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The Sweetest Dream: A Novel

Lessing, Doris · 2002 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York HarperCollins Publishers First American Edition pp. 478, [1]. Thick 8vo. Publisher's black-and-gray boards, silver lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound bin…

The Big Killing ; [First Edition, First Printing]

Wilson, Robert (1957 -) · 1996 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.76 | ¥23,155)

New York Harper Collins Publishers First Edition, First Printing pp. 303. 8vo. Publisher's crisp original maroon boards with gilt lettering to the spine. One black-and-white map. Remarkably well-preserved with no detectable flaws to the extremities. Contents equally without blem…

The Forever War

Dexter Filkins · 2008 · Klondyke BV

€7.95 ($8.76 | £6.63 | ¥1,399)

Hardcover, hardcover; 1e druk, 2008; Knopf Publishing Group; 368pp.; aantekeningen en markeringen met potlood -- Conditie: Redelijk; From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest c…

The Court of Broken Knives Book 1 Empires of Dust

Anna Smith Spark · 2018 · Klondyke BV

€7.95 ($8.76 | £6.63 | ¥1,399)

Paperback; 2018; HarperCollins; 480pp.; Paperback 2018 met fris en schoon binnenwerk. Recht boekblok. Omslag zonder waarneembare leeslijntjes in de rug, echter voorplat hoekje rechtsonder slijtage/ezelt + bovenkant rug schaafplekje. Op achterplat rest prijsstickertje boekhandel.…

Index plantarum succulentarum in Horto Dyckensi cultarum.Aachen, J.J. Beaufort, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary brown/yellow wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1829 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€225.00 ($247.98 | £187.71 | ¥39,599)

81, [1 blank] pp.Very rare sixth catalogue of the succulents cultivated by Count Salm in his gardens at Schloss Dyck, including American and South African species. The catalogue contains 10 more pages than the previous one from 1829 and lists a total of some 1500 species.Salm-Re…

Index plantarum succulentarum in horto Dyckensi cultae.Aachen, Beaufort filii, 1822. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1820 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€375.00 ($413.30 | £312.85 | ¥65,999)

[2], 60, [2 blank] pp.Rare fourth catalogue of the succulents cultivated by Count Salm, including American and South African species. It ads many new species to the third catalogue (1820) and is more elegantly designed and printed. Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) started col…

Publicatie. Wy Mr. Jan Gerhard Wichers. Generaal Majoor, in dienst van den Staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Gouverneur Generaal over de colonie Surinaame, rivieren en districten van dien mitsgaaders Collonel en Cheff der gezaamentlijke militie deezer landen, &c. &c. &c, en de raaden van politie en criminele justitie der voorz. colonie &c. &c.[Paramaribo, W. H. Poppelmann, 1786]. Broadsheet (50.5 x 36 cm). With the woodcut coat of arms of the Society of Suriname at the head.

WICHERS, Jan Gerhard. · 1713 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,250.00 ($2,479.80 | £1,877.13 | ¥395,993)

[1] leaf.In this broadsheet, the governor general of Suriname, Jan Gerhard Wichers, and the councils of the local police and justice department announce an obligatory day of prayer and contemplation for all inhabitants of the colony, including enslaved people. Not only is it for…

A Canoe in the Mist

LOCKE Elsie · 1984 · Fortuna Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Jonathan Cape light handling wear to unclipped dust jacket, 202pp Canoe in the Mist is a true story of strange events and real people. A hundred years ago, Lillian came with her widowed mother to live in a volcanic wonderland of boiling springs, fierce geysers and bubbling mud …

A Prairie Year

Bannatyne-Cugnet, Jo · 1994 · Bookbarrow

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Tundra Books, Montreal, Canada, 1994. First Edition, Hardcover (Printed Boards), Illustrated by: Yvette Moore. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780887763342 writer Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and artist Yvette Moore show family life on the prairies. "Each time a farmer plants a crop, it …

Devil May Care

Sheri McInnis · 2003 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Atria 2003 Hardback, 384pp. Do you think you could resist temptation? Not a piece of cheesecake. Or another martini. Or a one-night stand. Real temptation. The kind they warn you about in the Bible. Sally Carpenter is a struggling actress in New York City. She hasn't had a real …

Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects, the Property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T... . Saturday, June 17, and Monday, June 19, 1882, and the Following Day [Five Portions Complete]

[Annan, James Craig]. Duke of Hamilton. Christie, Manson & Woods · 1882 · Kaaterskill Books

$325.00 (€294.88 | £246.01 | ¥51,898)

London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1882. First edition. Half red morocco over cloth boards, four raised bands. 234 pp. + plates. Illus. with 77 monochrome carbon print photographic plates. 8vo. Two versions of this catalogue were produced, one without plates, and this, the illust…

Frommer\'s South Pacific

Bill Goodwin · 2004 · Book Haven

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

John Wiley & Sons 2004 Paperback, 480pp. You\'ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer\'s. It\'s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they\'ve done …

Continental and American Skeleton Clocks.

Roberts, Derk: · 1989 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€78.00 ($85.97 | £65.07 | ¥13,728)

1989, (24 x 31 cm), 248 pp. English text, 249 ills. hardcover. The skeleton clock probably is the most fascinating of all clocks. It displays, by means of its fretted-out frame and lack of any protective case other than a glass dome, its inner-most workings. Therefore, this typ…

Fortune Magazine, Volume XXXI Number 6, June 1945: The Military Police / Battle for the Philippines

TERBORGH, GEORGE; HAYSTEAD, LADD; ET AL · 1945 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.42 | £151.36 | ¥31,930)

Jersey City, NJ: Time Inc. Magazine Company, 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Petruccelli, A. (cover). 288 pages. Features: One War to Go - The Coming Fight with Japan; U.S. Meat in This War - how boneless beaf solved the logistics of meat for the first…

Biggles in the South Seas

Johns W. E. Capt · 1946 · Syber's Books

A$75.00 (€46.10 | $50.81 | £38.46 | ¥8,114)

Geoffrey Cumberledge Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1946. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Norman Howard. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. List of illustrations and a word to the reader by author. The text is illustrated with 6 black and white i…

Dead Sexy

Lette, Kathy · 2003 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£8.90 (€10.67 | $11.76 | ¥1,878)

Simon & Schuster. First UK edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Simon & Schuster,2003.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Red hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in …

The Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip

Ian Lloyd · 2021 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£19.90 (€23.85 | $26.29 | ¥4,198)

The History Press. Book. Fine condition. The History Press, 2021. Reprinted. Yellow hardback (white lettering to the spine) with Dj (small crease and nick on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new.320pp including Foreword…

How I Got Licked And Why.

SINCLAIR, UPTON. · 1935 · Chilton Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

London: T. Werner Laurie Ld, 1935. 1st British edition. Published in the US under the title "I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked". "This is Sinclair's story of the famous Epic movements and his campaign to end poverty in California, and it is a revelation of what mon…

The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology

Gibran, Kahlil; Robin Waterfield (editor) · 1995 · Bookbarrow

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, London, 1995. Reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780140195064 Titles; contents; introduction; biography & abbreviations to front. This is a selection of short extracts from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, w…

1920 Archive of a Seminary Girl’S Letters Revealing Early Same-Sex Affection and Intellectual Awakening at Northfield Seminary for Girls

ELAINE M. HANNAY · 1920 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,255.99 (€1,139.60 | £950.74 | ¥200,566)

Northfield, Massachusetts, 1920. Unbound. On offer is a wonderful archive of nine [9] original 1920 manuscript handwritten letters; eight envelopes as one includes two letters, ranging in length from two pages to 12 pages by Elaine M. Hannay (1904-1991) , a 16-year-old student a…