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Gilbert, Henry (William Hickling Prescott) - THE CONQUERORS OF PERU retold from Prescott's "Conquest of Peru"

London, George G. Harrap & Company 1913 Full page plates (16) by Thomas Maybank. . Octavo blindstamped and gilt titled red cloth (spine slightly sunned) Top edge rouged other edges uncut 285pp +[1]p end of index name to fly leaf scattered foxing else V.G clean and tight.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 12.68 | JP¥ 1957] Booknumber: A73157

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Tuplin, W.A. - Great Western Steam. (2nd impression)

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD., 1967. hardcover with dustjacket, XIV, 194 pp.
EUR 7.00 [Appr.: US$ 7.62 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 1175] Booknumber: 14322

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van der Heiden, Bas - De stoomtram op IJsselmonde. (De RTM stoomtram op de Zuidhollandse en Zeeuwse eilanden, deel 3)

Klaaswaal, Uitgeverij Deboektant, 1990. gebonden, 84 pp.. ISBN: 9071802434
EUR 8.00 [Appr.: US$ 8.7 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1343] Booknumber: 17631

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Barrow, J.D. - The origin of the universe

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 0297814974.Fine/No Jacket.Little used. In English.1 kg.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 6.34 | JP¥ 978] Booknumber: 28712

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Michelin - Boulogne - Lille [France]

Michelin & Cie. Clermont-Ferrand, 1962.No.51, 1:200,000.Fold-out map.V.g./.In French.1 kg.
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5 US$ 2.54 | JP¥ 391] Booknumber: 3039

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JAMES, RICK - West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1550175459. Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book, appears unread. ; Raincoast Chronicles 21; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages; In this special edition of Raincoast Chronicles, maritime historian Rick James takes the reader on an authoritative and well-illustrated tour of the most fascinating of BC's shipwrecks. As well as reliving high-seas adventures, we learn the stories behind retired Cape Horn windjammers, solve the sixty-year-old mystery of how Wreck Beach earned its name as well as investigate other shipwreck lore. Unique coastal characters also step forward and tell their stories--including old towboaters like Joe Quilty and Alan Heater, who risked their lives as a matter of course, and the King of West Coast shipwrecks himself, retired diver Fred Rogers. Whether they were deep water sailors who travelled the sea lanes of the world or those who spent most of their lives on inside waters towing booms from up coast camps to south coast lumber mills, all have fascinating stories and adventures to relate. The tales of disaster at sea where lives were lost serve as a written memorial to all whose bones lie on the bottom of one of the most treacherous stretches of coastline anywhere on the planet.. Near Fine .
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2700] Booknumber: 16655

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MINUTAGLIO, BILL & STEVEN L. DAVIS - Dallas 1963

New York: Twelve, 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1455522090. DJ is in near-fine condition. Book has previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 371 pages; "Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963 presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas-until now. With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city-and a nation.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2854] Booknumber: 20418

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LIPCHITZ, JACQUES; ALFRED WERNER - Amedeo Modigliani

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. 081095124X. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 081095124X. Sixteen full-color plates. Text by Jacques Lipshitz with commentaries by Alfred Werner. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. Mylar protected cover is torn is a few places, spine and corners are bumped. NEAR FINE/GOOD. Great Art of the Ages Series. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 40 pp. Near Fine in Good dust jacket .
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 | £UK 23.75 | JP¥ 4628] Booknumber: 21411

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Geominy, Wilfred. - Das Akademische Kunstmuseum der Universität Bonn unter der Direktion von Reinhard Kekulé.

Amsterdam, 1989. IX,253 pp. 16 b./w. plts. Hardcover.
EUR 100.00 [Appr.: US$ 108.8 | £UK 86 | JP¥ 16785] Booknumber: 266694

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Altekamp, Stefan. a.o. (Edited). - Posthumanistische klassische Archäologie. Historizität und Wissenschaftlichkeit von Interessen und Methoden. Kolloquium Berlin, 1999.

München, 1999. 507 pp. Ills. Hardcover.
EUR 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 21.76 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 3357] Booknumber: 215848

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GRAZ, LIESL - Les Omanis, nouveaux gardiens du Golfe.

Paris, Albin Michel. 1981. (ISBN: 2226013482) Rigide, 8vo. Livre, ( IN FRENCH - EN FRANÇAIS ) 246 pages; Dans la collection "Présence du monde arabe". Étude sur l'Oman, dernier Sultanat indépendant du monde.; Couverture rigide postérieure à la publication. Plats un peu frottés. Ex-exemplaire de bibliothèque avec les marques habituelles. Livre propre à l'intérieur et solide. Bon état. Bon.
CAD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.81 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1360] Booknumber: 013068

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Chippendale, T. - Vorbilder fur Kunst- und Mobeltischler im Gothischen, Chinesischen und Rococo-Stil

Berlin (Verlag Ernst Wasmuth), s.a. [1890]. Large folio halfcloth hardcover with marmored plates in good condition: fold in flyleaf; with 200 b/w reproductions based on the third ed. (London, 1762); text in German.
EUR 75.00 [Appr.: US$ 81.6 | £UK 64.5 | JP¥ 12589] Booknumber: 431654

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Csokor, F.T. - Als Zivilist im Polnischen Krieg

C.V. Allert de Lange, Amsterdam, 1940 Some wear. 124 p., Soft Cover, Good.
EUR 22.75 [Appr.: US$ 24.75 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3819] Booknumber: 4276

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Elands, M. e.a. - De geschiedenis van 1 Divisie 7 December 1946-1996

SDU Uitgevers, Den Haag, 1996 365 p., Hardcover, 1e druk, Zeer goed.
EUR 4.25 [Appr.: US$ 4.62 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 713] Booknumber: 7099

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Croo, M.H. du & H.J. Schmidt - Generaal Swart. Pacificator van Atjhe

N.V. Leiter-Nypels, Maastricht, De band vertoont een verkleuring en enige gebruikssporen aan de randen.177 p., Hard Cover, Goed.
EUR 5.75 [Appr.: US$ 6.26 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 965] Booknumber: 3305

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COWLES, Virginia: - Die Rothschilds. 1763-1973. Geschichte einer Familie.

Würzburg, Verlag Ploetz KG, 1974, in-4to, 301 S. reich. ill., Original-Leinenband, O.-u. ¶ Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.
CHF 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 22.19 | £UK 17.5 | JP¥ 3423] Booknumber: 56359

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Emmy Andriesse / W. Jos. de Gruyter - De Wereld Van Van Gogh

Den Haag, Daamen, 1957. First edition. Hardcover including dustjacket. 31 x 23. 0098. Solid copy with clean yellow cloth cover. Dust jacket has a few small tears and light fraying to edges, mild age toning and spotting to sides. Inside fine, minor sunning to page edges and some toning to end papers. Second pinting. Very Good/Good, . ¶ Photographs by Emmy Andriesse of the places and scenes painted by Van Gogh; text in dutch, french and english. Design by Dick Elffers and Jurriaan Schrofers.
EUR 35.00 [Appr.: US$ 38.08 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 5875] Booknumber: 2684

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Brooks Johnson - Photography Speaks: 66 Photographers on Their Art

New York / Norfolk, Aperture / The Chrysler Museum of Art, 1989. First edition. Softcover. 25,5 x 18. 0893813559. Some waving to wrappers and first pages, minor shelfwear (rubbing). Very Good. ¶ A thoughtful introduction to photography through the words and images of artists who have shaped the medium over the last 150 years. First volume of the Chrysler Museum Collection..
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.88 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1679] Booknumber: 1901

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SANDER, Frank: - The Frank family that survived. A twentieth-century Odyssey.

London: Hutchinson, 2004. 8vo, 23.3cm. Pp. xix,[3],298, 61 photos on 16 plates, sketch map, refs. Hardbound, orig. gilt-lettered boards in pictorial dust-jacjet. Small name on title-page, otherwise fine, almost as new.
EUR 26.00 [Appr.: US$ 28.29 | £UK 22.5 | JP¥ 4364] Booknumber: 7202

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Griffiths, Helen - Blackface stallion.

Hutchinson, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Good reading copy, an ex library hardback with just a couple of stamps on the title page, front endpaper looks like a replacement, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 158 pages, text illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 15.22 | JP¥ 2348] Booknumber: 50948

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- Old John Corbin's spectacles.

Religious Tract Society, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in red cloth with black titles and floral decoration, cloth worn at spine ends and corners, Sunday School prize label on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 96 pages + 16 pages of publisher's adverts, illustrations in the text. Undated but assume date from other books advertised. Good with no dust jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 15.22 | JP¥ 2348] Booknumber: 68861

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Fay, Aimé - DICO Banque monétique, euro.

France: La Maison du Dictionnaire, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 204 pages, bibliography, index. Very Good.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 US$ 25.36 | JP¥ 3913] Booknumber: 60126

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Curtis, William - Original Hand Colored Print No. 601; Watsonia Brevifolia, or Short-Leaved Watsonia

London, T. Curtis, 1802. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in 1787, was begun by William Curtis, as both an illustrated gardening and botanical journal. Curtis was an apothecary and botanist who held a position at Kew Gardens, who had published the highly praised (but poorly sold) Flora Londinensis a few years before. The publication familiarized its readers with ornamental and exotic plants, which it presented in octavo format. Artists who had previously given over their flower paintings to an affluent audience, now saw their work published in a format accessible by a wider one. The illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a general reader was given in exploded details, some of which were given as a section. This was accompanied by a page or two of text describing the plants properties, history, growth characteristics, and some common names for the species. The first volume's illustrations were mostly by Sydenham Edwards, a dispute with the editors saw his departure to start the rival The Botanical Register. The credit for the first plate (Iris persica) goes to James Sowerby, as did a dozen of Edwards contributions. The first thirty volumes used copper engraving to provide the plates, the hand colouring of these was performed by up to thirty people. An issue might have a circulation of 3000 copies, with 3 plates in each. As costs of production rose, and demand increased, results would be variable within a run. The later use of machine colouring would provide uniformity to the artists work, although the process could not give the same detail for many years. The magazine has been considered to be the premier journal for early botanical illustration." from Wikipedia. Ill.: Sydenham Teak Edwards. Very good .
USD 29.99 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 | £UK 23.75 | JP¥ 4627] Booknumber: 19372

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Curtis, William - Original Hand Colored Print No. 912; Campanula Macrophylla, or Large-Leaved Bell-Flower

London, T. Curtis, 1806. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 7 7/8". The right edge is trimmed. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in 1787, was begun by William Curtis, as both an illustrated gardening and botanical journal. Curtis was an apothecary and botanist who held a position at Kew Gardens, who had published the highly praised (but poorly sold) Flora Londinensis a few years before. The publication familiarized its readers with ornamental and exotic plants, which it presented in octavo format. Artists who had previously given over their flower paintings to an affluent audience, now saw their work published in a format accessible by a wider one. The illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a general reader was given in exploded details, some of which were given as a section. This was accompanied by a page or two of text describing the plants properties, history, growth characteristics, and some common names for the species. The first volume's illustrations were mostly by Sydenham Edwards, a dispute with the editors saw his departure to start the rival The Botanical Register. The credit for the first plate (Iris persica) goes to James Sowerby, as did a dozen of Edwards contributions. The first thirty volumes used copper engraving to provide the plates, the hand colouring of these was performed by up to thirty people. An issue might have a circulation of 3000 copies, with 3 plates in each. As costs of production rose, and demand increased, results would be variable within a run. The later use of machine colouring would provide uniformity to the artists work, although the process could not give the same detail for many years. The magazine has been considered to be the premier journal for early botanical illustration." from Wikipedia. Ill.: Sydenham Teak Edwards. Very good .
USD 24.99 [Appr.: EURO 23 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3855] Booknumber: 19357

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CHAMBERLAYNE, J E S [ED.] - The Foxhound Kennel Stud Book. Volume XLIII. 1957

London: The Masters of Foxhounds Association, [1958]. First Edition. Green hardback boards with red leather spine. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). ix, 137pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Light shelfwear .
GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 28 US$ 30.44 | JP¥ 4696] Booknumber: fks043

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DAVID, ELIZABETH; MACCARTHY, SOPHIE [ILLUS.] - A Book of Mediterranean Food and Other Writings

London: The Folio Society, 2005. First FS Edition. Green cloth spine with gilt titles on papered pictorial boards. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xxii, 265pp + plates. 9 colour plates.. VG: in very good condition with faded green slipcase .
GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 US$ 35.51 | JP¥ 5478] Booknumber: fol201e

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GEORGE, JAMES L [ED.] - The U.S. Navy. The View from the Mid-1980s

Boulder: Westview Press, 1985. Reprint. Blue laminated card cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 385pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .
GBP 15.60 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 US$ 19.78 | JP¥ 3052] Booknumber: j6142

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HALIFAX, EARL OF; FAIRBURN, G B; &C - Baily's Hunting Directory. Volume 60 1966 - 1967

London: J A Allen & Co Ltd, 1966. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xx, 361pp + maps. 3 colour fold-out maps.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket .
GBP 15.60 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 US$ 19.78 | JP¥ 3052] Booknumber: bhd060a

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PERSEY, AMANDA - Favourite Dorset Recipes

Sevenoaks: J Salmon Ltd, [2008]. First Edition. Illustrated card cover. 120mm x 170mm (5" x 7"). 48pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued .
GBP 2.60 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 3.3 | JP¥ 509] Booknumber: fav29

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ZONDAGSBODE, De. - De Zondagsbode. Doopsgezind Weekblad, onder redactie van J. Wuite. 41 jaargang 22 Januari 1928. No. 12. De inwijding der Nieuwe Kerk Aalsmeer.

Schagen, De Westfriesche Kerkbode, 1928. Krant. 4 p.
EUR 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 5.44 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 839] Booknumber: Y7836

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Beye, Peter. Rüdiger Klapproth und Heinrich Geissler. - Willi Baumeister. Malerei und Graphik der 20er Jahre. [Katalog zur Ausstellung,] Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 13.12.1969 - 28.2.1970. Veranstaltet von der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart und dem Stuttgarter Galerieverein. Katalog: Rüdiger Klapproth und Heinrich Geissler.

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, First Edition 105 S. mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen ; 4°.Leicht gebräunt sonst sehr gut. Sprache: Deutsch.
EUR 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.06 | £UK 10.5 | JP¥ 2014] Booknumber: R10292

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MAYRÖCKER, FRIEDERICKE: - Reise durch die Nacht.

Frankfurt, Suhrkamp 1986. 135 S. Ppbd. Schutzumschlag etwas berieben. Papier etwas gebräunt. Mit Widmung von F. Mayröcker Karl Mickel - mit allen guten Wünschen - und in Bewunderung. 16.6.86.
EUR 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.4 | £UK 43 | JP¥ 8393] Booknumber: 77318EB

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- Booted Eagle. (Zwergadler). Lithographie aus Morris: a History of British Birds.

London (um 1880). 25 x 15 cm. Etwas gebräunt.
EUR 12.00 [Appr.: US$ 13.06 | £UK 10.5 | JP¥ 2014] Booknumber: 71186EB

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YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE - Nouvelles Orientales

Gallimard. 1978. (ISBN: 2070299732). Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, In-12, broché, Très Bon Etat. Very Good.
CAD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 7.34 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1133] Booknumber: 73852

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VANDEGANS ANDRÉ - Aux Origines de Barabbas. Actus Tragicus de Michel de Ghelderode

Les Belles Lettres. 1978. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, In-8, broché, Très Bon Etat. Very Good.
CAD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.25 US$ 29.38 | £UK 23.25 | JP¥ 4532] Booknumber: 73896

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Haussig, H.W. - Histoire de la civilisation Byzantine.

Paris, Tallandier, 1971. Cloth with dustjacket, 27 cm, 461 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good.
EUR 14.50 [Appr.: US$ 15.78 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 2434] Booknumber: 111668

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Spath, I.M. - Yoga. Wegen ter bevrijding.

Deventer, Kluwer, 1953. Linnen band, 21 cm, 202 pp. Enkele onderstrepingen en het boek is geplastificeerd. Cond.: goed / good.
EUR 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 5.44 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 839] Booknumber: 105985

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- Almanach der Africaansche landbouwers en hoveniers / African Gardeners' and Farmers' Almanac.

Kaapstad, Suid-Afrikaanse Biblioteek, 1984. Paper cover, 22 cm, 37 pp. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0869680528.
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.88 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1679] Booknumber: 62814

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- Kant en kunst. No. 80. Tentoonstelling van Kant uit de verzameling Jacoby-Iklé onder auspiciën van de British Council en het Kantsalet in het museum Willet Holthuysen te Amsterdam in de zomer van 1951..

Amsterdam, Museum Willet Holthuysen, 1951. Geniette band, 26 cm, [32] pp. Ills.: zwart/wit illustraties. Cond.: goed / good.
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.88 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1679] Booknumber: 111222

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Dostojefski, F.M. - De gebroeders Karamazow. Vertaald door A. Kosloff.

Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, zonder jaar. Halflinnen band, 20 cm, 739 pp. Cond.: goed / good.
EUR 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 5.44 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 839] Booknumber: 86778

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- The Anglo-Dutch garden in the age of William and Mary. De gouden eeuw van de Hollandse tuinkunst.

Apeldoorn, Rijksmuseum Paleis Het Loo, 1988. Linnen band met stofomslag, 22 x 38 cm cm, 341 pp. Ills.: zwart/wit illustraties. Cond.: goed / good.
EUR 9.50 [Appr.: US$ 10.34 | £UK 8.25 | JP¥ 1595] Booknumber: 99105

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Blacklock, Judith - Flower Arranging Style; an International Collection of Ideas and Inspirations for All Seasons

New York, Bulfinch Press, 1997. Hardcover. pp. viii, 311. 4to. Colour photographs, black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good in very good, edgeworn dustjacket with sunned spine. .
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1543] Booknumber: 068166

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Wilson-Raybould, Jody - Indian in the Cabinet; Speaking Truth to Power

Toronto, Harper Collins, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 331. 8vo. Light shelfwear, sticker with signature to title pahe; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. SIGNED by Wilson-Raybould. .
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2700] Booknumber: 091650

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Lewis, Stephen - Race Against Time; Searching for Hope in Aids-Ravaged Africa

Toronto, House of Anansi Press, 2006. Paperback. pp. xvi, 214. 8vo. Wear to corners; very good+. CBC Massey Lecture series. .
USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 926] Booknumber: 021372

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Arnason, David - The Dragon & the Dry Goods Princess

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Turnstone Press, 1995. Paperback. pp. 133. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .
USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1388] Booknumber: 062017

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[Rural Municipalty of Whitehead] - Whitehead Wanderings: 1883 - 1983; the Rural Minicipality of Whitehead

Whitehead, Manitoba, [Rural Municipalty of Whitehead], 1983. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 272. 4to. Bound in full navy blue cloth with map and pictorial endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine and endpapers. Very light general shelfwear; Very Good to Very Good+. .
USD 56.25 [Appr.: EURO 51.75 | £UK 44.5 | JP¥ 8678] Booknumber: 024171

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Lewis, Stephen - Race Against Time

Scarborough, House of Anansi Press, 2005. Paperback. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 1234] Booknumber: 062336

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Cavallo, Adolph S. - Needlework

Washington DC, The Smithsonian Institution, 1979. Hardcover. pp. 127. 4to. Black and white and colour photographs. Light general shelfwear, sunned edges; very good in very good, rubbed, edgeworn dustjacket showing a few short, closed tears. The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques, prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. .
USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 7 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 1157] Booknumber: 069200

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Kingwell, Mark - The World We Want; Virtue, Vice, and the Good Citizen

Toronto, Penguin Books, 2001. Paperback. pp. xxii, 250. 8vo. Light general shelfwear, edgewear, occasional pencil notation to textblock; very good-. .
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1543] Booknumber: 073852

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Klein, Naomi - No Is Not Enough; Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

Toronto, Knopf Canada, 2017. Paperback. pp. 273. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear, remainder mark to bottom edge; near fine. .
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1543] Booknumber: 089013

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Steinem, Gloria - Marilyn; Norma Jeane

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Light shelfwear; very good in lightly shelfworn, very good dustjacket. Photographs by George Barris. .
USD 9.37 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1446] Booknumber: 036713

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Domburg. - Het Schutters Hof te Domburg.

Kopergravure, ca. 1790. Bulthuis. Handgekleurd. Afmeting: 15,5 x22,5 cm. Geleverd in zuurvrij passe-partout.
EUR 120.00 [Appr.: US$ 130.56 | £UK 103 | JP¥ 20142] Booknumber: 22090

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Brouwershaven. - Haven van Brouwershaven. - Port de Brouwershaven.

Kopergravure 1802 van De Jong en Sallieth. Afmeting: ca. 34.5 x 26 cm. Geleverd in zuurvrij passe-partout.
EUR 140.00 [Appr.: US$ 152.32 | £UK 120.25 | JP¥ 23499] Booknumber: 31071

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Bingley, Xandra, - BERTIE, MAY AND MRS. FISH - Country Memories of Wartime.

Harper Perennial, London, 2006, trade paperback, [xiv], half tone photo frontis, double page map, many half tone photo ills. in text, coloured photo pictorlal upper wrapper, a memoir of childhood on a Cotswold farm during WW2 to the immediate post-war years, sl. slant to lightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., good plus,
GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 6.98 | JP¥ 1076] Booknumber: 38565

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Wheatley, Dennis, - DANGEROUS INHERITANCE.

Hutchinson, London, 1965, 1st edn., 349pp, maps at eps., red/black dichromatic cloth lettered in gilt and lined in black at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Edward Mortelmans, a Duke de Richleau story, slightly cocked, lightly bumped at spine ends and rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. surface loss at tips, some closed edge tears and creasing, repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.88 | JP¥ 1370] Booknumber: 40183

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Connell, Brian, - RETURN OF THE TIGER.

Sundial, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 223pp, maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), account of the exploits of a young Gordon Highlanders officer who in Malaya, 1942 joned Force 136, a network of spies and sabateurs being built up by Special Operations Executive. In 1943 after Singapore had fallen Lyon commanded Z Force, a mixed team of British and Australian sabateurs who travelled from Australia to sink enemy shipping in Singapore Harbour with limpet mines, Operation Jaywick. After this success a larger group undertook a further Operation Rimau in 1944 but they were intercepted by the Japanese, Lyon ordered most of his party to return and undertook a reduced raid with four others, then returning by attempting to island hop back to Australia. Many members of this operation were either killed in action or executed after capture, including Lyon, edges tanned, near fine,
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Yeats-Brown, Francis (1886-1944) - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

New York, The Viking Press, Inc. 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 299. 8vo. Origianal terracotta cloth over boards with silver lettering and illustration to the spine, and front board; untrimmed pages edges. Light bumping to spine ends, some faint spotting to the spine, contents clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good. Autobiography of the British Indian army officer, and recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1930. The book would be loosely adapted for the screen in the 1935 eponymously titled film starring Gary Cooper.
USD 39.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 | £UK 31 | JP¥ 6017] Booknumber: 6837

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(Arnaboldi, Tiziana; di Leonardo, Salvatore; Galeone, Rosario; et al) - IL Teatro E IL Sapere Dell'Occhio: Scritti 1981-1984. / Mutus Liber

(Torino: I Llibri di Marginalia, 1985). 1985). (Torino: I Llibri di Marginalia, 1985). 1985). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The binding is very slightly soiled. 108 pages. There is light foxing to the front endpaper. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Inscribed to Dick Higgins of Something Else Press by the members of Mutus Liber [Tiziana Arnaboldi, Salvatore di Leonardo and Rosario Galeone] and signed "Mutus Liber 8/3/86".

The group states that the writings in this book accompanied their theatrical and visual researches and activities from 1981-1984. "Mutus Liber" [from the Latin Wordless Book] was an alchemical text published in France in the second half of the 17th century. It claimed to outline, through a series of mystical illustrations, a method of manufacturing the Philosopher's stone.

Rare. Very good .
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 138 | £UK 118.5 | JP¥ 23141] Booknumber: 12733

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HANA, W.F.J. - Klokken.

Van Dishoeck, Bussum, z.j. 80 p. ing. 13,5x21 cm. foto?s. ill. Vierde druk. Slijtage onderaan de rug.
EUR 2.50 [Appr.: US$ 2.72 | £UK 2.25 | JP¥ 420] Booknumber: 250909-3452

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GOLOMSHTOK, IGOR AND GLEZER, ALEXANDER. - Soviet Art in Exile.

Random House, NewYork, 1977. 172 p. cloth.+dustjacket. 21x25 cm. ill. Spine of dustjacket bleached. Small traces of use.
EUR 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 10.88 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1679] Booknumber: 31115-30

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HAMSUN, KNUT - Women at the Pump, The

London, Picador. 1979. (ISBN: 0330259067) Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, 5" x 7.75"; 350pp; paperback; some creasing to spine and front cover near spine; small chip to front bottom edge; g/-;. Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 6.34 | JP¥ 978] Booknumber: 10807

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STIELER, ADOLF - Stielers Hand-Atlas

Gotha, Justus Perthes. 1908, Reprint. Three-Quarter Leather, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" Tall. Book, 100 Karten in kupferstich mit 162 nebenkarten. Front board is detached and lacks spine. Contents clean and bright, includes 238 page place name index. This is a very heavy book. please contact us before ordering. Good/No Jacket - as issued.
GBP 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 349.75 US$ 380.46 | JP¥ 58696] Booknumber: 17366

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HAGENBACH, KEITH - Rat Quotient, The

London, W. H. Allen. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491028342) Hardback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Good/Good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 8.88 | JP¥ 1370] Booknumber: 17613

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NO AUTHOR - Property from the Fowler Museum

London, Sotheby's. 1985. Paperback, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, A fascinating collection of objects collected by Francis E. Fowler, Jr. collected over a period of 75 years, and sold in 1985 for the benefit of the University of California, Los Angeles. Colour illustrations, some scuffing and creasing to cover. Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 12.68 | JP¥ 1957] Booknumber: 12834

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Fletcher, David - Churchill Crocodile Flamethrower (New Vanguard 136).

Osprey Pub Co, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Crisp clean tight as new copy. Show light shelf wear only. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners!. As New with No dust jacket as issued.
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Gravett, Christopher - Tewkesbury 1471 The last Yorkist victory (Campaign #131).

Osprey Military Books, 1003. Later Printing. Softcover. All our Osprey books are crisp clean and tight. They may have yellowing or sunning on the spines which is typical of this series. Cover art may vary from our copy to that shown on a site like Amazon - unless the rewrite is a whole new book with a different series number, THE CONTENTS IS THE SAME. Old retail price stickers may be present. Books in our inventory may show light rubbing to finish or light shelf and edge wear (We are an open shop). Worse defects will be noted at the beginning of the description.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued.
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BARTH, John - Giles Goat-Boy

1966. BARTH, John. GILES GOAT-BOY or, The Revised New Syllabus. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966. First edition. 8vo. black cloth. Slight impression of paperclip at prelims. Near fine, in a mildly worn dust jacket. .
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7714] Booknumber: 65216

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BURY, T[homas T[albot] - Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

London: Ackermann & Co., 1833. The Most Complete Issue With Sixteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [BURY, T. T. Illustrator]. Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, With Plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. from drawings made on the spot by Mr. T. T. Bury. With descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway. London: Ackermann & Co. 1833. Third edition, with the additional three folding plates. Large quarto (13 5/16 x 11 inches; 339 x 279 mm.). [ii], 8 pp. Sixteen hand-colored aquatint plates (13 by S.G. Hughes or H.Pyall after T.T. Bury, three folding by S.G. Hughes [2 after I. Shaw, one unsigned]). Text watermarked 1831-1832; plates watermarked 1832. Folding plates with folds reinforced on verso with linen (as issued), third folding plate with small marginal tear at top (just touching image) invisibly repaired. Bound ca. 1840 by Thomas Cross of Holborn Hill, London (stamp-signed "Cross, Binders to the King" on front paste-down) in three-quarter crimson straight-grain morocco over pink cloth boards, ruled in gilt. Front cover with gilt bordered red morocco label lettered in gilt. Spine with two raised bands, lettered in gilt. Bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. Housed in a fleece-lined red cloth slipcase. A wonderful copy of the most complete edition of this fine work. Provenance: purchased from Button, 15 June 1946. An eye-witness account of travel on the world's second practical railway line, with plates after Bury "an outstanding architectural designer" (Abbey) and a detailed report of the difficulties overcome during the railways construction. "A later edition with the plates re-engraved [many of them with significant changes] was issued in 1833.. Copies occur with 2 extra folding coloured aquatint plates by I. Shaw, engraved by S.G. Hughes viz. "A Train of First and Second Class Carriages with the Mail" and "Trains of Waggons with Goods, Cattle &c.. This [edition] may have a further additional [folding] plate "Bridge on the line of St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway." (Tooley). "This book was first published with six plates in 1831. It proved popular, and other editions followed, of which this is the msot complete. This classic record of the beginnings of the railway age was also one of the last significant books illustrated with aquatints. Lithography was already sweeping the field for pictorial records of this kind" (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England). Thomas Bury, 'a pupil of Augustus Pugin, was an outstanding architectural designer, and engaged with Pugin, in designing the details of the Houses of Parliament. He was the artist responsible for the best-known views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. He Published as hand-colored aquatints in paper covers by Ackermann in February 1831 [titled Six Coloured Views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with a plate of the coaches, machines, &c], Bury's work went through many editions covering a period of about three years. There were seven views in the first edition and thirteen in the second. A reissue appeared in 1832 followed by Spanish and French editions, while the prints were reproduced separately in France and Germany. After re-engraving, new editions appeared in England in 1833 and 1834. Ackermann clearly realized the potential of the British and European markets for railway prints as no other work passed through so many editions' (Rees). The present copy includes the first state of one of the two folding plates of carriages and engines: before canopies were added to the lower set of carriages. The view of the interior of the Wapping to Edge Hill tunnel is in a later state (possibly the fifth) dated 1833 and after the removal of the steaming train (the train was a mistake as no train under steam was allowed in the tunnel). The inspiration for the project to build the railway was the success of the Stockton to Darlington rail line and the urgent commercial need for faster links between the docks of Liverpool and the factories of Manchester ("goods have been known to make the transit from New York to Liverpool in less time than from the latter town to Manchester.") The route was proposed in 1824 and, under the direction of George Stephenson and with parliament's blessing, the immense work was completed by 1830: the line being opened to the public on the 15th September of that year. Despite the tragic death of the Liverpool member of parliament Mr. Huskisson (the first fatality attributable to the Railways) and the huge cost of the work (£740,000 by 1830), the railway was an immediate popular and financial success. Speeds in excess of 30 m.p.h. were recorded for the 31 mile journey and as the author predicted in the final paragraph "The success of this experiment.. has been.. so complete, as to justify the anticipation of the speedy introduction of railways throughout the country.." The plates include three plates of the train and rolling stock employed on the railway, and 13 others of views of the railway in operation. Abbey Life 400 (1834 edition); Tooley, 121; Ray, 45; Gareth Rees Early Railway Prints (1980) p.21 and see plates 5-9 & 13. .