1301. Gerhardie, William Alexander / Kingsmill, Hugh / Youngman Carter, Philip.

The Casanova Fable. A Satirical Revaluation. Illustrated by Philip Youngman Carter.

Rare, limited and signed first edition (No.20 of only 150 copies). London, Jarrolds, 1934. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 223 pages. With seven full-page illustrations in colour. Hardcover / Original, spectacular quarter vellum binding. Signed by William Gerhardie and Hugh Kingsmill. Bookplate / Exlibris of Liverpool book-collector, John Raymond Danson, to pastedown. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1302. George VI. / Edward VIII. / Queen Elizabeth.

Collection of three important vintage magazines on: 1. The Illustrated London News – No. 5096 – Volume 189: ‘Accession Number’ and ‘The Abdication of King Edward VIII.’ / 2. The Illustrated London News No.5116 – Volume 190: Coronation Week Double Number – ‘The Presentation Plate of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’ / 3. The Illustrated London News – No. 5117 – Volume 190: Original Coronation Ceremony Number.

Three Volumes. London, Publishing Office of “The Illustrated London News”, 1936 – 1937. Folio. 61, XVI, 79, XXIV, 71 pages with hundreds of illustrations (many in colour) throughout all three editions. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare set !

1303.

General Act of the Brussels Conference Relative to the African Slave Trade. Signed at Brussels, July 2, 1890. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. February 1892.

London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1892. 15.3 cm x 24.3 cm. 82 pages. Softcover / Publisher’s original blue printed wrapper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small tears to front cover near spine. Binding still strong and firm. [Treaty Series, No.7]

1304. Friedrich, Carl J. / [Alexander Rüstow].

The Age of the Baroque. 1610-1660. The Rise of Modern Europe. A Survey of European History in its Political, Economic, and Cultural Aspects From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present.

First edition. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1952. 15 x 22 cm. 367 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of usage. Inscribed by Carl J. Friedrich on the front free endpaper to his colleague Alexander Rüstow / Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Friedrich auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz: ‘Meinem lieben Alexander in Freundschaft – Achim Friedrich’ With few clean markings inside. [The Rise of Modern Europe – Edited by William L. Langer]

1305. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles.

A Complete Guide to Heraldry. [With a chapter: “The Status and the Meaning of a Coat of Arms in Great Britain”]. Illustrated by Nearly 800 Designs, Mainly from Drawings by Graham Johnston, Herald Painter to the Lyon Court.

Revised Edition. London and Edinburgh, T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd. / T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., no year [c.1925]. 18 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 647 pages. With 779 illustrations and 9 plates including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Large heraldic device on front board. With rare illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Gilt top edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket chipped and torn. Some minor foxing to endpapers and edges. Some untrimmed pages. Unmarked interior.

1306. Finkelstein, Z.F.

Stürmer des Ghetto. Essays.

Wien, Safruth-Verlag (Rath und Präger), 1924. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. VII,184 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Portraitphotographien. Original Softcover. Originaler Karton. Bindung stark berieben und stark bestoßen. Unteres Kapital mit Fehlstelle. Mit zeitgenössischer, handschriftlicher Widmung des Autors / Inscribed by the author on the endpaper: “M. Rohatyn in Verehrung”.

1307. Ellis, Alfred Burdon.

The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher’s original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior.

1308. Eliot, George.

Silas Marner. Aindrias Ó Baoghill a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

First Gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1938. Octavo. 300 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

1309. Dykeman, Wilma.

The French Broad [Signed]. Edited by Carl Cramer as planned and started by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Illustrated by Constance Lindsay Skinner.

First Edition of Wilma Dykeman’s first book ! New York / Toronto, Rinehart & Company Inc., 1955. Octavo. X, 371 pages. With a double-page map of the area in which “The French Broad River” flows. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Very rare in this signed version. [Rivers of America].

1310. Du Chaillu, Paul.

My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara. And Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. Numerous Engravings.

New York, Harper & Brothers, no year (c.1870). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece with tissueguard, VIII, 254 pages. 33 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Gilt pictoral on front board. Blind stamp to rear board. Coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard in very good condition. Preowner details on front endpaper: “James Hill – Westell Farm – Kewell, Read 1916”.