1. Crawley, Tony.

Bébé: The Films of Brigitte Bardot.

London, LSP Books, 1975. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. Frontispiece.256 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover and spine. Minor discolouration to edges and endpaper. Otherwise clean, bright and binding strong.

2. [Dante Alighieri] / [Thomas Hobbes] / [Sir Isaac Newton] / [Edmund Halley] / [Malkin, Arthur Thomas].

Gallery of Portraits of important philosophers, scientists and men of letters [with Portraits of Carl von Linne / Portrait of Thomas Hobbes / Portrait of Edmund Halley / Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton / Ignatius von Loyola / Cromwell / Sir Humphry Davy etc.].

No Place [London], [Charles Knight & Co.], No Year [1832]. Circa 225 pages. Features thirty black and white portraits, with many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with half-leather and buckram boards. Gilt lettering and blind design on spine with raised bands with gilt ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor foxing throughout. Some tissue guards loose. With marbled edges and marbled both endpapers and pastedowns. Name of previous owner written in blue ink on free front endpaper “Richard Allen”, also featured within in pencil and dated ‘1832’. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

3. Driscoll, Charles B.

Kansas Irish.

London and Glasgow, Art and Educational Publishers Ltd, 1946. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Signed name of preowner on front endpaper.

4. Du Maurier, Daphne.

Gerald- A Portrait.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. 14.1 cm x 22.2 cm. 317 pages. Black and white Frontispiece-Portrait. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discoloration to spine. Moderate foxing to edges, half-title page and endpapers. Front endpaper missing. Pages lightly tanned.

5. Elmslie, W.A.

Among The Wild Ngoni – Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa.

Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 319 pages. 14 illustrations including frontispiece. Folded Map at rear showing ‘Livingstonia Mission.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial illustration on spine and board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

6. Haberland, Detlef.

Von Lemgo nach Japan – Das ungewöhnliche Leben des Engelbert Kaempfer 1651 bis 1716.

Bielefeld, Westfalen Verlag, 1990. 19.9 cm x 30 cm. 223 pages. With many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover. Otherwise very clean and bright. Contains label on front endpaper ’ Bücherstube Ilona Hodes’.

7. Hébras, Robert / Desouteaux, André.

The Slaughter of Our Village.

Saint-Maur, Les Chemins de la Mémoire, 2001. 21 cm x 29.7 cm. 224 pages. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Original Softcover. As New condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. [Hoover, J. Edgar] Gentry, Curt.

J. Edgar Hoover, The Man and His Secrets.

New York, Plume, 1992. 15 cm x 23 cm. 846 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

9. Mauriac, Francois.

Saint Margaret of Cortona. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman.

New York, Philosophical Library, 1948. 13.8 cm x 20.5 cm. IX, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light rubbing to upper and lower spine. Discoloration to edges, endpapers, front and rear pastedowns. Dustjacket chipped. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

10. McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

11. [Rasmussen, Knud] Skrevet af hans Venner.

Bogen om Knud. Text in Danish.

København, Westermann, 1943. 20 cm x 26.5 cm. Portrait-Frontispiece of Knud Rasmussen (Photograph), 310 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates taken from photos and drawings. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover in poor condition; large open tears to front and rear, slightly frayed and separated from book block. Chipped upper spine. Minor foxing to cover. Deckled edges. Ephemera included: postcard written in Danish dated 1967 and a received by Karen and Gotfred Haugaard. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

12. [Sainsbury, Hester Margaret (Illustrator)] / Morand, Paul.

Earth Girdled. With Eight Woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury. Translated from the French ‘Rien que le Terre’ by Charles Emile Roche.

London, Alfred A. Knoff, 1928. 14.5 cm x 22.6 cm. 172 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket has minor edgewear. Minor rubbing to edges. Minor tanning to edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise bright and clean. Binding strong.

13. Smiles, Paul

The Land of the Black Buffalo.

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 164 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original yellow cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front pastedown and endpaper.

14. Stamp, Terence.

Coming Attractions.

London, Bloomsbury, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 216 pages. With 31 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new. Interior very bright and clean.

15. Stutchbury, Rosamond.

Journey To Grandmother.

Surrey, Gayles Ltd., 1973. 14.2 cm x 22.3 cm. 74 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and top of front board slightly sunned. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Interior clean and bright.

16. Tollemache, Lionel A.

Old and Odd Memories.

London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 23cm x 15cm. 328 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of age-related wear including some mild foxing. Inscribed and signed by Lionel A. Tollemache on the endpaper: “To Winnie – Lionel A. Tollemache” / Further inscribed by the recipient ‘Winnie’ who passed on the book as gift: “…+ then to my two dear American friends, the Davenport Wests from Cousin Winnie”.