1021. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

Escape On Venus. Wanderers on a world of weird people and uncanny kingdoms.

New York, Ace Books Inc., [c.1969]. 10,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 254 pages. Original illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All page edges orange. Cover art and title page illustration by Roy Krenkel Jr. [Venus Series]

1022. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

1023. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].

1024. Burton, Richard F / [edited by Burton, Isabel].

First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar. Two Volumes Bound as One.

New York, Dover Publications Inc., no year (c.1987). 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXIV, 485 pages (vol.1, 209 pages / Vol.2, 276 pages). 11 illustrations and 2 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to top edges. Interior bright and clean

1025. Burton, Richard [That was the Pseudonym / Nom de Plume for Nathaniel Crouch].

The Wars in England, Scotland and Ireland – Or, An Impartial Account of all the Battels [sic], Sieges, and other Remarkable Transactions, Revolutions and Accidents, which have happened from the beginning of the Reign of King CHARLES I. in 1625, to his Majesties happy Restauration, 1660. By Richard Burton.

The Fifth Edition very much enlarged. London, Printed for J.R.for Nat. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1684. Duodecimo. Frontispice, [2], 231, [3] pages. With four ful-page woodcuts (including Frontispice) showing historical events, beheadings etc. Page 227 misprinted as page 229. LAst three pages are “Delights for the Ingenious – Books printed for N. Crouch”. Original full leather-covered boards. Binding in very poor condition with larger parts of the leather missing. Minor lesions to Frontispice and some papes to front and rear. Extremely rare !

1026. [Burton, Sir Richard] McLynn, Frank.

Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton. Illustrations by Howard Phipps.

London and Sydney, Scribners, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 211 pages. With several illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

1027. Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.

Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.

Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]

1028. Bus, Bert.

Een Avontuur Van Archie de Man van Staal – 5. Archie Contra Mister Magneto.

Haarlem, Uitgave Oberon B.V., 1981. 22 cm x 28 cm. 32 pages. Several colour comic strip illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1029. Busby, Richard.

Grammatica Busbeiana, Auctior et Emendatior : Id Est Rudimentum Grammaticae Graeco-Latinae Metricum in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis.

London, G.Ginger, 1809. Octavo. 230 pages with Calendarium Romanum / [Bound with: “Graecae Grammaticae Compendium” – London, G.Ginger, 1810. 40 pages]. Hardcover / Fantastic, original full suede-leather binding with ornament on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

1030. Bush, Peter R.; Malmkjær, Kirsten:

Rimbaud’s rainbow. Literary translation in higher education.

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, John Benjamins publishing company, 1998. 23 cm. VIII, 202 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Benjamins translation library, v. 21.