Search Results: Crisis and Controversy: Political History and International Affairs from Librarium of The Hague

Amsterdam, Anarchistische Uitgeverij, 1936. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Royal Octavo. Pp. 325; 336. Frontispiece. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's illustrated buckram; cloth bit soiled, foot of one spine worn. In good condition, very good interior. ~ First Dutch edition. Translated from the original German "Hinter Stacheldraht und Gitter". Introduction by B. Reyndorp. Cover design by Luc Kisjes. Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958) was a German anarchist who settled in London after being exiled from his home. He became a writer, orator, and activist in the Jewish and immigrant labour movements. During World War I he was interned by the British as an enemy alien and consequently deported back to Germany. He was forced to flee Germany again when the Nazis took power, and eventually settled in the United States. 009-8

Alphen aan den Rijn, Wolters Kluwer, 2021. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xviii, 103. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's printed boards. BRAND NEW. ~ FIRST EDITION. ASA Special Series, 47. ST-5

The Hague & Paris, Mouton, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 211. Illustrations. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with fair dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-3 OUT

United States Armed Forces Institute, 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 60. Illustrations and maps. original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-3 OUT

London, Weatherhill, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 443. Profusely illustrated throughout. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial, price-clipped dust-jacket. In a very good condition. Clean, neat copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. ST-3

Aachen und Leipzig, J. A. Mayer, 1828. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. x, 352, (1). HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece, spine worn, small part lacks at head, front board almost detached; foxed, old institutional stamp to title. Good working copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Both in German (set in Gothic type) and in Spanish. I-4 OUT

Barcelona, Narciso Ramírez, 1853. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xiv, 326, (8); 512. Plus handsome allegorical title, printed in tinted lithograph by Artistica. With fine still-engraved portrait of the author. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary green half calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, extremities & corner-tips rubbed, inner hinges split; some sporadic foxing. In a very good condition. Overall a handsome set. B-6

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 250. Profusely illustrated throughout. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. In a very good condition. Clean, neat copy. ST-3

Bruxelles, Institut géographique militaire. / Brussel, Militair geographisch Instituut, 1950. Print. .. Coloured folding lithograph map 95x80 cm. In fine condition, very well preserved. ~ Revised edition. Beautiful multi-colour folding map of the Belgian Congo, scale of 1/3.000.000. Drawn in 1947, completed in 1949-1951. Lithographed in 1950. Rare, so much so in such fine condition. _O-1

Alphen aan den Rijn, Wolters Kluwer, 2021. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xxvi, 190. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's printed boards. BRAND NEW. ~ FIRST EDITION. ASA Special Series, 48. ST-5

La Haye, Adrian Moetjens, 1707. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. (12), 686, (18). Title-page printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette. Some woodcut tail-pieces. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary speckled full calf, spine with raise bands between compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in second compartment, heavily decorated in gilt in remainders, all edges sprinkled; small splits at ends of upper joint, corner-tips rubbed. In fine condition. ~ Rare first edition of this work. A second edition appeared in the same year with a slightly different title. Jacques Bernard (1658-1718); Adrian Moetjens (1652-1717). B-1

Copenhague, Gyldendal, 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xxiii, 256. HARDCOVER, bound in later full cloth, gilt spine, handsome contemporary armorial bookplate inside cover. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Rare. Johann Hartwig Ernst, Graf von Bernstorff (1712-1772). Étienne-François duc de Choiseul (1719-1785). I-5 OUT

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xv, 466. double-page group portrait. Bibliography. HARDCOVER with dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Q-5

Amsterdam, Veen; Antwerpen, Kompas, 1948. Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 348, (4) publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece. Plus a number of halftone photo plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Footnotes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, original mahogany cloth, gilt. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First Dutch edition. 001-3

Wien-Leipzig-Olten, Bernina, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Thick octavo. Pp. 640. Plus 76 plates printed in fine (helio)gravure. With frontispiece. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth gilt. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. B-4

Paris, Didot, 1755. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Small octavo. Pp. viii, 664; 715, (5). Set in double columns. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary full cat's paw calf, spines with raised bands, richly decorated in gilt, 2 contrasting morocco lettering-pieces to each spine, marbled endpapers, small rubbed patch to first paste-down of one volume. Leather worn in places but binding still intact, very good interior. B-2

Valencia, Por Benito Monfort, 1772. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Duodecimo. Pp. (xxviii), 335; 344. Half-titles present. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary full mottled calf, spines richly decorated in gilt, morocco lettering-piece to each spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red, calf bit affected by the mottling, few worm holes on endpapers, paste-down of one volume partly adhered to board. In a very good condition, rather fine interiors. A-2

N.p. (Madrid), Imprenta Real, 1789. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 283. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt-ruled sides, spine gilt, crimson morocco lettering-piece in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, cloth ribbon marker; extremities worn, small rubbed patch to first paste-down, last few leaves with some worm trace in the margin. Otherwise a very good copy, exceptionally bright interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. B-2

Charlottenburg, Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschichte, 1919. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal 8vo. Pp. 152. Bibliography, index. Original wrappers, lettered in red and black. Unopened, uncut leaves. Very good condition. (Very small remnant of paper label to verso of upper cover, private ownership stamp to title, very light soiling to lower cover.) ~ FIRST EDITION, first printing, 1st to 5th Thousand. 009-8

Leiden, Sijthoff, 1925. Hardcover. .. Lot of 2 books. Royal octavo. Pp. 197. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. In a very good condition. ~ First Dutch edition. Published for Het Nederlandsch comité tot onderzoek van de oorzaken van den wereldoorlog. [AND:] Beschouwingen naar aanleiding van Dr. N. Japikse's Europa en Bismarck's. I: De title; II: Hoe is de oorlog tusschen Duitschland en Frankrijk in 1870 in het leven geroepen? Of particular interest is this 32-page pamphlet, published a year later (Groningen, 1926) by the Democratische partij, in which Koolemans Beijnen, a retired lieutenant general, expresses his observations of Japikse's work. [ADDED:] Related newspaper article clips in French and German are loosely inserted. HIT-2