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Anleitung zum Betrieb und zur Instandhaltung des 2.0 Ltr. Opel - Ausgabe Februar 1935

Russelsheim, Adem Opel Aktiengesellschaft, 1935. Paperback. vi+83 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, With lots of illustrations including one fold-out plate.

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Book number: 7799

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l'Armee Francaise

Paris, Au Paradis des Enfants, n.d.. 39,5 cm, Hardcover (cloth). Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Publishers gilt binding. Book measures about 39,5 x 30 cm. With 32 plates in colour of French military from around 1880, both infantry and cavalry. Stain on spine, some wear to binding. One plate bled some colour to the opposing page. Illustrations stuck to paper, the paper (not the plates) with some small tears. Interesting and colourful collection of plates. Rare.

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Book number: 5710

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Beeches Press Prospectus Six

Bromley, Beeches Press, 1990. Different. 1. Black & White images. Conditie: Very good, Contains one large sheet of semi transparant paper folded up. Prospectus for future publication by the Beeches Press. To be published according to the prospectus: George Farquhar's Adventures of Covent Gard, Eric Gill's On the Flying Scotsman and Coryate's Venice. Also they mention considering publishing a book about the recently deceased Betty Swanwick. Two illustrations, only one side printed.

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Book number: 9750

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Colonial Annual Reports. Northern Nigeria 1900-1911

London, Colonial Office, 1913?. Hardcover. 877 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Small hole throughout the whole book (binding and contents). Folding map loose in a pocket in the rear with multiple small holes, with additional forlding maps..

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Book number: 6520

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Ecole du Soldat et de Peloton Destinée à lusage et à l'instruction des milices du Canton de Vaud, ensuite de l'Arrête du Petit Conseil du 17 Novembre 1803

Vevey, Lortscher et Fils, 1804, First edition. 150, 23 pp, Hardcover. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Binding with extensive wear. With 12 plates, some folding (missing plate V) plates depicting soldiers and plates showing movements of a platoon, contents still good. Rare first edition.. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 6144

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Eerste 't Samen-Spraeck tusschen Waermondt ende Gaergoedt, nopende de opkomste ende ondergang van Flora. Tot Haarlem. Gedruckt by Johannes Marshoorn, Boeckdrucker op de Marckt. Anno 1734. Samen met Tweede Samen-Spraeck etc. Gevolgd door Register van de Prijsen der bloemen zijnde 't Derde Samen-Spraeck etc. Gevolgd door Floraes Sotte-Bollen: afgemaelt in dichten en Sangen, gevolgd door Troost-Brief aen alle bedroefde Bloemmisten die treuren over 't sterven of 't overlijden van Flora, Goddine der Floristen

Haarlem, Johannes Marshoorn, 1734. Hardcover. 220 pp. Engravings. Conditie: Good, Hardcover (maybe a later binding?) decorated with green speckling. Engraving after page 104, 220 pages (last page not numbered). During the first part of the seventeenth century the price of tulip bulbs dramatically increased, but in 1637 the prices plummeted with devastating effect for a lot of people. More photo's available upon request. Recently a similar copy from 1734 sold for 2200 euro excluding auction fees.

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Book number: 5703

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't Groot Hoorns, Enkhuyser en Alkmaerder Liede-Boeck, versiert met veel mooye Bruylofts-liedekens en Gesangen

Amsterdam, Pieter van Rijschooten, 1702. 7,5 cm, Different. 310+(10) pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Boek compleet. Achterin register. Met houtsnede op de titelpagina en paginagrote houtsnede op de verso van de titelpagina. Klein formaat, circa 7,5 x 4,5 cm. Leren band uit de tijd, slijtageplekjes band met iets verlies aan bovenzijde rug. Band met florale versieringen in goudopdruk. Met twee zilveren zilveren sluitingen. Bladzijden geheel goud op snede. Uit de verzameling van Thore Virgin (voorin op dekblad geschreven met datum 1944), verder nog naam Burenstam op blanco schutblad. Uitermate zeldzame vroege uitgave. .

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Book number: 9154

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Gud Nyus Bilong Jisas Krais. We Matuy, Mo Mak, Mo Luk, Mo Jon Oli Raitem. The Four Gospels in New Hebrides Bislama

New Zealand, The Bible Society, 1972. Different. 405 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, The Four Gospels written in the language of Vanuatu.

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Book number: 6952

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Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Jesu: a Provincia Flandro-Belgica Eiusdem Societatis Repraesentata

Antwerpen, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1640. 38, Hardcover. (8)+952+(22) pp. Engravings. Conditie: Good, Leren band met zes ribben op rug, houten boorden. Versieringen in goudopdruk op band, bladzijden goud op snee. Band met slijtagesporen en reparatie onderaan rug. Leer begint langs rug te splijten, maar band voor leeftijd nog goed. Gegraveerde titelpagina door Ph. Fruytiers naar Cornelius Galleus en 126 emblemen waaronder de "Leone Belgico" kaart. Emblemen circa 1/3 deel van de bedrukte pagina. Voorin twee ex librissen van Merlin d'Estreux de Beaugrenier en Wolvenbosch.. Uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van het honderdjarige bestaan van de orde der Jezu?eten..

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Book number: 5705

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Japanese Ehon about the Chinese-Japanese war of 1894-5

n.d., n.p., n.y.. 16, Paperback. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, With six woodblockillustrations on two pages, the first in colour (by hand?). The pages are printed on one side and folded over (Japanese style), one is opened. Rope binding. With illustrations of milatary around a table (Japanese officers?), others are about battles on land, along the coast and on the sea.

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Book number: 7441

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Le Livre des mille nuits et une nuit - 8 parts in 4 volumes

Paris, Fasquelle, n.d.. 33 cm, Three quarter leather binding. 395, 347, 339, 315, 355, 371, 371, 347 + (16) pp. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Leather on spine and corners, marbled boards. Five raised bands. gilt letters on spines. Top edge of pages gilt. Marbled end papers. Binding with some wear. Volume 2 with parts three and four has a lager spot of chafing to leather on one of the corners. First plate of part one lacks a small part of one corner, not affecting the printed area. One other plate in the third volume with a small tear in the margin. Book illustrated with 156 beautiful colour plates with illustrations after miniatures. Verso not printed. Text with beautifully illustrated borders based on Persian and Hindu art. Chromotypes by G. de Malherbe. Heavy set weighing about 18.6 kg. Shipping abroad possible but shipping could be expensive, especially overseas.. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 7653

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A New and General Biographical Dictionary; Containing an historical and critical account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period. Wherin Their remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts and Learning, are accurately displayed. With a Catalogue of their Literary Productions. A New Edition, in Fifteen Volumes, Greatly Enlarged and Improved

London, G.G. and J. Robinson, etc., 1798. Leather binding. No images. Conditie: Fair, Fifteen volumes. Speckled leather bindings. Wear to bindings with some title shields (partly) perished. Gilt decorations on spines.

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Book number: 5596

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Nieuw vermeerdert kort en grondig onderwys, van het Al-om-Vermaard en zeer Vermakelyk Volte-spel. Als mede van het a l hombre en piketten (&) Espadille force (&) Piket spel

's Gravenhage, Pieter vander Burg, 1721. 14,2 cm, Paperback. (8), 9-38, (6), 45-108, (4), 113-141 pp. Engravings. Conditie: Fair, Original wrappers with loss to spine and back, hole in front wrapper and devided in two (with some overlap). Wear to wrappers. Loss to corner first blank page and less so to frontispiece (no loss to image) and titlepage (no loss to text). Some foxing and a bit thumbed (mainly the first few pages). Some old notes in ink to the final (blank) page including maybe a date (1793). Three works with three seperate title pages but continuously numbered. Nice title plate showing two man and two women playing a game of cards while a third man is standing and watching the game (title in plate 'onderwys van ?t Volte-spel?. Title page with a small illustration depicting a scoring board. Elsewhere some schematic depictions of various combinations of cards. Rare and hard to find little work about different games of cards.

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Book number: 9967

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Le Rendez-vous de Madame Elisabeth, soeur du Roi avec l'Abbe de S. Martin aumonier de la Garde Nationale dans la Jardin des Tuileries

Londres, De l'Imprimerie Particuliere de Lord C.***, 1875. 16 cm, Hardcover. 20 pp. No images. Conditie: Good, Bound in quarter leather binding with marbled board. Five raised bands on spine. Gilt on spine. Marbled end papers. Ex Libris (Biblioteca de Don Joannes Baptista Moens Natus Anno 1833). Bibliotheque Galante ou collection choisie d'ouvrages et de pieces du genre libre et facetieux reimprimes par les soins de Lord C***, a Cent exemplaires numerotes. This is number 2 of a limited edition of 100. Rare book. Erotica Curiosa.

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Book number: 8016

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Report on the Trade of the New Hebrides for 1905. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of his Majesty. January, 1907

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office by Darling & Son, Ltd., 1907. Different. 8 pp. No images. Conditie: Fair, Lacks small part of a corner with no loss of text. No cover (as issued?).

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Book number: 7125

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Soldatenleben im Kriege Bilder aus dem Deutsch-Franzosischen Feldzuge

Breslau, Lilienfeld, n.d.. 45,5 cm, Different. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Fair, Wear to Portfolio, one flap torn loose, other flaps with tears. Prints with foxing and some with waterstain in the blank margin. On the loose flap written in pencil: Früherer Besitzer Grossherzog (three letters PAW?) von Oldenburg L. (another name?). On the inside of the map an old label over a stamp, stamp on one leave of text (weapon of the grand duchy of Oldenburg?). Two leaves with text. One coloured print (titelpage) and 45 tinted plates, loose as issued. Appears to be from the collection of the grand duchy of Oldenburg in Germany. Very rare portfolio with loose plates about the French-German War of 1870-1871 .

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Book number: 7672

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Sotheby's. Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art. Moscow, Thursday 7th July 1988

London, Sotheby's, 1988. Paperback. Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Including loose sheet with results. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 9373

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Souvenir de St. Petersbourg

n.p., Kirkhnera, (circa 1890-1900). Hardcover (cloth). Black & White images. Conditie: Very good, A little wear to the binding but considering its age still very good. Size about 13,2 x 20 cm. Binding nicely decorated in colour and gilt. Binding with cord with tasles. Small stamp in the front. 25 plates in black and white. Titles in three languages (Russian, German and French) below the illustrations. Titles in German: 1. Isaakskirche 2. Winterpalast 3. Eremitage und Millionnaja Strasse 4. Newsky Prospect u. Admiralitat 5. Newsky Prospect, Gostinny-Dwor u. Duma 6. Denkmal Nicolai I. 7. Denkmal Katharina II und Alexandra-Theater 8. Anitschkoff Palast 9. Denkmal Peter des Grossen 10. Troitzki Brucke 11. Borse 12. Dreieinigkeitskirche mit der Ruhmesshule 13. Museum Alexander III 14. Marientheater 15. Nikolai-Brucke 16. Peterh?uschen an der Neva 17. Alexandershule und Admiralitat 18. Kasansche Kirche 19. Festung 20. Academie der Kunste 21. Alexander-Newsky Kloster 22. Conservatorium 23. Volkshaus 24. Schloss Jelagin 25. Admiralitats-Quai Rare publication of pre-revolutionary Russia, Saint Petersburg.

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Book number: 9831

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Souvenir de Moscou. Opisanie goroda Moskvy su vidami

Moskva, n.p., 1899. Hardcover. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Some wear to binding, illustrations turned yellow due to aging. Leporello containing 24 pages with illustrations and in the back a small booklet consisting of 44 pages written in Russian. The illustrations with short titles in Russian and French. Titles in French are: Vue generale du Kremlin Vue generale de Moscou Vue generale de Moscou Cathedrale de l Assomption au Kremlin Tour d Jvan Veliky au Kremlin Palais Nicolas Place Rouge La Porte d Jversky Musee Imperial Historique Mairie de Moscou Palais de Petrovsky Vue du temple du St. Sauveur Larc de Triomphe La tour de Soukareff Le grand Theatre Pont des Marechaux La porte Rouge Rue Pocrowka Vue de la Place Loubianka Maison des enfants trouves Musee Roumiantzoff Clinique Genealogique Les nouveaux riadi Convent de S-t. Serge a Troitz Book measures about 13 x 17 cm, each pages about 12,3 cm so about 295 cm in total..

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Book number: 9560

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Teuerdank. Fahrten und Tra?me Deutscher Maler (4 Volumes: Volume 2 to 5)

Berlin, Fischer und Franke, n.d.. 33,5 cm, Hardcover (cloth). Color Illustrations. Conditie: Good, Original illustrated bindings. Four volumes (numbers 2 to 5) illustrated mainly in b & w, but also a few in colour. Some wear to bindings, contents good. Plates blank on reverse side. Beautiful collection of plates. Band II: Eifelbilder. 10 Zeichnunen von Hans von Volkmann; Waldweben. 10 Zeichnungen von Georg A. Stoedel; Erwachen. 10 Zeichnungen von Hans Heise; Aus deutscher Marchenwelt. 10 Zeichnungen von Ernst Liebermann; Alemannische Bildnisse. 10 Zeichnungen von Ernst Wurtenberger; Erinnerungen und Tr?ume der Kindheit. 12 Zeichnungen von Erich Kuithan. Band III: Ein Bilderchronik der Stadte Berlin und Colln an der Spree. 10 Zeichnungen von Georg Barlosius; Meeresstrand. 10 Zeichnungen von Georg Jahn; Sonnenmarchen. 10 Zeichnungen von F. Hafs; Waldgeister. 10 Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Stumpf; Rugen. 10 Zeichnungen von Hermann Hirzel; Die Poesie der Landstrasse. 10 Zeichnungen von Ernst Liebermann. Band IV: Die blaue Blume. Eine Sage in 10 Bildern von Rudolf Koch; Ross und Reiter in Sage und Legende. 10 Zeichnungen von Fr. Muller-Munster; Vom Weibe. 10 Zeichnungen von Alois Kolb; Faust. 12 Zeichnungen zum zweiten Theile von Franz Staffen; Schubert-Lieder. 10 Zeichnungen von F. Hals; Berchtesgaden. 10 Zeichnungen von Bernhard Wenig. Band V: Leuchtende Tage. Neue Folge der Stimmungen. 12 Zeichnungen vom Herm. Hirzel; Sonne und Erde. 12 Zeichnungen vom Alois Kolb; Bildnisse Deutscher Dichter und Musiker. 10 Zeichnungen von Ernst Wuertenberger; Dietrick von Bern! Seine Heldentaten und Abenteuer sein Gl?ck und Tod. 12 Zeichnungen von Hugo L. Braune; Ekkehard. 10 Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Stumpf; Die deutsche Frau. 10 Zeichnungen von Hermann Bekgran. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 5937

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Travels of James Bruce Through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia into Abyssinia to Discover the Source of the Nile

London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambert, Limited, 1897. Hardcover. vii+358+(2) pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Spien faded. Beautiful binding. With eleven illustrations. About Africa, Syria, etc..

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Book number: 6609

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Tweede berigt van manifestatien te s Gravenhage te weeg gebract en aan de geesten-wereld toegeschreven, door den schrijver van het eerste berigt

's Gravenhage, J.A. de la Vieter, 1858. 21,8 cm, Hardcover (cloth back). 56 pp. No images. Conditie: Good, Band wat smoezelig. Titelpagina met aan bovenzijde wat gaatjes, inhoud voor leeftijd verder goed. Geen auteur vermeld maar waarschijnlijk Daniel Dunglas Home. Zeldzaam werkje over het spiritisme.

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Book number: 10279

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USSR in Construction. The Fourteenth Year of the Revolution 7-8

n.p., The State Publishing Union of RSFSR, 1931. 42 cm, Paperback. 32 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Some wear to covers, with a little loss to the lower outer corner of the back cover. Some folds to corners. Full of photographs of industry and workers. Russia USSR. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 10007

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USSR in Construction. The Fourteenth Year of the Revolution #9

n.p., The State Publishing Union of RSFSR, 1931. 42 cm, Paperback. 40 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Good, Large size. A little wear to the covers and a few small tears. One leave with a tear touching an image. Good considering its age. Lots of photographs with pictures of industry and workers. Number about Moscow. Russia USSR. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 10004

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USSR in Construction. The Eighteenth Year of the Revolution 3-4 March-April 1935

n.p., Ogis Isogis, 1935. 42 cm, Paperback. 56 pp. No images. Conditie: Good, A little wear to covers. Inside of covers also will illustration/text. Full op photographs about industry and workers, but also about agriculture and nature (Birobijan, Jewish theatre, Vladivostok, etc.). Number about the Russian far east. On the inside a map in colour of this part of Russia. USSR. More photo's available upon request.

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Book number: 10005