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Den Haag: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (ZHU). Very Good- in Good dust jacket. circa 1990. Dutch. Hardcover. 9023502310 . Light lean to book, some edgewear to red boards, coffee spot of front free end paper, light spotting of page fore edges, pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket shows a fair amount of wear, chipping, some tearing ; Text is in the Dutch language. Undated but probably published in the 80s or 90s. A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages; This is a Dutch edition of 'An Old Captivity', originally published in 1940, translated by Dr. J.P. van der Veere."Donald Ross is a young pilot, out of work and in desperate need of a job. So, despite the extreme danger involved, he jumps at the chance to fly Oxford professor Cyril Lockwood and his daughter Alix to the frozen wilds of Greenland to study Viking ruins. But the perils of the journey are nothing compared to what will happen when they arrive.… Read More

Leiden NL: A.W. Sijthoff. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [1761] 1965. Facsimile. Hardcover. Some soil on back panel of dustjacket ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. 2 pages of foldout illustrations laid in, dealing with the cutting of poultry and pigs. The dustjacket appears to be a heavy hand laid paper and the boards are made to appear as vellum. ; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Text totally in Dutch. This is from a series of Dutch texts written in in the mid 1700s as instructions for a kitchen maid in the performance of her duties, containing cuts of meat, recipes etc. It was originally published by van Estveldt in Amsterdam in 1761. .

Koln: Lingen Verlag. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Light edge wear to dust jacket, chipped top fore corner, number written in ink on front pastedown, light soil page fore edges ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 1.5 x 8.25 x 5 Inches; 477 pages; "Der Himmel über Kasakstan ist ein unvergängliches Denkmal jener deutschstämmigen Dorfgemeinschaften inmitten der weiten russischen Steppen, die, von Katharina der Grossen angesiedelt, zu fleissigen." (jacket blurb) Text in German. .

Gottingen: Steidl. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 3882433663 . Some edge wear to DJ, corners slightly bumped; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; German Edition; 1.85 x 8.23 x 5.28 Inches; 781 pages; Berlin 1989, a transitional time. Two old men came along the Wall, tall and gaunt, small and squat. An unlikely strange couple: the copyboy Theo Wuttke, called Fonty and his shadow Hoftaller, the eternal informer. A panorama of German history between the German revolution of 1848 and modern day, each chronology busting episode, picture-stories of then and now. Text in German .

Wiesbaden: Fourier Verlag. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. circa 1980. Hardcover. 392169521X . Illustrated boards have light soiling, small stain page fore edges.; A bright, solid book, white cloth covered boards. Text in original German ; B&W Illustrations; 9.13 X 6.54 X 1.42 inches; 400 pages; The title translates, roughly, as: "I saw the world with loving look: A Life in supernaturalism". The diaries and drawings - partly unreleased - acquainting the reader with the highs and lows in the life of artist Käthe Kollwitz. "Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt, (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist, who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger, and war on the working class." .