80 2555 Thermodynamics Buchanan R 
- Rebacked w. use of contemp. backstrip.
= Goldsmiths' 20004; Kress B5620. Extended with a fourth part (the title-p. mentioning only three parts).
80 2556 Trade catalogues Enger Frank J 
- Tears in title repaired w. tape; 2 stamps "Kern & Koning Amsterdam" on verso frontwrapper and title. Spine sl. worn.
= Rare trade-catalogue showing numerous models for horse-drawn carriages.
80 2557 Trade catalogues Kohl M 
- One leaf large portion torn off and a few lvs. portion cut out.
= With loosely inserted price lists for 1927/ 1928.
AND 3 other trade catalogues of VAN CAMPEN SANITAIR (sanitary articles, ±1935), C.D. DURKEE & CO. (marine hardware, ±1910) and VAN WIJK & BOERMA (technical tools and equipments, ±1925).
80 2558 Trade catalogues Nederlandsche Siemens Maatschappij 
- A few scattered owner's annots. Backwr. w. a few sm. tears; outer corners folded.
AND 5 others, i.a. KIRCHNER & CO., Moderne Sägewerks- und Holzbearbeitungs-Maschinen (Leipsic, 1923, orig. (dam.) pict. wr.) and IDEM, Modern Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery (ibid., 1925, orig. pict. wr.).
80/2559 Trade catalogues Tram & Spoorwegmaterieel vervaardigd door De Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorweg Materieel Amsterdam 
= A trade catalogue showing the products of the precursor of Werkspoor.
80 2560 Trade catalogues Zeiss C 
- Num. scattered owner's stamps. Large ticket on frontcover.
Dechaux-Dechaux, H. Instruments de Chirurgie. Tournai, H. Dechaux-Dechaux, n.d. (±1900), (4),308,(13)p., num. woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered limp cl., folio. - AND 1 other: KON. FABRIEK VAN VERBANDSTOFFEN N.V. V/H UTERMÖHLEN & CO., Prijscourant van instrumenten voor chirurgie, obstetrie enz. en artikelen voor kinder- en ziekenverpleging (Amst., 1913, num. ills., orig. limp cl., 4to).
80 2561 Trimmer S 
- Binding w. some sm. rubbed spots. A fine copy.
80 2562 Veterinary medicine Gabrisch K and Zwart P 
- Top of bookblock sl. duststained.
Idem. Krankheiten der Heimtiere. Hannover, Schlütersche, 1987, (8),402,(2) p., num. col. ills., orig. rexine w. dustwr., 4to (top of bookblock sl. duststained). - ADDED: H. SETTEGAST, Die Züchtungslehre (Breslau, 1878, 2 parts in 1 vol., steelengr. plates and engr. text ills., contemp. hcl.).
80 2563 Whaling Naess E D 
80 2563 Whaling Naess E D 
= Very rare. Diary by Erling D. Naess of the two month whaling voyage of the 'Vikingen', 16 Dec. 1934-18 Feb. 1935, from Cape Town to the Enderby Land whaling grounds (Antarctic waters). The 'Vikingen' was a Rasmussen whaling company ship. The diary gives detailed notes regarding the catch, as well as technical details and plans of the Vikingen and its companion ships the Vestfold and the Sir James Clark Ross. Erling Dekke Næss (1901-1993) was a Norwegian businessman (and later shipowner), who was asked in 1927 to invest in the Viking Whaling Company Ltd. by two Norwegian whaling pioneers. The plan was to build a whaling ship that included a whaling factory on board, basically a tanker. In 1934 he went to Cape Town to study the whale hunt himself. After a decade the company was sold and Naess entered the oil tanker business.
80 2564 White G 
- Joints and spine-ends rubbed; frontcover sl. waterstained (unobtrusive) and sl. scuffed. Nice binding. Contents fine.
Turton, W. A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of The British Islands, with Figures of Each of the Kinds. London, Longman etc., 1840, 2nd ed., IX,(3),324,16p., 12 handcol. engr. plates, orig. blindst. cl. w. gilt ornament on front cover.
- Lacks free endpapers; multiple owner's entries on upper pastedown and verso of the first plate; pages largely uncut. Covers sl. soiled.
AND 9 others, all w. (handcol.) ills. or plates, i.a. MRS. LANKESTER, Wild flowers worth notice (...) (London, 1872, handcol. engr. plates by J.E. SOWERBY, contemp. blindst. cl.) and (E. FRITTON and S. MARY), Conversations On Botany (London, 1834, handcol. engr. plates by J.E. SOWERBY, contemp. hcl.).
80 2565 Zoology Bewick T 
- Vol. on fishes w. bookplate of Thomas Hugo on verso frontwrapper. All vols. paper over backstrip partly worn off.
= Complete set of Thomas Bewick's chap books on British and foreign natural history. Nissen ZBI, 353. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
80 2566 Zoology Ellis J 
80 2566 Zoology Ellis J 
80 2566 Zoology Ellis J 
- Owner's stamp on title; textp. and 2 plates (sl.) waterst. in blank margins. Top of spine and board-edges worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 1281; cf. Nissen, BBI 590. John Ellis (1710-1776) was a pioneering zoologist and microscopist who established the animal nature of zoophytes and laid the foundation of marine biology in Britain and Europe. In this work Ellis makes a clear distinction between plants and animals and proves that corals and Bryozoa are animals. This Dutch edition includes plate 38 (not present in the original English version), showing the multiplication of corals. The last plate shows Mr. Cuff's microscope, which the author used for his research. From the "Luyken Landfort" library (armorial bookplate on upper pastedown).
80 2567 Zoology Franz W 
- Modern heraldic bookplate on verso first free endpaper; lacks final free endpaper; 18th cent. owner's entry on title. Vellum sl. soiled.
80 2568 Zoology Jardine W ed 
- Bookblocks shaken. Vol. VII dam. spot on backstrip.
= Nissen ZBI, 2095, 2099, 2633, 3870 and 3869. Comprising: II. Felinae; III. Ruminantia (part 1); VII. British Quadrupeds; IX. Dogs; XIII. Introduction to the Mammalia.
AND later editions of vol. II. Felinae (ed. 1858) and of vol. VIII. Whales etc. (n.d. Nissen, ZBI 1812).
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
80 2569 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D 
- Five plates in vol. 2 sl. water-/ dampst. (one w. traces of paper); 2 textlvs. repaired in blank margin. Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 3128; Nissen, BBI 502; Pritzel 2341.
80 2570 Zoology Rumphius G E 
80 2571 Zoology Watson F and Nozeman C 
80 2571 Zoology Watson F and Nozeman C 
- Contents occas. (trifle/ sl.) soiled/ waterst./ wormholed in blank margins; occas. trifle foxed; owner's entry on title-p. Joints split(ting); extremities worn; top of spine dam.
= Rare first and only Dutch edition. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 4341, listing the English edition published in 1754 (with only 18 plates).
80 2572 Alba amicorum Album amicorum 
80 2573 America Bok Edward W 1863 1930 
- One of the autogr. letters w. scribblings/ annots. on last blank.
= Edward W. Bok (1863-1930), a Dutch-born American, became a highly succesful editor (i.a. of the Ladies' Home Journal, which was the first magazine in the world have more than one million subscribers). He won a Pulitzer prize for his 1920 autobiography The Americanization of Edward Bok. These letters are i.a. on his stay in the Netherlands and on a planned (but cancelled) visit of Tini and aunt Katrien to the USA. "(...) You, Johann, have helped me much in your introduction of me to Doctor Bredius, Mr. Schmidt-Deneger [sic] and now Doctor van Blankenstein whom I like very much. I know how valuable this help has been to me, and am correspondingly grateful to you (...)".
Curtis Bok, Mary L. (1876-1970). Ten AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("Mary") to "Dear Tinie" [de Meester-Obreen), dated from "June 12. 1920" to "7 July 1925" (4x dated without year), pen and ink, 14 (fold.) lvs., together 30p., partly w. various printed letterheads (i.a. "Amstel Hotel", "MLB" and "Swastika, Merion Station, Pennsylvania").
= Friendly letters, mainly on personal matters, family etc., but occas. also on the Curtis Institute of Music that she established in 1924. "(...) I have had a very busy Autumn, with starting the Curtis Institute of Music & we have 300 pupils - from everywhere! Carl Flesch brings some students from Berlin to study with him here - Stokowski leads + trains the 2 orchestras + Josef Hofmann teaches piano + Sembrich + Cahier voice. And there are many other teachers (...)".
AND an autogr. letter signed by CURTIS BOK to Ernst Lampe, dated "Camden, Maine September 2 '46".
80 2574 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 17 manuscript legal documents concerning Amsterdam 
= Contains deeds and notarial acts all signed Amsterdam, i.a. "Wij Rene de Vicq, en Diderik van Buren, Schepenen in Amsterdam, oirconden en kennen, dat voor ons gecompareert is de Heer Benjamin Dutrij, Bewindhebber van de Oostindische Compagnie van wegens de Provincie van Vriesland, ter kamere dezer stad (...)" (1717); "Extract Huwelyksche Voorwaarden tusschen den Heer Cornelis Verwey (...)" (1781); "Secreet voor het huis onder de stoep staande en gelegen op de binnen Amstel bij de hooge sluys" (1801); "Bewijs van niet bestaande hypothecaire inschrijvingen" (1823).