GEYL, P.

Willem IV En Engeland Tot 1748 (Vrede Van Aken)

's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff. 1924, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. xvi, 361 pp. (+ 12 pp. plates). Paper wraps. Uncut. Nice copy of Geyl's study of foreign relations between the Netherlands and Britain between 1730 and 1748. Light spotting. Very Good.

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Book number: 9927

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Anglo-Dutch, Willem IV, Orangeism, Politics

GREENHILL, FRANK A.

The Incised Slabs of Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicester, Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society. 1958, Signed First Edition. Cloth. Book, 4to. xii, 256, (40) pp. 42 plates and 2 folding maps. Quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped stiff-paper dustjacket. One of Greenhill's personal copies. Prefaced by 'A Brief Manual of Incised Slabs'. The first major work to be devoted to the importance of incised effigies to archeological history. Charming signed dedication by Greenhill to ffep, dated 7-xi-1958 and with marginal textual corrections in his hand. Fine/Very Good. Signed Dedication.

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Book number: 8973

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, English History, Medieval History, Archeology

WIJNAND, J.H. ET AL

Het Schipryck Amsterdam

Baarn, De Boekerij. 1946, Signed First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: van Hoorn, Caspar. Book, 4to. 181pp. Blue-grey cloth with gilt design to front and lettering to spine. Top-edge in matching blue. Author's signed dedication to ffep. Een werk over de scheepvaart en den scheepsbouw van Amsterdam van de vroegste tijden tot het huidige tijdsbestek. Uitgegeven n.a.v. het vijftigjarig bestaan van de Nederlandse Scheepbouw-Maatschappij te Amsterdam. Geïllustreerd met foto's en tekeningen én met een geschreven opdracht van de auteur. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSM-shipyards in Amsterdam. Complete with photographs and other illustrations, a full list of ships built at the shipyard and author's signed dedication. Text in Dutch. Very Good. Signed Dedication.

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Book number: 9005

Catalogue: History

Keywords: van Hoorn, CasparHistory, Dutch History, Ships, Amsterdam.

HOOGERWERF, A

De Avifauna Van de Plantentuin Van Buitenzorg (Java)

Buitenzorg, De Kon. Plantentuin van Indonesië. 1949, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Kadir, Goesti Abdoel. Book, 8vo. (viii), 145pp. White cloth boards with gilt to front and spine. 21 plates with 244 colour illustrations. Illustrative study of the birds of the Royal (Dutch) Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. Text in Dutch. Complete with index in Latin, Indonesian, Dutch and English. A very nice copy. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9020

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Kadir, Goesti AbdoelFauna, Ornithology, Birds, Indonesia, Java.

HOOGERWERF, A

Een Bijdrage Tot de Oölogie Van Het Eiland Java

Buitenzorg, De Kon. Plantentuin van Indonesië. 1949, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Kadir, Goesti Abdoel. Book, 8vo. (viii), 320pp. White cloth boards with gilt to front and spine. 19 plates with 307 colour illustrations. Illustrative study of birds eggs of Java. Text in Dutch. Complete with index in Latin, Indonesian, Dutch and English. A very nice copy. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9021

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Kadir, Goesti AbdoelFauna, Ornithology, Eggs, Indonesia, Java.

KOZLOWSKI, T.T.

Growth and Development of Trees. Physiological Ecology.

New York, Academic Press. 1971, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xvi, 443pp.; xvi, 514pp. Brown cloth with green cloth spines. Two-volume set. Vol. I: Seed Germination, Ontogeny, and Shoot Growth; Vol. II: Cambial Growth, Root Growth, and Reproductive Growth. Authoritative two-volume treatise characterising important features of growth and development of trees and other woody plants during their life cycles. Scarce. Fine.

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Book number: 10012

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Natural History, Flora, Trees, Woody Plants, Ecology

NICHOLSON, VIRGINIA

Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939

New York, William Morrow. 2003, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xx, 362 pp. White boards and unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Remainder spot on bottom edge, otherwise fine copy of this study of the artistic community in England in the first half of the twentieth century by Vanessa Bell's granddaughter. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 9997

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Social Life, Bohemianism, England

NICOLSON, HAROLD

The Desire to Please: A Story of Hamilton Rowan and the United Irishmen

London, Constable. 1943, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. ix, 206 pp. Navy-blue cloth with gilt to spine. Biographical work on Nicholson's ancestor Archibald Hamilton Rowan and his involvement with the United Irishmen and attempts to liberate Ireland led to his imprisonment and exile. Standard wartime economy paper. Good.

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Book number: 9587

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Biographies, History, Social History, Ireland, British Writers, Bloomsbury, Nicolson

NICOLSON, HAROLD

Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart: First Lord Carnock

London, Constable. 1930. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xvi, 456 pp. Navy-blue cloth with gilt to spine. Biographical work on Nicholson's father Arthur Nicolson, and his life in the Diplomatic Service. Edges spotted. Good.

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Book number: 9588

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Biographies, History, Political History, British Writers, Bloomsbury, Nicolson

NIJSSEN, HAN

Veldgids Zeevissen

Utrecht, KNNV Uitgeverij. 2001, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 184 pp. Mooie veldgids met determinatiesleutels van 130 zeevissoorten van het Ned. kustgesbied (incl. namen in het Engels, Frans en Duits). Nice copy of this Dutch field guide to sea fish. Very Good.

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Book number: 010090

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Nature, Fauna, Fish

HAUPTKULTURAMT DER NSDAP

Deutsche Kriegsweihnacht 1944

München, Zentralverlag Der NSDAP Franz Eher Nachfolger. 1944. Soft cover. Ill.: Various. Book, 8vo. 198pp. Illustrated card wraps. An excellent example of the final Kriegsweihnacht publication, produced by the Propaganda Offices of the Nazi Party for the Christmas of 1944. Almost two hundred pages of specially selected stories, letters, songs and illustrations are reproduced above all in order to instil patriotic cheer. Today these publications remain very interesting historical documents. Text in German. Ein hervorragendes Beispiel von der letzten Ausgabe der Deutsche Kriegsweihnacht im Jahre 1944. Fast zweihundert Seiten von speziell ausgewählten Geschichten, Briefe, Lieder und Illustrationen werden wiedergegeben um patriotisch Wohlbefinden zu erreichen. Heute sind diese Publikationen nach wie vor sehr interessante historische Dokumente. Very Good/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 9465

Catalogue: History

Keywords: VariousHistory, WW2. Germany, Weihnacht

RUDORFF, RAYMOND

Belle Epoque: Paris in the Nineties

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1972, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (11)365 pp. (+ 32 pp. plates) Green boards with gilt to spine. Top-edge tainted red. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Nice first edition of this illustrated overview of the exciting and artistically fertile decade at the end of the nineteenth century. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 10043

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Art, Paris

SANDILANDS, BRIGADIER H.R.

The Fifth in the Great War: Atlas

Dover, G.W. Grigg / St. George's Press. 1938, First Edition. Cloth. Book, Folio. Unpaginated = List of Maps + 34 (fold-out) maps. [nd = 1938]. Red cloth with gilt to front. Extremely rare first edition volume of maps, being the accompanying atlas volume to: 'The Fifth in the Great War: A History of the 1st & 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-1918' by Brigadier Sandilands. Front cover sl. faded. Internally fine and each of the 34 maps is in excellent condition, with colours crisp and clear. Very Good.

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Book number: 9611

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, War, World War 1, The Great War, Northumberland Fusiliers, Atlas, Maps

SARIS, FRANK (ED.)

Een Eeuw Vogels Beschermen

Zeist, KNNV Uitgeverij. 2007, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Various. Book, 4to. 344pp. Illustrated boards. Richly illustrated book with extensive articles on a century of bird protection in the Netherlands. Fine/No jacket as issued.

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Book number: 010085

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: VariousNatural History, Birds, Ornithology, Ecology

SHORT, JOHN RENNIE

Representing the Republic: Mapping the United States, 1600-1900

London, Reaktion Books. 2001, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6), 256 pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A nice copy of this intriguing account of the mapping of America from its colonial origins to 1900. With 64 illustrations. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 9925

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cartography, Maps, Geography, History, United States of America