- Binding sl. soiled and worn; corners showing. = Mendelssohn I, p.65.
Hamilton, J.A. The Siege of Mafeking. Ibid., Methuen & Co., 1900, X,(2),332,45(publ. cat.)p., 2 plans (1x fold.), 15 plates, orig. giltlettered cl.
= Mendelssohn I, p.679.
AND 4 others, i.a. P. ALLEN, Mafeking Day. A snap-shot from real life (ibid., n.d., orig. pict. cl.) and F.D. BAILLIE, Mafeking. A Diary of the Siege (Westminster, 1900, ills., orig. (heavily stained) cl.).
- Chemise dustsoiled and vaguely waterst. = No. 6 and 7 titled "De Guerilla Oorlog in Zuid-Afrika".
Penning, L. De Oorlog in Zuid-Afrika. De Strijd tusschen Engeland en de verbonden Boeren-Republieken Transvaal en Oranje-Vrijstaat, in zijn verloop geschetst. Rott., D.A. Daamen, 1899-1901, 3 vols. w. continuous pagination, (2),1292,(4)p., num. (full-p.) ills., orig. unif. gilt and pict. cl.
- New endpapers; bookblocks shaken. Bindings sl. worn. = Mendelssohn II, p.150.
AND 3 others, incl. a duplicate of vol. 3 of the 2nd work.
- Owner's entry on first leaf. Wrs. sl. soiled; spine-ends trifle worn.
= Rare propaganda magazine on resistance against the military coup that led to the Spanish Civil War.
AND 2 others on the same subject, i.a. one similar publ. by the same: Espana? (ibid., ±1938, richly illustrated, orig. photomontage wr., obl. 4to).
- First title sl. cramped along central fold; the plan (nearly) torn in halves along fold; a few other plates partly torn on fold; occas. sl. yellowed. Vellum sl. soiled and stained.
= Contains fine views of i.a. Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Santiago and Aranjuez.
- All but 3 vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown (all fine).
- Second vol. final 4 textlvs. foxed/ soiled and margins strengthened; both vols. bookplate/ owner's entry on upper pastedown and first blank. Backstrip sunned.
AND 1 other: K. SCHIB, Geschichte der Stadt Schaffhausen (ibid., 1945, plates, orig. gilt cl., 4to).
- Lacks the plans of Basle and Venice; a few leaves loose. Corners worn.
- One part of the large map of Paris w. tear along fold; part of first free endpaper cut off; stamp on first page, edges browned; occas. sl. foxed. Joints and spine-ends (sl.) rubbed; covers sl. wrinkled.
= Hinrichsen D329.
- Two large fold. maps w. sm. tear in inner margin. Good copy. = Hinrichsen D460.
- The plan loose; occas. trifle foxed; upper hinge weak.
- Trifle/ sl. foxed. Boards (finger)soiled.
= First part: Wiener Baedeker. Wanderungen durch Wien und Umgebungen. Second part: Das heutige Wien, ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt, ihrer Institute und Sammlungen.
AND 2 others.
- Fine copy.
AND a fold. brochure of the Soviet section at the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958), w. nice colourful (and photomontage) design.
= With tipped-in presentation on first blank (and loosely inserted presentation letter) to Pieter Kooijmans, former minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands.
- Bookblock trimmed; stamp on title-p.; partly (vaguely) watest.; final leaf sl. browned. Spine rubbed and sl. sunned.
- Plates partly w. erroneous numbering, two diff. plates w. "11" and plate 26 shows "20", nevertheless complete; new endpapers; occas. trifle foxed/ waterstain in outer upper blank margin. Spine-ends worn; upper joint weak.
= Navari 813; Lipperheide Qp3; Colas 2059; Abbey Travel 373; Hiler 613; Blackmer 1125 and Blackmer sale 835 (ed.±1820). "These costume plates are by an unknown artist, though there is some connection between these plates and several in Wittman's Travels in Turkey, which are based on the same prototypes." (Navari). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.
- Hinges strengthened; occas. sl. foxed. = Landwehr, Vergeten cultuurdragers 219.
= Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereniging CXII.
Breet, M. and Barend-van Haeften, M. De Oost-Indische voyagie van Wouter Schouten. Ibid., idem, (2003), 544p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Imhoff, W.B. van. Memoir left by Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, governor and director of Ceylon, to his successor Willem Maurits Bruynink, 1740. Colombo, H.C Cottle, 1911, IV,86p., modern cl. w. use of the orig. wr. Peters, M. De wijze koopman. Het wereldwijde onderzoek van Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), burgemeester en VOC-bewindhebber van Amsterdam. Amst., Bert Bakker, 2010, 520p., ills., orig. boards. - AND 12 others, i.a. P.H. VAN DER BRUG, Malaria en malaise. De VOC in Batavia in de achttiende eeuw (ibid., 1994, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); R. VAN GELDER, Naporra's omweg. Het leven van een VOC-matroos (1731-1793) (Amst./ Antw., 2003, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and H. KETTING JR., Leven, werk en rebellie aan boord van Oost-Indiëvaarders (1595-±1650) (Amst., 2002, ills., orig. boards).
= Comprises: I. Atlas Isaak de Graaf; II. Java en Madoera; III. Indische Archipel en Oceanië; IV. Ceylon; V. Afrika; VI. Voor-Indië, Perzië, Arabisch Schiereiland; VII. Oost-Azië, Birma tot Japan. Text in Dutch and English.
Brommer, B. and Heijer, H. den (ed.). Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie. I. De Oude WIC 1621-1674; II. De Nieuwe WIC 1674-1791. Voorburg etc., Atlas Maior etc., 2011-2012, 2 vols., 416; 472p., num. (full-p.) col. maps and ills., printed in 1200 numb. copies, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., in orig. slipcases, large folio. - WITH a custom made wooden cabinet, 120(h.)x76(w.)x60(d.) cm., w. hinging upper part w. gilt incised VOC monogram.
- Binding (sl.) worn/ rubbed; contents fine.
= Ad 1: rare work by the Dutch personal physician of Catharine II. Only 1 copy in STCN. Cat. (...) des Russica 729. Ad 2: rare, not in usual reference works. Ad 3: Buisman 1670; De Vries 351; Muller 259; Scheepers 684. Based on Vie privée de Louis XV (London, 1781). Ad 4: Buijnsters BNK 1181; Waller 1674. "Het beroemdste politiek geïndoctrineerde kinderboek uit de Patriottentijd, in de vorm van vier samenspraken tussen vader en zoon; fel anti-stadhouderlijk. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog verspreidden de Duitsers om propagandistische redenen in het neutrale Nederland een facsimile-uitgave in grijsblauw bedrukte omslag, die dikwijls voor echt wordt gehouden." (Buijnsters). The plates illustrate the burning of Terschelling, murder on the coast of Guinea, Torbay prison and the plundering of St. Eustatius.
- Flaps of portfolio w. some tiny worn/ dam. spots. Otherwise very fine.