11. Daniljuk, Natalija V. [Hrsg.] (Karl Hahn).

Russland – Deutschland – Europa. Tagungsband zu Ehren von Prof. em. Dr. Karl Hahn.

Münster, Lit, 2004. 8°. IX, 287 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Extrem seltene, vergriffene Publikation ! Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Europa 2000 ; Bd. 21].

12. Febel, Gisela [Hrsg.].

Europäischer Film im Kontext der Romania. Geschichte und Innovation.

Wien/Zürich/Berlin/Münster, Lit, 2007. 8°. 313 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand (Eine Kante miminal geknickt). KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [FOLIES ; Bd. 5]

13. Gallagher, Michael.

The referendum Experience in Europe [including a newspaper-clipping: “Do Referenda have the vote of the people ?” by Theresa Reidy] Edited by Michael Gallagher and Pier Vincenzo Uleri.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996. 23cm. IX,263 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man.

14. Grape, Wolfgang.

The Bayeux Tapestry.

Munich / London / New York, Prestel, 1994. 24 cm x 28 cm. 174 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

15. Heraldic Illustration of the 18th century – Guillim, John / [ Edward Le Davis ] / [ Michael van der Gucht].

A Display of Heraldry. By John Guillim, pursuivant at Arms. The Sixth Edition [on fine paper]. Improv’d with large Additions of many hundred Coats of Arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. With his Tract of Precedency, containing all his Rules, Observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is added, “A Treatise of Honour Military and Civil”, According to the Laws and Customs of England, By Capt. John Logan. Illustrated With the Arms, Crests, Supporters, and Motto’s of the Royal Familly, and Nobility: The Arms of the Sees of the English Bishops, and several of the Gentry. Together With the proper Habits of the different Degrees of the Nobility of England, and the Emblems of the chief Orders of Knighthood in Europe; all fairly engraven on Copper Plates. Also An Exact List of the Baronets, from their first Creation to this present Time; and most of their Arms Blazon’d. With an Account of the Customs, Government, and Privileges of the City of London, the other Cities of England, and Shire-Towns of each County, and their Arms. Likewise A Supplement of Scarce tracts relating to the Office of Arms, taken from Authentick Copies. And A Dictionary, explaining the several Terms used by Heralds, in English, Latin and French. With proper Tables to the Whole. [With 17 full-page, original portraits, engraved by Edward Le Davis and flemish engraver Michael van der Gucht / With 295 engraved crests / coat of arms, displayed on 47 pages].

London, R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin in St.Paul’s Church-Yard / And J. Walthoe and Tho. Ward, in the Temple, 1724. Folio (26 cm x 39 cm). Frontispiece, [5], 20 pp. [″The Introduction”], [1], 460 pp. [″A Display of Heraldry”], [2], 275 pp. [″Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations”], 58 pp. [″Honour Civil of the City of London”], 24 pp. [″Dictionary used by Heralds”], [11] pp. [″Alphabetical Table of the Names of the Nobility and Gentry”]. Illustrated and complete with 17 portraits of courtyard and apparatus and 47 plates, engraved on wood, reproducing a total of hundreds of coats of arms with coats, crests, lambrequins, helmets and coins. Very many coats of arms in the 2-columned text. Hardcover / Original 18th-century binding with modern restauration (rebacked) to the highest standards. Superior example of this publication ! Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and last page of the work with minor crease. Two corners torn (two pages following the title), corner of page 185 torn and page 92 of the second part of the book with longer lesion within text (no loss of text). Endpapers and pastedown with some minor spotting. All these descriptions of faults sound worse than they are. Interior text, plates and portraits overall in unbelievably clean and excellent condition. Name of pre-owner in ink on title and verso frontispiece (″J.Stilwell”).

16. Hodges, Richard.

Dark Age Economics: The origins of towns and trade, AD 600-1000.

Second Edition. London, Duckworth, 2001. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. X, 230 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slightly fragile binding. Some underlinings, highlighted areas. [New Approaches in Archaeology]

17. Hooke, Nathaniel.

The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth [with the printed Dedication to Alexander Pope]. Illustrated with 17 folding Maps, 4 Fontispieces and 11 other Plates [32 copper-engravings in total].

The Fourth Edition. Four Volumes (complete set with all maps and plates). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson; Hawkins and T.Longman, 1766 – 1771. Quarto (27 cm x 22 cm). Collation: Volume I: Frontispiece, XLVI, XLVI, 634 pages with 10 plates and 3 maps / Volume II: Frontispiece, XXXII, XXXII, 668 pages with 8 maps / Volume III: Frontispiece, VI, 694 pages with 5 maps / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VII, 464 pages plus 76 unnumbered pages of a General Index and 1 plate and 1 map. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with gilt lettering and labels on spine. Interior of this set with all maps and illustrations in excellent, very clean condition. The boards of the bindings with abrasions and some bumping but overall very firm. Some stronger peeling of the leather on board of Volume I, Only three pages with minor tears. The large map of Northern Africa (Palestine, Egypt and Libya) with a minor tear. The stunning maps and plates in timeless beauty. Highly underestimated work, in the shadow of Gibbon but with meticulous detail in presenting the geographical impact of the Roman Conquest. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

18. Howard, John / [Daniel Conner Library]

An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague: Together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional remarks on The Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland. [Including chapters on English Prisons and Hospitals, Hulks [Prison-Ships] on the Thames, Remarks on the Gaol-Fever, Remarks on Penitentiary Houses, Scottish Prisons and Hospitals, Irish Prisons and Hospitals, Charter Schools in Ireland etc.]

First Edition. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres; And sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor in London, 1789. Quarto (24,5 cm x 30,5 cm). VIII, 259 pages plus 13 unnumbered pages of Index and 1 page “Directions to the Book-Binder”. Collation complete with 22 plates of which 20 are large fold-out-engravings. Hardcover / Contemporary 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine. Stunning Volume, recently restored and rebacked by two english master-binders. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. After the restoration now a highly-desirable collectable. One of the first sociological studies of conditions within the penal system of England and Ireland compared to other 18th-century practices within European Jails / Gaols. The partly romantic engravings seem sinister when one imagines what inmates and children endured within these settings. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

19. [Miscellaneous Harry Luke] – Luke, Harry Charles.

In The Margin Of History.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., No date. [c.1933]. 20,5 cm x 13,5 cm. XIV, 270 pages, 16 plates, 12 maps and plans. Original Hardcover. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Exlibris of Giuseppe Catalani to front pastedown. Some rubbing to spine, slight bumping to corners. Otherwise in good condition.

20. [Miscellaneous Harry Luke] – Luke, Harry Charles.

In The Margin Of History.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Lovat Dickson Ltd., 1933. 20 cm x 14 cm. XIV, 270 pages, 16 plates, 12 maps and plans. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Some rubbing, fading to boards and spine. Fraying to dustjacket. Otherwise in good condition.