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Artistry in clay

MUSEO CHILENO DE ARTE PRECOLOMBINO · 1990

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

Santiago: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 1990; 4to (28.5cm), 98pp., black-white and colour illustrations, glossary, bibliography, softcover. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Selection of the precolombian collection of this museum. Impressive photography w. text in English.

De grote belgische verzamelingen. Verzameling Urvater

MUSEUM KRöLLER-MüLLER · 1957

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Brussel: Editions de la Connaissance, 1957; 8vo (24cm), ongenummerde pp., zwart-wit en kleurenafbeeldingen, lijst tentoonstellingen, biografieën, softcover. Ex libris op binnenzijde voorplat, rug enigszins verbleekt, verder goed exemplaar. Schaars. ¶ l Catalogus van 122 werken...

Art & ideas. Works of art

ERMES, ALI OMAR · 1993

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Uniteers Outdoor Advertising, 1993; 4to (29.5cm), 47pp., colour illustrations, softcover. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Sales catalogue Balai Seni Maybank, Menara Maybank, Kuala Lumpur, 2nd February - 15th February 1993.

Etskunst. Techniek en geschiedenis

POORTENAAR, JAN · 1933

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

Amsterdam: 'In den Toren', 1933 (3e druk); 4to (29cm), xvi+216pp., frontispiece, 6 etsen door den schrijver, 19 tekeningen in de tekst, 174 zwart-wit afbeeldingen, bibliografie, register, halflinnen gebonden m. vergulde belettering op voorplat en rug. Genummerd exemplaar (270/...

Picasso

RAYNAL, MAURICE, AND OTHERS · 1952

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Souillac: Le Point, Octobre 1952 (septième année); 4to (26cm), black-white illustrations, 56pp., green paper cover. Good copy w. small (1 cm) missing piece on spine. Rare in NL. ¶ l Le Poit, Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Text in French.

The spread of nuclear weapons: more may be better

WALTZ, KENNETH N. · 1981

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1981 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), 32pp., endnotes, stapled paper. Name and date on contents page. Rare! ¶ l Adelphi Paper number one hundred and seventy one, by a prominent International Relations expert.

Arms control. Readings from 'Scientific American'

YORK, HERBERT (ED.) · 1973

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

San Fransici: W.H. Freeman, 1973; small 4to (28.5cm), viii+427pp., black-white and colour illustrations, diagrams, tables, maps, paper. Name on half title, else v. good copy. Scarce in NL. ¶ l Collection of sometimes groundbreaking articles, including historical background of ...

Rshew 1942-1943. Aus der Geschichte der 36. Infanterie-Division (mot.)

CONRADI, ALEXANDER · 1976

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

Neckargemünd: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag, 1976; 8vo (24.5cm), 34 maps, footnotes, 9 appendices, names index, dark blue linen w. dustjacket. Fine. V. rare. ¶ l Report on one of the fiercest battles between the German eastfront army under fieldmarshall Model and the Sovjet army under...

Krieg im Westen. Vom 'Blitzkrieg' des Jahres 1940 zur alliierten Invasion in Nordfrankreich

FISCHER-BORKEN, KONRAD, AND OTHERS · 1978

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Heinrichshagen: Joachim Richter Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1978; 8vo (21.5cm), 348pp., hardcover w. dustjacket. Fine. Rare. ¶ l Five stories, based on historic reality-perspective of the common German front soldiers. Text in German. Content: Konrad Fischer-Borken, 'Vernichtungsschla...

Die Geschichte der Panzer-Lehr-Division im Westen 1944-1945

RITGEN, HELMUT · 1979

€32.50 ($35.82 | £27.11 | ¥5,720)

Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1979; 8vo (23.5cm), 360pp., black-white photographs, 28 maps, 15 appendices, tables, sources, bibliography, red-brown cloth w. dustjacket. Ex libris stamp on title page, otherwise v. good copy. Rare! ¶ l Author was a commander of one of the German ...

La guerre des blindés. Les opérations de la seconde guerre mondiale sur les fronts d'Europe en Afrique

BAUER, MAJOR EDDY · 1947

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Lausanne: Payot, 1947; 8vo (23cm), 640pp., 26 maps, bibliography, index, page edges untrimmed, paper. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Text in French. Préface du Général de Lattre de Tassigny.

Makers of modern strategy from Machiavelli to the nuclear age

PARET, PETER (ED.) · 1986

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,960)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986; 8vo (23cm), viii+941pp., footnotes, bibliography, index, paper. V. good copy. ¶ l 'The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characteristics and its political and social functions, over the past five centuries.'

The art of Blitzkrieg

MESSENGER, CHARLES · 1976

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Ian Allen, 1976 (1st ed.); 8vo (22cm), 256pp., black-white photographs, maps, hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Theory and practice of 20th century military manouvring.

De militaire balans en strategische ontwikkelingen 1988-1990

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES · 1990

€8.50 ($9.37 | £7.09 | ¥1,496)

's-Gravenhage: Atlantische Commissie, 1990; 8vo (24.5cm), (6+)236pp., tabellen, grafieken, softcover. Z. goed exemplaar. ¶ l Nederlandse uitgave door de Atlantische Commissie van twee jaarrapporten van het IISS te Londen. Bespreking van regionale ontwikkelingen op militair geb...

Avoiding war. Problems of crisis management

GEORGE, ALEXANDER L. (ED.) · 1991

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Boulder: Westview Press, 1991 (1st ed.); 8vo (23cm), xviii+590pp., notes at the end of each chapter, index, paper. Name on first free endpage, otherwise v. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Case studies in military history and international politics.

Foreign Affairs, September/October 1998

1998

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1998; small4to (25.5cm), 175pp., black-white illustrations, advertisements, paper. V. good copy. ¶ l A.o. Francis Fukuyama 'Women and the evolution of world politics'; Peter F. Drucker 'In defense of Japanese Bureaucracy'; Robert O. Keoh...

Farm buildings

WOOLEY, JOHN C. · 1946

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

New York/London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1946 (2nd ed.); 8vo (21.5cm), viii+3354pp., 205 black-white drawings and photographs, index, brown cloth w. gilt lettering, dustjacket. Dj. misses small chips, but in all good. Book v. good. ¶ l 'A practical and authoritative guide to...

National Portrait Gallery in colour

ORMOND, RICHARD (ED.) · 1979

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

London: Book Club Associates, 1979; small folio (30.5cm), 128pp., colour illustrations, index, hardcover w. illustrated dustjacket. Dj has lsightly traces of use but complete and good. V. good copy. Scarce.

Origine della socialità e della cultura umana. Introduzione ad una etnologia naturalistica.*

Chiarelli, Brunetto. · 1984

€6.85 ($7.55 | £5.71 | ¥1,206)

Roma: Editori Laterza, 1984; xi+376+9pp., bibliogr., bl-wh ills, sm.8vo, or. cloth and dustjacket. Half-title is missing.

The cultural history of Spain

STIERLIN, HENRI · 1984

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: Aurum Press, 1984; small folio (32.5cm), colour photographs, map, hard cover w. illustrated dustjacket. V. good copy. Scarce. ¶ l Text and photographs by the author.