191. Farkas, Lidia / Poharnok, Zoltan / Shires, Frances (Translator).

Sly Mike: A Hungarian Story – With ten original, coloured etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. English Translation by Frances Shires.

No.115 of a signed, limited Edition of 250 copies. Budapest, Published by Dr.George Vajna & Co., (1937). Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 44 unnumbered pages (inlcuding the etchings). The book is signed by both artists, Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Hardcover / Original, embroidered binding. Some foxing to binding but the endpapers intact and the binding in overall very good condition. All etchings in excellent condition. A wonderful, rare example of a very rare book !

192. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

193. [Fashionable Dresscode in History] – Ricci, Franco Maria.

Modelli Parigini dal″Journal des Dames et des Modes. Two Volumes: Volume I shows fashion from the Journal in the years 1912/1913 / Volume II shows fashion from the Journal in the years 1913-1914.

Two Volumes (complete set). Milano, Ricci Editore, 1979-1980. Quarto. Volume I and II together: (12) / (12), 184 pages with stunning illustrations in colour. Original Hardcover in boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

194. Ferrand, J.

Le charpentier-serrurier au XIXe siecle: Constructions en fer et en bois. Charpentes mixtes en fer, fonte & bois Charpentes decoratives pour ateliers, magasins, halles, hangars, pavillons, galeries, passerelles, terrasses, planchers, portes, etc. Avec 87 (sur cent) Planches en Couleurs et Texte.

Edition Originale !! Paris, Librairie Polytechnique de J. Baudry, no date / s.d. [1881]. Folio (36.5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages texte plus 87 (sur 100) planches. [With 87 of 100 plates] Original Hardcover / Reliure originale. Reliure defraiche. / Binding broken and rubbed. Several planches with tears but overall in still very good condition ! A very rare work on early iron cast construction, architecture and design. Beautiful colour lithographs ! / Bel ouvrage d’architecture ! Bel ouvrage d’architecture décrivant les avancées techniques de la charpenterie de fer et fonte, quelques années avant l’érection de la Tour Eiffel, publié sous le patronage de M. Alphand, inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées, directeur des travaux de la ville de Paris. / Beautiful architectural work describing the technical progress of the iron and cast iron carpentry, a few years before the erection of the Eiffel Tower, published under the patronage of Mr. Alphand, inspector general of the Ponts et Chaussées, director of works of the city of Paris.

195. [ffrench, John] Lamb, Peter.

The Life and Work of John ffrench – Irish Ceramic Artist (1928-2010).

Limited Edition (No.74 of 100 of a special signed edition). Kinsale, Gandon Editions, 2017. Quarto. 336 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition, with the DVD “A Life of Colour” included in the rear of the publication (this film is only included in the special edition). Extremely Rare !

196. Finkelpearl, Tom.

Dialogues in Public Art. Interviews with Vito Acconci, John Ahearn, David Avalos… (et al.).

Cambridge (Mass.)/London, M.I.T. Press, 2000. Small Quarto (19 cm wide x 23.5 cm high). 453 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

197. [Firestone, Evan R. Davis, John / Prown, Jules David / Stella, Frank ].

American Art – Summer 1996 Issue [with the essay by Evan Firestone: The Death of Moby Dick – Vincent Desiderio’s ‘The Progress of Self Love’].

Smithsonian Institution, 1996. Quarto. 85 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

198. Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

199. Florence / Pisa – Carocci, G. et al.

Collection of six stunning, early 19th-century gouache-aquatints of Florence and Pisa including a rare segment showing a Funerary Procession in front of Giotto’s Campanile, part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. These very able and fantastically hand-coloured, original artworks, represent the peak of high-quality souvenirs for the European Traveller on their Grand Tour. [Loggia dei Lanzi / Cattedrale di Firenze / Piazza S. Trinita / Campanile Della Cattedrale di Firenze / Ponte S. Trinita / Campanile Di Pisa].

Original Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence / Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate Sizes vary: 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Original Gouache-Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence/Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate-Sizes vary: c. 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: c. 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Besides some smaller damages to the Ponte S. Trinita-artwork in very good, actually stunning, condition. Clean, crisp and brightly coloured. All of these artworks are beautifully framed and the price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS – courier.

200. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Brabazon, Wallop [Rath House, Drogheda] / Cooper, William / [Provenance: William Le Fanu]

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. Illustrated by William Cooper. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [With 21 Plates]

Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby, James McGlashan / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons, 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece, X, 111 pages with 21 plates (original Lithographs often large folding). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth, embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu, with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp “Board of Public Works” to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition.