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Where are the Customers' Yachts?: Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street

Fred Schwed · 1940 · LLU Buchservice

€13.69 ($15.09 | £11.42 | ¥2,410)

, Wiley John + Sons, Auflage: 1. 256, 21,4 x 13,9 x 1,7 cm, Softcover. Zustand: 2. First published in 1940, this investment guide continues to be read by traders. Its lessons and observations still ring true today. Wry and astute, the author chronicles everyday trading on Wall S…

Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders

Jack D. Schwager · 2003 · LLU Buchservice

€39.90 ($43.98 | £33.28 | ¥7,024)

, HARPER COLLINS, Auflage: Rev Upd (April 2003). 352, 19,8 x 13,5 x 2,5 cm, Softcover. Zustand: 2. Stock Market Wizards looks at 15 of the men and women who have beaten the US indexes year in, year out--and tries to uncover their secrets. In a world of tracker funds, computer-ge…

Girls in the Windows - And Other Stories

Ormond Gigli · 2013 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

Hardcover: Very Good, jacket: Very Good, 34 x 29 cm, 254 pp., English, 1st Edition, illustrations, book condition: Very Good Pink linen cover with silver print of the title and artist on the front and back. Ormond Gigli had an illustrious career as a photojournalist over the cou…

Amsterdam - Hendrik de Leth, 1783

Leth-- Hendrick de · 1783 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€2,350.00 ($2,590.19 | £1,960.24 | ¥413,669)

PLAN TRES EXACT DE LA VILLE FAMEUSE MARCHANDE D'AMSTERDAM [very exact plan of the famous merchant city of Amsterdam]. Copper engraving printed on two sheets, made by Hendrik de Leth, published in 1783. Coloured by a later hand. Size: 57.5 × 88 cm. On 24 and 27 April 1734, the…

The Four Seasons - Oreste Marozzi, ca. 1910

1910 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€3,950.00 ($4,353.72 | £3,294.87 | ¥695,316)

Allegories of the four seasons. Drawings in ink and watercolour made by Oreste Marozzi around 1910. Three of the four drawings are signed on the backing board: “O. Marozzi – dis. e dip.” Diameter: each medallion approx. 28 cm. Liberty style (“Stile Liberty”) the Italian variant …

South East Asia - Mercator-Hondius, 1630

Hondius-- Jodocus · 1630 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€2,850.00 ($3,141.29 | £2,377.31 | ¥501,683)

DECORATIVE MAP OF THE EAST INDIES "Insulae Indiae Orientalis Praecipuae, In quibus Moluccae celeberrime sunt." Copper engraving made by Gerard Mercator published in Amsterdam in 1630 by Jodocus Hondius. Coloured by a later hand. Verso: Latin text. Size: 34,5 x 47,6 cm. Striking …

America map - Ortelius

Ortelius-- Abraham · 1570 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MAPS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE "Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio", copper engraving published by Abraham Ortelius featured in his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern atlas of the world, from 1570 onwards. Here in a second state of first pl…

60 Years with Indians and Settlers on Lake Winnipeg

Frederick Leach · 1973 · Books on the Web

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg: Frederick Leach, nd (ca. 1973). Paper bound in tapled lime-green wrappers, edition not stated, illustrated with black & white photos as well as maps at inside covers, Pp78. A tight and unmarked, very good or better copy. 155 grams. Scarce. Contents include: First Years…

Fundamenta medica sive de alcali et acidi effectibus per modum fermentionis & effervescentiæ. Acedit ... Pharmocopaea ...Amsterdam, Cornelis Blankaart, 1688.With: (2) BLANKAART, Steven. Praxeos medicæ idea nova.Amsterdam, Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn, 1685.(3) VIGANI, Giovanni Francesco. Medulla chymiæ, variis experimentis aucta, multisq; figuris illustrata. ...“London”, [= northern Germany?], “Henry Faithorne & John Kersey” [printer and publisher unknown], 1685.3 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1 with a divisional title for the Pharmacopaea, woodcut tailpieces, 1 woodcut decorated initial and decorations built up from cast fleurons. Ad 2 with Ten Hoorn's woodcut JCTH cypher monogram on the title page, the engraved arms of the dedicatee Abraham Johannes Kuffler, 6 engraved illustration plates showing 10 numbered figures, 1 woodcut decorated initial. Ad 3 with 3 numbered engraved folding plates, 1 woodcut decorated initial and a few fleurons. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, each board with a centrepiece and in each corner a fleur-de-lis, the whole in a frame of double fillets, red sprinkled edges.

BONTEKOE, Cornelis. · 1647 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)

[8], 228, [11], [1 blank]; [16], 170, [6]; [10], 70 pp.Three rare editions in one volume, two by Cartesian physicians on medicine and pharmacology, the third on practical chemistry, also with medical applications:Ad 1: First edition of a general introduction to medicine and phar…

Omnia quam antehac emendatiora. Annotationes Des. Erasmi & Egnatij cognitu dignae: C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius, Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Aelius Lam-pridus, Vulcatius Gallicanus, Trebellius Pollio, Flauius Vopiscus, Herodianus Politiano interprete, sex Aurelius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, Io. Baptista Egnatius Ammianus Marcellinus quatuor libris auctus. cum indicibus copiosis...Basel, (colophon) Hieronymus Froben & Nicolaus Episcopius, July 1533. 2 parts in 1 volume, Small folio (21.5 x 31.8cm). With Froben’s large woodcut device on the title page, repeated on the final page and several large woodcut initials after Holbein. 17th-century gold-tooled mottled calf, sewn on 4 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine. Both boards show two triple fillet frames, the smaller frame with four fleurs-de-lis cornerpieces on each outer corner, and within the smaller frame a centrepiece containing the monogram of the Collège (Royal) de Navarre in Paris.

ERASMUS, Desiderius. · 1478 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

[44], 786, [2 blank], [84] pp.Beautifully bound copy of a collection of Roman imperial biographies, known as the Historia Augusta, which was supposedly written by 6 authors of the late Roman Empire: Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Vulcacius Gallicanus, Aelius Lampridius, …

[Mushroom album].[France, after 1910].Comprising: (1) ROLLAND, Léon. Prospectus [for the] Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique.Paris, Paul Klincksieck, 1908.(2) [PERIODICAL]. L'ami du Médécin.Paris, March, April, May, July, and August 1909.(3) [BENARDIN, Ch.]. Les champignons. [Extrait de Soixante champignons comestibles, Fascicules V-VI and IX-XIII]. [Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Raon-l’Étape, M. Weick and Papeteries des chatelles, ca. 1903?].(4) [WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS - MUSHROOMS]. [Eight leaves containing original watercolour drawings of mushrooms].(5) [MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH - M.C. COOKE]. Les champignons. [Extract from Bibliothèque scientifique internationale, tome XV]. [in/after 1882]. 5 works in 1 volume, the second in 5 issues. Ca. 25 x 19.5 cm. Ad 1 with 4 colour-printed plates designed by A. Bessin and engraved by Lassus, ad 2 with 10 colour-printed plates (2 per issue) and some black and white illustrations in the text. Contemporary half white goat leather, marbled paper sides, end papers with a printed marbled design. Ad 2 with the original blue printed paper wrappers bound in.

[MUSHROOMS - FUNGI]. · 1909 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)

[2] + 4 plates after ad 3; [2], “17-64”[= 48] & "81-112" [= 32] + [16 (wrappers)], [2]; [28]; [8, interleaved with translucent paper]; [12], [2 blank], [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [4 blank] pp.A remarkable album on mainly French, but also Swiss and Belgian mushrooms, with be…

Le cuisinier moderne, qui aprend à donner toutes sortes de repas, en gras & en maigre, d’une manière plus délicate que ce qui en a été écrit jusqu’à present ...The Hague, printed by Antoine de Groot for Antoine van Dole ["aux dépens de l’auteur"], 1736. 4 volumes bound as 2. 8vo. With the title pages printed in red and black, a series of 7 (large) folding engraved plates (numbered I-VII in the plate) depicting table settings for 12 to 100 "couverts" and 4 folding printed text-leaves (numbered I-VII on recto and verso) with descriptions of the menues for the various diners, 4 folding engraved plates depicting various silver plates ("Modelle des plats") & 3 silver table showpieces for the various courses, and 1 woodcut armorial head-piece (on the dedication to Stadtholder William IV in part 1). Uniform contemporary half mottled calf, sprinkled paper sides, gold-tooled spine with greenish-blue and brown morocco title-labels lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges.

CHAPELLE, Vincent la. · 1735 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

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

[1], [1 blank], [4], 261, [1 blank], [15], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 258, [14]; [1], [1 blank], 288, [16], [1], [1 blank], 313, [1 blank], [20] pp.Complete set of the first French edition (dated either 1735 or 1736 on the title pages) of the famous cook book by Vincent la Chape…

Nieuw Nederlandtsch caertboeck. Waer in volkomentlijcker als oyt te voren vertoont werden de XVII. Nederlanden, soo in ’t geheel, als elck besonder met grote neersticheyt ende kosten gesneden ende in ’t licht gebracht. Mitsgaders een nieuwe beschryvinge uijt verscheyden autheuren ordentlyck tsamen gestelt door Reinier Telle … .Amsterdam, Abraham Goos in de Kalverstraet, [1616]. Oblong 4to (ca. 16 x 21 cm). With an engraved title page (signed by P.S[erwouter] scul.’ (bottom right) after ‘D.V[inck] B[oons]’ (bottom left)), 23 full page maps, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut tailpieces. 19th-century quarter calf.

GOOS, Abraham. · 1628 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[7], "305" [=294], [2], [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of one of the first atlases of the Low Countries, with 23 very detailed maps. It is the only atlas published by the mapmaker, Abraham Goos, himself. At the time the present atlas was published, the Seven United provinces (T…

[Celeberrimi legati ad pacificandum Christiani nominis orbem, legati ad Monasterium et Osnabrugas ex omni pene gentium nationumque genera missi. Ad vivum Anselmi v. Hulle penicillo expressi eiusque cura et aere per ingeniores huius aevi sculptores caelo representati].[Antwerp, Daniel Middeler, ca. 1649]. Folio. With 76 full-page engraved portraits mounted onto the leaves of an album, engraved by Petrus de Jode (25), Cornelis Galle Jr. (23), Paulus Pontius (10), Matthias Borrekens (7), Conrad Waumans (5), Antonius van der Does (2), Petrus de Baillieu (2), and 2 unsigned, after the original paintings by Anselmus Hulle. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf.

[HULLE, Anselmus]. · 1648 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)

[76] ll.Second edition of a famous, albeit very rare suite of portraits in an early state, containing 76 beautifully engraved portraits of the ambassadors, legates and negotiators present at Münster to sign the famous Westphalian Peace Treaty in 1648.The commission to portray th…

Albii Tibulli Equitis Rom. Quae exstant, ad fidem veterum membranarum sedulo castigata. Accedunt notae, cum Variar. Lectionum libello, & terni Indices; quorum primus omnes voces Tibullianas complectitur.

TIBULLUS. · 1708 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Ex Officina Wetsteniana, 1708. 4to. (XX, including frontispiece),476,(73 index),(1 blank) p., 9 full page engravings. Calf. 23.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 186442033; Schweiger 2,1093; Graesse 6/2,157; Ebert 22968; Brunet 5,856) (Details: Back gilt and with 5 r…

Publii Papinii Statii Sylvarum lib. V, Thebaidos lib. XII, Achilleidos lib. II. Notis selectissimis in Sylvarum libros Domitii, Morelli, Bernartii, Gevartii, Crucei, Barthii, J.F. Gronovii Diatribe. In Thebaidos praeterea Placidi Lactantii, Bernartii, etc., quibus in Achilleidos accedunt Maturantii, Britannici, accuratissime illustrati a Joanne Veenhusen.

STATIUS. · 1671 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€260.00 ($286.57 | £216.88 | ¥45,768)

Leiden (Lugd. Batav.), Ex officina Hackiana, 1671. 8vo. (XXXII, including frontispiece),882,(30 index) p. Modern vellum. 21 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 840093780; Schweiger p. 965: 'Saubrer Abdr. des Gronovsch. Textes; mit guten Auszügen aus den Anmerkgg. früheren Erklärer, auch aus Gro…

Cornelii Nepotis vitae excellentium imperatorum, quorumdam iconibus ornatae, et nonnullis animadversionibus partim criticis, partim historicis inlustratae ab Augustino van Staveren. Editio altera.

NEPOS. · 1793 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud S. et J. Luchtmans, 1793. 12mo. (XIV including frontispiece),434, (72) p.; 7 small engraved portraits in the text. Later half calf 12.5 cm (Ref: cf. Schweiger 2,302; cf Brunet 2,289) (Details: Back ruled blind and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fronti…

THE LIFE AND WORK OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY INCLUDING PUBLIC ADDRESSES, HER OWN LETTERS AND MANY FROM HER CONTEMPORARIES DURING FIFTY YEARS. A STORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATUS OF WOMAN

(ANTHONY, Susan B.) HARPER, Ida Husted · 18991898 · Charles Agvent

$11,250.00 (€10,206.79 | £8,513.95 | ¥1,796,694)

Indianapolis & Kansas City. The Bowen-Merrill Co.. First Edition. The first two volumes of three, with the last not published until 1908, two years after Anthony's death. Original full brown-burgundy morocco leather with a gilt medallion profile portrait of Anthony on the front …

A True Relation of the Conversion and Baptism of Isuf the Turkish Chaous, Named Richard Christophilus. In the presence of a full Congregation, Jan. 30, 1658, in Covent-Garden where Mr. Manton is Minister. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.

[WHITE (Thomas)]: · 1658 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, Printed by S. Griffin, and are to be sold by John Rothwel at the Fountain in Cheapside, and Thomas Underhil at the Bile in Pauls Church-yard. 1658. Small 8vo, 134 x 84 mms., pp. [xxx], 97 [88 blank], 19th century half calf, plain boards, gilt spine, with the bookplate …

The Ra Expeditions

Thor Heyerdahl · 1971 · Book Haven

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

Book Club Associates 1971 Hardback, 336pp. This book is about the two Ra expeditions. Thor Heyerdahl wanted to test the controversial theory that the ancient Egyptians could have reached the Americas thousands of years before Columbus. To do so, he had to build a boat from the m…