Recent Arrivals from Setton Book Collection
Recent Arrivals from Setton Book Collection
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SALONIQUE A LA FIN DU XVIII S.
by Mihail Laskaris
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Off-white paper, some age-darkening
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€93.30
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In French.
Corners slightly bunped, no foxing, very small tear at head of spine, sewn signatures tight, but somewhat loose in paper binding, all pages clear, intact and unmarked.
Olfert Dapper's (1636 – 1689) copper engraving of Thessaloniki from 1688 appears on the cover.
This very hard-to find book by Prof. Michael Laskaris (1903-1965), a distinguished Balkanologist at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, provides… Read more about this item Item Price
€93.30
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L'Appartamento Borgia in Vaticano
by HERMANIN, Federico
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1934
- Binding
- Navy blue textured cloth, title and decorative lines in gilt on spine and in untextured square on front board
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€93.30
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In Italian.
Spine somewhat faded, pages slightly cocked, one front corner bumped. Some foxing. very slight fraying at head of spine. Illustrations in text and 46 full page sepia plates on heavy clay stock. In original plain cardboard slipcase, which has foxing and a torn corner. Bears signature of former owner, the distinguished medievalist K.M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€93.30
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A Summary Catalogue of Microfilms of One Thousand Scientific Manuscripts in The Ambrosiana
by Gabriel, Astrik L.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Dark red cloth, author, title gilt-stamped on spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€60.64
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Book is as new except for a lightly bumped corner. Dust jacket shows some wear at bottom front, light foxing on spine of dust jacket.
Abbot Gabriel's thorough and meticulous work on the extraordinary corpus of Ambrosiana microfilm at The Mediaeval Institute of the University of Notre Dame. The works follow scientific progress from the 10th to the eighteenth centuries, including… Read more about this item Item Price
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"Vic:" the Autobiography of a Fox Terrier
by Marsh, Marie More (Moore)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Brown cloth, gilt-stamped decorations, color portrait or boy and dog on front board
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€60.64
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A little foxing, age-soiling, a loose hinge, one loose page. The last 16 pages are of Henry Altemus Company catalogue advertising.
The author's name is actually Moore, misprinted in earlier editions. This format was part of the Altemus Series 58 "Boys and Girls Classics" (No. 91), printed between 1899 and 1906. This edition is among the early ones of the series,… Read more about this item Item Price
€60.64
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The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli
by Roberto Ridolfi
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Red cloth, title, author and publisher gilt-stamped in gilt box on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€69.98
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Not ex-library, no markings of any kind, completely clean.
Marchese Roberto Ridolfi (1899-1991) from an ancient and prominent Florentine family, was a brilliant self-taught biographer and writer (the "…one great Italian analytical bibliographer of the 20th century" according to Prof. Conor Fahy of Birkbeck College). He wrote highly esteemed biographies of, among others, Savonarola and Guicciardini and avoids abstract philosophizing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Kingdom in the Sun
by Norwich, John Julius
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Dark blue cloth, title in yellow box on spine with, author, publisher gilt-stamped on spine
- ISBN
- 9780571340231
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€44.78
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No stamps, no marks, slight folds on dust jacket flaps, very slight fraying on head of spine of dustjacket, very slight bump on head of volume spine, otherwise as new. Jacket price-clipped.
When on Christmas Day 1130 Roger de Hauteville (Roger II) was crowned the first King of Sicily, a period of peace, prosperity and artistic flourishing began which lasted until… Read more about this item Item Price
€44.78
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The Agora of Athens
by Thompson, Homer A., Wycherly, R.E.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Dark blue cloth, title in yellow box on spine with, author, publisher gilt-stamped on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€116.62
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A couple of minor tears in top edge of the dust jacket; volume itself is completely clean and unmarked except for inscription from Prof. Thompson to the distinguished medievalist Prof, Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (whose copy this was and whose bookplate it bears), where they were colleagues, and again in 1960/61 at The American… Read more about this item Item Price
€116.62
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An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and Peking Union Medical Collegegree
by Mary Brown Bullock
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Green textured cloth, author, title and pressm stamped on spine between decorative bars
- ISBN
- 9780520035591
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€46.65
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No tears in dust jacket, all pages tight, bright and unmarked, no stamps or markings of any kind.
The only reason the book is not As New is very slight bending of top edges of dust jacket and a few age spots on page tops. 12 illustrations. 13 tables and maps.
Mary Brown Bullock is an American academic who served as president… Read more about this item Item Price
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Saint George
by Gordon, E.O.
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1907
- Binding
- Blindstamped on glazed maroon cloth; title, author and publication date 0n spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€51.32
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A little corner bumping, small chip and fraying at head of spine, Front hinge starting, some age-darkening, all pages clean, unmarked and intact. Some light pencil writing on front pastedown. Gilding on spine worn.
Printed on heavy stock with 25 illustrations. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Full blindstamped pictorial cover showing armored and visored St. George slaying the dragon, with sun, castle, distressed damsel… Read more about this item Item Price
€51.32
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De Natione Anglicana Univ. Parisiensis
by Gabriel, Astrik L., Abbot
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Black cloth, title, author gilt-stamped on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€69.98
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In Latin. Dedicated to Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995), eminent medievalist at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (at this time at the University of Pennsylvania). Bears his bookplate and an inscription in Latin to him from Abbot Gabriel.
Fr. Astrik L Gabriel, O.Praem (1907 - 2005), the world's leading authority on the history of the medieval university, was Director and… Read more about this item Item Price
€69.98
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A History of Greek Fire and Gunpower
by Partington, J.R.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Red cloth, title, author and publisher gilt-stamped on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€41.98
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In English; 21 illustrations. The volume itself is in Near Fine condition, completely clean and unmarked and with only very slight corner bumping, having been protected by its dust jacket and never having been a library volume.
James Riddick Partington (1886 – 1965) was a eminent British chemist and historian of chemistry who published extensively on the history and principles… Read more about this item Item Price
€41.98
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Die Letzten Tage von Konstantinopel (von Ivákna), Die Normannen in Thessalonike (Hunger)
by Hunger, Herbert, Von Ivánka, Endre
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Paperback with attached dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€51.32
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Some age darkening, particularly on back covers. Otherwise, all pages tight, clean and unmarked, no stickers, not ex-library. Very slight tear in dust jacket of Die Normannen. Bear light pencil mark on both covers, Die Letzten Tage bears name in ink of distinguished medievalist Prof. K. M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
Either volume available… Read more about this item Item Price
€51.32
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Chronicles of the Tombs (Pettigrew's Collection of Epitaphs)
by Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1864
- Binding
- Blue cloth decoratively stamped boards, title, price, series gilt-stamped on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€60.64
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Front hinge a little weak, but all pages are tight, clean, complete and unmarked. Some fraying at head and heel of spine. Not an ex-library copy, no stickers, owner's namer, etc., A little fragile, with some age-browning of paper. Part of Bohn's Antiquarian Library. Five shillings price gilt-stamped on spine.
Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) was an English surgeon, professor of… Read more about this item Item Price
€60.64
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Blasone Veneto
by Coronelli, Vincenzo
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Red cloth, gold-stamped title on front board.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€69.98
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Number 169 of 600 numbered copies. Small tear on top front of dust jacket, spine of dust jacket is tanned; what appears to be a water stain on back board and inside of dust jacket, a little age-related wear to dust jacket. Apart from the stain on back board, volume is in essentially new condition.
Filippi Editore's 1975 reprint of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bluejackets' Manual
by United States Naval Institute
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- 10th
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Navy blue cloth, title, publisher, date gilt-stamped on front board and spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€46.65
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Volume is tight, solid and complete; no fraying of spine head or heel, no marks of any kind, all pages tight, bright and complete. Boards are semiflexible cardboard. A little age-darkening, 3 corners slightly bumped. Has "BRAZ, M." and "X45" stenciled in white on front board.
Issued to US Navy enlisted personnel since 1902, and a direct successor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Varia Antiochena
by Mayer, Hans Eberhard
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Red cloth; author, title stamped in black
- ISBN
- 9783775254069
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€69.98
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In German. Prof Mayer is the Professor of Medieval and Modern History at the University of Kiel and a renowned authority on medieval history.
In his Preliminary Remarks (Vorbemerkung) Prof. Mayer mentions that the excellent work of Prof. Claude Cahen (to whom the book is dedicated) has tended to overshadow inquiry into the important Crusader state The Principality of Antioch… Read more about this item Item Price
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Open Letter from a Television Viewer
by Montgomery, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- White and orange paperback with Heineman Open Letter Series design om front cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€69.98
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Upper corner of front cover shows a fold mark; binding and pages solid, tight and unmarked. Includes Robert Montgomery's obituary from the New York Times under pastedown, which left a slight shadow on flyleaf.
From J.H. Heineman's "Open Letter" series, which was, according to the Foreword, "...conceived and developed as the platform for an international assembly of prominent people and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Antologia della Letteratura Italiana
by Gianni, Angelo; Balestrieri, Mario; Pasquali, Angelo (Eds.)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Various (see description)
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Yellow cloth: editors, title, volume number and part number gilt-stamped on boards and spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€79.30
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3 Parts in 5 volumes. In Italian. Not an ex-library copy. Bears written name of original owner. All bindings tight, pages completely unmarked, with a little age-browning. Vol.1, parts 1&2 have a couple of bumped corners, part 1 has a couple of light spots. Vol.2, part 1 has a loose rear hinge. Vol 3, part 1 has a… Read more about this item Item Price
€79.30
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La Carrière d'un Navigateur
by Albert Ier Prince de Monaco
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Fifth
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Deluxe binding in blush calf, gold decorations, author, title gilt-stamped on spine, coat of arms of the Principality of Monaco
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€233.25
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Near fine: a couple of very minor scratches on spine, a little fraying at head of spine, slipcase shows a little shelf wear. Interior of volume and front and back boards are pristine.
This volume was a personal gift from Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923 - 2005) to the eminent medievalist Kenneth… Read more about this item Item Price
€233.25
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History of Martha's Vineyard Mass.
by Banks, Charles Edward
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second (Reprint of the original 1911 edition)
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Dark green cloth, gilt-stamped title, volume, author on spine; plain boards.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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€326.55
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Octavos, three volumes. No damage, no marks of any kind, not an ex-library copy, no bookplates, etc.. The only deviation from new condition is a few very small spots on page tops (see photograph).
Colonel Charles Edward Banks was an American medical doctor with the U.S. Marine Hospital Service, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health… Read more about this item Item Price
€326.55