Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church
New York Graphic Society, January 1975. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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America and Trieste, God and the Russians;: A letter to the Honorable James F. Byrnes, Secretary of State
United Committee of South-Slavic Americans, 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8 pages. 2-page map on pp. 4-5. Adamic argues for a more favorable border line for Yugoslavians between Italy and Yogoslavia. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback) addressed with stamp on rear cover.
Histoire des Peches, des Decouvertes et des Etablissemens les Mers du Nord
First Edition. Trade Paperback. Volume II: 464 pp. with 2 folding maps and 4 plates, i folding; Vol. III: 378 pp., with 3 folding maps and 4 plates of birds, missing Plate IV (birds). 'Ouvrage traduit du Hollandois par les soins du Governement, enrichi de Notes, & orne de cartes.....
Die Stellung der Slowaken in Ungarn
Calve'sche Buchhandlung, 1843. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 63 pages. Text in German. Leo von Thun(-Hohenstein) (1811-1888) was a prominent statesman and leader of the Federalist party in Bohemia and a supporter of the Czech language and literature. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in green wrappers (paperback).
Und der Slavismus in Bohem
Verlag von Wihl. Engelmann, 1845. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 24 pages. von Thun (1811-1888) was a prominent leader of the Federalist party in Bohemia and supporter of the Czech language and literature. First edition (first printing). Very good in wappers (paperback).
Arquivos do Centro Portugues. Volume I
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 557 pages. B/W illustrations. Text in Portuguese. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. In very good dust jacket with edge and corner wear and small edge chips. Spine slightly tanned.....
Pobeda sovetskoi vlasti v Armenii (1917-1920) [Victory of Soviet Regime in Armenia, 1917-1920]. On the rights of manuscript. Author's abstract of the thesis for the title of the Doctor of Historical Science. Yerevan, 1954
1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 56 pages. Text in Armenian. Abstract only. OCLC locates 21 cc of full work, 520 pp. First edition (first printing) of abstract. Very good in pale blue wrappers (paperback), stapled. Covers mildly soiled and tanned.
Spreekwoordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, of Verzameling van Nederlandsche Speekwoorden en Spreekwoordelijke Uitdrukkingen van Vroegeren en Lateren Tijd (3 volume set)
Kemink en Zoon, 1858, 1861, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Vol. I: A-K: lxxviii,463 pages; Vol. II: L-Z: lxxxviii, 517 pages; Vol. III: cccxviii, 489. Contains collection of proverbs from the Netherlands. First editions (first printings). A very good uniform set in marbled paper over boards and leather covers with title.....
Svietlomu Gospodaru Omer-Pasi carsko-turskomu musiru, seraskeru od ciele rumelinsko-bosanske vojske, vitezu raznih turskih redovah i carsko-ruskog sv, ane perve klase. Spine title: Bosanski prijkatelj 2
n.p., ?Antuna Jakica, n.d., ca. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 199 pages. . First edition (first printing), presumed. A very good rebound copy in decorated paper over boards and red cloth covers with title 'Bosanski priujatelj' and '2' in gilt on spine. Tape repair to tear on page 191-2. Pages foxed.....
Bosanski Prijatelj. Casopsis sadrzavajuci potrebite, koristne i zabavne stvari. Svezak III
Antuna Jakica, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages. Text in Croatian. 'Magazine containing necessary, useful and fun information' - English translation. WorldCat finds 1 copy. First edition (first printing). A very good copy rebound in decorated papert over boards and red cloth covers with title and ruling in gilt on.....
Vseslovanske Pocatecni Cteni. Castka Druha. Z Pisemnictvi Ruskeho. (spine title 'Pisemnictvi Ruskeho')
Tiskem C.K. Dvorni Knihtiskarny Synuv Bohumila Haase, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. (1799-1852) was a Czech writer and translator. He published Bohemian, Moravian, and Slovak poetry. At the same time, he also translated Russian, Serbian, and Lithuanian folk songs. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in green paper.....
Alliance Journal 1952: A Chapter in Anglo-American Relations, Specifically British Comment on Polish Matters as Found in Eleven Leading British Periodicals, 1820-1845
Alliance College, 1952. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 50 pages. Signed by the authors: 'with the compliments of the compilers.' - opposite the copyright page. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated cream printed wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are browned.
La Place de la Concorde Suisse
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 1984. Hardcover. La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Israelis carefully patterned their own military on the Swiss.....
Proverbia Communia. A Fifteenth Century Collection of Dutch Proverbs Together With the Low German Version.
Indiana University, 1947. Trade Paperback. Rebound in blue cloth.
Din literatura poporana a aromanilor: Volumul 1
(the author?), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, 1055 pages. Papahagi, according to Wikipedia (I know, I know) was 'an acknowledged authority on the life and languages of the Romance-speaking peoples from south of the Danube, the Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians; he wrote several foundational texts on the subject that are classic.....
Przyslowia i przymowiska ludowe ze Slaska Cieszynskiego
Polskie Tow. Ludoznawcze, 1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 161 pages. Proverbs from Cieszyn Silesia in Poland. An edition of 3000 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers in a near fine dust jacket.
Polnische Sprichworter: Erläutert und mit ahnlichen andrer Nationen verglichen
Stockmann, 1846. First Edition. Pamphlet. 80 pages. Later expanded and retitled Die Sprichworter der Polen historisch erlautert. A collection of Polish proverbs, with German translations and explanations. Scarce, with two holdings in OCLC (Harvard, National Library of Sweden). First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Bookplate of the.....
Mudroslovi narodu slovanskeho ve prislovich: Pripojena jest sbirka prostonarodnich ceskych porekadel
V kommissi u Frantiska Rivnace, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 644 pages. Novoceska Bibliotheka vydavana nakladem ceskeho museum, XIV. Sayings of the Slavic nations, in Czech. First edition (first printing). Rebound in modern cloth; perforated stamp from a libary on a few pages; no other library markings.
Magyar kozmondasok es kozmondasszeru szolasok
Kiadja Kokai Lajos, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 770 pages. This collection of Hungarian proverbs and idioms was the most extensive and important up to its day, with neary 20,000 entries. The book was reprinted a number of times, most recently in 1998. Uncommon and important. First edition (first printing). A......
Czechoslovak Sources and Documents: No. 2, March, 1943: Struggle for Freedom; No.3, June, 1943: Democracy in Czechoslovakia (Two volumes)
The Czechoslovak Information Service, 1942. Trade Paperback. 138, 96 pages. No. 2 includes selected documents covering the period from the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Germans, 1939, to the end of 1942. No.3 is the fourth revised edition of 'Democracy in Czechlslovakia' by Brackett Lerwis and presents a summary of.....
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