The Ballet of the Second Empire 1847-1858 and 1858-1870 - 2 VOLUMES

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1953. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 133, 148pp. 2 vOLUMES covering the years 1847-1870. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Both books are clean and sound and unmarked, and both are illustrated. A wonderful comprehensive and concise history of ballet during the reign of Napoleon III. 2 volumes. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004747

Catalogue: Dance, European History, Performing Arts

Keywords: Ballet Theatre "Social History" Ferraris Cerrito Rosati Gautier "2 volumes"

(Barrow, John)

A Family Tour Through South Holland; Up the Rhine' and Across The Netherlands, o Ostend.

London, John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son, 1836. Second Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine, leather spine label. Folding map and 7 of 10 engravings. Front cover detached but present, ex-library label on front pastedown, edgewear and scuffing, half-inch circular chip to spine, contents mildly age-darkened. Despite the foregoing imperfections, thiis is still an attractive little book. Fair.

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Book number: 003939

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, European History

Keywords: Sightseeing Netherlands Europe Rhine Amsterdam Antwerp Rotterdam

Defoe, Daniel (Attributed to)

Rogues on Both Sides...Characters of Some Rogues not yet Describ'd...An Old Whig, and a Modern Whig; an Old Tory....

London, Samuel Whiting, 1711. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 36pp. Original pamphlet published in 1711 disbound from book. Light wear and age-toning, overall sound and complete. Title page reads: " R____'s on both Sides. In which are the Characters of Some R____'s not yet describ'd; With a true Description of An Old Whig, and a Modern Whig; an Old Tory, and A Modern Tory; High-flyer, or Motly; As also of a Minister of State." Pamphlet has been attributed to Daniel Defoe. Good.

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Book number: 004790

Catalogue: Government and Politics, European History

Keywords: Whigs Tories Pamphlets "Church of England" Parliament

Bell. P.M.H.

A Certain Eventuality... Britain and the Fall of France

Liverpool, Saxon House, 1974. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 034700010x. 320pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light age-toning and mild foxing to endpapers only, dust jacket has very light edgewear. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004018

Catalogue: Military, European History

Keywords: Churchill "De Gaule" Hitler Alliance Vichy Dunkirk "WW II" 034700010x

Heeren, A.H.L.

Essai sur l'influence des croisades

Jacksonville , Treuttel et Würtz, 1808. Hardcover. 513pp. Marbled boards, gilt tooled leather spine. Moderate wear and scuffing to cover, text is lightly age-toned, light spotting to endpapers, slight cracking at gutters, text block is tight and holding firmly, former owner's bookplate and bookshop label on front pastedown. Author discusses the influence of the Crusades on the citizens of Europe and their civilization. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004584

Catalogue: History, European History, Military

Keywords: Crusades War "Middle East" Pope France Europe

The Printemps

Little Guide to Paris and the Battle Fields of France

Paris, The Printemps (Le Printemps), 1921. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 28pp, folding map. String tied stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on label. Cover is edge-chipped and partially faded, folding map is torn along folds and long ago tape repaired but mostly complete, first and last pages lightly soiled. Illustrated throughout with photos and batllefield plans. An attractive souvenir published by Le Printemps department store circa early 1920s. Good.

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Book number: 003942

Catalogue: Military, European History

Keywords: WW I France "World War I"

Thiers, M.A.

The History of the French Revolution

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 972pp in one volume. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. Front and rear covers split and loose at joints, but holding on. Covers worn at corners, spine cover loose and chipped, binding shaken. Owner's name and date (January 1868), on front endpaper. Other than a few smudges and short tears to endpa;ers, interior is quite sound. A voluminous account of The French Revolution by a former prime minister of France. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000461

Catalogue: History, European History

Keywords: France Robespierre Marat Louis XIV Jacobins Girondists

Whelpley, J.D.

British-American Relations

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 325pp. Red cloth. Spine darkened, light corner wear, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, text age-toned. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003477

Catalogue: American History, Military, European History

Keywords: Diplomacy Economics