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Yeats at Work.

Bradford, Curtis B., · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Eccp Press, (1965). VG PB. The road to a master's certificate as a playwright was both long and hard. He was intent on developing antirealistic. dramatic modes. Shows Yeats as he meticulously changed and corrected his plays.

The Man Who Got Away.

Elliott, Sumner Locke, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Harper Row, (1972). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. A television producer has apparently vanished & while he is sought he tries to unravel his past. DJ tear at top of ft flap. DJ sl soil & price clipped.

The Monster Bed.

Willis, Jeanne, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, (1986). 9th ptg. VG in VG DJ. A little monster is afraid to go to be because he thinks humans will get him while he is asleep. Small tear top of back DJ flap.

R.v.R.: the life of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Heritage Reprints, (1954). Reprint. VG in G DJ. The great painter as he might have been seen by a devoted contemporary as he was living & dying in poverty. Nick ft hinge. DJ edge wear.

Touchdown for Tommy.

Christopher, Matt, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scholastic, (1964). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Everthing goes wrong for Tommy. First he gets bad marks in school, the boys don't like the way he plays football and then. there's the new puppy & what happened to him.

When We Were Orphans.

Ishiguro, Kazuo, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Faber & Faber, (2000). G PB. In England 1930s, Christopher has become the country's most celebrated detective but he can't solve his parents' Edge wear. disappearance in Old Shanghai when he was a boy. Owner's name fep, edge wear.

The Color of Water: a black man's tribute ot his white mother.

McBride, James, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Riverhead Books, (1997). 26th ptg. VG PB. Edge wear. His mother looked white but he was black yet she denied her whiteness, & he tries to find out what color is.

James A. Michener: a biography.

Hayes, John P., · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1984). 2d printing. VG in VG DJ. DJ rubbed. Michener did not begin writing until he was 40 but he hit it big with his first book, "Tales of the South Pacific".

'Who Could That Be At This Hour?' All The Wrong Questions #1

Lemony Snicket · 2012 · Book Haven

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Hardie Grant Egmont 2012 Hardback 258 Author Lemony Snicket is a broken man, wracked with misery and despair as a result of writing A Series Of Unfortunate Events. He spends his days wandering the countryside weeping and moaning, and his evenings eating hastily-prepared meals. B…

Handwritten copy of a letter in French from Christina of Sweden to Pierre Chanut, the envoy of the King of France in the Netherlands. The letter was written in 1654, on february the 28th. The copy dates from 1822.

Christina van Zweden · 1653 · Grimbergen Boeken Antiquariaat

€137.50 ($151.55 | £114.69 | ¥24,204)

Chanut maintained a correspondence with Queen Christina I of Sweden, which he brought into contact with the French philosopher René Descartes. Descartes died at Chanut's house on Gamla Stan in Sweden. In 1653 he but left for the Republic, where he was ambassador until 1655

Portrait of Philip Johannes Bachiene.

1814 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Lithography of Philip Johannes Bachiene. Philip Johannes Bachiene (1814-1881) was a Dutch liberal politician and member of the House of Representatives. He was born in Amsterdam and worked as a tax official before entering politics. Bachiene was a follower of Johan Rudolph Thor…

Portrait of Gerard Kallenberg

1642 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Engraving of Gerard Kallenberg. Gerard Callenburgh (1642-1722) was a Dutch admiral born in Willemstad. He joined the Dutch navy in 1661 and later served alongside the famous admiral Michiel de Ruyter. Callenburgh fought in several important naval battles and took part in the ca…

Portrait of Aarnout of Ghent

0 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€46.00 ($50.70 | £38.37 | ¥8,097)

Full length portrait engraving of Aarnout of Ghent Aarnout succeeded his father in 988 as Count of Frisia, which by around AD 1100 would come to be referred to as the county of Holland. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as Arnulf of Ghent. Arnulf …

Portrait of Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi

1778 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€46.00 ($50.70 | £38.37 | ¥8,097)

Engraving of Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi (1778-1841) was a German merchant and industrial entrepreneur from Gotha. He is best known as a pioneer of the German insurance system. In 1827 he helped establish one of Germany’s first life insurance institutions, the G…

Portrait of Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia

1606 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.93 | ¥20,243)

Engraving of Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia Ariobarzanes III, surnamed Eusebes Philorhomaios, \"Pious and Friend of the Romans\", was the king of Cappadocia from ca. 51 BC until 42 BC. He was of Persian and Greek ancestry. The Roman Senate agreed that he was to be the successo…

Portrait of Jacob Appel

1680 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.96 | ¥10,122)

Engraving of Jacob Appel. Jacob Appel (born 29 November 1680 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter. He trained under landscape painter Timotheus de Graef and later David van der Plaes. By the age of eighteen he was already an accomplished landscape artist. Appel worked in Haarlem,…

Portrait of Jacob Appel

1680 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Engraving of Jacob Appel. Jacob Appel (born 29 November 1680 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter. He trained under landscape painter Timotheus de Graef and later David van der Plaes. By the age of eighteen he was already an accomplished landscape artist. Appel worked in Haarlem,…

Portrait of Joseph Ames

1689 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€63.25 ($69.71 | £52.76 | ¥11,134)

Mezzotint of Joseph Ames. Joseph Ames (23 January 1689 - 7 October 1759) was an English bibliographer and antiquary. He purportedly wrote an account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600 entitled Typographical Antiquities (1749). It is uncertain whether he was by occupation a…

Portrait of Jospeh Ames

1689 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€40.25 ($44.36 | £33.57 | ¥7,085)

Etching of Joseph Ames. Joseph Ames (23 January 1689 - 7 October 1759) was an English bibliographer and antiquary. He purportedly wrote an account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600 entitled Typographical Antiquities (1749). It is uncertain whether he was by occupation a s…

Portrait of Johan Gosewijn Eberhard Alstein

1719 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€103.50 ($114.08 | £86.33 | ¥18,219)

Mezzotint of Johan Gosewijn Eberhard Alstein. Johan Alstein was a reformed preacher. Whose father had also been a minister of the Reformed Church, he first served as a pastor in Brandenburg. In the year 1719, he was called to Amsterdam to succeed C. Streso, and he held that posi…