1. [Dou, Gerard] Martin, W.

Gerard Dou. Translated from the Dutch by Clara Bell.

London, George Bell and Sons, 1902. 13 cm x 20 cm. XII, 152 pages. Several black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpapers and pastedowns markedly discoloured with signs of an old dampstain and some tanning of first and last few pages. A little colour staining between cover and endpaper. Internal pages and plates in good condition. Some foxing throughout. Rare. [Bell’s Handbooks of the Great Masters in Painting & Sculpture. Edited by G.C. Williamson, Litt.D.]

2. [Emerson, George Waldo] Brydges, Sir S. Egerton.

Censura Literaria. Containing Titles, Abstracts and Opinions of Old English Books. With Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities. With the articles classed in chronological order under their separate heads.

Second Edition. 7 of 10 volumes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10. (Incomplete). London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. 16 cm x 24 cm. Vol. 1: VIII, LXIII, 432 pages. / Vol. 2: VIII, 450 pages. / Vol. 3: VII, 434 pages. / Vol. 4: VII, 435 pages. / Vol. 6: VIII, 416 pages. / Vol. 8: VIII, 411 pages. / Vol. 10: VIII, 580 pages. Original Hardcover. Volume 1 has dampstaining on boards, front board detached. Volume 8 has small dampstain on front board. All volumes with stronger rubbing, fading on boards, otherwise good condition with content intact.

3. [Holton, Gerald] Petzold, Joseph / Einstein, Albert / Baege, M.H.

Die Relativitätstheorie der Physik. [Former copy of Harvard College Library with ownership-stamp of Prof. Gerald Holton. Some annotations in pencil by Holton in Joseph Petzoldt’s contribution on the “Theory of Relativity of Physics”. Holton notes for instance: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE [Albert Einstein] refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]”.

Berlin, Arthur Tetzlaff, 1914. 8°. (4), 230, (2) Seiten. Hardcover / Library Binding. Bibliotheksbindung. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Harvard College Library. Mit dem Besitzvermerk von Prof. Gerald Holton. Die private Bibliotheksbindung mit mehreren Defekten. Vorsatzblatt lose und stark angerändert. Mit zahlreichen handschriftlichen Annotationen Holton’s im Beitrag von Joseph Petzoldt: “Die Relativitätstheorie der Physik”. Holton verweist in einem Absatz auf eine Peinlichkeit in Petzoldt’s Aeusserung und merkt dazu an: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]” / Former copy of Harvard College Library with ownership-stamp of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Gerald Holton. Several annotations in pencil by Holton in Joseph Petzoldt’s contribution on the “Theory of Relativity of Physics”. Holton notes for instance: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]” [Zeitschrift für positivistische Philosophie. 2. Band.]

4. [Kingerlee, John] Benington, Jonathan.

Collection of four signed catalogues and monographs. From the artists personal library. The collection includes: 1. Jonathan Benington – Kingerlee / 2. John Kingerlee – A Painter’s Passage / 3. Kingerlee – Pneuma in Time – Namoc, Beijing ‘08/ 4. Kingerlee – New Works on Paper – The Kenny Gallery – Galway 2007 //. All signed by John Kingerlee.

Belfast, Larry Powell, 2006. 4°. 280 pages. One Volume in Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar / Three Volumes in Softcover. Collection of 4 signed volumes from John Kingerlee’s library ! 3 of the 4 volumes are in original softcover/ Excellent condition with only minor external wear.

5. [Nidlo, Frantya / Bydlo, F. / Sutnar, Ladislav.

Básníkuv rok : 33 básníku píse na okraj dne.

Praze (Prague), V Praze Druzstevni, práce, 1936. 8°. 60, 2 nn. pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only few flaws to the dustjacket. First edition of this rare anthology.

6. Albert, Hans.

Traktat über kritische Vernunft. [Widmungsexemplar].

3., erweiterte Auflage. Tübingen, J.C.B.Mohr, 1975. 8°. XVI, 219 Seiten. Softcover. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. Mit der gedruckten Widmung an Karl Popper. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung und Signatur von Hans Albert an Oswald Schwemmer. / Inscribed by the german philosopher Hans Albert to fellow philosopher Oswald Schwemmer in 1975. Inscribed books by Albert are very uncommon.

7. Aragon, Louis.

Le Paysan de Paris.

Premiére éditions. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1926. 19 x 12 cm. 252 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Trés Bon exemplaire. Intérieur propre malgré de légéres rousseurs éparses. Exemplaire numéroté: 286, un des 900 ouvrage déstinés aux Amis de l’édition originale in-octavo couronne sur papier vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. / One of the great works by this co-founder of surrealism, a prose poem which created a “modern mythology, revealing the wonders of city life and celebrating the fusion of imagination and reality in a virtuoso style.” One of 900 copies for amis de l’edition in a total first printing of 1053 copies. A very good+ copy with some dark shelf residues to bottom edge.

8. Bruno, O.S.B. (Bruno of Segni; Bruno Astense; Brunonis Astensis; Bruno di Segni).

Opera. [Sancti Brunonis Astensi Episcopi Signiensium et Abbatis Montis Casini Opera in Duos Tomos Distributa aucta et Adnotationibus Illustrata Regiae Celsitudini Caroli Emmanuelis Pedemontii Principis &c. &c.].

Romae, Joannis Zempel, 1789-1791. Folio. C, 634, XXXVII, 688, III pages. Hardcover / Original parchment with gilt lettering on spine Former copy of St.Joseph’s College / Mill Hill Library.

9. Claudel, Paul.

Den Sedmý Odpocinkem. Hra O Trech Jednanich. Vyzdobil Vlastislav Hofman.

Praze (Prague), (Frantisek Obzina), (1920). 8°. 82 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition. Small chip to frontcover. Early publication with expressionistic full-page illustrations. [Sestá kniha Druzstva Pratel Studia v Praze. Vyzdobil Vlastislav Hofman. Vydal Ladislav Kuncir v Praze Il. Spalená 15. Vytiskl Frantisek Obzina ve Vyskove na léta Páne 1920].

10. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.