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Life is So Good

George Dawson and Richard Glaubman · 2001 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)

HarperCollins Publishers Australia 2001 Paperback 304 What makes a happy person, a happy life? In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father—a belief that "life is so good"—as …

Le Gondolier for "Les Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps. "First Edition of the Lithograph Poster

Fontanarosa, Lucien Joseph (1912-1975) · 1971 · Wittenborn Art Books

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

Paris: Musée Gallièra, 1971. Color lithograph printed by Mourlot. 75 x 51.5cm... In 1971 he had the place of honor at the Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps. For this exhibition, he creates the poster "La Salute à Venise," and "Le Gondolie"r for the cover of its catalogue.…

Pharsalia - Dramatic Episodes Of The Civil Wars

Lucan [ Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus ] & Graves, Robert [translator] · 1961 · Eastleach Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Cassell 1961 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xxii+215pp, cloth a little marked & spine slightly sunned. Publisher's 'Belle Sauvage' Library An epic in 10 books on the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey. Lucan disliked the loss of the Roman Republic and hated the rule of the Caesars. h…

Gold Of Toulouse

Clayton, John [ Webb, Henry Bertram Law ] · 1932 · Eastleach Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Heinemann 1932 1st edition. Cloth, G. 551pp, yellow cloth grubby & spine faded, internally a nice copy. Author's first work of fiction. He was the husband of the more famous author Mary Webb, who after his wife's death used the pseudonym 'John Clayton'. He wrote several works o…

The Ark's Anniversary

DURRELL, GERALD · 1991 · Kalamos Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

1990, Fontana. 1991, 1st Pbk Ed. (ISBN: 0006375375) Pbk. Book, When Gerald Durrell was 6 he told his mother that he intended to have a zoo of his own. This is the story of how he achieved his ambition - and how his dream grew into the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, to becom…

Juggling With Mandarins

V. M. Jones · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

HarperCollins 2005 Paperback, 264pp. Thirteen-year-old Pip finds a talent he never dreamed he had. He pursues his new passion in secret, determined it will remain one area of his life his domineering dad can't touch. But it can't stay secret forever. Somehow, Pip must find the c…

António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches, élève de Boerhaave, et son importance pour la Russie. (Diss.).

NUNES RIBEIRO SANCHES,ANTÓNIO. Willemse,David. · 1966 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1966. XIII,188,XLVIII pp. Softcover.Thesis on António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches (1699-1783). He was a prominent Portuguese physician, philosopher, and educator of the Enlightenment. As a Sephardic Jew, he fled the Inquisition to the Netherlands, where he studied …

A Mystery of the Air

Westerman, Percy F · 0 · Barter Books Ltd

£15.60 (€18.70 | $20.61 | ¥3,292)

VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Prize label (1936) to fep London Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford Reprint 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 253pp. Percy Francis Westerman (1876 - 1959). During the First World War he served with the Navy and the R…

Fq

Alan Brunton · 2002 · Ariel Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Bumper Books Alan Brunton (1946 - 2002) poet, scriptwriter and performer. He was part of the international recognised experimental theatre group Red Mole. He wrote Fq, a sequence of 144 poems, while he was Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury in 1998. It was final…

Submarines in Arctic Waters

KOLYSHKIN I. · 1966 · Little Lane Books

A$29.00 (€17.83 | $19.65 | £14.87 | ¥3,138)

Progress Publishers, Moscow. 1966, 1st Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 21cm. Rear-Admiral Ivan Kolyshkin recalls many narrow escape stories. During the war he was in command of a Division and then a Brigade of submarines of the Northern Fleet. He speaks of his comrades in …

Taken On Trust

Terry Waite · 1994 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Hodder & Stoughton 1994 Paperback, 370pp. In his prison cell in Beirut, where he spent 1,460 days in solitary confinement, Terry Waite wrote his autobiography in his head. Here he reveals the inner strength that helped him endure the savage treatment he received, his constant st…

The Innocent Man

John Grisham · 2006 · Book Haven

NZ$14.50 (€7.27 | $8.01 | £6.06 | ¥1,279)

Century 2006 Hardback, 360pp. When John Grisham read the obituary of Ronald Williamson in early 2004, he realized he had come across a story even more riveting than those he had turned into 18 global bestsellers with worldwide sales of 200 million copies. It was a story of faile…

Driving in the Dark

Deborah Moggach · 1993 · Book Haven

NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)

Mandarin 1993 Paperback, 256pp. Desmond never did have much luck with women - except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over …

The Midnight Promise

Zane Lovitt · 2012 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Text Publishing 2012 Paperback, 283pp. John Dorn is a private investigator. Just like his father used to be. It says private inquiry agent' in John's yellow pages ad because that's what his old man called himself, back before his business folded, his wife left him and he drank h…

Rasero

Francisco Rebolledo · 1995 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Weidenfeld 1995 Paperback. Imagine what it would be like to have met and conversed, dined and argued with the greatest figures of the Enlightenment. Such is the privilege granted to Fausto Rasero, a Spanish nobleman with an extraordinary appetite for intellectual and carnal know…

My First Publisher

(Grant RIchards) Waugh, Alec · 0 · Clayton Fine Books

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition 0 Undated twelve-page typewritten manuscript with one holograph emendation and Waugh's signature on the final page. Alec Waugh recalls the rather dashing personality of Grant Richards: "He restored and sustained an author's confiden…

I Funny

Chris Grabenstein and James Patterson · 2012 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Random House 2012 Paperback, 324pp. Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world\'s greatest stand-up comedian - even if he always seems to \'choke\' in the spotlight. When Jamie finds out about a contest called the Funniest Kid on the Planet, he k…

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COCARELLI, José Carlos (Pianist): · 1989 · Versand-Antiquariat Bebuquin

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

München, 8.4.1989. 8 x 12,5 cm. Karteikarte. José Carlos Cocarelli (born 17 March 1959) is a Brazilian classical pianist resident in France. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was a pupil of Adele Marcus and Merces de Silva Telles. He was awarded second prize on the 1984 Paloma O'Shea …

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GINSBURG, Anton (Pianist): · 1972 · Versand-Antiquariat Bebuquin

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

München (Kongresssaal), 30.1.1972. 8 x 12,5 cm. Karteikarte. Anton Ginsburg (18 September 1930 – 19 July 2002) was a Russian pianist. He was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1953. Four years later he won the Smetana Co…

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JAZZ.- CROMER, Austin (Vocal): · 1988 · Versand-Antiquariat Bebuquin

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

München, 17.4.1988. 8 x 12,5 cm. Karteikarte. Austin Cromer, soulful jazz singer. Sang with the Ravens in the 1950's and then had a stint singing with Dizzie Gillespie between 1956 and 1957 with whom he recorded a memorable version "Over The Rainbow". After this he disappeared u…