7241. Richardson, Edgar Preston.

The Way of Western Art 1776-1914.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. 20 cm x 27.9 cm. Frontispiece. XI, 204 pages. With 174 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7242. Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich.

Natsionalnyj vopros v Rossii / Nacional’nyj vopros v Rossii. [The national question in Russia].

Moskva, 1884. Large Octavo. 107 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition. Uncut / Unopened version of this extremely scarce publication in original printed wrappers.

7243. Wakefield, Edward.

An Account Of Ireland, Statistical And Political [Volume Two (of 2)] / [With chapters on Irish Peerage and Inland Fisheries in Ireland (Eels / White Fisheries / Herring Fishery etc.)].

First and only Edition. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1812. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). 838 pages plus Index with Tables [e.g.: “Table of Religious Sects” (in Ireland) / Table with Prices from 1790 to 1802 (taken from County-Surveys)]. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s half – cloth. In protective Mylar. Binding with stronger signs of wear, but professionally restored with new pastedowns and endpapers.

7244. Heinlein, Robert.

Novel and Two Stories of the Future. Revolt in 2100.

London, Lowe and Brydone Ltd., 1964. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 305 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition first UK edition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7245. Community Council to End the War in Vietnam.

A Poetry Reading for Peace in Vietnam.

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Unicorn Press, 1967. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 18 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition. Signed by Philip Levine on page 9. Minimal discoloration on the cover only.

7246. Johnson, Stowers.

Before and After Puck. (Cork, Killarney and County Kerry). With 32 photographs by the author.

London, The Fortune Press, 1953. 20 cm x 13,5 cm. 224 pages. With 32 black-and-white plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare!

7247. [Wakefield, Thomas] Wakefield, E.S.

Thomas Wakefield – Missionary and Geographical Pioneer in East Equatorial Africa. [With an Appendix listing Plans of East Tropical Africa and Mombasa, forwarded by Rev. Thomas Wakefield to Kew Gardens in 1880 / 1884 and classified by Professor Oliver]. With Portrait and Eight Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1904. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 285 pages. 9 illustrations on 9 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright, tight and clean with sharp corners. Front endpaper carries message reading “Presented to Louise Stephens by the United Methodist Missionary Society 1916”.

7248. Wilson, H. W. [and Hammerton, J. A.].

The Great War – Volume I: Opening Moves / Volume II: Digging In / Volume III: Deadlock / Volume IV: Carnage / Volume V: Continuing Struggle / Volume VI: Victory At Last. The Illustrated History of the First World War.

Reprinted 1999 from the 1914 & 1915 editions. 6 Volumes (Complete). Croatia, Trident Press International, 1999. 25,5 cm x 33 cm. Pagination: 452 pages; 448 pages; 560 pages; 560 pages; 624 pages; 596 pages. Hardcover / Original black cloth binding with original illustrated, unclipped dustjackets in protective Mylar. Slight foxing, staining to top and fore-edges, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Silver lettering and ornament to spine and front board.

7249. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt.

Socialism Today / Rejoice Not in Standing Still – A Negro speaks of the World.

First Edition. Chicago, Afram Books / Afro-American Heritage Association, [c. 1960]. Octavo. 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Portrait-Photograph of William Du Bois on cover. Original Softcover wrappers in Mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Extremely rare ! According to a foreword by Ishmael Flory “this is a first printed pamphlet issued by Afram Books”. Includes a short Bibliography of Du Bois’ publications, starting with mentioning his first article in Harvard Historical Studies in 1896 “The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America” to “Mansart’s World of Color” in 1960. It also lists “other EQUALITY Pamphlets by W.E.B.DuBois like “The Damnation of Women – Predictions on Fatherless and Dependenet Children”.

7250. Hagen, Siegfried / Nemeczek, Alfred (Redaktion).

Volume I: documenta III – Malerei/Skulptur, Volume II: documenta III – Handzeichnungen.

Köln, Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1964. 22,5 cm x 22,5 cm. Volume I: 416 Seiten, Volume II: 240 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. 2 Bände (vollständig) / Two Volumes (complete). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

7251. Richardson, Sir John.

The Museum of Natural History – Division V: Fishes.

Glasgow, William Mackenzie, No Year (1803). 19.3 cm x 28 cm. 174 pages. With all 17 plates (of which several are hand-coloured lithographs) and many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Brown textured cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering & clear embossed decoration on spine. Gilt & clear embossed decoration on front cover. Clear embossed identical decoration on back cover. All edges gilt. Besides a faded dampstain to the upper edge of the plates in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover and spine slightly discoloured. Binding slightly shaky. Contains previous owners name stamped in ink to front pastedown and endpaper. Contains ‘The Museum of Natural History’ original label on front endpaper.

7252. Andersen, H. C.

Thumbelina.

Deluxe Gift-Edition. New York, Delacorte Press, 1996. 22 x 27.5 cm. 30 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7253. Barrett, William.

What is Existentialism ?

Partisan Review, 1947. 8°. 63 pages. Softcover. Original printed wrappers. Binding stained with small tear. Some staining to a few pages. [PR Series – Number Two]

7254. Broszat, Martin / Fröhlich, Elke / Wiesemann, Falk / Grossmann, Anton / Mehringer, Hartmut [Hrsg.].

Bayern in der NS-Zeit. I. Soziale Lage und politisches Verhalten der Bevölkerung im Spiegel vertraulicher Berichte. Mit 2 Karten und 12 Tabellen. / II. Herrschaft und Gesellschaft im Konflikt. Teil A. Mit 52 Abbildungen. / III. Herrschaft und Gesellschaft im Konflikt. Teil B. Mit 4 Karten, 26 Tabellen und 85 Abbildungen. / IV. Herrschaft und Gesellschaft im Konflikt. Teil C. Mit 82 Abbildungen und 71 Tabellen. / V. Die Parteien KPD, SPD, BVP in Verfolgung und Widerstand. / VI. Die Herausforderung des Einzelnen – Geschichten über Widerstand und Verfolgung.

München/Wien, Oldenbourg, 1977-1983. 8°. 712, 517, 671, 730, 676, 262 Seiten. Softcover. 6 Bände (vollständig). Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, rein aeusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren.

7255. Du Chaillu, Paul.

My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara. And Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. Numerous Engravings.

New York, Harper & Brothers, no year (c.1870). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece with tissueguard, VIII, 254 pages. 33 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Gilt pictoral on front board. Blind stamp to rear board. Coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard in very good condition. Preowner details on front endpaper: “James Hill – Westell Farm – Kewell, Read 1916”.

7256. Le Clézio, Jean Marie Gustave.

The Book of Flights – An Adventure Story. (Translation of Le Livre des Fuites) Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

New York, Atheneum, 1972. 8°. 319 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in very good plus (rather better) condition. Rare FIRST American Edition. The jacket with few flaws but complete. The volume itself only with very few signs of use (a little bit of foxing to the edge). Slightly crooked but overall a wonderful collectible.

7257. [Nerses IV / Saint Nerses of Armenia / David L. Arthur].

Preces Sancti Nersetis Clajensis Armeniorum Patriarchae. Viginti quatuor linguis editae. [Polyglot Edition of 24 Prayers by Saint Nerses with interesting Typography of different languages like Gaelic (Gaeilge), Hebrew, Syrian etc.].

Venice, Insula S. Lazari, 1837. Duodecimo. Portrait Frontispiece, engraved title, (4), 434 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary full leather with original spinelabel and gilt ornament on spine and boards. Binding rubbed. One corner slightly damaged. Rear panel stronger rubbed. Minor, faded dampstain to first four pages, frontispiece and some pages within. Overall very good ! From the library of David L. Arthur / ExLibris / Bookplate of David L. Arthur to pastedown, with his Motto: “Tout Vient De Dieux”.

7258. Sagan, Carl.

Murmurs of Earth. The Voyager Interstellar Record. Carl Sagan … [et al.].

First edition. New York, Random House, 1978. 25 cm. 273 pages.16 pages of of plate. 118 illustrations in colour and black and white with facsimiles, maps, and portraits. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7259. Secker, Thomas.

Sermons on Several Subjects, by Thomas Secker, L.L.D. Late Lord Archbishop of Catherbury. Published from the Original Manuscripts by Beilby Porteus, D.D. and George Stinton, D.D. His Grace Chaplains. To which is Prefixed “A Review of his Grace’s Life and Character”.

First Edition. Four Volumes bound in Two (complete set). Dublin, Printed for J.Exshaw, H.Saunders, J.Potts etc., 1771. Octavo. LXX, 416, IV, 495 pages. Original Hardcover / 18th-century full leather with spine-labels and ornament. Both Volumes in protective Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Titlepage of Volume III slightly detached. Some minor staining only. From the libraries of John and Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with their names in ink to titlepages.

7260. Tschernichow, Jakow.

Konstruktion der Architektur und Maschinenformen. Mit einer Einleitung von Leonid Demjanow. Aus dem Russischen Von N. A. Jepantschin.

Basel / Berlin / Boston, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991. 22,5 cm x 30 cm. XV, 232 pages, (40) pages. Original Hardcover. Sehr seltene Publikation / Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. [Sowjetische Architektur in der Edition Archibook].