About this title: PREFACE IT may be postulated as an axiom of history that in dividuals are more important than events. The importance, not to speak of the interest, of the latter decreases in proportion to their distance from posterity till they are finally submerged in the ocean of time. To this sweeping assertion there is, of course, as usual, an excep tion, and certain epoch-making events in the history of mankind a Renaissance, a Reformation, a Revolution, for instance rear their crests above the waste of time, like those volcanic islands in tropic seas whose summits tower as high above the waves from ...
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Edition: 4th impression.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brentano's, New York
Date Published: 1910
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No dust jacket. Text block smudgey. xii, 343, [1] p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm. History of women; reel 773, no. 6196. Includes: Portraits, Plates. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brentanos 1910
Date Published: 1910
Description: ISBN. Hardback. No dustjacket. No statement of later printing on copyright page. A tight sound copy but pretty much a nice tight sound reading copy only due to heavy spine wear and edgewear to the outer covers. The entire length of the inner hinges have been reinforced with black cloth library tape, but this has been nicely done and does not look all that bad. Inner text block is tight and unmarked. Book does have a nice older fine leather binding with raised rib spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brentano's, New York
Date Published: 1909
Description: Biographies of such forceful women, mistresses and prostitutes such as: the Duchese de Chateauroux, Ehrengard Melusina von der Schulenburg-Dutchess of Kendal, Catherine II-Empress of Russia, Elizabeth Chudleigh-Duchess of Kingston, The Comtese de Lamotte, the Duchesse de Polignac, Lola Montez. Very Good in green cloth w/serpent-entwined Tree of Knowledge on cover, spine modestly faded. Plates. Undated, circa 1909. Thick octavo. 320pp (p) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781406769487ISBN:1406769487
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brentano's Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1910
Description: Very Good. First edition in original cloth. 320pp. Illustrated. Very Good condition book--no dustjacket. Book shows some wear from aging--rubbing to cover's edges and additional, general rubbing. Overall, a nice, tight, clean copy that has endured time's passing. No date listed--circa 1910. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London
Date Published: 1924
Description: Very Good. Fourth impression. Cloth hardbound octavo; clean, unmarked text; frontispiece; illustrated with b&w plates; 320 pp. Copy is Very Good; show light bumping, wear, and soil; text block yellowed; spine slightly rolled; some spotting on title page and first few pages. Protected from further damage by mylar sleeve. read more
Description: Illus. 320pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y. : Brentano's, 1909. The Duchess de Chateauroux, Ehrengard Melusina Von Der Schulenberg, Duchess of Kendal, Catherine II, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, The Commtesse de Lamotte, The Duchesse de Polignac, Lola Montez. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brentano's
Date Published: 1910
Description: Very Good. A very good exterior, the ornate spine is abit faded, but the decoration on the front board is excellent, alittle cracking at the front endpaper, but solidly bound, completely unmarked. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766131996ISBN:0766131998
Description: New. Historical tales of important and scandalous women, written with great humor, beautifully illustrated. Contents: Duchesse de Chateauroux, 1717-1744; Ehrengard Melusina Von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, 1667? -1743; Catherine II, Empress of Russi... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781406769487ISBN:1406769487
Description: New. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and... read more
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