4941. Dothan, Trude. Dothan, Moshe.

People of the Sea – The Search for the Philistines.

New York, Macmillan, 1992. 19.5 cm x 24 cm. XII, 276 pages. Illustrations throughout the Volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4942. Hoffmann, Doris + Achim.

Peppermint Farm & Garden: Herb Catalogue.

Bantry, Doris + Achim Hoffmann, No year (c. 2000). 15 cm x 21 cm. 24 pages. Original pamphlet / Softcover. Near Fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4943. 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.

4944. Thomas, Graham Stuart.

Perennial Garden Plants or The Modern Florilegium. A concise account of herbaceous plants, including bulbs, for general garden use.

Third Edition. London, J.M Dent / The Royal Horticultural Society, 1993. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. XVI, 463 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4945. Bonhams.

Period Design Issue 19 Tuesday 9 November 2010 London.

London, Bonhams, 2010. 21 cm x 26.5 cm. 89 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4946. Bonhams.

Period Design Issue 20 Tuesday 7 December 2010 London.

London, Bonhams, 2010. 21 cm x 26.5 cm. 117 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4947. Bonhams.

Period Design Issue 25 Tuesday 10 May 2011 London.

London, Bonhams, 2011. 21 cm x 26.5 cm. 96 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4948. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

4949. Dircks, Henry.

Perpetuum Mobile; or, a History of the Search for Self-Motive Power, from the 13th to the 19th Century [Author’s own copy]. Illustrated from various authentic Sources, in Papers, Essays, Letters, Paragraphs, and numerous Patent Specifications.

First Edition. London, E. & F.N. Spon, 1861. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XLI, 558 pages. Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and rich ornament on spine and boards. All edges gilt. The author’s own copy with his bookplate to the pastedown. Henry Dircks must have given his special bound “author’s copy” away because the endpaper bears his inscription to Dr. John Waggett MD FRCS (1818-1909), London’s beloved General Practicioner, Vaccinator and Honorary Surgeon to the local dispensary for the poor: “Dr.Waggett – With the author’s compliments – May 1862”. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4950. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Persia (Iran) with the 19th century naming of the different regions in Iran and neighbouring countries: Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] / IrakaJemi / Khorassan / Kirman / Fars / Laristan / Khuzistan / with Vignettes and Images of Ispahan (Isfahan / Irak) / Kurds (a group of Kurdish Men) / a Persian on a horse / a Bactrian Camel /

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.