18th-century wallet inscribed "Jan van Stammen 1770"

Morocco wallet, interior lined with calf, w. 3 compartments and (later) note paper inside, silver lock (key lacking). 11 x 25 cm. Sl. worn and chafed. Lock lacking 1 pin. Added:...

[Aerophilately. Signed] Smith, Stephen H. (1891-1951). Indian Airways, part III

Calcutta, C.O. Press, 1930. 130 p., orig. wr. Dedication inside frontwr. "To Mr. A.R. Binns, With my kindest wishes, Stephen H. Smith. Calcutta. 10|5|33."

[Astronautics] Vasiona, 25 issues

Publ. 1956-61. Orig. wrs. Serbian astronomical magazine, containing many articles on Soviet space travel, rockets, and astronauts. Added: NASA conference paper on problems related...

[Automobilia] Davies, R.W.H. A Light Car Odyssey

London, "India" Publications Ltd., 1932. 1st ed., 176 p. Orig. cloth w. title-vignette on upper board, w. rare dust-jacket. Overall an excellent copy. Dust jacket sl. worn as expected...

[Aviation] (1) Het Vliegveld. Maandblad gewijd aan de luchtvaart

Year 10-14. Amst., 1926-30. Five bound volumes, 4to. (2) Crawford, O.G.S. and A. Keiller. Wessex from the Air. Oxford, 1928. Cloth, 4to. (3) Luchtvaart. Officieel orgaan van de...

[Aviation] Aeroplanes and aerodynamics, 11 titles: (1) Eiffel, G. Études sur L'Hélice Aérienne

Paris, Librairie Aéronautique, n.d. (2021). 1st ed. 2 vols. (text and plates). Orig. unif. hlinnen, w. many (full-p.) in-text ills. (2) Idem, Nouvelles Recherches sur la Résistance...

[Aviation] De Luchtvaart. Geïllustreerd tijdschrift voor luchtvaart en aanverwante vakken

Year 2-5, no. 13 (=final issue), lacking only year 4 no. 16. Haarlem, 1910-13. Year 2-3 in uniform half cloth, year 4-5 in loose issues in orig. wrs. Rare early aviation periodical....

[Aviation] Earheart, Amelia. 20 hrs. 40 min. Our flight in the Friendship

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Orig. blue cloth, without dust-j. Owner's entry on first free endpaper, else a very good copy. With: (2) Thomas, Lowell. European Skyways. Boston...

[Aviation] Fokker F.VII. Batavia 24-XI-1924. First K.L.M. flight from Amsterdam to Batavia

Woven linen (or silk?) commemorative damask decorated in gold-coloured thread, 77 x 77 cm, designed by André Vlaanderen (1881-1955) and executed by Koninklijke Weverij Van Dijk...

[Aviation] Lot of sixteen titles: (1) La Vaulx, H. de. Le Triomphe de la Navigation Aérienne

Paris, Tallandier, 1911. (4),392,(4) p., w. many photogr. plates, orig. (worn) printed wr. Spine strengthened. (2) Banet-Rivet. L'Aéronautique. Paris, L.-Henry May, 1898. Gilt...

[Aviation] Scrapbook, 1907-1910

74 lvs, completely filled w. illustrations from magazines and newspapers depicting planes, zeppelins, hot air balloons and their pilots. Album in poor condition, contents still...

[Aviation] Zeppelins and air balloons, lot of eleven titles: (1) Lecornu, J. La Navigation Aérienne,

Histoire documentaire et anecdotique (...). Paris, Librairie Nony, 1903. Orig. cl., gilt binding, w. many (full- p.) in-text ills. (2) Sircos, A., and Th. Pallier. Histoire des...

[Aviation. Signed] Kingsford Smith, Charles. The Old Bus

Melbourne, Herald Press, 1932. 1st ed., 224 p., orig. cloth. Signed by author on frontispice.

[Aviation. Signed] Tissandier, G. La Navigation Aérienne,

L'Aviation et la Direction des Aerostats dans temps anciens et modernes. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1886. Orig. cl., richly gilt ill. binding. W. a frontispiece and 99 (full-p.)...

[Aviaton] Lot with eleven titles: (1) Bröckelmann, Wir Luftschiffer

Berlin/Vienna, Ullstein & Co., 1909. Orig. cloth binding, w. 300 in-text ills., 10 fold. full-p. plates and maps, 1 portrait. (10),433,(3) p. With: (2) Talbot, F.A., All About...

[China] Legge, James. Zhu shi jiao zheng Hua Ying si shu

(The Four Books, Chinese Classics: Great Learning; Doctrine of the Mean; Analects; Mencius). (Shanghai, Shang wu yin shu guan, ca. 1870). Chinese ed., (1),298,378, p., printed...

[Cinema] Collection of photographs and titles about early cinema: (1) Thirteen photographs of Greta Garbo

1930s, gelatin silver prints, most approx. 23 x 18 cm. (2) Album w. 45 photographs of Lilian Harvey, ca. 1930, most gelatin silver prints, all 7 x 4 cm. (3) Two large col. photoengravings...

[Cinema] Erdmann, H. and G. Becce. Allgemeines Handbuch der Film-Musik

Berlin/Leipzig, Schlesinger, (1927). Vol. 1 only. Ill. cloth. Rare. Added: (1) Charlie Chaplin in "Abenteuer". Promotional folder for Miramar-Lichtspielen. 1929. Some creasing....

[Cinema] Lot of nineteen (Art Deco) brochures and ephemera

Mostly Dutch, early 20th cent. Incl. a.o. (1) Tuschinski Nieuws. 1929. 3e jaargang, no. 33. Orig. ill. wr. (2) Shirley Temple, 'Hartedief'. Ca. 1934. Promotional folder for Bright...

[Classical antiquity] Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep. Eleven fine Dutch translations of classical authors

1980-1997, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 8vo (10x, 3x w. bellyband) and 4to (1x). All good copies, dustwr. of Horatius, Ars poetica, browned. All vols. w. bookplate of Prof. Dr....

[Classical antiquity] Kamerbeek, J.C. The plays of Sophocles. Commentaries

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1963-84, 7 vols. (complete set), orig. unif. gilt-lettered cl. Very rare complete set, all vols. w. bookplate of Prof. Dr. R.Th.R. Wentges on front flyleaf....

[Classical antiquity] Loeb Classical Library. Greek and Latin authors

34 vols. of the series, 1946-1988, orig. cl. (18 x w. dustwr.). Occas. minor imperfections, all vols. w. 1 or 2 bookplates at the beginning, all w. that of Prof. Dr. R.Th.R Wentges....

[Cocktails] Craddock, H. The Savoy Cocktail Book

London, Constable, early reprint, 1933. 8vo. In orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards. Colour ill. throughout by Gilbert Rumbold. Good copy.

[Communism] Communistische Partij Nederland. Bulletin

1934-1940. Nos. 19-26, 40-41, 56. Extremely rare, unpublished internal party newssheet of the Dutch Communist Party. Typescript, stapled, each no. approx. 6 p., containing articles...

[Communism] DDR, seventeen titles and ephemera: (1) (Hensky, H.) Deutscher Volkskalender 1949

Berlin, Dietz, 1949. 53 plates, incl. many photographs of workers in the DDR, incl. 11 by Herbert Hensky. Rare. First three leaves creased, else in good condition. (2) Mit den...

[Communism] Münzenberg, W. (ed.) Der rote Aufbau/ Unsere Zeit

Berlin/ Paris, 1929-34. 18 issues: Year II, nos. 1 & 3; Year V, nos. 1, 2, 13-16, 24; Year VI, nos. 1, 3, 11, 12; Year VII, nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 12. Orig. wrs. Contributions by a.o....

[Communism] Soviet Union, eleven (rare) titles: (1) Dimitrof in Moskou

Agentschap "Amstel", n.d. (ca. 1935). Photogr. wr. Very rare title about Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1942). Wr. sl. worn, pages browned. (2) De Sowjet-Unie. Maandblad, gewijd aan de...

[Communism] Soviet Union, nineteen Dutch titles: (1) Potemkin

Rotterdam, (1925). (8) p., frontwr. ill. by D. Rudeman using the same des. as the poster. Rare programme booklet. Vague central fold, else fine. (2) Hans, W. De Helden van Leningrad....

[Communism] Soviet Union, twelve German titles: (1) Sonderheft Junges Russland

Mönchengladbach/ Munich, Orplid, 1927. 96,(16 adverts) p., woodcut portrait of W.W. Rosanow by Hubert Schöllgen on frontwr., backwr. w. anonymous typographic design. (2) Russland....

[Cookery and recipes] Five miscell. vols.: (1) Gouffé, J. Le livre de cuisine

La cuisine de ménage et la grande cuisine. Paris, Hachette et Cie., 1902, (6),IX,(1),761,(1) p., w. 25 chromolithogr. plates and num. ills. in the text, orig. cl., 4to. Pages 631-34...

Four marionettes for "Faust"

Late 19th cent. Handcrafted and painted wooden puppets w. string-controlled mechanisms, each approx. 50 cm. Representing the characters Faust, Mephistopheles, a cardinal and an opera singer.

[France] (Begeer, C.J.A.), Généalogie de la Famille De Bourbon. Louis XVII et sa descendance

The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1954. 23, 14 p., w. 222 plates w. tipped-in plain illustr. on blue paper in 7 portfolios, housed in cl. clamshell box w. ties, folio.

[Islam] Chai-Lien (Liu). The Arabian Prophet: a Life of Mohammed from Chinese and Arabic Sources

translated by Isaac Mason. Shanghai, 1921. xvi, (2), 314 p. 8vo. Frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps/plans, ill., in orig. green gilt cloth. Ex libris Fugl-Meyer, name first owner...

[Japan] Batchelor, J. An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary

(Including a grammar of the Ainu language.) Tokyo/ London, Methodist Publishing House/ Kegan, etc., 1905. (6),11,(3),525,(3),3,(1),159,(2) p., contemp. green cl., sm. 4to. Japanese...

[Judaica] Feuchtwanger, L. Heinrich Heines "Rabbi von Bacherach"

Eine kritische Studie. München, 1907. J. Lindauersche Buchhandlung (Schöpping). 196 p., sc., Ex libris Mr R.A. Levisson, bookstamp 'E. Mozes Hebreeuwse Boekhandel Amsterdam'. Spine worn.

[Kineographs] Aubert, René. Collection of 64 flipbooks

Paris, Léopold Verger, n.d. (ca. 1900). Publisher's stock of five very rare flipbooks, titles incl.: L'Escrime, Saute-Mouton, La Lutte, Acrobates, Le Ballon. Each w. approx. 25...

[Maritime engineering] Polijtechnische School te Delft. Afdeeling: Werktuigbouwkunde 1864-1898

Compound Machine van het Schroef-Stoomschip "Veendam" (...) vervaardigd in de Nederl. Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorweg-Materieel te Amsterdam, 1896. Bewerkt door E.J. Borger....

[Miniature books] Two minuscule books: (1) Reichert, J. Bilder-ABC. Das kleinste Buch der Welt

Produced in Leipzig for Faber & Faber, 2000, orig. leather, 2.9 x 2.4 mm, kept in orig. perspex box w. magnifying glass, the whole kept in plastic case together w. descriptive...

[Needlework. Women's Periodical] Meerten-Schilperoort, A.B. van. Penélopé, of maandwerk aan het vrouwelijke geslacht toegewijd

Bevattende: de beschrijving en afbeelding van allerhande soorten van vrouwelijke handwerken; benevens eenige lektuur, over onderwerpen uit den vrouwelijken kring. Vols. I-VII....

[New Religious Movement] Kikuchi, Rev. Ryouju. Moor the boat

Enichikai, 1964. Orig. cord-bound wr. Ryoju Kikuchi was an important member of the Rajneesh/Osho movement. In this rare title, she expresses her views on the world, inspired by Buddhism and Hinduism.

[Numismatics] Four tokens: (1) Holtzhey, J.G. 50th anniversary Nederlandse Huishoudelijke Maatschappij, 1828

Silver token, Ø 5 cm, weight ca. 38 g., posthumously struck after a design by Holtzhey, recto w. allegorical image below the motto "Eer en voordeel", verso w. the central text...

[Numismatics] Two silver coins: (1) Graf David (1603-1628). Spruchtaler 1609

Silver, Ø 4 cm, weight approx. 21 g., verso w. text "Bei Gott ist Rath und That" and date 1609 (sl. rubbed). (2) Ducaton or "Rijder", Utrecht 1793. Silver, Ø 4.6 cm, weight approx....

[Numismatics. America] Three tokens: (1) Samuel J. Tilden presidential campaign medal 1876

Silvered copper, Ø 3.1 cm, recto w. bust of Tilden surrounded by the text "Samuel J. Tilden for president of the United States America Centennial 1876", verso w. bust of his running...

[Numismatics. Prussia] Two silver tokens: (1) Token commemorating the inauguration of Frederic III as Elector

of Borussia, Königsberg, 12 Mai 1690. Silver, Ø 3.2 cm, weight approx. 18 g., recto w. image of the Prussian Eagle in the sky surrounded by the text "Patriis Virtutibus Orbem"...

[Periodicals] De Groene Amsterdammer

1935-1940, approx. 210 issues, incl. 11 specials/ Kerstnummers, year 1937 and 1939 complete. W. num. caricatures and some early photomontages. Orig. wrappers.

[Plantin] Rooses, M. Le Musée Plantin Moretus, contenant la vie et l'oeuvre de Christophe Plantin

et de ses successeurs les Moretus, ainsi que la description du musée et des collections qu'il renferme. Antw., G. Zazzarini & Co., 1914. (8),407,(4) p., title-p., div. titles,...

[Psychology] Szondi-Test. Experimentelle Triebdiagnostik

Bern, Hans Huber, 1947. 2 volumes: text volume w. 308 p., 2 supplements, gilt cloth; volume w. 48 photogr. board cards showing individuals, 2 blocks of letterpress profile sheets...

[Pulp] Lot of 108 sci-fi, detective, and thriller titles

Mid 20th cent., publ. by a.o. Pyramid Books, Avon, Belmont, Pocket Books Inc., Bantam, and Signet. Incl. a.o. the following titles: (1) Herbert, F. The Dragon in the Sea. (2) Asimov,...

[Pulp] Lot of 131 detectives and thrillers

Mid 20th cent., publ. by a.o. Pyramid Books, Avon, Belmont, Pocket Books Inc., Bantam, and Signet. Incl. a.o. the following titles: (1) Faulkner, W. The Unvanquished. (2) Modell,...

[Science] Natuur en Techniek 1933-1938

Geïllustreerd populair-wetenschappelijk maandschrift. Amst., Elsevier, 1933-1938. Years 3-8. 6 bound vols., 4to. With 17 loose issues in orig. wrs. Ill. by a.o. J.A.W. von Stein.

[Steamboats] Bureau Veritas. Répertoire Général de la Marine Marchande Navires à Vapeur 1894-1895

Paris, Bureau Veritas, 1894. xxiv, 1026, 50, xliv (=advertisements) p. In orig. gilt-lettered oblong cloth binding.

The Annunciation. Copper relief

After Auguste-François Michaud (1786-1879). Ca. 1830. 22 x 14 cm. Ornament in upper right corner broken off. Added: (1) Two devotional paper-cut artworks. Germany, 19th cent. 8...

[Theatre. Signed] Gordon Craig, Edward. Eight various titles

(1) The Art of the Theatre. Edinburgh & London, Foulis, 1905. 1st ed. Printed in 150 numb. copies. Cl. (2) Books and Theatres. London, Dent, 1925. 1st ed. Author's dedication to...