2181. Oldham, Claire.

The Backwood Book. With wood engravings by the author.

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1948. 13 cm x 21 cm. 90 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original hardcover in protective covering. Very good condition original edition with only very minor signs of external wear. A slight stain on back cover. Visibly erased inscription on inside cover.

2182. Finlay, Ian.

Art in Scotland.

London, Oxford University Press, 1948. 14.5 cm x 22.4 cm. Illustrated Colour Frontispiece,‘The Pink Tablecloth’ by J. Leslie Hunter.180 pages.16 black and white illustrations. Original Clothbound Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine strip is discoloured. Dampstains to front endpaper and pastedown. Slight tanning & foxing at pages edges. Red decoration to top edges. Very minor soiling to boards.

2183. Montes de Oca, Rev. V.

More about Fatima and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. A Translation of “Le Prodige Inoui de Fatime” by Rev. J. da Cruz (Castelbranco). A gentle Invitation from the Virgin of Fatima surging us to return to the full Gospel message of Her Divine Son.

Dublin, Gill and Son, 1948. Octavo. 125 pages with a portrait of His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Original Softcover. Titlepage with a tear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2184. Lloyd, Nathaniel.

A History of the English House – From the Primitive Times to the Victorian Period.

Second Edition. London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Quarto: (23 cm wide x 31 cm high). 487 pages with a large section of 888 (!) illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Binding slightly stained and bumped but overall firm and especially the interior in absolutely excellent condition.

2185. Parsons, Talcott.

Essays in Sociological Theory Pure and Applied. [Heavily annotated].

Illinois, The Free Press, 1949. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 366 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt Heinrich Wolff, Translator of landmark publications by Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Karl Mannheim. With several annotations, pencil-notes and minor red markings throughout. Especially in the chapters “Propaganda and Social Control” and “The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change”. Two pieces of ephemera loosely inserted. Dustjacket notes pasted to front pastedown enpaper. Ink inscription (ownership entry and date) by Kurt Wolff on front free endpaper, dated 1949.

2186. [Shakespeare, William] Granville-Barker, Harley.

Prefaces to Shakespeare. Love’s Labour Lost – Julius Caesar – King Lear.

Seventh Impression. London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1949. 13 cm x 19 cm. 231 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Damp marks on the upper parts of the covers. [First Series].

2187. Thurber, James.

The Beast in Me and Other Animals. A New Collection Of Pieces And Drawings About Human Beings And Less Alarming Creatures.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1949. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. X, 340 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition. Dustjacket in poor condition. Spine and cover stained and faded. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Otherwise, interior bright and clean.

2188. 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.

2189. Shearing, George.

Bop, Look and Listen.

(Original, printed score). London, Chappell & Co. Ltd., c. 1949. Quarto. 5 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Preowner’s annotations on several pages. Otherwise clean inside.

2190. Mann, Thomas.

Die Entstehung des Doktor Faustus.

Amsterdam, Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1949. 12 cm x 19 cm. 204 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand. Mit dem seltenen Umschlag.