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The HISTORY OF GERMANY

VINTAGE BOOK COLLECTION

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A truly unique and fascinating collection of 211 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on 2 DVD data discs covering all aspects of THE HISTORY OF GERMANY, GERMAN CULTURE AND GERMAN PEOPLE.

Discover the history of Germany, from the earliest period to the end of World War 1. Explore the beginnings, rise, development, and progress of the German empire. Study German ideals and the culture of the German people, past and present. Read about the history of some of its major cities as well as its politics, emperors and leaders throughout the ages. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in German history and German people and their culture. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 211 vintage books on 2 DVD data discs provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written in English with some additional works in German.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

Disc 1:

A brief history of Bavaria - G. Norman (1906)

A connected series of notes on the chief revolutions of the principal states which composed the empire of Charlemagne, from his coronation in 814, to its dissolution in 1806 - C. Butler (1807)

A critical history of rationalism in Germany, from its origin to the present time - A. Saintes (1849)

A German deserter's war experience - J. Koettgen (1917)

A history of Germanic private law - R. Hubner (1918)

A history of Germany in the Middle Ages - E. Henderson (1894)

A history of Germany, from its invasion by Marius to the year 1850 - M. Markham (1862)

A history of Germany, from the earliest period to the present time - F. Kohlrausch (1844)

A history of the German language - C. Super (1893)

A particular description of the city of Dantzick its fortifications, extent, trade, granaries, streets, publick and private buildings, river, harbour, government, punishments, forces, religion and churches (1734)

A popular history of Germany, from the earliest period to the present day Vol. 2 - W. Zimmermann (1878)

A popular history of Germany, from the earliest period to the present day Vol. 3 - W. Zimmermann (1878)

A popular history of Germany, from the earliest period to the present day Vol. 4 - W. Zimmermann (1878)

A school history of Germany from the earliest period to the establishment of the German empire in 1871 - B. Taylor (1874)

A short history of Germany and her colonies - W. Phillips (1914)

A short history of Germany from the earliest times to the year 1913 - F. Schirp (1915)

A short history of Germany Vol. 1 - E. Henderson (1916)

A short history of Germany Vol. 2 - E. Henderson (1916)

An English wife in Berlin - E. Blucher von Wahlstatt (1920)

And the Kaiser abdicates - The German revolution, November, 1918-August, 1919 - S. Boulton (1921)

And the Kaiser abdicates, the story of the death of the German empire and the birth of the republic told by an eye-witness - S. Bouton (1920)

Annals of the Empire from the reign of Charlemagne - Voltaire (1755)

Berlin and Sans-Souci, or, Frederick the Great and his friends - L. Muhlback (1905)

Bismarck and German unity, a historical outline - M. Smith (1898)

Bismarck and the foundation of the German Empire - J. Headlam (1899)

Bismarck, the man and the statesman - being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto, Prince von Bismarck Vol. 1 (1898)

Bismarck, the man and the statesman - being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto, Prince von Bismarck Vol. 2 (1898)

Bismarck's pen, the life of Heinrich Abeken - H. Abeken (1911)

Blood and iron - origin of German empire as revealed by character of its founder, Bismarck - J. Greusel (1915)

Das Schuldenwesen der deutschen Städte im Mittelalter - B. Kuske (1904) (German text)

Deutsches Land und deutsches Volk Vol. 2 Pt. 2 - J. Gutsmuths (1821)

Deutsches Land und deutsches Volk Vol. 2 Pt. 3 - J. Gutsmuths (1821)

Deutschland nach dem Kriege von 1866 - W. Ketteler (1867) (German text)

Deutschlands auswärtige Politik, 1888-1914 - E. Reventlow (1916) (German text)

Die Chroniken der mittelrheinischen Städte. Mainz Vol. 1 (1881) (German text)

Die Chroniken der mittelrheinischen Städte. Mainz Vol. 2 (1881) (German text)

Die deutsche Revolution, 1848 - E. Brandenburg (1912) (German text)

Die deutsche Revolution, ihr Ursprung, ihr Verlauf und ihr Werk - E. Bernstein (1921) (German text)

Die reichsgründung Vol. 1 - E. Brandenburg (1916) (German text)

Die reichsgründung Vol. 2 - E. Brandenburg (1916) (German text)

Dresden - history, stage, gallery - M. Endell (1908)

Exhibition of early German art (1906)

Genseric, king of the Vandals and the first Prussian kaiser - P. Bigelow (1918)

German culture, past and present - E. Bax (1915)

German ideals of to-day, and other essays on German culture - K. Francke (1907)

German political leaders - H. Tuttle (1876)

German students' manual of the literature, land, and people of Germany - F. Holzwarth (1910)

Germans as exponents of culture - F. Frantzius (1914)

Germany - A. Holland (1914)

Germany - B. Taylor (1910)

Germany - S. Baring-Gould (1906)

Germany - W. Waugh (1916)

Germany and the German Emperor - G. Periss (1914)

Germany in revolution - L. Howard (1920)

Germany in the later Middle Ages, 1200-1500 - W. Stubbs (1908)

Germany in the nineteenth century - F. Bonavia (1912)

Germany since 1740 - G. Priest (1914)

Germany to the present day, a short history - A. Holland (1913)

Germany under three emperors - C. Radziwill (1917)

Germany, 1815-1890 Vol. 1 - A. Ward (1918)

Germany, 1815-1890 Vol. 2 - A. Ward (1918)

Germany, 1815-1890 Vol. 3 - A. Ward (1918)

Germany, from the earliest period Vol. 1 - W. Menzel (1899)

Germany, from the earliest period Vol. 2 - W. Menzel (1899)

Germany, from the earliest period Vol. 3 - W. Menzel (1899)

Germany, from the earliest period Vol. 4 - W. Menzel (1899)

Germany, her people and their story - a popular history of the beginnings, rise, development, and progress of the German empire from Arminius to William II - A. Gifford (1899)

Germany, the welding of a world power - W. von Schierbrand (1907)

Germany's hour of destiny - H. Frobenius (1914)

Geschichte der freien Stadt Frankfurt a. M. (1814-1866) Vol. 2 - R. Schwemer (1910) (German text)

Geschichte der freien Stadt Frankfurt a. M. (1814-1866) Vol. 3 Pt. 1 - R. Schwemer (1910) (German text)

Geschichte der freien Stadt Frankfurt a. M. (1814-1866) Vol. 3 Pt. 2 - R. Schwemer (1910) (German text)

Geschichte der National-Oekonomik in Deutschland - W. Roscher (1874) (German text)

Glimpses of modern German culture - K. Francke (1898)

Guide to the law and legal literature of Germany - E. Borchard (1912)

Heidelberg, its princes and its palaces - E. Godfrey (1906)

Historisch-diplomatische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Berlin Vol. 1 - E. Fidicin (1837) (German text)

Historisch-diplomatische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Berlin Vol. 2 - E. Fidicin (1837) (German text)

Historisch-diplomatische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Berlin Vol. 3 - E. Fidicin (1837) (German text)

History of Frederick the Second, called Frederick the Great - J. Abbott (1871)

History of Frederick the Second, Emperor of the Romans Vol. 1 - T. Kington-Oliphant (1862)

History of Frederick the Second, Emperor of the Romans Vol. 2 - T. Kington-Oliphant (1862)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 1 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 2 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 3 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 4 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 5 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great Vol. 6 - T. Carlyle (1884)

History of German civilization - E. Richard (1911)

History of Germany - J. Sime (1874)

History of Prussia Vol. 1 - H. Tuttle (1888)

History of Prussia Vol. 2 - H. Tuttle (1888)

Disc 2:

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 1 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 2 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 3 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 4 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 5 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 6 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 7 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 8 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 9 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 10 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 11 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 12 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 13 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 14 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 15 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. 16 - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages Vol. Index - J. Janssen (1896)

History of the German struggle for liberty Vol. 1 - P. Bigelow (1903)

History of the German struggle for liberty Vol. 2 - P. Bigelow (1903)

History of the German struggle for liberty Vol. 3 - P. Bigelow (1903)

History of the German struggle for liberty Vol. 4 - P. Bigelow (1903)

History of the Germanic empire Vol. 1 - S. Dunham (1834)

History of the Germanic empire Vol. 2 - S. Dunham (1834)

History of the Reformed church of Germany, 1620-1890 - J. Good (1894)

Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich III - E. Steindorff (1874) (German text)

Kaiser Otto der Grosse - R. Kopke (1876) (German text)

Konrad III - W. Bernhardi (1883)

Life and times of Stein, or, Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic age Vol. 1 - J. Seeley (1879)

Life and times of Stein, or, Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic age Vol. 2 - J. Seeley (1879)

Life of Frederick the Great - F. Kugler (1846)

Life of the Emperor Frederick - M. Poschinger (1901)

Luther and the German reformation - T. Lindsay (1900)

Mediæval popes, emperors, kings, and crusaders, or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268 Vol. 1 - M. Busk (1872)

Mediæval popes, emperors, kings, and crusaders, or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268 Vol. 2 - M. Busk (1872)

Mediæval popes, emperors, kings, and crusaders, or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268 Vol. 3 - M. Busk (1872)

Mediæval popes, emperors, kings, and crusaders, or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268 Vol. 4 - M. Busk (1872)

Memoirs and papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, envoy extraodinary and minister plenipotentiary from the Court of Great Britain to the Court of Prussia, from 1756 to 1771 Vol. 1 - A. Bissett (1850)

Memoirs and papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, envoy extraodinary and minister plenipotentiary from the Court of Great Britain to the Court of Prussia, from 1756 to 1771 Vol. 2 - A. Bissett (1850)

Memoirs of eminent teachers and educators with contributions to the history of education in Germany - H. Barnard (1878)

Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst Vol. 1 - F. Curtius (1906)

Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst Vol. 2 - F. Curtius (1906)

Memoirs of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg - H. Mirabeau (1910)

Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg - from the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederic I. King of Prussia (1758)

Memoirs. Authorised by Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Schillingfuerst, and edited by Friedrich Curtius Vol. 1 (1906)

Memoirs. Authorised by Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Schillingfuerst, and edited by Friedrich Curtius Vol. 2 (1906)

Men who have made the new German empire Vol. 1 - G. Strauss (1875)

Men who have made the new German empire Vol. 2 - G. Strauss (1875)

Modern German music - H. Chorley (1854)

Munich, history, monuments, and art - H. Wadleigh (1910)

Oesterreich und Preussen im Befreiungskriege, urkundliche Aufschlüsse über die politische Geschichte des Jahres 1813 - W. Oncken (1876) (German text)

Old Fritz and the new era - L. Muhlbach (1868)

Political history of recent times, 1816-1875 - with special reference to Germany - W. Muller (1882)

Protection in Germany, a history of German fiscal policy during the nineteenth century - W. Dawson (1904)

Prussia and the Franco-Prussian war - J. Abbott (1871)

Prussianism and pacifism - the two Wilhelms between the revolutions of 1848 and 1918 - P. Bigelow (1919)

Prussia's territory - F. Stevens (1917)

Rhyme and revolution in Germany, a study in German history, life, literature and character, 1813-1850 - J. Legge (1918)

Secret memoirs of the court of Berlin - H. Mirabeau (1901)

Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands - A. Cohn (1865)

Sketches of German life, and, Scenes from the war of liberation in Germany - R. Varnhagen (1861)

Social Germany in Luther's time - B. Sastrow (1902)

Some chapters from the history of the Rhine country - N. Pletcher (1907)

Stories from German history from ancient times to the year 1648 - F. Aston (1915)

Teachers in Germany in the sixteenth century - C. Robbins (1912)

Teutschland und die Teutschen - A. Schreiber (1835) (German text)

The awakening of the German people - O. Nippold (1918)

The battle-fields of Germany - from the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War to the Battle of Blenheim - G. Malleson (1864)

The Berlin court under William II - A. von Schwering (1915)

The civil and military history of Germany, from the landing of Gustavus to the conclusion of the Treaty of Westphalia - F. Naylor (1816)

The defeat of Varus and the German frontier policy of Augustus - W. Oldfather (1915)

The development of theology in Germany since Kant - O. Pfleiderer (1890)

The early Germans - A. Howland (1899)

The early history of land-holding among the Germans - D. Ross (1883)

The Emperor Charles V Vol. 1 - E. Armstrong (1910)

The Emperor Charles V Vol. 2 - E. Armstrong (1910)

The English government, and the rise of Prussia - C. Adams (1871)

The evolution of Prussia - J. Marriott (1917)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 1 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 2 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 3 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 4 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 5 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 6 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The founding of the German empire by William I Vol. 7 - H. von Sybel (1890-98)

The German revolution of 1849 - C. Dahlinger (1893)

The German revolution, 1918-1919 - R. Lutz (1921)

The German spirit - K. Francke (1916)

The Germans of 1849 in America - M. Becker (1887)

The Germans. I. The Teutonic gospel of race. II. The old Germany and the new - J. Robertson (1916)

The history of German song - an account of the progress of vocal composition in Germany, from the time of the minnesingers to the present age - L. Elson (1888)

The history of the Thirty Years' War in Germany Vol. 1 - F. Schiller (1799)

The history of the Thirty Years' War in Germany Vol. 2 - F. Schiller (1799)

The land of Teck and its neighbourhood - S. Baring-Gould (1911)

The life of Agricola and the Germania - C. Tacitus (1913)

The life of Frederic the Second, king of Prussia - G. Dover (1832)

The life of Prince Bismarck - W. Jacks (1899)

The life of Prince Otto von Bismarck - F. Stearns (1899)

The literature of Germany, from its earliest period to the present time, historically developed - F. Thimm (1866)

The making of modern Germany - F. Schevil (1916)

The origin of the Reformed church in Germany - J. Good (1887)

The philosophy of history in France and Germany - R. Flint (1874)

The Prussian campaign of 1758 - H. Tuttle (1898)

The refounding of the German Empire, 1848-1871 - G. Malleson (1893)

The revolution in Germany - K. Dannenberg (1919)

The secrets of the German war office - A. Graves (1914)

The state of Protestantism in Germany described - H. Rose (1829)

The story of Nuremberg - C. Headlam (1900)

The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 - S. Gardiner (1875)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 1 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 2 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 3 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 4 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 5 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 6 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

Treitschke's history of Germany in the nineteenth century Vol. 7 - H Von Treitschke (1915)

War songs of the Germans, with historical illustrations of the Liberation war and the Rhine boundary question - J. Blackie (1870)

When blood is their argument - an analysis of Prussian culture - F. Hueffer (1915)

William I. and the German empire - G. Smith (1887)

Young folks' history of Germany - C. Yonge (1878)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in the history of Germany, German people and German culture – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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