481. Baumgart, Winfried.

Der Friede von Paris 1856. Studien zum Verhältnis von Kriegführung, Politik und Friedensbewahrung.

München, Wien, Oldenbourg, 1972. ; 24 cm. 287 Seiten. 1 Illustration. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Namenszug des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

482. Bausinger, Hermann u.a. (Hrsg.) / [Klaus von Beyme]

Identität im deutschsprachigen Kultur- und Medienraum.

Eggingen, Edition Isele, 1995. 14 x 21 cm. 220 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Arbeitsexemplar des Politikwissenschaftlers Klaus von Beyme (Namenszug auf Vorsatz). Mit einigen Anstreichungen Beyme’s. Sehr guter Zustand.

483. Bax, Arnold.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate – (Luireach Naoimh Padraig). From the Irish Gaelic.

London, Chappell & Co., December 1923. Quarto. 34 pages. Original Softcover with a few markings in pencil. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

484. Bax, Clifford.

Vintage Verse. An Anthology of Poetry in English.

Second Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1946. Octavo. VI, 338 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of external wear on front cover (some staining). The book includes a newspaper cutting with three poems by David Holbrook.

485. Baxter, Michael Paget [Author of “The Coming Battle”].

Louis Napoleon, the Destined Monarch of the World, and Future Personal Antichrist, Foreshown in Prophecy to Confirm a Seven Years’ Covenant with the Jews about seven years before the Millenium, and (after the Resurrection and Ascension of the Wise Virgins has taken place two years and from four to six weeks after the covenant), subsequently to become completely supreme over England and most of America and all Christendom, and fiercely to persecute Christians during the latter half of the seven years, until he finally perishes at the descent of Christ, at the end of the War of Armageddon, about or soon after 1873. Including an Examination of the Views of the Revs. G.S.Faber, Edward irving, E. Bickersteth, T. Birks, C. Maitland, D. Mc Causland, J.H.Frere, Sir E. Denny, Major Phillips, Judge Strange, Dr. Tregelles, etc.

Ninth Thousand. London, William Macintosh, 1865. Small Octavo. XIX, 383 pages. With Nine Diagrams and Two Maps. Hardcover / Original, publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Binding a little dusty and rubbed but firm and the publication overall in very condition with only minor signs of external wear.

486. Bay, Kenneth E.

How to Tie Freshwater Flies. A Step-by-Step, Fully Illustrated Guide for the Beginning Fly-Tier. Photographs by Matthew M. Vinciguerra.

New York, Winchester Press, 1976. 26cm x 18.5cm. vii, 151 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

487. Béal na mBláth Commemoration Society.

Béal na mBláth Commemoration Ninetieth Anniversary 1922-2012.

Béal na mBláth, Béal na mBláth Commemoration society, 2012. Octavo. 208 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition.

488. [Beale, Joseph] Beale, Edgar.

The Earth between them – Joseph Beale’s Letters Home to Ireland from Victoria [Australia], 1852-1853.

Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1975. Octavo. Frontispice, 125 pages plus Genealogical Table of the Beale – family and 5 pages of Index. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

489. Beale, S. Sophia.

The Amateur’s Guide to Architecture. With Numerous Illustrations.

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1905. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, X, 180 pages. Numerous engraved illustrations throughout text. Prize-Binding in beautifully bound Hardcover (full navy morocco) with gilt lettering on red title-label on spine with raised bands and gilt-tooled decoration to compartments. Gilt amorial stamp of Wimborne Grammar School (now Queen Elizabeth’s School) embossed on front board. Ornate gillt ruling board edges. Marvelously marbled pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With protecive mylar. Few very small abrasions to leather at spine only. Crack to gutter between front endapers. Binding still good and firm. Some very minor foxing to otherwise clean and bright interior. Dated (July 1909) inscription from A.D.H Allan, Headmaster, and discreet stamps on front endpapers

490. Beales, Peter.

A Passion for Roses. Special Photography by Marianne Majerus.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 2004. 22.5cm x 29cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Peter Beales. (Mitchell Beazley Gardening).

491. Beales, Peter.

Twentieth-Century Roses. An Illustrated encyclopaedia and grower’s manual of clasic roses from the twentieth century.

First Edition. London, Collins Harvill, 1988. 20cm x 27cm. 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Peter Beales and additionally inscribed on the endpaper.

492. [Beatles, The] Sansom, Clive A. / Marchbank, Pearce / Coke, Jane.

Pocket Beatles Complete. [Easy to Read Arrangements of 184 Beatles Songs, Including a Complete Discogrpahy of British Record Releases].

London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Cologne, Wise Publications, 1979. 14 cm x 20 cm. 383 pages. Illustrated with eight black-and-white portrait photographs of The Beatles and one black-and-white group photograph (on inside front pastedown). Original Hardcover (yellow cloth with embossed black lettering on cover and spine). Designed by Peace Marchbank. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

493. Beaton, Cecil.

Beaton in the Sixties. More Unexpurgated Diaries. Introduced by Hugo Vickers.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003. 24 cm x 16,5 cm. XII, 434 pages. With many black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

494. Beaton, Cecil.

Time Exposure. With Commentary and Captions by Peter Quennell.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1941. 22.5cm x 17cm. VIII, 136 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

495. Beatty, Bertha (nee Creagh).

Kerry Memories. [together with a MLS manuscript letter signed by Maude Isabel Buxton, about the author Bertha Beatty – Letter on stationery of Tockenham Manor].

First Edition. Dawlish (Devon), The Channing Press, 1939. Small Octavo. 59 pages. Hardcover / Private green cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

496. [Beatty, Chester].

Gardens of Earthly Delight. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, 2005.

No.1119 / 1400 copies. Dublin, Graphic Studio Dublin, 2005. 16 cm x 24 cm. 81 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

497. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

498. Beaumont, Cyril W.

The Vic-Wells Ballet.

First Edition. London, C.W. Beaumont, 1935. 14cm x 22cm. 45 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some foxing. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

499. Beaumont, Ernest.

The Theme of Beatrice in the Plays of Claudel.

London, Rockliff Publishing Corporation, 1954. 14 x 22cm. (9), 102 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Very good condition, spine very slightly scuffed, small ink mark on front board, endpapers slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

500. Beaumont, Fletcher / Fletcher, John / Gurr, Andrew (Editor).

Philaster or Love Lies a-Bledding.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 2003. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Title-page of the 1620 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum)), LXXXIV, 142 pages. One black and white copy of second impression of title-page of the 1622 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum). Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear.