Fahrenheit 451 Antiquarian Booksellers

The Dutch Politicians. Original mezzotint,

Anonymous. · 1790

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

"Printed for Carington Bowles No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard; London.", undated (ca.1790), image 13,5 x 11,2 cm. (plate 15 x 11,3 cm.), framed under passepartout, oak frame (25 x 20,7 cm.). = A miniature droll depicting two men sat, surrounded by darkness perusing the "Gazzet...

La semaine sainte a Séville. Eaux-fortes originales de Polat. [One of 19 "exemplaires de tête" on Japanese].

Tharaud, Jerome & Jean. · 1927

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Paris, Éditions Lapina, 1927, 1st ed., 82,(5) pag., 2 engraved portraits and 4 plates by Polat, woodcut initials and illsutrations, 1 fold. facs. plate, printed in red and black in copies, sewn in original wrappers printed in black and red, untrimmed. = Collection Les Panathé...

De stad zonder joden [Die Stadt ohne Juden/ The City Without Jews]. Een roman van overmorgen. Geautoriseerde bewerking van Ph.J.G. Roest.

[Antisemitism]. Bettauer, Hugo (1872-1925). · 1933

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Alphen a/d Rijn, A.C. de Haan, Uitgever, z.j. (1933), 1st Dutch edition, sewn in original wrappers with original dustjacket in black and orange . = Extremely scarce with the original expressive dustjacket with flaps with blurb preserved (strengthened on folds on the inside a...

[Photographs]. De Oude Hollandsche Schilderschool. L'Ancienne Ecole Hollandaise. [50 original albumen photographs after Dutch masters - with 40 extra albumen prints by French, English and Dutch masters].

1865

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

No place, no publisher (Amsterdam, A. Jager?), undated (ca.1865), 50 albumen photographs (each ca. 12,7 x 9,5 cm.) after paintings by Dutch masters from the collections of the Rijksmuseum (Musée d'Amsterdam) and Museum Het Mauritshuis (Musée de la Haye) on 25 loose mounts, all...

Marie Christine van Zeggelen en het voormalige Indië.

[Zeggelen, Marie Christine van], Notermans, Jef. · 1938

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,928)

Z.pl., z.u., z.j. (ca. 1938), 35 pag., origineel geniet karton omslag, groot octavo- Eigenaarsnaam op titelpagina. = Met in pen op titelpagina: "Hulde v.d.S. [van den Schrijver]."

[Counterculture]. Oranje head gids Amsterdam. Dope tips; drogen [Cover title].

1971

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

No place, Sanders, n.d. (1971), 64 pag., illustrations, maps/ plans, original illustrated wrappers, 15 x 10,5 cm. = Alternative guide for the underground-capital of the world of that day: Amsterdam. Intended as a street-guide for foreign druggers, who had heard about the ear...

New alphabet. A possibillity for the new development. An introduction for a programmed typography. Quadrat-print (Kwadraatblad).

[Alphabets]. Crouwel, Wim (design), Brattinga, Pieter (ed.). · 1967

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Hilversum, Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., 1967, 1st ed., (16) pag., design Wim Crouwel, originial sdtapled wrappers, quarto. = Text in English, Dutch, French and German. Slightly rubbed along edges.

The Perfumed Garden. A Manual of Arabian Erotology.

[Erotica]. Nefzawi, Sheikh. · 1955

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Paris, Éditions De La Fontaine D'or, 1955, (2),188 pag., title printed in black and red, original wrappers. = "Not be sold in England or U.S.". Lower joint repaired with tapepossibly lacking divisional title. With owner's entry and a dedication (in different ink): "With all t...

An almanac for amorists.

Broughton, James, Sheets, Kermit (illustrations). · 1955

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,320)

Paris, Collection Merlin in cooperation with Olympia Press, 1955, (2),37,(2) pag., printed in a limited edition of 676 copies (500), illustrated title, full-page illustrations and original illustrated overlapping wrappers by Kermit Sheets, untrimmed, 18,3 x 14,1 cm. = Outer o...

A Brief History of Surfing.

[Surfing]. Warshaw, Matt. · 2017

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,040)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2017, 1st ed., 271,(1) pag., coloured and b/w illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing that any other person on the planet, and his The History of Surfing offers the definitive take on the sport...

The Tangled Skein. Foreword by Peter Cushing.

[Holmes, Sherlock]. Davies, David Stuart. · 1992

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,320)

Preston-Weymouth, Theme Publaications, 1992, 1st ed., frontispiece by Kathryn White, other illustrations by Peter Charles Rees and initials by Bella Pearce, original red gilt cloth. = A Sherlock Holmes and Dracula story. Fine copy, printed on name.

Bibliographie der Buchbindereiliteratur.

[Bookbinding]. Mejer, Wolfgang. · 1925

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925, 208 pag., printed in 2 columns, slightly later giltlettered halfcloth with marbled boards, quarto. = With 2691 entries and an author- and thematical index.

Le Pont de Londres. Guignol's Band II.

Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. · 1964

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Paris, Gallimard, 1964 ("16 mars 1964"), 1st ed., 405,(4) pag., original wrappers with flaps. = Wrappers slightly soiled/ browned. First edition, but not a copy of the numbered better paper limitations.

Borneo-Expedition. Geological explorations in central Borneo (1893-94). Atlas in 22 Sheets. English edition. Atlas-volume only.

[Borneo]. Molengraaff, G.A.F. · 1902

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Leyden/ Amsterdam, E.J. Brill/ H. Gerlings for "The Society for the Promotion of the Scientific Exploration of the Dutch Colonies", 1902, (4) text-leaves (incl. legend), 22 mostly folded and tinted or coloured maps, profiles and views (partly with additional, smaller maps), or...

Geneeskundig Tijdschrift voor Ned.-Indië. Feestbundel 1936.

Bosch, W, Kiewiet de Jonge, G.W, e.a. · 1936

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Batavia, Geneeskundig Tijdschrift voor Ned.-Indië/ G,. Kolff & Co., (1936), IX,(1),688 pag., gemonteerde portretten, platen, tabellen, origineel verguld linnen, quarto. = Linnen over rug deels weggesleten. Zeldzaam.

Kabaal.

Barbaix, Alex. · 2008

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Z.pl. (Amsterdam), Pastei (Alex Barbaix), 2008, zwart papier titelblad in blinddruk, wit karton met druksel, 10 druksels op wit papier met tussenliggende zwarte vellen, colofon van groen papier met nummering "24/ 48" en gesigneerd "Alex Barbaix", wit karton met gedrukte tekst ...

Tropiaden. [Eerste druk met opdracht van de auteur].

Feith, Jan. · 1927

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Den Haag, "Boek en Periodiek" R.J. Goddard, z. (1927), 1e druk, 183,(4) pag., origineel linnen met stofomslag, 18,4 x 15,2 cm.= Met opdracht van de auteur op eerste schutblad: "den Heer Resident van | Bali en Lombok | met gevoelens van ontvankelijkheid | van | [gesigneerd] Jan...

Details of the World. Photographs by Sophie Ristelhueber. Text by Cheryl Brutvan.

Ristelhueber, Sophie (photographs), Brutvan, Cheryl (text). · 2001

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2001, photographic illustrations by Sophie Ristelhueber, original boards with dustjacket (fine). = Another impressive photobook by Ristelhueber - Fait - is listed in Martin Parr's, The photobook, vol 2, page 168. How do we distinguish the bounda...

Contagious Capitalism. Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China.

[China]. Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth. · 2005

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Princeton/ Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2005, 1st ed., XIII,(3),240 pag., hardcover with dustjacket. = Stamp of a literary agent on endpapers. Else as new. One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of ''reform and op...

St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio or Brother Francis Lamb Chops / An Opera in 2 Acts. Text, lay-out, calligraphy and music by Stefan Themerson.

[Gaberbocchus Press]. Themerson, Stefan. · 1972

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

Amsterdam/ London, De Harmonie/ Gaberbocchus Press, 1972, 1st ed., 111 pag., illustrations, music calligraphy and original glazed wrappers printed in red and black by Stefan Themerson, quarto (30,5 x 21,6 cm.). = Artists' book by the late Polish-born, London-based writer, fil...