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Octavo. Pp. (ii), 54, ii. Hardcover, bound in the contemporary cloth and marbled boards with the original printed wrapper laid-down, old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to cover and title-page; small chip at outer blank margin of one leaf, sporadic light foxing. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. Attributed to T. J. Stieltjes, "An Old Soldier".
Crown octavo. Pp. iv, 181, (2). Hardcover, recently bound in cloth and patterned boards with the original wrapper laid-down, this bit rubbed, institutional stamp to first free endpaper. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
Three volumes bound in four. Including appendices, corrections and Register. Royal octavo. Pp. xxiv, 496, 22; viii, 659, 20; 536; viii, 537-784, 30, (2), 46, 152. Engraved title-page to each volume. Plus 6 folding lithographed maps: 2 bound in Vol. II; 2 bound in Vol. III, all with colours added by hand to show troop positions; and 2 bound in Vol. IV. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary calf and marbled boards, cloth French corners, spines lettered and decorated in gilt; old institutional stamps to each title and old shelf ticket to each spine. Binding is mediocre though still shelf representable with spines mostly loose and reinforced with clear tape; inner hinges split. In a very good internal condition, very good maps. ~ First edition of this famous work. The hand-coloured maps depict famous battlefields: "Slag bij Ramelies," "Slag bij Malplaquet," "Gevecht bij Quatre-Bras," "Slag bij Waterloo." The last two maps are monochromatic. One shows the "Tiendaagschen Veldtogt in 1831", and one is the fortification plan of the Citadel of Antwerp with armies' positions during the battle in 1832.
Crown octavo. Pp. x, 206. Hardcover, bound in the original blind decorated cloth, spine gilt, upper joint split, old shelf ticket, old institutional stamp and signature to title, few annotations in very neat contemporary hand, shaken, contents loosening. Binding in poor condition, interior in good condition. ~ First edition. Very rare. This particular copy is accompanied by an extended archive of contemporary manuscript notes which relate to the book, summarize from it or elaborate on it. Written in Dutch in extremely neat hand they encompass a large number of paper slips, extracts from notes and the like. All neatly preserved they provide a fascinating look into the way contemporary law practitioners interpreted the laws of the time and are of value to historians of military law. Pierre Paul Chrétien Collette, (1858-1928), member of the Supreme Military Court, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
Crown quarto. Pp. (vi), iv, vii, (i), iv, (ii), 720, 40, 20, viii, ii. Half-title, title, dedication, preface, introduction. Extra title-page, illustrated with allegorical motifs and printed in tinted lithograph. Plus 2 handsome plates in tinted lithograph, depicting battle scenes, and 3 fine lithographic portraits, all with facing tissue guards. Plus one full-page lithograph ordnance map with additional colour added by contemporary hand. Plus 6 large folding lithograph maps, one with additional colours added by contemporary hand to represent troop positions, all bound at rear. With 2 engraved maps, printed in letterpress, to the text. Footnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, 2 contrasting gilt morocco lettering-pieces to spine, old small ticket at foot, bit worn at extremities, rubbed and chafed; old military institutional stamps to half-title. Bit foxed in places, few light dampmarks at margin, else a good copy with well preserved interior and folding maps. ~ First edition. [Descriptive text Copyright Librarium, The Hague]
Octavo. Pp. iv, 246, (2) extended errata. Plus folding map bound at end. Hardcover, bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards, manuscript title to spine; very old military institutional stamps to title. In a very good condition. ~ First edition thus. George Frederik Willem Borel published his controversial "Onze vestiging in Atjeh" a year earlier, in 1878.
Two volumes. I. Text: Royal octavo. Pp. 68. Original stiff wrappers, soiled, old military institutional stamps to cover. In good condition; II. Atlas: Small folio. Comprising of title-page and 15 plates with numerous illustrations to each, partly lithographic and partly photographic. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, these bit discoloured, old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to title, first plate bit browned. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Text volume is second printing. Rare complete set. The Atlas comprises of numerous fine and very detailed technical illustrations of guns and cannons and their parts, accompanied by nomenclatures and extended explanations and measurements. Includes 29 rare photographic impressions of horse-drawn military vehicles.
Four parts in one volume. Quarto Pp. 8; 54; 64; 82. Plus very large folding sheet with several graphic illustrations, diagrams, tables, printed in additional colours. Hardcover, bound in the original cloth and printed boards, shelf tickets to spine, large title in manuscript on cover, some annotations, bit soiled in places, old institutional stamp to verso of title-page. In good condition with crisp folding visual material. ~ First edition. Comprising of Chapter I, Appendices A-F; Chapter II, Appendices I-VII.
Small octavo. Pp. 112. Index. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, shelf label to spine, ticket on back cover; old military institutional stamps. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
Paris, Basset, 1842, grande e bella carta geografica incisa in acciaio con i confini colorati a mano. Si tratta di due fogli uniti lungo una linea che rimane al centro della carta complessiva. Mm. 830x595 (i due fogli uniti), mm. 755x520 (le misure alla cornice della carta).
Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xxix, (iii), 373. Plus an extended section of model forms, lists, and tables, unpaginated (ca. 160 pp.). Numerous sectional title-pages. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, original printed wrapper laid-down; shelf tickets to spine, old institutional stamps to title-page. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ Third edition. First published Batavia, Ogilvie, 1891.
8vo., First Edition; original ivory cloth, gilt back, boards lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper worn at backstrip. With dustwrapper artwork by Roy Sanford. The first public disclosure in English of the remarkable 'Englandspiel', arguably SOE's greatest scandal in the Low Countries. For some twenty months during 1942-3, SOE's radio links with its agents in Holland were read and 'turned' by the Abwehr with many tragic losses. Written by the Abwehr officer responsible, it was first published in Amsterdam in 1949 as 'Abwehr III F. De duitse contrespionage in Nederland'. Foot terms it 'honest and straightforward'. NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.398.
4to., First Edition, with 8 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This detailed and important study remains the only substantial account of the German viewpoint. Variously reissued, this is the original edition. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Small folio. Pp. 71. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Staatscommissie, ingesteld bij Koninklijk Besluit van 12 december 1910, nr. 56. Legercommissie.
Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 276, (2) verso blank. Plus folding lithograph map ornated with allegorical cartouches, bound at end. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine and corner-tips chafed, cracked inner hinges. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
Royal octavo. Pp. 61. Plus one folding lithograph map and one table, bound at end. Original printed wrappers, bit soiled, edge frayed, spine worn, half-title partly adhered to cover for support; old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to title. Mediocre exterior with a very good interior. ~ First edition. General Floris Adriaan van Braam Houckgeest (1837-1922). Very rare. Not in Buur. See also: Jaap Harskamp: "A Colonial Obsession: Dutch Narrative Literature on the East Indies, 1800-1945. A Catalogue of Holdings in the British Library." (2009).
ARNHEM, D.A. Thieme/ BRUXELLES, C. Mucqardt/ LEIPZIG, Richter & Harrassowitz/ PARIS, LiB Renouard & LiB A. Ghio - 1873 - In-folio en feuillets, sous chemise cartonnée -Bandeaux, culs de lampe, lettrines - Tirage à 350 Exemplaires sur papier pur fil de vergé à la fome de chez Van Gelder - 5 photographies PP - 135 pages - Très propre
La Haye, chez Van Bulderen, 1709. Petit in-12 (9.5 x 16) relié demi veau à coins, ( reliure du 19ème signée en queue [ Beauzonnet-T] ), dos à nerfs joliment ornés, tranches peignées, date en queue 13 ff.-333 pp.-5 pp. Bel exemplaire On trouve dans ces écrits les bases de la poliitque commerciale hollandaise : libre circulation, liberté de religion, commerce maritime, comptoirs, exonération d'impôt pour les entreprises. emprisonné en 1672, Jean de Witt fut assassiné, massacré par la foule avec son frère Cornelis.
Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 388, (4) errata, amendments. Plus handsome folding map of the City of Bruxelles in 1830 (scale 1:7200). Plus large folding table. Hardcover, bound in contemporary green half calf and matching marbled boards, spine gilt; old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamps to prelims, spine rubbed with slight wear in places. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. ADDED A COMPLIMENTRAY COPY: J. K. H. de Roo van Alderwerelt: "De grootmeester en de inspecteurs der Artillerie van de Koninklijke Landmacht van 1814 tot 1939." In a very good condition.
208 pages. Text in Dutch. Many dozens of excellent black and white archival photographs. Prior owner's name atop title page else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy in glossy laminated illustrated boards. Book
122 pages. Features: Purina Chick Chow color ad inside front cover; Poppies for your garden; Screening casement windows; My Wild Flower Corner; Gardening on a steep hillside; Arbor Lodge - Home of J. Sterling Morton, Founder of Arbor Day; Plant a tree for the baby this year; Prairie Wild Flowers; The heart of the house - the kitchen; Year-round beauty from evergreens; Make the architect a partner when you build; Where our readers live - photos of homes of Ralph Garrison of Kalamazoo, E.L. Venning of Glen Ellyn, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beat of Portland and Mrs. H.E. Roth of Sheboygan; What to do with the walls and floors; Unit House No 20 is designed for comfort - house plan; Nature lore for youthful readers; Nice one-page ad for Holland Furnaces; Good books for girls; Nice one-page photo-llustrated ad for Simmons mattresses features photo of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman; Have you a room with an inferiority complex?; Is your porch comfortable?; Ponderosa pine ad; The Soup and Salad Garden; Lovely one-page color ad for Sun-Maid raisins; Nice one-page color ad for Dutch Boy White-Lead paint; Tips from Garden Notebooks; A talk on hearts - fourth in a series of articles on present-day health problems; How to cook the tender cuts of meat; For dinner on your afternoon out; Aids to better housekeeping; One-page ad for Hoosier kitchen working centers; Simple bird baths and how to make them; We grow vegetables, by Professor J.A. Huffman of Marion, Indiana; Montgomery Ward catalog ad; Standard plumbing fixture ad; Spray calendar for the home garden; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Maytag aluminum clothes wasther; Clifford Bloom - Musical Missionary - with piano and voice sheet music for his 'A Slight Mistake'; Screening casement windows; The story of the piano - concerning the choice, location and care of this instrument; ad for Yale door hardware; ad for American Face Brick; Vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man and boy with wooden bench; Great one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles; Recipes; Illustrated needlework article; Nice color Valspar varnish ad inside back cover; Color Congoleum ad on back cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Seeking the Golden Cliff - a prospecting expedition in the Central Australian desert; The Hyena - a veteran mining prospector and his story of African Ju-Ju; The Train was Late; A Fool Afoot in France - Part II of an Englishman's walk in France; Murder by Witchcraft - the Crown Prosecutor recounts an amazing case from British East Africa; Crackerjack - interesting stories of serving under a 'character' British sea-captain; The Sadhu's Gift - an interesting Indian tale; Chinese Makeshifts - how the Chinese adapt obsolete products into tools of use - photos; The Mad Trapper - a most extraordinary tale from the annals of the Canadian "Mounties"; How Holland Fights the Sea; The Conquered the Desert - a tribute to the camel - photos; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Backstrip missing chips. 3" x 2" chunk from bottom edge of back cover. Unmarked. Book
De luxe uitgave is genummerd: 110/ 083. 95 pages. Text in Dutch. Archival black and white photographs throughout. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
232 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated in both colour and black and white. "Presents a vivid picture of the energy and enterprise that have given Dutch-Canadians and their offspring a solid reputation as hard workers and good citizens... Conveys a deep appreciation for Canada's role in the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945 and for the many opportunities for exciting challenges that the new homeland offers." - from dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated endpapers. Clean, bright and unmarked but for prior owner's name which is whited out atop title page. Negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, Paris. 1859. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs. 383 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre. 1er plat légèrement taché. Suivies des Catalogues des Musées de Rotterdam, La Haye et Amsterdam.
