11. Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

12. [Haugaard, Erik] Asimov, Isaac and others.

The Horn Book Magazine / [Magazine] About Children’s Books and Reading. With articles by Erik Haugaard, Isaac Asimov [″Views on Science Books” in the June 1963 – copy)] and many others [Edited by Paul Heins, Ethel L. Heins, Anita Silvey].

64 Issues (Duplicates: 1964, 1968, Oct & Dec 1979, 1984). Boston, The Horn Book, 1963, 1967-70, 1973, 1975-81, 1983-1989. 15.3 cm x 22.8 cm. Circa 7500 pages. Featuring black and white frontispieces by book illustrators. With many black and white illustrations throughout by famous illustrators taken from various children’s books. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor discoloration to covers and edges. Some covers have minor pen markings. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Christian Haugaard.

13. Holinshed, Raphael.

Chronicles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Introduction and Commentary by Michael Wood.

London, The Folio Society, 2012. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 435 pages. Including woodcut illustrations taken from the original two-volume edition published by Henry Bynneman in 1577. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with gilt decoration and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

14. Sowerby, J.G. / Crane, Thomas / Keary, Eliza.

At Home Again.

First Edition. London / Belfast / New York. Marcus Ward & Co Limited, 1886. 22.5cm x 22cm. 59 pages. With beautiful illustrations (stunning chromolithographs). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear. Some foxing and bumped edges. Binding a little shaky.

15. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

16. White, Gilbert.

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. With Illustrations in Colour by George Edward Collins, R.B.A.

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1911. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. 476 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine only slightly chipped to bottom. Minor stain on backcover.

17. Weilerstein, Sadie Rose / Berkowitz, Jeannette.

The Adventures of K’TonTon – A Little Jewish Tom Thumb. Illustrations by Jeannette Berkowitz.

New York, League Press (The Women’s League of “The United Synagogue of America”), 1935. 21 cm x 27.5 cm. 100 pages. Original Hardcover (blue cloth). The binding stronger rubbed and corners bumped. Original illustrated endpapers starting to detache only slightly. Internally in very good condition. All illustrations bright and clean. Very rare first edition of this scarce jewish children’s book.

18. [Kaplan, Anatoli Lvovich] Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.

Nathan der Weise. Ein dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen. Mit 15 Kreidezeichnungen von Anatoli L. Kaplan. [Signed and inscribed in russian by Illustrator Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan].

Leipzig, Insel, 1978. Folio. 152 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Leinen mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur absolut geringen, rein äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Rücken des Umschlags etwas vergilbt.

19. Ex Libris Art Nouveau – Lilien, Ephraim Moses / E. M. Lilien / Zweig, Stefan (Einleitung).

E.M.Lilien – Sein Werk. Mit einer Einleitung von Stefan Zweig.

Berlin / Leipzig, Schuster & Loeffler, 1903. 4°. 347, 9 nn. Seiten mit dem ganzseitigen, photographischen Portrait Lilien’s. Originaler, illustrierter Ganzleinenband. Extremely important publication with stunning Art Nouveau Designs, Exlibris-Designs of eminent jewish writers like Martin Buber or Stefan Zweig, important Judaica Art / Jewish Art. Binding, pastedown and enpapers, as often, in poor condition. Interior complete and with only the faintest signs of some staining. / Bindung und Vorsatzpapiere fleckig aber innen sehr gut ! Die atemberaubend schöne Publikation ist von großer Seltenheit und oft unvollstaendig. Verzeichnet u.a.: Ex Libris von Martin Buber / Ex Libris von Stefan Zweig, Siegbert Cohn und Berthold Feiwel / Einbanddecke, Vorsatzpapier und Weiheblatt sowie zahlreiche andere Illustrationen aus Börries von Münchausens “Juda” / Zierleisten aus der Zeitschrift “Jugend” / Illustrationen aus “Die Grazien” und “Die Lieder des Ghetto” / “Vom Golus nach Zion” – Gedenkblatt zum fuenften Zionisten-Kongress in Basel / Ex Libris Juedischer Verlag Berlin / Ex Libris Ruben Brainin Charlottenburg / Ex Libris von Anna Braff – Berlin / Ex Libris Julius Nathansohn – Breslau / Der Kabbalist – Aus “Zbornik” von Maxim Gorki / Ex Libris Dr.Emil Simonson / Weiheblatt den Maertyrern von Kischinew gewidmet / Ex Libris von Davis Trietsch – Berlin / Vater und Kind – Aus “Zbornik” von Maxim Gorki / Mit dem Literaturverzeichnis zu Werken die von E.M.Lilien illustriert wurden / etc. etc.

20. [Chiari, Giovanni] Vascellini, Gaetano.

Statue di Firenze [incluso: “Catalogo delle Statue del R. Giardino di Boboli colla Notizia dei Loro Autori”, “Catalogo delle Statue nel R. Palazzo de Pitti”, Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia dei Loro Autori ec.” ec.]

Tres Parti (complete) [Tutto dichiarato come prima parte]. Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Volpini Cartolaro, no year [c. 1765]. Octavo. Collation complete. Pagination: Part I (Primo): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with introduction by Giovanni Chiari and the catalogue of statues in Boboli Garden, 25 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Boboli Garden. Part II (Seconda): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues in Palazzo Pitti, 41 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Pitti Palace. Part III (Terza): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues [″Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia del Loro Autori ec. (incl. Michelangelo Buonarotti, Donatello etc.). Hardcover / Original bookblock rebound by Bayntun in Bath in a subtle and charming modern cloth with gilt lettering on new spine-label. Original endpapers preserved. Exceptional condition of this rare 18th century publication with only very faint signs of foxing. Provenance: Richard Meade, Ballymartle (with the Meade Family – crest as library stamp).