101. Christen, Matthias.

“To the end of the line”. Zu Formgeschichte und Semantik der Lebensreise.

München, Fink, 1999. 8°. 254 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

102. Beecher Stowe, Harriet.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly – [c.1901 Edition] With Nineteen Illustrations” AND “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is founded together with corroborative Statements verifying the Truth of the Work – [c. 1853 Edition].

Two Volumes. London, Publisher: S.W.Partridge & Co. [for the red cloth edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin] / Publisher: Clarke, Beeton and Co. [for the rare Volume of “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin], [1853-1901]. Octavo. Pagination: 1. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Frontispiece, VIII, 416 pages plus Catalogue of books by Partridge to the rear / 2. “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Pastedown and endpaper with Ephemeral sticker about “The American Slave Code”, VIII, 504 pages. With Tables and Facsimile Letter of Slave Thomas Duckey to Mr.Bigelow. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Condition of the Volume “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing. The binding in unusually firm and beautiful condition. With a School-Prize-Sticker to the pastedown by the “School Board for London (Addington-Street School) – Awarded for Punctual and Regular Attendance during the Year 1901. / Condition of the Volume “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Binding broken with fron board detached. Bookblock in excellent and firm condition.

103. Weisrock, Katharina [Red.].

“Werkzeug Sprache”. Sprachpolitik, Sprachfähigkeit, Sprache und Macht.

Hildesheim/Zürich/New York, Olms, 1999. 8°. 198 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Originaler Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEIN Besitzvermerk.

104. [Foster, Vere] / Harris, Ruth-Ann M. [Henry Louis / Lewis].

“Where the Poor Man is not crushed down to exalt the aristocrat”: Vere Foster’s programmes of assited emigration in the aftermath of the Irish Famine” [An Essay in: “The Meaning of the Famine” – A Reader, edited by Patrick O’Sullivan].

London / Washington, Leicester University Press, 1997. Octavo. 266 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

105. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Wych Street” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

106. Silko. Leslie Marmon.

“Yellow Woman”.

NJ, Rutgers, 1993. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 235 pages. Original Sofcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

107. Poilly, Nicolas Jean Baptiste de / Mitoire, Jean-Baptiste.

[18th century Playing Cards] Fortyfive (of 56) vintage geographical & historical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. Handcoloured set of 45 very rare cards, mainly depicting France and also French Territory of the Illes Balears / Islas Baleares / Balearic Islands Minorque (Menorca) / Mayorque (Mallorca) / Yvice (Ibiza) and Formentera. There are 37 french cards, 4 spanish cards, 3 cards on Flanders and 1 card on Sardinia. The 45 playing cards include 5 cards which essentially are maps showing: Gascogne, Languedoc, Picardie (with Pas de Calais and Canal D’Angleterre), Roussillon and Valencia-Murcia (incl. Balearic Islands).

[Paris, Poilly & Mitoire, c.1763. 8.5 cm x 6 cm. 45 (of 56) copper engraved playing-cards, handcoloured. Loosely in bespoke made solander-box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare set.

108. [Bruckner, Anton] Grunsky, Karl.

[Bruckner – 9 Symphonien] Bruckner’s Symphonien erläutert mit Notenbeispielen von Dr. Karl Grunsky, Hofkapellmeister Willibald Kähler, Dr. Walther Niemann, Prof. Siegfried Ochs und Adolph Pochhammer. Nebst einer Einleitung: Bruckner’s Leben und Schaffen von Dr. Karl Grunsky.

Berlin, Schlesinger’sche Buch- und Musikhandlung, ohne Jahr (c.1915). Klein 8°. 204 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Schlesinger Musik-Bibliothek – Meisterführer Nr. 4]

109. Crawford Art Gallery [Cork].

[c]artography – Map – Making as Artform.

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Octavo. 61 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

110. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.