U.S. -Finnish Diplomatic Relations / Suomen Ja Yhdysvaltain Diplomaattisuhteet

Helsinki, Finland, United States Embassy, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Not otherwise available to the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line. A succinct, readable account of U.S.-Finnish diplomatic relations, Finnish history, Finnish culture and European diplomatic history, with a Foreword by Eric S. Edelman, an Introduction by Jaakko Iloniemi, and contributions by Prefaces by James A. Baker III and William Z. Slany. Bilingual texts, in English and Finnish. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial wraps. 142 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 351271

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Keywords: U.S.-Finnish diplomatic relations|Finland Finnish history|Finnish culture|Eric S. Edelman Jaakko Iloniemi

Moncure Biddle

A Christmas Letter. The Gypsies: Romans from Little Egypt

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moncure Biddle & Co., 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the brown stapled, printed wraps. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and a few in full color, including at frontis. 37 pp., printed on heavy paper, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 357172

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Keywords: Moncure Biddle The Romany The Gypsies The Travellers

Bowdler, Thomas

Letters Written in Holland in the Months of September and October, 1787, by Thomas Bowdler. To Which Is Added a Collection of Letters, and Other Papers, Relating to the Journey of the Princess of Orange, on the 28th of June, 1787

London, Printed for the Benefit of A Charitable Institution at Bath and sold by J. Robson and W. Clarke, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. This is a particularly and peculiarly lovely copy of the First and only edition ever publisher but of this influential and much cited work. Handsomely rebound (probably by the master printer Pat Bruno in 2000) but incorporating the original covers in the form of marbled paper and then newly rebacked, with the publication date (1788) stamped to spine. A short, squat octavo form. Five raised bands to spine, ornate fleurs-de-lis in the compartments made thereby. It is a complicated pagination: [ii], 192, [3], 4-100, and then with two folding maps, engraved, in splendid condition. The one at frontis is entitled "A Map of the Country in the city of Amsterdam." The second is titled "A Map of a Part of the United States," A very solid little tome, with some scuffing to tips, but not much, and the newly added gilt ruling is quite handsome. New endpapers added, and the paper is also quite bright and healthy. Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) writes here about the Dutch-Prussia War. It was well received by both the reading public and the intelligentsia.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345440

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Keywords: Thomas Bowdler|Holland|travel|Dutch-Prussia War|correspondence|literature

Cast, David

The Calumny of Apelles: A Study in the Humanist Tradition

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond a nick to spine head. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Bound in grey cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Botticelli illustration to front cover. xv, 243 pp. and then a list of other titles in the series. Augmented with index, bibliography, 63 figures in black-and-white on paper in rear. Extensive footnotes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 359396

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Keywords: David Cast humanism humanities social sciences Medieval history European history

Charanis, Peter

The Monastic Properties and the State in the Byzantine Empire

Cambridge, Massachusetts , Harvard University Press, 1948. Offprint. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, inscribed "to Mr. Alef with the kind regards of the author. Peter Charanis." Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, there being only one additional copy available currently of this, the Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number Four, published in 1948. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, light rubbing to, scuffing of extremities. Light brown paper over boards, black cloth-backed, printed title page pasted thereover, gilt-lettered at spine. This offprint is one of five essays compiled in the fourth volume. Peter Charanis - The Monastic Properties and the State in the Byzantine Empire is [1], 53-118 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good

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Book number: 358951

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Keywords: signed Peter Charanis Byzantine Empire

Delstanche, Albert

The Little Towns of Flanders

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published in 1916 in First Edition by Chatto & Windus, London, and with a Review Copy slip laid in, with a signed title and date to June 25, 1915. Published in tall quarto format, light gray paper over boards, tan linen-backed. Paper-backed Brodart sleeve is holding the light brown printed dust wrappers together, though they are extensive worn and chipped. Preface by Emile Verhaeren, translated by Geoffrey Whitworth from the original Flemish, and at 56 pp. A dozen lovely black-and-white woodcuts of village scenes by the author and artist.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 345611

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Keywords: Flanders|Flemish language|Albert Delstanche|European history|Flanders towns|architecture|European art history

G.R. Elton

Europe from Renaissance to Reformation

London, The Folio Society, 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked interior but for faint residue from a sticker at first free endpaper, and a previous owner's sticker inside rear flap. Handsomely produced as per usual Folio Society standards, a rich, colorful cloth exterior, gilt and blue lettering and decorations, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Preface by Andrew Pettegrew. Near gift-quality condition inside and out. Long range of black-and-white and full-color plates, printed on high-gloss paper. xxxi [3], 2-321 pp. including notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 353499

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Keywords: European history Andrew Pettegrew Reformation G.R. Elton

Hussey, J.M., ed.

The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume IV, the Byzantine Empire, Part II, Government, Church and Civilisation

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition Thus exemplar of the original First Edition, published in 1928, and with J.B. Bury's Introduction after this edition's editor's Preface. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine, edges, light discoloration here and there. Edited by J.M. Hussey and with the editorial assistance of D.M. Nicol and G. Cowan. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xlii [1], 1-517 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 359439

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Keywords: Medieval history English history English culture J.M. Hussey European history English history

Kando, Thomas Matyas

A Tale of Survival: From War Ravaged Europe to the Promise of America

Gold River, California, European American Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at half-title, being inscribed warmly to Richard L. Press, the Sacramento-based arts book seller. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. A fine and accessible memoir of the author's life post World War Two and his flight from Communist Hungary to America. A gripping memoir. x + 449 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New

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Book number: 347478

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Keywords: signed|European history|Thomas Matyas Kando|Memoir|World War Two|Hungary|Communism

Halliday, Terence C., Lucien Karpik and Malcolm M Feeley, eds.

Fighting for Political Freedom: Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Liberalism

Portland, Oregon , Hart Publishing Co., 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Onati International Series in Law & Society, published in Portland, Oregon, by Hart Publishing Company. Contributions by the three editors, Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik and Malcolm M. Feeley, and by Tom Ginsberg, Terence C. Halliday and Sida LLiu, Carol Jones, Lamcolm M. Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa, Tamir Moustaffa, Zuhtu Arslan, Gad Barzilai, Daniel M. Brinks, Javier A. Couson, Richard L. Abel, Lisa Hilbrink and Carolo Guarmieri. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii [1], 1-508 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 353807

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Keywords: political scienceTerence C. Halliday Lucien Karpik Malcolm M. Feeley

Kibler, William W., ed.

Eleanor of Aquitaine: Patron and Politician

Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but with a tape-repaired dust-jacket, else complete and not price-clipped. From the publisher's blurb, "Eleanor of Aquitaine was the wife of two kings, Louis VII of France and Henry II Plantagenet of England, and the mother of two others, Richard the Lionhearted and John Lackland. In her eventful, often stormy life, she not only influenced the course of events in the twelfth century but also encouraged remarkable advances in the literary and fine arts. In this book, experts in five disciplines-history, art history, music, French and English literature-evaluate the influence of Eleanor and her court on history and the arts. Elizabeth A. R. Brown views Eleanor as having played a significant role as parent and politician, but not as patron. Rebecca A. Baltzer takes a new look at the music of the period that was written by and for Eleanor, her court, and her family. Moshe Lazar reexamines her relationship to the courtly-love literature of the period. Eleanor S. Greenhill and Larry M. Ayres reassess her influence in the realm of art history. Rossell Hope Robbins traces the lines extending from the French courtly literature of Eleanor's period down into fourteenth-century Chaucerian England. The essays reflect divergent but generally complementary assessments of this remarkable woman's influence on her own era and on future times as well. This volume is the result of a symposium held at the University of Texas in 1973. Experts in five disciplines--history, art history, music, French and English literature--evaluate the influence of Eleanor and her court on history and the arts. [14], 4-183 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 359405

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Keywords: William W. Kibler Eleanor of Aquitaine European history

Shah, Nandini and Stanley Naismith, eds.

The Owlets of Minerva: Human Rights in the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights

The Hague, The Netherlands, Eleven International Publishing, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Finely bound in green cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering and design to front cover and spine. Foreword by the author, Bostjan M. Zupancic, edited by Nandini Shah and Stanley Naismith, and then a presentation of Zupancic's magisterial work for European courts on multiple issues of human rights. The publisher's blurb notes that the author gives his views on the workings of the European Court of Human Rights (E.C.H.R.), where he served as a judge for 18 years, including the author's subsequent successes, defeats and tribulations while attempting to introduce into the case law of the E.C.H.R. his previously well thought-out theoretical convictions. His convictions and his dissenting opinions are based on his many years of experience in the field. xvi, 17-552 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 353774

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Keywords: Bostjan M. Zupancic human rights The European Court of Human Rights Nandini Shah Stanley Naismith

Aries, Philippe and Georges Duby, general editors

A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium; Revelations of the Medieval World; Passions of the Renaissance; from the Fires of Revolution to the Great War; Riddles of Identity in Modern Times

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Belknap Press, at Harvard Univeristy, . First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A justly celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, revealing in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world and up to through early Modern times, stretching from the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, to the glitz and glitter of 20th century art and literature. Intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves, kings and commoners, including concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, sexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. A perfectly serviceable set of reference copies, complete in five volumes, Philippe Aries and Georges Duby serving as General Editors, and with individual contributions and volume editors, volume by volume. Nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Each bound in two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed bindings, of various colors. Forward cock to two spines, some smudging to bottom page-tips, moderate wear to two of the illustrated, pictorial dust wrappers, one being chipped and soiled a bit, much less to the others, and with previous owner's embossed stamps and inscriptions to several volumes. Hundreds and hundreds of fine black-and-white and full-color illustrations and photographs, printed on high-gloss paper, and with notes, index and bibliography to each volume. Volume I (1987): From Pagan Rome to Byzantium, by Paul Veyne, ed., translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with contributions by Paul Veyne, Peter Brown, Michel Rouche and Evelynn Parthagen, with ix [2], 2-670 pp.; Volume II: The Revelation of the Medieval World (1988), with contributions by Georges Duby, Dominique Barthelemy and Charles de La Ronciere; by Danielle Regnier-Bohler; by Dominique Barthelemy and Philippe Contamine; and Georges Duby and Philippe Braunstein, with xiii [3], 3-650 pp.; Volume III (1989): Passions of The Renaissance, edited by Roger Chartier, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with chapters by Philippe Aries (Introduction), by Yves Castan, Francois Lebrun and Roger Chartier; by Jacques Revel, Orest Ranum, Jean-Louis Flandrin, Jacques Gelis, Madelained Foisil and Jean Marie Goulemot, and others, with prelims + 1-645 pp.; Volume IV (1990): From the Fires of Revolution To the Great War, edited by Philippe Aries and Georges Duby, with contributions by Michelle Perrot (Introduction) and chapters by her and Anne Martin-Fugier, her and Roger-Henri Guerrand, and by Alain Corbin, with prelims + 1-713 pp.; Volume V (1991): Riddles of Identity in Modern Times, edited by Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent, with contributions by Antoine Prost, Gerard Vincent, Gerard Vincent, Perrine Simon-Nahum, Remi Leveau, Dominique Schnapper, and Kristina Ofrali, Chiara Saraceno, Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann, Elaine Tyler May and others, with prelims + 3-630 pp. 1991. Altogether, the set appears to comprise First American Editions in each case.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good/Good,

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Book number: 351517

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Keywords: Georges Duby Philippe Aries Antoine Prost private life sexuality Paul Veyne Arthur Goldhammer Paul Veyne Peter Brown Michel Rouche Evelynn Parthagen Georges Duby Dominique Barthelemy Charles de La Ronciere Danielle Regnier-Bohler Dominique Barthelemy Phil

Pintar, John I

Four Years in Tito's Hell

Buenos Aires, Argentina, H.P.K., 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only two additional copies available on-line. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderate wear, age-toning and soiling to the printed, colorful wraps, in gate-fold, some paper loss to spine, as usual, and SIGNED by the editor in an expansive inscription at title page. John I. Pintar, an American citizen and businessman living in Yugoslavia at the time of the dictator Tito's rise, recounts his time as a prisoner under communist rule and focuses especially on the treatment of non-communist prisoners. 300 pp. plus Table of Contents and Page of Limitation. Withdrawn from the Duns Scotus library, with signs thereof at front and rear endpapers, moderately toned pages, else clean and unmarked.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Editor. . Good

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Book number: 353501

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Keywords: Tito communism John I. Pintar signed European history

Ron E. Roberts and Robert Marsh Kloss

Social Movements: Between the Balcony and the Barricade

St. Louis, Missouri, C.V. Mosby , 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Short range of damp-stained pages at bottom, not affecting text, prior to p. 2, dissipating thereafter. From the publisher's blurb, "The intention of this book is to continue the sociological tradition of analyzing social change in terms of social movements and social trends. The central objective, detailed in the introduction, is to present a conceptual scheme of movements and trends that fits, we hope, into a general sociological theory of social change, but does not get bogged down in grand theory." Foreword by Michael Harrington. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvii [1], 2-200 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 358279

Catalogue: European History

Keywords: Ron E. Roberts Robert Marsh Kloss social movements Michael Harrington