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The Diary of Dawid Sierakowia: Five Notebooks from the Lodz Ghetto.

SIERAKOWIAK, DAWID (EDITED BY ALAN ADELSON, TRANSLATED BY KAMIL TUROWSKI): · 1996 · Antiquariaat Jacob E. van Ruller

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York, Oxford University Press. 1996, 1st edition. Orig. Cloth with d.j. 271 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Hardback with dustjacket. "Dawid Sierakowiak was born in Poland in July 1924. He began his diary when he was fourteen, before the German invasion of …

Memoir of Rev. Philip Wieting: a pastor forty years in the same field.

Dox, Rev. H. L., · 1870 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Philadelphia, Lutheran Pub Society, 1870. 1st ed. G. Wieting was born in Minden, Montgomery County, NY, 9/23/1800. His father was a native of Brandenburg, Germany, and was. pressed into British service under Burgoyne and fought for England against the colonies. After the death o…

A Down-East Yankee from the District of Maine (John Neal).

Daggett, Windsor, · 1920 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Portland, ME, A. J. Huston, 1920. VG PB. John Neal's parents were Quakers, his father a school teacher who died within a month of Neal's birth. He became the most. colorful and controversial of Portland's literary figures. Not meeting success in law or trade, self-educated, Neal…

Notes on the Contents of Two Bits of Clay form the Elephant Bed at Kilmaurs in 1817. [Read 20th May 1885, Geological Survey of Scotland].

Bennie, James. · 1885 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Edinburgh: M'Farlane & Erkstine, 1885. Pp [451]-459[1]. Authors compliments to title page. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific …

Geological Notes on the Noursoak Peninsula, Disco Island, and the Country in the Vicinity of of Disco Bay, North Greenland. [Reprinted from the Transactions of teh Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol V Part I Page 55].

Brown, Robert. · 1880 · John Turton

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,060)

No printer, publisher or date, (c1880?). 60 ppmultifolding coloured map & occasional text tables. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scie…

The Heat of the Comstock Mines. Presented to the American Institute of Mining Engineers at the Chattanooga meeting, May 1878, by permission og Lieut George M Wheeler.

Church, John A. · 1878 · John Turton

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Printed for the Author, 1878. [ii], 32 pp. Authors compliment slip loosely inserted. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career…

Remarks on the Formation of Fjords and Canons. [From the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1871].

Brown, Dr Robert. · 1871 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: William Clowes & Sons, 1871. 13[1] pp. Authers inscription to upper section of front wrap. From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scie…

The Comparative Value of Certain Geolgical Ages (Or Groups of Formations) considered as items of Geological Time. [From Proceedings of the Ryal Society No 152, 1874].

Ramsay, A C. · 1874 · John Turton

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No printer or publisher, 1874. Pp [334]-343, text tables. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career began with an appointment …

The Bones of a Seal found in Red Clay near Grangemouth, with remarks on the species. [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Session 1869-70].

Professor Turner. · 1870 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

No printer or publisher, 1870. Pp [105]-114. Authors inscription to first page. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career beg…

The Species of Seal found in Scotland in beds of Glacial Clay. [From the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology Vol IV].

Professor Turner. · 1865 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Cambridge: The University Press, [1865]. Pp [259]-281[1], diagrams & text tables. Authors inscription to title page. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance…

Accumulation and Denudation, and their influence in causing Oscillation of the Earth's crust. [Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade II Vol X, July and August 1883].

Ricketts, Charles. · 1883 · John Turton

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Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons, 1883. 13[1] pp. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career began with an appointment to the Ge…

Going to the Wars. (signed).

HASTINGS, MAX. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Macmillan, 2000. 0333771044. Reprint. "Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after an embarrassing false start as a parachute soldier in 1963, he became a journalist and a war correspondent instead. Before he was thirty he had reported…

En Marge Des Vieux Livres

Jules Lemaitre · 1905 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,724)

London , Societe Francaise d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, 1905. First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of this work by Jules Lemaitre François Élie Jules Lemaître (April 27, 1853 - August 4, 1914), was a French critic and dramatist. He was born at Vennecy (Loi…

Riding High

MLLAR, IAN AND LARRY SCANLAN · 1990 · Pegasus Books

$19.75 (€17.92 | £14.95 | ¥3,154)

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1990. ISBN: 0771058721. Remainder; B&W and Color; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4\"; viii,214 pages; Hard cover is green with gold lettering on spine. Black remainder mark on bottom of text block; some rubbing to corners and bottom of spine . Pages are clean …

Eugène Vernier - Fashion, femininity & form

Robin Muir, Alistair Layzell, Becky E. Conekin · 2012 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€19.95 ($21.99 | £16.64 | ¥3,512)

, Hirmer, 2012 Hardcover with dust jacket, 192 pag. ENG. 290 x 240 mm, Illustr. dustjacket, NEW, pictures in b/w. ISBN 9783777451510. Vernier was innovative in his choice of locations and in the way he captured their essence in his backgrounds. But most especially his skill was…

Patent of nobility donated by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (1793-1875) to Joseph Kretzer von Immertreu for his 37 years galant services to the Empire as soldier and officer.

KRETZER, VON IMMERTREU, FERDINAND I · 1836 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€1,897.50 ($2,091.44 | £1,582.79 | ¥334,016)

Austrian Empire, Vienna, d.d. 17 July 1836. Folio. Full red velvet, with yellow and black ribbons. Good condition, except for a stain on the silk end paper. 38x30 cm. 10 pages. Manuscript, calligraphic text on vellum, with printed decorative margins. With a very large hand paint…

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from Within. With a Foreword by Sir Stewart Symes. HUMPHREY BELL'S COPY

HAMILTON, ed. J.A. de C. · 1935 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Faber, 1935. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding coloured map; sand cloth, gilt back, covers lightly worn with label scars else a bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Hugh Rees of Regent Street on front paste-down. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR HUMPH…

Three Letters from Léon Say the French Economist and Statesman: "L'Angleterrre Devient Terriblement Socialiste" to Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay. Original Autograph Documents

Say, Léon aka Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896); Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay (1839-1921), recipient · 1883 · Wittenborn Art Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Paris: 21 rue Fresnel, Quai de Billy, Trocadéro, [now Avenue de New York], 1883-1885. Als. three of 1, 3 and 4 pages. Letterhead on each.; one saying in part "Je trouve que l'Angleterrre devient terriblement socialiste", 1 May 1883; another recommending to Lord Raey "le Commanda…

Historia Atheismi , Breviter Delineata, à Jenkino Thomasio, Cambro-Britanno... (a Short History of Atheism). First Edition

Philipps, J.T. (Jenkin Thomas), (died 1755); Jenkino Thomasio · 1709 · Wittenborn Art Books

$600.00 (€544.36 | £454.08 | ¥95,824)

Basileae [i.e. Basel]: Typis Genathianis, 1709. [4], 119, [1] errata pp. (8vo) - 9.3 x 16cm. ; 19th century quarter parchment and marbled boards.. Latin treatise on the history of atheism. Light annotation in an early hand, with notes to front and rear endleaves..Name: Jenkin Th…

Copie van een brief van Joh. Matthias Luthers bisschop in Sweden aen de koningh van Sweden inde welcke hy Sijn Majesteyt versoeckt, de Kerckelijcke eendracht onder de evangelische, te willen promoveren. Uyt het Latijn over gheset.1656. 4to. Modern boards.

MATTHIAS, Johannes (Johannes Matthiae Gothus). · 1592 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.19 | ¥114,419)

8 pp.Rare first and only edition of this influential plea for evangelical union in Sweden.Johannes Matthiae Gothus (1592-1670) was a Swedish Lutheran Bishop and an Uppsala University professor, the rector of the Collegium illustrious in Stockholm (1626-1629) and the most eminent…