Serendipity

Yoknapatawpha. Faulkner's 'Little postage stamp of native soil'

KERR, ELIZABETH M. · 1969

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York: Fordham University Press, 1969 (1st ed.); 8vo (22.5cm), (x+)284pp., frontispiece portrait, bibliography, index, map on endpapers, grey cloth w. gilt title on spine, no dustjacket. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l With portrait of William Faulkner, the grandfather, and 2...

The eternal flame

BRASCH, R. · 1958

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Sydney etc.: Angus and Robertson, 1958, 1st ed.);8vo (22.5cm), frontispiece, 328pp., black-white photographs, lexicon Jewish names, index, hardback w. dustjacket. Dj. normal taces of wear, book v. good. Rare in NL. ¶ l [...] 'invaluable guide to Jewish ideas. Ideal for present...

The tables of the law

MANN, THOMAS. · 1945

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945 (1st Am. ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), 64pp., green cloth w. gilt lettering, dustjacket. Dj. on top front and back worn and small pieces missing but still good; book itself v. good. Rare in NL. ¶ l Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter.

The birth controllers

FRYER, PETER · 1965

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: Secker & Warburg, 1965 (1st ed.); 8vo (22.3cm), 384pp., 12 black-white illustrations, endnotes, references, bibliography, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. Dj. somewhat worn w. two small tears, otherwise a v. good copy. ¶ l The book 'describes the careers, not merely of...

Figurines Gallo-Romaines en argile d'Autun

VERTET, H., AND G. VUILLEMOT · 1972

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Collections du Musee Rolin, 1972; 8vo (24cm), 92pp., 20 black-white plates, map, stapled. V. good copy. Rare! ¶ l Catalogue in French.

The resurgent years 1911-1927. History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)

GIBB, GEORGE SWEET, AND EVELYN H. KNOWLTON · 1956

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

New York: Harper, 1956 (1st ed.); 8vo (24.5cm), frontispiece, xxxii+754pp., 33 pages of black-white photographs, charts and maps, tables, appendices, endnotes, index, green cloth w. dustjacket. Dj. spine faded, normal wear, book v. good copy w. slight foxing on the edges. Rare...

Schism and renewal in Africa. An analysis of six thousand contemporary religious movements

BARRETT, DAVID B. · 1968

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Nairobi etc.: Oxford University Press, 1968; 8vo (21.5cm), frontispiece photograph, xx+363(+3)pp., 25 black-white photographs, end notes per chapter, figures, tables, select bibliography, appendices, 4 indexes, folded map, red cloth w. dustjacket. Dj. spine faded, book v. good...

Sabers and brown shirts. The German students path to national socialism, 1918-1935

STEINBERG, MICHAEL STEPHEN · 1977

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Chigaco/London: The University of Chicago Press, 1977; 8vo (23.5cm), vi+237pp., tables, red-brown cloth, no dustjacket. Ex-library copy with library stamps inside, no other library markings. VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l Deutsche Studentenschaft history WW I to mid-thirties.

Working with Roosevelt

ROSENMAN, SAMUEL L. · 1952

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952; 8vo (22cm), 510pp., black-white photographs, index, brown-red hardback w. dustjacket. Spine dj. somewhat browned, book has v. incidental remarks, otherwise a good copy. Rare! ¶ l 'Judge Rosenman is a distinguished American jurist who combined b...

The sound of fury. An account of the Indian Mutiny

COLLIER, RICHARD · 1963

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: Collins, 1963 (1st ed.); 8vo (21.5cm), 384pp., maps as endpapers, black-white illustrations, sources, bibliography, dark-grey hardback w. dustjacket, VG/VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l 'On Sunday the 10th of May, 1857, the East India Company and with it all Europeans in British In...

The art of letters. Lu Chi's 'Wen Fu,' A.D. 302. A translation and comparative study

HUGHES, E.R. · 1951

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York: Pantheon Books, 1951; 8vo (23.5cm), frontispiece, xviii+261pp., 8 plates (1 folded), 4 appendices, index, black cloth w. dustjacket. Dj. spine faded, book v. good, no remarks. Rare in NL. ¶ l 'Lu Chi's prose poem on the Art of Letters, a great peom and a systematic c...

Sebei law

GOLDSCHMIDT, WALTER · 1967

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967; 8vo (23.5cm), frontispiece photograph, xv+303pp., 2 maps, black-white photographs, 4 appendixes (among which a glossary), footnotes, brown cloth w. dustjacket. Dj. has minor wear, otherwise a v. good copy without rema...

Hong Kong: a society in transition. Contributions to the study of Hong Kong society

JARVIE, I.C., ED. · 1969

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969 (1st ed.); 8vo (22cm), xxix+378+15pp., 24 black-white photographs, 17 tables, footnotes, 2 indexes, green cloth w. dustjacket. V. good copy, no markings. Rare in NL. ¶ l Volume in the international library of sociology and social reconstruc...

The study of urbanization

HAUSER, PHILIP M., AND LEO F. SCHNORE · 1967

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York: John Wiley, 1967 (3rd printing); 8vo (23.5cm), notes at the end of each chapter, red-brown cloth, no dustjacket. V. good copy, no inscriptions. Rare in NL. ¶ l Three parts: 1. The study of urbanization in the social sciences; 2. Comparative urban research; 3. Selecte...

Photography in colours

JOHNSON, GEORGE LINDSAY · 1922

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: George Routledge, 1922 (4th ed.); sm8vo (19.5cm), frontispiece, xvi+318pp., 14 plates, 31 figures, 27 tables, bibliography, index, green cloth w. gilt lettering. Ex-library copy w. presentation plate pasted in on first endpaper, library notation written in white ink on...

Alien Americans. A study of race relations

SCHRIEKE, B. · 1936

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York: Viking Press, 1936; 8vo (21cm), xii+208pp., appendix, bibliography, index, cloth, no dustjacket. W. vague library stamp on title page and a few pencil remarks in text, otherwise a v. good copy. Rare. ¶ l The author, a Dutch East India specialist, was an anthropologi...

Orde Wingate

SYKES, CHRISTOPHER · 1959

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Collins, 1959 (1st ed.); 8vo (23.5cm), 575pp., black-white photographs, maps, footnotes, 2 appendixes, red-brown cloth w. dustjacket. Dj. somewhat worn, otherwise a v. good copy. Rare! ¶ l Biography of a then well-known British military leader active in Ethipopia, Isra...

American foreign policy and the separation of powers

CHEEVER, DANIEL S., AND H. FIELD HAVILAND JR. · 1952

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952; 8vo (21.5cm), xii+244pp., endnotes, index, red cloth w. dustjacket. Ex libris pasted in at first endpaper. Dj. slightly worn, spine somewhat faded, pencil underlinings pp. 27-37, otherwise a good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ l Deals with the r...

A history of the Pacific from the Stone Age tot the present day

BARCLAY, GLEN · 1978

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: Sidgewick & Jackson, 1978 (1st ed.); 8vo (24cm), (6+)264pp., black-white illustrations, maps, chronology, endnotes, references, bibliography, index, blue hardcover w. non-priceclipped dustjacket. Good copy. Rare in NL.

The art of the cave dweller. A study of the earliest artistic activities of Man

BROWN, G. BALDWIN · 1932

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London: John Murray, 1932 (2nd. ed.); 8vo (23cm), frontispiece w. tissue, xx+280(+4)pp., 95 half-tone plates, 4 maps (of which 2 folded), 70 line illustrations, footnotes, index. Brown cloth w. gilt lettering on spine, ex libris on first endpaper. Slight damp stain on frontcov...