959). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Pilgrim's Way: Shrines and Saints in Britain and Ireland.
Photographs by Peter Cheze-Brown, some in color, & two maps. Small 4to, brds., d.w. n.p., (1978). More
Feuer! An Artilleryman's Life on the Eastern Front.
Wilmington: Broadfoot, 1992. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 403pp. Thick 8vo, red-stamped black cloth, d.w. Wilmington NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1992. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More