6221. Malouf, David.

Remembering Babylon.

Uncorrected Bound Galley Copy. New York, Pantheon Books, 1993. 14 x 21cm. 202 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

6222. Pulman, E.W.

Comfortable Furniture – A Study of the methods which have been used to provide comfort from the earliest times to the present day, with particular reference to upholstering.

[England], Loughborough College, 1950. Quarto. Frontispiece photograph of 17th century Bedstead, 76 pages with 25 photographs of historical furniture design, embroidered bed valance, armchairs etc. Hardcover / Half cloth in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very unusual and thorough thesis on comfort, convenience and luxury in upholstering – in history and modern design. With extensive images and thorough research.

6223. [Robinson, Sir Joseph B.] Weinthal, Leo [Editor].

Memories, Mines and Millions. Being the Life of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart. Compiled and edited by Leo Weinthal.

London, Simpkin Marshall, 1929. 19 cm x 25 cm. Frontispiece, 247 pages. Five high-quality, tipped-in, vintage monochrome photographs, including frontispiece on 4 plates. Besides the vintage photographs numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrations show for example action on the Pniel Diamond Diggings in 1875, Ferreira’s Camp in Johannesburg, 1886, Pretoria in 1875 / Caricatures of Robinson in “The Moon”, “Pretoria Press” “Truth” etc. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corners slightly rubbed. Illegible name of preowner on titlepage. Interior is bright and clean. Pencilled underlining to page 35.

6224. Stone, Charles R.

The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica – The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun Zhuan). With a Translation and Critical Edition.

Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2003. Octavo. VIII, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition, especially with the wonderfully protected dustjacket. Very Rare but even rarer in this condition !

6225. Koehler, R.

Das gesunde und kranke Leben in der Stadt Tübingen. Rede bei der akademischen feier des Geburtsfestes Seiner Majestät des Königs am 27.September 1860.

Tübingen, Laupp’sche Buchhandlung, 1860. 8°. 32 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Etwas angestaubt und braunfleckig. Breitrandig und unbeschnitten.

6226. [Levin, Harry] Barzun, Jacques.

Three Talks by Jacques Barzun at Northern Kentucky University. [What are the Cracks in our Civilization ? / Language and Life: On the Necessity of a Common Tongue / This Business of Humanities]

Heighland Hights, Northern Kentucky University, 1980. 8°. 58 pages. Softcover. With a 9-line handwritten complimentary note by Jacques Barzun to Harry Levin.

6227. Malraux, André.

La Lutte avec L’Ange. / Les Noyers de l’Altenburg. Roman.

Édition Originale. Suisse, Éditions du Haut-Pays, 1943. 22 x 14 cm. 240 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire. Couverture un peu défraichie protégée avec jaquette protective en plastique transparente. Intérieur très propre. Exemplaire numéroté 277 tiré de 1436 sur volumineux vergé bouffant. / First edition of Malraux’s “The Walnut Trees of Altenberg” – the first volume of a projected cycle that was never continued. The first and last chapters, set in a German detention camp, which frame the story, are printed in red. Of a total edition of 1465 copies, No. 277 of 1436 on ordinary paper. Very good to near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers.

6228. Deinse, Johannes Jacobus van.

De Cura Romanorum Erga Postumos Nascituros.

Leiden, Herdingh, 1811. 8°. VIII, 40 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Bibliothek des Instituut Noortheii / Noorthey.

6229. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [This is not only the Full Catalogue but it also comes with a second Volume, a special, shorter version of an auction-sale-brochure, an excerpt of the full sale, designed for the majority of visitors on the day. This rather fragile pamphlet rarely survived; it included several images of artwork but also plenty of excellent photographs of the rooms at Inisfada]. The full, bound catalogue contained chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout Plus: Special pamphlet for the sale with 4 pages of introductory text and 16 pages of photographs plus a loosely inserted sheet with “Sizes of The Four Gothic Tapestries”. Original Hardcover for the Catalogue / Original Softcover for the additional sales-prospect. The special sales-prospect which comes with the full catalogue, detached from wrapper, else excellent. The full catalogue in excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

6230. [Levin, Harry] Hindus, Milton.

The Pattern of Proustian Love.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Quarterly, 1951. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover. Stapled offprint from “New Mexico Quarterly” – 1951. Inscribed / Signed by Hindus: “For Professor (Harry) Levin, Cordially – Milton Hindus”

6231. McVeigh, Patrick.

Colour in Design and The Psychological Effects It Has On People.

Limerick, Thomond College of Education, 1990. 20.8 cm x 29.3 cm. 49 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor stains to cover.

6232. Chlumsky, Milan.

Das Heidelberger Schloss in der Fotografie vor 1900 [The Castle of Heidelberg in 19th century photographs].

Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 1990. 4°. 139 pages with numerous black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

6233. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [With a large amount of ephemera, newspaper-clippings with reports on the auction, admission-tickets etc.]. With chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

6234. [Levin, Harry] Kahler, Erich von.

The True, the Good and the Beautiful. A lecture delivered at Ohio State University December 10,1959.

Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 1959. 8°. 40 pages. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by Erich Kahler “for Harry Levin with gratitude for the splendid Gauss lectures – Erich Kahler – May 1961” (by mentioning Gauss he speaks of “Christian Gauss”) / Also included: “The Nature of the Symbol – Offprint from “Symbolism in Religion and Literature, 1960”

6235. Purdy, James.

Sunshine Is An Only Child. Poems by James Purdy.

No.8 of only 150 signed copies [26 of these lettered/reserved for the author]. New York, Aloe Editions, 1973. Large Octavo (16.3 cm x 24 cm). 10 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

6236. Taylor, Peter.

The Old Forest and Other Stories.

First Edition [First Impression]. New York, The Dial Press, 1985. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 358 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6237. Waters, Frank.

Masked Gods – Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism.

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1950. 18 x 26 cm. 438 pages, including illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author.

6238. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

6239. Corradi, Consuelo.

Metodo biografico come metodo ermeneutico Una rilettura de ‘Il contadino polacco’. [Signed / Inscribed]

Milan, Franco Angeli Libri, 1988. 14 x 22 cm. 272 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Consuelo Corradi on the endpaper.

6240. Faguet, Émile.

Le Féminisme.

Paris, Société Francaise d’Imprimerie et de Libraire, 1910. 18 x 12 cm. 380 pages. Hardcover / Relié demi-cuir marron. Bel exemplaire. Couverture défraîchie, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Rousseurs et jaunissement sur tranches. Intérieur bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Titre et auteur en dorés sur dos á cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés. Belles gardes de papier marbré.