Anonymous Compilers (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 467 pages, over 600 illustrations, more than half being in colour, 11.8 x 9.2 inches, hardback, a fine copy of the Revised Edition in a very good+ dust-jacket [0792451325].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 399 pages, hardback, red cloth, a very good copy of a book first published thus in 1935.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. pp.xv,288, small format, paperback, a very good copy [0852312032].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 143 pages, paperback, spine ends chipped, corners dog-eared, and margins tanned, otherwise a good ex-library copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. unpaginated, illustrations throughout, 12.1" x 8.7", hardback, corners of the covers are rubbed, a generally very good copy (no dust-jacket) Extra postage required in this instance.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 183 pages, 8"x 11.6", ring-bound laminated stiff paper covers, a Fine undated book, 1992 being an approximate suggestion.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 80p, with 27 figures and 4 tables, the last of which is folding, a VG+ hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3255 pages, hardback, a very good+ copy. The one hundredth and sixth edition of this respected reference book which contains biographies of peers, members of the armed forces, senior civil servants, politicians, and distinguished actors, lawyers, scientists, entertainers and artists.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. not paginated, numerous illustrations in the text, 8.8"x 11", a generally very good hardback (loose-leaf album-type binding, the covers and leaves effectively held together by shoe-laces, these having replaced the original flexible metal clips).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 120 pages, a stapled paperback, a very good copy of the Fourth Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. not paginated, numerous illustrations, 8.8"x 11", hardback (loose-leaf album-type binding, the covers and leaves effectively held together by metal clips), a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 169 pages, with a CD-Rom at the rear, paperback, a fine copy [0758613806].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 837 pages, tall 8vo, hardback (contemporary quarter blue-green calf on 'marbled' boards, the spine decorated in gilt), a very good ex-library copy.

Engraved title-page vignette with coats of arms and allegorical figures (illustrator). Scarce first edition of Respublica Luxemburgensis, Hannoniae, et Namurcensis, published by Willem Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1635 as part of the renowned Respublicae series â" a uniform set of compact volumes describing the constitutions, geography, history, and government of European states. The work offers a concise survey of three regions central to the shifting borders of the Low Countries: Luxembourg, Hainaut, and Namur. Appearing at a time of intense territorial contest in the Thirty Yearsâ War, this text provided readers with authoritative knowledge of jurisdictions under Habsburg and Burgundian legacy, areas long fought over by France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. Blaeuâs press, famed for its atlases and maps, brought its typographical clarity and decorative style even to these pocket volumes. The engraved title-page, with allegorical figures and coats of arms, reflects both pride of place and the eraâs cartographic splendor. These books were meant for statesmen, diplomats, and educated travelers â" portable guides to the politics of Europe. Provenance: with early Jesuit library label (âResid. Tol. S.J.â) at front endpaper, adding institutional and scholarly interest. Contemporary manuscript spine title; Jesuit ex-library label. Very Good. Vellum binding slightly warped and soiled as typical; textblock edges darkened; engraved title sharp and well-preserved. Interior clean and crisp, with only light toning. Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, manuscript spine title in a fine early hand. Vellum toned and lightly soiled, naturally aged with attractive patina; structurally sound and complete First edition thus in the Blaeu-printed Respublicae series.