Category: Europe

Report Upon the Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries for the Year 1879, Volume II

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1880

Seller ID: 004391

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+

Table of Contents: Europe: Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Austria-Hungary, Greece, Romania, Russia; and Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands. 875 pp. including Index. Numerous tables for each country showing Imports and Exports. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Spine reads: Supplement to Commercial Relations 1879. Small tear at spine top edge. Spine ends bumped/rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front free endpaper, oth...
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Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribners Sons : 1887

Seller ID: 004746

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good to Good-

Six months bound into one volume. Lacks the advertisements and individual covers. Numerous articles by famous authors: "Camping and Hunting in the Shoshone" by W.S. Rainsford, with photographs; "Caverns and Cavern Life" by N.S. Shaler with illustrations and "The Instability of the Atmosphere" by Shaler with illustrations and diagrams by the author; "The Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson, with photos by the author; "Bucolic Dialect of the Plains" by Louis Swinburne; In Dickens-Land by Edwin Percy Whipple; "A Drift from Redwood Camp" by Bret Harte w...
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Miscellaneous Essays

By: Alison, Archibald

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Cary & Hart : 1845

Seller ID: 004410

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Reprinted from the English Originals, with the Author's corrections for this edition. Contents include: Chateaubriand; Napoleon; Bossuet; Poland; Madame De Stael; Marshal Ney; Robert Bruce; Paris in 1814; The Louvre in 1814; Tyrol; France in 1833; Italy; Military Treason and Civic Soldiers; Arnold's Rome; French Revolution of 1830; Desertion of Portugal; Karamsin's Russia; The Spanish Revolution of 1820 and others. Total of 34 articles. 390 pp. Salmon color covers with some soiling/rubbing. Corner tips bumped/rubbed to boards. Paper label top of spine with black print title: "Cheap Editi...
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THE RESULTS OF THE TEMPERATURE DURING FLOWER-FORMATION FOR THE WHOLE HYACINTH. First Part

By: Blaauw, A.H.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Koninklijke Akademie Van Wetenschappen : 1924

Seller ID: 003092

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

Laboratory for Plant-Physiological Research, Wageningen, Hollard No. 10. 66 pp. Large fold-out with 18 illustrations. Total of 42 illustrations and 20 Tables. ex.-mus stamp on front cover. mildly soiled. one small dot water mark, doesn't go through. Missing small piece at spine top. Otherwise covers are VG-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.
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GEOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO FLORAS OF THE WORLD, PART II WESTERN EUROPE

By: Blake, S. F

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, U. S. Department Of Agriculture : 1961

Seller ID: 003071

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

An annotated list with special reference to useful plants and common plant names. Miscellaneous Publication No. 797, 742 pp. Slight soiling to covers, otherwise VG+. ex-mus. stamp on front endpaper, title p. and several top margin pages. Not in text. Interior otherwise is VG+ to Near Fine
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LITTLE PHILIPPE OF BELGIUM

By: Brandeis, Madeline

Price: $4.25

Publisher: New York, A. Flanagan Company : 1930

Seller ID: 005110

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

189 pp. Covers show mild wear. Corners and edges are scuffed and boards exposed. Covers in Good condition. Book in Very Good condition and is tight, clean.
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THE RING AND THE BOOK

By: Browning, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press : 1949

Seller ID: 005245

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

"A lover of poetry who desired to make acquaintance with Browning's work once inquired of him which poem he should read first, and straightway came the reply - 'The Ring and the Book, of course.'" With an introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with engravings by Carl Schultheiss. 690 pp. Covers in Very Good condition with some rubbing to the spine edges. Slipcase in Good condition with boards exposed along edges and corners, and small tear along bottom of case. Back hinge broken. Interior is tight, clean and in VG condition.
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LAJLA: A TALE OF FINMARK

By: Friis, Prof. J. A. And Ingerid Markhus (Translator)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1888

Seller ID: 005174

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+

"Away in the north of Finmark* and far in the interior is the small village of Karasjok, which takes its name from the river upon whose banks it lies, Karasjok in the Lappish tongue signifying "the rapid river." *Finmark is the most northerly district of Norway, inhabited by Lapps, whom the Norwegians call Finns." 281 pp. Decorative brown cloth cover and spine. Front cover has light brown stain and rubbing to image. Corners are bumped, edges are rubbed and spine has small tears to top and bottom. Small tear on inside front cover by hinge. Interior has slight browning/fox...
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LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO: VOLUME I AND II

By: Grimm, Herman

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown and Co. : 1901

Seller ID: 005257

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Translated by Fanny Elizabeth Bvnnett. New Edition with additions Illustrated with photogravure plates from works of art. Both volumes have maroon cloth covers with gold gilt lettering and decorative on the front cover and spine. Gold top edges. Volume I: 558 pp. with appendix. Corners bumped and edges rubbed on cover. Top and bottom of spine is worn. Front hinge is broken. One plate has been removed from the interior. Previous owner's name inscribed on front endpaper. Most plates have tissue guards. Interior is tight and clean. Volume II: 536 pp. with index. Corners bumped with b...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE IN THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. 3 Volumes

By: Hallam, Henry

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1843

Seller ID: 004974

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

The volumes cover: Literature of Europe from the Middle Ages to 1700; History of Theological Literature in Europe from 1520 to 1700; History of Speculative, Moral, and Political Philosophy, and of Jurisprudence, in Europe, from 1520 to 1700; History of the Literature of Taste in Europe from 1520 to 1550; Scientific and Miscellaneous Literature of Europe from 1520 to 1550; History of Poetry from 1550 to 1700; History of Dramatic Literature from 1550 to 1700; History of Polite Literature in Prose from 1550 to 1700; History of Physical and Miscellaneous Literature from 1500 to 1700; History of M...
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TOBACCO TRADE WITH EUROPE

By: House of Representatives

Price: $45.00

Publisher: : 1848

Seller ID: 003744

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Thirtieth Congress-First Session. Report No. 810. "...the best service they could, at this time, render to the tabacco planters of the United States would be to place before the House...and before the tobacco planters, a summary of what has already been done by Congress...on the subject of the high rates of duty and restrictions imposed by foreign governmentrs upon American tobacco..." 74 pp. Tables showing each European country with the duty levied or restrictions, and annual revenue derived by each government. Some foxing. Several pages brown toned due to aging. Otherwise the report ...
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CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay : 1894

Seller ID: 002289

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Very Good-

Author's revised edition. red cloth cover with gilt lettering and moorish design. gilt along top edge. spine sunned/soiled. Back cover's cream cloth mildly soiled. Bookplate on free endp. with owner's name and date: 1934. Otherwise interior is clean, tight and VG+. top edge gilt. decorative covers with gilt.
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THE OTHER SIDE: A BOOK OF TRAVELS

By: Jones, Margaret Patterson

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Des Moines, IA, The Kenyon Printing & Manufacturing Co. : 1903

Seller ID: 005561

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good -

Description of early travels throughout Europe. Introduction by Mattie Locke-Macomber. 154 pp. Tan pictorial cover with image of suitcases and cruise ship on front. Cover is mildly dirty, corners are bumped and spine edges are bent from bookshelf wear. Brown top page edge. Some areas of exposure on front hinge, but still intact. May be ex. lib. as there are some identification numbers on front inside cover and freepaper, but no library stamp anywhere on the book. Previous owner's name inscribed on front freepaper. Some pencil marks on interior pages, otherwise interior is clean. Over...
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Mammals. An Outline of Theriology

By: Kowalski, Kasimierz

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Warsaw, Poland, Smithsonian Belgrade : 1976

Seller ID: 000188

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Translated from Polish for the Smithsonian and NSF by Panstwowe Wydwnictwo Naukowe, 617pp. "Owing to the fact that the author's personal interests include fossils as well as living mammals, he has tried to view the problems under discussion as much as possible from an evolutionary and historical perspective and has accordingly given equal emphasis to fossils and present-day mammals. From this point of view the book can claim to be original..." The term "theriology," the author explains, "has a long tradition in Polish scientific literature and is also commonly used by zool...
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Fishes of the Sea: The Coastal Waters of the British Isles, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean

By: Lythgoe, John and Gillian

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Anchor Press/Doubleday : 1975

Seller ID: 003349

ISBN-13: 9780385076999

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

320 pages with index. bottom page edge, speckled with red dots? reminder copy? otherwise Book is Near Fine.DJ is VG+.
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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLORA OF THE WESTERN JULIAN ALPS

By: Mayer, E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Belgrade, NOLIT Publishing House : 1963

Seller ID: 003082

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Translated from Slovenian. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. very lightly soiled otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine.
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HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS, From Pre-Columbian times to the end of the American Civil War.

By: Pivany, Eugene

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Budapest, Royal Hungarian University Press, : 1927

Seller ID: 004833

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good

A treatise read (in part) on the occasion of assuming his seat as a foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, October 4, 1926. (Translated from the Hungarian). " ...the connection of Hungarians with America reachs back, not only to the colonial period of the present United States, but even to pre-Columbian times. Hungarian missionaries, Hungarian pioneers and Hungarian scientists have, at the risk of their lives, taken part in conquering the American wilderness for civilization..." 64 pp. Paper covers faded. Missing two tiny pieces at front bottom edge and 1" piece along...
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (in slipcase)

By: Plato

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Heritage Press : 1963

Seller ID: 002596

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

translated out of the Greek with Introductory Analyses by Benjamin Jowett, Book has slight brownish stain on front/back endpapers-bottom edge 3/4"x1/2". Otherwise the book is Fine. Tight, clean. Laid in THE HERITAGE CLUB SANDGLASS. Number II:28, a review on this book. Slipcase's top and bottom edge torn but still intact.
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Through Europe in a Motor Car

By: Reid, Herbert J. A.

Price: $130.00

Publisher: London, The International AutoTravel Company

Seller ID: 003440

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

No date. Circa 1914 as previous owner's name on front free endpaper with "1914" and dates in text of 1913. Author was Managing Director of the International Autotravel Company. "To the 1,257 clients who have during the past five years motored in the British Isles and on the Continent of Europe in cars hired from the International Autotravel Company we dedicate...the sixth edition of this modest handbook." 158 pp. Filled with full page illustrated advertisements for hotels and Letters of "endorsements" from customers; Motoring-Routes for The British Isles and The Contine...
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MOTOR RAMBLES IN CENTRAL EUROPE

By: Rimington, Frank C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1927

Seller ID: 005888

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Some descriptions and some reflections. With six illustrations in colour by Evelyn Rimington. Ten other illustrations and a map. 235 pp. Green cloth covers with illustration of castle on front. Cover corners are rubbed to boards, edges are rubbed, spine tips are bent and fraying. Some spotting on both cover faces. Uncut page edges. Map of Central Europe on endpapers. Small book dealer sticker on back inside cover. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.
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Category: Europe