LES SLAVES BYZANCE ET ROME AU XIe SIECLE by DVORNIK Francis - 1926

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

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

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1975. Complete 5 volume set. First editions in original cloth and dust jackets. Published The Hague: For The Foundation For The Study Of Plural Societies by Martinus Nijhoff, 1975, first printings. 8vo's, 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", xxi+582pp; xii+555pp., xiii+579pp; xi+568pp.; x+589pp.+foldout map. Fine, crisp, bright set in near fine dust jackets. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, boards clean. Spine ends gently bumped. Dust jacket shows light wear, minor rubbing at spine ends, small closed tear to top edge of rear panel of DJ. Original bookstore price in pencil on base of rear flap. States First Edition. .

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 � vii, 528 pgs. Vol 2 � 502 pgs. Vol 3 � 510 pgs. Vol 4 � 494 pgs. Text in French.6 x 9 in. Half chocolate-brown morocco with red marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and designs. Brown marble endpapers. Marbled edges to text block. Brown silk bookmark. Tissue-protected frontis illustration. Vol 4 has fold-out map at end. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Some wear to paper boards. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Large David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Wear to and very small tears to corners. Very tight Vol 1 � slight damage to raised bars on spine, wear to front board.Vol 3 � tiny damage to one raised band of spine.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. Gift inscription signed by author on half-title page - dated March 2, 1888. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have bumping at corners and fraying at head and tail of spine. Book is cocked. Hinges are exposed. Front board partially separated from text block. 355 pp.

London: John C. Nimmo, [printed by Ballantyne, Hanson, and Co., Edinburgh and London], 1889. 4to [28.4 cm]. xxxvii, [1], 396 pages, including half title. Complete with frontispiece portrait and 11 plates. The other etchings are vignettes appearing as chapter headpieces and tailpieces. Contemporary half dark blue morocco by Bumpus of Oxford Street (London), with raised bands and gilt tooling on spine, single gilt rules on covers, and top edge gilt. Penciled ownership inscription of North Carolina collector, Forster A. Sondley, on the front flyleaf. Tasteful bookplate of Sondley Reference Library and gilt manuscript call number on front pastedown. Ink stamp on front free endpaper, verso of title, and in margin of one other page. Embossed stamp on title page and on each of the plates, placed on the border of the printed area, not affecting the subject matter. Else very good plus. Binding shows some minor wear, but hinges are solid, inside and out. Occasional and light traces of marginal… Read More

Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Imprensis Jo. Christiani Martini, 1737. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. xxxvi + [2] + 510 + [90] (index). Engraved frontispiece and 6 engravings. Title page in red and black. Preface lightly tones. Otherwise, pages clean and free of marking, soiling, staining or foxing. Bound in later bookbinder's board with paper spine. Covers lightly rubbed and spine a little darkened. A very good copy of this scarce 18th Century treatment of, among others, the Augustinian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan and Jesuit orders, accompanied with a general history and treatment of monasticism.

Paris: Desenne 1807. (Hardcover set) 346, 505, 469, 431pp. Very good. In full calf fine bindings which have been expertly rebacked. Marbled endpapers and edges. The covers are worn and the spines brittle with minor loss at the tops and bottoms, and a 1.5-inch piece missing from the bottom of the spine of Vol.1, also a tasteful bookplate in each volume. The pages are clean and the books have mylar jackets. Text in French Language. (History--Poland, History--Poland, Sets).