Storia moderna

Italian Life and Legends

Ritchie, Anna Cora Mowatt · 1870 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

New York, Carleton, Publisher, 1870. Cloth. Stereotyped at the Women's Printing House. Green cloth. Gilt titling on the front cover and spine. All page edges gilt. 299 pp plus 8 pages of ads. With several black and white illustrated plates. A description of then modern Italy i...

Copies of the Original Letters and Despatches of the Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers of State, Etc. At Paris, to the Emperor Napoleon, at Dresden: Intercepted by the Advanced Troops of the Allies in the North of Germany

No Author Given · 1814 · Mare Booksellers

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.30 | ¥12,936)

London, Printed for John Murray by W. Clowes, 1814. Boards. Paper covered boards. Xii, xviii, 354 pp plus 2 pages of ads. Printed in both the original French, with English translations following each letter. Primarily drawn from an express carrier intercepted by Allied forces ...

The French Revolution. A History. Three Volumes Bound in One

Carlyle, Thomas · 1837 · Mare Booksellers

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.08 | ¥7,826)

London, Chapman and Hall. Leather. 1837 date on title page, although perhaps later as publisher's imprint reads, "London: Chapman and Hall. 193 Picadilly." Red half-leather with marbled boards, page edges and endpapers. With gilt compartments and five raised bands on the spine...

Corvette 1966-72 Shop Manual. Tune-Up and Maintenance Guide

No Author Given · 1966 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Brooklyn, Carbooks Inc. Soft Cover. Un-paginated. With black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A manual to basic repairs, tune-ups, and maintenance for the 1966 to 1972 Corvette. GOOD condition with moderate soiling, minor staining and writing to the covers. Gener...

This Is the Story of Ticonderoga and Ocean Racing 1937-1952

Smith, Geoffrey G. · 1958 · Mare Booksellers

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

New York, The Rudder Publishing Co, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. White/beige cloth. No jacket. 49 pages plus black and white photos. With a fold out plan of the boat Ticonderoga. A detailed history of the racing yacht Ticonderoga, drawn from magazines, newspapers and personal j...

The First of the Bourbons 1589-1595. Two Volumes

Charlotte, Catherine (Lady Jackson) · 1897 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Boston, L.C. Page and Company, 1897. First American Edition. Cloth. Gray cloth with gilt decorations. 347, 391pp. With a few illustrations. A history of the rise of the Bourbon to the throne in France, chronicling this Capetian noble family ascent to power in Europe. GOOD+ con...

The Memoirs of Joseph Fouche, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France

Fouche, Joseph · 1825 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Boston, Wells and Lilly, 1825. Hard Cover. Rebound in blue buckram. 474 pp, plus 2 pages of ads in the rear. New endpapers present, lacking some, if not all, of the originals. A memoir by Fouche, primarily recalling his service with Napoleon, but also reflecting upon the Frenc...

The Free Soul. A Journal of Personal Liberation and Eternal Youth. Volume IV Number 1. April 1946

Nearing, Scott; Flower, Don M.; Flower, J. Howard · 1946 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Hartland, VT, The Free Soul, 1946. Original Wraps. Card stock wraps. 24pp. A hapazardly issued "monthly" magazine reflecting opinions of personal freedom and utopian visions of society, as well as having a somewhat socialist tone. This issue features a lengthy poem on the Worl...

Harper's New Monthly Magazine. No. 225. February, 1869

Various Authors · 1869 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1869. Original Wraps. Original decorated wraps. Pagination runs 289 to 432, plus a few ads in the rear. With black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine, featuring a ten page article on lighthouses-including their ea...

Korean Sketches

Gale, James S. · 1975 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Seoul, Kyung-In Publishing Co, 1975. Hard Cover. 256 pages plus an introduction. A reprint reproduced from the original 1898 text. While the text reproduced well, the illustrations are rather dark and not of good quality. A collection of essays by Gale, a Canadian missionary, ...

Mexico's Struggle Towards Democracy. The Mexican Revolutions of 1857 and 1910

Shipman, Margaret · 1926 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Lee, MA, Margaret Shipman, Publisher, 1926. First Edition. Original Wraps. Wraps. 48 pp including a bibliography. A short history of the events and causes of the Mexican Revolutions of 1857 and 1910, citing Juarez's uprising against the Catholic Church in Mexico and its landho...

Strikes

Senturia, Joseph J. · 1935 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1935. Original Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. 54 pp. With illustrations by Fred G. Cooper. A pamphlet issued by the American Council on Education and transferred to the University of Chicago Press. Geared toward school classes, adult-...

How Do We Stand to-Day? a Speech Delivered by the Right Hon. H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, on the 2nd November, 1915

Asquith, H.H. · 1916 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, T. Fisher Unwin. Original Wraps. Wraps. 48 pages. A speech by the British Prime Minister Asquith addressing the British activities in World War I, including naval actions, activity in Mesopotamia, the Dardanelles, the Balkans, Allied Finances, etc. Asquith was one of t...

Historical Survey of Canterbury Shaker Village

Starbuck, David R.; Smith, Margaret Supplee · 1979 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)

Boston, Boston University, 1979. Soft Cover. Stated second printing. Spiral comb binding. Large format paperback. 269 pages with a section of black and white photos. A detailed and somewhat technical history of the Canterbury Shaker Village, drawn from archaeological and histo...

The Illustrated News. Volume 1, Numbers 2 Through 26. January 8- June 25th 1853

Poe, Edgar Allan; Alger, Horatio et al. · 1853 · Mare Booksellers

$486.00 (€440.93 | £367.80 | ¥77,617)

New York, P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach, Publishers, 1853. Half-Leather. Marbled boards with leather binding.416 pages. A bound volume of this journal/newspaper founded and first published by P.T. Barnum. This work contains news and articles on items of interest from around the w...

The Records of Two City Parishes. A Collection of Documents Illustrative of the History of Ss. Anne and Agnes, Aldersgate, and St. John Zachary, London, from the Twelfth Century

Mc Murray, William (compiler and editor) · 1925 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.65 | ¥9,423)

London, Hunter and Longhurst, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 500 pages including index. With a fold out map in the front. A collection of documents, including inventory letters, records, contracts, land grants, successional lists, etc. relating the history of these pari...

Iona

Alexander, W. Lindsay · 1850 · Mare Booksellers

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.08 | ¥7,826)

Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union. Hard Cover. Marbled boards with leather binding. 192pp. Circa 1850 based on OCLC records of similar editions. This edition not recorded. A history of the island of Iona (Hebrides), focusing primarily on its importance in various reli...

Argentines of to-Day. Two Volumes

Parker, William Belmont (editor) · 1920 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Buenos Aires/New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1920. First Edition. Cloth. xvi, xii 1067 pages total between the two volumes, including index. With black and white photo plate portraits of various Argentine notables. A work containing biographies of various figures fr...

St. Patrick. His Life, Heroic Virtues, His Labours, and the Fruits of His Labours

Kinane, Dean · 1889 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1889. Cloth. Stated fifth edition. Original green cloth with minor ornamentation and ruling in blind. 277 pages. A biography of Saint Patrick, chronicling his early life, his imprisonment in Ireland, his return to Britain and his efforts there, as we...

European Agriculture and Rural Economy. From Personal Observation. Vol. II. Parts IX and X.

Colman, Henry · 1848 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)

Boston, A.D. Phelps, 1848. First Edition. Original Wraps. Original wraps. Xxiv, 371-598. With two steel engravings (one of sheep and one of a boar), as well as several woodcuts, one depicting an agricultural colony at Mettray, and several depicting various farm implements and ...