Sale Books
April SALE! All books in the Books on Books, Canadian & Arctic History, European History and Languges, Latin American History, and Maritime sections priced at $125 and under are 50% off for the month of April.
This sale excludes artists' books, private press, lots, books on William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites, items sold on consignment, and newly acquired items.
Many prints & manscripts including framed items are also on sale for 30% off.
Links to each sale section are below:
Books on Books
Canada & the Arctic
Central & South American History
Eastern European History
English History | English Biography | English Monarchy
French History | French Language
General History | Ancient History
German History | German Language
Greek History | Roman History
Italian History | Italian Language
Irish & Scottish History
Maritime History
Medieval History | Renaissance History
Scandinavian History
Spanish & Portuguese History
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Steyler Verlagsbuchhandlung Kaldenkirchen, 1962. Hardcover. Thin quqrto. Includes information on missions throughout the worlds, arranged by continent. Many black and white photographic illustrations. Green leatherette boards with gilt title to spine and front board. In green dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Minor wear and chipping to edges and corners of jacket. Browning to interior, heavier on margins, but clean overall. Text in GERMAN only. 205 pages. GER/071620. Very Good / Very Good. More
Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1918. Hardcover. with 16 textfiguren und einer tafel. Very good in cream paper wrappers black title to spine and front cover. Front cover has a private library stamp. Minor wear to edges of wrappers, a few spots of soiling to front cover, and previous ownr signature to title page (Henry W Popp), else clean. 448 pages. German Literature. GEL1/11140. Very Good. More
Basel. 1894. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in beautifully illustrated light blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and black tilte to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and to corners. Minor browning to edges of pages. Text written mostly in fraktur. 264 pages. German History GERHIS1/3192. Very Good +. More
Zurich: Paul Zsolnays Bibliothek, 1930. Hardcover. Very good in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and emblem to front cover. Slight browning to spine. Minor foxing to interior and edges of text block. 404 pages. German. GER611101. Very Good. More
Berlin: Kurt Wolff / Im Schocken Verlag, 1932 / 1936. Hardcover. First volume has 18 full page plates and 8 illustations in text. In black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to boards. Clean, bright interior. In white dust jacket with red spine panel and white title to spine. In original cardboard slipcase with title to spine panel. Minor wear to edges of case. 307 pages. Second volume is also bound in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine, but it's dust jacket is off-white with black title to spine and front panel. The second volume is not in a slipcase. 287 pages plus 15 plates. In German. GER709281 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Near Fine / Fine. More
Minden: J.C.C. Bruns, circa 1920. Hardcover. Very good in yellow cloth boards with dark purple title to spine and front cover. Minor rubbing / soiling to rear cover. Slight browning to margins, else clean and bright. 366 pages. In German. GER110221. Very Good. More
Reid: Oberosterreichischer Landesverlag, circa 1950. Hardcover. Scarce. A somber book of poetry dedicated to "the people of my heart" who fell in World War II. The title translates to "Because I Love You. A Dead Task." Inscription in pencil to front free endpage "Gift from Pfarrer Reinold Simma Damüls / Bregeugewald Voraailberg (sp?) at the request of Frau Natalie Beer." Includes several illustrations. Very good in thin grey boards with gilt title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards. Clean with slight browning to margins of pages and edges of boards. Size Octavo. 65 pages. In German. GER1/2042. Very Good. More
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Near fine in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor bumping to top corners. Slight browning to margins, else clean interior. In tan dust jacket with dark brown title to spine and front cover. Browning to spine and edges of jacket. A few short closed tears to edges of jacket. 278 pages. German. GER310011. Near Fine / Very Good. More
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. Later edition. A play in German by Austrian poet and dramatist Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866 - 1945). Very good in black boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright. 170 pages. German. GER209291. Very Good. More
New York: The Co-operative Press, 1926. Paperback. A collection of poems in German inspired by America's national parks. Illustrated. Brown paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Minor wear to wrappers including a few spots of foxing and a few chips to edges. A few smudge marks to interior but clean overall. 64 pages. GER3/2222. Very Good. More
Wien: R. Lowit Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. A book of poems in German translation from Israel's national poet Chajim Nachman Bialik (1873 - 1934). Third edition. Very good in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to edges of boards and spine. Minor browning to endpapers, else clean and bright. Photographic frontispiece. In light grey dust jacket with blue title to spine and front panels. Minor chipping and wear to edges of jacket. Minor browning to spine and edge of jacket. 193 pages. In German. GER909281. Very Good / Very Good. More
Munchen: Theodor Stroefer's Kunstverlag, circa 1890-1910. Hardcover. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards titled in brown. Filled with poems and short stories for children (according to jacket aged 6 - 10 years) with charming illustrations on every page. Several have been hand colored. Minor foxing throughout. In original tan dust jacket with light green title to spine and front panels. Minor spots of dampstaining to jacket. Heavy chipping and wear to edges of jacket, which is now preserved in a removable plastic cover. Text in German. A cute book. 88 pages. GER/031819. Very Good / Very Good. More
Potsdam: Rutten & Loening, 1940. Hardcover. Very good+ light blue illustrated paper covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Minor yellowing to edges and spine. Interior is clean and bright. Text is written in fraktur. German Language. GERLANG/061212. Very Good +. More
Stuttgart: Carl Krabbe. Hardcover. No date. Very Good in grey illustrated paper wrappers with grey title to front wrapper and black title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout and a fold out map. A few unopened pages at rear. 88 pages. In German. GER/4213. Very Good. More
Bonn: Verlag von Max Cohen and Cohn, 1866. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamps to endpapers and spine. Bound in modern red cloth boards. No title to binding. Library call numbers to spine and evidence of removed title label. Wear and minor fraying to spine ends and edges of boards. Chipping and some loss to endpapers. Some pages are disbound and many splits to interior binding. Includes all 51 plates, some in color, one fold out. Text in German. Clean overall with occasional spots of foxing to text pages. Occasional smudge marks and spots of soiling (mostly to margins) of plates. Some short closed tears to edges of pages. A good reading copy. 379 pages plus 51 plates. REL/042419. Very Good. More
Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche, n.d., circa 19. Paperback. Very good in brown paper wrappers with black title to spine and white title to front cover. Illustrated with 48 black and white photographic pictures. Mit 48 Bilder. Foxing to interior. Minor wear to edges of wrappers. 48 pages. German. GER21142. Very Good. More
Lahr: J.H. Gieger, 1868. Hardcover. (Illustrated Village Newpaper. Volume 6) Includes 52 issues bound together in one volume. Good in half leather with marbled paper covered boards. Boards are rubbed, front cover is detached, and leather spine panel is missing. Previous owner inscription to front endpage dated 22/3/69. First two pages are present but detached and have a few chips along the edges. Browning to margins of pages. Includes numerous illustrations. Some of the original yellow paper wrappers bound into rear. 401 pages. A good reading copy. German. GER/4223. Good. More
Berlin: Paul Franke Verlag, 1922. Hardcover. Bound in white cloth spine with blue paper covered boards with black title to spine and front cover. Short closed tear to head of spine. Minor rubbing to boards and fading to edges. Clean, bright interior with frontispiece. Pencil signature to front endpage and a few small spots of foxing to interior. Foxing to edges of boards. 780 pages. German. GER210191. Very Good. More
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1928. Hardcover. Volumes 2 and 3 only. Very good in tan cloth boards with with black titles to spines and front cover. Small spot to spine of volume two. Clean and bright. German Language. This set may require an extra shipping fee. GER01/111599. Very Good. More
Berlin: 1927. Paperback. Number 41 of 100 copies. SCARCE. Very good in oblong yellow patterned paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Light foxing to front cover. Unbound as issued. Clean interior. 22 pages. In German. GER309251. Very Good. More
Nijkerk: G.F. Callenbach N.V. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with black title to spine. Minor fading to spine. Interior is clean and bright with full color illustrations. 379 pages. Dutch. DUT110041. Very Good. More
Leipzig and Berlin: Wilhelm Friedrich, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. Three quater dark brown leather with marble paper covered boards with gilt title on black title label to spine. Gilt floral devices to spine. Minor edgewear and light rubbing to boards. Beautiful gold and black patterned end pages. Book plate of I. H. Epstein to front paste down. Interior is clean and bright, aside from pencil marking on title page. Full marbled edges. An attractive book. IN GERMAN. 219 pages. German Language. GERLANG/092508. Very Good. More
19th century. Hardcover. 12mo. From the English of John Bunyan, this is a German version of Pilgrim's Progress. Very good+ in beautiful brown full-leather covered boards. Gilt title and gilt ruling to spine. frontis. Foxing throughout though text is bright. 232 pages. German, text in fraktur. GER210021. Very Good+. More
Leipzig: R.F. Ulbrecht, 1882. Hardcover. Second edition. Front board, German account of Stanley's travels through Africa. Red cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Gilt title to spine and white title to front cover. Spine ends have been restored with modern cloth. Split to cloth along rear hinge. Minor wear to edges of boards. Color frontispiece. Previous owner stamp to front cover and to several pages. Front endpapers are very soiled, pages are somewhat brittle but readable, small chips to edges of some pages, browning to pages. Cracked hinges. 157 pages. German language. GER1008281. Very Good. More
Basel: Buchdruckerei der National Zeitung AG, 1936. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in yellow wraps, a bit faded around the edges with black title to front cover. Chipping to spine, pen mark to rear cover, and small chip to front cover. This copy belonged to Ottokar Weiss, an associate of James Joyce - with Weiss's ownership inscription dated 1941. Includes charts. 97 pages. German. GER1/01191. Very Good. More
