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Faust: A Tragedy. Parts I and II (Modern Library #177. 2)

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON · 1956 · Bluebird Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1956]. Hardcover. An English-language Modern Library reprint edition of the famous 2-part tragic play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I first appeared in 1808, Part II in 1832. Translated in the original meters from the German …

How to Live a Productive Ninety-Year Life, or the Odyssey of an Individualist

LARSON, MARTIN A. · 1980 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

Phoenix, Arizona: Martin A. Larson, 1980. First Edition. Plastic Comb Binding. "Dr. Martin A. Larson (1897-1994) was born in Whitehall, Michigan of a dirt poor farming family of Swedish immigrants. Despite his humble beginnings, he graduated from Kalamazoo College, then the Univ…

Hanafuda the Flower Card Game

JAPAN PUBLICATIONS · 1986 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Brisbane, CA: Nichibo Shuppan-Sha, 1986. 7th Printing. Periodical. Illustrated by 4. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "Hanafuda ar…

Peter Handke/2 Plays. Self-Accusation and My Foot My Tutor. A Chelsea Brown Bag Project

Handke, Peter · 1970 · Mare Booksellers

$270.00 (€244.96 | £204.33 | ¥43,121)

Brooklyn, Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed 1970. 9 by 12 inch printed brown paper bag holding 9 items of paper, several being stapled together. All measure 8 ½ by 11 inches. Included is a critical piece on the work of Peter Handke, poetry…

Skelton: The Life and Times of an Early Tudor Poet

Edwards, H. L. R. · 1949 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

London, England, Jonathan Cape, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Greenish cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. At title page, cracking to gutter, els…

The Thinking Foot. A Pedestrian Study of Paving.

Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen · 2023 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€39.95 ($44.03 | £33.32 | ¥7,032)

11 2023, (24 x 28 cm), 248 pp. English, ills, hardcover. The Thinking Foot is a study of history and associations. In method and form it claims to be no more (nor less) than an illustrated essay on the architectural expression of surface. It concentrates on the Earth on which we…

Atlas of Furniture Design.

Eisenbrandt, Jochen & Mateo Kreis & Otokar Macel: · 2019 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€175.00 ($192.89 | £145.98 | ¥30,805)

2019, (23,5 x 31 cm), 1st edition, 2028 pp., 2852 ills., hardcover. The Vitra Design Museum’s »Atlas of Furniture Design« is a new and essential work on the history of modern furniture design. The monumental book examines themes ranging from the early days of industrialization t…

Tempayan di Ondonesia / Martavans in Indonesia.

Adhyatman, Sumarah & Abu Ridho: · 1984 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

Jakarta, The Ceramic Society of Indonesia, 1984, 2nd edition, (19 x 24, 9 cm), 208 pp. bilingual, numerous ills., some colour plates, hardcover and dustjacket. Martavan is the name used to refer to a group of big stoneware or highly fired earthenware storage jars. The name can …

Blood, Land, and Sex: Legal and Political Pluralism in Eritrea.

Favali, Lyda · 2003 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2003.Paperback. 376 pp. English text. Condition : as new, clean & unread. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - In Eritrea, state, traditional, and religious laws equally prevail, but any of these legal sy…

The heart of the Declaration : the founders' case for an activist government.

Pincus, Steve. · 2018 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018. Paperback. 224 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document From o…

Inventing American exceptionalism : the origins of American adversarial legal culture, 1800-1877.

Kessler, Amalia D. · 2017 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New Haven ; London Yale University Press 2017. Orig. cloth binding. No dustjacket. xi,449 pp. (Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the ad…

Peter Ibbetson (Modern Library #207. 1)

DU MAURIER, GEORGE · 1947 · Bluebird Books

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1947]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the first novel by the French-born English cartoonist and novelist George du Maurier (1834-1896). A popular romance, "Peter Ibbetson" has been rendered into a play, an opera, an…

Mother Goose Songs for Little Ones

CROWNINSHIELD, ETHEL · 1932 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Company, 1932. Later Printing. Hardcover. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fair only dust jacket. The book is mostly clean and bright, though does have some toning to the endpapers and the staples have left marks on the rear pastedown…

The Eye of God - a Novel

LUDWIG BEMELMANS (SIGNED); [FREDRIC MARCH] · 1949 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$8,500.00 (€7,711.80 | £6,432.76 | ¥1,357,502)

New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670303097. Illustrated by Bemelmans, Ludwig. Superlative provenance for this copy which is signed and inscribed by Bemelmans to "Freddy", short for Fredric March, upon half-title. On opposite page is the bookplat…

The Strength of the Hills

THANE, ELSWYTH · 1976 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Chappaqua, NY: Christian Herald House, 1976. Book Club Edition. . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean an…

The Wayward Man. (Signed).

ERVINE, ST JOHN. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London: W.Collins Sons & Co.Ltd, 1927. 1st British edition, 2nd impression. Robert Dunwoody has inherited his father's love of the sea and restless spirit while his mother dreams that he will play a part in their family business. Robert rebels against the world of small shopkeep…

Life Magazine, May 8, 1950 - Jackie Robinson Cover Photo

STANTON, JOHN; FISCHER, RUTH; ET AL · 1950 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

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

USA: Time Inc, 1950. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Eyerman, J.R. [cover]. Sensational cover photo of Jackie Robinson who, in 1947, became the first Major League Baseball player to break the color barrier. Also includes article "Jackie Robinson's Double Pla…

The Real Old West - Images of a Frontier: Photographs by Frank Matsura

ROE, JOANN; MORGAN, MURRAY (INTRODUCTION) · 1981 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$99.95 (€90.68 | £75.64 | ¥15,963)

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888943407. "Here, for the first time, is a selection of the finest of Frank Matsura's work, photographs whose existence was almost unknown until their recent discovery. Selected from hundreds of flawless glass…

The New Untouchables: Immigration and the New World Worker.

Harris, Nigel. · 1995 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

London & New York : I. B. Tauris & Company, 1995. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 254 pp.- The world economy is becoming ever more integrated. Goods, capital, finance, technology and information flow across borders with increasing ease. Yet most people today remain firmly fixed in partic…

Skin Trade.

DuCille, Ann · 1996 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Paperback. 224 pp.- How does the notion of colorblind equality fit with the social and economic realities of black Americans? Challenging the increasingly popular argument that blacks should settle down, stop whining, and get jobs, …