781. Jasinski, René.

Original Manuscript of Jasinski’s work ‘Molière et le Misanthrope’ together with 4 pages of conclusion to the chapters with annotations and extensive corrections by Jasinski.

[Cambridge, Massachusetts], no year [c.1948-1949] Octavo. 94 pages of manuscript notes and chapters 1, 2 and 4 of the final work with the 4 pages of conclusions in an envelope titled “Professor Rene Jasinski – 25 Little Hall, Cambridge 38 – Massachusetts”. With the dedication page planned and outlined: “A ma soeur Cécile affectueusement – R.J.”. Softcover. The paper brittle and several of the pages held together by paperclips. Some of the pages with tears and stronger signs of fraying. The defining work that secured Jasinski a place at Harvard.

782. Burke, Gerald L.

The Making of Dutch Towns – A Study in Urban Development from the Tenth to the Seventeenth Centuries. [with interesting chapters and maps e.g. “Trade Routes circa 1450”]. Foreword by Sir William Holford.

First Edition. London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd. 1956. 19cm x 25cm. 176 pages, with 99 illustrations. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

783. [Meredith, George] Photiadès, Constantin.

George Meredith – His Life, Genius and Teaching, from the French of Constantin Photiadès rendered into English by Arthur Price.

London, Constable & Company, 1913. Octavo. 253 pages. Hardcover / Original blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Some foxing ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

784. Churchill, Winston.

Great Contemporaries.

Second Edition. London, MacMillan and Co., 1942. Octavo. VI, 287 pages. Original Hardcover / blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

785. Santoro, Cesare.

Hitler Germany as seen by a Foreigner. Selected Chapters [This is a contemporary abridged version with the most important chapters only !].

“Translated from the Third German edition”. Berlin, Internationaler Verlag, 1938. 24 cm. 215 pages. Original Softcover. Some rubbing and bumnping to the cover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

786. Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland).

Religion and Art in Ashanti. By Capt. R.S. Rattray ; with chapters by G.T. Bennett, Vernon Blake, H. Dudley Buxton, R.R. Marett, C.G. Seligman.

Second Impression of the First Edition. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1954. 23 cm. xviii, 414 pages, 1 leaf. Frontispiece, 278 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear of fraying to the jacket. With an appreciation card pasted onto the front free endpaper: “An Appreciation from J.E.Ayittey, D.K. Appiah, A.K.Inkoom – Members of the Staff of the Gold Coast District Manager’s Office, Accra to J.R.Wilkinson, Esq.

787. [Pissarro, Lucien] Thorold, Anne.

A Catalogue of the Oil Paintings of Lucien Pissarro / Catalogue Raisonné. Compiled by Anne Thorold with a Preface by Christopher Lloyd and an Introduction by John Bensusan-Butt.

Numbered Limited Edition (One of only 400 printed !) London, Athelney Books / Printed by “The Curwen Press”, 1983. Folio. XIX, 251 pages with 554 paintings listed and illustrated. Including the tipped-in colour-illustration of “La Frette et Sartrouville”. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. The Volume itself in absolutely excellen, near mint condition. The slipcase with some staining and rubbing. Extremely scarce !

788. Gibbings, Robert.

Over the Reefs. [Illustrated with 84 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings].

London, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. 8°. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

789. Lehnert & Landrock [Publishers].

In the Land of the Pharaohs – 40 Artistic [Photographic] Views of Karnak – Luxor – Thebes – Assuan – Kom Ombo – Edfu – Denderah – Abydos [with a very early photograph of the tomb of ‘Tut-Ankh-Amen’ [Tutankhamun] – possibly taken shortly after Carter’s discovery.

Trilingual publication in german – english – french. Cairo, Copyright by Lehnert & Landrock Art-Publishers, no year [c.1922]. Oblong Octavo. 40 pages with original photographs of famous and important tourist locations in early 20th century Egypt. Original Softcover. Small tear to frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

790. Góngora y Argote, Luis de.

The Solitudes. Translated and with an introduction by Edward Meryon Wilson. Revised and edited by Willis Barnstone.

New York, Las Americas Publishing Company, 1965. Octavo. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A Cypress Book].