241. Arrabal, Fernando.

Fête et Rite de la Confusion.

Paris, Eric Losfeld, 1967. Small-8°. 185, 3 pages. Broché. Bon état. Very good condition with only few signs of use.

242. Arrabal, Fernando.

The Red Virgin. Translated from the Spanish and French by Andrew Hurley.

First edition. New York / London, Penguin Books, 1993. 13 x 20cm. 248 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed / Signed by author on title page.

243. Ars Erotica.

Die erotische Buchillustration im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts. [Translates: The erotic bookillustrations in the 18th century]

Trilingual edition (German / French / English). Köln. Parkland Verlag, 1999. 21,5 x 30,5 cm. 574 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen / 574 pages with several illustrations (also in colour). Hardcover with dustjacket / Gebundene Ausgabe im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

244. Artaud, Antonin / Genet, Jean / Jouhandeau, Marcel / Tardieu, Jean / Vian, Boris.

L’Arbalète – Revue de Littérature. [Boris Vian – “Les Poissons Morts”]. Imprimée tous les six mois sur la presse à bras de Marc Barbezat. No. 12.

Lyon, Chez Marc Barbezat, 1947. 19.5 cm x 28 cm. 184 pages. Original Softcover. Stiff card covers with illustrated paper dust jacket. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to rear endpaper and inside cover only. Includes two loose sheets (broadsides) of advertising for further publications from the publishing house (Jean Genet’s Poems and Miracle de la Rose (sizeable praise from Jean-Paul Sartre included) and errata-leaf loosely inserted. Several pages untrimmed / unopened. [L’Arbalète (No. 12)].

245. Artemis & Winkler.

Lexikon des Mittelalters (LMA). Dritter (III.) Band.

München, Artemis & Winkler, 1984. 4°. 2219 Spalten. Hardcover (Flexible Einzellieferungen mit Leinendecke). 10 Einzellieferungen (vollständig) mit Ganzleineneinbanddeckel (muss noch gebunden werden). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

246. Ashberry, John.

A Wave.

Manchester, Carcanet, 1984. 15,5 cm x 23 cm. 89 pages. Original Softcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Some foxing.

247. Ashey, Mike.

Building & Detailing Scale Model Ships. The Complete Guide to Building, Detailing, Scratchbuilding, and Modifying Scale Model Ships.

First Edition. Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing, 1996. 21 x 27 cm. 111 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

248. Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

249. Ashford, Daisy / Barrie, J.M.

The Young Visiters [sic] or, Mr.Salteena’s Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

New York, George H.Doran Company, 1919. Octavo. XIX, 105 pages with one facsimile-plate showing “The First Page of the Original Manuscript”. Original, illustrated Hardcover in protective Mylar. Binding with some rubbing and some fraying to spine. Overall in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private “Library of Miriam Hapgood Dewitt” with her library-stamp to the pastedown.

250. [Ashton, Frederick] Dominic, Zoe and Gilbert, John Selwyn.

Frederick Ashton. A Choreographer and his ballets.

First Edition. London a. o, George G. Harrap and Company Limited. 1971. 21.5cm x 28.5cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. Inscribed / Signed by Frederick Ashton to Keith Money. Additionally monogrammed by Ashton on the frontispiece (Monogramm in exchange for his photographed head). With some ephemera (Programme for Ashton’s funeral together with an amusing newspaper-clipping in which the co-author of the book on Ashton, John Selwyn Gilbert, writes to a newspaper and complains about being omitted as the co-author in a recent article).

251. [Ashton, Frederick] Vaughan, David.

Frederick Ashton and his Ballets.

First Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1977. 19cm x 25.5cm. XX, 522 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. With small leaflet of Ashton’s funeral – service loosely inserted (William Blake poem etc.).

252. Ashton, Robert / Michelburne, John.

Two Historical Plays: The Battle of Aughrim, or the Fall of Monsieur St. Ruth / Ireland Preserved, or the Siege of Londonderry.

Dublin, C.M. Warren, No date [c.1880] 9 cm x 14 cm. 144 pages. Softcover / Original, titled brochure. Good condition with signs of external wear. Damage to corners of front page. Spotting on page edges, front and rear page and several pages within. Otherwise clean inside and intact.

253. Askari, Nasreen / Arthur, Liz.

Uncut Cloth: Saris Shawls and Sashes.

London, Merrell Holberton, 1999. 22.5 cm x 27.8 cm. 128 pages. With colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains loose ephemera, an article entitled ‘Paisley Shawls’ with information on ‘weaving a paisley shawl’.

254. Asmodi, Herbert.

Jokers Farewell. Gedichte.

München, Piper, 1976. 8°. 84 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Erstausgabe 1976. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

255. Asmodi, Herbert.

Jokers Gala. Gedichte.

München, Piper, 1975. ; 21 cm. 89 Seiten. Hardcover / Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

256. Assaad, Fawzia.

L’Égyptienne.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions Mercure de France, 1975. 20.5 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Broché. Bon exemplaire. Couverture et tranches jaunies. Texte propre.

257. Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Translator].

The Life of Pachomius / Vita Prima Graeca. Inroduction by Birger A. Pearson.

Missoula, Scholars Press / The Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 15 x 23cm. (11), 201 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition other than some mild discolouration to edges. Pre-owner’s bookplate affixed. [Texts and Translations No. 7: Early Christian Literature Series No. 2].

258. Atkinson, Rick.

An Army at Dawn – The War in North Africa, 1942-1943.

London, Little, Brown, 2003. 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 681 pages. Several black and white maps and photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print. [Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy].

259. Atlas, James.

The Great Pretender.

First Edition. New York, Atheneum, 1986. 14 cm x 21 cm. 277 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

260. Attali, Jacques.

Les trois mondes: pour une théorie de l’après-crise.

Paris, Fayard, 1981. Octavo. 335 pages. Broche / Softcover. A theory of post-crisis economics by the bold and dashing thinker and statesman, one of the somehow representative presences on the French intellectual scene during the post-structuralist period. Very good in publisher’s printed wraps, rear and front covers bumped at top with resulting crease to covers and pages. Inscribed by the author to Stephen Graubard.