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The hound of the baskervilles.
Conan Doyle, A. · 1938
€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938 (2nd impr.); 12 mo (18 cm), 249(+6)pp., paper, no dustwrapper. Spine sl. skewed, corner of half-title cut out, otherwise VG+ ¶ l Vintage Penguin # 111 in the green-white 'Mystery & Crime' series.
Rapport van de Commissie van Advies voor het in exploitatie brengen van terreinen voor handel en industrie.
[Alkmaar, Gemeente] · 1918
€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)
Gem. Alkmaar, zonder uitg., 1918; 4to (27 cm), xvii+251(+7)pp., 2 plattegronden, bijlagen, tabellen, papieren omslag. Aan de rug bovenaan ontbreekt 4 cm, op die plaats is omslag aan voor- en achterzijde ingescheurd (op rugdeel na omslag wel compleet). Ex-biliotheekexemplaar m....
Homo sapiens in decline. A reappraisal of natural selection.*
Kraus, Gerhard. · 1973
€4.50 ($4.96 | £3.75 | ¥792)
Great Gransden: The New Diffusionist Press, 1973; 189pp., index, bibliogr., notes, sm.8vo, paper. Some annot. in text. ¶ l 'waardeloos boekje' (J.Wind).
Disraeli.
Maurois, André. · 1937
€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1937 (2nd impr.); 12mo (18 cm), 278(+8)pp., index, paper, dustwrapper. F/VG, dw. 2 cm tear in front upper part, spine slightly discoloured. ¶ l vintage Penguin no. 110; dark blue and white covers in 'Biography' series.
Now East, now West.
Ertz, Susan · 1937
€3.50 ($3.86 | £2.92 | ¥616)
Harmondsworth: Penguin 1937 (2nd impr.); 12mo (18 cm), 248(+8)pp., paper, sl. skewed, no dustwrapper. VG. Scarce in NL. ¶ l Penguin # 106; vintage Penguin orange fiction ed. with Çomplete list of all Penguin and Pelican Books to January 1938\".
Essex.
Pevsner, Nikolaus · 1954
€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1954 (1st ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 440+64(+8)pp., bl-wh illustrations, glossary, index, folded map, paper, no dustwrapper. VG. Scarce in NL. ¶ l The Buildings of England (BE), vol. 11. Vintage Penguin.
South Devon.
Pevsner, Nikolaus · 1952
€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952 (1st ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 252+80pp., bl-wh illustrations, glossary, index, folded map, paper, no dustwrapper. VG. Scarce in NL. ¶ l The Buildings of England (BE), vol. 5. Vintage Penguin.
Nottinghamshire.
Pevsner, Nikolaus · 1951
€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951 (1st ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 248+64(+8)pp., bl-wh illustrations, glossary, index, paper, no dustwrapper. VG. Scarce in NL. ¶ l The Buildings of England (BE), vol. 2. Vintage Penguin.
The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman in three parallel texts together with Richard the Redeless.
Langland, William, and Walter W. Skeat, ed. · 1924
€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)
London: Oxford University Press, 1924 (2nd impr.); 2 vols, 8vo (22.3 cm), vol. I vi+628pp., text vol.II xcvi+484pp., preface, notes, glossary, index, dark blue cloth w. gilt lettering on spines. Some inobtrusive underlining in pencil, otherwise VG. ¶ l The first ed. of this bo...
The voyage of the 'Vivian' to the North Pole and beyond.
Knox, Thomas W. · 1885
€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)
New York: Harper, 1885 (1st ed.); sm8vo (22.5 cm), 297(+6)pp., colour lithograph as frontispiece, maps, numerous bl-wh stale engravings, decorative blue cloth w. gilt lettering. First free end-page (part of map) missing, two inscriptions by previous owners (one: Dec. 25th, 188...
Amsterdam zwart op wit.
Luger, Johan en Jo Spier. · 1930
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
A'dam: Andries Blitz, [1930, 1e dr.]; 8vo (20 cm), 143+1pp., 52 tekeningen en bandillustratie door Jo Spier, linnen gebonden m. bandillustratie. Zeer goed exemplaar. ¶ l E.e.a. eerder (1929) gepubl. in De Telegraaf; attractief door tekeningen van Jo Spier.
The illustrated history of Canada.
Brown, Graig, ed. · 1987
€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1987 (1st ed.); 576pp., bl-wh illustrations, index, blue hardcover w. dustwrapper. Dw has inside some traces of moiture but not visible from outside, otherwise VG.
Inside looking out. The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, 1868-1924.
Polster, Gary Edward · 1990
€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)
Kent, Oh./London: Kent State University Press, 1990 (1st ed.); 4to (26 cm), xiv+240pp., bl-wh photographs, index, bibliography, endnotes, black cloth w. dustwrapper. F/VG+ Rare in NL.
Five Roses cook book. Being a manuel of good recipes.
1915
€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)
Mantreal: Lake of the Woods Milling Cy., 1915 (1st. ed. thus); 4to (25.4 cm), 145pp., colour and bl-wh illustrations, index, paper. Spine normally faded, coupons cut out, otherwise VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l 'Bread, pastry, &tc.' Five Roses flour promotional cookbook.
The rose and the ring. Reproduced in facsimile from the Author's original illustrated manuscript in the Pierpont morgan Library, New York.
Thackeray, William Makepeace · 1947
€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1947; oblong 8vo (21.5 cm), xviii+c.110 unnumbered pp., coloured and bl-wh drawings, facsimile ed., gilt cloth in slipcase. Small dedication on 1st free end-paper; upper part of the book's pages v. slightly damped, but absolutely no trace...
A tall ship on other naval occasions.
'Bartimeus' · 1937
€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1937 (1st Penguin repr.); 12mo (18 cm), 245(+8)pp., paper w. dustwrapper. VG+/VG+ ¶ l Vintage Penguin # 103, in the orange-white 'Fiction' series, with a complete list of Penguin and Pelican books to the end of 1937.
Victorian doctor. Being the life of Sir William Wilde.
Wilson, T.G. · 1946
€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1946 (1st ed.); 8vo (21.8 cm), (8+)336pp., index, bibliography, 61 bl-wh drawings by the author, brick-red cloth w. black ornaments and lettering, no dustwrapper. Spine slightly faded, else VG+ Dedication by the author plus typewritten and signed letter...
The red one.
London, Jack · 1919
€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)
London: Mills & Boon, 1919 (1st ed.); sm8vo (19.2 cm), 248(+4)pp., blue cloth, no dustwrapper. First and last end-pages foxed, small name on half-title. Spine and upper part front cover faded, book somewhat skewed, otherwise VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l Modern 1st edition; contains 'Th...
The documents in the case.
Sayers, Dorothy L. & Robert Eustace · 1938
€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938 (4th repr.); 12mo (18 cm), 256pp., paper w. dustwrapper. F/G Dw's 1st flap is missing, v. slight moisture at spine of dw., otherwise good. ¶ l Vintage Penguin # 89, green and white cover in the 'Mystery & crime' series.
Delta wedding.
Welty, Eudora · 1947
€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)
London: The Bodley Head, 1947 (1st ed.); sm8vo (19 cm), 271pp., pictorial end-pages, green cloth w. dustwrapper. Dw. light wear & tear plus one missing piece (5 x 4.5 cm) at backside; front side VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l Modern first edition.