history

Hardcover. London, Allen Lane, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 830 pages. Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age - 'the Empire of Aragon' which once dominated the western Mediterranean; the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, for a time the largest country in Europe; the successive kingdoms (and one duchy) of Burgundy, much of whose history is now half-remembered - or half-forgotten - at best. This book shows the reader how to peer through the cracks of mainstream history writing and listen to the echoes of lost realms across the centuries. Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Atheneum, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 314 pages. The roles of planter and slave in a changing plantation society in Brazil. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London, National Gallery , 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with small scratch on front cover. Clean, tight copy. With over 150 illustrations and an in-depth chronology, this beautifully produced and comprehensive book surveys Velazquez's entire career and explores his universal popularity. Fascinating essays by world-class Velazquez scholars address the artist's life and technique, examining his studies in Seville and Italy to his final great works at the court of Philip IV.

Hardcover. NY, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1st US, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, demi dust jacket. The history, cultural life, customs and social life of Venice. 403 pages. Chronology, Bibliography, Index. Two 8 page sections of full color illustrations, and two of black and white; b/w drawings at each chapter head. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 217 pages, b&w plates. Edgewear, chipping, light soiling to dust jacket; in brodart. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. GR, DZA Verlag fur Kultur und Wissenschaft, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 161 pages, no dust jacket, pictorial boards. A collection of essays and photographs on the city of Dresden, ending in it's destruction at the end of WWII. Foreward by Herbert Wagner.

France, Michelin & Co., 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages. Guide book to WW1 battlefield, illust. with black & white photos, maps (color two-page of Verdun). End-pages with ads. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Dust jacket in excellent condition.

Softcover. UK, Antony Rowe, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages, b&w illustrations. 178 b/w photos. The great German assault on Verdun opened on 21 February 1916 and the battle went on with furious attacks and counterattacks till it finally petered out on 18 December, ten months later, some two and a half months longer than the British offensives of the Somme and Third Ypres combined. After describing the origins and conduct of the battle with maps and illustrations the book takes us on a tour of the town and of various parts of the battlefield with its numerous forts. Originally published in 1919 by Michelin. Clean copy.

Softcover. Middlebury VT, privately printed, reprint., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green card wraps, 151 pages. Clean copy.

Softcover. Lanham MD, Rowman & Littlefield , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 349 pages. In Vergil's Empire, Eve Adler offers an exciting new interpretation of the political thought of Vergil's Aeneid. Adler argues that in this epic poem, Vergil presents the theoretical foundations of a new political order, one that resolves the conflict between scientific enlightenment and ancestral religion that permeated the ancient world. The work concentrates on Vergil's response to the physics, psychology, and political implications of Lucretius' Epicurean doctrine expressed in De Rerum Natura. Proceeding by a close analysis of the Aeneid, Adler examines Vergil's critique of Carthage as a model of universal enlightenment, his positive doctrine of Rome as a model of universal religion, and his criticism of the heroism of Achilles, Odysseus, and Epicurus in favor of the heroism of Aeneas. Beautifully written and clearly argued, Vergil's Empire will be of great value to all interested in the classical world. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. 550 pages. Seventeenth-century Delft has traditionally been viewed as a quaint town whose artists painted scenes of domestic life. This important book revises that image, showing that the small but vibrant Dutch city produced fine examples of all the major arts--including luxury goods and sophisticated paintings for the court at The Hague and for patrician collectors in Delft itself. The book traces the history and culture of Delft from the 1200s through the lifetime of the city's most renowned painter, Johannes Vermeer. The authors discuss at length some ninety major paintings (seventeen by Vermeer), forty drawings, and a choice selection of decorative arts, all of which are reproduced in full color. Among the paintings are state portraits, history pictures, still lifes, views of palaces and church interiors, illusionistic murals, and refined genre pictures by Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. The rich works on paper encompass exquisite drawings by Delft artists and sketches of the town by visiting artists. Included in the decorative arts are tapestries, bronze statuary, silver, Delftware, and glass. The volume concludes with an essay that takes the reader on a walk through seventeenth-century Delft. It is accompanied by maps of the city's neighborhoods that indicate major monuments and the homes of patrons, art dealers, and painters.

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Free Press Association, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 191 pages, errata slip in rear, map plates. Brown cloth covers with decorative gilt cross on front and gilt lettering on spine. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Times Argus, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Montpelier, VT, Times Argus, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Illustrated title page. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467675

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Self-published, 1st Edition, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Color title page. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Previous owner's ID label on front flyleaf. Decorated, clean endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, dust jacket has some light shelf wear, very good. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and title and design on front cover board. Pages unmarked. Spine straight. Binding tight. Beautiful, clean copy. Previous owner's notes on notepaper and original typed book review laid in. The only comprehensive compendium of information concerning early Vermont silversmiths, clock and watchmakers and jewelers. Also includes 4 separate chapters detailing the craft of watchmaking.

Hardcover. New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 340 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket priceclipped, has a touch of age-wear. Gilt title on spine. Covers bound in blue cloth. Pages and edges have just a touch of age-yellowing. Book is in beautiful condition for its age.

Hardcover. Burlington, State of Vermont, 1st, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 620 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners names on front endpaper. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on black background on spine. Clean, tight copy. Volume 1 only.

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Free Press Association, 1st, 1886-88, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, complete. Green pebbled cloth bindings solid, original tissue guards in place across from full-page engravings, Volume I, 620 pages, published 1886. Volume II, 808 pages, published 1888. There is some small loss to fore edge of Vol.II, interiors are fine and crisp, no markings.

Hardcover. Claremont, Tracy, Chase and Company, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Montpelier, State of Vermont, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with stamping and marking on endpapers. Illustrated with two black & white photographs. Features historical data, Vermont Roster 1898, etc. Green cloth covers with rubbing along edges. Clean, tight.

Hardcover. East Burke VT, The Historical Publishing Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in gilt. 104 pages with b&w photos of government officials. "Compliments of William H. Jeffrey" in his hand on front fly leaf. Valuable historical research book covering all Vermont office holders at the federal, state, and county levels with professional photo-portraits and details. Printed on heavy glossy paper stock. Mild scuffing to spine, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Tuttle Co, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 736 pages, leather-bound cover, gilt lettered spine. Definite wear to cover with leather rot clearly evident, chipping on edges and corners, discoloration of page edges, especially on endpages, previous owner's signature and inscription to front endpaper that has a tear at the gutter.

Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 457 pages, gray cloth covers with gilt lettering. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Rochester MI, Grand Army Press, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering, 204 pages plus 50 page appendix. A History of Company F, First United States Sharp Shooters. A limited printing (#119 of 750), a facsimile from the 1883 edition. The 1st United States Sharpshooters were an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During battle, the mission of the sharpshooter was to kill important enemy targets, i.e., officers, NCOs, and artillery crews from long range.

Hardcover. Boston, Briggs and Co., 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Otherwise clean, solid.