4231. [Baines, Thomas].

The Birds of South Africa Painted by Thomas Baines (1820 – 1875) – Comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines, together with descriptions from the text of C.J.Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, with a biographical Essay by R.F.Kennedy. [Includes an excellent illustration of the Red-necked Falcon (Falco chiquera) – see image].

Limited Hand-Numbered Edition [No.404 of only 500]. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1975. Quarto (28.4 cm wide x 33.5 cm high). Frontispiece-Portrait of Thomas Baines (see image), 204 pages with 90 colourful illustrations / plates. Original Hardcover with glassine jacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful and now rare publication in excellent condition.

4232. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

4233. [René d’Anjou].

Le Livre Du Cueur D’Amours Espris [The Love Heart Book]. Introduction and Commentaries by F.Unterkircher / The National Library, Vienna.

Faksimile. London, Thames and Hudson, 1975. 19.4 cm x 28.2 cm. 48 pages. 16 colour plates with commentary opposite. Original Hardcover in illustrated card slipcase with gold draw-ribbon. Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear (minor stain to cover). Gilt decorated cloth. Number 1694 of 3000 special limited edition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

4234. Ó Fiannachta, Pádraig.

Ó Chorr na Móna go Bangalore. [From Cornamona to Bangalore].

Má Nuad, An Sagart, 1975. 8°. 102 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4235. Rennert, Jack.

100 Jahre Circus Plakate. [Translates: “100 Years of Circus Advertising Posters”].

Zurich / Stuttgart, Werner Classen Verlag, 1975. Folio. (28 cm wide x 41 cm). 112 pages with illustrations throughout the Volume. Original softcover. Spine damaged with the pages and illustrations loosened.

4236. Balth, Carel.

Perception of the line.

Number 479 of 400 copies. Vreeland, Carel Blaith, 1975. 25 cm x 22,5 cm. 82 pages. Original Softcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4237. Brooks, Walter / Society of Illustrators.

Illustrators 16 – The Sixteenth Annual of American Illustration. The Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Illustration held in the Galleries of the Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street, New York (February 14 through April 19,1974).

New York, Hastings House, Publishers, Inc., 1975. Folio. c. 400 unnumbered pages with 515 graphical contributions from various artists (in colour as well as in black-and-white). Original Hardcover with original, unclipped illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Cover Art (dustjacket and pastedwon art) by Fred Otnes. Absolutely excellent (FINE) condition.

4238. Lourie, Richard.

Letters to the Future – An Approach to Sinyavsky-Tertz.

Ithaca/London, Cornell University Press, 1975. 8°. 221 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition.

4239. [Haberl, Horst Gerhard] Pezold, Friederike.

Friederike Pezold – [Video Art / “Das Phänomen der Frauenkunst am Beispiel Friederike Pezold” / “The Phaenomenon of Female Art using the example of Friederike Pezold”] in: “Pfirsich15/75/76”.

Graz, Horst Gerhard Haberl, 1975. Folio (30 cm wide x 35 cm high). 52 unnumbered pages with text and illustration. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With a private gift-inscription.

4240. Somerville-Large, Peter.

Irish Eccentrics – A Selection.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Octavo. VIII, 286 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.