European History
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1896 ClovisTours: 1896A detailed history of Clovis I, with illustrations throughout. In the original French.
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1931 HitlerLondon: 1931A very scarce first edition of this illustrated political study of Adolf Hitler before his rise to power, with a commentary on his ideals.
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1795-1810 A Sammelband of Five Tracts on French History and PoliticsLondon; Edinburgh: 1795-1810Five works on French history and politics in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century bound together in a single volume.
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1795-1812 A Sammelband of Eight Tracts on Irish PoliticsDublin; London; Edinburgh: 1795-1812A sammelband of eight late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century tracts on politics and religion in Ireland, and on the relationship of Ireland with Great Britain.
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1823 Bishop Burnet's History of His Own TimeOxford : 1823The complete set of Gilbert Burnet's important historical work covering the English civil war, bound in half calf.
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1838 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1838A very attractive copy of Edward Gibbon's seminal history of the Roman Empire, illustrated with folding maps.
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1872 Poseidon: A Link Between Semite, Hamite, and AryanLondon: 1872A very scarce work by Robert Brown, in which he explores the mythos of the great Olympian Poseidon.
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1902 The History of Ireland : The Introduction and the First Book of The HistoryLondon: 1902The first volume of the 'Irish Texts Society' edition of Geoffrey Keating's interesting seventeenth century history of Ireland, with both the original Irish and the English translation.
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1994 The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of EuropeOxford: 1994A smart first edition, first impression, of this illustrated historical work on Europe.
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1957 The Merchant of Prato: Francesco di Marco DatiniLondon: 1957A fascinating and beautifully illustrated biography of the Italian merchant Francesco Datini, whose private and business papers offer a valuable record of medieval trade.
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1684 The History of the LeagueLondon: 1684The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Maimbourg's fascinating history of the French Wars of Religion.
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1872 Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the ArmadaLondon: 1872A smart new edition of this collection of narrative poems, or lays, from Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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1900 No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La VendeeLondon: 1900The smart first edition of G. A. Henty's historical novel covering the Vendee revolution, with eight plates of illustrations.
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c1890 The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of ReligionLondon: c1890A beautifully bound historical novel for young readers, following King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus during the Thirty Years' War.
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Signed1894 Seven Spanish Cities and the Way to ThemBoston: 1894A signed presentation copy of an early edition of Edward E. Hale's account of his travels in Spain.
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1841 The Student-Life of GermanyLondon: 1841A scarce first edition of this commentary on the life of a student in Germany from English writer William Howitt.
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1947 History of EnglandLondon: 1947The new and enlarged edition of Trevelyan's history of England, bound in half crushed morocco with many maps.
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1900 Froissart in BritainLondon: 1900The first edition of Henry Newbolt's illustrated work on 'Froissart's Chronicles', detailing the hundred year war, in a half calf prize binding.
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1929 Malta of the KnightsLondon: 1929The first edition of Schermerhorn's illustrated historical study on the knights of Malta, bound in half calf with cloth to the boards.
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1885 Royalty Restored or London Under Charles IILondon: 1885The complete two volume, first edition set of Molloy's illustrated work on the reign of King Charles II, bound in half morocco.
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1894 The French Revolution: A HistoryLondon: 1894Thomas Carlyle's three volume work on the French revolution, bound in one volume in a half morocco Mudie binding.
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1904 Darstellung der Rumänischen SpracheHalle : 1904A first edition copy of Theodor Gartner's study on the Romanian language, smartly bound in quarter calf.
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1983 Thera: Pompeii of the ancient Aegean: Excavations at Akrotiri 1967-79London: 1983An excellent first edition of Doumas' fascinating study of ancient Akrotiri, considered to be one of the most completely preserved prehistoric site in Europe.
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1837 L'Histoire de France, Racontee aux EnfantsBrussels : 1837An attractively calf-bound copy of this charming history of France for young readers.
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1964 History of Hungarian LiteratureLondon; Budapest : 1964A very smart first edition of this impressively compiled history of Hungarian literature, a once scarce area of discussion for English readers.
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1902 Choses VuesParis: 1902An early edition of Victor Hugo's posthumously published series of notes on his own life and contemporary history.
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1878 Les Heures MarseillaisesMarseille: 1878A finely bound first limited edition of Horace Bertin's charming ode to his hometown, Marseille.
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1949 Housing: A Survey of the Post War Housing Work of the London County CouncilLondon: 1949A very scarce colour illustrated work on post World War II housing in London, published by the London County Council and in the original dust wrapper.
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1891 London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and TraditionsLondon: 1891The complete three volume, first edition set of works on London's history by Henry B. Wheatley.
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1829 History of Greece from the Earliest Times to its Final Subjection to RomeLondon: 1829A detailed history of Greece from the earliest times.
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1831 2vols The History of IrelandLondon: 1831Francis Plowden's controversial history of Ireland, from the invasion by Henry II to the union with Britain; complete in two volumes.
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1854 The Priest and the Huguenot; or, Persecution in the Age of Louis XVLondon: 1854An early UK edition of Bungener's three part history of religious persecution in France, complete in one volume.
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1832 History of the Peloponesian War, Translated from the Greek of ThucydidesLondon: 1832A smart copy of this very scarce Jones' Edition of this translated history of the Ancient Greek Pelopenesian War.
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1832 History of the Peloponesian War, Translated from the Greek of ThucydidesLondon: 1832A smart copy of this very scarce Jones' Edition of this translated history of the Ancient Greek Pelopenesian War.
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1874 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire AlmanackLondon: 1874A very scarce almanac created by T. P. Woods, a Wine and Spirit Merchants in Chesterfield, with advertisements and a calendar of events.
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1933 The Honour of LennoxLondon: 1933A historical novel by historian and author James MacFarlane, with stories about the Lennox line and the lives of James the First-Fourth.