Chahin, M.

The Kingdom of Armenia

Dorset, 1987. First Edition. Board. 0880296097. Hardback in good+ condition with good+ cover, text clean and unmarked, binding tight, 332 pages. History of the country, Royal Houses, Wars, Church, leading families etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000674

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: ARMENIA, KINGS, WAR, HISTORY 0880296097

Van dere Kemp, G.& Levron, J

Versailles and the Trianons

Essential Books, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight yellowing of pages due to age.Cover is clean and slightly faded 238 pages of line drawings, etchings, black and white photos and maps of this great palace. It covers its history from conception to completion. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000750

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: VERSAILLES, TRIANONS, HISTORY, BUILDING

Keneally, Thomas

The Great Shame

Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. Hardback in good+ condition, cover good+. The story of how the Irish triumphed in the English speaking World. In the 19th century Ireland lost half its population to famine, emigration to the US and Canada, and being transported to New South Wales and Van Diemens Land. This is the story of their lot and what they made of it.Mpas, center photo section. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000543

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: IRELAND, FAMINE, EMIGRATION

Jackson Lady, Catherine Charlotte

Old Paris 2 Vol Set

L.C. Page, 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons" Volumes I and II by Catherine Charlotte, Lady Jackson. L.C. Page and Company, Boston: 1895. Vol 1. 313 pages, Vol 2. 353 pages. Vol 2 has some uncut pages in last chapter and index. Hardbacks in good+ condition Covers are bright decorative cloth in navy blue stamped on spine and front board with fleur-de-lys designs, crown and F with Fleur-de-lys borders, casing top gold. Hardbacks in good+ condition,text is clean and unmarked, bindings tight, some yellowing of pages due to age. Vol. 2 has some stains on last few pages which are uncut. Tissue covered engraved portraits of Anne of Austria, Rubens, Prince de Conde, Fenelon, Madame de Maintenon, Moliere, Madame de Sevinge, La Bruyere and others. Great slice of French History . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000713

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: ROYALS, COURT LIFE, HISTORY, FRANCE

Proper, Datus C.

The Last Old Place

Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. 0671782266. 254 pages, Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, Cover good+. Discover the land and a world forgotten. Even today few think of or even visit Portugal. Iberian but not Spanish, Latin by not Mediterranean yet cosmopolitan but never crowded. This small country remains as it was delimited by its regions. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000305

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: PORTUGAL, TRAVEL, CULTURE 0671782266

Williams, Guy St. John

A Sea Grey House

Renvyle House, 1995. Later Edition. Cloth. A Sea Grey House The History of Renvyle House, 2nd publication of earlier book with additions. Hardback in good condition, Cover does have rub to boards front corner, and small chip out. Dust Jacket in acceptalable condition, has missing chip same place as above. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, B&W photos and drawings a nice clean copy. A dwelling has stood on the site since before written history. The site overlooking the Atlantic on one side and a small lake on the other. The houses have been built, torn down, rebuilt and have had a turbulent history of owners. From the time of the Gaelic clans, home to 19th century landowners, a widow, home to a poet, literary travelers, statesman, renowned surgeon and people struggling for Free Ireland. A great history of a house and its ghosts, it is today a modern hotel on Irelands west coast. Good/Acceptable.

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Book number: 000453

Catalogue: History Europe

Keywords: IRELAND, CELTS, HOUSE