1731. Thurber, James.

The Beast in Me and Other Animals. A New Collection Of Pieces And Drawings About Human Beings And Less Alarming Creatures.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1949. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. X, 340 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition. Dustjacket in poor condition. Spine and cover stained and faded. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Otherwise, interior bright and clean.

1732. Stutchbury, Rosamond.

Journey To Grandmother.

Surrey, Gayles Ltd., 1973. 14.2 cm x 22.3 cm. 74 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and top of front board slightly sunned. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Interior clean and bright.

1733. Villanueva, Tino.

Chronicle of My Worst Years. Translated by James Hoggard.

Bilingual Edition: Text in English & Spanish. Illinois, Triquarterly Books, 1994. 13.9 cm x 20.3 cm. 84 pages. Original Hardcover-Edition. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

1734. Wilenski, R.H.

Dutch Painting.

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. 15.6 cm x 24.6 cm. 196 pages. Richly illustrated with black and white, and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stains and wear to cover. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges and pages throughout. Otherwise very good.

1735. Villanueva, Tino.

Primera Causa; First Cause. Translated by Lisa Horowitz.

First Edition / Bilingual Edition: Spanish-English. New York, Cross-Cultural Communications, 1999. 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 31 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author Tino Villanueva on title page. Very Rare in a signed edition ! [Cross-Cultural Review Chapbook 14 – Series Editor: Stanley H. Barkan].

1736. Morris, Willie.

A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season. Illustrated by Barry Moser.

San Diego / New York / London, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 18.8 cm x 19.9 cm. Unpaginated (28 pages). Colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Slipcase still in protective film. As New condition with only minor signs of external wear. This edition has been specially bound and is limited to three hundred copies signed by the author and illustrator. This copy is number 74.

1737. Hecht, Anthony.

The Venetian Vespers. [SIGNED – Limited Edition]. Etchings by Dimitri Hadzi.

First Edition. Boston, David R. Godine, 1979. 14 cm x 24.3 cm. Frontispiece. 25 pages. With black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to dustjacket only. Otherwise bright and clean. One hundred and sixty-five copies were designed and printed at Warwick Press, Easthampton, Massachusetts, by Carol J. Blinn. The type is Dante, composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler, Boston, and the paper is Falloden Ivory Laid. R.E. Townsend, Inc., Boston, printed the etchings on Rives Lightweight. The binding is by Gray Parrot, Hancock, Maine, with paste paper by Carol J.Blinn. Fifteen copied are hors de commerce. This is copy number 96. SIGNED by author on rear endpaper.

1738. [Sainsbury, Hester Margaret (Illustrator)] / Morand, Paul.

Earth Girdled. With Eight Woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury. Translated from the French ‘Rien que le Terre’ by Charles Emile Roche.

London, Alfred A. Knoff, 1928. 14.5 cm x 22.6 cm. 172 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket has minor edgewear. Minor rubbing to edges. Minor tanning to edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise bright and clean. Binding strong.

1739. Richardson, Edgar Preston.

The Way of Western Art 1776-1914.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. 20 cm x 27.9 cm. Frontispiece. XI, 204 pages. With 174 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1740. Baudelaire, Charles.

Les Fleurs Du Mal. Édition Intégrale Revue Sur Les Textes Originaux. Préfacée Et Annotée Par M.Ernest Raynaud.

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1921. 12.2 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece. LVIII, 332 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. With quarter leather and marbled boards. Embossed decoration and gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Page edges and margins moderately browned. Frontispiece – Portrait of Baudelaire loosely inserted. Otherwise binding strong. Clean interior.