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Hogarth's blacks. Images of Blacks in eighteenth century English art

DABYDEEN, DAVID · 1985

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

Mundelstrup, Danmark: Dangaroo Press, 1985 (1st ed.): 8vo (24.5cm), 158pp., 88 black-white illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index, paper. Good copy. Rare in NL.

Beantwoording der verdediging van de regtsmagt der heemraadschappen

DONKER CURTIUS, DIRK · 1835

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

's Gravenhage: A.J. van Weelden, 1835; 8vo (23.5cm), (4+)52pp., blauwgrijs papieren omslag zonder rugtitel. Ex-bibliotheekex. m. klein ovaalstempel en blindstempel op titelpagina. Rugje iets gehavend maar nog steving in bandje. Zeldzaam.

De regtsmagt der hooge en andere heemraadschappen betwist. Pleirede

DONKER CURTIUS, DIRK · 1834

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

's Gravenhage: A.J. van Weelden, 1834; 8vo (23.5cm), (4+)95pp., originele blauwgrijze papieren omslag zonder rugtitel. Ex-bibliotheekex. m. klein ovaalstempel op titelpagina en geringe restanten van verwijderd plaatsingsnummer op rug. Verder goed exemplaar.

The American Negro

KING, CLYDE L. (ED.) · 1928

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1928; 8vo (23.5cm), viii+359pp., frontispiece, tables, diagrams, index. red-brown cloth w. gilt lettering on spine. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l This is vol. CXXXX of 'The Annals' (november, 1928) of The Amer...

The Negro in America

ROSE, ARNOLD · 1948

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

New York: Harper,1948; 8vo (21.5cm), xx+325pp., index, green cloth w. gilt lettering on spine, dustjacket. . Ex-ibrary copy with vague oval stamp on title page, otherwise a v. good copy. Foreword by Gunnar Myrdal. ¶ l This book is a condensation of 'An American dilemma' by Gu...

A black civilization. A social study of an Australian tribe

WARNER, W. LLOYD · 1958

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

[New York:] Harper, 1958 (revised ed.); 8vo (21.5cm), xx+618pp., frontispiece, map, charts, black-white photographs and figures, glossary, index, black cloth w. gilt lettering on spine. No dustjecket but 2 flaps inserted. Ex-library copy (one vague stamp on first free endpage)...

Lord's 1787-1945

WARNER, SIR PELHAM · 1951

€9.50 ($10.47 | £7.93 | ¥1,672)

London etc.: George G. Harap & Co., 1951 (4th. reprint); ; 8vo (22.5cm), 324pp., 51 black-white illustrations, appendixes, short bibliography, index, hardcover. No dustjacket. V. good copy. ¶ l Cricket history.

Admiralty manual of navigation, vols. I-III

1964

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, I: 1964 (rev. ed.), II 1960 (rev. ed.), III 1955 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), vii+510, xi+297, x+437pp., black-white and colour illustrations, maps, some of which folded, tables, indexes, blue cloth w. gilt emblem and spine lettering. Good ...

Jean Cocteau. Magicien du spectacle

1983

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Marseille: Musee Berely/Musee provinçial du Cinema, 1983; 8vo (24.5cm), 96pp., black-white and colour illustrations, bibliography, index, paper. Good copy. ¶ l Catalogue.

Het Nederlandsch in Nederlandsch-Indië

KERN, H. · 1909

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Leiden: S.C. van Doesburgh, 1909; 8vo (23.5cm), 15pp., in bedrukt papieren omslag. Schaars. ¶ l Rede gehouden op het XXXe Nederlandsche taal- en letterkundecongres te Leiden van 26-28 Augustus 1908. Aangeboden aan de leden der Vereeniging 'Oost en West'.

Kibbutz. Venture in Utopia

SPIRO, MELFORD E. · 1956

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956 (1st ed.); xii+266pp., bibliography, index, blue cloth, no dustjacket. Spine and edges of cover somewhat tanned, otherwise a good copy without markings. Rare in NL. ¶ l \"This is an anthropological study of Kiryat Yedidim, the fict...

Tahiti et sa couronne. Tahiti, Moorea, les Polynésiens

SERSTEVENS, A. T' · 1950

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Paris: Albin Michel, 1950 (1st ed.); sm8vo (19cm), 397pp., 20 drawings, 24 photographs, folding map, paper. Front paper cover has a 5 cm tear, page edges untrimmed, otherwise a good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Vol 1 of 3 only. Map (33.5x24.5cm) covers Polynésie orentale française en...

The Leardo map of the world 1452 or 1453 in the collection of the American Geographical Society

WRIGHT, JOHN KIRTLAND · 1928

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

New York: American Geographical Society, 1928 (1st and only? ed.); sm8vo (19cm), v+74(+10)pp., 10 black-white illustrations, references, clth w. gilt lettering. Ex-library copy with a few not-disturbing traces of librery marks. Rare in NL. ¶ l Description of a rare Venetian ma...

Nomina anatomica parisiensia (1955) et B.N.A. (1895)

WOERDEMAN, M.W. · 1957

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

Utrecht: A. Oosthoek, 1957; 12mo (17.5cm), xvii+174pp., cloth w. title on front cover and spine. V. good copy. Rare. ¶ l Anatomical terminology in Latin. Forewords in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

American protestantism

HUDSON, WINTHROP S. · 1961

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press, 1961 (1st ed.); 8vo (21cm), x+198pp., suggested reading, index, blue cloth w. dustjacket. Near fine copy w. unclipped dj. Rare in NL. ¶ l Preface by series editor Daniel J. Boorstin. Volume in the Çhicago History of American Civ...

The testing of negro intelligence

SHUEY, AUDREY · 1958

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell, 1958 (1st ed.); xvi+351pp., tables, bibliography, index, blue cloth w. lettering on front cover and spine. Good copy, no inscriptions, underlining, etc. No dustjacket. Cover slightly soiled, spine somewhat discoloured. Rare in 1st ed. ¶ l Study in men...

Authenticity in art. The scientific detection of forgery

FLEMING, STUART J. · 1975

€14.50 ($15.98 | £12.10 | ¥2,552)

London/Bristol: The Institute of Physics, 1975; 8vo (24cm), (x+)164pp., black-white and colour illustrations, tables, diagrams, appendix, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy with underlinings at p. 73-74. Scarce. ¶ l The subtitle is the beest summary of ...

Eerste jaarlijksch verslag van het Geschied- taal-, land- en volkenkundig Genootschap, gevestigd te Willemstad, Curaçao

1897

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1897; 8vo (24.5cm), 187pp., bijlagen, herbonden in originele omslag. Ex-bibliotheekexemplaar (KIT) met diverse bibliotheeksignaturen, rug verstevigd en hersteld. Schaars. ¶ l Geen fraai exemplaar, wel bijzonder en schaars. O.a. lijst met alle gouverne...

The uniqueness of the individual

MEADWAR, P.B. · 1957

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London: Methuen & Co, 1957 (1st ed.); 8vo (20.5cm), 191pp., index, hardback w. dustjacket. Dj. has v. slight traces of age, spine tanned. This edition rare in NL. ¶ l Contains 8 previously published essays: 1. Old age and natural death (1946); 2. An unsloved problem of biology...

God. A human history

ASLAN, REZA · 2017

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York: Random House, 2017 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), xvi+299pp., bibliography, endnotes, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy w. red dot on bottom of book block. Apparently not read copy. ¶ l Author \"explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine [...]\".