Wien [Vienna]: Publisher Unknown, 1904. 12 unnumbered pages from the 25th anniversary in 1904 of the graduates from the class of 1879 at the Maria Abiturienten in Vienna. Of the twenty-two in the class, 17 of those who attended signed at the gedenblatt (the commemorative sheet). This institution was composed..... More
Dordmund; from June 2nd to June 29th, 1947: Gruwell. Octavo. German language. A catalog for the exhibition of the works created on the basis of the competition, "Dormund 1946" by Westphalian artists in the work physiological institute Dortmund, Rheinland damm 201. While Dortmund was one of the most heavily bombed..... More
He acknowledges his birthday greeting from von Trotha on his 94th birthday (1849--1945). Dated December 16, 1943 (his birthday was on December 6). As a Feldmarshall in World War I he commanded Army Group Mackensen), after the Armistice, the Allies had him interned in Serba for one year. In 1933..... More
Cologne [Koln] (1975): Rheinland-Verlag. First Edition. Small Quarto. Inscribed to Professor Dr. Francois Gaeushof (?) with best wishes" 1976. In 2 volumes. Vol. I, 330 pages, with multiple folding plates at end [with folding map in pocket] Vol. 2. 519 pages with folding maps. This work shows the expansive settlement..... More
Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1964. Original Paper Wrps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. German text with Bismizzin dialect studies. More
Leipzig: Rengersche Buchahandlung - Gedhardt & Wilisch, 1891, 1891. Quarto. One volume only. 419 pp. German text. A scientific biography of the first german chancellor and chronology of Bismarch's life 1815-1871. Bound in 3/4 brown pebble grained cloth over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. From the library of..... More
Leipzig: Engelmann, 1908. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 270pp. German text, fraktur. Five plates in text. Scarce study of Ferdinand von Schill and Adolph von Luekow. Once Napoleon was defeated in 1815, German historiography for the next century wrote about the "loyal rebels" which saw as heroes Fedinand von Schill, Adolf..... More
Stuttgart and Berlin: J. O. Cotta'sche, 1913, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. 508 pp., folding color map, (2) pp publisher's ads. Volume one only. History of Brandenburg politics up to the peace of Westphalia of 1648. Bound in 1/4 calf over blue-green cloth, spine beautifully decorated in blind and gilt, all..... More
London: Edward Lumley, 1852. Small Octavo. xviii[xiv-xii] 131pp., 24pp. publisher's catalog. translated into English from the German. Translator's preface signed: B.W. (i.e. B. Williams]. Some of the subjects include German names of places in general. The intimations of German mythic and tradional history and more. Bound in 3/4 red morocco..... More
Berlin: Verlag Der Jugendinternationale, 1922. Small Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 75 pp. Rosa was a Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator who played a key role in the founding of the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus League, which grew into the Communist Party of Germany. This work contains the letters..... More
Dresden: Widerstands-Verlag, 1929. 59 pp. Fraktur. Reprint of Moltke's 1841 text on the question of the Rhine as Germany's western boundary. More
Braunschweig. Octavo. The first volume is 178 pages and is reproduced from the author's typescript of his family history. They were based in Braunscheig who worked in theatre, travelling through Saxony and Thuringen. Most of this is family history written in fairly simple German. The second volume contains 350 pages..... More
Berlin: Paul Kittel successor Peter Stanik, 1896. Oblong Quarto. No pagination. A beautiful near fine copy depicting the life of the Prussian Queen Luise through color lithographs. Beautifully bound in light purple cloth, pictorial pastedown of the Queen, lettered and decorated in black, white and gilt, decorative endpapers, no names..... More
(Andreas and Andreas Verlagsbuchhandel, Salzburg, 1983). Thick Quarto. 988pp. German text. illustrated church history published in color with more than 1300 color images and church history lexicon. Bound in marron cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a near fine copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a...... More
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorsn Nachf. 1925. Octavo. The author write about contemporaries in various fields; music, politics, journalism, science, education and more. This particular book is inscribed by the then famous German actress, pilot and car enthusiast Antoine Strassman to Arizona artist Oscar Strobel dated 1929/30. with a news clipping of..... More
(Frankfurt; 1977): Buchergilde Gutenberg. Thick Octavo. German Text. In two volumes; 662 and770pp. The most authoritative books on the German Revolution, 1848-1849. The First volume is a comprehensive study based on documents discovered nearly a hundred years after the events. The second volume is divided into nine large parts: the..... More