PEACEMAKERS: THE PARIS CONFERENCE OF 1919 AND ITS ATTEMPT TO END WAR
Written by Margaret MacMillan.
Stock no. 1831328
Published by John Murray. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

In this book, Margaret MacMillan looks in depth at how the Treaty of Versailles, which officially brought the Great War to and end, was formulated and argues that, flawed though some of its terms were, the peacemakers did as well as they could in fairly impossible circumstances. Pictorial cardwraps. x and 528 pages including index. ISBN: 0719562333. Reading creases to spine. Text block is grubby. Contents clean and firm.

CITY OF FORTUNE
Written by Roger Crowley.
Stock no. 1331187
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire. Colour illustrations and photos. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 405 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780571245949. Spine bumped at head and tail. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at spine ends.

THE EUROPEAN RIGHT A HISTORICAL PROFILE
Written by Hans Rogger; Eugen Weber.
Stock no. 1331093
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A foundational academic study analyzing the development of conservative, reactionary, and fascist movements across Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Red boards, black title to spine. 589 pages. Spine bumped. Some foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Endpapers lightly browned. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel.

THE PURSUIT OF ITALY
Written by David Gilmour.
Stock no. 1331079
Published by Allen Lane. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of the Land, its Regions and their Peoples. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 447 pages (including index). Colour photos. ISBN: 9781846142512. 6th printing. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and verso of wrapper. Light spotting to wrapper.

THE STATECRAFT OF MACHIAVELLI
Written by H. Butterfield.
Stock no. 1831201
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition.

Machiavelli lived from 1469 to 1527 and he saw what we may regard as the culmination of the Italian Renaissance. 'The Statecraft of Machiavelli' is divided into four parts, each focusing on a particular aspect of Machiavelli's writings. All four are directly appurtenant to how his policies, concepts, maxims which comprise them are actually viable in the real world of politics. Fuschia cloth boards, silver title to spine. 167 pages. Top & tail of spine worn and frayed, title to spine has all but rubbed off. Spine is browned. Boards lightly marked. Slight lean to spine. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and a few scattered foxspots. Some annotation in the form of pencil marks to margins. Overall, a good working copy.

GARIBALDI AND THE THOUSAND
Written by G.M. Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1831196
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1909. Almost very good condition.

This third volume in the famous trilogy covers Giuseppe Garibaldi's role in the events of June to November 1860, the decisive year in the making of Italy ending with his conquest of Sicily and Naples and his acknowledgement of Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia as king of a united Italy. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates and 5 maps. xv and 395 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. 3rd Impression. Spine faded, boards slightly scuffed and slightly mottled. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout.

BAYREUTH: A HISTORY OF THE WAGNER FESTIVAL
Written by Frederic Spotts.
Stock no. 1831076
Published by Yale University Press. 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is the first to provide a frank and comprehensive account of the institutions's history and functioning. The core of the study is a critical analysis of the performances and productions, brought alive with illustrations of stage settings, conductors and singers in costume. Around this artistic history is woven the remarkable story of why Wagner established the Festival and how his controversial descendants have managed it after him. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 334 pages including index. ISBN: 0300057776. Reprint. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE CEREMONIAL CITY
Written by Iain Fenlon.
Stock no. 1330839
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

History, memory and myth in Renaissance Venice. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 448 pages, including index. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300119374. Top of spine is bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, also affecting edges of front panel.

GARIBALDI AND THE MAKING OF ITALY
Written by G.M. Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1830935
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1911. Almost very good condition.

This is the final volume of British historian GM Trevelyan’s epic trilogy, covering the life and career. of Guiseppe Garibaldi The first two books covered Garibaldi’s rise as a national figure in the Italian states, and how he navigated the web of European powers who sought to retain control of their territories. This final instalment shows Garibaldi at last achieving his dream of a united Italy, by way of compromise with the powerful republican Count Cavour. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates plus 4 maps. xix and 390 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Third impression. Spine faded and a little marked, shelf worn at head and tail. A few light marks to boards. Endpapers and text block browned. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to margins.

THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DOCTRINES OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Written by Michael Oakeshott; Ernest Barker; Frederic A. Ogg.
Stock no. 1330808
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1950. Almost very good condition.

American edition if 5 prefaces by Ogg. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 241 pages. 8th printing of the American edition. Cloth is slightly dusty. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. A few corner tips creased. Some light foxing to textblock.

REFORMATION: EUROPE'S HOUSE DIVIDED 1490-1700
Written by Diarmaid Macculloch.
Stock no. 1330806
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Paperback edition. 831 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0140285342. Spine lightly creased where book has been held open to read. Spine also lightly faded. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Pale page edge browning.

MUSIC, MEN, AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND ITALY 1770
Written by Charles Burney; H. Edmund Poole.
Stock no. 1830793
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

Being a journal written by Charles Burney, Mus.D. during a Tour through those countries undertaken to collectmaterial for A General History of Music. Edited and with an introduction by H. Edmund Poole. Green cloth with maroon title block and gilt text to spine. B/w illustrations. xxix and 245 pages. Text block has very tiny foxspots. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn at ends, one end starting to split, and has a few minor knocks. Musty odour present.