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Stonehenge and Its Earth-Works. With Plans and Illustrations

BARCLAY, EDGAR · 1895 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

London, D. Nutt. 1895, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Barclay, Edgar; Various. Book, 4to. (1 plate) xi, (1 plate) 152 (3 folding plans) pp. Maroon cloth with gilt to spine; top-edge gilt; edges uncut. Neat ownership name. Frontispiece with tissue-guard. One or two loose sheets, o...

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

NICOLSON, HAROLD · 1943 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

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 an...

The Second World War (Abridged Edition)

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. · 1959 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

London, Cassell & Company. 1959, First Thus. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xviii, 1033 pp. Navy-blue cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Excellent first edition of the abridged one-volume edition of Churchill's history of the Second World War, which includes the ne...

Deutsche Kriegsweihnacht 1944

HAUPTKULTURAMT DER NSDAP · 1944 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

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. Alm...

Stratford Upon Avon - Official Guide

FOX, LEVI · 1964 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)

Stratford-upon-Avon, Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon. 1964. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 68pp. Illustrated paper wraps. [n.d. = c.1964]. Nice, period guidebook of England's most famous market town. Includes textual and photographic information as well as intriguing advertisements...

The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptual Dictionary (3 Vols. )

FALLOWS, SAMUEL (ED.) · 1922 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

Chicago, The Howard-severance Company. 1922. Full-Leather. Book, 4to. 3 volumes. [vi] 644pp.; [vi] 645-1344; [vi] 1645-1769, 208pp Appendix. Soft-leather boards with gilt to spine. All edges gilt. Ownership name on each ffep. A nice complete set 'fully defining and explaining ...

Een Bijdrage Tot de Oölogie Van Het Eiland Java

HOOGERWERF, A · 1949 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

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. C...

De Avifauna Van de Plantentuin Van Buitenzorg (Java)

HOOGERWERF, A · 1949 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

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) Botan...

Manuel Des Plantes de la Grande Culture

DAMSEAUX, ADOLPH · 1894 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Namur / Bruxelles, Lambert-De Roisin / O. Mayolez & G. Audiarte. 1894, Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 2 vols. bound in 1. (iv), vi, 365 pp; (iv), vi, 354 pp. Contemporary binding in half-leather with gilt to spine and red marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Both pa...

Les Crimes Des Rois de France, Depuis Clovis Jusqu'a Louis Seize (XVI)

LA VICOMTERIE, LOUIS · 1791 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€175.00 ($192.89 | £145.98 | ¥30,805)

Paris, Rue Jacob. 1791, First Edition. Original paper binding. Book, 8vo. xli, 231pp. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Lacks the title page (facsimile of the original title page loosely added). All edges untrimmed. Contemporary marginal annotations. Rare first edit...

Het Schipryck Amsterdam

WIJNAND, J.H. ET AL · 1946 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

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 va...

The Incised Slabs of Leicestershire and Rutland

GREENHILL, FRANK A. · 1958 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

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 perso...

Domesday England

DARBY, H.C. · 1977 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1977, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. xiv, 416 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with neat archival repair to rear. The final volume of The Domesday Geography of England from the C....

The Oxford History of England

CLARK, GEORGE (ED.) · 1988 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€325.00 ($358.22 | £271.10 | ¥57,210)

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1988. Cloth. Book, A very fine complete set of The Oxford History of England (in the revised 2nd and 3rd editions) from Roman Britain (Vol. 1A) to English History 1914-1945 (Vol. 15). Each volume is written by a renowned historian for the perio...

Belle Epoque: Paris in the Nineties

RUDORFF, RAYMOND · 1972 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,081)

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 d...

Jamaica and Its Butterflies

BROWN, F. MARTIN; HEINEMAN, BERNARD · 1972 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

London, E.W. Classey Limited. 1972, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Favreau, Marjorie Statham. Book, 4to. xvi, 479 pp. Olive-green cloth with gilt to spine. Illustrated dusjacket. Excellent copy of this monograph on the butterflies of Jamaica and its lepidopterists, including figu...

In de Ban Van Volgels. Geschiedenis Van de Beoefening Van de Ornithologie in Nederland in de Twintigste Eeuw. Tevens Ornithologisch Biografisch Woordenboek

VOOUS, KAREL H. · 1995 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,081)

Uitgeverij Scheffers, Scheffers. 1995, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. (6) 605pp. Blue cloth with silver to spine. Illustrated dustjacket. Fine copy of this standard work on the practice of ornithology in the Netherlands in the twentieth century together with a biographical d...

Growth and Development of Trees. Physiological Ecology.

KOZLOWSKI, T.T. · 1971 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

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...

Breeding Biology of the Adélie Penguin

AINLEY, DAVID G. ET AL · 1983 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Berkeley, University of California Press. 1983, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 240 pp. Blue boards with silver to spine. Fine copy of this landmark work on the Adélie penguin, based on 15 years of fieldwork on Ross Island, Antarctica and covering virtually every aspec...

Verspreiding En Ecologie Van Amfibieën En Reptielen in Limburg

COELEN, VAN DER (ED.) · 1992 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Maastricht/Nijmegen, Stichting Natuurpublicaties Limburg/Stichting RAVON. 1992, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [4] 352 pp. Illustrated boards. Rijk geillustreerd boek over de Limburgse herpetofauna. Nice copy of this richly illustrated work on the distribution and ecology ...