1441. Hammerton, J. A.

Manners and Customs of Mankind: Their Origins and Their Observance Throughout the World Today. Edited by J.A. Hammerton.

In Three Volumes. London, Amalgamated Press Ltd., No Year (1918). 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 1356 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white, with full-page colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Gilt titles to spine. Red speckled decorative edges. Very good condition in firm bindings and some rubbing to the binding only. The price for this set of three books includes international shipping per Courier !

1442. Squire, J.C.

Poems: First Series.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1918. Octavo. 116 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1443. Mitchel, John.

The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps).

Author’s Edition [Cameron & Ferguson Edition]. London / Manchester / Birmingham & Glasgow, Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd., c.1918. Octavo. 220 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1444. Faught, Francis Ashley.

Blood-Pressure Primer – The Sphygmanometer and its Practical Application. Containing One Full-Page Plate and Numerous Explanatory Diagrams in the Text. (Copyright 1914 by Francis Ashley Faught).

Philadelphia, Published by G.P.Pilling & Son Co., 1918. Small Octavo. 123 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Upper hinge slightly damaged. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare ! From the library of Robert Mowbray, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. Subsequently from the library of irish Cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

1445. 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.

1446. [Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

1447. Graetz, Heinrich.

Popular History of the Jews. Translated by Rabbi A. B. Rhine, D. D. With a supplementary volume of recent events, by Dr. Max Raisin. Edited by Alexander Harkavy.

Volumes I, II & V (of VI). New York, Hebrew Publishing Company, 1919. 23 cm. Vol. I: Frontispiece – Portrait of Graetz, VIII, 499 pages / Vol. II: IV, 526 pages / Vol. V: 546 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, in black and white. Original Hardcover now in protective mylar / brodart. Very good condition volumes with only very minor signs of external wear. There is a slight weakening of the spine at the title pages of each volume.

1448. Koebel, W. H. (William Henry).

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Salvador.

Second Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. 23 cm. 382 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, portraits, fold-out map and tables, in black and white. Original Hardcover. ORIGINAL EDITION (NOT a Facsimile). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing on spine at title, as well as some foxing on inside and selective pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. South American series ; [v.14].

1449. [Stephenson, Henry] [Lincoln, Abraham] Drinkwater, John.

Abraham Lincoln – A Play. With an Introduction by Arnold Bennett.

First Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Octavo. XII, 112 pages. Hardcover / Original, illustrated boards with spinelabel. Signed in full by actor Henry Stephenson on the titlepage: “Henry Stephenson – 10.XII.20” / Binding slightly rubbed. Spinlelabel worn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookseller Label from Brentano’s in New York.

1450. Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.