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Dutch courage

LIERE, L.P.J. VAN · 1985

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Uitgave in eigen beheer, 1985; 8vo (20.3cm), 561pp., zwart-wit foto's, gebrocheerd. Bovenkant rug licht beschadigd, verder goed exemplaar. Z. schaars! ¶ l Relaas van een beroepsmilitair die in 1938 onder de wapenen komt en pas in 1946 weer thuis kwam, dus de hele oorlog meegem...

Herbs for the mediaeval household for cooking, healing and divers uses

FREEMAN, MARGARET B. · 1971

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York: The metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971 (reprint 1943); 4to (26cm), 50pp., black-white reproductions w. captions in red, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. Small tears in dustjacket, otherwise v. good copy, nicely illustrated. Rare in NL.

Het biljartspel. Handleiding voor beginners en gevorderden

WENNING, H.C.L. · 1928

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Gouda: Van Goor & Zn., 1928 (1e druk); 24mo (15cm), 72pp., zw-w tekeningen gebrocheerd. Goed exemplaar. Schaars!

Stratenboekje van Amsterdam en omliggende gemeenten

VERMEIJ, J. · 1961

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

A'dam: Lieverlee, ca. 1961; 16mo (15.5cm), 143pp., gebrocheerd. Goed exemplaar. Los ingevoegd 3 pp. gestencilde lijst met nieuwe straatnamen (ca. 1961). Schaars. ¶ l Naast A'dam Amstelveen, Ouderkerk a.d. Amstel, Ouderkerk, Duivendrecht, Diemen, Badhoevedorp Halfweg, Zwanenbur...

Het wonderlijk avontuur van de Kalypso

ORSAT, J.F. · 1958

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Brussel: Nestlé, 1958; 4to (28cm), 49pp., ingeplakte kleurenfoto's, ringband met geïllustreerde voorplat. Lichte sporen van gebruik op de hoeken, ringband goed, alle platen aanwezig. Z. schaars. ¶ l Boek voor de jeugd over Kapitein Cousteau laat zijn mannen duiken naar koralen...

Voices from the past. A year of great quotations and the stories from history that inspired them

MARSH, W.B. · 2020

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Icon Books, 2020; 8vo (24.5cm), xl+680pp., indes, hardcover w. dustjacket and bookmarker. As new. ¶ l What happened on January 1st throughout December 31st: a selection of interesting years in (mostly) Western history from the Romans onwards. \"Every day of the year ha...

Legacy of violence. A history of the British Empire

ELKINS, CAROLINE · 2022

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

London: The Bodley Head, 2022 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), xii+875pp., black-white photographs, endnotes, bibiliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Scarce in NL. ¶ l \"A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence through...

Lords of the destert. The battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East

BARR, JAMES · 2018

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York: basic Books, 2018 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), vi+454pp., black-white photographs, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. ¶ l The author \"contends that the US [not Arabic nationalism] was the driving force behind the British exit. Though the two...

Left out. The inside story of Labour under Corbyn

POGRUND, GABRIEL, AND PATRICK MAGUIRE · 2020

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: The Bodley Head, 2020; 8vo (24.5cm), 6376pp., index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Rare in NL. ¶ l 'Unquestionably the political book of the year'

Fear and the muse kept watch. The russian masters - from Akhmatova and Pasternak to Shostakovich and Eisenstein - under Stalin

MCSMITH, ANDY · 2015

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York/London: The new Press, 2015; 8vo (24.5cm), (6+)339pp., endnotes, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Rare in NL.

Forged through fire. War, peace, and the democratic bargain

FEREJOHN, JOHN, AND FRANCES MCCALL ROSENBLUTH · 2017

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York/London: Liveright Publishing Cy., 2017; xiii+460pp., maps, black-white illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Rare in NL.

Victoria. A life

WILSON, A.N. · 2014

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London: Atlantic Books, 2014; 8vo (24.5cm), xiv+642pp., black-white photographs, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. Dj. has a (coffee?) stain 1x5 cm, otherwise a good copy. This edition scarce in NL. ¶ l Standard work, the definitive biography of the matri...

Weeping Britannia. Portrait of a nation in tears.

DIXON, THOMAS · 2015

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015 (1st ed.); 8vo (24cm), black-white illustrations, (x+)438pp., endnotes, resources, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Rare in NL. ¶ l \".... the first history of its kind, it debunks once and for all a peculiarly persistent national m...

Vilaa Air-Bel. World War II, escape, and a house in Marseille

SULLIVAN, ROSEMARY · 2007

€9.50 ($10.47 | £7.93 | ¥1,672)

New York: Harper Perennial, 2007; 8vo (20.5cm), xv+476pp., black-white photographs, endnotes, bibliography, index, paper. Black dot on bottom of bookblock, otherwise v. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l How members of the cultural elite of France kept alive after Nazi Germany capture...

Times of our lives. The essential companion for writing your own life story

OKE, MICHAEL · 2004

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Oxford: Howtobooks, 2004; 8vo (24.5cm), xiv+327(+9)pp., paper. V. good copy. ¶ l A Daily Telegraph publication.

War and gold. A 500-year history of empires, adventures, and debt

KWARTENG, KWASI · 2014

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York: PublicAffairs, 2014; 8vo (24.5cm), (4+)424(2)pp. appendix, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy. Scarce in NL. ¶ l The author was the shortest serving finance minister of the UK, under the equally short serving PM Liz Truss. His books,...

Pittenweem Sojourn

MCLEOD, NANZIE · 2006

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Glasgow: n.publ., 2006; 8vo (21.5cm), 493pp., paper. Good copy. ¶ l Story of a Glasgow family, moving to the family cottage in the war with all its disadvantages. \"a positive and humorous picture\".

Monsieur Pamplemousse and the carbon footprint

BOND, MICHAEL · 2010

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London: Allan & Busby, 2010; 8vo (22.5cm), 286pp., hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy. ¶ l 'A delightful French frolic of a detective story' (The Scotsman). By the creator of Paddington bear.

Great Second World War stories

2014

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London: Bounty Books, 2014; 8vo (21.5cm), 697(+2)pp., illustrated hardcover. As new. Scarce. ¶ l \"Over 30 great stories of the heroism and brutality, starvation and survival, defeats and triumphs commemorating 75 years since the outbreak of WW II.\" Authors include Kurt Vonne...

Heroic failure and the British

BARCZEWSKI, STEPHANIE · 2016

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2016 (1st ed.); 8vo (24cm), x+267pp., black-white illustrations, endnotes, archival sources and bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. As new. Rare in NL. ¶ l Author \"shows that the commemoration of heroic failure as the twentie...