801. Ball, W. Valentine.

The Law of Libel as affecting Newspapers and Journalists.

London, Stevens and Sons, 1912. Octavo. XIII, 165 pages. Original Hardcover (original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Bumped corners. Slightly damaged spine. Good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. Name of Jasper Wolfe on front free endpaper.

802. Ball, W. Valentine / [Jasper Travers Wolfe].

The Law of Libel as affecting Newspapers and Journalists.

London, Stevens and Sons, 1912. Octavo. XIII, 165 pages. Original Hardcover (original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Bumped corners. Slightly damaged spine. Good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. Name of Jasper Wolfe on front free endpaper.

803. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.

The Secret Garden.

In one Volume. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1912. Small Octavo. 286 pages. Original publisher’s softcover wrapper. Name of preowner on titlepage. Rear brochure missing. Still firm and with only minor signs of fraying. Good overall condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare Tauchnitz edition of this important book. [Tauchnitz Edition – Collection of British Authors Volume 4324].

804. Drake-Brockman, Ralph E.

British Somaliland. With 74 Illustrations from Photographs on Art Paper, Other Illustrations And a Map.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1912. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. X, 334 pges, 74 illustrations on 49 plates. Fold-out map at rear showing British Somaliland. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial and patterned design embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight bumps to lower board corners. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown (Newbold’s Bookshop Ltd. – 289 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand).

805. Fogazzaro, Antonio.

Discorsi.

Primera Edizione. Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 1912. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. VIII, 308 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

806. Holmes, Thomas.

London’s Underworld.

London / New York, J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P.Dutton & Co, 1912. 14.5 cm x 21.2 cm VII, 255 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deign to front board. Gilt top edges. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing throughout. Binding still firm and strong.

807. Jensen, Chr. Axel / E. Rondahl.

Stilarternes Historie.

København, Jul. Gjellerup’s Forlag, 1912. 18.7 cm x 24.6 cm. 329 pages. 284 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers, edges and numerous pages throughout. Minor tears to upper and lower spine. Pages beginning to separate from book block. Corners rubbed. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

808. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in West Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations By the Author.

London, Glasgow, and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year [c. 1912]. 13.5 cm x 19.3 cm. Frontispiece,336 pages. 16 illustrations in total – 8 colour and 8 monochrome. 2 maps within. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with title on spine. Very special combination of an original publisher’s cloth and bespoke, gilt-stamped Mundella School binding (Nottingham). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright, tight, clean and sharp cornered. Front pastedown carries presentation-bookplate of Mundella School, Nottingham, awarding prize to “Leonard John Ross – Second Position on Form List III E. First in Geography, Midsummer 1925 R.B. Wright M.A. (Cantab) [HeadMaster]”. [″Pioneer” Library].

809. Malloch, D. Macleod.

The Book of Glasgow Anecdote.

First Edition. London, T.N. Foulis, 1912. 14 cm x 20 cm. 396 pages. Includes 36 plates with beautiful illustrations and a fold-out map of Glasgow. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Some staining to the cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

810. Oakenfull, J.C.

Brazil in 1911 [With large fold-out map]. Third Annual Edition (10.000 Copies).

Frome and London, Butler & Tanner, 1912. 19 cm x 13 cm. IX, 395 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. The fold-out map in untorn and excellent condition. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slightest tear between spine and front cover. In protective mylar.