DERLATKA, TADEUSZ/ NUROWSKI, ROMAN/ LESNIEWSKI, ANDRZEJ.

German Revisionism on the Move.

Warszaw: Wydawnictwo Zachodnie, 1960. 0. English text. Contents includes: Tadeusz Derlatka: A Threat to Peace; Roman Nurowski: Summer Offensive of German Revisionism in 1960; Andrzej Lesniewski: Reaction of the Western Opinion. Pp.102. Paperback, slightly toned. G+.

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Book number: 36975

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: German Revisionism Threat Peace Summer Offensive Western Opinion Nato Spd Rallies Politics European History 37425 History: : European

DOCKRILL, MICHAEL.

The Cold War 1945-1963.

Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1988. 0333403800. Studies in European History series. "In this study of the cold war between the Western Powers and the Soviet Union, 1945-1963, Michael Dockrill provides a concise account of this period, taking into consideration the major political, diplomatic, military and strategic factors. He explores the origin and meaning of the term Cold War and analyses the literature on the period for the student approaching this subject for the first time." Pp.108, 2 maps, 3 marginal marks to p.66. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 47753

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Dockrill Cold War European History Western Powers Ussr Soviet Union Kennedy Krushchev Politics Diploacy Military Strategy 49234 History: : European

DONIA, ROBERT J AND FINE JR, JOHN V.A.

Bosnia and Hercegovina. A Tradition Betrayed.

London: Hurst and Company, 1994. 1850652112. 1st edition. "Examines Bosnia's rich historical traditions in light of the conflict that erupted there in 1992. The authors explain the origins of Bosnia's major ethnonational groups in the religious conversions of the Middle Ages and under the Ottomans as a prelude to the transformation of its principal religious communities into the twentieth-century nationalities. The roles of Bosnia's Muslims, Serbs, and Croats in the events affecting the Yugoslav peoples in the twentieth century and then as Yugoslavia disintegrated n the earky 1990s are vividly presented." Pp.xii/318, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 41733

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Donia Fine Bosnia Hercegovina Tradition Betrayed Yugoslavia History Ottomans Austro Hungarian Rule Ww2 Tito War 42977 History: : European

DRYSDALE, JOHN D.

Louis Veron and the Finances of the Academie Royale de Musique.

Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003. 3631398662. "Louis Veron became director of the Academie Royale de Musique in 1831 and managed it "a ses risques, perils et fortune". It had been pooly managed in the Restoration period with too rapid a turnover of directors, much waste and many abuses. With great determination and flair, Veron immediately initiated substantial changes in order to cut costs and raise receipts. The great success of Robert le Diable, both artistically and financially, was pivotal to his own success and he did indeed make a fortune. In doing so..he fell out with all the State authorities.." Pp.xii/262, inscribed "From a rather unlikely author, John" to title page. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 47791

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: John Drysdale Signed Louis Veron Finances Academie Royale de Musique Management Finances Mismanagement Fines Sets Scenery Restoration Costumes European History Economics 49275 History: : European

EMSLEY, CLIVE.

Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 0198207980. 1st edition. "Presents a detailed account of the French Gendarmerie from the old regime up to the First World War, and looks at the reasons for how and why this model came to be exported across continental Europe in the wake of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies. In particular the gendarmes' role is examined within the differing national contexts of Italy, Germany, and the Habsburg Empire." Pp.xii/288. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper, minor wear to corner tips. Scarce. VG/VG.

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Book number: 44334

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Emsley Gendarmes State Nineteenth Century Europe Soldier Policemen France Napoleonic Revolution Restoration July Monarchy Hussars Brigands Policing Empire Carabinieri Landjagers Habsburg 45758 History: : European

FABER, RICHARD.

French & English.

London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 0571107273. 1st edition. "This examination of the complexity of Anglo-French relations throws light on some contemporary preferences, prejudices, insights and blind spots. Above all, it demonstrates that this long association has been of major importance for both nations." Pp.211, cartoon drawing frontispiece. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 42186

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Faber French English War Peace History France England Anglo French Relations 43489 History: : European

FINNEMORE, JOHN.

Peeps at History. France. Containing 16 full-page illustrations, 8 of them in colour, and five line illustrations in the text.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1913. 1st edition. Pp.viii/88/8(ads for other publications), colour frontispiece + 7 further colour plates(including the one to the front board as called for) + 8 black & white plates and 5 line illustrations in the text, gift message to reverse of front free endpaper, a few minor spots to closed page edges. Red decorated cloth, colour plate (Napoleon at Fontainbleau, March,1814 after Delaroche) onlaid to front board, gilt title to spine, spine dulled. G+.

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Book number: 40858

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Finnemore Peeps History France European History Gauls Franks Merovings Carlovings Capet Valois Bourbon Revolution Reign Terror Napoleon 41989 History: : European

GRANT, A.J.

The Huguenots.

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1934. 0. 1st ed. Home University Library of Modern Knowledge series. Pp.256, double page map of France, spotting to closed page edges. Grey cloth, blue titles to front and spine, sunning to top of rear board. G+.

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Book number: 33891

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Grant Huguenots French Church History France Religious Wars Edict Nantes Richelieu Siege la Rochelle Peace Alais Louis XIV Dispersion French Protestantism Revolution 34097 History: : European

HAINING, PETER.

he Mystery of Rommel's Gold. The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure. (Signed).

London: Robson Books, 2004. 1861056842. 1st edition. "Tracks down the route taken by the missing treasure and reviews all of the searches that have taken place over the last fifty years. Peter Haining examines the various existing theories about the fate of the gold, dispensing with the rumours and red herrings along the way." Pp.xvi/221, 16 pages of black & white photos and illustrations, inscribed by the author "For Tom Gondris, With thanks for helping to make sense of the German clues! With best wishes, Peter Haining, April 2004" to front free endpaper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 50441

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Peter Haining Signed Mystery Rommels Gold Search Legendary Nazi Treasure Hitler Peter Fleig Rommel Desert Fox North Africa Corsica 51923 History: : European

HAWES, JAMES.

Englanders and Huns. How Five Decades of Enmity Led to the First World War.

London: Simon & Schuster, 2014. 9780857205285. 1st edition. "Packed with long-forgotten stories such as the murdeer of Queen Victoria's cook in Bonn, the disaster to Germany's ironclads under the White Cliffs, bizarre early colonial clashes and the precise, dark moment when Anglophobia begat modern anti-Semitism, this is the fifty-year saga of the tragic, and often tragic-comic, delusions and miscalculations that led to ..the Great War." Pp.x/437, occasional reproductions of cartoon illustrations of the time. Dark blue boards, dustwrapper has minor creasing to rear top edge and small tear to rear top corner fold. VG/VG.

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Book number: 50711

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Hawes Englanders Huns Enmity Germany England Britain First World War Bismarck Franco Prussian War European History 52166 History: : European

HAY, DENYS.

The Renaissance.

London: BBC, 1963. 1st ed. "This booklet offers the reader an essay on the Renaissance which is not only a general introduction to the subject but also an essential background to the broadcasts which illustrate special aspects of the Renaissance - eg its concepts of education, patriotism and morality through the words, thoughts and actions of people of that time." Pp64 with colour and b/w illustrations throughout. P/b with colour illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 16313

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Hay Renaissance Castiglione Erasmus European History A10207 History: : European

HELM-PIRGO, MARIAN.

Virgin Mary Queen of Poland. (Historical Essay).

New York: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, 1966. Published to mark the centenary of Poland's Christianity. Pp.35, 4 b/w portraits + coat of arms of the city of Lwow, + map of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (mid 17th century). Stiff card covers. VG.

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Book number: 31899

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Helm Pirgo Virgin Mary Queen Poland Polish Christianity History Yalta Jan Casimir Lwow 31599 History: : European

HENNEMAN, JOHN BELL.

Royal Taxation in Fourteenth Century France. The Development of War Financing 1322-1356.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971. 0691051887. 1st ed. "Mr Henneman has chosen a chronological approach to his subject in order to show how the evolving theory and practice of taxation were affected by these turbulent years of war and negotiation, political faction and dynastic feuds, social and economic change." Pp.18/388, geanological chart + 1 map. Turquoise cloth, d/w slightly rubbed. VG/G+.

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Book number: 30371

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Henneman Royal Taxation Fourteenth 14th Century France War Financing Fiscal Policies Hundred Years War Philip VI Plague Valois Evreux Taxes 29617 History: : European

HUGGETT, FRANK E.

The Land Question and European Society.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1975. "Taking the whole of Europe as his canvas, the author has drawn a clear picture of a complex subject by showing how changes in land tenure, farming methods and innovations in technology have affected the development of European society from the middle of the seventeenth century." Pp.179, with 84 b/w illustrations, owner's name to fep. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 19146

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Huggett Land Question European Society Farming Technology European History A13487 History: : European

JACKSON, J. HAMPDEN. (EDITOR).

A Short History of France from early times to 1972.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Rep. with new material by N.J.M. Richardson. Collection of essays by distinguished historians. Pp. 246, + 35 maps and diagrams. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w rubbed, price clipped. VG/G.

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Book number: 13452

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Jackson Short History France Early Time 1972 Essays Butterfield Brogan Darby Jackson Barker Ewert Foster A7467 History: : European