301. [Ashton, Frederick] Dominic, Zoe and Gilbert, John Selwyn.

Frederick Ashton. A Choreographer and his ballets.

First Edition. London a. o, George G. Harrap and Company Limited. 1971. 21.5cm x 28.5cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. Inscribed / Signed by Frederick Ashton to Keith Money. Additionally monogrammed by Ashton on the frontispiece (Monogramm in exchange for his photographed head). With some ephemera (Programme for Ashton’s funeral together with an amusing newspaper-clipping in which the co-author of the book on Ashton, John Selwyn Gilbert, writes to a newspaper and complains about being omitted as the co-author in a recent article).

302. [Ashton, Frederick] Vaughan, David.

Frederick Ashton and his Ballets.

First Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1977. 19cm x 25.5cm. XX, 522 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. With small leaflet of Ashton’s funeral – service loosely inserted (William Blake poem etc.).

303. Ashton, Robert / Michelburne, John.

Two Historical Plays: The Battle of Aughrim, or the Fall of Monsieur St. Ruth / Ireland Preserved, or the Siege of Londonderry.

Dublin, C.M. Warren, No date [c.1880] 9 cm x 14 cm. 144 pages. Softcover / Original, titled brochure. Good condition with signs of external wear. Damage to corners of front page. Spotting on page edges, front and rear page and several pages within. Otherwise clean inside and intact.

304. Asia – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris Exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proxime sive remote per occultos maeandros Originem suam Sortiuntur.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.2 cm x 34.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 39.2 cm. Original Map in very good condition. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

305. Asia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Asia – With Vignettes of Petra, Tartars, Russian Peasants, The Walrus, Sun-Birds of India and the Philippine Isles.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 31.8 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

306. Asia / Polynesia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean with New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Nippon, New Hebrides, Society Islands, Sandwich Islands with beuatiful Vignettes and illustrations of Kalakakooa, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Otaheite, Harbour of Dory, New Guinea, Resolution Bay, Marquesas and the Northwest tip of Australia and California shown in the outskirts of the map.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 35.7 cm x 25.8 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

307. Askari, Nasreen / Arthur, Liz.

Uncut Cloth: Saris Shawls and Sashes.

London, Merrell Holberton, 1999. 22.5 cm x 27.8 cm. 128 pages. With colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains loose ephemera, an article entitled ‘Paisley Shawls’ with information on ‘weaving a paisley shawl’.

308. Asmodi, Herbert.

Jokers Farewell. Gedichte.

München, Piper, 1976. 8°. 84 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Erstausgabe 1976. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

309. Asmodi, Herbert.

Jokers Gala. Gedichte.

München, Piper, 1975. ; 21 cm. 89 Seiten. Hardcover / Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

310. Assaad, Fawzia.

L’Égyptienne.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions Mercure de France, 1975. 20.5 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Broché. Bon exemplaire. Couverture et tranches jaunies. Texte propre.

311. Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Translator].

The Life of Pachomius / Vita Prima Graeca. Inroduction by Birger A. Pearson.

Missoula, Scholars Press / The Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 15 x 23cm. (11), 201 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition other than some mild discolouration to edges. Pre-owner’s bookplate affixed. [Texts and Translations No. 7: Early Christian Literature Series No. 2].

312. Atlantic Islands – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Islands in the Atlantic – Azores or Western Isles – Madeira [Inset] – Canary Islands – Cape de Verde Islands – Bermudas or Summer Islands. With Vignettes and illustrations of Faval, Azores, Chapel in the Rock, St Vincente, Tenerife, Canary Islands and Funchal, Madeira.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations drawn and engraved by H. Winkles. London & New York, John Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 36.5 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

313. Atlas, James.

The Great Pretender.

First Edition. New York, Atheneum, 1986. 14 cm x 21 cm. 277 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

314. Atomic Waste – Schröder.

Cäsium 137 – Rekordwerke im Waldboden oder: Harrisburg – Tschernobyl – Biblis. / Critical Serigraphy towards atomic waste in our environment – Harrisburg – Tschernobyl – Biblis.

Originale Serigraphie / Original Serigraphy. Flensburg, 1989. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with artwork: 35.5 cm x 45 cm. Size of actual artwork: 30 cm x 40 cm. One of only 5 / Signed. / Eines von nur 5 Exemplaren. Rekordverdächtige Pilze wachsen im Waldboden. Sehr schöne, allegorische Arbeit, entstanden aus den fruehen Aengsten zur radioaktiven Verseuchung der Umwelt und den AKW-Bewegungen “Atomkraft Nein Danke”.

315. Attali, Jacques.

Les trois mondes: pour une théorie de l’après-crise.

Paris, Fayard, 1981. Octavo. 335 pages. Broche / Softcover. A theory of post-crisis economics by the bold and dashing thinker and statesman, one of the somehow representative presences on the French intellectual scene during the post-structuralist period. Very good in publisher’s printed wraps, rear and front covers bumped at top with resulting crease to covers and pages. Inscribed by the author to Stephen Graubard.

316. Atti del convegno internazionale Desenzano del Garda / Paoloni, Giovanni.

Gli Archivi per la storia della scienza e della Tecnica. Atti del convegno internazionale Desenzano del Garda,4-8 giugno 1991.

Roma, Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, 1995. Gr.-8°. 1337 pp. Softcover / Original brochure. 2 volumes (complete). Italian Edition. Excellent condition.

317. Atwood, Margaret.

Cat’s Eye. Note by Madeleine MacMurragh-Kavenagh.

First Edition. London, York Press, 2000. 14,5 x 21 cm. 128 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. [York Notes Advanced].

318. Atwood, Margaret.

Collection of four important association copies of poetry by Margaret Atwood (plus two signed Novels), given to her friend Jerome Hamilton Buckley, influential Professor of English Literature. All four association copies in first edition and all beautifully inscribed. The Novel only signed. The collection includes: 1. The Animals in that Country (1968 / Hardcover) [Signed and with the printed dedication “For J.” and a personal inscription on the halftitle to Jerome Buckley] / 2. The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 3. You are Happy (1973 / Hardcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 4. Murder in the Dark – Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed]. / 5. The collection also includes a signed copy of Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” (1993 / Softcover) / 6. The collection also includes a signed and inscribed copy of “The Tent” (signed as “Margaret Atwood”).

Toronto / New York, Oxford University Press / Harper & Row / Coach House Press / Doubleday, 1968 – 1993. Octavo. 69, 64, 96, 62, 466, 155 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover – publications with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. All inscriptions beautifully signed as Peggy or Peggy A. or in one case even Peggy Atwood.

319. Atwood, Margaret.

Morning in the burned house. New poems.

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1995. 14 cm x 19 cm. 127 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clipping on which John or Hilary Wakeman noted: “One of my favorite authors: She has bite”.

320. Atwood, Margaret.

Murder in the Dark. Short Fictions and Prose Poems.

First Edition. Toronto, Coach House Press, 1983. 12,5 x 21 cm.` 62 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy: Inscribed and signed by Margaret Atwood to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page in 1983. Very clean and tight copy with only minimal signs of wear to the spine.