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Brandi, Karl. The Emperor Charles V: The Growth and Destiny of a Man and of a World-Empire. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960 reprint of 1939 original. 655 pp. Biography of the Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558). Scarce. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $30.00
Davis, Natalie Zemon. The Return of Martin Guerre. Harvard UP, 1983. 162 pp. Includes notes. Trade paperback, very good. OP; $9.00
Gager, Kristin E. Blood Ties and Fictive Ties: Adoption and Family Life in Early Modern France. Princeton UP, 1996. 197 pp. "Gager brings to light evidence showing how married couples and single men and women from the artisan neighborhoods in 16th- and 17th-century Paris managed to adopt children as their legal heirs. In so doing, she offers a new, richly detailed portrait of family life, civil law, and public assistance in Paris." Extensive bibliography. Hardcover, new. In print at $47.50; $12.00
Gardner, Edmund G. Saint Catherine of Siena: A study in the religion, literature and history of the fourteenth century in Italy. London; Dent, 1907. 439 pp. With bibliography, some illustrations. hardcover, bound in library cloth, ex-library copy with usual markings & pocket, else very good, sturdy, clean. OP; $30.00
Goodrich, Norma Lorre. Charles, Duke of Orleans: A Literary Biography. NY; Macmillan, 1963. 340 pp. With extensive bibliography. Hardcover, ex-library copy with usual markings, pocket, & dj pasted to inner cover; else good, clean. OP; $12.00
Hole, Christina. English Home-Life, 1500 to 1800. London; Batsford, 1949. 184 pp. With bibliography, some illustrations. Hardcover, light wear to edges & corners, else good w/worn dj. OP; $12.00
Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy. Carnival in Romans. NY; Braziller, 1979. 426 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, a few inked notes & marks throughout, else good/no dj. OP; $9.00
Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy. Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error. NY; Braziller, 1978. 383 pp. A 14th-century village of southern France. With bibliography. Trade paperback, very good. In print at $17.00; $9.00
McLeod, Enid. Charles of Orleans: Prince and Poet. NY; Viking, 1969. 407 pp. Biography and literary exploration. hardcover, very good, no dj. OP; $12.00
Nef, John U. Industry and Government in France and England, 1540-1640. Cornell UP, 1957. Small paperback, good. $4.00
Wyndham Lewis, D.B. Francois Villon: A Documented Survey. NY; Literary Guild, 1928. 407 pp. Preface by Hilaire Belloc. Hardcover, slight fraying to head of spine, corners bumped, else good, no dj. OP; $12.00
Wyndham Lewis, D.B. King Spider: Some Aspects of Louis XI of France and his Companions. NY; Coward-McCann, 1929. 501 pp. "This is neither a biography of Louis XI nor a chronicle of his packed reign. . . . Rather is this an essay, or a series of aspects, somewhat after the model of M. Lenotre in his series of Revolutionary studies: an attempt to display, from contemporary and authentic sources alone, a series of pictures of an extraordinary man and his background." Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings & pocket; else very good, bound in sturdy library cloth. OP; $14.00
Zahl, Paul F.M. Five Women of the English Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. 120 pp. "Puts the spotlight on five strong and intellectually gifted women [Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, Jane Grey, Anne Askew, Catherine Willoughby] who, because of their absolute and unconditional commitment to the advancement of Protestant Christianity, paid the cost of their reforming convictions with martyrdom, imprisonment, and exile." Hardcover, near mint w/vg dj. OP; $10.00
Couturier, Marcel. Recherches sur les structures sociales de Chateaudun, 1525-1789. S.E.V.P.E.N., 1969. Trade paperback, some light creasing & shelfwear to wraps, else very good+. $30.00
Defourneaux, Marcelin. La Vie Quotidienne au Temps de Jeanne d'Arc. Paris; Hachette, 1952. 314 pp. Broche, very good. $12.00
Faral, Edmond. La Vie Quotidienne au Temps de Saint Louis. Paris; Hachette, 1938. 275 pp. Broche, very good. $12.00
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