931. Bryant, William Cullen [Editor] / [Provenance: George Crichton – S.S.Germanic – 1879].

Picturesque America ; Or, The Land We Live In – A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel [49] and Wood, by eminent American Artists.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). New York, D.Appleton and Company, no year [c.1872 – 1874]. Royal Quarto. Volume I: VIII, IV, 568 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below) / Volume II: VI, 576 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below). Original Publisher’s decorative half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spines. Bindings firm but in poor condition. Interior absolutely excellent with some minor staining to endpapers only. Inscription in both Volumes state that these Volumes belonge to George Crichton, S.S.Germanic, 1879, where they obviously were given to him as a gift “From John Walsh, Philadelphia, American Minister at St.James’s – London”. Stunning publication with 49 very valuable Steel-Engravings in beautiful condition.

932. Buber, Martin.

Good and Evil – Two Interpretations. I. Right and Wrong. II. Images of Good and Evil.

New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 13,5 cm x 20 cm. VIII, 143 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Occassional markings and annotations.

933. Buber, Martin.

Good and Evil. Two Interpretations. I. Right and Wrong. II. Images of Good and Evil.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 19.3cm x 13cm. (5) 143 (9) pages. Original hardcover in the rare, original, illustrated dustjacket with jacket-design by Johannes Troyer. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor pencil underlinings on inside of dustjacket. Text itself in excellent condition.

934. Buch, Christian Leopold von.

Über Delthyris oder Spirifer und Orthis.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 79 Seiten plus zwei grosse, lithographische Falt-Tafeln im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

935. Buchan, John.

Midwinter. Tomás Ó Gallchobhair d’aistrigh ón mBéarla.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1937. Octavo. xiii, 314 pages. Original Hardcover. The Volume in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

936. Buchan, John.

The Massacre of Glencoe [Mort Ghlinne Comhann]. Illustrated.

Second Edition. Edinburgh, Peter Davies Limited, 1933. Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faintest dampstain to one corner of the binding. Rare in the excellent preserved original dustjacket.

937. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

938. Buchanan, R. Ogilvie.

An Economic Geography of the British Empire. With Forty-Nine Diagrams and Maps and Sixteen Numbered Plates in Half-Tone Printed in the Text.

London, University of London Press, 1935. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original turquoise cloth] with lettering on spine and bordered front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and soiling. Binding firm and strong but slightly cocked. Textblock solid with sharp corners. Interior bright and clean. Bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

939. Buchner, Ernst / Feuchtmayr, Karl.

Oberdeutsche Kunst der Spätgotik und Reformationszeit [Including a section on Jerg Ratgeb’s “Passover Meal”, one of the earliest depictions of Passover in the History of Art].

Augsburg, Benno Filser, 1924. Quarto (25 cm wide x 32 cm high). 322 pages with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. [Provenance: Ex Libris Julius Böhler. With a rare original Bookplate showing Pallas Athena in front of the “Cathedral of our dear Lady” in Munich (Frauenkirche zu München)]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Beiträge zur Geschichte der Dt. Kunst, Band I].

940. Buc’hoz, Pierre-Joseph.

The Toilet of Flora; or, A Collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing: Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes [Perfume] and Sweet-Scented Waters with Receipts for Cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the Skin, give Force to Beauty, and take off the Appearance of Old Age and Decay. For the use of the Ladies [With a Supplement on “Different Ways of Preparing Snuff”].

A New Edition improved. London, Printed for J.Murray, 1779. Small Octavo (11 cm x 17,5 cm). Frontispiece, [22 unnumbered], 252 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Mylar. Spine slightly discoloured with some cracks and defects but overall the poublication firm and tight, endpapers stabilized. Interior in excellent, bright condition.