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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
909110M Shopkeepers and Master Artisans in Nineteenth Century Europe, by Crossick, Geoffrey & Heinz-Gerhard Haupt. Published by Methuen, New York in 1984. Index, notes, cloth, dj., 8vo., 283 pp. As-new condition. Essays concerning the artisans and shopkeepers, social mobility, and the impact of industrialization. $25.00
909382 Our Common History: The Transformation of Europe, by Thompson, Paul [ed.]. Published by Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, NJ in 1982. Notes, photos, illus., cloth, dj., 8vo., 334 pp. As-new condition. Articles originally presented at the First International Oral History Conference at the University of Essex in 1979. $17.50
909195 The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness, by Herm, Gerhard. Published by St. Martin's, New York in 1977. Index, photos, maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 312 pp. Near-fine condition. The 2000 year epic story of the civilization that rivaled Greece and Rome for richness. $17.50
909195 The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness, by Herm, Gerhard. Published by St. Martin's, New York in 1977. Book club edition. Index, photos, maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 312 pp. Near-fine condition. The 2000 year epic story of the civilization that rivaled Greece and Rome for richness. $12.50
910020 Justinian and Theodora, by Browning, Robert. Published by Praeger Publishers in New York, 1971. 1st edition. Index, biblio, illus., maps, cloth, dj., square 4to., 272. VG condition. The biographies of the Byzantine emperor and empress who started life as a peasant's son and a bee-keeper's daughter, respectively. $22.50
911061M The Peasantry of Europe, by Rosener, Werner. Published by Blackwell in Oxford, 1995. 1st edition. 2nd printing. Index, biblio., illus., charts, maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 235 pp. VG condition. A history of European peasant society from the early Middle Ages to the present. An important social study. $17.50
909028 Stadterhubung Guessing 1973, by anonymous. Published in 1973. Illus., photos, folding maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 367 pp. VG condition. Elaborate town and regional history. German text. $30.00909281 Austria and the Austrians, by Musulin, Stella. Published by Praeger, New York in 1971. 1st edition. Illus, index, biblio., photos, cloth, dj., 8vo., 248 pp. Near-fine condition. A handy history and description, arranged by province. $17.50
09280 Austria: People and Landscape, by Musulin, Stella. Published by Faber, London in 1971. 1st edition. Maps, photos, index, cloth, dj., 8vo., 248 pp. VG condition. $17.50
909315 Beschreibung und Geschichte der Stadt Steyr und ihrer nachtsten Umgebung., by Pritz, Franz Xavier. Published by Verlag Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr in 1965 (1837). Reprint edition. Illus., views, pictorial boards. 8vo., 466 pp. Near-fine condition. A modern reissue of the 1837 history of Steyr. Mayor's presentation card laid in. $35.00
906272M, Goldner, Franz, Austrian Emigration: 1938 to 1945, Frederick Ungar, New York, 1979, 212 pp., 8vo., index, notes, biblio., cloth, dj., VG condition. $22.50
909029 Unbekanntes Bayern. Entdeckungen und Wanderungen, by Anonymous. Published by Suddeutscher, Munich in 1955. Index, illus, photos, map, cloth, 8vo., 239 pp. Spine faded, otherwise VG condition. $15.00
909123 Belgien: Eine sinnliche Verfuehrung [In German], by De Dijn, Rosine. Published by Grenz-Echo, Tielt in 1988. Index, map, color photos, cloth, dj., square 4to., 215 pp. As-new condition. Spectacular color photos from each section of Belgium. Also includes regional recipes. $20.00
909137 Belgium Old and New, by Edwards, George Wharton. Published by Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia in 1920. 40 full page illus; most in color, decorated cloth, thick 4to., 337 pp. Near-fine condition. Local history, travel and art, in Edwards' unique style. A luxurious and artistic description. $35.00
906209, Van Houtte, Prof. Dr. J.A., De geschiedenis van Brugge, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, Belgium, 1982, 606 pp., small 4to., index, photos, illus, Cloth, dj., Fine condition. An illustrated history of Bruges. $42.50
909443 Denmark, Kingdom of Reason, by Rothery, Agnes. Published by Viking Press, New York in 1937. 1st edition. Index, illus, end-paper maps, cloth, 8vo., 275 pp. Spine discolored and chipped, otherwise VG condition. $10.00
511030 Kaiserslautern einst und jetzt: Beitrage zur Geschichte des Grossstadt Kaiserslautern [Kaiserslautern Then and Now], by Ernst Christmann and Heinz Friedel. Published by Verlag Arbogast in 1970. Indexes, biblio., illus., photos, maps, tan cloth, dj. (soiled, somewhat worn), 8vo., 743+ pp. This substantial history of one of the Palatinate’s important cities contains much information of interest to the genealogist. There are extensive descriptions of 19th century industries and businesses and an entire section devoted to lists of individuals admitted to citizenship from the 12th to the 16th centuries, with a separate index. There is also an extensive section on neighborhood and street names with references to early residents. Quite hard to find. IN GERMAN. $50.00
909334 Alt-Pfrontener Photoalbum: Bilder von den Anfaengen der Photographie bis 1930, by Schroeppel, Annmarie & Adolf with Manfred Einsiedler. Published by Eberle Verlag, Pfronten in 1984. Photos [German text], cloth, dj., 4to., 128 pp. Fine condition. Historic old photos of people, places and things around Pfronten, located in the Bavarian Alps near the Austrian border. $25.00
909333 Backtorf: Bilder und Geschicthen aus dem Alten Teufelsmoor, by Saebens, Hans & Otto Gothe. Published by Worpsweder Verlag, Bremen in 1982. Photos, wraps. 4to., not paginated. VG condition. Photos, many from the 1930s, of life in the 'teufelsmoor' area near Bremen. $17.50
909055 Bergland-Mosaik: Ein Buch vom Erzgebirge, by Blechschmidt, Manfred & Klaus Walther. Published by Griefenverlag, Rudolstadt in 1969. 1st edition. photos, cloth, chipped dj., 8vo., 201 pp. VG condition. Photos and text illuminate this description of the Erzgebirge region in former East Germany $15.00
909335 Das obere Wiesental und der Feldberg in alten Ansichtskarten, by Schwarz, Ulrich. Published by Schillinger, Freiburg in 1988. illus., photos, pictorial boards. small folio, 118 pp. Fine condition. Captioned old postcard views of this area in the Landkreis Lorrach in the upper Schwarzwald. $25.00
909025 Der Schwarzwald, by Anonymous. Published by Verlag Ludwig Simon, Munchen-Pullach, no date. Full page black and white photos, pictorial boards, small 4to., not paginated. VG condition. A photo tour of the Black Forest region. Introduction and captions in German. $12.00
909226 Die Entdeckung der Sachsischen Schweiz, by Klemm, Heinz. Published by Sachsenverlag, Dresden in 1956. 3rd edition. Illus., photos, cloth and boards, worn dj., square 8vo., 150+ pp. VG condition. The 71 text pages and additional photo pages describe the mountain region of Saxony known as 'Saxon Switzerland' $17.50
909158 Geliebte alte Stadt: Bilder aus Freiburg, by Geiges, Leif. Published by Verlag Karl Schillinger, Freiburg in 1977. 4th printing. Photos, illus., cloth; minor warping, dj., oblong 12mo., 120 pp. VG condition. Profusely illustrated, with German text. $15.00
909199 Ingolstadt an der Donau, by Hofmann, Siegfried & Wilhelm Reissmuller. Published by Verlag Donau Courier, Ingolstadt in 1986. Photos, illus., cloth, dj., folio, 346 pp. As-new condition. An important study of this Bavarian city, profusely illustrated with full page color photos $30.00
909026 Schoenes Bayern: Zwischen Koenigssee und Neuschwanstein, by Anonymous. Published by Kina Italia, Milan in circa 1980s. Color photos, map, softcovers,. small 4to., 80 pp. VG condition. A photobook, showing Bavaria between Koenigssee and Neuschwanstein. Text in German, Italian, and French. $10.00
909285 Seeing Germany, by Newman, E.M. Published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York in 1930. 2nd edition., 2nd printing. Potos., endpaper maps, 8 vo, xviii+406 pp. VG condition. A useful description of Germany between the two great wars. $20.00
909415 The Catholics and German Unity 1866-1871, by Windell, George E. Published by University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1954. dj (edgewear), 8vo., 312 pp. VG condition. A discussion of Catholic political activity in the 19th century. $20.00
909411 Unsere Trossingen Heimat, by Wilhelm, L. Published by , Trossingen in 1927. Illus, index, photos, cloth, 8vo., 497 pp. VG condition. Detailed history and description of this Wuertemburg area. Includes an interesting section on naming customs and dialect. $35.00
012334 Der Nordharz: Landschaft, Geschichte, Kultur, by Issued by Harzburger Altertums- und Geschichtsverein. Published by H.O. Rosdorff K. -G. in Bad Harzburg, 1955. Biblio., illus., photos, maps, cloth, 8vo., 188 pp. VG condition, front cover somewhat soiled. Regional study of the Harzburg region of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony. Text in German. $25.00
012336 Ruckblicke in die Geschichte Lampertheims, by Frohnhauser, Ludwig (Karl Esselborn, editor). Published by Karl Mock in Lampertheim, 1922. Photos, frontis., folding plate, cloth and boards, 8vo., 141 + pp. VG condition, edges of covers scuffed. Lampertheims is a city in the Pfalz. Original wraps bound in. Text in German. $30.00
909065 The Identity of France: History and Environment, by Braudel, Fernand. Published by Harper & Row, New York in 1988. 1st U.S. edition. Index, notes, glossary, maps, cloth, dj., 8vo., 432 pp. Fine condition. The last major work by a great historian. Discusses the regional development and differences from Roman times on. $17.50
909242 The Peasants of Marlhes: Economic Development and Family Organization in Nineteenth Century France, by Lehning, James R. Published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill in 1980. Index, biblio., tables, cloth, dj., 8vo., 218 pp. As-new condition. A study of a French village in the Loire Valley, in the style of the French 'annalistes'. $22.50
909350 Budapest, The City of the Magyars, by Smith, F. Berkeley. Published by James Pott and Co., New York in 1903. Uncut, pictorial cover, cloth, 8vo., 292 pp. Cover wear, 1 plate loose, interior very nice condition. An ex-library copy. $25.00
601020 Stato Personale del Clero Della Citta e Diocesi di Mantova per l’Anno 1859. Published by the Diocese, 1859. Stiff wraps (edges chipped, soiled), ex-library with a bookplate on inside of front cover, 8vo., 60 pp. Interior in VG condition. The directory of the Clergy for the city and Diocese of Mantova (Mantua), Italy. There is a table of mortality showing the death date and age of priests who died in 1858. In Italian. Uncommon and scarce. $25.00
909197 A Historical Guide to Florence, by Higson Jr., John W. Published by Inverse Books, New York in 1973. Index, map, 100+ illustrations, cloth, dj., 8vo., 304 pp. Near fine condition. A study of the place of Florence in history. $17.50
909196 A History of Perugia, by Heywood, William. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York in 1910. 8vo., teg., 411 pp. VG condition. A comprehensive study of this medieval city-state which flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries. $37.50
909194 Tuscans and Their Families: A Study of the Florentine Catasto of 1427, by Herlihy, David and Klapisch-Zuber, Christine. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven in 1985. Index, references, maps, tables, cloth, dj., 8vo., 404 pp. VG condition. A computer assisted analysis of the significance of this important Florentine 'census'. For those with an interest in the social history of this area. $30.00
909251 Malta: An Account and an Appreciation, by Luke, Sir Harry. Published by Harrap, London in 1965. 2nd edition. Index, photos, maps, red cloth, dj.(edgewear and light soiling), 8vo., 260 pp. VG condition. $17.50
105036 A Stranger's Supper; An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro, by Zorka Milich. Published by Twayne Publishers, New York, 1995. 1st edition. Index, photos, cloth, dj., 8vo., 160 pp. VG condition. First hand oral accounts by 100 year old women, remembering Montenegrin social life and customs from the end of the 19th century. $22.50
512100M A Guide to Jewish Warsaw, by Jan Jagielski and Robert Pasieczny. Published by Jewish Information and Tourist Bureau, Our Roots, Warsaw, 1990. Illus., maps, large folding map of the Warsaw Ghetto in rear pocket, softcover (a little worn), narrow 8vo. (pocket size), 63 pp. VG condition. A guide for 6 walking tours of Warsaw focusing on important Jewish landmarks. $15.00
909018 An Illustrated Guidebook to Cracow, by Adamczewski, Jan. Published by Interpress circa 1990. Index, photos, maps and plans, stiff wraps (crease on front cover), narrow 8vo., 197 pp. VG condition. $7.50
909228 Geschichte der deutschen Baptisten in Polen von 1858-1945, by Kluttig, Robert L. Published by Christian Press, Winnipeg in 1973. Biblio, photos, maps,, cloth, 8vo., 383 pp. VG condition. A history (in German) of the German Baptist communities in Poland. Includes some genealogical data. A few penciled notes. $45.00
201009 Liebes altes Stettin, das Antlitz einer Nicht Vergessenen Stadt, by Werner Gauss. Published by Gauss Verlag, Heilbronn am Neckar, 1951. Photos., illus, softcovers, 8vo., 96 pp. A short history with many photos of this north German city in Pomerania. $20.00
105032 Men Who Migrate, Women Who Wait; Population and History in a Portuguese Parish, by Brettell, Caroline B. Published by Princeton University Press in Princeton, 1986. Index, biblio., notes, photos, tables, graphs, map, cloth, dj., 8vo., 329 pp. VG condition. An in-depth study of the Northern Portugese parish of Lanheses from 1700 through the mid-20th century. Includes social and emigration history. $22.50
108445 The Rhine and Its Legends: A Souvenir of the Days of the American Army of Occupation in Germany, by Alfred J. Pearson. Published by the Coblence Y.M.C.A., 1920. Illus., softcovers, 8vo., 34 pp. Somewhat yellowed from age. The booklet war originally given to American Forces in Germany compliments of American Young Men’s Christian Association. A sketch map on the front cover details the settlements along the Rhine from Cologne to Coblence to Bingen. $20.00
909221 Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile 1500-1700, by Kagan, Richard L. Published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill in 1981. Index, charts, cloth, dj., 8vo., 274 pp. As-new condition. A study of the Castilian legal system during Hapsburg rule. Useful for understanding inheritance and property questions. $25.00
909279 Leuchtendes Engadin, by Muller, Paul E. Published by , Basel in 1972. Photos, glossy pictorial boards. square 8vo., 271 pp. Near-fine condition. A striking study of this mountain area. Text in German. $20.00
909416 Trogen, by Wohnlich, Oskar. Published by , Bern in 1952. Photos, wraps. 8vo., 52 pp. VG condition. A short sketch of this Swiss community. One of a series. German text. $12.00
906486 Laur, Ernest. Le paysan suisse sa patrie et son oevre: Ouvrage commemoratif. du Cinquantenaire de l'Union suisse des paysans. l'Union suisse des paysans: Berne, 1947. 783 pp. illus., photos. small folio VG. cloth, lightly soiled. Massive work documenting the life Swiss farmers. Photos document local costume, housing,etc FRENCH TEXT. $35.00
909144 Russian Peasant Women, by Farnsworth, Beatrice & Lynne Viola [eds.]. Published by Oxford University, New York in 1992. 1st. edition. Cloth, dj., 8vo., 304 pp. As-new condition. Essays discussing the history and role of women in 19th and 20th century Russia. A scholarly study. $22.50
909318 The Family in Imperial Russia: New Lines of Historical Research, by Ransel, David L. [ed.]. Published by University of Illinois, Urbana in 1978. Maps, biblio., index, softcovers, 8vo., 342 pp. As-new condition; partially uncut. 13 papers explore the relationships of parents & children, the evolution of the family unit & the impact of serfdom. $17.50
909373 The Princess of Siberia: The Story of Maria Volkonsky and the Decembrist Exiles, by Sutherland, Christine. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York in 1984. 1st edition., 1st printing. Illus, index, photos, cloth, Dj, 8vo., 340 pp. Fine condition. NY Times review laid in. $25.00
909060 The Russian Worker: Life and Labor under the Tsarist Regime, by Bonnell, Victoria E., editor. Published by University of California, Berkeley in 1983. Photos, tables, wraps. 8vo., 216 pp. VG condition. Useful for understanding factory and artisan life in Russia. $12.00
909144 Farnsworth, Beatrice & Lynne Viola [eds.]. Russian Peasant Women. Oxford Univ. Press:, New York, 1992. 304 pp. 1st. ed. 8vo. as new. cloth. dj. $22.50