PERRY, PETER J.C.

An Extraordinary Commission. The Story of a Journey Through Europe's Disaster.

Bristol: Privately published by the author, 1997. 090567507X. "The terror through which Germany, and then Europe, passed during the Nazi period is vividly described in this autobiography and in Ellen's Chronology, which forms part of it. The writer was born into a German-Jewish family in 1920. He escaped persecution as a schoolboy in 1935, was educated in England, joined the Pioneer Corps in 1940, and was later commissioned in The Royal Fusiliers as a platon commander.." Pp.421/13(facsimile handwritten record with child's illustrations to end), with some black & white and colour photos and facsimiles of documents, map to rear endpaper. Cream cloth, dustwrapper has removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 41647

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Perry Extraordinary Commission Journey Europe World War II Jewish Ellen Chronology Nazi Persecution Germany Autobiography History European 39856 History: : European

VAN PRAET, JULES.

Essays on the Political History of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries.

London: Richard Bentley, 1868. Edited by Sir Edmund Head. Pp.lii/464, spotting to inner endpapers and a few minor marginal marks. Brown bevelled cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips. G+.

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Book number: 43444

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Jules Van Praet Essays Political History 15th 16th 17th Century Politics European History France Spain Austria Holland England Germany Revolution 44717 History: : European

RASHIDI, RUNOKO.

Black Star : The African Presence in Early Europe.

London: Books of Africa, 2011. 9780956638021. "Tens of thousands of years ago African men and women became the first modern inhabitants of Europe..This work highlights the Africans who contributed to the great civilizations and historical movements in Europe..the Africans who made lasting and stellar contributions to the culture and religious beliefs of Euope. It is bolstered by many on-site visits and much first-hand and primary research." Pp.189, occasional colour and black & white illustrations. Paperback, minor curl to corner tips. VG.

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Book number: 48247

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Rashidi Black Star African Presence Early Europe Black Britain Crete Greece Colchis Rome Madonnas Moors Saints Renaissance Diaspora Chroniclers European Black History 49705 History: : European

SERMOISE, PIERRE DE.

Joan of Arc and Her Secret Missions.(Translated by Jennifer Taylor).

London: Robert Hale, 1973. 070914105X. "An objective analysis of the facts, based on exhaustive research, which proves conclusively that Joan was indeed of royal blood, and was not burned at the stake.." Pp.251, 22 black & white illustrations/photos + 2 genealogy tables. Black cloth, dustwrapper edges slightly rubbed. VG/VG.

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Book number: 41808

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Sermoise Joan of Arc Secret Missions French History Hundred Years War Orleans Pierre Cauchon Forgeries Sommievre Beauvais England Burgundy Torture Stake Exile Armoises Legend la Rochelle 43099 History: : European

SETON-WATSON, R.W.

The Future of Bohemia.

London: Nisbet & Co,1915. 1st ed. A lecture delivered at King's College, London, in honour of the quin-centenary of John Hus. (By the author of The Spirit of the Serb). Pp.31. Grey stiff card covers, lower 5cm section of rear cover has been cut off. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 29248

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Seton Watson Future Bohemia European History Politics Hus Hussite 27343 History: : European

SMITH, A.G AND KAUFMAN, WILLIAM.

Life in Celtic Times

New York: Dover Publications. 1997. "An informative introduction and detailed fact-filled captions complement this collection of superb drawings that will not only delight colouring book fans of all ages but will serve equally well as an excellent, abbreviated pictorial history of the ancient Celts" 27.5 cms x 21 cms. Pp 48, many b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 24825

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Smith Kaufman Life Celtic European History Juvenile 21185 History: : European

STARGARDT, NICHOLAS.

The German Idea of Militarism. Radical and Socialist Critics 1866-1914.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 052146692X. 1st edition. "The political history of the main protagonist of anti-militarism, German Social Democracy, is cast in a new light, as Stargardt reveals the lasting influence of older radical traditions and reappraises the role played by its espousal of Marxism." Pp.xiv/232. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 50709

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Nicholas Stargardt German Militarism Radical Socialist Critics Democracy Fatherland Kautsky Marx Engels Liebknecht Armament Pacificism Politics History 52182 History: : European

STEPHENS, WINIFRED.

Women of the French Revolution.

Charleston: Bibliolife, 2009. Bibliolife facsimile edition. Contents: I.Women Agitators; II.Salons and Salonnieres; III.Clubs and Club Women; IV.Women Writers - Madame Roland; V.The Story of the Revolution Told by its Women Writers; VI.Minor Women Writers of the Revolution; VII.Women at Arms; VIII.Charlotte Corday; IX.Women and Religion; X.The Rise and Fall of the Women's Party. Pp.287. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 47812

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Stephens Women French Revolution Agitators Salons Salonnieres Clubs Writers Madame Roland Corday Legros Bastille Talma Stael Jacobins Robespierre Candeille Keralio Lacombe Feminism Suffrage 49293 History: : European

STREITBERGER, W.R.

Edmond Tyllney, Master of the Revels and Censor of Plays.

New York: AMS Press Inc, 1986. 0404622852. 1st edition. Ex library. A Descriptive Index to his Diplomatic Manual on Europe. "Tyllney was the first to compile systematically intelligence on foreign countries and organize it into a manual. His work not only provides us with the largest and most complete description of Europe from the period but also with the political life's work of the man whose job it was to insure that the politics of contemporary dreamatist were innocuous enough for public consumption.." Pp.xiv/145, library stamps to closed page edges, title page and rear endpapers which also have library labels. Brown cloth has label to base of spine. Dustwrapper also has label to base of spine, scuffing to spine and small tears to top edge. Scarce. Good/Good.

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Book number: 45664

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Streitberger Edmond Tyllney Master Revels Censor Plays Descriptive Index Diplomatic Manual Europe Topographical Regiments Policies Manuscripts Historysixteenth Century 47203 History: : European

TUTE, WARREN.

The Deadly Stroke. (Introduction by John Colville).

London: Collins, 1973. 1st ed. "To read 'The Deadly Stroke' is to live again one of the most dramatic moments of the Second World War." Pp. 221, 12 b/w illustrations, maps to endpapers. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped and creased flyleaves. VG/G+.

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Book number: 20180

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Tute Colville Deadly Stroke Second World War Battle Mers el Kebir July 3 1940 Illustrated A15821 History: : European

VARIOUS.

Dubrovnik in War.

Dubrovnik: Matica Hrvatska Dubrovnik, 2002. 9536316161. The articles for this edition were written between autumn 1991 and spring 1992. They were published, together with all the photos, in the review "Dubrovnik" under the Croatian title "Dubrovnik u ratu". Contents: The Defence of Dubrovnik by Vlado Gotovac; Theorem about the Egg by Slobodan Prosperov; Harshness vs Harmony by Bozidar Violic; Dubrovnik and Vukovar by Ivo Banac; The City of Measure. A Donna Flora by Luko Paljetak; La Lumiere Noire by Andre Glucksmann; Une Petite Tache sur l'Europe by Jean D'Ormesson; Dubrovnik and the Calamities of War by Hrvoje Kacic; The Siege of Dubrovnik and City's Wounds (Letter to an Italian Friend) by Igor Zidic; The Presence of Dubrovnik by Ivo Franges; Jus in Bello by Kathleen V. Wilkees; Dubrovnik Besieged by Tonko Maroevic; The Burnt Land by Zvonimir Mrkonjic; Dubrovnik's Destiny by Maren Frejidenberg; Dubrovnik: When the War is Over by Colin Kaiser; Qui t'a Permis d'Etre Aussi Belle: A Dubrovnik by Bruno Carnez, and Chronology of the Wartime Events. Pp.116, 16 colour plates + many black & white photos throughout. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 46444

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Dubrovnik in War Matica Hrvatska Defence History Croatia Croatian Politics Europe 48022 History: : European

WHITING, CHARLES.

Massacre at Malmedy. The story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group Ardennes,December,1944.

London: Leo Cooper,1971. 1st ed. "..the story of those bloody seven days in the third week in December,1944, when Peiper and his Five Thousand were the men who could bring about a change in the whole course of the war in the West. It is also the story of the long weary years of trial and torture that followe those heady victorious days of December, 1944." Pp.12/247,8 pages of b/w photos + 5 maps,owners name to verso front board. Black cloth, edges rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 18237

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Whiting Massacre Malmedy Jochen Peiper Battle Ardennes 1944 War Ww2 Bulge History A13235 History: : European

WIEWIÓRA, BOLESLAW.

The Polish-German Frontier in the Light of International Law.

Poznan: Instytut Zachodni, 1964. 0. Second English edition. "Wiewiora's research work comprises two great, basic problems: the problem of the Polish-German frontier and the problem of its recognition." Pp.225, minor dampstain to lower inner margins not affecting text. Grey cloth with corresponding damp mark to base of spine and covers, dustwrapper has internal 'tidemark' to base of spine and edge tears and loss to top front corner. G+/G.

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Book number: 36968

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Wiewiora Boleslaw Polish German Frontier International Law Poland Anti-Fascist Coalition Second World War Self Determination Post War Yalta Potsdam Berlin Declaration Delimitation Oder Neisse 37423 History: : European

ZIEGLER, PHILIP.

The Black Death.

London: Guild Publishing, 1991. 1st Guild Publishing ed. "Philip Ziegler follows the course of the plague as it swept from Asia into Italy and then into the rest of Europe." Pp. 6/249, 10 colour plates, 64 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 18422

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Ziegler Black Death Asia Italy Europe Illustrated A13581 History: : European

ZIMMERN, ALFRED.

The Greek Commonwealth. Politcs and Economics in Fifth-Century Athens.

Oxford:Clarendon Press,1931. 5th ed.Revised. Pp.471,3 maps(1 folding), compliment slip(The Warden,Radley College,Berks) loosely inserted,gift inscription to fep. Green cloth, gilt owl motif to front, gilt title to spine,d/w browned and chipped. G+/G.

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Book number: 19449

Catalogue: History: : European

Keywords: Zimmern Greek Commonwealth Politics Economics Fifth Century Athens History Geography Citizenship A15325 History: : European