European History

Following the publication of Italian Ceramic Art, Skira presents a compilation devoted primarily to the modern decorative arts, that will offer a highly extensive and versatile anthology of writings, accompanied...

This impeccably researched and "adventure-packed" ( The Washington Post ) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world is "the stuff...

Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors emanated from the sewers of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLight In The East: China's Enlightened Empire; The Advent...

Author: Harry RothwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Small inscription on rear endpaper, otherwise clean pages with bright text. English Historical Documents:...

Author: Richard ChurchBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsLondon: Flower Of Cities All presents a vivid portrait of...

Author: Richard A. EtlinBinding: HardbackPublished: The MIT Press, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: dust cover worn with some marks; inside pages in very good condition;...

By awarding the European post monopoly to the Thurn & Taxis family 500 years ago, a truly continental postal service was born. Moreover, 1516 also saw the early birth of...

These pages tell the story without words of a journey through Spain in which the author, the photographer Fernando Manso, visited unknown and hidden corners and captured them on the...

Paris insiders know the best place to go for inspiration is not the Louvre, and the best place to go to buy something fabuleux is not the Boulevard St. Germain:...

The book titled Portrait of the Soviet Union by the author Fitzroy Maclean. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Laurence OliphantBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Boards...

Author: F. H. SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, University of London, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume, Survey Of London...

Author: Montagu H. Cox And Philip NormanBinding: HardbackPublished: AMS, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerSurvey Of London Volume X: The Parish...

Author: F. H. W. SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, University of London, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsUnknown

Author: Philip Temple; Colin Thom Binding: HardbackPublished: Yale , 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative work of architectural history presents South-East Marylebone through a meticulous survey of its...

Author: Donald SassoonBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small chip on right front corner of jacketThis comprehensive historical work...

Author: Philip TempleBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic volume meticulously chronicles the rich architectural and social history of South and East Clerkenwell. It...

Author: Anna ReidBinding: HardbackPublished: BLOOMSBURY, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tears along spine of dust jacketAnna Reid's Leningrad: Tragedy Of A City...

Author: John GreenacombeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, Published for English Heritage, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume, Survey Of London Volume Xlv: Knightsbridge, meticulously chronicles the...

Author: George RudéBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsGeorge Rudé's The History Of London: Hanoverian London 1714-1808 presents a meticulous account of...

Author: Francis SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account, The History Of London London 1808-1870: The Infernal Wen, chronicles the...

Author: Liubov FaensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers - Leningrad, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded boards. This scholarly volume...

Author: Joel CarmichaelBinding: HardbackPublished: NELSON, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCarmichael chronicles the social unrest, political maneuvering, and ideological battles that transformed Russia in the early...

The Holy Alliance, later 'The Entity', a secret spy service, has been used by the Vatican for over five centuries to carry out its will. Forty popes have relied on...

Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its...

Arcturus Military Classics discuss the strategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and vividly bring to life how these were employed on the battlefields of Europe, North Africa...

The book titled Other Europe by the author Jacques Rupnik. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A history of Russia from its beginnings in the 6th century AD to the 1917 Revolution and the birth of the Soviet State, the era of Stalin and the dawning...

Golden Prague's thousands of literary allusions are unmistakable in the alleys of Mala Strana and Stare Mesto, and throughout the halls of the massive castle that overlooks the Vltava from...

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as...

In 1375, Sir William Cantilupe was found murdered in a field outside of a village in Lincolnshire. As the case progressed, fifteen members of his household were indicted for murder,...

The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...

Author: Oliver BaldwinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed and dulled boards. Binding...

Author: A.J.P. Taylor; S.L. MayerBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA.J.P. Taylor's History Of World War I presents a comprehensive and incisive account of the...

Author: Warwick RodwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Societe Jersiaise and The Rector and Churchwardens of Saint Brelade, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust marks on dust cover; cloth cover...

Author: Francis Russell And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) N.V., 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic...

Author: Robert Wallace And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) N.V., 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling art history volume illuminates the profound artistic contributions presented...

Author: Paolo GiulianiBinding: HardbackPublished: Marsilio Editori, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: wear and tear to dust cover; hard cover in good condition; inside pages in good condition;...

Author: Frieda SorberBinding: HardbackPublished: Lannoo, 2021Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: cover is markably worn; inside pages like newLace has...

Author: Barbara W. TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis monumental work of historical non-fiction, The Proud Tower: A Portrait...

Author: ALAN (Edited by) WHITEBinding: HardbackPublished: The Ministry of Culture and TourismCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnknown

Author: Wayland Kennet And Elizabeth YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating travelogue, Northern Lazio: An Unknown Italy, uncovers the hidden splendors of a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond returns with an exciting new cookbook filled with no-fuss family...

At last one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War has been solved. Since historian Hugh Trevor-Roper made his name with the publication of "Hitler's Last Days", it...

Located off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, the Balearic Islands are renowned for their natural beauty, yet their cuisine has been largely underappreciated. This evocative recipe collection transports readers to the...

Celebrated food writer Ginette Mathiot, author of Je sais cuisiner (the best-selling home-cooking book in France for over 90 years), taught three generations of French families how to cook. In...