711. Ayrton, Michael.

Paintings by Michael Ayrton.

London, Grey Walls Press, 1948. Large Octavo. 17 pages of text with 40 leaves of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

712. Des Salles, Héloïse.

The Adventures of Jonathan Seal. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. Large Octavo. 55 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Héloïse Des Salles on the halftitle. Rare !

713. Heard, Vida / Faull, Lesley.

Cookery in Southern Africa. [With a racist chapter called: “Our colourful People – How they have influenced our cooking” – “Cape Coloureds (half-Castes)” – Bantu Food and Eating Customs / The Cape Malays / African Spinach / Utshwala – Traditional Beer as made in Swaziland / Chicken Buriyani / Indian Pastry / Rice with Dahl etc.] Traditional and Today.

(Cape Town), Books of Africa, 1970. 23 cm. 547 pages with numerous illustrations. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

714. Jasinski, René.

Original Manuscript of Jasinski’s work ‘Molière et le Misanthrope’ together with 4 pages of conclusion to the chapters with annotations and extensive corrections by Jasinski.

[Cambridge, Massachusetts], no year [c.1948-1949] Octavo. 94 pages of manuscript notes and chapters 1, 2 and 4 of the final work with the 4 pages of conclusions in an envelope titled “Professor Rene Jasinski – 25 Little Hall, Cambridge 38 – Massachusetts”. With the dedication page planned and outlined: “A ma soeur Cécile affectueusement – R.J.”. Softcover. The paper brittle and several of the pages held together by paperclips. Some of the pages with tears and stronger signs of fraying. The defining work that secured Jasinski a place at Harvard.

715. Burke, Gerald L.

The Making of Dutch Towns – A Study in Urban Development from the Tenth to the Seventeenth Centuries. [with interesting chapters and maps e.g. “Trade Routes circa 1450”]. Foreword by Sir William Holford.

First Edition. London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd. 1956. 19cm x 25cm. 176 pages, with 99 illustrations. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

716. [Meredith, George] Photiadès, Constantin.

George Meredith – His Life, Genius and Teaching, from the French of Constantin Photiadès rendered into English by Arthur Price.

London, Constable & Company, 1913. Octavo. 253 pages. Hardcover / Original blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Some foxing ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

717. Churchill, Winston.

Great Contemporaries.

Second Edition. London, MacMillan and Co., 1942. Octavo. VI, 287 pages. Original Hardcover / blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

718. Santoro, Cesare.

Hitler Germany as seen by a Foreigner. Selected Chapters [This is a contemporary abridged version with the most important chapters only !].

“Translated from the Third German edition”. Berlin, Internationaler Verlag, 1938. 24 cm. 215 pages. Original Softcover. Some rubbing and bumping to the cover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

719. Gibbings, Robert.

Over the Reefs. [Illustrated with 84 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings].

London, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. 8°. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

720. Góngora y Argote, Luis de.

The Solitudes. Translated and with an introduction by Edward Meryon Wilson. Revised and edited by Willis Barnstone.

New York, Las Americas Publishing Company, 1965. Octavo. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A Cypress Book].