Count Egon Caesar Corti Brian (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Corners are bumped, and beginning to chip. Covers are fading around the edges, and have some general wear. Page edges are foxed. Spine has faded, and has chipping at the ends. Endpapers have browned. Spine is beginning to crack at the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Less common biography. Boards with moderate wear and sunning; pages dusty with age toning.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 430 pages. Light foxing, soiling along page ends. Rothschild Banking Family.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 432 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1928. DESCRIPTION: GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, SPINE REBACKED IN BLACK CLOTH OVERLAYING HINGES, WHITE PEN SCRIPT TITLE AND LIBRARY MARKING OVER SPINE COVER, BLIND STAMPED CREST ON FRONT BOARD. GILT TITLE STAMP ON SPINE COVER CROWN, LIBRARY MARKINGS AT CROWN HEEL. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 1 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: GOOD; RUBBED AND SUNNED EDGE OF BOARDS, BOARDS EXPOSED AT CORNER TIPS, SOILED LEAF EDGE, SPINE A BIT SHAKEN, INTACT, CLEAN TEXT PAGES, EX LIBRARY MARKINGS. EX-LIBRARY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Although originally published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation in 1928, this Grosset & Dunlap reprint is undated but was published sometime after 1934 judging by the presence of B&W stills on the endpapers from the motion picture filmed in the early 1930s and starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff. Small octavo in red cloth binding. Condition: a very good, tight, clean copy. 432 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. 456 pages. Bibliography. Family tree diagram. Frontis illustration of Baron Lionel de Rothschild. ". Carries on the history of the House of Rothschild as revealed by the relevant documents up to the Peace that concluded the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. My aim has been to portray without prejudice or partiality the tremendous part which the House played in the events of the nineteenth century." - from Foreward. Prior owner's name upon decorated front free endpaper. Narrow two-inch opening between top of back board and backstrip else average wear.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Reign of the House of Rothschild, 1830-1871 Meyer Banking Central Bankers City of London.

Softcover. Condition: vg. Later printing (Tenth Thousand). Quarto. XII, [2], 432, X, 457, [1]pp. Uncut. Original decorative wrappers over green cloth, with gold lettering on spines and blind-stamped armorial on front covers. Top edges red. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume. This work is a mighty canvas of turbulent, scheming, warring Europe and of that family of golden Titans who pulled the strings on which kings, generals and whole nations danced. Count Corti carries on the career of the great banking firm of Europe. During a century of revolutions the Rothschild family played a dramatic and leading financial part in the fate of nations. Dynasties changed, thrones toppled, rival houses fell, but their sway continued. This captivating work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of portraits, views and documents. Slight soiling and minor creasing on wrappers. Wraps in overall good to good+, binding and interior in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1928 at copyright w/no other dates; circa 1934 edition w/the film based upon this title. Grosset & Dunlap film edition in scarce original pictorial wrapper. Deep red buckram (cloth) boards, black spine titles w/bands, Rothschild coat of arms at front board, slight shelf wear, rub. Deckled pages, near fine. Detailed crest at title page. Pictorial collage film stills of George Arliss, at front and back endpapers. Deep red top-stain. Features original pictorial cream wrapper w/maroon fields and titles and George Arliss as the partiarch seated in large ornately detailed chair as king. Features introduction from the author written from Vienna, Austria in 1927. Includes history of early Frankfort activities, the Napoleonic era and exploitation by the House, Rothschild's business throughout the world. Include detailed notes for each chapter, a biographical index, and bibliography. 432 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1928 at copyright pages. One states first edition; both match in publisher, design, size, appearance. Green cloth boards, gilt spine titles on black fields with gilt bands, moderate cover, edge wear, rub. Pages very good, pictorial plates throughout each. Owner's detail and plate to The Rise. Binds good; The Rise with mended hinges. Includes frontispiece plate of "Ancestral Home of the Rothschild Family at Frankfort-on-the-Main." Includes history of early Frankfort activities, the Napoleonic era and exploits by the House, Rothschild's business throughout the world, etc. Near very good and near fine. 432 & 457 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.