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The crossing. The curious story of the first man to swim the English Channel
Auteur: Watson, Kathy,
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(Lond.), Headline, (2000)
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First edition. 18,5x13 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. 243 pp.(small owner's entry), illustrated....
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€ 12,00
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The cultural origins of the French Revolution
Auteur: Chartier, Roger,
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Durham, Lond., Duke University Press, 1991
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Series: Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution. 23x14,5 cm. Pb. Xix, 238 pp., notes, bibl...
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€ 15,00
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The culture of the new capitalism
Auteur: Sennett, Richard,
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New Haven, Lond., Yale University Press, (2006)
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Series: Castle Lecture Series. 21,5x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. Ix, 214 pp.(small owner's ...
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€ 14,00
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The curiosities of food. Or the dainties and delicacies of different nations obtained from the animal kingdom. [Facsmile-reprint ed. 2001]
Auteur: Simmonds, Peter Lund, Alan Davidson, intr.,
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Berkeley, Toronto, Ten Speed Press, (2001)
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18x11 cm. Hardcover, dustwrapper. Xvi, 372 pp. Fine copy. ISBN 1 580008 297 1
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€ 12,50
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The Dead Sea scrolls. Forty years of research. [Studies on the texts of the Desert of Judah Volume X]
Auteur: Dimant, Devorah, Uriel Rappaport, ed.,
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Leiden, New York, Köln, Jerusalem, E.J. Brill/ The Magnes Press/ Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 1992
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25x17 cm. hardcover, cloth, dustwrappers (very sl.wear). Viii, 370 pp., contributions by many schola...
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€ 35,00
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The debate on the French Revolution 1789-1800
Auteur: Cobban, Alfred, ed.,
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Lond., Adam Charles Black, (1960)
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Second edition. Series: The British Political Tradition. 22x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth (a few former li...
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€ 15,00
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The defense of the United Kingdom. History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Military Series. J.R.M. Butler ed.
Auteur: Collier, Basil,
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Lond., Nashville, The Imperial War Museum/ The Battery Press, (1995)
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Series: History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Military Series: Reprinted ed. 24x16 cm. Har...
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€ 20,00
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The democracy reader. Classic and modern speeches, essays, poems, declarations, and documents on freedom and human rights worldwide
Auteur: Ravitch, Diane, Abigail Thernstrom, ed.,
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(New York), HarperCollins, (1992)
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24x19 cm. Hardcover, halfcloth, dustwrapper (d.w.sl.wear). Xii, 331 pp., illustrated, index. Good. I...
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€ 12,50
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The Dent atlas of American history
Auteur: Gilbert, Martin,
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Lond., J.M. Dent, (1993)
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3rd ed. 25,5x18 cm. Pb. 138 pp., illustrrated with 138 maps on politics, military, social history, t...
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€ 10,00
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The discursive construction of history. Remembering the Wehrmacht's war of annihilation
Auteur: Heer, Hannes, a.o., ed.,
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(Houndmills, UK., Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
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22x14 cm. Hardcover. Xvi, 331 pp., translated from the German, illustrated, glossary, notes, bibliog...
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€ 40,00
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The domestic cat
Auteur: Vesey-FitzGerald, Brian,
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(Lond.), Pelham Books, (1969)
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First edition. 22x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper (d.w.sl.wear). 198 pp.(owner's entry), with 3...
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€ 10,00
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The door between. A problem in deduction
Auteur: Queen, Ellery,
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Cleveland, New York, The World Publishing Company, (1947)
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First printing
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€ 15,00
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The double helix. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Auteur: Watson, James D.,
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(New York), Signet Books, (1969)
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17,5x10,5 cm. Pb. Pocketbook, mass market paperback (sl.wear). 143 pp. (tiny owners entry on titlp.)...
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€ 10,00
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The Dutch East India Company. Expansion and Decline
Auteur: Gaastra, Femme S.,
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(Zutphen), Walburg Pers, (2003)
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29x22,5 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. 192 pp., text in English, richly illustrated (incl.tables...
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€ 45,00
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The Dutch Republic in the eighteenth century. Decline, Enlightenment and Revolution
Auteur: Jacob, Margaret C., Wijnand W. Mijnhardt, ed.,
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Ithaca, Lond., Cornell University Press, (1992)
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23x15 cm. Pb. Vii, 365 pp.(scattered pencilunderl.on c. 40 pp.), illustrated, contributions by 16 au...
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€ 20,00
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The Dutch savannah/ De Hollandse savanne
Auteur: Stella, Frank,
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(Amst., Stichting Edy de Wilde in collaboration with Openbaar Kunstbezit, Weesp, 1984)
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29,5x21 cm. Pb.(sl.disc.). 33 pp., text in Dutch, illustrated, lecture Concertgebouw, 15th Dec., 198...
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€ 10,00
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The economic interpretation of history.
Auteur: Thorold Rogers, James E.,
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(Lectures delivered in Worcester College Hall, Oxford, 1887-8.). Lond., T. Fischer Unwin, (1909). Seventh impression. 20x13 cm. Cloth. Xvii, 547 pp. - 23 Lectures on legislation of labour, cultivation of land, effect of religious movements, diplom...
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€ 15,00
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The economics of John Maynard Keynes. The theory of a monitary economy
Auteur: Dillard, Dudley,
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Lond., Crosby Lockwood Son, (1960)
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7th UK (mimeographed) printing. 21,5x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth (no jacket). Xv, 364 pp., footnotes, fi...
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€ 15,00
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The elegant universe. Superstrings, hidden dimensions and the quest for the ultimate theory
Auteur: Greene, Brian,
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Lond., Jonathan Cape, (1999)
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First UK edition. 24x15,5 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. Xiii, 448 pp., illustrated, notes, glos...
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€ 20,00
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The E.M.G. story
Auteur: James, Francis,
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Abertilly, Old Bakehouse Publications, (1998)
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First edition. 25x17 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. X, 129 pp.(tiny owner's entry), including th...
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€ 75,00
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The End of the World?
Auteur: National Gallery Prague; M. Knizak, T. Demcakova, ed.,
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Publ. on occasion of an exhibition in The National Gallery, Prague
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Kinsky Palace, 2000. 29,5x22,5 cm. Pb. 194 pp., richly bl.-white- colour-illustrated. - In a series...
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€ 20,00
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The entrepreneurial state. Debunking public vs private sector myths
Auteur: Mazzucato, Mariana,
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(N.p.), Penguin Books, (2018)
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Reprinted ed., with a new foreword. 19,5x13 cm. Softcover pb. Xxiv, 260 pp., footnotes, appendix, bi...
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€ 12,50
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The experience of World War I.
Auteur: Winter, J.M.,
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Lond., MacMillan, (1988). First edition. 28,5x22 cm. Hardcover, dustwrapper. 256 pp. (a few penunderl., on 2 pp. only!), profusely illustrated (photo's, maps, drawings), index
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deals with many aspects of WWI: the politicians' war, the generals' war,
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€ 15,00
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The exploring spirit. America and the world, then and now
Auteur: Boorstin, Daniel J.,
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New York, Random House, (1976)
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First American edition. 21,5x14,5 cm. Hardcover, halfcloth, dustwrapper. Xii, 102 pp.
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€ 10,00
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The face of ancient China
Auteur: Forman, W. & B.,
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(Lond., Artia/ Spring Books, 1960)
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27,5x27 cm. Hardcover, halfcloth (sl.wear along edges). 276 pp., text in English
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€ 20,00
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The face of Kanagawa Prefecture
Auteur: Umemoto, Seiichi, ed.,
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(Yokohama), Kanagawa Prefectural Government, (1966)
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21,5x15 cm. Hardcover, cloth (no jacket). 117 pp., photo-illustrated and fold out map. Page section ...
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€ 15,00
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The fall of Gondolin. [First edition, first printing]
Auteur: Tolkien, J.R.R. - Christopher Tolkien, ed. - Alan Lee, illustrator,
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(Lond.), HarperCollins, (2018)
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First edition thus, first printing (printing line '1'). 302 pp., text-illustrations, plates by Alan ...
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€ 40,00
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The first Lunar landing. As told by the Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins in a post-flight press conference
Auteur: N.A.S.A. -
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Washington D.C., N.A.S.A. Office of Public Affairs/ U.S. Governement Printing Office, 1970
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First edition, NASA publication EP-73. 30,5x23 cm. Pb., brochure, stapled
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€ 20,00
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The First World War. A new illustrated history.
Auteur: Strachan, Hew,
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Lond., etc., Simon Schuster, (2003)
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24x18 cm. Pb. 350 pp., maps, with many photo's (some in colour), notes, index. Good copy. ISBN 0 74...
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€ 12,00
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The Folio Book of humorous anecdotes
Auteur: Leeson, Edward, intr., Nick Hardcastle, ill.,
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Lond., The Folio Society, 2005 [2011]
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9th printing. 22x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth, in slipcase. Xiv, 272 pp., illustrated, notes. Very fine
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€ 12,50
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The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France
Auteur: Darnton, Robert,
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New York, Lond., W.W. Norton, (1995)
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24x15,5 cm. Hardcover, halfcloth, dustwrapper. Xxiii, 440 pp., illustrated, notes, index. Good. ISBN...
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€ 20,00
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The future of conservatism. From Taft to Reagan and beyond.
Auteur: Evans, M. Stanton,
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New York, etc., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). 21,5x14,5 cm. Cloth, dustwrapper (sl.imp.). 304 pp., index. - Examination of prospects for conservative politics within the American Republican party, on the zenith of sixties' liberalism.
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€ 12,00
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The future of industrial man. A conservative approach
Auteur: Drucker, Peter F.,
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New York, Toronto, The New American Library, (1965)
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Series: Mentor Books for Executive Libraries. First edition thus.18x11 cm. Mass market pb., pocket b...
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€ 15,00
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The general theory of employment, interest and money
Auteur: Keynes, John Maynard,
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Lond., Macmillan Co, 1961
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Reprinted edition. Series: Papermac 12. 21x13,5 cm. Pb.(sl.wear). Xii, 403 pp., index
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€ 15,00
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The geology of the porphyry district of Lugano between Ponte Tresa and Luino. [Thesis].
Auteur: Harloff, Ch.E.A.,
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Leiden, Eduard Lido, 1927
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Thesis/Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Leiden met stellingen. 27x18,5 cm. Softcover wrappers (sl.foxe...
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€ 15,00
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The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence. The third book of the Wraeththu Histories
Auteur: Constantine, Storm,
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New York, Tom Doherty Associates/ TOR, (2006)
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First edition. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. 460 pp., map. Good. ISBN 9780765303486
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€ 20,00
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The gift horse. Report on a life
Auteur: [Binding] - Hildegard Knef - Conrad Rooks (private binding) -
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New York, etc., McGraw-Hill, (1971)
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First (US) edition. 23,5x15 cm. Hardcover, leather binding (very sl.discolouring). 384 pp., translat...
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€ 30,00
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The ginger man. [Olympia Press ed. - The Traveller's Companion Series]
Auteur: Donleavy, J.P.,
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Paris, The Olympia Press, (1960)
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Reprint. Series: The Traveller's Companion. 17,5x11 cm. Pb.(sl.wear). 323 pp.(p.288/289 dam.). Read ...
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€ 25,00
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The graphic art of Albrecht Dürer, Hans Dürer and the Dürer School. An illustrated catalogue
Auteur: Scheller, Robert W., Karel G. Boon, ed./ compiler,
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Amst., Van Gendt & Co., 1971
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27x20 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. Xi, 279 pp., text in English, many illustrations, notes, re...
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€ 25,00
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The great globe itself. A preface to world affairs
Auteur: Bullitt, William C.,
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Lond., Macmillan Co., 1947
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19,5x13 cm. Hardcover, dustwrapper (rear d.w.sl.disc., sl.wear). Vii, 267 pp., index
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€ 15,00
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The great Japan exhibition. Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868
Auteur: Watson, W., ed.,
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Catalogue Royal Academy of Arts 1981-'82. Lond., Weidenfeld and Nicholson, (1981). 28x21 cm. Pb. 365 pp., bibliography, glossary, index. With over 400 items/illustrations, many in colour. - An impressive catalog on the arts: painting, calligraphy,
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€ 15,00
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The great wave. Price revolutions and the rhythm of history
Auteur: Hackett Fischer, David,
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New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, (1996)
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24x16 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. Xvi, 536 pp., figures/ tables between text, appendices, not...
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€ 20,00
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The historical atlas of Poland
Auteur: Czaplinski, Wladyslaw, Tadeusz Ladogorski, ed.,
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Warsawa, Wroclaw, Panstowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1986
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31x20 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. 53 maps in colour and 56 pp.text in English with explanatio...
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€ 15,00
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The history of Rock. 1965-1966-1967-1968-1969-1970. [6 issues of the series]
Auteur: Mulvey, John, ed. - Uncut -
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Lond., Uncut/ Time Inc. UK, (c. 2015)
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Six issues, 30x21 cm. Softcover, magazine. 144 pp.per issue, glossy illustrated articles on the hist...
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€ 25,00
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The Holocaust and other genocides. An introduction.
Auteur: Boender, Barbara, Wichert ten Have, ed.,
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(Amst.), Amsterdam Univerity Press/ NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, (2002)
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22x17 cm. Softcover pb. 176 pp., with contributions by 6 authors, illustrated (maps, photo's, docume...
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€ 15,00
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The Holocaust and the historians
Auteur: Dawidowicz, Lucy S.,
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Cambr., Mass., Lond., Harvard University Press, (1981)
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23,5x15 cm. Pb. X, 187 pp., notes/bibliography, index. Good copy. ISBN 0 674 40567 6
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€ 12,00
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The Hong Kong Album. A selection of the Museum's historical photographs.
Auteur: Lam, Robert P.F. - Hong Kong Museum of History,
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Hong Kong, Urban Council, 1983
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Reprinted ed. 24x24 cm. Softcover Pb. 100 pp., texts in Chinese and English
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€ 15,00
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The hope of progress
Auteur: Medawar, P.B.,
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Lond., Methuen Co, (1972)
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First edition. 22x14 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper. 133 pp., footnotes, index
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€ 10,00
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The hospital: a social and architectural history
Auteur: Thompson, John D. and Grace Goldin,
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New Haven, Lond., Yale University Press, 1975
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First edition. 28,5x21 cm. Hardcover, cloth, dustwrapper (d.w.sl.disc.). Xxiii, 349 pp., with 263 il...
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€ 35,00
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The human body in equipment design
Auteur: Damon, Albert, Howard W. Stoudt, Ross A. McFarland,
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Cambr., Mass., Harvard University Press, 1966
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18,5x26 cm. Hardcover, cloth, duswrapper (d.w.dam., disc.).Xvii, 360 pp., many tables/ figures/ text...
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€ 25,00
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