Robert E Herzstein THE NAZIS WW II Time - Life Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1980: item #620800
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This is a History Book titled The Nazis ~ World War II ~ by Robert Edwin Herzstein, a professor of European History at the University of South Carolina. It was edited in 1980 by Time - Life Books, in Alexandria, Virginia. The books has 6 Chapters: The New Men of Power, All the "Little Hitlers", The Dark Empire of the SS, A Rule of Plunder, The "Final Solution", and The Enslavement of the Army. The Picture Essays include: Hitler's Armful Spectacles, Nazifying a Nation, The Fuhrer's Private Wo... Click for details

Robert Wernick ~ BLITZKRIEG WW II ~ Time - Life Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1980: item #620757
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This is a History Book about World War II titled BLITZKRIEG by Robert Wernick, 1976, edited by Time - Life Books, New York, NY. Blitzkrieg literally means Lightning War or Flash War. The author was a former member of Life and now is a freelance writer living part-time in Paris where he pursues his interest in the European Campaigns of World War II. The book contains 6 Chapters: Hitler Weather, A Season of Blunders, Iron Hands on Scandinavia, First Blood in the West, Deliverance at Dunkirk, a... Click for details

The Lives of the Queens of Scotland

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #620440

Five(5)volume work by Agnes Strickland. Third Edition, Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1859. Riviera bindings:Brown leather raised spine with gilt lettering, blue leather boards, gilt paper edges. H. 8" 1 board off Volume One.

"With Star and Crescent" by A. Locher, 1889

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: History Pre 1900: item #614049
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With Star and Crescent: A Full and Authentic Account of a Recent Journey with a Caravan from Bombay to Constantinople, Comprising a Description of the Country, the People, and Interesting Adventures with the Natives, by A. Locher

First edition. 8vo. pp. 634; 15 steel- or wood-engraved plates; a very good bright copy in the original cloth, image of city, palm trees, star within crescent and incense burner blocke... Click for details

Range Rider Book ca 1956

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1960: item #609732

The Adventures of Range Rider by Felix Sutton illustrated by Louis Glanzman. Wonder Books, New York 1956.

Henny Penny, Children's book 1931

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1940: item #605187

Henny Penny, McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1931. No illustrator is named however, the illustrator might be Hildegard Lupprian. Though not stated, I believe this is a first edition. The book is clean inside, no marks at all. The cover shows wear. The pages of the book are stapled together but have come away from the cover.

BOOK. AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING. HEWARD/PEARSE. 1st ED.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1950: item #599650

AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING. Told by Constance Heward. Pictured by S. B. Pearse. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1941). FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty-nine color illustrations by Susan Beatrice Pearse. Each page of text features a black and white vignette at the top and bottom. Unobtrusive brown stain on front cover otherwise a very good copy. A scarce item produced during World War II.

BOOK. A YEAR IS ROUND. JOAN WALSH ANGLUND. 1966 1st ED.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1970: item #599629

A YEAR IS ROUND. Joan Walsh Anglund. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1966). FIRST EDITION. 24mo. Original pictorial cloth in original DUST JACKET. Full color illustrations. Each month is is represented with a charming illustration depicting a sign of the Zodiac (e.g. January is Capricorn the Goat) together with information for each month's appropriate birthstone and flower. There is a small tear on the dustjacket but the book is in perfect condition. Please see enlargements for details.

CHRISTMAS PANORAMA. FRIENDLY BEASTS&PARTRIDGE/PEAR TREE

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings: Children Pre 1970: item #599623

A CHRISTMAS PANORAMA. The Friendly Beasts & A Partridge In A Pear Tree. Illuminated by Virginia Parsons. Calligraphy By Sheila Waters. New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1966. Printed in Holland. A wonderful double-sided folded panorama of 20 panels per side that unfold to 70 inches in length. On one side is the story of "The Friendly Beasts" at the NATIVITY. The other side illustrates the famous carol - "A Partridge in a Pear Tree". The full color illustrations by Virginia Parsons are done in Medi... Click for details

1st edition rare illuminated book papier-mache binding

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1900: item #598905
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Henry Noel Humphreys, "Parables of our Lord" printed 1847, New York,D. Appleton edition. 2000 of these books were printed in 1947 and, of those, 1000 were printed with D. Appleton title page. Front and Back book covers are made of Paper-Mache boards covered with elaborately carved black plaster. 31 pages plus the title page are multi-colored chromolithographed, illuminated with each page having a different design. According to the inscription, this copy was a gift from Will, an "affectionat... Click for details