Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) was polymathic to an embarrassing degree. Born in Zutphen, he crammed into his fifty-seven years parallel lives as diplomat, scholar of Chinese and Japanese culture, musician and writer.
Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) was polymathic to an embarrassing degree. Born in Zutphen, he crammed into his fifty-seven years parallel lives as diplomat, scholar of Chinese and Japanese culture, musician and writer.
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For February only, selected antiquarian prints and maps are 50% off.
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Vintage Travel Posters 2025
Nineteenth Vintage Travel Posters catalogue. on view at our Athenaeum, 1st Floor, 22 Charing Cross Road until Friday 5th December
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A conversation with Fay Ballard
Fay Ballard is a London-based artist, working mainly in drawing, and is the elder daughter of J.G. Ballard.
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[ALMANACK.] Les Étrennes de l’amour sensitive, et de la raison qui égaye. Dédiées a un petit nombre d’Amans, & primitivement à ma bonne Amie. Sur des Airs choisis & connus. Pour la présente Année. Par M. Dumeny.
MACKAY, Colonel J. N. History of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles. Produced under the Direction of a Regimental Committee … With a Foreword by Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim.