THE RETRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC
Uncommon first US edition and first English translation of this major work by the French medieval historian, with an admiring foreword by Katherine Anne Porter.
Uncommon first US edition and first English translation of this major work by the French medieval historian, with an admiring foreword by Katherine Anne Porter.
A history of Oxford University by the academic and folklorist.
First edition of this study of world civilization meant for a popular audience.
Deluxe limited first edition, in a striking Art Deco binding, of this midcentury popular history of England.
Rare first edition in English of this investigation of life after death, seeking to explain scientifically phantoms, lycanthropes, vampires, and Doubles by reference to "magnetic fluid" and the mesmeric ether.
First edition of this illustrated tour of horrible things and the people they happened to, undertaken with great enthusiasm by the author-publisher, whose quarter-century of prior research formed the basis for this work.
Reprint of Brown's 1924 study of Easter Island archaeology and ethnology.
First edition of Ballinger's investigation of Nan Madol, a Micronesian "monolithic stone corpse of a city" identified as a remnant of the lost continent Mu by James Churchward and his followers.
First printing of this history of Christiano Jr.'s photographs of African enslaved people and laborers in Brazil, a collection he sold as a souvenir to European tourists — a rare title.
First edition of this lavishly produced history of French military campaigns and costumes, with emphasis on Napoleon and the Grand Imperial Army.
First edition of this book of collected writings by the American Presbyterian missionary, regarding 19th-century Syrian customs and his dedicated efforts to interfere with them.
First edition of this historical overview and contemporary portrait of social, religious, and domestic life in Turkey of the early 20th century.