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Chanel and Her Worldby: Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Chanel and Her World
by: Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Hardcover. New York, Vendome Press, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 384 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy in an unclipped dust jacket. In this beautiful volume, the glorious life of the incomparable Coco Chanel shines again through hundreds of illustrations and the lively prose of Edmonde Charles-Roux, her official biographer and close friend.

Record # 371768

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Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, The - Containing an Account of the Cruel Civil Wars Between the Houses of Orleans and Burgundy; Of the Possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; Their Expulsion Thence; and of Other Memo

Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, The - Containing an Account of the Cruel Civil Wars Between the Houses of Orleans and Burgundy; Of the Possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; Their Expulsion Thence; and of Other Memo

Hardcover. London, George Routledge and Sons, Reprint, 1867, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes. Translated by Thomas Johnes. 102 engravings. 3/4 blue leather & patterned paper on boards, Spine with gilt & raised bands. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name stamp on front end paper. Volume 1 - 640 pages. Light wear. Clean, unmarked text. Volume 2 - 552 pages. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 64153

Price: $300.00 
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Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and those who have lived in themby: Leader, Scott

Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and those who have lived in them
by: Leader, Scott

Hardcover. Florence, Flor & Findel, 3rd, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 254 pages. Tipped in illustrations and photographs. Age discoloration to pages, beveled brown leather over covers with three bands on spine continued on front and back cover ending in flor de lis decoration. Rubbing all edges. front and rear hinge cracked.

Record # 408290

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First Lady of the Renaissance - A Biography of Isabella d'Esteby: Meyer, Edith Patterson

First Lady of the Renaissance - A Biography of Isabella d'Este
by: Meyer, Edith Patterson

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 272 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth cover with gilt titles. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with tears, creasing along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 614452

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Garibaldi: Invention of a Heroby: Lucy Riall

Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero
by: Lucy Riall

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 482 pages with index. The first sustained analysis of the cult of the legendary Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy, the overthrow of papal power in central Italy, and the creation of the Italian nation state. It made him a global icon, representing strength, bravery, manliness, saintliness, and a spirit of adventure. Handsome, flamboyant, and sexually attractive, he was worshiped in life and became a cult figure after his death in 1882. Lucy Riall shows that the emerging cult of Garibaldi was initially conceived by revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the status quo, that it was also the result of a collaborative effort involving writers, artists, actors, and publishers, and that it became genuinely and enduringly popular among a broad public. 33 b&w illustrations.

Record # 398112

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Gilbert Stuartby: Whitley, William T.

Gilbert Stuart
by: Whitley, William T.

Hardcover. New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., & Da Capo Press, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Biography of painter Gilbert Stuart. Contains 7 black/white illustrations; 6 are reproductions of Stuart's work, and one is a portrait of the artists himself. Very good condition; brown cloth with gilt lettering, corner of the back cover bumped. This edition is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in Cambridged, Massachusetts, in 1932. It is reprinted by arrangement with Harvard University Press.

Record # 804732

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Girl in the Belgian Resistance: A Wakeful Eye in the Underground (SIGNED COPY)by: Fernande K. Davis

Girl in the Belgian Resistance: A Wakeful Eye in the Underground (SIGNED COPY)
by: Fernande K. Davis

Hardcover. Beach Lloyd Publishers, 2nd Ed., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. pictorial boards, 142 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. I had all kinds of courage and guts; I don t know where that came from, says Fernande Keufgens Davis ( Freddie ) of the risks that she took as a teenager in the Belgian Resistance of World War II. After the shock of finding her formerly occupied village annexed as part of Germany, Davis was drafted to work in a German munitions factory. Determined not to aid the enemy, she jumped from the train and went underground. Clean copy.

Record # 397811

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Innocents Abroad, The: or the New Pilgrims' Progressby: Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)

Innocents Abroad, The: or the New Pilgrims' Progress
by: Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens)

Hardcover. Hartford, CT, American Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 1870, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 651 pages plus publisher's ads. Hardcover. Front and back hinges cracked, binding tight otherwise. Frontispieces with tissue guard. Tanning to edges. Pages clean with just a touch of tanning. Spine straight. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine and design on front cover board. Borders and decoration blind-stamped to front and back cover boards. Some agewear to boards: fraying/chipping at top and bottom of spine and corners, rubbing. "Being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author." Perfect for any collector's bookshelf.

Record # 367824

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Isaac Vossius (1618-1689): Between Science and Scholarshipby: Jorink, Eric (Editor), Dirk Van Miert (Editor)

Isaac Vossius (1618-1689): Between Science and Scholarship
by: Jorink, Eric (Editor), Dirk Van Miert (Editor)

Hardcover. Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill, 1st edition, 2012, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Hardcover. Decorated cover boards, excellent. Very clean pages, edges. Biding tight. Spine straight. Like new. most remembered for his biblical criticism, Vossius played a central role in the early modern European world of learning.

Record # 99179

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John Selden: A Life in Scholarship (Two Volumes)by: Toomer, G. J.

John Selden: A Life in Scholarship (Two Volumes)
by: Toomer, G. J.

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set complete, glossy boards, 977 pages in total. Professor Toomer's two-volume set is not only an indispensable reference work but also provides the first thorough treatment of the scholarship of John Selden, acknowledged as the most learned man of 17th-century England. All of his numerous published works, especially in the fields of history, law, and Hebraica, are critically examined and described in detail. The narrative also relates his writings to contemporary events, in the Civil War and the parliaments (including the Long Parliament) in which he played a prominent part, and to the work of other scholars in Europe (notably Scaliger and Grotius) and in Britain (including Camden and Ussher). Selden's involvement with the Universities, the support of libraries, and the promotion of scholarship is discussed. The work will be an essential resource, not only for the life of a major figure of his time, but also for the intellectual history of 17th-century England in general. No djs as issued, like new.

Record # 384104

Price: $900.00 
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Louis XIVby: Wolf, John B.

Louis XIV
by: Wolf, John B.

Hardcover. New York, WW Norton & Company, Inc, 1st Edition, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 678 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. A few specs of foxing to front flyleaf and back page, otherwise pages clean. Dust jacket has some agewear with a touch of chipping and foxing, one small tear on back dj. Decorated endpapers. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, some spots to covers.

Record # 99026

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Mather Brown: Early American Artist in Englandby: Evans, Dorinda

Mather Brown: Early American Artist in England
by: Evans, Dorinda

Hardcover. Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Biography and critical analysis of American painter and portraitist Mather Brown. 297 pages illustrated with 9 full-color plates and 160 other black/white reproductions of paintings. Book is in near fine condition, very slight bumping at the ends of the spine. Dust jacket shows some rubbing and edge wear.

Record # 805084

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Max Beckmann: A Retrospectiveby: Schulz-Hoffmann , Carla/Judith C. Weiss

Max Beckmann: A Retrospective
by: Schulz-Hoffmann , Carla/Judith C. Weiss

Hardcover. Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum/Prestel-Verlag, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 482 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. illustrated throughout with 297 plates in full color and black & white. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458399

Price: $70.00 
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Napoleon The Last Phase by: Lord Rosebery

Napoleon The Last Phase
by: Lord Rosebery

Hardcover. London, Arthur L Humphreys, 2nd pr., 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt staping. 261 pages including index. 261 pages. Written almost 80 years after the Emperor's death, the author attempts to bring together all the contemporary biographies and memoirs relating to the sojourn on St Helena. Mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Record # 383327

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Regions of the Great Heresy - Bruno Schulz - A Biographical Portraitby: Ficowski, Jerzy

Regions of the Great Heresy - Bruno Schulz - A Biographical Portrait
by: Ficowski, Jerzy

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Remainder marks on top edge at spine. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 614462

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Roger Casement: The Biography of a Patriot Who Lived for England Died for Irelandby: Inglis, Brian

Roger Casement: The Biography of a Patriot Who Lived for England Died for Ireland
by: Inglis, Brian

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 2nd Printing, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 448 pages. Illustrated with 16 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket with wear and darkening along top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609888

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Sketches of Travel: A Series of Letters from Europeby: Macy, Aaron C.

Sketches of Travel: A Series of Letters from Europe
by: Macy, Aaron C.

Hardcover. John L Caulon, 1st, 1880, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 87 pages, brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on front. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, bright copy.

Record # 407005

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Sztetl: My Life in a Small Polish Town Before the Holocaust by: Kirsten, Rose Fromm

Sztetl: My Life in a Small Polish Town Before the Holocaust
by: Kirsten, Rose Fromm

Softcover. Bloomington IN, iUniverse, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 155 pages including epilogue. This is the story of Checiny, the author's hometown in southern Poland, and of the people who lived there between the two world wars of the 20th Century. Clean copy.

Record # 381802

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The Moffat Papers; Selections From the Diplomatic Journals of Jay Pierrepont Moffat, 1919-1943 by: Moffat, Jay Pierrepont; Nancy Harvison Hooker (Ed.)

The Moffat Papers; Selections From the Diplomatic Journals of Jay Pierrepont Moffat, 1919-1943
by: Moffat, Jay Pierrepont; Nancy Harvison Hooker (Ed.)

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 408 pages, index. Black and white frontis photo portrait of author. "Moffat served for a protracted period and with notable distinction in the key position of what was then termed Chief of the Division of European affairs; he accompanied me as my chief assistant when FDR sent me to Europe as his personal representative in the spring of 1940; and I was in the closest touch with him during the time he served as American Minister to Canada, a service so tragically terminated by his untimely death in 1943. I know of no man who came up through the ranks of the Foreign Service with whose work I am personally familiar who impressed me as having in his latter years greater knowledge, a wiser and more balanced judgement, or a greater devotion to the highest interests of this country." - Sumner Welles.

Record # 397266

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The Twelve Little Cakes by: Dominika Dery

The Twelve Little Cakes
by: Dominika Dery

Hardcover. NY, Riverhead, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 349 pages. A heartwarming memoir describes growing up in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s as the child of dissidents involved with the failed Prague Spring uprising in a loving family--her mother, the disowned daughter of two Party elite parents; her inventor and cab driver father; her beautiful teenage sister; and her dog, a famed Czech TV star. Clean copy.

Record # 385544

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Thomas Jefferson's Travels in Europe, 1784-1789by: Shackelford, George Green

Thomas Jefferson's Travels in Europe, 1784-1789
by: Shackelford, George Green

Hardcover. Baltimore MD, Johns Hopkins University Press , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 219 pages, endpapers map. Describes Jefferson's European journeys during his time as minister to the court of Louis XVI between 1784 and 1789, and explores the significance of his travels to American culture. Illustrated with some 60 b&w images from the period, and drawing on Jefferson's account books and correspondence, shows how his experiences shaped his intellectual and aesthetic development. Clean copy.

Record # 379105

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Willa Cather in Europe; Her Own Story of the First Journeyby: Cather, Willa

Willa Cather in Europe; Her Own Story of the First Journey
by: Cather, Willa

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 178 pages. Dust jacket slightly worn and with short tears. Some foxing on endpages, top edge stained red.

Record # 511050

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