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B. Granville (Lt.-Col.) Baker From a Terrace in Prague
New York, NY Brentano's No Date(about 1920). B002DFM12K Hardcover Good
B002DFM12K Hardcover, no dust jacket, dark green cloth boards, no date noted, but sources point to 1920 or so, there are 2 hand-written gift dedications, the earliest is as a Christmas gift in 1924. Main flaw is a slight crack in the binding revealing the crash (cloth web on spine) of the book between pages 32 and 33. Otherwise the book is in fine shape, appears to be little used. The endpapers have some pencil bookseller's marks, the right endpaper / first page has a private library stamp in the form of a blue oval with the names of the two former owners. Two gift dedications are found above and below the stamp from the owners to a Christmas gift recipient in 1924 and intriguingly a second inscription below the stamp back to the presumed former owners from a second gift giver in September of 1938. There are three color prints of the Prague skyline / buildings and a number of black and white line drawings of places and people of interest done skilfully by the author in a style reminiscent of Art Noveau. From the preface: There are many excuses for the writing of books, and sometimes there may even be sufficient reason. I offer no excuses, but will give what reasons I have for committing to paper these my reflections or meditations inspired by the sight of a fine old capital city as seen from a Terrace in Prague. The first reason I wish to give may be altruistic, namely, that finding so many of my race quite ignorant of Prague and all that city stands for right down the ages, I feel compelled to add my mite to what has already been written about the subject. My second reason, a strong one with me, arises out of my inability to enjoy things of beauty and interest without letting my friends know about them. This may be a weak and selfish reason, but there it is. The third reason rests on my intense desire that you should come out here, to Prague, even to the terrace of my choice, and look at the scene through my eyes while I would endeavour to see it through yours. This, I admit, is undiluted selfishness on my part. While awaiting you, I am preparing, by means of this work, to introduce you to a goodly throng of those who know or knew this city and loved it well. Perhaps they may admit me to their round table as the last to arrive, and the least. In any case, I owe them a debt of gratitude for their help in becoming acquainted with Prague and the deeper meaning of this glorious city. There are many such kindly helpers: there was Cosmas Pragensis the chronicler, Palacky the historian, there was Count Lutzow, whose works on Prague, as on his native country, are inspired by intense love of them, and illumined by transparent[Pg 8] honesty. There are others still among us and doing useful work. A walk with Dr. Jerabek in the gardens of Waldstein's palace, a talk with Professor Skola, and many other good friends of mine in Prague, have made a pleasure of this work I have undertaken. Out of sheer joy in the things I have seen and heard, and the kindly spirit that informed those who helped me, have I written and illustrated this book From a Terrace in Prague. *
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Owen Chadwick Acton and History
Cambridge University Press 0521570743 / 9780521570749 Hardcover Very Good
0521570743 Hardcover, no dust jacket, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book is clean, no handwriting or highlighting found during a cursory search of the pages. Book appears unread, pages show no indication of wrinkling, soiling or any other use. A seminal figure in European, especially English Catholicism and a critic of the doctrine of papal infallibility that was being promulgated by Pius IX at the time. He was a contemporary of Gladstone, and his influence and learning was spread by Gladstone in the 19th century. We know him today as the coiner of the phrase: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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