1541. Howard, Richard.

Quantities. Poems.

First Edition of the poet’s first book. Middletown (Conn.), Wesleyan University Press, 1962. 22 cm. 80 pages. Softcover. Some clear signs of foxing. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Wesleyan poetry program].

1542. Paine, Robert Treat / Soper, Alexander.

The Art and Architecture of Japan (Pelican History of Art Series). Edited by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1955. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. Illustrated colour frontispiece. XVIII, 316 pages. With many black and white plates. Includes maps of China, Korea and Japan. Original Hardcover. With many black and white plates. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only very minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and title page. Discolouration to edges. Text contains some minor red ink and pencil markings. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding tight. Rear pastedown contains bookstore sticker. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

1543. [Pope Pius XI] Ratti, Abate Achille.

Climbs on Alpine Peaks. [with the scarce dustjacket]. Translated By J.E.C. Eaton. With a Foreword By Douglas Freshfield and an Introduction By Rev. L.C. Casartelli.

no place (Great Britain), Burns Oates & Washbourne, no year (c.1923). 10.5 cm x 17 cm. XXX, 128 pages. Hardcover / publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and vatican seal embossed on front board. With the rare dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket faded but overall excellent with only minor wear ans some minor fraying. Interior clean and bright with sharp corners. “Servite Priory Dundee” stamp on front and rear endpapers.

1544. Navajo – Hyde, Philip and Jett, Stephen C.

Navajo Wildlands. ‘As long as the rivers shall run’. Photographs by Philip Hyde. Text by Stephen C.Jett, with Poetry – selections from Willa Cather, Oliver La Farge and others and from the Navajo Creation Myth and Navajo Chants. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Foreword by David Brower.

First Edition. United States of America, Sierra Club, 1967. 35cm x 27cm. 158 pages with 74 breath-taking photographs in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The fold-out map of “The Navajo Country’, which is usually attached to last page, has unfortunately been cut out by the previous owner.

1545. Scott, Walter.

An cloc Orta – The Talisman. Walter Scott, do sgriob ; Niall O Domnaill, do cuir i nGaedilg.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1936. (8º). 495 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Some foxing to edge. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

1546. McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

1547. Summerson, John.

Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 (Pelican History of Art).

London, Penguin Books, 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVIII, 373 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to edges, front pages and endpaper. Pages slightly tanned. Rear endpaper separated from book block. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding strong.

1548. Binswanger, Christa.

Seraph, Carevic, Narr. Männliche Maskerade und weibliches Ideal bei Poliksena Solov’eva (Allegro). [Includes: “Gender-Studies in der russischen Literaturwissenschaft”].

Bern, Peter Lang, 2002. 8vo. 437 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Neuwertig. (Slavica Helvetica. Hrsg. von Peter Brang, Georges Nivat und Daniel Weiss, 68).

1549. [English History Collection] – [The 23rd London Regiment] [Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby (Foreword)] The Times Publishing Company.

The 23rd London Regiment 1798-1919. Compiled from contributions by former officers of the regiment with a foreword by Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby.

London, The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1936. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece (Volunteers in the Uniforms of 1798), XVI, 188 pages. Several black and white maps throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with obvious signs of external wear. Some puncture marks on the cover carrying through to subsequent pages. Discoloration of pages, a dog ear on page 139 and some foxing to endpapers. Previous owner’s names in inkpen on endpaper dated 1936. Regiment’s insignia in gold on cover.

1550. Sutherland, Patrick.

Spiti, the Forbidden Valley.

First Edition. Network Photographers, 2000. 25 cm x 31 cm. 120 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the title page.