Napoleon The Great by Andrew Roberts

Published in Faden's New General Atlas, 1811, 1794. 28" x 21"- 71.1 x 53.3 cm. Copper engraved map with old hand colouring. Offsetting to the North Sea, two short tears to right margin extending just past neatline, dampstain to lower margin, on the whole very good.
A very detailed double page map showing the Netherlands, Flanders, parts of France, Luxembourg and Germany. Cf Phillips 6010, 6013, 6047.

William Faden was a prominent Scottish mapmaker (he dropped the "Mac" from his name when he moved to London), Royal Geographer to King George III and publisher during the late 19th and early 19th Centuries. He produced one of the finest set of maps during the American Revolution, as well as producing detailed charts from around the world.

Edward Arnold, London U.K., 1900s. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/--. 7 1/8 H x 5 1/8 W x 5/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD/ Covers Good Please read my detailed description. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are blue cloth, lettering black. FRONT COVER has black embossed Britannia Seated, a depiction of what appears to be a head-on view of sailing ship sails and mast figurehead, and in black embossed lettering Arnold’s School Series, Britannia History Readers, Book II, 1s 6d (this is the price in shillings and pennies). The front cover has two bent corners one with the cloth worn and one with a small tear, some edge wear, some light soil on open side edge. The SPINE text has been worn with the years and parts are not as clear but the entire text is present and legible, the spine is worn at top and bottom with wear to the cloth on the top 1/8 inch of spine and same on bottom, the spine has a bit of edge wear to front and back edges.… Read More

Warsaw: Polonia Publishers, 1990.. 1st edition. "In the years 1939-45, Poland was subjected to the extermination policy of the Third Reich, which set forth to biologically annihilate the nation, its material and cultural heritage." 28.5cms x 20.5cms. Pp.148/6 maps to end, inscribed by the author "With compliments to Madame Sue Ryder from Author" to copyright page, illustrated throughout with black & white photographs throughout. Black & white illustrated laminated board, slight rubbing to top and tail of spine. A scarce book. VG. **Sue Ryder was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War. She was created Baroness Ryder of Warsaw in 1979, in recognition of her life's work. She established a home for concentration camp survivors in Cavendish, Suffolk which was later to provide nursing care for the elderly and disabled. Ryder continued to speak for Poland and when the Communist rule there collapsed, she arranged lorries of medical and food aid. In 1989 Ryder made… Read More

I. Étude linguistique, précédée d'une notice ethnographique. Thèse présentée à la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Copenhague. xx+311 pp. II. Textes (contes et chansons) - Vocabulaire technique - Index verborum. 212 pp. Librairie ancienne Édouard Champion, Paris, 1925-1926.
--- B&W illustrations in the text. Uncut copy.

Vilnius, Lithuania: Vaga. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 5415003665 . Red leatherette titled in gilt. Text in English, Russian, and Lithuanian. Architectural history of the Lithuanian capital city with many plans, elevations, photos, and other illustrations throughout in color and black and white. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 407 pages .

Paris; 1902 and 1910: Imprimerie Nationale. Quarto. 212pp. and 108pp.Two volumes in one with two title pages, volume two with the original wrapper bound in. At the initiative of the French government, an International Conference for the Suppression of the White Slave Trade Traffic was concluded in 1904. followed by an International Convention of the same name in 1910. The agreement provided for the establishment of national machinery to coordinate information relative to the procuring "for immoral purposes" abroad of women or girls. States parties pledged to exchange this information and to take concerted measures for detecting persons involved in the traffic and repatriating its victims. In addition, the parties undertook to punish the traffickers if the victim was under twenty years old, even in cased in which the victim had consented. In the case of older women, who were presumed to be exercising the profession freely, traffickers would be punished only if they had used fraud violence or… Read More

Edward Arnold, London U.K., 1900s. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/--. 7 1/8 H x 5 1/8 W x 5/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD/ Covers Good Please read my detailed description. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are blue cloth, lettering black. FRONT COVER has black embossed Britannia Seated, a depiction of what appears to be a head-on view of sailing ship sails and mast figurehead, and in black embossed lettering Arnold’s School Series, Britannia History Readers, Book II, 1s 6d (this is the price in shillings and pennies). The front cover has two bent corners one with the cloth worn and one with a small tear, some edge wear, some light soil on open side edge. The SPINE text has been worn with the years and parts are not as clear but the entire text is present and legible, the spine is worn at top and bottom with wear to the cloth on the top 1/8 inch of spine and same on bottom, the spine has a bit of edge wear to front and back edges.… Read More

Edinburgh: Francis A. Niccolls & Co., 1913. Hardcover. Good, 8 volumes in blue cloth, numbered set, one volume was replaced from a different numbered set, some outer wear and rubbing, some inner hinges cracked.

Simon Carmiggelt (1913-1987). Dutch author Amsterdam. Text in Dutch. NEW! 'Mooi weer vandaag & Fluiten in het donker'. First print (1999). With dust jacket. Short stories of daily life in Amsterdam in the sixties of the 20th century.The two volumes that form this book: 'Mooi weer vandaag' and 'Fluiten in het donker',have been published in 1965 and 1966. Free Shipping with registered post and tracking number worldwide.Also available :The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, Second Print]. AF.02.01.15.(1)The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, Second Print]. AF.02.01.15.(2+) ;dustjacket.The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition/First Print]. AF.01.01.15.(3+) ;dustjacket.The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, First Print]. AF.01.01.15.(4)

Set of 25 Volumes. Impressed to look like leather, In remarkable condition considering there are. Printing very good. Photography throughout some in color. He traveled all over Europe and made talks lectures on what he had experienced and seen.Vol I Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice Vol II Japan I, Japan II, ChinaVol IV India I, India II, The Passion PlayVol V Paris, La Belle France, SpainVol VI Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, MoscowVol VII The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, MexicoVol VIII Florence, Naples, RomeVol IX Scotland, England, LondonVol X Southern California, Grand Canyon, Conon of the Colorado River, Yellowstone National ParkVol XI IrelandI, Ireland II, Denmark, SwedenVol XII Canada I, Canada II, Malta & GibraltarVol XIII South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The DolomiteVol XIV Sicily, Genoa, A drive through the EngadineVol XV Lake Como, The Upper Danube, Bohemia