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A ticket to (Teun Voeten / Henri Beunders)
A ticket to Bosnië, Soedan, Rwanda, Afghanistan Sierra Leone,
the "forgotten wars", photographed by Teun voeten. Introduction by Henri Beunders.
Beirut City Center (Larry E. McPherson)
The Lebanese Civil War dominated life in Beirut from 1975 until 1990. When it ended, a massive rebuilding began, with the goal of making its Central District the finest city center in the Middle East. In 2002 Larry E. McPherson was commissioned to document this transition.
Berlin (Pierre Mac Orlan)
Original pictorial wrappers. Scarce and fascinating work of th e Berlin of the early years of the Third Reich by one of the most famous French novelists and journalists. Pierre Mac Orlan exposes his thoughts on each one of the 66 photogravures compiled in this book. This scarce work is a part of a collection intitled "Tour du Monde" which only got 2 titles (London and Berlin). The publisher of this book seems to have retrieved or destroyed the majority of its copies, due to the too openly anti-Nazi critics stated by Mac Orlan, which would explain its scarcity.
British Watchtowers (Donovan Wylie)
These high tech towers, constructed in the mid 1980’s, primarily in the mountainous border region of South Armagh, were landmarks in a thirty year conflict in and over Northern Ireland, euphemistically called “The Troubles”. The Towers were finally demolished between 2000 and 2007 as part of the British government’s “Demilitarization” program for Northern Ireland. For over a year Donovan Wylie photographed these towers.
Cold War, Civil Defense in the Netherlands 1949-1989 (Bart Sorgedrager / Bart van der Boom)
Special book by Bart Sorgedrager in leporello format.
Das Gesicht Des Deutschen Soldaten (Fritz Kempe)
Kempe, Fritz, (1909-1988) compiler and photographer
3-page preface by Hans Baumann, 86 black and white photographs of German soldiers in all branches of the military service, many close-ups highlighting facial expressions, many illustrating head-gear and uniforms, 2-page afterword by Kempe. No interior markings. Kempe became known in the 1950s and 1960s as a teacher in the development of photography as part of the artistic expression in Germany. He later received an award for his artistic contributions to the city of Hamburg.
De Vrije Katheder : Er moet veel strijd gestreden zijn. (Emmy Andriesse / A. de Froe / Cas Oorthuys)
Extra 90 cents Uitgave. 17 pp. with photographs.Dutch + Engl. caption. Original pictorial wrappers. Special edition of "De Vrije Katheder", being a heart gripping account of Nazi atrocities in occupied Holland. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of Nazis persecuting Jews, starving children, ruins, resistance fighters, etc Text in Dutch. Captions in Dutch and English.
De Vrije Katheder : Er moet veel strijd gestreden zijn. (Emmy Andriesse / A. de Froe / Cas Oorthuys)
Extra 90 cents Uitgave. 17 pp. with photographs.Dutch + Engl. caption. Original pictorial wrappers. Special edition of "De Vrije Katheder", being a heart gripping account of Nazi atrocities in occupied Holland. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of Nazis persecuting Jews, starving children, ruins, resistance fighters, etc Text in Dutch. Captions in Dutch and English.
Het laatste jaar 1944-45. Een verslag in foto's onderdrukking en bevrijding (Cas Oorthuys)
In the last year of World War II a group of photographers led by Frits Kahlenberg went underground. From underneath their coats, from porches and with the camera hidden in a bag they photographed terror, misery, resistance and the liberation.
Twenty-five years after the war, Cas Oorthuys compiled his war photographs in this book.
Holland and the Canadians (Norman Phillips)
A photo-documentary of the of Holland during WWII from prior German invasion to liberation by the Canadian Army. Texts give an historical outline to the suffering of the Dutch People while under Nazi occupation, and the role that the Canadian forces played in winning their freedom.
Text: a.o. Major Norman Phillips
Photographs: a.o. Emmy Andriesse, Eva Besnyo,Carel Blazer, Ad Windig
Layout and cover design: Dick Elffers
Impressies 1945 Geteisterd Nederland (Martien Coppens)
6 full page plates printed in gravure text in Dutch captions in Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Swedish first edition
Maestri della fotografia: Robert Capa (Robert Capa / Romeo Martinez)
Masters of Photography, Robert Capa. Arnoldo Mondadori 1979
Mensen in de oorlog (Robert Capa)
People in the WWII, photographed by Robert Capa.
Unrecorded catalogue of an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Twente in Enschede and the Goois Museum in Hilversum, ca. 1955.
Including Capa's final photograph taken in French Indo-China, where Capa tripped on a landmine and died.
Also a portrait of Robert Capa, by Robert Capa, and table listing most important events from his life as a photographer.
Mensen in de oorlog (Robert Capa)
People in the WWII, photographed by Robert Capa.
Catalogue of an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1962.
Including Capa's final photograph taken in French Indo-China, where Capa tripped on a landmine and died.
Also a portrait of Robert Capa, by Robert Capa, and table listing most important events from his life as a photographer.
Nazi hel (Willem van de Poll)
Dutch Photo-documentary with 28 Powerful Photos showing gruesome scenes from the Camps and also of the showing bodies to German citizens, etc. Most photos are from Belsen and Buchenwald, others from Schwabmuenchen, Dachau, Mauthausen, Langenstein, & POW camps. Part of the immediate post-war education & concensus building about German War Crimes
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