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Collection of Six Addresses by William A. Pinkerton of the International Association Chiefs of Police,1904-1907: Adam Worth, (Alias "Little Adam"): Theft and Recovery of Gainsborough's "Duchess of Devonshire"... . Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the "Holdup" Men... . the "Yeggman": Bank Vault and Safe Burglar of to-Day...... Bank "Sneak" Thieves... . . "Forgery"... . Timothy Webster. Spy of the Rebellion...... Mainly First Editions

Pinkerton, William A. (1846-1923); Howard McBain; Ralph Dudley, provenance · 1904 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

New York: Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. 1904-1907. 12mo. 13 x 16.5cm. Later blue cloth, original front wrappers bound in, with calf lettered labels. Six addresses by William A. Pinkerton (1846-1923), son of Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective agency... B…

Haarlem - Jan van der Velde after Pieter de Molijn, 1726-1766

Molijn-- Pieter de · 1726 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)

LARGE 17THE CENTURY VIEW OF HAARLEM "HAER-LEM" copper engraving made by Jan van de Velde after a drawing by Pieter de Molijn. Published in Amsterdam by Reinier and Joshua Ottens between 1726-1766. The engraving consists of 3 joined sheets, measuring a total of 41 x 169.2 cm. Col…

Myth and Metaphysics

Wilhelmus Luijpen · 1976 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Soft cover: Very Good, 24 x 16 cm, 206 pp., English, 1st Edition, book condition: Very Good This book is an attempt to interpret man's religious existence, an interpretation for which some of the groundwork was laid by the author's book PHENOMENOLOGY AND ATHEISM (Duquesne Univer…

"We Serve That Men May Fly": No. 4 Squadron, R.C.A.F. (Women's Division), No. 6 Manning Depot, Toronto - March 18, 1942 ; [A Rare Early Photograph of One of the Earliest Graduating Classes of the R.C.A.F. (Women's Division)]

[WWII / R.C.A.F. (WOMEN'S DIVISION) / PHOTOGRAPHY / TORONTO] · 1942 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$650.00 (€589.73 | £491.92 | ¥103,809)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada R.C.A.F. (Women's Division) [Photographer Unidentified] Original silver gelatin photograph, long panoramic format, measuring 17" x 7". Bears a detailed, white inscription along the bottom identifying the unit and its command. The caption reads: "No. 4 SQ…

José Herrera. Schilderijen en tekeningen / Peintures et Sculptures / Paintings and Sculptures / Pinturas Y Esculturas.

HERRERA - Ommeren, Ruud (ed) & contributions by Michel Henry Bouchet, Cecile Herrera, Maarten Kroeze: · 2017 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

March 2017, (24 x 30,5 cm), 304 pp. Dutch/ English/ French/ Spanish text, full colour ills., hardcover with dustjacket. The Spanish painter José Herrera,(Madrid 1943), whose works can be found all over the world, is celebrating his fiftieth anniversary of being an artist with th…

The River Euphrates from Abu' Saide to Werdi. . from the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1836-1840. First Edition of the Map

Chesney, Francis Rawdon, (1789-1872);Commander H. Blosse Lynch (1807-1873); J. & C. Walker, engravers · 1849 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

[London]: Colonel Chesney, 1849. Original engraving. Map IV of XII. 50 x 62 x cm. Folding. Marginal tears..The 12 maps were printed separately by the firm of J. & C. Walker, who was the official printer for the British Admiralty and the East India Company. They were published by…

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1888 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1888-1889. Cloth. A smart complete seventeen volume collection of the poetical work of renowned English writer Robert Browning. Complete in seventeen volumes. With a frontispiece to volumes VII, VIII, X, and XVI. The collected poetical works of Robert…

Agnes Canon's War

LINCOLN, DEBORAH · 2014 · Pegasus Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

St. Louis, MO: Blank Slate Press, 2014. Paperback. ISBN: 0985808667. 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 300 pages; Soft cover has grey spine with white lettering. 'Agnes Canon is tired of being a spectator in life, a small-town schoolmarm and an invisible daughter among seven sisters, meat…

Bitter Truth : Avant-garde Art and the Great War

Richard Cork ; Jane Havell · 1994 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

, Yale University Press, 1994 Hardcover, 336 pages, ENG, 295 x 250 x 30 mm, dustjacket, In very good condition!, 330 b&w illustrations, 70 colour plates, index. ISBN 9780300057041. "It is unspeakable, godless, hopeless. I am no longer an artist interested and curious. I am a me…

'Captains Courageous'

KIPLING, Rudyard; TABER, Isaiah West, illustrator · 1897 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. The Grand Banks - Where Boys Become Men" A Classic of the Sea KIPLING, Rudyard. 'Captains Courageous' A Story of the Grand Banks. With illustrations by I. W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Small octavo (7 1…

Paris le Matin [and: ] Paris le Soir

GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier] · 1839 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,250.00 (€2,041.36 | £1,702.79 | ¥359,339)

Paris: Chez Bauger [and] Chez Aubert, 1839. Paris in the Morning" and "Paris at Night" GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Paris le matin. [Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, n.d. 1839]. Twelve numbered lithographed plates, depicting Parisian life in the morning. Pl…

Shiva: Der wilde, gütige Gott

Wolf Dieter Storl · 2002 · LLU Buchservice

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

, Koha, 2002. 250, 22,2 x 13,4 x 3,4 cm, Softcover. Zustand: 2. Alles über die Gottheit Shiva und Einführung in die indische Religion. Shiva, "der Gütige", ist nicht nur einer der vielen Götter. Er ist der Gott der Götter, der Urgrund alles Seins, die letzte und einzige Wirklich…

Men or Money?; A Social Credit Pamphlet

Low, Solon Earl (1900-1962) · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$129.00 (€117.04 | £97.63 | ¥20,602)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Social Credit Association of Canada | Printed by Reliable Printing, Limited First Edition, First Printing One folded sheet, comprising of 8 pages, measuring 3.5" x 6.25" when folded, and 3.5" x 14" when unfolded. Exceedingly scarce, our offering being t…

[Collection of 19 engineering photographs in Iran].[Iran, 1307-1308 AH (= 1928-1930 CE)]. Oblong album (24.5 x 29.6 cm). With 19 black and white photographs (ca. 23.1 x 17.1 cm) on thick dark blue/black paper. Mid-19th-century bright blue faux-leather, the front board features a pictorial on-lay within a rectangular frame, the illustration depicts a young woman in traditional costume holding a large ceramic vessel. The joints are laced through onto 2 supports.

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ENGINEERING - IRAN]. · 1928 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€12,500.00 ($13,777.59 | £10,426.81 | ¥2,200,366)

[9] ll.Collection of 19 engineering photographs taken in Iran, dating from ca. 1928 to 1930 CE. The majority of the images are annotated with the year 1308 (????) AH (1929-1930 CE), while only photograph 7 is dated 1307 (????) AH (1928-1929 CE).The album documents large-scale en…

[An indigenous community in Suriname].[19th century]. 28.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm. A diorama made with papier-mâché, wood, dried plant material, and oil paint. The wooden outside has been covered in black paper. The diorama can be viewed through a glass plate.

[DIORAMA - SURINAME]. · 1779 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.55 | £6,256.09 | ¥1,320,219)

Remarkable diorama depicting daily life in an indigenous community in the jungle of South America, most likely Suriname. Each of the figures is engaged in a different activity. While the men are hunting and fishing, the women are spinning cotton and baking cassava bread. The cha…

FÜNFZEHN FACSIMILEDRUCKE: Portfolio of 15 Prints. Diese Fünfzehn Drucke, getreue Wiedergaben der Originale in Papier, Format und Bild, Wurden in der Kunstansalt von J.B. Obernetter in München hergestellt. 1000 Exemplare wurden auf einem nach muster des Originalpapiers geschöpften bütten abgezogen, 100 exemplare auf Kaiserl. Japan über Kupferdruckpapier wurden numeriert und vom Künstler signiert

KUBIN, Alfred · 0 · Charles Agvent

$9,375.00 (€8,505.66 | £7,094.96 | ¥1,497,245)

München. Hans von Weber-Verl.. First Edition. Large (15" x 18-1/2") string-tied black cloth portfolio with the artist's name in gilt on the front cover and containing 15 loose prints (14" x 17-1/2") from original drawings with the artist's printed signature and title beneath eac…

Room at the Top [with Uncorrected Proof]

BRAINE, John (1922-1986); John Minton (1917-1957) · 1957 · Fine Editions Ltd

$949.00 (€861.00 | £718.20 | ¥151,561)

London Eyre & Spottiswoode First Edition First Impression of Braine's first book, offered with the scarce uncorrected proof. Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm): 256pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gold, in the striking dust jacket (price-clipped) illustrated by John Minton. A…

Scenes of Decadence. [Collection of coloured proof prints, perhaps for Rues et Visages De Paris, but one with a nudist scene from Rues et Visages De Berlin].

Laborde, C. [Chas Laborde] · 1926 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€800.00 ($881.77 | £667.32 | ¥140,823)

[Paris], 1926. Four proof plates (ca. 43.0 x 33.0 cm; printed surfaces ca. 27.0 x 24.0 cm) showing the Parisian and Berlin beau monde at its most decadent. = Swift and lively scenes of Paris, around 1925 - and one situated in Berlin - with people behaving ‘vulgarly’ and breaking…

De la Recherche de la Verité. Ou l'on Traite de la Nature de l'Esprit de l'homme, & de l'usage qu'il en doit fair pour éviter l'erreur dans les Sciences. Septieme Edition. Revûe & augmentée de plusieurs Eclaircissemens.

MALEBRANCHE (Nicholas de): · 1721 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

A Paris, Chez Christophe David..., 1721. 2 volumes in 1. 4to, 251 x 186 mms., pp. [xxiv], 386; [x], 399 [400 404 index], 4 [5 \"Corrction\" 6 blank, 7-8 Approbation and Privilege], printed in double columns, diagrams in text, woodcut ornaments, contemporary calf, gilt spine, …

Oda Otoya Collection of Stage Designs

[JAPANESE THEATRE] · 1920 · Boston Book Company

$125,000.00 (€113,408.82 | £94,599.40 | ¥19,963,270)

[JAPANESE THEATRE]. ODA OTOYA: A COLLECTION OF STAGE DESIGNS. Oda Otoya (1920-2006) began his career in the arts as an illustrator of fiction, moving to stage design in the post-war period. He created designs for many plays at the National Theatre in Tokyo, as well as the famous…