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PATRIOTS AND LIBERATORS: REVOLUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS 1780-1813
Written by Simon Schama.
Stock no. 1831331
Published by Fontana Press. 2nd 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

A tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Second edition with revisions and corrections. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. xviii and 745 pages including index. ISBN: 0006861563. A few scuffs to covers. Light vertical creasing to spine. Front joint is pulled but binding is tight. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

HOLLAND
Written by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Stock no. 1825644
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1904. Good condition.

De Luxe edition limited to 300 numbered copies and signed by the illustrator. White cloth, blue borders and orange tree design with gilt titles. 75 tissue-guarded plates. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the artist (no dedication) and numbered 128 (of 300). Spine browned, boards marked and grubby. Top & tail of spine worn and fraying. Front hinge pulled with residue surface paper from front endpaper stuck to half-title page. Rear hinge pulled wide, free rear endpaper is stuck to rear pastedown (possibly a binding error). Some inner hinges pulled else the binding is tight. Some foxing present especially to tissue-guards but not the plates themselves. Small damp stain to margins and lower corner of last few pages and plates.

HOLLAND
Written by Beatrix Jungman. Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Stock no. 2137219
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 75 tissue-guarded plates. 4 page booklist to rear. Circa date is from the books listed in booklist to rear. Spine is bumped and browned. Marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Some foxing throughout. Small patch of surface paper damage to front endpaper. Plate opposite page 178 the tissue-guard is chipped.

BIRDS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Written by K.H. Voous.
Stock no. 1811057
Published by De Walburg Pers. 1st thus 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Completely rewritten English version of 'De Vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen' published in 1955. Blue boards, gilt titles. Maps to endpapers. Colour plates. Tape marks to front endpaper and page 326 of index else a fine, clean copy.

NATURE MANAGEMENT BY GRAZING AND CUTTING
Written by Jan Pouwel Bakker.
Stock no. 1805651
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geobotany 14. On the ecological significance of grazing and cutting regimes applied to restore former species-rich grassland communities in the Netherlands. Green boards, black titles. B/w photos and charts. viii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0792300688. Small tape marks to pastedowns. Small green ink mark to top of free front endpaper. Otherwise fine.

THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLLAND SEEN FROM THE AIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1704032
Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A collection of b/w photos with explanatory text edited by The Royal Dutch Air Lines. Corners bumped and worn, covers scuffed.