281. O’Callaghan, Conor.

A History of Hello.

No. 204 of only 250 copies printed. Nimes, Grand Phoenix Press, 2003. Octavo. 18 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor staining to the frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition.

282. Keene, Donald.

A History of Japanese Literature [Four Volume Set Complete]: Volume I: Seeds in the Heart – Japanese Literature ifrom the Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century / Volume II: World Within Walls – Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867 / Volume III: Dawn to the West – Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Fiction) / Volume IV: Dawn to the West – Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism) // With a New Preface by the Author.

Four Volumes (complete). New York, Columbia University Press, 1999. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XII, 1265 pages / Volume II: XV, 606 pages / Volume III: XIII, 1329 pages / Volume IV: XV, 687 pages. Original Softcover in especially applied proective sleeves. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Unusual in this complete set and in this excellent condition.

283. Rubens, Alfred.

A History of Jewish Costume. Foreword by James Laver.

Enlarged edition. Jerusalem, Weidenfeld and Nicolson Jerusalem Ltd., 1973. 24.5 cm x 32 cm. 221 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

284. [English History Collection] – Mitchell, R.J. and Leys, M.D.R.

A History of London Life.

Harmondsworth, Pelican, 1963. 11.2 cm x 18 cm. 348 pages. Original Softcover. Back cover is creased and page edges have yellowed with age. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

285. Otway-Ruthven, A.J.

A History of Medieval Ireland.

Second Edition. London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1980. 14.5cm x 22cm. XV, 454 pages including a fold-out-map showing Ireland around the year 1300. Original Hardcover. With original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

286. Stafford, William C.

A History of Music.

Edinburgh, Printed for Constable & Co., 1830. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15.5 cm). Advertising-Pamphlet bound before the publication, Engraved title-page, VIII, 387 pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth with Facsimile-spine-label. Excellent condition besides some minor foxing. Engraved title slightly loosened. [″Constable’s Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science & The Arts – Volume LII: History of Music”].

287. Finney, Theodore M.

A History of Music. Illustrated.

First edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 635 pages. With 15 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper.

288. Perrot, Michelle (editor) / Goldhammer, Arthur (translator).

A History of Private Life. Volume IV: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War.

Cambridge / London, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1990. 17.5 cm x 23 cm. 713 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

289. Gann, L.H.

A History of Southern Rhodesia – Early Days to 1934.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965. 16 cm x 24 cm. X, 354 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Originnal dust jacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean. Dust jacket very good.

290. Varadarajan, Mu.

A History of Tamil Literature. Translated from Tamil by E. Sa .Visswanathan.

New Delhi, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Shitya Akademi, 1988. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 375 pages. Photograph on inside front and back covers of sculpture from Nagarjunakonda, 2nd century A.D of three soothsayers interpreting Queen Maya’s dream. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Index slightly fingerstained. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.