Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 2015. Limited Edition. A landmark work from medieval times – Froissart's Chronicles are a key primary source for eyewitness accounts of the Hundred Years' War – the war that forever shaped England and France.  The Chronicles remain the most important document detailing the ideals of chivalry.....

London: Bradbury, Evans, and CO., [1852]. Illustrated by John Leech (1894-1941). First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Irreverent recounting of British and Roman histories with illustrations. The style of writing was uncommon this early in the 19th century.the Preface states, "to blend amusement with instruction by serving up.....

New York: Nan A. Talese, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. "Thoughtful, thorough and insightful, [Ackroyd] is at least as much interpreter as historian. He brings this iconic city to vivid life ... While Venice is by no means an orthodox traveler's guide, it's a wonderful introduction.....

Bruxelles [Belgium]: J.J. Vanderborght, 1843. A Very Good Hardcover. Alexis-François Artaud De Montor was a diplomat and historian. An émigré during the French Revolution, he was entrusted by the royal princes with missions to the Holy See and served during the campaign of Champagne in the Army of Condé. Napoleon.....

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Louis XIV's younger brother Philippe (1640-1701) is usually portrayed as a court buffoon, one who took delight in displaying his male lovers and suffering public humiliation. Making judicious, undogmatic, and expert use of some.....

New York: Flood and Vincent/The Chautauqua-Century Press, 1896. Hardcover. Details and opinions of French people regarding: morality, intelligence, sentimentality, manners, women, the art instinct, the provincial spirit, democracy.Well thought of in its time. First published in 1888, it remained in print until the mid-1920's.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Is it possible to connect two continents by a telegraph line through Bering Strait? Richard J. Bush thought it was possible even though he encountered challenges such as a sinking ship, shortage of supplies, annoying.....

New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Book Club Edition. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. As important as the characters in the foreground is the Italy against which this drama is played out, a place of warring cities and dynastic machinations where high culture and gross cruelty.....

Italy: Archeolibri, 2007. Spiral bound. Ancient Rome reconstructed to its original magnificence; An archeological guide to Imperial era monuments as they were and as they are today.

New York: Viking Adult, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Describes how German scientists under Hitler knowingly broke international agreements in order to build deadly weapons prior to World War I, discussing German innovation and breakthroughs that paved the way to the discovery of.....

Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European.....

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1955. Revised Edition. Subjects: Switzerland, Swiss, Geography, Culture, History.