Imbert de Saint-Amand; Elizabeth Gilbert Martin [trans.]

Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1892. Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's study of Napoleon's second wife during the final year of his rule. Translated from the original French by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin, this is French historian and diplomat Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's biography of the second wife of Napoleon Bonoparte, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.First translated by Gilbert Martin the year prior, this fascinating biographical study paints a portrait of Marie Louise's life in the declining days of Napoleon's empire, beginning with his 1814 exile to Elba, discussing The Hundred Days, the battle of Waterloo, and concluding with an account of Marie Louise's response to the HMS Northumberland carrying Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena.With the former owner's bookplate of Grace Sherson to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Small tear to cloth to rear of back strip. Light marks to boards. Former owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 808F44

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Duchess of Parma Napoleon Bonaparte Marie Louise Grace Sherson Napoleon Bonaparte None

ASIMOV'S (GEORGE ALEC EFFINGER; GLADYS PREBEHALLA & DANIEL KEYS MORAN; MARTIN GARDNER; FREDERIK POHL; DAMIEN BRODERICK; BARBARA OWENS; LILLIAN STEWART CARL; DANIEL GILBERT; ROBERT THURSTON)

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction: August, Aug. 1984

NY, Davis Publications. 1984. Single Issue Magazine. Vol. 8, No. 8 (Whole No. 81). Edited by Shawna McCarthy. Cover art by Hisaki Yasuda. Includes "How F. Scott FitzGerald Became Beloved in Springfield" (novelette) by George Alec Effinger; "Realtime" (novelette) by Gladys Prebehalla & Daniel Keys Moran; "Around the Soler System" by Martin Gardner; "Sitting Around the Pool, Soaking Up the Rays" by Frederik Pohl; "Resurrection" by Damien Broderick; "Blue Crick Holler Folks" by Barbara Owens; "From the Labyrinth of Night" by Lillian Stewart Carl; "In the Specimen Jar" by Daniel Gilbert; "The Fire at Sarah Siddons" by Robert Thurston. Articles: "Editorial: The Faces of Science Fiction" by Isaac Asimov; "Letters"; "Mooney's Module" by Gerry Mooney; "Gaming" by Dana Lombardy; "Viewpoint: The Fermi' Paradox" by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D.; "On Books: A Matter of Style" by Norman Spinrad; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Edwin S. Strauss. Tanned; creasing; minor wet spots. No lable, never was. Good+ to Very Good-.

Books from the cryptProfessional seller

Book number: PS326

Catalogue: Magazines

Keywords: Science Fiction Periodicals Science Fiction Magazines

Bacon, Josephine en adviezen Martin Gilbert

Geillustreerde atlas joodse beschaving. 4000 jaar geschiedenis

Bzztoh, 1991, Linnen gebonden met stofomslag in prima conditie, 30 x 23 cm, 224 pag., kaarten en andere illustr.

StokroosboekenProfessional seller

Book number: 213586510

Catalogue: topografie

Keywords: geschiedenis Israel

MARTIN WALSER, GILBERT BADIA

L Avant-Scène n°434 Théâtre. Chêne et lapins angora

Paris, L Avant-Scène, 1969, Agrafé, in-8. 44 pp. Bords de pages jaunis. Pliures sur la couverture. Condition: Etat moyen

LaLettre2Professional seller

Book number: A20609

"Churchill, Randolph S. / Martin Gilbert"

"Winston S. Churchill / 5 Volumes / 1. Youth 1874-1900; 2. Young Statesman 1901-1914; 3. 1914-1916; 4. 1917-1922; 5. 1922-1939"

Heinemann, "1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1976, 5x hardcover, gebruikssporen aan stofomslagen / wear on dustjackets". .

Boekhandel Louis TinnerProfessional seller

Book number: 223451560

Catalogue: "geschiedenis en politiek

CHURCHILL RANDOLPH S. & GILBERT MARTIN

Winston S. Churchill The Authorised Biography & Companion Volumes. ( Complete Set 21 Volumes )

London, Heinemann. 1966, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. Complete in 21 volumes, with a complete set of companion volumes. All volumes bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt bands and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, occasional minor wear, light dust marking to outer page edges. Jackets on first three volume rubbed, short tear, worn on edges with minor loss, jacket on volume one sellotaped to binding. All other jackets in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean set. Very Good/Very Good.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 014588

Catalogue: History

Keywords: churchill

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated set of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography, detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill of the complete eight volume set. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with volumes covering the years 1874 to 1916. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill, an English journalist, writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill, and Martin Gilbert, a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960, five years before his death, he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal, and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives&apos. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1874-1900, 1966. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, eight maps, and three folding tables to the rear. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman 1901-1914, 1968. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and two maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume III 1914-1916, 1977. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and twenty maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume IV, 1975. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and thirteen maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume V, 1976. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrappers are also very smart with minor wear to the extremities and sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 945T17

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Churchill Winston Churchill Gilbert Youth Winston Churchill None

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill with Companion Volumes

London, William Heinemann, 1967-1983. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first edition part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography, as well as three volumes of the biography itself. Twelve volumes. First edition. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with volumes covering the years 1917 to 1941. With nine volumes of the companion texts issued, serving as a definitive biography based on documents reserved exclusively for these works. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill, an English journalist, writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill, and Martin Gilbert, a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume I, Parts 1 and 2, 1967. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume II, Parts 1, 2 and 3, 1969. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV, Parts 1, 2 and 3, 1977. With thirteen in-text maps to each volume. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume V, Part I, 1979. Winston S. Churchill Volume IV: 1917-1922, 1975. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-nine black-and-white photographs on plates, and thirteen maps. Winston S. Churchill Volume V: 192201939, 1976. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven black-and-white photographs on plates. Winston S. Churchill Volume VI: 1939-1941, 1983. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-three black-and-white photographs on plates, and twenty-two maps. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are price-clipped other than Companion Volume IV, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Companion Volume V, Part I, Winston S. Churchill Volume V, and Winston S. Churchill Volume VI which remain unclipped. Wrappers are also smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spines. The odd small mark or crease to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Newspaper clippings pasted to the rear pastedown of Companion Volume IV Part 1. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 895T42

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Winston Churchill Randolph Churchill Martin Gilbert Churchill Randolph Churchill Autobiography None

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill

London, Heinemann, 1966-76. First edition. Cloth. A collection of five excellent first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill by his son Randolph and Martin Gilbert, with seven companion volumes. The first editions of this work. A collection of five consecutive volumes of the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, covering from 1874 to 1939. Written in a collaboration between Sir Winston Churchill's son Randolph, who finished the first two volumes, and continued by historian Martin Gilbert after Randolph's death. With details on Sir Winston Churchill's childhood and early life and career, India, the River War, and more until the coming of the war in vol. V. Including the companion volumes I, II and III in seven parts, complete. Each volume comes in its unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume, and one hundred and fifty eight full page plates, maps and illustrations in text. With three folding genealogical tables to vol. I. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Minor faint damp marking to the boards of companion vol. II part III. The dust wrapper is very smart with minor shelf wear and only occasional minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine, with some sunning to the spine, mostly unclipped. The dust wrapper to vol. II and companion vol. II part II is price-clipped. With a minor staining mark to the tail of the spine of the dust wrapper of part I of the companion vol. II. With tape reinforcements to the externals of the wraps of vol. II. Minor closed tears to the wraps of vol. III and to the rear wraps of part II of the companion vol. II, companion vol. III part I. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With minor cockling and the odd minor handling mark to the leaves of vol. IV due to minor damp damage. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume, and one hundred and fifty eight full page plates, maps and illustrations in text. With three folding genealogical tables to vol. I. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 799A48

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: winston s churchill martin gilbert randolph s churchill biography martin gilbert Not Stated

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976 . First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography, detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, in the publisher's original dust wrappers, and each in their first edition. These five volumes cover the years between 1874 and 1939.With the complete eight volumes published between 1966 and 1988, the first two volumes are by the subject's own son, Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968, the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert, after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960, five years before his death, he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal, and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives&apos.With numerous photographic plates, illustrations and folding tables to each volume. Collated, complete.With former owner's inscriptions to front pastedown or free endpaper of each volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the publisher's original dust wrappers and two volumes price clipped, and three price unclipped. Minor shelf wear to back strip heads and tails. Paper residue to tail of volume I rear board. Boards otherwise bright and clean. Sunning to dust wrapper back strips. Edge wear to back strip heads and tails. Small loss to head of volume V back strip and tail of volume III front wrap. Closed tear to head of volume II front wrap. Tape reinforcement to reverse of volume III dust wrapper. With a contemporary owner's inscription to the front pastedown or front free endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 799F34

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Second World War Politics Nazi Prime Minister Politics Not Stated

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill Companion Vol. I Part I-II; Vol. II Part I-III; Vol. III Part I.

London, Heinemann, 1967-72. First edition. Cloth. A collection of three first editions in six parts of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert. The first editions of this work. A collection of six consecutive volumes of the companions to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, covering from 1874 to 1915. Written in a collaboration between Sir Winston Churchill's son Randolph, who finished the first two volumes, and continued by historian Martin Gilbert after Randolph's death. With details on Sir Winston Churchill's childhood and early life and career, India, the River War, and more until the political crisis of 1915. Each volume comes in its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some minor damp marking to the boards of vol. II part 2 and vol. III part 1. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 801A7

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: first editions winston s churchill dust wrapper companion winston s churchill None

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill

London, Heinemann, 1966-1976 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of five illuminating first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill, accompanied by seven companion volumes. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, each in their first edition. These five volumes cover the years between 1874 and 1939, and are accompanied by seven supplementary companion volumes. All twelve volumes are present in the publisher's original dust wrappers.The first two volumes are by the subject's own son, Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968, the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert, after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960, five years before his death, he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal, and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives&apos. Also present are Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume I, Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the companion to volume II, and Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume III.With numerous photographic plates, illustrations and folding tables to each of the five biographical volumes. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with dust wrappers. With dust wrapper price clipped to one biographical volume and one companion volume, and price unclipped to remaining ten volumes. Shelf wear to spine heads and tails, with the odd instance of bumping. Fading to cloth of back strip and boards of biography volume I, and companion to volume III part 2, with boards otherwise bright and clean. Light discolouration to five of the companion volume dust wrappers, and sunning to dust wrapper back strip of biographical volume IV. Edge wear to back strip heads and tails, with small closed tears to back strip head and tail of 'Companion Volume III Part 2&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 800F24

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: churchill Politics nazi second world war Politics None

Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert

Winston S. Churchill

London, Heinemann, 1966-1981. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first and early editions of part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography, as well as three volumes of the biography itself. With letters from the authors. Eleven volumes. First edition. With two letters from the authors, or written on their behalf, addressed to Peter Metcalfe. The first of which is a letter from Michael Wolff on behalf of Randolph S. Churchill, dated 3rd February 1966, expressing thanks for sending a letter from Sir Winston Churchill to Mr. James Pond which had been in his possession. The second of which is a letter from Sir Martin Gilbert, dated 25th September 2011, containing information on Gilbert's corps details. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with volumes covering the years 1874 to 1916. With eight volumes of the companion texts issued, serving as a definitive biography based on documents reserved exclusively for these works. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill, an English journalist, writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill, and Martin Gilbert, a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1874-1900, 1966. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, eight maps, and three folding tables to the rear. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman 1901-1914, 1967. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and two maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume III 1914-1916, 1971. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and twenty maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume I, Parts 1 and 2, 1967. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume II, Part 1, 1969. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume III, Part 2, 1972. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV, Parts 1, 2 and 3, 1977. With thirteen in-text maps to each volume. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume V, Part 2, 1979. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV Part 2 which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spines. Large loss to the rear panel and fly leaf of Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 933T52

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Winston Churchill Churchill Companion Gilbert Churchill None

COHEN, RONALD I.; [CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.]; GILBERT, SIR MARTIN [FOREWORD]; LADY SOAMES [INTRODUCTION]

Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill - Complete in Three Volumes

United Kingdom: Thoemmes, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. The product of twenty-five years of meticulous research, this essential Churchillian bibliography exhaustively covers thousands of books, pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, letters, and more. All three volumes new, unread and individually shrinkwrapped in publisher's box. We believe this to be one of only four hundred sets printed. 25 x 17.5 x 13cm. 4.2kg.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Winston Churchill - Bibliographies. New .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

Book number: 728h4404

Keywords: History Reference

Comte, Gilbert et Jean Martin

L'Empire triomphant 1. Afrique occidentale et equatoriale 1871/1936; 2. Maghreb, Indochine, Madagascar, iles et comptoirs

Denoël, . Volume 1: cloth, 390 pp, some ills, dustwrappers (some damage), Volume 2. cloth, 569 pp, ills, dustwrappers. Series L'Aventure coloniale de la France, .ISBN: 97822072329419782207235584 Wij berekenen binnen Nederland 3,95 euro verzendkosten ongeachte gewicht of omvang van de bestelling.

Antiquariaat Van StarkenburgProfessional seller

Book number: gwfr1983

Catalogue: Frankrijk

Keywords: Frankrijk 97822072329419782207235584