1741. 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.

1742. Dehn, Olive / Meldrum, Roy / Compton Mackenzie / Jean Margaret Hamilton / Madeleine Nightingale / et. al.

No. Fourteen [14] Joy Street. A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls.

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, No Year [c.1930]. 18.3 cm x 24.8 cm. Frontispiece, 246 pages. Black and white and several tipped-in colour-illustrations. Illustrators include Harry Rountree, C.T.Nightingale, Maria Wolff, Mary Baker, Audrey Teago, Josephine Leslie etc. Original Hardcover. Decorative cloth boards. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Good+ condition. Binding a little shaky but holding with endpapers intact. Minor wear and rubbing to cover. Moderate foxing to edges. Minor foxing to pages throughout. Many previous owners names in ink to half-title and title pages. A few colour markings throughout. Pages separating from book block in places.

1743. Baldry, A. L.

The Wallace Collection at Hertford House.

London, Goupil & Co., 1904. 22.5 cm x 30.2 cm. 302 pages. With black & white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

1744. Rackham, Bernard.

Pottery & Porcelain A Handbook for Collectors. Translated From The Danish of Emil Hannover. Edited With Notes and Appendices by Bernard Rackham. Volume I: Europe and the Near East: Earthenware and Stoneware. Volume II: The Far East. Volume III: European Porcelain.

Three Volume Set. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. 16.8 cm x 26 cm. Pagination: Volume I: 589 pages. / Volume II: 287 pages. / Volume III: 571 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and wear to cover edges and peripheries. Minor fraying and browning to dustjackets. Minor tanning to endpapers, pastedowns and pages. Clean interior. Binding strong on all volumes.

1745. Hammerton, J. A.

Manners and Customs of Mankind: Their Origins and Their Observance Throughout the World Today. Edited by J.A. Hammerton.

In Three Volumes. London, Amalgamated Press Ltd., No Year (1918). 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 1356 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white, with full-page colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Gilt titles to spine. Red speckled decorative edges. Very good condition in firm bindings and some rubbing to the binding only. The price for this set of three books includes international shipping per Courier !

1746. Richardson, Sir John.

The Museum of Natural History – Division V: Fishes.

Glasgow, William Mackenzie, No Year (1803). 19.3 cm x 28 cm. 174 pages. With all 17 plates (of which several are hand-coloured lithographs) and many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Brown textured cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering & clear embossed decoration on spine. Gilt & clear embossed decoration on front cover. Clear embossed identical decoration on back cover. All edges gilt. Besides a faded dampstain to the upper edge of the plates in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover and spine slightly discoloured. Binding slightly shaky. Contains previous owners name stamped in ink to front pastedown and endpaper. Contains ‘The Museum of Natural History’ original label on front endpaper.

1747. [Conder, Josiah].

Syria and Asia Minor (including Lebanon and Anatolia) / [in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 354 pages / Volume II: IV, 356 pages. Including two folded Maps and 6 engravings: 1. Folded Map of Syria / 2. Folded Map of Asia Minor / 3. Hassan Pasha / 4. Ruins of Palmyra / 5. Arabian Banditti / 6. View of Smyrna / 7. Turkish Burying-Ground / 8. Karamanian Waiwode. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel missing. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front cover loose on Volume II. The usual, minor signs of foxing only. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 2 – 3].

1748. [Conder, Josiah].

Birmah, Siam and Anam [Burma (Myanmar) / Thailand / Vietnam – in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe.

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1826. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 367 pages. With a folded black-and-white map of Indo-China and three black-and-white steel engravings showing: 1. The Imperial Court Ummerapoora / 2. A Woongee & His Wife / A Rhahan or Priest / 3. Cochin (Kochi) – Chinese shipping on the River Taifo (Fai-foo). Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Spinelabel missing. Binding firm but rubbed. Lower spine with minor damage only. Very good condition of the map and etchings. The rarest Volume in the series. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 11].

1749. [Conder, Josiah].

Mexico and Guatemala [Guatimala] [in: The Modern Traveller – A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical of the various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1825. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: VI, 371 pages / IV, 320 pages. With a folded Map of Mexico and 6 steel engravings: 1. Pyramid of Cholula / 2. The Great Square at Mexico / 3. Basaltic Rocks at Regla / 4. Suburbs of Guanaxuato / 5. Indians of Mechoacan / 6. Volcano of Jorullo. Hardcover / Original, decorative full leather. Marbled endpapers and edges. Binding rubbed but firm. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Modern Traveller – Volume 25 – 26].

1750. [Conder, Josiah].

Persia and China / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe.]

Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 372 pages. / Volume II: IV, 340 pages. Including two folded maps and 6 black and white illustrations: 1. Folded map of Persia / 2. Folded map of China / 3. Isfahan / 4. Teheran / 5. View of the Golden Island / 6. Chinese Military Post / 7. Western Gate of Peking / 8. Persian Lady. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and cover of Volume I detached. Minor signs of foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 12-13].