Search Results: European History from JB Books

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 11/12 (February 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere other than a 'wrinkling' effect to the pagination throughout (moisture? no staining visible though). Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 19/20 (June 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Good-. Hardcover. First Edition.. This volume of a series appearing in Nazi Germany during wartime, surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German throughout. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards show wear along spine. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 23/24 (August 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 152pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 25/26 (September 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 29/30 (November 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 152pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 31/32 (December 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 151pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1942. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district), this volume no. 69/70 (July 1942) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Verlaganstalt Otto Stollberg, 1940. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Formerly part of the library of the Nazi party's Sudetenland Gau (district) with the Gau's official eagle and swastika stamp and library book number stamped to a corner of a blank FEP, this volume no. 9/10 (January 1940) of a series of published volumes surveying and reporting on the various events and operations of the German Wehrmacht against its enemies; contains numerous glossy illustrations from the various battles, leading personages, etc., and detailed campaign maps. Text in German. Hardcover, 160pp., binding firm and pagination very clean, boards near fine with only slight edgewear, no defacements anywhere. Other matching volumes available; enquire. An extremely rare collectible, especially in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Wraps. First Paperback Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition (stated). A study of American policy with respect to the Holocaust during World War 2, the author contending that US policymakers did not do enough to save the Jews of Europe, did not admit enough of them as refugee immigrants, disbelieved that the Holocaust was occurring, and made other decisions negatively affecting the fate of Europe's Jews. Wraps, contains notes, bibliography, indexed, 444pp., rear cover shows one corner crease. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Book. Very Good-. Wraps. Second Edition.. A survey of African history from the early nineteenth century to the modern era, explaining the context of African cultures being overwhelmed by European colonialism and the clash of European empires in Africa. Wraps, contains maps, further reading list, indexed, 343pp., pagination shows underlinings to text. A very good reading and working copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First Edition.. A well-illustrated examination of the history of Christianity from earliest times through to the Middle Ages, discussing the persecution of the early Christian religion but its spread and eventual growth into the major spiritual force of Europe. Edition and printing not given, presumed First. Hardcover, illustrations, lists of people and key terms, bibliography, Biblical citations, indexed, 352pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Newsweek Books, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised and Expanded Edition.. A broad, interesting survey of the tumultous and 'optimistic' nineteenth century, identifying the main trends, events, personalities, developments, conflicts, and other happenings which collectively brought into being the form of the succeeding centuries. Large-format hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, illustrations, indexed, 159p., boards show external spotting. Jacket neatly encased inside an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare in this edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A biography both of Alexander the Great's life as well as that of the doings of the many who over two millennia have sought to find his tomb - unlocking a great historical mystery of the ancient world and tying together seemingly disparate moments in history. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, timeline, illustrations, dramatis personae, glossary, notes, bibliography, indexed, 290pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A history of the slow transmission of Buddhist ideas about life, suffering, rebirth, karma, etc., from Asia to the West, discussing the evolution of this life philosophy and the various artists, explorers, thinkers, and others who came to embrace it and then introduce it via various forms into European thinking. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, sources, indexed, 403pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A study of the co-habitation of the major post-1945 powers, and how together they reshaped the world together, albeit largely under American influence; includes numerous glossy illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 511pp., remainders stamp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belmont: Robert Welch, Inc. : John Birch Society, 1960. Book. Very Good. Magazine. First Edition.. This issue with lead article: 'If You Want It Straight', much more. A right-wing, anti-communist publication produced by the 'John Birch Society' headed by Robert Welch, most issues containing many essays articles on communist activity and subversion, the 'sell-out' actions of the American and other Western governments, studies of left-liberal intellectuals and their role in weakening and undermining culture and society, economic issues and trends, observation of US politics and politicians, guest columns from around the world, discussions of US and European history, the war in Vietnam, communist insurgencies around the world, developments in the Mideast, book and film reviews, much more. Wraps magazine format, 60pp., shows very light soiling along edge. An extremely rare collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belmont: Robert Welch, Inc. : John Birch Society, 1964. Book. Very Good+. Magazine. Former Owner Address Label. First Edition.. This issue: cover illustration of Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar of Portugal. A right-wing, anti-communist publication produced by the 'John Birch Society' headed by Robert Welch, most issues containing many essays articles on communist activity and subversion, the 'sell-out' actions of the American and other Western governments, studies of left-liberal intellectuals and their role in weakening and undermining culture and society, economic issues and trends, observation of US politics and politicians, guest columns from around the world, discussions of US and European history, the war in Vietnam, communist insurgencies around the world, developments in the Mideast, book and film reviews, much more. Magazine format, 128pp., shows very light general usage. A very rare collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belmont: Robert Welch, Inc. : John Birch Society, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Magazine. Former Owner Address Label. First Edition.. This issue: cover illustration of American novelist Margaret Mitchell. A right-wing, anti-communist publication produced by the 'John Birch Society' headed by Robert Welch, most issues containing many essays articles on communist activity and subversion, the 'sell-out' actions of the American and other Western governments, studies of left-liberal intellectuals and their role in weakening and undermining culture and society, economic issues and trends, observation of US politics and politicians, guest columns from around the world, discussions of US and European history, the war in Vietnam, communist insurgencies around the world, developments in the Mideast, book and film reviews, much more. Magazine format, 112pp., shows very light general usage. A very rare collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Belmont: Robert Welch, Inc. : John Birch Society, 1965. Book. Very Good. Magazine. Former Owner Address Label. First Edition.. This issue: cover illustration of American General Claire Lee Chennault, articles on urban renewal, today's Mexico, much more. A right-wing, anti-communist publication produced by the 'John Birch Society' headed by Robert Welch, most issues containing many essays articles on communist activity and subversion, the 'sell-out' actions of the American and other Western governments, studies of left-liberal intellectuals and their role in weakening and undermining culture and society, economic issues and trends, observation of US politics and politicians, guest columns from around the world, discussions of US and European history, the war in Vietnam, communist insurgencies around the world, developments in the Mideast, book and film reviews, much more. Magazine format, 96pp. An extremely rare collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.