391. P’u Hsin Yu.

P’u Hsin-Yu’s Paintings. National Museum of History, Republic of China.

No Place [Taiwan], National Museum of History, No Year [1973]. 21.7 cm x 29.5 cm. 112 pages. 105 works are illustrated in black and white and colour. Original Hardcover with slipcase. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor dampstains to slipcase. Book is in near fine condition. Prev owner covered boards in protective plastic. Text in English and Chinese. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

392. 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.

393. [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Kadish, Mortimer R.

Reason and Controversy in the Arts.

Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, 1968. 8°. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good jacket, slightly spine-sunned and with a few very small losses and closed tears to the top edge. First edition. From the library of Philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine, with his name written on the front free endpaper.

394. [Raemaekers, Louis] Chesterton, G.K. and others.

The Land and Water Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons. [with at least three contributions by G.K.Chesterton].

Volume I [of II]. London, Land & Water, 1916. 23.8 cm x 30.8 cm. 319 pages. With many colour illustrations/cartoons. Each full-page cartoon has a caption by a eminent figure at the time. Original Hardcover with half-leather boards. Gilt title on spine with ruled decoration. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front endpaper contains gift-inscription to Erik Haugaard. Small closed tear to page 263. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

395. [Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] Dussler, Luitpold.

Raphael – A critical catalogue of his pictures, wall-paintings and tapestries.

London, Phaidon, 1971. 19 cm wide x 27.2 cm high. 220 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

396. [Raphael] Williams, Mary E[lizabeth].

The Hours of Raphael in Outline – Together with the Ceiling of the Hall Where They Were Originally Painted.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1891. Large Folio (36.5 cm x 44 cm). 19 pages of text plus 16 plates. Illustrated Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament). The binding only slightly rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

397. Rare Illustrations of 19th century Oxford University – [Hopkins, T.H.T. (Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins (1831–1885)] Heywood, James.

Illustrations of the Principal English Universities. [With several Aquatints and Lithographical plates showing academical dress and University ceremonies by R. W. Buss, R. B. Harraden] – [This was the personal copy of Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins, Bursar at Magdalen College Oxford and Curator of the University Chest etc.]. Collected by James Heywood, M.A. F.R.S.

[Oxford], James Heywood, [1843]. Octavo. IV pages of Title and Contents plus 44 plates [collation complete]. Original Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board. The boards of this volume are cleanly detached, spine is missing. Interior pages and illustrations all complete, including endpapers with the personal Library Stamp of Hopkins: “T.H.T.Hopkins – Magd, Coll. Oxford” on teh endpaperand titlepage. Complete with all plates. Only very occasional, minor signs of foxing. Extremely scarce and wonderful publication on the student-life in Oxford and Cambridge during the first half of the 19th century ! Wonderful provenance.

398. Rauschenberg, Robert.

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 23 februari – 7 april 1968.

Catalogus nr.433. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1968. 27,5 cm x 21 cm. 72 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur en zwart-wit / With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout book. Original Softcover. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

399. [Ravilious, Eric].

The Wood Engravings of Eric Ravilious.

Second Issue. [Number II 83 (of circa 500 copies)]. The Curwen Press, 1972. Tall Folio (31 cm wide x 43 cm high) Pagination: 113 leaves showing more than 400 of Ravilious’ engravings. Original Hardcover. Cloth-cover (not the spine itself / see image) at spine very slightly cracked. Overall firm and very good condition. Interior excellent !

400. [Ravilious, Eric / Golden Cockerel Press] Suckling, John.

A Ballad Upon A Wedding. With Engravings by Eric Ravilious.

First Edition. Waltham Saint Lawrence (Berkshire), Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. Octavo (13.7 cm wide x 20.3 cm high). 13 pages with eight original woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Quarter cream cloth with artist-paper-covered boards) with original, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket with stronger loss in upper corner and some fraying but now protected in mylar. The Volume itself in wonderful, near fine or better condition with only very minor signs of wear.