Andrew, Geoff: Film Directors A - Z. A concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Film-Makers. Revised & updated. Foreword by the Coen Brothers.

Carlton Books, London, 2005.

252 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb., Broschiert.

252 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb., Broschiert. (weniger anzeigen)

Morrow, John H: The Great War In The Air

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington u. London, 1993.

Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921. Washington u. London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. MIt zahlerichen Abbildungen auf 32 Tafelseiten. XX, 458 S. Orig.-Halbleinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag; dieser mit hinterlegtem Einriss am Rücken. (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series).

Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921. Washington u. London, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. MIt zahlerichen Abbildungen auf 32 Tafelseiten. XX, 458 S. Orig.-Halbleinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag; dieser mit hinterlegtem Einriss am Rücken. (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series). (weniger anzeigen)

Kunstverein Braunschweig (Hrsg.): Robin Page - Off to the Front in the Great Art War - Auf an die Front im großen Kunstkrieg. Werke 1969-1974. 22. November 1974 bis 5. Januar 1975, Kunstverein Braunschweig.

, Selbstverlag, 1974.

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Dewdney, Selwyn and Kenneth E. Kidd: Indian Rock Paintings of the Great Lake. Second Edition.

University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1967.

gr. 8° X, 191 S. mit zahlr., tls. farb. Abb. Illustr. Orig. - Pappband mit Orig. - Schutzumschlag.

gr. 8° X, 191 S. mit zahlr., tls. farb. Abb. Illustr. Orig. - Pappband mit Orig. - Schutzumschlag. (weniger anzeigen)

Craig, Clifford: Old Tasmanian Prints prepared in Great Britain, Europe and on the Mainland of Australia. - [Signiert]. -

Foot and Playsted, Launceston, 1964.

xii, 349 Seiten, OLn., 24,5 x 17 cm.

xii, 349 Seiten, OLn., 24,5 x 17 cm. (weniger anzeigen)

Smith, Joseph: The Pearl of Great Price. A selection from the revelations, translations, and narrations of Joseph Smith, first prophet, seer and revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Salt, Lake City, 1935.

63 p. with 3 drawings. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Slight traces of use. Very good copy.

63 p. with 3 drawings. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Slight traces of use. Very good copy. (weniger anzeigen)

Behn, Aphra, Henry Fielding und Alfred Behrmann: Zwei englische Farcen: The emperor of the moon = Der Kaiser vom Mond. - The tragedy of tragedies or the life and death of Tom Thumb the Great.

Athenäum-Verlag, Frankfurt (am Main), 1973.

= Die Tragödie der Tragödien oder Leben und Tod Tom Däumlings des Grossen Aphra Behn / Henry Fielding : Zwei englische Farcen. Übersetzt, erläutert und mit je einem Nachwort zweisprachig herausgegeben von Alfred Behrmann.. 296 S. Gr. 8° (23,5x16cm), Hardcover/Pappeinband im OSchutzU.

= Die Tragödie der Tragödien oder Leben und Tod Tom Däumlings des Grossen Aphra Behn / Henry Fielding : Zwei englische Farcen. Übersetzt, erläutert und mit je einem Nachwort zweisprachig herausgegeben von Alfred Behrmann.. 296 S. Gr. 8° (23,5x16cm), Hardcover/Pappeinband im OSchutzU. (weniger anzeigen)

This Indenture made in the Eighth Day of December in the Thirties Year of the Reign of our Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith (...

Dec, Suffolk, 1756.

) and in the Year of our Lord 1756 [?] Between Francis Jones of Cratfield in the County of Suffolk Clerk and Francis Jacob of Laxfield in the said Conty of Suffolk Spinster. Vertragsmamuskript auf Pergament. 45 x 75 cm. Gefalt.

) and in the Year of our Lord 1756 [?] Between Francis Jones of Cratfield in the County of Suffolk Clerk and Francis Jacob of Laxfield in the said Conty of Suffolk Spinster. Vertragsmamuskript auf Pergament. 45 x 75 cm. Gefalt. (weniger anzeigen)

Carter, Thomas; Dodd, George: Memoirs of a Working Man / The Textile Manufactures of Great Britain (bound togehter)

Charles Knight & Co, London, 0.

1845, 1844, First edition, Halbledereinbd. d. Z., 234 u. 232 S. - Edges of spine rubbed. Name of author hand written on titel page. Good copy. / Kanten berieben, Name des Autors auf der Titelblatt eingetragen, sonst gutes Exemplar An early autobiography of a worker.

1845, 1844, First edition, Halbledereinbd. d. Z., 234 u. 232 S. - Edges of spine rubbed. Name of author hand written on titel page. Good copy. / Kanten berieben, Name des Autors auf der Titelblatt eingetragen, sonst gutes Exemplar An early autobiography of a worker. (weniger anzeigen)

Bagnall, Roger S: The undertakers of the Great Oasis (P. Nekr.).

Egypt Exploration Society, London, _.

Gr.-8°. 148 S., sw-Abbildungen, Pappband

Gr.-8°. 148 S., sw-Abbildungen, Pappband (weniger anzeigen)

Kennedy, Paul M: Aufstieg und Fall der grossen Mächte - ökonomischer Wandel und militärischer Konflikt von 1500 bis 2000

- Originaltitel: The rise and fall of the great powers
Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main, 1994.

- Übersetzer: aus dem Engl. von Catharina Jurisch - weitere Mitwirkende: historische Beratung Karin Schambach - Broschur (Paperback) - - Weltgeschichte ; 1500-2000 ; Hegemonie ; Wirtschaft ; Krieg - - mit einigen Karten und Tabellen - leicht berieben und bestoßen mit Randläsuren, Rückenknick - intern584 - 976 Seiten - - Seiten - 19 x 13 x 5 cm - Oktav

- Übersetzer: aus dem Engl. von Catharina Jurisch - weitere Mitwirkende: historische Beratung Karin Schambach - Broschur (Paperback) - - Weltgeschichte ; 1500-2000 ; Hegemonie ; Wirtschaft ; Krieg - - mit einigen Karten und Tabellen - leicht berieben und bestoßen mit Randläsuren, Rückenknick - intern584 - 976 Seiten - - Seiten - 19 x 13 x 5 cm - Oktav (weniger anzeigen)

Vidor, King: A Tree is a Tree

(The autobiography of a great director - the Golden Age of the movies from 2-reeler to 3-D)
New York, Toronto/ Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1954.

228 S. 8°. mit zahlr. Abb.

228 S. 8°. mit zahlr. Abb. (weniger anzeigen)

EISENSTADT, Peter: Rochdale Village.

Robert Moses, 6000 Families, and New York City's Great Experiment in Integrated Housing.
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2010.

24 x 16,5 cm. 323 p. (English language). Original boards (hardcover) with title to spine. Original dust jacket with title to spine and illustrated front cover.

24 x 16,5 cm. 323 p. (English language). Original boards (hardcover) with title to spine. Original dust jacket with title to spine and illustrated front cover. (weniger anzeigen)

Fine red morocco, Graf Schlik, aristocratic provenance Bohemia - Hamilton, Antoine (Anthony): Mémoires du Comte de Grammont.

Edwards, London, 1793.

4°, circa 27,5 x 21 cm., 3 ff., 313, 77 pp., 2 ff., 79 (! - not 78) engraved plates by Birrell, Gardiner, Knight et al.. Contemporary red morroco with amply gilt spine, covers and inner edges Brunet III, 30: "Edition preferable aux precedentes"; Gay-L. III, 128: "C est la plus belle edition et la plus curieuse". - Nice edition on large paper with the additional 77 pages "Notes et eclairissements" that apparently often are not bound with the main text. One plate shows Summerhill and than there (mehr anzeigen)

4°, circa 27,5 x 21 cm., 3 ff., 313, 77 pp., 2 ff., 79 (! - not 78) engraved plates by Birrell, Gardiner, Knight et al.. Contemporary red morroco with amply gilt spine, covers and inner edges Brunet III, 30: "Edition preferable aux precedentes"; Gay-L. III, 128: "C est la plus belle edition et la plus curieuse". - Nice edition on large paper with the additional 77 pages "Notes et eclairissements" that apparently often are not bound with the main text. One plate shows Summerhill and than there are 78 portraits (not 77 as stated in the index). - Only minor traces of use, little spotting in places but mostly clean, corners a little bumped but very decorative. - From the library of the Bohemian aristocrat count Schlik in Kopidlno. (weniger anzeigen)

Very fine bindings by Howell - Morley, John: The Life of William Ewart Gladstone in two volumes.

Macmillan, 1905, London, 1906.

circa 22 x 14,3 cm., Portrait, VIII, 1026 pp:, VIII, 948 pp. Polished with ample gilding to spines, edges, covers, inner edges etc, marbled endpaper Large monograph on the politician and classicist, volume 1: 1809 - 1872 - volume 2: 1872 - 1898. - Some browning due to the quality of the paper, else clean and fine. Very elegant bindings, both signed in inner front cover: Howell, Liverpool.

circa 22 x 14,3 cm., Portrait, VIII, 1026 pp:, VIII, 948 pp. Polished with ample gilding to spines, edges, covers, inner edges etc, marbled endpaper Large monograph on the politician and classicist, volume 1: 1809 - 1872 - volume 2: 1872 - 1898. - Some browning due to the quality of the paper, else clean and fine. Very elegant bindings, both signed in inner front cover: Howell, Liverpool. (weniger anzeigen)

Sherlockiana, Facsimile: Beeton's Christmas Annual. A Study In Scarlet. By A. Conan Doyle? Facsimile of the 1887 edition with an added note.

The Baker Street Irregulars and The Sherlock Holmes Society, Morristown, N. J. and London, 1960.

circa 21,5 x 14 cm., 17 ff., 168 pp., 3 ff., with many illustrations and nice adverts. Original colour illustrated soft cover with extra red wrapper One of 500 copies, here not numbered (without an extra slip of paper that might give a number). Nice complete facsimile of the entire magazine with the other contributions and nice adverts.

circa 21,5 x 14 cm., 17 ff., 168 pp., 3 ff., with many illustrations and nice adverts. Original colour illustrated soft cover with extra red wrapper One of 500 copies, here not numbered (without an extra slip of paper that might give a number). Nice complete facsimile of the entire magazine with the other contributions and nice adverts. (weniger anzeigen)

Sterne, Laurence: The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman. 9 parts in 1 volume.

Harrison, London, 1791.

8°., 290 pages printed in 2 columns, with 8 engraved plates and some illustrations in the text. Contemporary half-calf wit marbled boards and endpapers A reissue of the 1781 edition, also published as a part of "The Novelist magazine". Illustrated with 8 engraved plates (numbers I-VIII), pages 19-20 black, some pages white, between 100 and 103 offprint from a marbled paper. As always the pages 101-102 and 137-147 are not present (not missing, they do not exist).

8°., 290 pages printed in 2 columns, with 8 engraved plates and some illustrations in the text. Contemporary half-calf wit marbled boards and endpapers A reissue of the 1781 edition, also published as a part of "The Novelist magazine". Illustrated with 8 engraved plates (numbers I-VIII), pages 19-20 black, some pages white, between 100 and 103 offprint from a marbled paper. As always the pages 101-102 and 137-147 are not present (not missing, they do not exist). (weniger anzeigen)

Bolingbroke, (Henry St. John): Von der Verbannung. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Moritz, Prinz von Isenburg.

Nicolai, Berlin, 1779.

8°., Gestochenes Frontispiz, 70 SS.. Umschlag d. Zt. Raabe, Kat. Nicolai, 121; Becker, Kat. Nicolai, 265. Erste deutsche Ausgabe dieses Traktates des deistischen Philosophen Bolinbroke (1678-1751), dem Hochverrat vorgweorfen wurde und der darauf nach Frankreich ins Exil gehen musste. Auch der Übersetzer Moritz, Prinz von Isenburg musste in der Verbannung leben.

8°., Gestochenes Frontispiz, 70 SS.. Umschlag d. Zt. Raabe, Kat. Nicolai, 121; Becker, Kat. Nicolai, 265. Erste deutsche Ausgabe dieses Traktates des deistischen Philosophen Bolinbroke (1678-1751), dem Hochverrat vorgweorfen wurde und der darauf nach Frankreich ins Exil gehen musste. Auch der Übersetzer Moritz, Prinz von Isenburg musste in der Verbannung leben. (weniger anzeigen)

Hymns in pretty binding - Whitefield, George: A collection of hymns for social worship. More particularly designed for the use of the tabernacle and chapel congregations. Seventh edition. Corrected and enlarged with some original hymns? and a sketch of Mr Whitefield s life by M. Wilks.

Williams and Smith, London, 1808.

circa 10,8 x 7,5 cm., Engraved portrait, XV pp., 4 ff., 288 pp., 4 ff.. Red morocco going all around, closed with a loop, fore-edge gilt Enlarged seventh edition of the classic anthology here with 309 songs. The first edition came out in 1753 when Benjamin Franklin was involved in the printing. - With a biography of Whitefield and an index.

circa 10,8 x 7,5 cm., Engraved portrait, XV pp., 4 ff., 288 pp., 4 ff.. Red morocco going all around, closed with a loop, fore-edge gilt Enlarged seventh edition of the classic anthology here with 309 songs. The first edition came out in 1753 when Benjamin Franklin was involved in the printing. - With a biography of Whitefield and an index. (weniger anzeigen)

Broadsheet, Theatre, Shakespeare - Charles Macklin: Engraved satirical broadsheet showing the Irish actor Charles Macklin as Macbeth. "Shylock turnd Macbeth".

Matthew Darly, London, 1773.

circa 22 x 16 cm., 1 leaf. verso blank Rare engraving showing the aged actor Charles Macklin (1690-1797) playing Macbeth in Scottish dress, below the lines: "I see thee yet, inform as palpable / As that which now I draw---". Trimmed at the left side with little loss of the lettering: "(Young Van)ity invt" then "Old Envy sculp." and "Pub by M Darly Nov. 5. 1773. 39. Strand . where any sketch that is fair game will have due Honor shewn." - We quote the commentary of M.Dorothy George in "Catalogue (mehr anzeigen)

circa 22 x 16 cm., 1 leaf. verso blank Rare engraving showing the aged actor Charles Macklin (1690-1797) playing Macbeth in Scottish dress, below the lines: "I see thee yet, inform as palpable / As that which now I draw---". Trimmed at the left side with little loss of the lettering: "(Young Van)ity invt" then "Old Envy sculp." and "Pub by M Darly Nov. 5. 1773. 39. Strand . where any sketch that is fair game will have due Honor shewn." - We quote the commentary of M.Dorothy George in "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum", V, 1935: "Macklin appeared, 3 October 1773, as Macbeth, the part being played for the first time in Scottish dress, before a very hostile audience, who expected to be "spectators of his downfall", thinking his age would not allow him to go through the part to the end. "Lady Macbeth's modern robes by no means accorded with the habits of the other personages, and Mr. Macklin's flowing curls, like the locks of an Adonis, were unpardonably out of character". (weniger anzeigen)