6051. [Parkes, Graham].

Awe and Humility in the Face of Things: Somatic Practice in East-Asian Philosophies – (Essay in European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Volume 4, Number 3, Autumn 2012).

Akademos Press, 2012. 23,5 cm x 14,5 cm. 250 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6052. [Parkes, Graham].

Heidegger and Japanese Fascism: An Unsubstantiated Connection – (Essay in “Pli”: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy. The Subject in Question. Volume 20, 2009).

Warwick, Department of Philosophy, 2009. 20,5 cm x 14cm. 260 Seiten. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6053. [Parkes, Graham].

Kukai and Dogen as Exemplars of Ecological Engagement – (in Journal of Japanese Philosophy. Volume 1, 2013).

Albany, State University of New York Press, 2013. 23 cm x 15 cm. 142 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6054. [Parkes, Graham].

Letter on Egoism: Will to Power as Interpretation – (in The Journal of Nietzsche Studies. Vol. 46, No.1, Spring 2015).

University Park, Penn State Press, 2015. 23 cm x 15 cm. 150 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6055. [Parkes, Graham]

Nuclear Power after Fukushima 2011 [in: The Japan Mission Journal, Vol. 65. No. 4, Winter 2011.]

Tokyo, Oriens Institute for Religious Research, 2011, 18.5 cm x 26 cm, 288 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6056. Parkes, Graham / Marchiano, Grazia (ed.).

“From Earth’s Veins to the Body’s Meridians. Classical Chinese Views of the Environment and Health” by Graham Parkes in: Conoscenza Religiosa. Fondata da Elemire Zolla nuova serie. 1 – 2010.

First Edition. Montepulciano, Associazione Internationale Ricerca Elemire Zolla, 2010, 15 x 20,5 cm. 263 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6057. [Parkes, Graham] Deutsch, Eliot / Ames, Roger T.

Further Reflections on the Rock Garden of Ryoanji: From Yugen to Kire-tsuzuki – (Essays in: “The Aesthetic Turn. Reading Eliot Deutsch on Comparative Philosophy”). Edited by Roger T. Ames.

Peru (Illinois), Open Court Publishing Company, 2000. 23,5 cm x 15,5 cm. XIV, 225 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6058. Parkinson, Alan F.

1972 and the Ulster Troubles – ‘a very bad year’.

Dublin ; Portland, OR, Four Courts, c2010. 24 cm. 400 pages with 16 pages of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6059. Parkinson, C. Northcote.

Parkinson’s Law and Other Studies in Administration. Illustrated by Robert C. Osborn.

Nineteenth Printing. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. 14 cm x 21 cm. XI, 113 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor rubbing to hardcover edges. Very minor foxing to edges. Very light discoloration to endpapers. Dustjacket slightly frayed. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his bookplate / Exlibris to front pastedown (Exlibris design by Brian Lalor).

6060. Parkman, Francis.

Francis Parkman’s Works – Frontenac Edition. The collection includes: Volume I and II: “Pioneers of France in the New World” / Volume III and IV: “The Jesuits in North America” / Volume V: “LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West” / Volume VI and VII: “The Old Regime in Canada” / Volume VIII: “Count Frontenac and New France under Louis the XIV” / Volume IX and X: “A Half Century of Conflict” / Volume XI, XII, XIII: “Montcalm and Wolfe” / Volume XIV and XV:″The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada” / Volume XVI: “The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairies and Rocky-Mountain Life” / Additional Volume [the so-called Volume XVII: “A Life of Francis Parkman” (by Charles Haight Farnham) //

17 Volumes [complete set of 16 Volumes plus the often missing Biography]. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1902 – 1904. Octavo. More than 6000 pages. Frontispiece with tissue-guard to each Volume. Photographic illustrations and occasionally maps within the text. Original Hardcover (blue publisher’s cloth with original spinelabels and as a special ephemera treat in each Volume are two spare spine-labels tipped into the rear [In case of rebinding or fading of the exisiting spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some rubbing). From the library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard, with Haugaard’s Exlibris to the pastedown of each Volume.

6061. [Parnell, Charles Stewart] Kee, Robert.

The Laurel and the Ivy: The Story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1993. 16cm x 24cm. 659 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, as new condition. Signed / Inscribed by the author Robert Kee !

6062. Parrinder, Geoffrey.

Worship in the World’s Religions.

Revised edition. London, Sheldon Press, 1981. 13 x 20cm. 239 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, other than sun faded spine. Pre-owner’s name on half title page.

6063. Parry, J.H.

The Cities of the Conquistadores. Canning House Eight Annual Lecture, 11 May 1961.

London, The Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Councils, 1961. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 20 pages. Original pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6064. Parsons, Talcott.

Essays in Sociological Theory Pure and Applied. [Heavily annotated].

Illinois, The Free Press, 1949. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 366 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt Heinrich Wolff, Translator of landmark publications by Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Karl Mannheim. With several annotations, pencil-notes and minor red markings throughout. Especially in the chapters “Propaganda and Social Control” and “The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change”. Two pieces of ephemera loosely inserted. Dustjacket notes pasted to front pastedown enpaper. Ink inscription (ownership entry and date) by Kurt Wolff on front free endpaper, dated 1949.

6065. [Partition / Tuairim Pamphlets] Barrington, Donal / Gibson, Norman.

Collection of the two rarest early Tuairim Pamphlets: 1. Donal Barrington – Uniting Ireland (Tuairim Pamphlet No.1) / 2. Norman Gibson – Partition Today – A Northern Viewpoint (Tuairim Pamphlet No.2).

Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1958. Octavo. 24, 12 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor dogears and a small lesion to the cover of Pamphlet 1. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6066. Partridge, Frank.

Autumn Exhibition English Sporting Paintings 1960.

London, Tillotsons Ltd, 1960. 23.5cm x 30cm. 40 pages. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6067. [Pascal, Blaise] Guardini, Romano.

Christliches Bewußtsein. Versuche über Pascal.

Leipzig. Jakob Hegner Verlag, 1935. 12 x 19 cm. 303 Seiten. Hardcover / Original Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Guter Zustand mit einigen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. Einige wenige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift.

6068. Pasolini, P.P.

Passione e Ideologia.Tutto Pasolini Critico.

Primera Edizione. Italy, Garzanti, 1960. 12 x 12 cm. 493 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Bella copia / Excellent condition of the first italian edition. Rare !

6069. Pasolini, Pier Paolo.

Freibeuterschriften. Aufsätze und Polemiken über die Zerstörung des Einzelnen durch die Konsumgesellschaft.

Berlin, Wagenbach, 1979. 8°. 141 Seiten. Softcover. 33.-40. Tausend, 1979. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen. Quarthefte ; 96

6070. Pastene, Jerome.

Three-Quarter Time: The Life and Music of the Strauss Family of Vienna.

First Edition. New York, Abelard Press, 1951. Octavo. 307 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only some stronger signs of external wear. Jerome Pastene’s personal copy with his name to the endpaper, and with some corrections in ballpen and annotations in pencil.

6071. Pasternak, Boris.

Doktor Zhivago. [Rare Original Russian Edition]

Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1959. Thick Octavo. [iv], 567, [1] pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No jacket was issued for this book. In protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Second printing of the first authorized edition in Russian (preceded only by two CIA-sponsored, and virtually unobtainable, editions printed in Italy and distributed at the Brussels World Fair in the summer of 1958). Exlibris Janice Clark. Wonderful collectable !

6072. Pasternak, Boris.

The Blind Beauty.

First English Edition. London, Collins and Harvill Press, 1969. Octavo. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of the preowner on the endpaper.

6073. Pater – Downes, David Anthony.

The Temper of Victorian Belief. Studies in the Religious Novels of Pater, Kingsley, and Newman.

New York, Twayne Publishers. 1972. 8°. 159 Pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition.

6074. [Paterson, Daniel] Mogg, Edward.

Paterson’s Roads [1831/1832 Edition (18th Edition)] – Being an entirely original and accurate Description of all the direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland. [Including an “Appendix to the Eighteenth Edition of Paterson’s Roads; being An Accurate Description of the Direct and Principal Cross roads communicating with the Improved Old Passage Ferry, across the River Severn, between Aust and Beachley, near Chepstow. Accompanied by a Map of the Banks of the Wye. To which are added, Course of the Chepstow Steam Packets; and An arranged Tour through Wales, with References to the pages in the Body of the Work, where connection with various lines of Road takes place.”]. The Eighteenth Edition. To which are added Topographical Sketches of the several Cities, Market Towns and remarkable Villages and descriptive accounts of the principal seats of the Nobility and Gentry, the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities and other Remarkable Objects throughout the Kingdom. The whole Remodelled, Augmented and Improved by the Addition of Numerous New Roads and New Admeasurements, and Arranged upon A Plan at once Novel, clear and intelligible, is deduced from the latest and best Authorities: Including a Table of the Heights of Mountains from the Grand Trigonometrical Survey of the Kingdom; Also a Table of the Population, From the Census of 1831; To which is annexed the Arrival and Departure of the Mail, together with the Rates of Postage and An Entirely New Set of Maps.

London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1831/1832. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Fontispiece – Fold-out-Map, 715 pages plus 44 pages of an Appendix. With twelve (12) Maps, including the frontipiece-map and full-page maps throughout the publication. Hardcover / Private half-leather of the early 20th century with gilt lettering on the spine. Some of the maps with visible reapirs but complete. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the so-called “Best Edition”.

6075. Paterson, Evangeline.

Bringing the Water Hyacinth to Africa.

First Edition. Durham, TAXVS, 1983. Octavo. 61 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover with artwork by Deirdre Drucker. Small stain to the edge. Otherwise in very good condition.

6076. [Patey, Tom] / Brasher, Christopher (Foreword by)

Tom Patey One Man’s Mountains.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. 13 cm x 21.5 cm. 287 pages with illustrations. Original softcover Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

6077. Pathak, R.C.

Bhargava’s Standard Illustrated Dictionary of the Hindi Language. Revised and Enlarged.

Hindi-English Edition. Varanasi, Bhargava Book Depot, 1970. 12 x 12 cm. 1280 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6078. Patience, Alan/ Scott, Jeffrey / [Klaus von Beyme]

Australien Federalim: Future Tense.

Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1983. 14 x 22 cm. 217 pages. Softcover. From the political scientist Klaus von Beyme’s collection (signature on front fly). Very good condition. / Arbeitsexemplar des Politikwissenschaftlers Klaus von Beyme.

6079. Paton Walsh, Jill.

The Emperor’s Winding Sheet.

Toronto, Globe/Modern Curriculum Press, 1974. 21 cm. 240 pages. Including one map. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to edges.

6080. Paton, Alan.

Cry, The Beloved Country. A Story of Comfort in Desolation.

Second Impression of this Edition. London, The Reprint Society, 1952. 13 cm x 19 cm. 256 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6081. Patroncini, Luciano.

Luceria d’Enza. Insediamento Ligure-Romano nel Territorio di Canossa.

Reggio Emilia, Assoc. Industriali della Provincia di Reggio Emilia, 1994. 4°. 87 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. Italian edition.

6082. Patterson, Annie W.

The Harp and Irish Music [Article in Journal of the Ivernian Society Volume III – January – March]

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1911. Octavo. VII, 67, VIII pages. Stapled Softcover. The binding in very poor condition ! Staples rusty and the wrappers detached. The bookblock itself still in good condition and all the articles very readable.

6083. Patti, Salvatore.

Saggi di Diritto Privato Comparato.

Torino, Giappichelli, 1986. 8°. 367 pages. Softcover. Frontcover slightly damaged.

6084. [Pattison, Dorothy W.] Lonsdale, Margaret.

Sister Dora – A Biography [of english nurse Dorothy W. Pattison].

Thirteenth Edition. London, C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece, VII, 257 pages. (besides the portrait – engraving of Dorothy Pattison, the volume also contains a “View from the Windows of Walsall Hospital”. Original Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

6085. [Paul de Man] Weinrich, Harald.

Positionen der Negativität.

München, Fink, 1975. 25 cm. 581 Seiten. Original Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Kleiner Wasserschaden am Schnitt. Einige Eselsohren. Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Paul de Man. Mit Anstreichungen von Paul de Man im Essay von Reinhart Koselleck (″Zur Historisch-Politischen Semantik”) [Poetik und Hermeneutik, 6].

6086. Paul, Leslie.

The Annihilation of Man. A Study of the Crisis in the West.

Third Impression. London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. 21cm x 13.5cm. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some textmarkings.

6087. Paulin, Tom.

The Invasion Handbook.

London, Faber and Faber, 2003. Octavo. 201 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6088. Paulus, Siegmund.

Über Bedeutung, Wesen und Umfang des Cartesianischen Zweifels.

jena, Ratz, 1875. 8°. 28 Seiten. Softcover. Originale Broschur mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

6089. Pavese, Cesare.

La Luna e i falo. In copertina particolare di un quadro di Carlo Carra.

Quinta Edizione. Italy, Einaudi, 1954. 13 x 19.5 cm. 175 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Detail of painting by Carlo Carra on front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

6090. Pavese, Cesare.

La Spiaggia.

Italy, Einaudi, 1956. 13 x 19.5 cm. 115 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Detail of painting by Renato Guttuso on front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6091. Pavese, Cesare.

Prima che il gallo canti. In copertina particolare di un quadro di Henri Matisse.

Terza Edizione. Italy, Einaudi, 1952. 13 x 19.5 cm. 311 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Detail from painting by Henri Matisse on front cover. Endpaper and halftitle cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6092. Pavlenko, Piotr.

Red Planes Fly East. Translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry.

First Edition. New York, International Publishers, 1938. 19.2cm x 13.4cm. viii, 523 (7) pages. With map. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The very rare dustjacket with some damage to outer margins. Pastedown signed by preowner.

6093. [Pavlova, Anna] Bernamas, E.E.

Anna Pavlova.

Bilingual Edition Russian / English. St. Petersburg, Prawielhstwo Sankt-Peterburga Komitet po Kylhture, 2006. 24 x 30,5 cm. 213 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

6094. [Pavlova, Anna] Franks, A. H.

Pavlova. A Collection of Memoirs.

Unabridged republication of the first edition. New York, Da Capo Paperback, 1956 14cm x 21.5cm. X, 144 pages. Original Paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

6095. [Pavlova, Anna] Saburova, Irina.

Immortal Swan: Dedicated to Anna Pavlova to the 25th Anniversary of Her Death in 1931-1956 (This Russian Edition is the only edition ever printed: Bessmertnyj lebed’: Posvjashhaetsja Anne Pavlovoj k 25-letiju so dnja ee smerti.)

New York, Dnipro, 1956. Oblong Quarto. 88 pages. With 128 photographic illustrations on coated paper. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication !!!

6096. Payne, A.A.

A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Navy. Chiefly described from those in the collection of A.A. Payne, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. of which there are some 2,500. Illustrated with nearly Sixty Portraits, Orders and Medals.

Place of publication unknown, J.B. Hayward & Son, 1981. 25 cm x 17,5 cm. LXIX, 811 pages. Original Hardcover. In protective mylar. The Mylar slightly torn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt spine, gilt medallion design stamped on front cover.

6097. Payne, C.Douglas.

Youth in Revolt – The Journals of Nick Twist. Volumes I, II, III (Youth in Revolt – Youth in Bondage – Youth in Exile).

FIRST Edition. Sebastopol (California), Aivia Press, 1993. 8°. 503 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in FINE condition. Some very minor discoloration to the edge. SIGNED by Payne on the titlepage.

6098. Payne, John.

Volume I (of III) of the “Universal Geography” [Including Asia, Africa and Voyages of English Navigators] – formed into a new and entire system; describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their subdivisions of Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics: the extent, boundaries, and remarkable appearances of each country; cities, towns, and curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of the fossil and vegetable productions of the Earth, and of every species of animal: The History of Man, in all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to which is added, A Short View of Astronomy, as connected with Geography; of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; and of the Universe in General. With a set of Maps, drawn from the best Materials, every one of which is very neatly coloured; and a great Variety of Copper-Plates; descriptive of the most remarkable curiosities in the world. With an Appendix in two Parts, containing I. The History of the Voyages round the World, and toward the North and South Pole, which have been made since the year 1764 by English Navigators and II. A Digested and Geographical Account of the most considerable Islands and Countries which have been either discovered or explored during those Voyages, collected from every writer upon those subjects. Part I on the Appendix includes: 1. The First Voyage round the world, performed by Commodore Byron, in the Dolphin, accompanied by the Tamar Sloop / 2. Captain Wallis’s Voyage round the World, being the Second performed in the Dolphin / 3. Continuation of Captain Carteret’s Voyage round the World in the Swallow / 4. Lieutenant Cook’s Voyage round the World, in the Endeavour Bark (First Voyage, Second Voyage and Third Voyage including a stunning engraving of Cook, together with Portraits of inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, Mangea and Ulietea) / The Appendix Part II contain a Geographical Account and Description of the Islands which have been lately discovered or visited in the South-Sea, proceeding from East to West (Easter Island / The Society Islands / The FRiendly Islands / The New Hebrides, Mallicolo and New Caledonia / New Zealand / New Holland / The Sandwich Islands //

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Zachariah Jackson (Great Ship-Street), 1792. Quarto. XV, 894 pages with a list of subscribers and eight fantastic full-page copper engravings (NO MAPS in this Volume) / Frontispiece (The beautiful Frontispiece-plate is cleanly detached and now comes with this beautifully restored book framed): Plates included are: 1. Frontispiece: Vegetable Productions constituting important Articles of Commerce: Nutmeg Tree / Bohea Tea Plant or Thea Bohea / The Cotton Shrub / The Nutmeg enclosed in the Mace and Nutmeg Kernel / Flower of Tea / The Cotton Shrub – This plate is hand-coloured ! / 2. The Artificial Sphere (Globe) with the Solar System and Divisions of the Earth / 3. [Kamtschatka] – A Kamtscadale Travelling in Winter / An inside View of a Winter-Hut of the Kamtschadales / 4. Animals in the Southern Parts of Africa (The Rhinoceros Bicornis / The Buffalo / The Hippopotamus, called by the Hottentots the Seacow) / 5. The Country contiguous to the Cape of Good Hope – Hottentots and their Huts &c. &c. / 6. Portrait – Collection on one plate of Captain James Cook – Killed on the Island of Owhyhee – 14th of February 1779 (From a painting by Dance in the possession of Sir Joshua Banks) – other portraits on that page include A woman and a man of the Sandwich Islands / A Man of the Magea – Omai or Omia , a Native of Ulietea / 7. Portrait – Collection on one plate of: Poulaho – King of the Friendly Islands / A Man of van Diemen’s Land / A Woman from van Diemen’s Land / A Woman of Prince William’s Sound / A Man of Prince William’s Sound / 8. Portrait-Collection on one plate of: A woman of Otaheite Island (Tahiti) bringing a present / A Woman of Otaheite (Tahiti) dancing / An Otahetian (Tahiti) in the Dress of his Country / A New Zealand Warrior completely armed (Maori) // Hardcover / Professionally restored original 18th-century leather with original gilt ornament and new labels on spine. Binding rubbed but after the masterful restoration in very good condition. Some of the plates slightly loose but not detached. Very few minor wormhole damage to the last 250 pages. Rare with the plates ! From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his original bookplate to the pastedown. One of the early accounts of english Navigation and Discovery.

6099. Payne, John / Hardie, James / Provenance I: Signature of J.J. Westervelt [Jacobus James Westervelt (1755 – 1826) – Schraalenberg and Provenance II: Charles Sydney Clark (1925) presented this set to Johnson Free Public Library at Hackensack, New Jersey].

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography [Complete with all 20 maps / illustrations] ; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms : The Extent, Boundaries and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns and Curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of The Fossil and Vegetable Productions [with hand-coloured plates] of the Earth. The History of Man, In all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to the present time. To which is added, A View of Astronomy, As connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; And of the Universe in General. With a copious Index annexed to each Volume. Being a Large and Comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography. By John Payne. With additions, corrections and Improvements from the latest and best authors by James Hardie – Author of “The Principles of Latin Grammar”, “The American Remembrancer” and “Universal Tablet of Memory” &c. In Four Volumes.

First Abridged Edition. Volumes I [Asia] and II [Africa] (of IV). New York, Printed for and Sold by John Low, Book-Seller at The Shakespeare – Head, No.332 Water-Street, 1798 – 1799. Octavo – Edition. Pagination: Volume I [Asia]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of the World), XLVIII, 518 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index and one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume I includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for / Volume II [Africa]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of Africa), 578 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index plus one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume II includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for. Hardcover / Modern Library – Binding with the original 18th century – work bound in. Former library copy of Bergen County Historical Society (cancelled) and Johnson Free Public Library in Hackensack, New Jersey, with a very boring, modern library binding and library cards applied to the endpapers only, leaving the bookblock with text and maps and illustrations entirely untouched from any library-signs. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

6100. Paz, Octavio.

El Ogro Filantrópico. Historia y Política 1971-1978.

First edition. Barcelona, Editorial Seix Barral, 1979. 22 cm. 348 pages. Original softcover in protective covering. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Biblioteca breve.