881. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°69-70 – Octobre-Novembre 1954. [With three (3) fantastic double-page Colour-Lithographs (including cover)][Poeme Offert a Alexander Calder et a Louisa (par Henri Pichette)] / With an Essay: “″Calder” par Frank Elgar.

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1954. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). Two double-pages with Lithographic frontcover and rear cover. Plus two double-page Lithographs loosely inserted. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

882. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°31 – Juillet 1950 – Exposition Alexander Calder [52 Mobiles] / [With two colour-lithographs (this being the frontcover and the rear cover of this first CALDER-issue of Maeght’s “Derrière Le Miroir”)].

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1950. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 8 pages (including cover). With two Lithographs. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Tear with smaller missing space to frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

883. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [Saudi Arabia] (Dave) Naylor Collection / Collenette, Peter / Grainger, David J.

Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, Not Including Oil, Natural Gas, and Sulfur

Bolivia, c.1990. Quarto. c. 60 pages plus five large, folded maps of Bolivia with Geological Character. Hardcover Box / Bespoke made Box for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. With his name to pastedown. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

884. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [Naylor, David] / Moore-Lewy, Georg.

Zur Geochemie des Urans in metamorphen und anatektischen Gesteinen.

Berlin, 1967. Octavo. 197 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed / Signed by Georg Moore-Lewy to Professor David Naylor in 1978 / Extremely rare publication (original printed thesis).

885. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [British Museum / Dave Naylor].

I. British Caenozoic Fossils (Tertiary and Quarternary) – Third Edition / II. British Mesozoic Fossils – Third Edition / III. Palaeozoic Fossils – First Edition.

Three Volume Set. London, British Museum, 1964 – 1968. Octavo. Pagination: I. British Caenozoic Fossils: IX, 132 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 44 plates / II. British Mesozoic Fossils: VI, 207 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 73 plates / III. British Palaeozoic Fossils: VI, 208 pages with illustrations of Fossils on 69 plates. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor, with his name on two of the volumes.

886. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Al-Hajri, Sa’id / Owens, Bernard.

Stratigraphic palynology of the Paleozoic of Saudi Arabia. Results of a joint study between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Pal?eozo?ique (CIMP). Project co-ordinators and editors Sa’id Al-Hajri and Bernard Owens.

Manama, Bahrain, Gulf PetroLink, 2000. 231 pages with 40 plates / 62 illustrations (including maps in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor. Inscribed and signed to Dave Naylor by his colleague Geoffrey Clayton (Trinity College Dublin). [GeoArabia special publication ; 1].

887. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Al-Hajri, Sa’id.

Stratigraphic palynology of the Paleozoic of Saudi Arabia. Results of a joint study between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Pal?eozo?ique (CIMP). Project co-ordinators and editors Sa’id Al-Hajri and Bernard Owens.

Manama, Bahrain, Gulf PetroLink, 2000. 231 pages with 40 plates / 62 illustrations (including maps in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor. [GeoArabia special publication ; 1].

888. [Quine, W.V.O.] / Ajdukiewicz, Kazimierz.

The Scientific World-Perspective and Other Essays 1931 – 1963. Edited and with an Introduction by Jerzy Giedymin.

Dordrecht-Holland, D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1978. 8°. LIII, 378 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Even though no indication inside the book, the publication comes from the private library of W.V.O.Quine. No markings or annotations by Quine. With a letter from the publisher, addressed to W.V.O.Quine, about the book being a complimentary gift from the publisher to Quine on recommendation of the Editor. [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Sciece – Volume VIII].

889. [Quine, W.V.O.] Stich, Stephen P.

Deconstructing the Mind.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996. 8°. 218 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: “August 1996, For Van Quine with admiration and affection, Steve Stich.”

890. [Calder, Alexander] Prather, Marla.

Alexander Calder 1898–1976.

Yale University Press, 1998. Quarto (27.5 cm wide x 30 cm high). 366 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Mint condition / Still shrink-wrapped.

891. [Calder, Alexander] Mulas, Ugo / Arnason, H.H..

CALDER – Photographs and Design by Ugo Mulas. Introduction by H.Harvard Arnason. With compliments by Alexander Calder.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1971. Quarto. 216 pages with 114 photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Former library-copy (with several Withdrawn-stamps). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

892. [Calder, Alexander] Bellew, Peter.

CALDER.

New Jersey, Chartwell Books, 1969. Small-Quarto. 120 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Small stain from removed price-sticker on dustjacket. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

893. [Calder, Alexander].

autobiographie. Traduction de Jean Davidson.

[Edition française de “Calder – an Autobiography with Pictures]. Paris, Atelier Maeght, 1972. Quarto. 208 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

894. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!

895. Buber, Martin.

Good and Evil. Two Interpretations. I. Right and Wrong. II. Images of Good and Evil.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 19.3cm x 13cm. (5) 143 (9) pages. Original hardcover in the rare, original, illustrated dustjacket with jacket-design by Johannes Troyer. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor pencil underlinings on inside of dustjacket. Text itself in excellent condition.

896. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Comfort, Alex.

The Novel and our Time.

First Edition. London, Phoenix House Limited, 1948. Small Octavo. 80 pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff, with his signature and mention when he purchased the book (Princeton, 17 Aug 58).

897. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Brown, Norman O.

Closing Time.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1973. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. (18) 109 (6) pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes newspaper-clipping with New York Times Book Review-Essay on “closing time” from 1973 (by Edward W. Said). Includes a letter from Pantheon Books / Random House Publisher, Kathleen Macomber, addressed to Kurth H. Wolff during his stay in Florence, 1973. Printed Letter in form of a newspaper-clipping, from Norman O. Brown to the Editor in New York Times Book Review. Small pen annotation on end papers. Annotations on rear paste down. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff.

898. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Dewey, John.

German Philosophy and Politics.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 134 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his annotations and markings in the text.

899. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Barrett, William.

Irrational Man – A Study in Existential Philosophy.

Garden City / New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. Octavo. [4], 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this early engagement with Existentialist philosophy in English and certainly one of the books that defined the terrain for the Beats and later for the Hippy “movement.” Fine in very good+ dust jacket. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff.

900. Walsh, J. H. (″Stonehenge”).

The Modern Sportsman’s Gun and Rifle; including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers. In two Volumes. Volume II only: The Sporting Rifle, Match Rifle and Revolver.

First Ediiton. London, Horace Cox, “The Field” Office, 1884. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 584 pages. With 203 illustrations. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Original Edition of this classic in its original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Some stronger signs of external wear. Hinges internally a little weak and starting to separate. Including the Errata – Leaf.