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Verzeichniss der verschiedenen Arten und Abarten des Geschlechts Aloe, welche von den Herren von Willdenow, Haworth, de Candolle und Freiherrn von Jacquin beschrieben worden sind, oder noch unbeschrieben in den Gärten Deutschlands, Frankreichs und der Niederlanden sich befinden. [Schloss Dyck, near Dusseldorf, 1817]. 8vo. Original blue coated paper wrappers.

SALM-REIFFERSCHEID-DYCK, Joseph. · 1773 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€200.00 ($220.43 | £166.86 | ¥35,199)

8, 73, [1 blank] pp.German edition of a detailed catalogue of succulents, covering the family Alooideae. Also published in French, both editions with descriptions in Latin. Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) started collecting succulents at Schloss Dyck in 1800 after consortin…

Services guide to Iraq.[Baghdad?, PAI force G. H. Q. Welfare Committee, ca. 1942]. 14.5 x 11 cm. With two full-page maps of Iraq and Baghdad on page 24 and 25, and a full-page map of the "Baghdad Amenities area" on the back wrapper. Further with 6 pages of advertisements, serving as endleaves. Original publisher's beige printed paper wrappers.

[WWII - IRAQ - BRITISH MILITARY GUIDE]. · 1902 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.60 | £625.71 | ¥131,998)

46, [2] pp.A very rare guide intended for British armed forces stationed in Iraq during the Second World War. It was probably handed to the soldiers soon after arrival. Works like these were often discarded when they were no longer needed. As such, there are usually few of them …

Japanese Lacquer Nambokucho to Zeshin: The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean

Yoshimura, Motto (preface); Dean, Michael (introduction) · 2002 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€30.00 ($33.06 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Book Good Dust Jacket Included 1st Edition Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, London Engliish text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 24.5 x 32 cm.; 2 Kg.; 304 pages with colour illustrations, 116 catalogue entries. Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket…

Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. A Literary Commentary.

CONACHER, D.J., · 1980 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

University of Toronto Press, Toronto (...), 1980. XII,198p. Original cloth. Head and tail spine a bit worn. Library marks to edges as well as to last end pages. ‘It may at once be said that Chonacher’s book should be extremely profitable to any serious student of the ‘Prometheu…

The Japanese House Reinvented

Jodidio, Philip · 2015 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Thames & Hudson, London, 2015. First Edition, Hardcover (Grey Pictorial Boards). Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780500343081 Titles, contents list & introduction to front. Japanese houses today have to contend with unique factors that condition their design, from tiny plots in crowd…

Handbook of Oil Politics

Looney, Robert E. · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$260.00 (€235.91 | £196.81 | ¥41,519)

London / New York, Routledge, 2012. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Matte illustrated boards. No jacket, as issued. xxiv, 445 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Part I: Politics of oil supply -- Introduction / Robert Looney -- Key issues surrounding the supply of oil / Paul Sullivan -…

Chickens, Ducks and Bees: A Beginner\S Guide to Keeping Livestock in the Garden

PEACOCK, PAUL · 2011 · Little Lane Books

A$18.00 (€11.07 | $12.20 | £9.23 | ¥1,947)

UK, Spring Hill. 2011. Card Cover with dust jacket, 20.5cm. Book, 166pp, less than 500g, faults? bumbed lower right corner (naughty chook?) Growing your own vegetables often leads gardeners to want to go one step further and keep some livestock. Chickens, ducks and bees are the …

When The Killing's Done

T. C. Boyle · 2011 · Book Haven

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.71 | ¥1,836)

Viking 2011 Hardback 369 From the bestselling author of The Womencomes an action- packed adventure about endangered animals and those who protect them. Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T.C. Boyle's powerful new no…

Catholic Record Society: Registers of the English College at Valladolid 1589-1862, Volume 30

Edwin Henson (editor) · 1930 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

London, Catholic Record Society, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Gilt stamping. Plates lxx, 309p + 27p report from the society. Some pages unopened and uncut. Reader will need to slice them open to access content. Corners slightly bent. Covers somewhat bowed. Light s…

Why Leave Our Own? 13 [Thirteen] Addresses on Christianity and Americanism January 8 - April 2, 1939

COUGHLIN, REV. CHAS. [CHARLES] E. [EDWARD] · 1939 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$795.00 (€721.33 | £601.79 | ¥126,952)

U.S.A.: Rev. Chas. E. Coughlin, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. The title of this compilation refers to Coughlin's position that America should help her own suffering people rather than engaging in another European war. "Why occupy our minds with Europe's territorial boundaries …

Handwritten 1941 Diary of a Wife and Mother in Pre-Wwii California

UNKNOWN · 0 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$825.99 (€749.45 | £625.25 | ¥131,900)

Santa Rosa, CA. Hardcover. On offer is a fine diary recording the domestic and social responsibilities of a woman in California immediately before the United States entered World War II. The author is unknown, but from the diary, we learn that she lives in or near Santa Rosa, CA…

1901 Cover Letter by a Dissatisfied Employee of a Wholesaler of Anheuser Busch Seeking New Work

MR. H. L HOWLAND · 1901 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$139.99 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,355)

United States, 1901. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent example of a written application for an advertised job, dating to the beginning of the 20th century. The letter was written by a Mr. H. L Howland in response to a job advertised in a local newspaper. In his letter, he extol…

1800s Conge Absolut Certificate from L’Armee Des Cotes de L’Ocean

L’ARMEE DES COTES DE L’OCEAN · 1803 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$279.99 (€254.04 | £211.94 | ¥44,711)

France. Ephemera. On offer is an outstanding example of a military certificate issued by Napoleon’s invasion army between 1803 and 1805. The certificate is a Conge Absolut or Absolute Leave. It was issued to a woman named Jeanne Barrere on letterhead of the 5th Brigade of Light …

1914 Diary by Earle Sumner Draper, Who Coined the Term Urban Sprawl

EARLE SUMNER DRAPER · 1914 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$4,069.99 (€3,692.83 | £3,080.85 | ¥649,926)

Amherst, Massachusetts, 1914. Hardcover. Offering a 1914 handwritten personal diary by Earle Sumner Draper, who would go on to have a major impact on urban planning in the United States. At the time of writing, Draper was a 21-year-old Massachusetts Agricultural College (later c…

The Genealogists' Magazine, Official Organ of the the Society of Genealogists, Quarterly, Vol. 18 (XVIII) March 1975 to December 1976

Society of Genealogists. Edited by A M Hawker · 1976 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Society of Genealogists, London, 1976. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean firm dark red covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Bookplate for Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society on inside of…

Gesigt van de Visbrug, de Waag en Vismarkt, te sien naar de Hooglandsche kerk en Stadhuys tooren, tot Lyden. | Vüe du Visbrug, du Pois et Poissonerie, vers l'eglise de Hooglande et la tour de la Maison de Ville a Leide.[Amsterdam], Leonardus Schenk, [ca. 1728/35]. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets, (together 58 x 97 cm) the sheets overlapping each other slightly, showing the traditional business centre of the city of Leiden. The title, both in Dutch and French, is printed in a banderole at the head, with putti on each side supporting the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right tip of the banderole. In black passepartout and gilt frame (82 x 121 cm).

[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - LEIDEN]. SCHENK, Leonardus [and Abraham RADEMAKER]. · 1658 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€8,500.00 ($9,368.12 | £7,091.36 | ¥1,495,972)

A large engraved wall print in two sheets showing the trading and commercial centre of the city of Leiden, at the convergence of the Oude Rijn and Nieuwe Rijn canals. Unlike most other Dutch towns, Leiden had no central market square, so that the waterways formed the major acces…

Mccall's Magazine, December, 1924 *Special Christmas Issue*

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1924 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.51 | ¥23,945)

USA: The Mcall Company, 1924. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by McMein, Neysa; Murphy, John J.A.. 92 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Eskimo-American Girl by Neysa McMein; Lovely full-page black and white ad for Victola on page 3 (featuring model No. 360); Full-page…

Certain Prey

Sandford, John · 1999 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£17.90 (€21.46 | $23.65 | ¥3,776)

Feature. First UK edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Headline Feature,1999.First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condi…

L'Amour de l'Art. - Quatorzième Année complète du N°1 au N°10

René HUYGHE - COLLECTIF · 1933 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€800.00 ($881.71 | £667.42 | ¥140,797)

Librairie Alcan | Paris Janvier-Décembre 1933 | 25 x 32 cm | 10 fascicules agrafés | Edition originale de cette année complète 1933 qui entend présenter une histoire de l'art contemporain commençant au sortir de "l'Impressionisme" pour aller jusqu'au "Cubisme". Bel ensemble malg…

The Ecuyere of the Nineteenth Century in the Circus with an Epilogue on Four Contemporary Ecuyeres

NELSON, HILDA · 2001 · Pegasus Books

$69.50 (€63.06 | £52.61 | ¥11,098)

Cleveland Heights, OH: Xenophon Press, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0933316143. Cover is a blue ground with a color illustration of crowds enjoying the equestrian performance of the circus. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Illustrated with b/w photos. \"Ci…