Search Results: History - Europe from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Crown Publishers, 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards with grey spine, gilt titles on spine, xvii, 382 pp, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. Tiny nick to head of spine, corners of two leaves creased. else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The Batavia, a merchant ship of the Dutch East India Company, struck a reef near Beacon Island off the west coast of Australia in 1629 with loss of the ship and cargo, although most of the passengers survived the wreck. Unfortunately, they soon found themselves at the mercy of bloodthirsty mutineers. Mike Dash has researched his story, which he tells in an almost novelistic fashion, using both published sources and unpublished archival material. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles, xviii, 877 pp, notes, index. One sheet appears to have been wrinkled after printing but before binding, else fine. DJ in Brodart cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). 11th ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, black spine, gilt titles, xxvii, 473, [2] pp, 4 ff color plates, b & w photos, maps, and illustrations in text, notes, bibliography, index. Appears to have been dropped, causing bumped corners and a small crack to head of front joint, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . G+/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. Green boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, [ix], 713 pp, 16 ff color plates, hundreds of b & w illustrations in text, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Guided by six eminent historians, we move from the enlightenment of the eighteenth century, which conceived of man as a noble creature of reason, into nineteenth-century Romanticism with its affirmation of distinctively individual beings in all their impulsiveness, exalting intuition as a mode of knowledge. More and more, men and women wanted to sleep alone, to be left alone to read and write, to dress as they pleased, to eat or drink anything they liked, to consort with and love whomever they fancied. Growing democracies advanced those wishes to the status of rights, expanding markets stimulated… Read More

Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, grey cloth spine with gilt-on-black titles, xvi, 650 pp, 16 ff color plates, hundreds of b & w illustrations in text, bibliography, index. 1-cm tears in margins of two color plates, else fine. DJ extremities rubbed, rear panel chipped; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "the historian as archaeologist unearths a growing number of letters, literature, marriage contracts, arts, and artifacts from which to construct a vivid picture of life in peasant's hut and pope's palace, in monastery and merchant's house, in castle, fortress, and village" in 11th through 14th-century Europe. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First US Edition. . G/VG. 23½ X 18 cm.

Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, black cloth spine with gilt-on-black titles, xvi, 650 pp, 16 ff color plates, hundreds of b & w illustrations in text, bibliography, index. DJ spine sunned, some rubbing & creasing at corners & head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "the historian as archaeologist unearths a growing number of letters, literature, marriage contracts, arts, and artifacts from which to construct a vivid picture of life in peasant's hut and pope's palace, in monastery and merchant's house, in castle, fortress, and village" in 11th through 14th-century Europe. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). BOMC. . Fine/VG. 23½ X 18½ cm.

New York & Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Janet Sondheimer. Green boards, gold foil & red titles on spine, xiii, 365 pp, 32 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ has a small chip at head of rear joint and some edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: Europe 1100-1350; aristocracy & peasantry; faith of church & people; urban life & economy; twelfth century awakening; the crusades & the conflict of east & west; courtly love & courtly literature; popular religious movements; intellectualism & the universities; intellectual warfare in Paris; history; science; Jews & women; new state & new church; vernacular literature; art & architecture. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/VG+. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: Nan A. Talese (Doubleday (Random House, Inc.)), 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, gilt titles on spine, pict. endpapers, xvi, 343, [8] pp, color illustrations throughout, sources, index. Bottom corners bumped, spot on bottom edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1902 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black leather, black pebble-grained cloth-covered boards, xii, 748, [2] pp, 16 color maps, 3 b & w maps, index. Cloth rubbed through to boards at corners, dog-eared leaves, pencil notes on endpapers & scattered throughout. History of Europe from 476 to 1885. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Later printing. . Good/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Vol. 1: Three Centuries of Predominantly Agricultural Society, 1500 - 1830, (revised in 1932); black cloth, xviii, 863, 30 ff b & w plates, 15 other illustrations, 14 initial letters by Hans Holbein, 30 maps (many 2 pp and/or in color), 6 genealogical charts, bibliography, index; Good, cloth just worn through at corners, some pencil underlining, else VG. Vol. 2: A Century of Predominantly Industrial Society, Since 1830 (c. 1939, 7th printing, 1946); grey cloth, xii, 865 pp, 31 ff b & w plates, 15 other illustrations, 14 initial letters by N. Pusarevsky, 8 genealogical charts, 32 maps (many 2 pp and/or in color), index; Fair, corner of one leaf torn out with loss of text near margins, dozens of pages heavily underlined. Plates in volume 2 are gathered at end, although the table of contents still shows their positions in the original edition. Shipping weight 7 lbs.. Later… Read More

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1940 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth, titles stamped in gold ink on spine, coat of arms on front board, frontis., xvi, 365 pp, biographical table, index. Titles on spine dulled, boards fading slightly near edges, water mark to top edge near spine (not visible on margins), gift inscription on recto of ffep. DJ looking rather browned & beat up, with chips, small holes & tears, but substantially complete; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "It was not Europe's armies but Metternich, the statesman, who, through years of unceasing preparations, finally defeated his enemy Napolean.... As interesting as a biography of such a strong and colorful personality as Metternich himself might be, the acquaintance with his political work and methods appears to be of paramount importance to us today, when Europe, and even the entire world, is threatened by another conqueror." Shipping… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 396 pp, 12 maps, 1 figure, index. Top edge slightly sunned, else fine. DJ has slight wear to corners & head of spine, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Masters interweaves a history of Gibraltar with short stories set there in twelve different periods, from the Stone Age to the 1930s. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First UK Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: The Century Co., 1918 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Written in collaboration with William Anderson & Mason W. Tyler of the faculty of the University of Minnesota. Olive cloth, black titles on front board & spine, [xii], 557 pp, index. Spine ends beginning to fray, else very good, corners bumped, a few pencil notes, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps. According to the introduction, this book "is an attempt to relate in a non-technical fashion the history of the development of the various forces that led up to the catastrophe of 1914. ... By general consent the period of history which ended in 1914 saw its beginning in 1870 when the Prussian militarists won their original triumph over France, thereby establishing a precedent for the use of armed force as a wise supplement to flagging diplomacy, a precedent that was to be applied with incalculable effect upon a much greater field of action… Read More

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Reprinted from the original 1929 edition. Full blue cloth, foil titles on spine, x, 294 pp, footnotes, index. Slight rubbing to edges, tiny repaired snag to cloth on front board. Price-clipped DJ has small edge tears & chips; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: life of mediaeval students as illustrated by their letters; the University of Paris in the sermons of the thirteenth century; manuals for students; the spread of ideas in the middle ages; Latin literature of sport; Latin literature under Frederick II; the Alchemy ascribed to Michael Scot; contacts with Byzantium (a Canterbury monk at Constantinople; Chrysolanus of Milan; Paschal the Roman); the early Artes Dictandi in Italy; Robert le Bougre & the beginnings of the Inquisition in northern France; the heresy of Echard the baker of Rheims; two American mediaevalists (Henry Charles Lea; Charles Gross); index of… Read More

Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, foil titles on spine, xvi, 303 pp, bibliography, index. Slight wear to extremities. DJ extremities rubbed, spine ends chipped, tears to 1 cm; in Brodart archival cover. According to Max Frisch, who is quoted on the DJ, "He who knows and likes to live with the cliché that Switzerland has, above all, produced cheese and clocks and mountains need not read this book: its wealth of surprising and profound information about theology, architecture, pedagogy, theatre, painting, music, literature, science, technology, and so forth, could easily deprive him of his cliché forever." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.