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Fries Aardewerk (VII). Pottenbakkers van Friesland 1750-1950. Het ambacht - De mensen - Het aardewerk.

Meulen, A. van der & P. Smeel: · 2005 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€39.50 ($43.54 | £32.95 | ¥6,953)

Leiden 2005, (22,5 x 28,7 cm), 342 pp. Dutch text, ca. 260 colour ills., clothbound/d-jacket. Tussen 1700 en 1950 zijn er in dertien plaatsen in Friesland in totaal negentig pottenbakkerijen gevestigd geweest, waarvan er tijdens de bloeitijd meer dan vijftig tegelijk in bedrijf …

The Star Dreamer. (Illustrated by Helen Cann).

HILL, SUSAN. · 2019 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Long Barn Books, 2019. 9781902421162. 1st edition. "Aziz is a small boy who dreams strange dreams, which his father boasts are important. Late one night, they go to meet Balthasar, a wise man who wants Aziz to stay in his camp, hoping that he may dream the way they should go to …

RUPERT [Annual, 1976].

Bestall, Alfred (strip ills.); Cubie, Alex (cover and endpaper ills.), · 1976 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Daily Express, London, 1976, 115pp, illustrated throughout in colour, pictorial endpapers, large format about 10 x 7 inches, coloured wraparound laminated pictorial boards, image of Rupert waving to the reader holding a toy train under his arm, cover and endpapers by Alex Cubie…

FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR.

Arthur, Max, · 2002 · A Book for all Reasons

£11.50 (€13.79 | $15.20 | ¥2,427)

Ebury Press, London, 2002, 1st edn., x, 326pp, half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, in 1972 the Allied the surviving veterans of the First World War were interviewed as part of a …

MOSQUITO PORTFOLIO.

Howe, Stuart, · 1984 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ian Allan, London, 1984, 1st edn., paperback original, 79pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, line drawings in text, large format (9 x 6.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the de Havilland Mosquito, the WW2 'wooden wonder' of which nearly 8000…

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 1 : September 27th, 1941 : A Background Bulletin.

Whitney, Major Dwight, et. al., · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (including wrappers), stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark green, a fortnightly bulletin of the background to current affairs issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'No…

Another Side of Hollywood

Peters House · 2000 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Empire, 2000. First Edition. Soft cover. 0944019331. Signed by Author(s). Another Side of Hollywood by Peters, House signed. Empire Pub. 2000, first, ISBN: 0944019331 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, x on copyright page in ink over publishe…

Power and Glory (Signed By Author)

NICOLSON, ADAM · 2003 · Godley Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

London, HarperCollins. 2003. (ISBN: 0007108931) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Signed Adam Nicolson to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and with minor bumping to upper front an…

CASLON BOLD CONDENSED

[Printer's Specimen Sheet]. Ruyle, John - Pressman. Shakespeare, William - Quoted · 1971 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

[Berkeley, California]: Pequod Press, 1971. 1st printing, 1 / 15 cc. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet of yellow card stock, printed recto only. The top portion with a quote from Anthony and Cleopatra: "Age cannot wither you, nor custom / stale your infinite v…

Changemakers. 101 Portraits of Men in Jamaica

FERGUSON, PETER · 2006 · Black Rock Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Jamaica, Peter Ferguson. 2006, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9789768203663). Hardcover, with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book, Signed on title page. Foreword by Rex Nettleford. 1-page bios alternating with full page b&w photos. 11 x 11.Includes Tony Abrahams, Howard Cooke, Wall…

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D. Containing some poetical pieces by Dr Johnson, relative to the tour, and never before published; a series of his conversation, literary anecdotes and opinions of men and books; with an authentic account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II in the year 1746.

Boswell, James Esq. · 0 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, [No Date], new edn , illustrated with notes by Robert Carruthers Esq. xxvi[iv], 360[2] pp, publishers leaf, frontis, numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full brown calf gilt, raised bands, decorative gilt compartments, ol…

SWORD OF HONOUR. A Final version of the novels - Men at Arms. - Officers and Gentlemen. - Unconditional Surrender.

WAUGH. EVELYN. · 1965 · Paul Foster Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

Chapman & Hall. London. 1965. FIRST REVISED, SINGLE VOLUME EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.5 inches). A fine copy finely bound for Asprey of London in recent half green morocco leather, spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Green…

Military Schools and Courses of Instruction in the Science and Art of War : Part I - France and Prussia

BARNARD, HENRY · 1862 · Godley Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1862, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9 x 6 inches. Academy name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Very clean very tight lightly foxed lightly tanned pages. Embossed boards still attached to t…

The Ranchers (The Old West)

OGDEN TANNER · 1977 · Godley Books

£9.25 (€11.09 | $12.22 | ¥1,952)

Alexandria, VA, Time Life Books. 1977, First Edition. Faux Leather, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked padded embossed boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. By the editors of Time-L…

Three Elizabethan Pamphlets

HIBBARD, G. R. (EDITOR) · 1951 · Godley Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, some sunning to upper rear spine corner and no bumping to corners. Slightly …

In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII

WILSON, DEREK A. · 2003 · Godley Books

£4.75 (€5.69 | $6.28 | ¥1,002)

New York, U.S.A. St Martin's Griffin. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0312302770) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 580pp. First US edition. Th…

The RED CROSS SEES A MAN THROUGH. More than 26,000 Men are Still in Hospitals as the Result of the War

[World War I Poster] · 1919 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Ca. 1919 (date taken from OCLC). Not found in Borkan or Rawls. Buff paper printed in red, blue and black ink. Single sheet printed recto only. Some b/w photographic images of Red Cross scenes - soldiers in a hospital wing, dictating a letter to a nurse, and r…

The Locomotive Engine. Circa 1850.

DRYSDALE DEMPSEY, G. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bath: Kingsmead Reprints, 1970. Reprint of a volume originally published in 1857 under the title: "A Rudimentary Treatise on the Locomotive Engine in all its Phases: Popularly Described, with Illustrations for Students and Non-Professional Men". "Written by a professional engine…

Easter Monday

ALKEN, Henry · 1817 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,000.00 (€1,814.54 | £1,513.59 | ¥319,412)

London: S. & J. Fuller, 1817. Henry Alken's Easter Monday [ALKEN, Henry]. Easter Monday. By Ben Tally Ho. London: S. & J. Fuller, April 7, 1817. First edition. Oblong folio (16 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches; 425 x 571 mm). Comprising a printed title and two hand-colored engraved plates de…

Moments of Fancy and Whim by Henry Alken

ALKEN, Henry · 1823 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,750.00 (€2,494.99 | £2,081.19 | ¥439,192)

London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. There Is A Pleasure in Being Mad Which None But Madmen Know" "Some Men To Business Some To Pleasure Take. Some Their Troubles, Some Their Fortunes Make" ALKEN, Henry. Moments of Fancy and Whim.. We rather fancy, than Know. London: Publis…