Recent Arrivals from Setton Book Collection

Book is as new except for a lightly bumped corner. Dust jacket shows some wear at bottom front, light foxing on spine of dust jacket. Abbot Gabriel's thorough and meticulous work on the extraordinary corpus of Ambrosiana microfilm at The Mediaeval Institute of the University of Notre Dame. The works follow scientific progress from the 10th to the eighteenth centuries, including… Read more about this item

A little foxing, age-soiling, a loose hinge, one loose page. The last 16 pages are of Henry Altemus Company catalogue advertising. The author's name is actually Moore, misprinted in earlier editions. This format was part of the Altemus Series 58 "Boys and Girls Classics" (No. 91), printed between 1899 and 1906. This edition is among the early ones of the series,… Read more about this item

Not ex-library, no markings of any kind, completely clean. Marchese Roberto Ridolfi (1899-1991) from an ancient and prominent Florentine family, was a brilliant self-taught biographer and writer (the "…one great Italian analytical bibliographer of the 20th century" according to Prof. Conor Fahy of Birkbeck College). He wrote highly esteemed biographies of, among others, Savonarola and Guicciardini and avoids abstract philosophizing and… Read more about this item

No stamps, no marks, slight folds on dust jacket flaps, very slight fraying on head of spine of dustjacket, very slight bump on head of volume spine, otherwise as new. Jacket price-clipped. When on Christmas Day 1130 Roger de Hauteville (Roger II) was crowned the first King of Sicily, a period of peace, prosperity and artistic flourishing began which lasted until… Read more about this item

A couple of minor tears in top edge of the dust jacket; volume itself is completely clean and unmarked except for inscription from Prof. Thompson to the distinguished medievalist Prof, Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (whose copy this was and whose bookplate it bears), where they were colleagues, and again in 1960/61 at The American… Read more about this item

No tears in dust jacket, all pages tight, bright and unmarked, no stamps or markings of any kind. The only reason the book is not As New is very slight bending of top edges of dust jacket and a few age spots on page tops. 12 illustrations. 13 tables and maps. Mary Brown Bullock is an American academic who served as president… Read more about this item

A little corner bumping, small chip and fraying at head of spine, Front hinge starting, some age-darkening, all pages clean, unmarked and intact. Some light pencil writing on front pastedown. Gilding on spine worn. Printed on heavy stock with 25 illustrations. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Full blindstamped pictorial cover showing armored and visored St. George slaying the dragon, with sun, castle, distressed damsel… Read more about this item

In Latin. Dedicated to Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995), eminent medievalist at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (at this time at the University of Pennsylvania). Bears his bookplate and an inscription in Latin to him from Abbot Gabriel. Fr. Astrik L Gabriel, O.Praem (1907 - 2005), the world's leading authority on the history of the medieval university, was Director and… Read more about this item

In English; 21 illustrations. The volume itself is in Near Fine condition, completely clean and unmarked and with only very slight corner bumping, having been protected by its dust jacket and never having been a library volume. James Riddick Partington (1886 – 1965) was a eminent British chemist and historian of chemistry who published extensively on the history and principles… Read more about this item

Some age darkening, particularly on back covers. Otherwise, all pages tight, clean and unmarked, no stickers, not ex-library. Very slight tear in dust jacket of Die Normannen. Bear light pencil mark on both covers, Die Letzten Tage bears name in ink of distinguished medievalist Prof. K. M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Either volume available… Read more about this item

Front hinge a little weak, but all pages are tight, clean, complete and unmarked. Some fraying at head and heel of spine. Not an ex-library copy, no stickers, owner's namer, etc., A little fragile, with some age-browning of paper. Part of Bohn's Antiquarian Library. Five shillings price gilt-stamped on spine. Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) was an English surgeon, professor of… Read more about this item

Number 169 of 600 numbered copies. Small tear on top front of dust jacket, spine of dust jacket is tanned; what appears to be a water stain on back board and inside of dust jacket, a little age-related wear to dust jacket. Apart from the stain on back board, volume is in essentially new condition. Filippi Editore's 1975 reprint of… Read more about this item

Volume is tight, solid and complete; no fraying of spine head or heel, no marks of any kind, all pages tight, bright and complete. Boards are semiflexible cardboard. A little age-darkening, 3 corners slightly bumped. Has "BRAZ, M." and "X45" stenciled in white on front board. Issued to US Navy enlisted personnel since 1902, and a direct successor… Read more about this item

In German. Prof Mayer is the Professor of Medieval and Modern History at the University of Kiel and a renowned authority on medieval history. In his Preliminary Remarks (Vorbemerkung) Prof. Mayer mentions that the excellent work of Prof. Claude Cahen (to whom the book is dedicated) has tended to overshadow inquiry into the important Crusader state The Principality of Antioch… Read more about this item

Upper corner of front cover shows a fold mark; binding and pages solid, tight and unmarked. Includes Robert Montgomery's obituary from the New York Times under pastedown, which left a slight shadow on flyleaf. From J.H. Heineman's "Open Letter" series, which was, according to the Foreword, "...conceived and developed as the platform for an international assembly of prominent people and… Read more about this item

3 Parts in 5 volumes. In Italian. Not an ex-library copy. Bears written name of original owner. All bindings tight, pages completely unmarked, with a little age-browning. Vol.1, parts 1&2 have a couple of bumped corners, part 1 has a couple of light spots. Vol.2, part 1 has a loose rear hinge. Vol 3, part 1 has a… Read more about this item

Near fine: a couple of very minor scratches on spine, a little fraying at head of spine, slipcase shows a little shelf wear. Interior of volume and front and back boards are pristine. This volume was a personal gift from Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923 - 2005) to the eminent medievalist Kenneth… Read more about this item

Octavos, three volumes. No damage, no marks of any kind, not an ex-library copy, no bookplates, etc.. The only deviation from new condition is a few very small spots on page tops (see photograph). Colonel Charles Edward Banks was an American medical doctor with the U.S. Marine Hospital Service, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health… Read more about this item

Title on spine is "Tisbury's Town and Proprietors' Records." One of 500 copies. Spine tanned, a little age darkening, small scratch and a little scuffing on bottom right of rear board but otherwise volume is complete, tight, unmarked and wholly sound. This unique work was meticulously deciphered, arranged and recorded over many years as a labor of love by William… Read more about this item

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 93.This volume is in new condition, with a 1 1/4" tear on top front of the dust jacket, a 1/2" tear and a water spot on the bottom front of the dust jacket (which does not penetrate to the front board of the book). A couple of small soil spots on dust jacket.… Read more about this item