TOLSTOY LeoMareMagnum
52 754 résultats
2 vols., (main volume plus booklet), 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy wassa goatskin, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, gilded endpapers, grey silk marker, (booklet wire-stitched as issued), a near fine copy housed in publisher's black cloth solander case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 8). This edition was first published by Penguin in 1957 and subsequently by FS in 1971. This is the first limited edition, with binding design by Jeff Clements.
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 12 and 7 maps in the text; elegantly bound in full dark brown crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of this classic account of the calamitous campaign that concluded with Passchendaele, where fighting was brought to a halt not by the enemy but by floods and slaughter. 'An outstanding book, the most fascinating I have read on the period reviewed' (Fuller: Introduction). THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS UNCOMMON. Enser, p.130.
8vo., First Edition, text in French; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the index at end as is proper. First edition of the greatest French novel of the Great War and winner of the Prix Goncourt. 'No war book in any language, with the exception of 'All Quiet on the Western Front', has had the sale of 'Le Feu'' (Falls, 'War Books').'Under Fire' is the spirit of the infantry war in France, the letter and the spirit of reality' (Henry Williamson, referring to the title of the English edition). It was published simultaneously in three states: two private limited issues (33 copies on Japon and 165 copies in holland) and the trade edition as here. The fact that the trade edition was issued as a flimsy paperback means that it is scarcely ever found in really good condition. Here it is complete and preserved in an elegant binding. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Falls, p.263.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attactive copy ideal as a gifrt or for presentation. An elegant copy of the loving biography of Holtby by her close friend Vera Brittain. A wide-ranging writer and novelist, Holtby is now probably best remembered for 'South Riding'. Includes accounts of Holtby and Brittain revisiting the WWI battlefield areas in which they both served. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., First US Trade Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, pictorial gilt from original board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The first publicly available US edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work forms the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A42.
Paris, Gounouilhou, 1915-1922; in-folio, environ 300 pp. par volume, reliure d'éditeur pleine percaline, coloris rouge bordeaux, avec une image, d'après François Rude, contrecollée sur le premier plat de chaque volume, dos lisse orné de drapeaux. Les 17 volumes. Gabriel-Albert-Auguste Hanotaux est un diplomate, historien et homme politique français, né à Beaurevoir (Aisne), le 19 novembre 1853 et mort à Paris, le 11 avril 1944 (à 90 ans). Il est secrétaire de Jules Derry et député de l'Aisne ainsi que ministre des Affaires étrangères. Il est élu à l'Académie française, en 1897. Un excellent ouvrage sur le premier conflit mondial. Le seul ouvrage à pouvoir rivaliser avec les volumes de l'"Illustration, de 1914 à 1919". Nombreuses photographies. Les volumes 9 et 10 sont dans un état moyen. Les autres volumes sont en bon état. Une citation de Mirabeau est inscrite sur la première page blanche : "En général mon ami, la guerre est la ressource des imprudents et des sots" une autre main précise que cette annotation (Hanotation) est de la main de l'auteur… Complet en 17 volumes.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 'One of the bitterest war novels that has been written, yet strangely enough the actual scene of war is less horrible in its pages than comfortable England of the days before' (Falls). One of the essential novels of the Great War, albeit presented here with the expurgated text. Falls, 261; Kershaw, 52.
7 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with portrait frontispieces and numerous plates, tops and fore-edges lightly spotted, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), some wrappers chipped at heads and tails of backstrips. The set comprises: Into Battle (reprint); The Unrelenting Struggle (reprint); The End of the Beginning (reprint); Onwards to Victory (fkirst edition); The Dawn of Liberation (first edition); Victory (first edition); Secret Session Speeches (first edition). Randolph Churchill edited the first volume, Charles Eade the subsequent six volumes. Although published as a series and uniform in size, complete sets are seldom offered for sale (especially in dustwrappers as here). Woods A66a, A89, A94, A101, A107, A111, A114 respectively (recording the first editions).
5 vols., [of 6], roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous mounted portraits toned in sepia; ivory boards, oatmeal holland backs, upper boards and backstrips with printed paper labels, gilt tops, uncut, blue silk markers, boards mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp run. One of the finest and most comprehensive of the public school WWI rolls of honour. The run comprises Vol. I: 23 August 1914 to 20 March 1915; Vol. II: 31 March 1915 to 11 September 1915; Vol. III: 13 September 1915 to 3 July 1916; 5 July 1916 to 11 April 1917; Vol. V: 11 April 1917 to 10 April 1918. A crisp run tragically wanting the sixth and final volume. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original wrappers, upper cover with paper label printed in black, a near fine copy housed in custom-made board solander case with printed paper labels. With the following additional items: (1) typescript resume on author's printed stationery of the British Military Mission in Siberia 1918-1920 (with MS corrections); (2) draft T.L. on the author's printed stationery. A request by the author for information regarding Lieut.-Col. L.C. Morley, Royal Hampshire Regiment, senior officer i/c British Military Mission at Irkutsk in 1919; (3) T.L.s. from Captain H. Flint, Royal Hampshire Regiment, responding in some detail to the author's request; (4) publisher's printed order form for the published work. Apart from the author's book we have been unable to trace any published dedicated account of BRITMIS, which accordingly remains a well-nigh forgotten component of the immediate aftermath of WWI. A UNIQUE COLLECTION NOW SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 72 pages, 23 cm. In English. Front wrapper is marked Confidential print. Early (1943) confidential internal discussion by the US congress of rescue of the Jews of Europe, as well of how to deal with refugees abroad, including whether to admit them to the United States and other topics concerning anti-semitism and Nazi abuses. SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief. Ex-library with usual, minimal markings. Edgewear to wrappers, zionist stamp, number penned on cover, tape repair to spine, Good Condition. Very important, a core Holocaust document. (YID-41-20A) xx
Grande carta geografica inc. in rame con i confini colorati a mano, montata su tela e suddivisa in 2 fogli - il 1° di cm. 73,3 x 78 (suddiviso in 24 riquadri); il 2° di cm. 61,5 x 78, suddiviso in 20 riquadri. Vi è raffigurata l’Europa Centrale durante la guerra contro Napoleone nel 1813. La carta, molto ben conservata, è conservata in un astuccio con aletta e custodia in cartonato (cm. 20x13).
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 87 pages ; 21 cm. In French. Title translates into English as, The Parisian Community After Liberation. A Directory of Jewish life in Paris published two years after the Liberation of Paris. Contains listings for The Rabbinate, Temple Administrators, Religious Schools, Cultural Associations, Other Associations of General Interest, Social Workers, Fraternal Organizations, Pro-Palestine Organizations, and Youth Movments. Also contains introductory remarks by Chief Rabbi of Paris Julien Weill, and the president of the Consistoire de Paris, Georges Wormser. Wormser served as head of the cabinet for French prime minister and Dreyfusard Georges Clemenceau. OCLC lists just 6 copies worldwide. Water damage throughout. About good condition. (holo2-131-12)
1st edition. Original Red Paper Wrappers, 8vo, 31 pages. In Czech. Preklad z moskevské Pravdy . Prelozeno z rustiny. Title translates as Auschwitz: The Grave of Four Million Innocents. Published by the Association of Liberated Political Prisoners, Survivors and Victims of Nazism. This is a Soviet-zone, Czech-published translation of the Soviet Investigation into War Crimes which was originally published in Pravda. As such, it reflects the Soviet view which emphasized Soviet rather than Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis . This may be a reason so few copies of this pamphlet survived in Czechsoslovakia. OCLC-Worldcat lists only one copy worldwide (Czech State Research Library in Olomouc) . Underlining on a few pages, touch of spinewear, Otherwise Very Good Condition, a striking copy. (holo2-125-45)
1st Edition. Original Illustrated Red Paper Wrappers Portraying an Anthropomorphized Bomb with a Swastika Symbol Destroying a Town. 8vo. 64 pages ; 16 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates into English as, Armaments: Intended for Bomb Fire Viewers, and H. G. A. Service Members. Holocaust-era Manuel on bomb safety procedures. Illustrations throughout depicting proper procedure in crisis situations, as well as some technical sketches of various explosives. SUBJECT (S) : Civil Defense. Very scarce and of historical importance. OCLC lists no physical copies worldwide. Ex-library with Institutional Stamp. Some wear but overall good+ condition. (Holo2-131-29)
In 4, pp. 86 + (4) + 78; 56 + (4). P. pg. coeva. Rara edizione originale di quest'opera pubblicata anonima da Domenico Federici, nativo di Bargni presso Fano, uomo particolarmente versato in attivita' politiche e diplomatiche con quest'opera dimostra tutta la sua capacita' di storico del diritto. Federici analizzando i fatti legati alla guerra di devoluzione, prende le parti dell'Imperatore contro le pretese del Re di Francia. Proprio grazie a quest'opera, l'autore nel 1667 venne nonminato segretario dell'Ambasciata Imperiale a Venezia, incarico che egli svolse con capacita' sino al 1680. Edizione rara che comprende anche l' Atto di rinunzia di Maria Teresa di Spagna fatto prima del matrimonio con il Re di Francia. Sulla base di questo atto Luigi XIV avanzo' delle pretese sulle Fiandre che innescarono una guerra tra Francia e Spagna, al momento della morte di Filippo IV. Melzi, III, 209.
Original Wraps. 16mo. 1 folded sheet; [12] pages. 16 cm. First edition. With Iconic Image on front cover of Jewish doughboy leading fellow troops into battle. Fold out pamphlet produced by the Jewish Welfare Board [JWB] for the United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11, 1918 [interestingly and unbeknownst to the creators of this pamphlet, this was to be Armistice Day, the very last day of the War]. Contains 9 sepia tone photographs of sailors and soldiers, and 'questions and answers about the work of the JWB'. Rear cover: United We Serve: Y. M. C. A. , Y. W. C. A. , National Catholic War Council - K of C. , War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, Salvation Army; United War work Campaign, $170, 500, 000. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 - War work - National Jewish Welfare Board. National Jewish Welfare Board. OCLC lists 2 copies (UT Austin, Wisconsin Hist Society) . Light wear and soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (AMR-46-19)
1st Edition. Original Red Paper Wrappers with silhouette of Lion on the front. 8vo. 16 pages ; 22cm. In French. Title translates into English as, Rabbi Ephraim Elncaoua (The Rabbi of Tlemcen) 1360-1442. Scarce Holocaust-era publication about Rabbi Ephraim ben Israel Alnaqua (1360-1442) here published in Tlemcen itself. Alnaqua was a physician, rabbi, theological writer, and founder of the Jewish community at Tlemçen, North Africa According to a legend, Alnaqua escaped from the Spanish Inquisition, which had martyred his father and mother at the stake, and came to Maghreb mounted on a lion, using a serpent as a halter. Azulai (refered) to him as a miracle-worker. Alnaqua succeeded, after all other physicians had failed, in curing the only daughter of a king of the Zayyanid dynasty. Refusing the reward of gold and silver offered him by the king, he begged only that the Jews living near Tlemçen might be united in it. In this way the community was formed. Alnaqua's first care was to establish a large synagogue: this is still in existence (as of 1906) , and bears his name. Above the rabbi's chair, on which the verse Jer. Xvii.12 is engraved, a lamp burns perpetually. Alnaqua's grave, surrounded by those of his family, is in the old cemetery: it is sacred to North African Jews, and (as of 1906) is frequently visited by pilgrims from all Algeria (Wikipedia, 2016) No holdings worldwide on OCLC. Inscribed by the author on inside page. Ex-library with usual markings. Creased in center. Rare, important, and even inscribed. Good+ condition. (HOLO2-130-29)
1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers inside new boards and protective plastic. 8vo. 63 pages ; 22 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, The Tenets of Neugermanischen Judeophobia with Special Reference to W. [Wilhelm] Marrs Writings Historically and Factually Lit by Ludwig Stern. Stern was a German Talmudic scholar, teacher, author, and contemporary of Wilhelm Marr, who published this work in the same year as Marrs infamous pamphlet, Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum (The Way to Victory of Germanicism over Judaism, 1879) . Wilhelm Marr (1819-1904) , a radical agitator, had been on the left wing in the 48 revolutions; he later popularized the term anti-semitism. In Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum, he introduced the idea that Germans and Jews were locked in a longstanding conflict, the origins of which he attributed to race, argued that Jewish emancipation resulting from German liberalism had allowed the Jews to control German finance and industry, and called for the expulsion of Jews from Germany. Marr later renounced anti-semitism at the end of his life, and declared himself as originally a 'philo-semite', undoubtedly under the impact of the debates in the SPD. This work was published in the same year as The Way to Victory of Germanicism over Judaism. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide, and none outside of Europe. Water-damage throughout but text is very readable. Ex-Library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and Usual markings. A few tears to paper wrappers. Good condition. Important. (holo2-131-26)
1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers, 8vo, 24 pages. Loaded with Photographic illustrations of refugee childrens artwork, including children who came to England on the Kindertransport from Germany. Consists of 20 reproductions of paintings and drawings by children in the exhibition "The war as seen by children, " a foreword by J. G. Siebert, outlining the history of the exhibition, and a speech by Austrian-emigre artist Oskar Kokoschka at its opening, January 4, 1943, in the Cooling galleries, New Bond street, a fund-raiser for the German refugee school at Theydon Bois. Variant title: Our Children To-day and To-morrow. No. 1. SUBJECT (S) : Child artists. Art -- Exhibitions. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works. World War, 1939-1945 -- Children. Exhibition catalogs. A similar copy sold at auction in 2015 for over USD 650. Light Wear, Very Good Condition. (Holo2-126-16) xx
1st edition. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 252; 318; 288; 304; 308; 244; 275 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Poland; Memoirs and Pictures. The grand epic memoir of Yekhiel Yeshaye Trunk (18871961) ; which he began as soon as arriving in New York in 1941, it took a decade to complete. Trunks broad political, social, and cultural experiences informed his autobiographical epic Poyln, a study of the decline of the upper strata of Polish Jewish society and the rise of a new secular Jewishness embodied in folklore, Yiddish literature, and the Bund. This work, his crowning achievement, focused almost entirely on the multifaceted collectivity of Polish Jewry, while relegating his personal story and inner struggle to the sideline. (YIVO Encyclopedia) . Trunk was the chief archivist of YIVO at the time of his death, and was considered, in an obituary published in the New York Times, one of the leading historians in the United States on the destruction of European Jewry during the Nazi era. Seven volume set, bound in green cloth with gilt title. Subjects: Authors, Yiddish - Poland - Biography. Jews - Poland - History. First volume cloth heavily worn with previous owners bookstamp, otherwise very clean. All other volumes have minor shelf wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (YIZ-15-9)
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 47 pages, 23 cm. In English. From the refugee period, just following the end of World War II. Statement by the President: I am very happy that the request I made for the immediate admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine has been unanimously endorsed by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. The transference of these unfortunate people should now be accomplished with greatest dispatch . I am also please that the Committee recommends in effect the abrogation of the white paper of 1939, including existing restriction on immigration and land acquition to permit the further development of the Jewish national home . Excerpts from the 79th Congress, 2d Session, 1946. The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry was a joint British and American committee assembled in Washington on 4 January 1946. The committee was tasked to examine political, economic and social conditions in Mandatory Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and settlement therein and the well-being of the peoples now living therein; to consult representatives of Arabs and Jews, and to make other recommendations 'as may be necessary' to for ad interim handling of these problems as well as for their permanent solution (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 1917-1948. Zionism. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide (OCLC: 974264) . Pen number on front cover, light wear, Very good condition. (YID-41-19) xx
Bound material. 4to. [4], 111 pages. 30 cm. First edition. Primer produced by the research department, containing descriptions and statistical information on JDC programs and countries of operation up to 1945. With a history of the JDC, phases of emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programs, 'Fight against Extermination' [pgs. 92-111]. Subjects: Jewish refugees - History - 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue. Jewish refugees. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee - History. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Jews - Rescue. World War (1939-1945) . Jews - Europe - Economic conditions. Jews - Economic conditions. OCLC lists 4 copies (USHMM, Harvard, Brandeis, HUC) , none in New York. Lightly aged; clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-123-40)
Original Wraps. 4to. 11 pages. 28 cm. First edition. Typewritten copy. Detailed report on the re-establishment of vocational training courses in ORT facilities in Warsaw, discontinued during the siege of Warsaw (as the Ort Building on Dluga street was destroyed) , with no classes functioning during the 1939-40 school year, but renewed, with saved equipment and machinery moved to ORT Quarters at Zabia and Stawski. The renewed courses, until May 1941, consisted of 2, 500 pupils; the enlargement of courses offered, the programs, results, conditions for development, plans for new courses, statistics of the artisan courses, office work courses, agricultural courses, and housekeeping courses are given in detail. A section entitled Cooperation with ORT, concerning relations with the Jewish Council, and the self-financing of ORT towards its courses was negotiated. Subjects: Jews - Poland - Warsaw. Vocational education - Poland - Warsaw. World ORT Union - Reports. OCLC lists one copy (NYPL) . Light wear to edges, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-113-27)
In 16, cm 12 x 17, pp. LXIV. Cartonatura rustica. Rarissima placchetta veneziana, nella quale si incita il Papa, Clemente XI, ad accorrere a fianco della Repubblica Veneta nella guerra contro il Turco. In essa si sostengono i gravi pericoli prossimi a toccare anche lo Stato della chiesa '...chi adesso puo' impedire all'Armata turchesca ch'ella...non venga a sbarcare a Terracina, o ad Ostia o a Fiumicino...' mentre lamenta le gravi perdite subite al momento dell'attacco delle armate turchesche'...tutto il Regno di Morea, Corinto, Romania, Modon... son cadute...ne mai per vilta' dei lor difensori...'. In effetti nel giugno del 1715, un'armata di 80.000 uomini diede avvio all'invasione della Morea (Peloponneso). Venezia, con un esercito di soli 10.000 uomini chiese aiuto all'Austria, vincolata all'intervento dagli accordi della Lega Santa del 1683 ma questa ruppe gli indugi ad intervenire solo quando Clemente XI intervenne con un pesante sostegno finanziario. In seguito, grazie alle numerose vittorie ottenute in particolare dal Principe Eugenio, si giunse alla pace di Passarowitz. Nel libello sono anche riportate le preghiere pubbliche fatte pubblicamente in Costantinopoli per la guerra del presente 1715 e tradotte dal turco da parte di 'Pietro Acerbo giovane di lingua'. L'ultima parte contiene la ristampa di un'altra scrittura di analogo tenore pubblicata nel 1666. Cicogna, 952: 'In questa lettera, che non apparisce da chi sia scritta, si eccita il Papa ad una crociata contro il turco...'.
