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European Interest Books

European Interest Books

A selection of books with a European flavour...

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Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt including Descriptions of That Country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri; by Thomas Walsh, 1803

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A richly illustrated contemporary account of Britain's campaign against Napoleon's forces in Egypt, written by Thomas Walsh, who served as ...

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The Oxford History of England, Complete in 17 Volumes, from Roman Britain to English History 1914-1945 plus Index. Published 1985-1991

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The Oxford History of England. Complete in 17 Volumes, including the Consolidated Index. Edited by Sir George Clark. Published by Oxford University...

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The History of Freemasonry, Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc, by Robert Freke Gould, T.C. & E.C. Jack, Edinburgh, c. 1888

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Robert Freke Gould's History of Freemasonry is one of the landmark nineteenth century studies of the subject, long regarded as a foundational work ...

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Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from the History and the Arts, Clive James, signed first edition, 2007

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Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...

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The Present State of the Universe, printed by Benj. Motte, sold by John Nutt, 1704

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A wide-ranging handbook of the crowned heads of Europe and their dominions at the opening of the 18th century, including heraldry, mottoes, titles,...

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Lettres de Vincent Van Gogh A Emile Bernard, Publiées Par Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1911

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Lettres de Vincent Van Gogh à Émile Bernard presents a selection of correspondence from Vincent van Gogh to fellow artist Émile Bernard, offering a...

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, by James Edward Smith, 1807

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent by James Edward Smith is an engaging early nineteenth-century travel account, first published in 1793 and prese...

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Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, London, 1823

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First published in 1823, the Memoirs of General Count Rapp provide a vivid first-hand account of the Napoleonic era from one of the Emperor’s most ...

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The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, 1889, Two Volume numbered limited edition set

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Captain Gronow’s lively recollections of Regency and early Victorian society remain one of the most engaging first-hand accounts of life in the cam...

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Haig by Duff Cooper, in Two Volumes, Faber and Faber, 1935

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Haig by Duff Cooper is a major two-volume biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, first published in 1935. Drawing on extensive research a...

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Nouvelle Bibliothèque de Campagne, ou Choix d’Épisodes intéressans et curieux, Amsterdam and Paris, 1769-1784

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A complete twelve-volume, uniformly bound 18th century set assembled contemporarily, of Nouvelle Bibliotheque de Campagne, ou Choix d'Episo...

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Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy. In Nine Volumes, complete, 1791.

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A celebrated work of the French Enlightenment, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was first published in 1788 a...

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Oeuvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton. Paris, 1760–1762. In six volumes, complete.

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The collected works of Antoine Hamilton (c.1646–1720), the Franco-Irish court writer best known for his elegant and often playful prose, co...

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Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d’un Voyageur François, 1786-1787, by Le Comte de Mirabeau, 1789

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A scarce first edition of Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (1789) by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, one of the most influ...

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The Battle of Waterloo, With Those of Ligny and Quatre Bras, George Jones, 1852

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A richly illustrated nineteenth century account of the Waterloo campaign, bringing together eyewitness testimony, official reports, and bio...

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Axel Munthe; The Story of San Michele, Folio Society, 1993 & Le Livre de San Michele, Albin Michel, 1935

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A paired set of two editions of Axel Munthe's celebrated memoir The Story of San Michele. The English edition, published by the Folio Socie...

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Un An a Rome et Dans Ses Environs, Recueil de dessins lithographiés, Antoine Jean Baptiste Thomas, Edizioni Di Gabriele E Mariateresa Benincasa, 1972

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A deluxe limited folio facsimile of Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas's celebrated Un an à Rome et dans ses environs, issued in Rome in 1972 by Gabriele...

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La Décoration et le Mobilier à l’époque romantique et sous le le Second Empire, by Albert Keim, Editions Nilsson, 1929

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La Décoration et le Mobilier à l’époque romantique et sous le le Second Empire, by Albert Keim. Preface by Léon Bérard. Paris: Editions Nilsson, c....

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Cassigneul; Charles Sorlier, Jean-Francois Josselin, De Francony, Nice, 1983, Grand Luxe limited edition

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Cassigneul; Lithographe et Graveur 1965-1978. Preface by Roger Passeron & Jean Francois Josselin, Editions Andrew Sauret, Monte Carlo 1989

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Cassigneul; Introductions by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, Tetsuko Kuroyanagai, Yusuke Fukada. Editions Michele Trinckvel. 1988.

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Cassigneul; Charles Sorlier, Jean-Francois Josselin, De Francony, Nice, 1983

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Cassigneul; Peintures; 1950-1990 by Roger Bouillot. Editions Michele Trinckvel. As new - Still Sealed.

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, 2 Vols, Illustrated by Jean Gigoux, 1836

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A popular picaresque classic of European literature, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane was originally written in French by Alain-René Lesage...

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A New French Dictionary; To Which is Prefixed a French Grammar, by Thomas Deletanville, 1771

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First edition of Thomas Deletanville’s A New French Dictionary (London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1771), a substantial bilingual work combining Fr...

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Ecole Nationale Des Beaux-Arts; Les Grand Prix de Rome d'Architecture, 1907 Folio of Architectural Plates

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This striking folio portfolio, Les Grand Prix de Rome d'Architecture, 1907, published by Armand Guérinet in Paris, presents a visually impressive a...

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, 4 Vols, The Sixth Edition, 1785

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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and Biographical, Emma Roberts, 2 Volumes complete, 1827

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Emma Roberts’ Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster (1827) offers a detailed narrative of late medieval English history, tracing the dy...

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Cours de Mathematiques, a l'Usage des Gardes du Pavillon et de la Marine, Bezout, 1768-1789

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Étienne Bézout — Cours de Mathématiques, à l'Usage des Gardes du Pavillon et de la Marine. Paris: Various publishers (Delatour, Musier fils, Ph. D....

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Memoirs of the Baron de Tott on the Turks and The Tartars, 1786, In Two Volumes, complete

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This two-volume English edition of Memoirs of the Baron de Tott on the Turks and the Tartars, published in London in 1786, offers a fascinating win...

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Glimpses of the Dark Ages; and The Dawn of Modern Civilization; or Sketches of the Social Condition of Europe, c. 1850

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A most handsome full leather prize binding combining Glimpses of the Dark Ages; or Sketches of the Social Condition of Europe, from the Fifth to th...

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Oeuvres de Monsieur De Voltaire; Élémens de Philosophie de Newton, A Neuchatel, 1772

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This is a well-preserved 1772 printing of Éléments de la Philosophie de Newton (originally published 1738) – Voltaire’s accessible interpretation o...

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Folio Society; The Age of Illumination, Gothic Art and Civilisation, Byzantine Art and Civilisation, & Early Medieval Art and Civilisation, 2004, 3 Volume boxed set

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A beautifully produced three-volume set from The Folio Society, exploring the richness of art and culture during the medieval period. This boxed co...

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Antony Gormley; Critical Mass, Musée Rodin, 2023 Signed first edition

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An as new, signed first edition copy of this work on the exhibition held at Musée Rodin in Paris;  'Antony Gormley; Critical Mass' Antony Gormley (...

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Winston S. Churchill; The Second World War, 6 Volume set, 1948-1954.

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Winston Churchill; The Second World War, 6 Volume set, complete, 1948-1954.  SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourn...

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La Béotie Antique, Pierre Guillon, Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1948

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An attractive French publication on Ancient Boeotia, a region in central Greece, characterized by fertile plains and a rich history. It was a disti...

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A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, Laurence Sterne, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929

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Originally credited to 'M. Yorick', this novel by Laurence Stern was inspired by the author's own travels in 1765. The original publication was in ...

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The Oxford History of England, 7 Volumes, from Roman Britain to The Age of Reform, early editions

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A very smart set of 7 volumes from the classic series 'The Oxford History of England', which have been attractively and uniformly rebound in navy b...

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A Treatise on the Venereal Disease; Being Chiefly Designed as a Translation and Abridgement of the Practical Work of Dr. Astruc's Work, Samuel Chapman, London, 1770

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A smart copy of this 18th century medical text by Dr Samuel Chapman. The Royal College of Physicians notes: "Samuel Chapman, M.D., was a native of ...

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The Guinness Book of Records, August 1955, First Trade Edition, First Impression

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A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful & Entertaining Tracts, bound as Vol VII (actually spanning Vols. XVIII-XX), 1847

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A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Vols I-IV bound in 2 volumes, c. 1869

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The White Notebook, Andre Gide, 1964

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The White Notebook, by Andre Gide. Translated and with an Introduction by Wade Baskin. Published by Philosophical Library, New York, 1964. First ed...

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French Odysseys; Greece in French Travel Literature from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era, Olga Augustinos, John Hopkins, 1994

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"In French Odysseys Olga Augustinos offers the first comprehensive treatment of French travel literature about Greece - from the mid-sixteenth-cent...

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Les Comedies de Terence, Traduites en Francois par Madame Dacier, George Gallet, Amsterdam, 1700

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A volume with two of the plays of Terence (Publius Terentius Afer - c. 190-159 BC). He was a Roman playwright and the author of six plays based on ...

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency, Bayle St. John, 1888

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency. Translated from the French by Bayle St. John. In Three Volumes, ...

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Voyage en Grece; Journal de bord, Henry Harrel-Courtes, 1957, author inscribed copy

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Author's presentation copy, inscribed to half title. A very uncommon book, with Worldcat only identifying 3 institutional holdings. Voyage en Grece...

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The Scot Abroad, John Hill Burton, 1881

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'Split into two main sections - 'The Ancient League with France' and 'The Scot Abroad, the book explores the relations of Scotland and Scotsmen wit...

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