911. Marryat, Frederick.

Japhet in Search of a Father. Illustrated by Henry M. Brock. With an introduction by David Hannay.

First Brock Edition. London, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 19 cm. XL, 400 pages. Illustrations, including 1 leaf of plates, in black and white. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth combined with a prize-binding showcasing the stunning armorial / coat of arms of Stephanus Perse M.D. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Bookplate of Perse Grammar School with its Motto “Qui facit per alium facit per se” [″He who does things for others does them for himself”] for “Travis Frederick Feversham”, signed by Headmaster H.C. Barnes – Lawrence. [Illustrated standard novels ; 17].

912. Bentham, George.

Handbook of the British Flora. A description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalized in the British Isles for the use of beginners and amateurs.

London, Lowell Reeve, 1896. 20 cm. LXXX, 600 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, for example, some rubbing and fading of outer spine.

913. Brun, Samuel Jacques.

Tales of Languedoc. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston and Illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.

San Francisco, William Doxey, 1896. 22cm x 16cm. 240 pages. With 33 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

914. Bruns, Ivo.

Das literarische Porträt der Griechen im fünften und vierten Jahrhundert vor Christi Geburt.

Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1896. 8vo. X, 594 Seiten. Hardcover / Sehr dekorativer, grüner Halbleinenband mit Rückenvergoldung. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe von 1896. KEINE Anstreichungen.

915. Crockett, S.R.

Sweetheart Travellers – A Child’s Book for Children, For Women, And for Men. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.

Third Edition. London, Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1896. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 305 pages. 69 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original patterned green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Spine and front board carry inlaid pictorial images. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Minor abrasions in gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong.

916. George Philip & Son.

Philips’ Special Map of the Nile Valley and the Approaches to Khartum. Showing the Entire Course of the Nile from the Great Lakes to the Sea, and the Approaches to Khartum from the East Coast to Illustrate the British & Italian Operations in the Eastern Sudan & Red Sea Littoral.

London, George Philip & Son, 1896. 13 cm x 20 cm. Folded colour map in addressed enveloppe. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Binding of protective covers of map detached.

917. Koenig, F.Ph.

Die Lage der Englischen Landwirtschaft unter dem Drucke der Internationalen Konkurrenz der Gegenwart und Mittel und Wege zur Besserung derselben.

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1896. 8°. XI, 445 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Halbleinen. Sehr gut erhaltenes, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar (ausgestempelt) mit allen üblichen Merkmalen (Rückenschildchen, Stempel). Innen bis auf die Stempel absolut sauber. KEINE Anstreichungen.

918. Sanborn, Kate.

My Literary Zoo. [Animal Stories: Everybody’s Pets / Devoted to Dogs / Cats / All Sorts]

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 18.1cm x 10.7cm. 149 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on frontcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

919. Schreiner, Olive [Iron, Ralph].

The Story of an African Farm. A Novel.

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Small embossment to front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to board corners. Small cutout (of old name) on halftitle. Interior lightly tanned throughout but bright and clean. Binding is strong, firm and square.

920. [Stafford, Thomas] Carew, Sir George / O’Grady, Standish.

Pacata Hibernia. Or A History of the Wars in Ireland during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Especially within the Province of Munster under the Government of Sir George Carew and compiled by his Direction and Appointment. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Standish O’Grady. With Portraits, Maps and Plans. [This late 19th century version of the Pacata Hibernia is the so-called Fourth Edition, with a new impression of the titlepage of the first edition from 1633 and excellent reproductions of the original plates].

Limited Edition: No.252 of only five hundred copies printed. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Downey & Co. Limited, 1896. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece – Portrait of Sir George Carew, XXII, 302 pages with 14 illustrations (maps etc.) / Volume II – Volume II: Frontispiece – Portrait of Donnell O’Sulevan Beare [O’Sullivan Bere], XI, 357 pages with 8 illustrations (maps etc.). Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both bindings firm and all illustrations in excellent condition.