Serendipity

Globalisation: sharing the spoils or hoarding the gains?

HERTZ, NOREENA · 2005

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Utrecht: Utrecht School of Economics, 2005; 8vo (21cm), 20pp., stapled. Scarce. ¶ l Inaugural speech on the occasion of her appointment as Belle van Zuylen professor of Glopbal Political Economy at the Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, 15th June 2005.

Officieel programma der herdenking en feestelijkheden van het derde eeuwfeest van den polder 'De Schermeer', op 6, 7 en 8 September 1933

1933

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Z.pl.: Hoofd-Comité, 1933; 8vo (24cm), 108pp., zwart-wit illustraties, advertenties, gebrocheerd, geïllustreerde letteromslag. Rug met sellotape geplakt, ex-bibliotheekexemplaar m. klein ovaalstempel op titelpagina, restanten van standplaatsnummer op onderzijde rug. Schaars!

Monsieur Pamplemousse on vacation

BOND, MICHAEL · 2012

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Allison & Busby, 2012; small 8vo (19.5cm), 254+24pp., paperback. As new. Scarce in NL. ¶ l 'Not a page passes without a well earned chuckle, a guffaw, or fit of the giggles.' Strand Magazine

Monsieur Pamplemousse afloat

BOND, MICHAEL · 2012

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Allison & Busby, 2012; small 8vo (19.5cm), 254+24pp., paperback. As new. Scarce in NL. ¶ l 'Sure to please.... Absolutely hilarious' Good Book Guide

Monsieur Pamplemousse on probation

BOND, MICHAEL · 2013

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Allison & Busby, 2013; small 8vo (19.5cm), 246+29pp., paperback. As new. Scarce in NL. ¶ l Çhuckles guaranteed.' Sunday Mirror

Monsieur Pamplemousse and the carbon footprint

BOND, MICHAEL · 2011

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Allison & Busby, 2011; small 8vo (19.5cm), 258+22pp., paperback. As new. Rare in NL. ¶ l 'Engaging mix of farce, detection and fine cuisine.' The Times.

30 Ans de diners en ville

PRINGUé, GABRIEL-LOUIS · 1948

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Paris: Édition Revue, 1948; v+282pp., black-white photographs, register, paper. Some wear and tear at the bottom of the spine, otherwise a good copy. With the bookplate of R.G. Posthumus. Scarce. ¶ l Bookplate with shipmotive

History's greatest battles. Masterstrokes of war

CAWTHORNE, NIGEL · 2014

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Arcturus, 2014; 8vo (20cm), 384pp., black-white photographs, paper. V. good copy. ¶ l Chronologically ordered list of battles, from the battle of Marathon in 490 BC to Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam in 1954.

The last days of Stalin

RUBENSTEIN, JOSHUA · 2016

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2016; 8vo (24cm), x+271pp., 20 black-white photographs, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. Scarce in NL.

1946. The making of the modern world

SEBESTYEN, VICTOR · 2014

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: MacMillan, 2014; 8vo (23.5cm), xxiv+438pp., maps, endnotes, bibliography, index, paper. Read once, neatly. ¶ l In 1946 the Cold War began.

1917. Lenin, Wilson, and the birth of the new world disorder

HERMAN, ARTHUR · 2017

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

New York: HarperCollins, 2017; 8vo (23.5cm), xiv+481pp., endnotes, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Scare in NL. ¶ l \"How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies?\"

Jou Pu Tuan. Ein erotisch-moralischer Roman aus der Ming-Zeit (1633) [and 3 other titles]. Im Reich der Sinne

Yü, LI, A.O. · 1989

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Frankfurth/M Berlin: Ullstein, 1989; 4 volumes in box, 12mo (19cm), vol. 1: 600(+8)pp.; vol. 2: 437(+3)pp.; vol. 3: 455(+3)pp.; vol. 4: 253(+3)pp. hardbacks in case. Spines v. slightly discoloured, otherwise as new. Rare in this edition. ¶ l Set of 4 volumes, all in German lan...

Teun Roosenburg in woord en beeld

ROOSENBURG, TEUN · 2003

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Oost Eijsden: eigen beheer, 2003; 4to (27.5cm), 106pp., zwart-wit tekeningen en foto's, softcover. Klein slijtplekje op voorplat, verder in z. goede staat. Schaars! ¶ l Autobiografische oeuvrecatalogus

The dancing demons of Mongolia

FONTEIN, JAN · 1999

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

Blaricum: V+K Publishing, 1999; 4to (30.5cm), 120pp., colour photographs, bibliography, softcover. V. good copy. ¶ l Exhibition catalogue, Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, 1999.

Hegemonic rivalry. From Thucydides to the nuclear age

LEBOW, RICHARD NED, AND BARRY S. STRAUSS, EDS. · 1991

€24.50 ($27.00 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Boulder: Westview Press, 1991; 8vo (22.5cm), xii+295pp., endnotes after the chapters, index, softcover. Name and date on first free endpage, otherwise v. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l \"This volume explores the nature and implications of great power rivalry by bringing together a...

My first sing-a-song book. Nursery, cradle, folk, and popular songs, hymns, carols, rounds, and sining games

LLOYD, NORMAN (ARRANGEMENT) · 1966

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966; folio (32.5cm), 93pp., colour drawings by Mary Blair, decorated hard cover. In v. good condition. Rare! ¶ l Lavishly illustrated with typical 1960's colourful drawings, highly attractive 'Golden pleasure book'.

Bombing civilians. A twentieth-century history

TANAKA, YUKI, AND MARILYN B. YOUNG · 2009

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

New York/London: The New Press, 2009; 8vo (21.5cm), viii+291pp., 3 black-white illustrations, endnotes, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Scarce. ¶ l From the early 1920's to the modern Middle East:, this edited volume describes the history of indiscriminate bombing and...

Essence of decision. Explaining the Cuban missile crisis

ALLISON, GRAHAM T. · 1971

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Boston: Little, Brown, 1971 (10th printing); 8vo (20.5cm), xiv+338pp., endnotes, index, paper. Name and date on first free endpage, otherwise a clean, good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l The classical study of American decision making in the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 when th...

Leven en werken van E. Heimans en de opbloei der natuurstudie in Nederland in het begin van de twintigste eeuw

BROUWER, FOPPE INNE · 1958

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Groningen: J.B. Wolers, 1958; 8vo (23cm), x+402pp., zwart-wit afbeeldingen, bijlagen, publicatielijsten, genealogie, bibliografie, gebrocheerd. Zeer licht vochtspoor in de pp. rechtsonder, verder goed exemplaar. Stellingen en enkele krantenartikelen los ingevoegd. Zeldzaam! ¶ ...

International relations. A handbook of current theory

LIGHT, MARGOT, AND A.J.R. GROOM · 1985

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Frances Pinter, 1985; 8vo (22.5cm), (4+)245pp., index, bibliography per chapter, hardback w. dustjacket. Name and date on first free endpage, otherwise v. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Book in the English school of International Relations.