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Jack Starr; John Toland; Gerald Astor; et al
Look - America's Family Magazine May 4 1965 - Chicago's Troubled Schools / On the Set with Moreau and Bardot
USA: Cowles Magazines 1965. Magazine. Illus. by Harrington Phillip cover;. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. 108 pages. Features: Great color ad for a purple two-door Buick Grand Sport Riviera; Cover photo of Munick; Front cover fold-out photo of Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot; Segretation Crisis - Chicago's Troubled Schools; Germany Twenty Years After Hitler; The Last 100 Days; Germany Today; A New World of Surgery; The Butler goes to College - California students work their way through college; Tony Conigliaro of the Boston Red Sox High Note; On the Set with Moreau and Bardot; Electric heat features color photo of Gene Carolan and family in Iowa; Edison Electric Inst. ad features photos of Edward Stansfield and family of PA Giacomo Liggera and wife of Poughkeepsie Oklahoma executive Kenneth White Jr. and wife and Kentucky Salesman Arthur Waits of Lexington and family; Dove ad features photo of Mrs. Marilyn Konzet of Great Neck Long Island; Lovely color-photo ad for the yellow 1965 Chrysler; Two-page color Del-Monte ad; Nice color-photo FTD ad; Vintage two-page colour-photo ad for Greyhound bus lines; Two-page Budweiser ad says "No additives please!"; Color-photo ad for a maroon Chevrolet 1965 Chevelle; CBS radio network ad with photos of Walter Cronkite Douglas Edwards Lowell Thomas Phil Rizzuto Marvin Kalb Frank Gifford and Harry Reasoner; Classy color ad for a cream-colored 1965 Pontiac Bonneville in Italy; Wow! - two-page color-photo ad for the red 1965 Ford Mustang GT; All-American cities; Nice color ad for GMC pickup trucks; Back cover color ad for Chesterfield King cigarettes includes photos of Elly Travlou Dubinsky of Missouri randall A. OSmon of Florida and Donald C. Barnette Jr. of Ohio; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Cowles Magazines Paperback
Bookseller reference : 201H0192
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Mark Roseman
A Past in Hiding Memory and Survival in Nazi Germany
New York: Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. xiii 491 pages. First printing with complete number line on copyright page. Condition of the book is Near Fine; Looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good; Very light surface wear. STK Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28476 ISBN : 0805063269 9780805063264
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Legge, WHeneage W. He
A New Guide to Lewes: Its Castle Priory Churches and Neighbourhood
Great Britain: The Enterprise Printing Co. 1909. Book. Illus. by Legge Arthur; Legge W. Heneage. Good. Paperback. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 52 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Foldout map at back. Three pages of ads at front. Includes notes on the Museum an account of the Battle of Lewes and much more. Unmarked. Covers almost loose from textblock. A worthy vintage copy of this informative work. The Enterprise Printing Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 741G4586
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Riley, James C.
International Government Finance and the Amsterdam Capital Market 1740-1815
USA: Cambridge University Press 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 365 pages. Index. List of Sources and Works Cited. Extensive footnotes. Tables and Charts. "During the eighteenth century European governments began systematically using an international credit structure whose center was the Amsterdam capital market. This work reconstructs that system and surveys its principal effects on the European and especially the Dutch economies." - from preliminary page. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight and square. Anonymous bookplate upon front free endpaper. A quality copy. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 324G4446 ISBN : 0521226775 9780521226776
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Camps, Hen
Wijchen - Geschiedenis Van Zeven Seconden
Netherlands: Boerenleenbank 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 304 pages. Text in Dutch. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Gift greetings upon first blank leaf. Writing beneath photo on page 74. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Boerenleenbank Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742G4482
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Schoenfeld, Joachim; Marrus, Michael (Foreword)
Shtetl Memoirs: Jewish Life in Galicia Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in the Reborn Poland 1898-1939
USA: Ktav Publishing House Inc. 1985. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages. "A biography interspersed with recollections of social and cultural history in memory of our Jewish ancestors in Poland and particularly in Galicia.This beautifully written chronicle brings back to us pictures of the life of the non-existent any more Jews in Poland. It is an inexhaustible source for the study of the way of life the culture and folklore of a bygone era in Jewish history." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear with some lean to spine. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy copy of this important reference. Ktav Publishing House, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 544G2529 ISBN : 0881250759 9780881250756
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Author Not Stated
Yesterday's Faces: The People of Leeds in the Last Hundred Years
UK: Leeds City Libraries 1986. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 35 pages. "A selection of photos from an exhibition first show at the Leeds Show August 1986". - from page 1. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Leeds City Libraries Paperback
Bookseller reference : 741G2450
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De Josselin De Jong, PE. P. E.
Structural Anthropology in the Netherlands - A Reader: Koninklijk Instituut Translation Series 17 Seventeen
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1977. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 399 pages plus fold-out maps at back. Three black and white photographic plates. Glossarial index. Inscribed and signed atop half-title page using wording which suggests it is in the author's hand yet the signature does not appear to match. No other markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Martinus Nijhoff Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742G2030 ISBN : 9024719445 9789024719440
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Reichenberger, Father Emanuel. J.
Rettung Europas - Gedanken Zum Wiederaufbau
Austria: Sonderdruck Die Information 1954. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112 pages. Text in German. Address label inside front cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Sonderdruck Die Information Paperback
Bookseller reference : 238G1343
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Giltaij, Jeroen; Jansen, Guido; Renger, Konrad; Lammertse, Friso; Gaba-Van Dongen, Alexandra; Neumeister, Mirjam; Hecht, Peter;
Senses And Sins: Dutch Painters Of Daily Life In The Seventeenth Century
Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers 2005. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 296 pages with 260 illustrations 110 in color. Text in English. Published in conjuction with an exhibition of the same name in Rotterdam and Frankfurt in 2004-2005. Above-average but not excessive wear. Some library markings. A worthy copy of this beautiful and informative work. Hatje Cantz Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 548G0798 ISBN : 3775715231 9783775715232
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Pearson, Peter
Dun Laoghaire - Kingstown Urban heritage Series 2
Ireland: O'Brien Press 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 176 pages inc. glossary bibliography and index. "Dun Laoghaire's assumed name The Premier Township was no empty boast. The book describes how the fishing village Dunleary became within seventy years Kingstown - the most important packet station and largest and most popular watering places in Ireland and a vast port an infant city built in the most ornamental style." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked binding sound. O'Brien Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 736G0067 ISBN : 0905140834 9780905140834
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Chaunu, Pierre: Editor
The Reformation
U.K.: Alan Sutton 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 295 pages. Index. Bilbiography. List of picture credits. "Lavishly illustrated with over 350 engravings paintins drawings and photographs - many in full colour - this handsome volume is the first major work on the period to challenge the established views of the Reformation and to look at it from a broader international viewpoint. Will not only stimulate a deeper consideration of issues theological cultural and secular but will also provide an extraordinarily vivid and accessible account of that critical era and its legacy for the general reader." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this very interesting and informative work. Alan Sutton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 828c9937 ISBN : 086299635x 9780862996352
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Lucas, Henry Stephen
Netherlanders in America: Dutch Immigration to the United States and Canada 1789-1950
USA: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 744 pages. Index of names. Footnotes. Reprint of the 1955 first edition. "Begins with a brief sketch of Dutch emigration to colonial America and then describes Van Raalte and the founding of the Michigan Kolonie in 1847. The story goes on to relate how the Dutch moved into Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas Canada and elsewhere carrying their culture with them wherever they went and settled." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Prior owner's name clipped from top of front free endpaper. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important work. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 736c9732 ISBN : 0802836593 9780802836595
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Bruce, Alastair; Calder, Julian; Cator, Mark
Keepers of the Kingdom: The Ancient Offices of Britain
New York New York U.S.A.: Vendome Press 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 224 pages. Index. Sumptuous colour photography throughout. "Considers over a hundred historical and contemporary titles. Portrays the current holders of these positions in their particular "uniform" - grand humble symbolic or simply practical - and in places that are special and specific to the responsibilities of their role. The informative and lively text relates the story behind each of these images both as fascinating vignettes of particular circumstances and as part of the history that has made the United Kingdom what it is today." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Due to a binding error we have removed the lower corner of the back free endpaper. Corresponding corner of back fixed endpaper damaged but present. A quality copy of this handsome production. Vendome Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 741c9627 ISBN : 0865652023 9780865652026
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Van Bree, L.
Joost De "Indiaan"
Rotterdam Netherlands: De Erven De Wed. J. Van Nelle N.V. 1937. Book. Illus. by Van Leeuwen Nans. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 152 pages. Black and white drawings. "Een verhaal voor jongens en meisjes." - from title page. Text in Dutch. Lovely front cover colour illustration of boy and girl skating. Above-average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Binding leaning but intact. A worthy copy of this delightful and nostalgic work. De Erven De Wed. J. Van Nelle N.V. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 136c8473
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Author
Deutsche Jager-Zeitung 78. Band 1921
Germany: Publisher 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text in German. Bound issues of an adventurous German hunting periodical. Many great black and white photos. Light wear. Prior owner's details hand-written atop first page otherwise unmarked. Binding sound. A well-preserved copy of this wonderful vintage volume. 24cm x 17cm x 2.3cm. Publisher Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742c8557
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Baskerville, Beatrice
What Next O Duce
London: Longmans Green and Co. 1937. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305 pages. The aim of this book is to "unfold a plain tale of the growth of a political movement not because it is historical but because the people who are citizens of the British Empire can no longer afford to ignore or despise it." - from Preface. Provides an important snapshot of Italy immediately prior to the outbreak of WWII. Hinges starting. Few light pencil markings to contents. Average wear. A worthy copy. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 126c8349
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Moerman, Ingrid WL.; Van Maanen, RCJ. W. L. R. C.
Leiden Eeuwig Feest
Netherlands: 3 October - Vereeniging 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Text in Dutch. Abundantly illustrated with archival black and white photos. Gift greetings of the Publisher upon front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Appears to be a first edition but we are not certain. Please inquire if you have any questions. 3 October - Vereeniging Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742c7475 ISBN : 9090014004 9789090014005
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Smeds, Helmer; Gastrin, Jan; Simons, Lennart; Akerblom, Bror: Editors
Den Osterbottniska Byn - En Samling Minnesbilder The East Gulf Village - A Collection of Memory Photos
Sweden: Hembygdsforeningen 1947. Book. Fair. Paoerback. Andra Utokade Upplagan Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 610 pages. Text in Swedish. Black and white photos in text. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Hembygdsforeningen Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742c7455
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Europe; Tempest, Joey; Michaeli, Mic
Carrie - Sheet Music of the Hit Song Performed By Europe
USA: Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Inc. 1986. Sheet music. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 6 pages. Average wear. Unmarked. Warner Bros. - Seven Arts, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 108c6973
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Piccardi, Marco
Tra Arno e Bisenzio: Cartografia Storica Fonti Documentarie e Trasformazione Del Territorio
Italy: Comune Di Signa 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 123 pages. Undated - circa 2004. Text in Italian. Abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Light wear. Tight and square. Unmarked. A high quality copy. Appears to be a first edition. Comune Di Signa Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 228c6456
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Jamieson JW. J. W.
The Nordic Face: A Glimpse of Iron Age Scandinavia
USA: Clivedon 1996. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36 pages. Many black and white illustrations. "An objective and unbiased look at an important historical component of the European anthropological scene." - from page 1. Average wear. Some curling to corners. Unmarked. Clivedon Paperback
Bookseller reference : 741c6211 ISBN : 0941694089 9780941694087
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Spengler Tilman
Munchen Panorama
Germany: Braus 2006. Book. Illus. by Brauss Johannes: Photographer. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 127 pages. Beautiful colour photography. Text in German English French Russian Chinese Japanese Spanish and Italian. Oversized oblong book in slipcase measuring 9.25" x 17". Unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to colour illustrated slipcase. A lovely copy of this beautifully produced work. Braus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 618c6077 ISBN : 3899042239 9783899042238
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De Grazia, Victoria
How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy 1922-1945
USA: Univ of California Press 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 350 pages. Index. Footnotes. Several black and white illustrations. "The first study of women's experience under Italian fascism this book offers a compelling treatment of the making of contemporary Italian society." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. A sound working copy. Univ of California Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 113c6012 ISBN : 0520074564 9780520074569
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Author Not Stated
The Coastal Atlas: Flanders/Belgium
Belgium: C.C.I.C.Z.M. 2004. Book. Good. Spiral-Bound. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 100 pages. "Outlines the genesis of the Belgian coast and the physical environment and natural surroundings. Read how man controls the sea and how he has learned to use the sea and the coast." - from page 3. Wonderful colour photos maps and illustrations throughout. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of the beautifully presented and highly informative atlas. C.C.I.C.Z.M. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 855c6105
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Levenstam, Thorsten
Seder Och Sagner I Gamla Vastergotland: Uppteckningar Fran Levenebygden
Stockholm: LTs Forlag 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. Archival black and white photos. Text in Swedish. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. LTs Forlag Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742c5467 ISBN : 9136015709 9789136015706
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Jeppesen, Alfred
Kjobenhavns: Sommer-Tivoli 1843-1968
Kobenhavn: Aschehoug Dansk Forlag 1968. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 218 page trade paperback. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white illustrations. Text in Danish. Ex Libris sticker inside front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Aschehoug Dansk Forlag Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742c5801
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Author Unknown
Rund Um Die Sieben Saulen
Germany: Anhaltische Verlagsgesellschaft 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 107 pages. Text in German. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Anhaltische Verlagsgesellschaft Paperback
Bookseller reference : 518c5795 ISBN : 3910192122 9783910192126
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Plampe, Austra
Rotalas Ar Dziedasahu
Canada: Self-Published 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 35 pages. Black and white sketches. Presents traditional Latvian dance instruction. Text in Latvian. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Circa 1980. Self-Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742c5802
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Muller Susanna
Das Fleissige Hausmutterchen
Zurich: Verlagsbuchhandlung Albert Zeller 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 866 pages plus advertisements. Prior owner's details neatly written across from title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage Swiss household reference. Verlagsbuchhandlung Albert Zeller Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 758c5875
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Author Unknown
Boekel: Zo as 't Vruger Waor - Fotoboek Van 1890 Tot 1950
Netherlands: R-Graphics Boekel 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 251 pages. Heemkundekring St. Achten op Boeckel. A wonderful compilation of archival black and white photos of this Dutch town. Text in Dutch. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. R-Graphics Boekel Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742c5023
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Bergquist, Nills W.
Swedish Folk Dances
New York: The A.S. Barnes Company 1910. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 53 pages. Three black and white plates. Includes piano music and dance instructions. "This volume of folk dances taken from Swedish sources and sympathetically translated for American use by Mr. Bergquist is genuine and cannot fail to receive the large appreciation it deserves for he has danced them as his forefathers did in Sweden itself." - from Introduction by C. Ward Crampton. Dances include: The Skaning or the Stop; Bleking; Ladita - Lott' 1st Todt; Tantoli; The Rill; Snurrbock; Gustavus' Toast; Clap Dance; The Skobo Dance; Varsovienne; Three Men Polska; The Oxen Dance; Ostgota Polska; Schottische; Frykdal Polska; The Skanska Quadrille; Weaving DAnce; Fjallnas Polska; Gottland Quadrille; Dal Dance; The Halling; Vingaker Dance; The Skralat. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Gilt lettering upon front board still legible. A worthy reading copy of this charming Swedish cultural memento. The A.S. Barnes Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 232a4907
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Geary Marjorie Crane: Compiler
Folk Dances of Czecho Slovakia
New York: A.S. Barnes 1922. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 51 pages. Includes piano music instructions and black and white photos. Includes: Javornik; Holka Modrooka The Blue-eyed Girl; Paterka Moravian; Cibulenka Moravian; Vrtena I and II; Psenka; Sekerecka; Kaca; Reznicka; Maleni; Kukachka; Janko; Satecek; Kdys Jsem Jel do Prahy Dances I II and III; Trojky; Trnavecek; Rozek; Tancuj; Kam Ty Jedes; Manchester; Cerna Vlnka; Ja Ked Sa Janoska. Printed upon glossy stock. Usual library markings. Tight library binding. A quality copy of this excellent reference. A.S. Barnes Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 741a4908
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Farber, Sigfrid; Spitta, Wilkin
Regensburg : Text dtsch.-engl.-französ.
Regensburg Germany: Verlag Friedrich Pustet KG 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 141 pages. Colour photographs. Text in German English and French. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A very nice copy of this handsome work. Verlag Friedrich Pustet KG Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 741a4674 ISBN : 3791706004 9783791706009
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Selwyn, Sue; Martin, Don
Kirkintilloch: Life and Times
Scotland: Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums 1994. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pages. Bibliography. Many wonderful old black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums Paperback
Bookseller reference : 741a4777 ISBN : 0904966402 9780904966404
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Author Not Stated
Ye Olde Englishe Faire
U.K.: Leicester 1916. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Held in the Market Place on Thursday and Friday September 28th and 29th 1916 in aid of the Mayor's 100000 pound scheme for disabled sailors and soldiers of Leicester and County." - subtitle. Wonderful contemporary advertisements. Above-average external wear. Contents sound. A wonderfully nostalgic work. Leicester Paperback
Bookseller reference : 741a4597
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Gray, Phil
The Washlanders: Tales of the Wildfowlers Shepherds and Eel Catchers of the Nene Washes
U.K.: Terence Dalton Limited 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with black and white pictures and line drawings. "Many of these stories of shooting and fishing are told in the words of men like George 'Wigger' Hailstone Bert Weldon and Bill Benstead who remember going in search of wildfowl on the flooded washes in their gunpunts in days when a good shot from the gun might result in a hamper of plovers or duck going off to Leadenhall Market. Rough fellows they were but they loved their sport and they loved the washlands." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Slight lean to spine. Terence Dalton Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a2676 ISBN : 0861380711 9780861380718
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Mead, WR. W. R.
An Experience of Finland
London: Hurst & Company 1993. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 164 pages. Index. "A very personal book in which the author explains how his interests in Finland have developed in parallel with the transformation of the country from a pre-war agrarian economy to a modern welfare state with an advanced technological basee. An interpretation of the landscape is accompanied by a description of the features - often peculiar to Finland - that stir the five senses. Illustrates more familiar topics with a mass of 'unconsidered trifles' - a diary here a manuscript there; an idea here a critical observation there - to produce an unusual and often intimate picture of the country and its people." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Hurst & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a2064 ISBN : 1850651655 9781850651659
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Ponisch Helmut
Illustrierte Chronik Stadt Weinheim 1945-1990
Germany: Herausgeber 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 519 pages. Text in German. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Excellent copy. Herausgeber Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 741a2248
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Westerlund, Ernst mfl. m. fl
Folkmal I Skelleftebygden
Sweden: Skelleftea 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 152 pages. "En liten ordlista till bygdemalen i norra lansdelen jamte ett urval visor gator harm ramsor oknamn och atskilligt annat sammanfort och kompletterat efter uppteckningar av Vuxenskolans studiecirklar." - from title page. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Skelleftea Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 852a0480
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Collins Roger
The Basques
USA: Basil Blackwell 1987. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 272 pages. Index. "The first account of the Basques from their earliest beginnings." - from dust jacket. Illustrated with maps and photos. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Worthy reference copy. Basil Blackwell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 741a0392 ISBN : 0631134786 9780631134787
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Author Not Stated
Ett Sekel I Skelleftebygden
Sweden: Publisher 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 239 pages. "Fakta och tradition som samlats av deltagare i Vuxenskolans studiecirklar." - from title page. Light wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Publisher Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 852a0481
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Pfeiffer, Walter; Shaffrey, Maura
Irish Cottages
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1990. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages. Index. "A fascinating analysis of this peculiarly evocative architectural idiom supplemented with an profusion of colour photographs." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Front free endpaper removed. Reading copy only. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a0003 ISBN : 0297830112 9780297830115
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Bowen, Marjorie
The Netherlands Display'd or the Delights of the Low Countries
London: John Lane the Bodley Head/John Lane 1926. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 500 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Foxing at edges upon endpapers and some pages. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy in decorated blue boards. John Lane the Bodley Head/John Lane Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a0213
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Doisneau, Robert
Les doigts pleins D'encre
France: Hoebeke 2001. Book. Illus. by Doisneau Robert: Photographer. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 85 pages. A wonderful compilation of high quality black and white photographs depicting the school days of young boys decades ago. Text in French. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. This book will make you smile!. Hoebeke Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742a8824 ISBN : 2842300920 9782842300920
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Christopher, Peter; Richler, Mordecai
Images of Spain
Canada: McClelland and Stewart 1977. Book. Illus. by Christopher Peter: Photographer. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 191 pages. "A colourful photographic spectacle that will delight the eye and stir the emotions of any viewer." - from dust jacket. Richler "leads readers on a personal tour of the Spain he encountered during his stay there in the 1950's and the Spain of his recent travels." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding loose. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Worthy reading copy. McClelland and Stewart Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 145a8174 ISBN : 0771019807 9780771019807
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Sandberg, HW. H. W.
Witboek - Over De Geschiedenis Van Het Georganiseerde Verzet Voor En Na De Bevrijding
Amsterdam: N.V. Amsterdamscheboek En Courantmaatschappij 1950. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 266 pages. Text in Dutch. Yellowing to white cloth-covered boards. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. N.V. Amsterdamscheboek En Courantmaatschappij Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a8556
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Van Der Louw, Andre
Rood Als Je Hart: 'n Geschiedenis Van De AJC
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers 1974. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 296 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 742a8561 ISBN : 9029529229 9789029529228
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No Author
Duisburg - Aus Der Luft/From the Air/Vue D'avion
Germany: Nobel Bilband 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Gorgeous colour photography throughout. Text in German English and French. "In this book the city on the rivers Rhine and Ruhr is presented from a bird's-eye view with pictures unknown even to the people of Duisburg." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Nobel Bilband Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a8550 ISBN : 3922785484 9783922785484
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De Jong, AP. A. P.
Verordend om Te Bestraffen - Bijbellezingen Over Den Profeet Elia
Netherlands: Publilsher 1930. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285 pages. Text in Dutch. Above-average wear. Home-made clear plastic cover protects boards. Some markings to contents. Binding intact. Year of publication uncertain - possibly 1930s. Publilsher Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 742a5942
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