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Delftsche studentenalmanak.

1924

€13.65 ($15.05 | £11.39 | ¥2,402)

Delft: Waltman, 1924-1930 (7 delen); ca. 400pp. per deel, 8vo, rood linnen gebonden m. goudopdruk, per deel diverse zw-w foto's, tekeningen, registers. Lichte roestvlekken op snee, verder in goede staat. Prijs per deel. ¶ l ook verkrijgbaar: jaren 1910-1912; conditie per deel ...

Encyklopaedie der weiblichen Handarbeiten.

Dillmont, Thérèse de. · 1922

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Mülhausen: Th. de Dillmont, new enlarged and improved ed. (no date, ca. 1922); (v+)750(+36)pp., 1087 bl-wh drawings and 17 colour plates, advertisements, 8vo, olive green cloth, printed end-papers. Very good copy. ¶ l classic handbook of all kinds of needlework; German edition...

The London Mercury and Bookman.

Scott-James, R.A., ed. · 1937

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: The London Mercury, 1937-38 (9 different vols.); ca. 100pp. per volume, woodcuts, photographic out-of-text illustrations, large 8vo, original orange printed wrapeprs. Spines slightly worn and discoloured, small corner of title page cut out (no loss of text), else very ...

Les musées d'Europe. La Hollande.

Geffroy, Gustave. · 1910

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

Paris: Nilsson (ca. 1910); iv+160pp., 57 out-of-text and 123 in-text illustrations, small 4to, decorated end-papers, top edge gilt, full calf w. decorative embossed and partly gilt front and back covers. Exlibris on front end-paper. Out-of-text illustrations slightly foxed, sp...

De baldadige vertelsels byeengegaert in de abdyen van Touraysne.

Balzac, Honoré de. · 1941

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Amstelredamme: Aelderick Strengholt, 1941; 229(+5)pp., 162 zw-w illustraties van Gustave Doré, 22 handgekleurde sierletters en vignetten, frontispice-kopergravure, tweezijdig gebroken oud-hollandsch papier, bovenzijde verguld op snee m. gepointilleerde versiering, klein 4to, h...

The pictorial Bible being the Old and New Testament according to the authorised version.

[Kitto, John.] · 1855

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

London: W. and R. Chambers, 1855 (new edition, 4 vols.); together 2739pp., all vols. with extensive footnotes, profusely illustrated with steel engravings and woodcuts, vol. iv with index, large 8vo, coloured end-papers, all edges gilt, embossed full leather bindings w. raised...

Museumplein (werk in uitvoering/work in progress).

Holman, Theodor, e.a. · 1999

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, 1999; 70pp., wv. 5 uitslaand, kleuren- en zw-w foto's (door Siebe Swart), plattegronden, vierkant 8vo, gebrocheerd. Als nieuw. Texts in Dutch and English. ¶ l fraaie breedbeeldfotoreportage van de bouw- en graafactiviteiten in 1999 die het grootste en...

Uit het volk. Amsterdamsche novellen.

Maurik, Justus van. · 1910

€6.50 ($7.16 | £5.42 | ¥1,144)

A'dam: van Holkema & Warendorf (ca. 1910, 8e dr.); 157(+3)pp., 8vo, bandillustratie (wrsch. Braakensiek) in kleur, ietsje sleets. Goed ex. ¶ l 3 grotere novellen ('Jan Smees', 'Een menschenleven' en 'Mie de porster') en 2 korte ('Een vriendendienst' en 'Zoo'n vrek'). Bandje me...

De geschiedenis der verlichting van Amsterdam.

Zahn Jr., G.P. · 1911

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

A'dam: Scheltema en Holkema (1911); xii+235pp., 68 zw-w afbeeldingen, 4to, ingenaaid m. gedecoreerde papieren omslag. Voorplat losliggend, boekblok gebroken, rug daardoor gehavend. Inhoud compleet en goed. Indien herbonden (moet dus nog gebeuren) een goed exemplaar. ¶ l De oud...

The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations.

Cohen, J.M. and M.J. · 1988

€4.50 ($4.96 | £3.75 | ¥792)

London: Penguin Books, 1988, repr.; 664 pp., index, 8vo, paperback, G+ ¶ l Amongst the 12,000 entries in the dictionary you find the common stock of quotations, side by side with remarks and stray lines by almost unknown writers.

The clans and tartans of Scotland.

Bain, Robert. · 1961

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

London: Collins, 1961, amended ed.; 320 pp., 8vo, list of outstanding dates, Gaelic glossary, heraldic glossary, sources of further informtion. Maps on endpapers. 133 tartans illustrated in colour. Dustwr. VG+/VG+ ¶ l First published in 1938, is this edition enlarged and re-ed...

Precious stones. Series No. 2.

1925

€13.00 ($14.33 | £10.85 | ¥2,287)

London: British Museum (Natural History) 1925: 5 Cards in colour, Set D 4, with explanatory leaflet in greenish envelope. As good as new.

The Selected letters of Thomas Wolfe.

Wolfe, Thomas. · 1969

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

London: Heinemann, 1969, re-issue; XXII+326 pp., 8vo, hardc., dustwr., introduction, index, 1 photogr. of author (frontispiece), bottom edge with black remainder-mark. VG/VG ¶ l Letters selected by Daniel George and edited by Elizabeth Nowell.

Fifty Penguin Years.

1985

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,079)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985, 1st ed.; 142 pp., 8vo, ppb, numerous illustrations in black/white and colour. VG+ ¶ l The history of Penguin, written for the exhibition in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in september/october 1985. Again one of Penguin's flawlessly tastefu...

Captive in Korea.

Deane, Philip. · 1953

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,111)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953, 1st ed.; 224 pp., 8vo, hardc. darkr. lin., dustwr., bl/wh photogr., name prev. owner on f.e.p. Endpapers discoloured, edges foxed. Dustwr. brittle, several tears, part spine lost. VG/G ¶ l The incredible record of a journalist, held captive in Ko...

Migraine and other headaches.*

Ferrari, M.D. and X. Lataste, eds. · 1989

€15.90 ($17.52 | £13.26 | ¥2,798)

Cranforth/Park Ridge: Parthenon Publ. Group, 1989; 300pp., index, ill., 8vo., cl., or.wrps. ¶ l New Trends in Clinical Neurology Series.

The Tinsmiths of Connecticut.

DeVoe, Shirley Spaulding. · 1968

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,519)

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1968, 1st ed.; XXIV+200 pp., lge 8vo, hardc. halflin. with grey marmored boards, dustwr., list of illustrations, appendices, list of references. Numerous bl/wh photogr. Weak traces of tape on f.e.p. and dwr.. F/VG ¶ l A marve...

The Berkshire Hills.

Federal Writers' Project. · 1939

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

New York: Dual, Sloane and Pearce, 1939, 2nd printing; XIV+368 pp., hardc., green lin. with black lettering, 8vo, index, bl/wh photographs, maps. Spine top and bottom sl. bumped.A few unidentifiable white specs on front and back. But VG copy, ¶ l A volume in the American Guide...

The New Limerick Book.

Reed, Langford. · 1937

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1937, 1st ed.; 95 pp., hardc.,blue lin. with gold lettering, dustwr., 40 bl/wh illustrations by Batchelor, VG+, dustwr. VG but with small repaired tears in front, small loss of paper in back and some light rubbing in front. ¶ l Dozens of limericks on t...

Daar de Orangie-appel in de gevel staat. In en om het weeshuis der doopsgezinde collegianten, 1675-1975.

Groenveld, S., red. · 1975

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,959)

A'dam: Sticht. Weeshuis der Doopsgezinde Collegianten 'de Oranjeappel', 1975; 214pp., bibliografie, eindnoten, naamlijsten, 53 zw-w afb., 8vo, donkergroen linnen gebonden m. goudopdruk. Mooi ex. met bijzondere opdracht: het 1e exemplaar ! ¶ l over het sedert 1675 tot 1920 op K...