Explanatory Notes (237 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Octavo in mildly soiled tan cloth with black lettering, 598, 42 pp. In Hebrew with some notes and a section at the rear in English.

Full-Leather. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are very worn. Front and back covers are nearly detached. The binding is tight. Boards are a brownish maroon with gold lettering and design.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This volume explores the period encompassing the War of 1812 and its aftermath through 1828, a transformative epoch in early U.S. history. It begins with the causes of the war Britain s naval blockades, impressment of American sailors, and frontier tensions and chronicles key battles such as the defense of the Capitol, the burning of Washington, and Andrew Jackson's rise at New Orleans. The final peace, sealed by the Treaty of Ghent in December 1814, restored pre-war borders and ushered in the Era of Good Feelings, marked by a surge of nationalism, political unity after the decline of the Federalists, and economic expansion. Overall, this collection offers a rich blend of first-person accounts and historical analysis, illuminating how a brief war reshaped America s national identity, financial systems, foreign policy, and political landscape in the decades that followed.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Anchor Books Edition. 500 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Stain on bottom edge. Light foxing on page edges. George Giusti (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY NICE DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY, CATHOLIC HISTORY AND CARDINAL WOLSEY. 11 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL. Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 - 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state. He also held important ecclesiastical appointments. These included the Archbishop of York—the second most important role in the English church—and that of papal legate. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all other English clergy. The highest political position Wolsey attained was Lord Chancellor, the king's chief adviser (formally, as his successor and disciple Thomas Cromwell was not). In that position, he enjoyed great freedom and was often depicted as the alter rex ("other king"). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY NICE DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF PETER THE GREAT. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY AND RUSSIA. 15 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL. Peter I (Russian; 9 June 1672 - 8 February 1725), commonly known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute monarch, an autocrat who remained the ultimate authority. Most of Peter's reign was consumed by long wars against the Ottoman and Swedish Empires. Despite initial difficulties, the wars were ultimately successful and led to expansion to the Sea of Azov and the Baltic Sea, thus laying the groundwork for the Imperial Russian Navy. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY NICE DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF CARDINAL RICHELIEU. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY, CATHOLIC HISTORY AND CARDINAL RICHELIEU. 10 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL. Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu 9 September 1585 - 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church. He became known as l'Éminence rouge, or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the title "Eminence" applied to cardinals and from the red robes that they customarily wear. Consecrated a bishop in 1607, Richelieu was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. He continued to rise through the hierarchy of both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a cardinal in 1622 and chief minister to King Louis XIII of France in 1624. He retained that office until his death in 1642, when he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered. Richelieu became engaged in a bitter dispute with Marie de Médici, the king's mother, and formerly his close ally. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Hinge cracked before title page, head and heel edges of spine and corner tips lightly frayed, one page has 1/4" tear with creases along side edge, a couple of pages have lower corner tips bent about 1/4". Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. 399 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 12mo. volume in dark green cloth binding. Condition: minor insect damage to covers; else good. Pages: xi, 105.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good. No Jacket. First. Book opens flat between pages 16-17 with hinge stretched so that netting shows, corner tips rubbed, name of former owner written on front pastedown, endpapers and pastedowns lightly browned, leaf stamp without name on top corner of front endpage. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. 82 pages.…

Hardcover Yellow Buckram. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 182 pages. 22 x 14 cm. The holidays of Judaism are described exclusively from the Reform viewpoint, as traced back historically to their origins and evolution. Patricia Passloff (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 82 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: As New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. G6 - First Edition. Books have some tanning on the spine and very light shelf wear otherwise fine. With a very good slipcase with normal shelf wear. Volume I - Astronomy, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Chemistry. Volume II - Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Biology, Zoology, Botany. Volume III - Anthropology, Engineering, Aeronautics, Exploration. Fifty articles from the annals of the Smithsonian Institution, covering almost every field of scientific knowledge and research, by some of the world's foremost authorities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AR6 - First Edition. Books have wrinkling on the spine edges, tanning on the spine, foxing on the page edges, first few and last few inside pages, and some shelf wear otherwise very good. With a very good slipcase with normal shelf wear. Volume I - Astronomy, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Chemistry. Volume II - Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Biology, Zoology, Botany. Volume III - Anthropology, Engineering, Aeronautics, Exploration. Fifty articles from the annals of the Smithsonian Institution, covering almost every field of scientific knowledge and research, by some of the world's foremost authorities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Softcover. Condition: Good condition. xvii, 410 pp. originally published in 1962 by J.M. Dent & Sons and by E.P. Dutton. Softcover. LCC: 73159687.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cover with gilt title. Secure binding with clean pages, mild vertical spine crease and light spine sun. About 7-12 x 4-3/4 with 94 pages. Nice overall condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 12mo. volume bound in green cloth. Condition: minor wear to binding; inked name & address on 1st free endpaper; else good+ condition. Pages: xvi, 82.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First. Spine faded with lettering rubbed, head and heel edges rubbed and corners lightly frayed right at tips, name of former owner written on front pastedown, leaf stamp of former owner (without name) on front endpage. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. 67 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. 1974 printing of 1949 original. Slight wear to corners and edges; other book title with price glued to back cover (1"x3"); slight overall dustsoiling and browning; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. blue boards, with some shelf wear, some minor wear on edges and corners, some minor handling wear on covers, otherwise a very good clean and tight copy. translated into english rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray, few minor pencil notes in margins. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A fine copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine. A brilliant copy.

Condition: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First American Edition.. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1900. Very Good condition. Light corner wear. Clean, square, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 50 black-and-white drawings by Thackeray. Bound in the original blue patterned cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine is still bright and shiny. Top edge gilt. The year of publication, 1900, is printed at the foot of the title page. Copyright is 1899. The bibliography appears on pages 319 through 338. Although the title page says the bibliography covers the years 1843-1848, in fact it describes Thackeray's PUNCH contributions (writings and drawings) from 1842 to 1854, inclusive. It also identifies the cartoons by John Leech and Richard Doyle that were "suggested by Thackeray." Index. . First American Edition? Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Thackeray, William Makepeace. 8vo. xx, 349pp. + 2 pages of ads. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Thackeray, William Makepeace (illustrator).…

Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Copyright for this edition is 1957. 246 pages. Dark burgundy leather over spine with gold lettering and decoration. Salmon colored cloth over boards. Top edge of text is gilded.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Nouveaux Classiques Larousse. 129 pp. Text in French. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. A couple of dog-eared pages. Crease on back cover. Lightly frayed spine strip headband and heal. // Texte en français. Copie solidement reliée avec une usure extérieure modérée, des pages nettes et un texte net Un couple de pages à oreilles de chien. Pliure au dos de la couverture. Bandeau d'épine légèrement effiloché et cicatrisant.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Creasing to spine, edgewear to covers and pages, fly title through to page 46 separated (in two sections) from binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Previous owner's name and inscription on the blank front end paper, Extensive pencil notes on the blank back end paper and along the back end board. Page 9 of the biographical notes at the beginning of the book, is detahced from the binding. Front hinge of the book is broken and torn. Back hinge is slightly torn. Boards are rubbed and scuffed. Fair condition overall.…