1. [Rhodes, Cecil] Maurois, André.

Cecil Rhodes. Translated from the French by Rohan Wadham.

London, Collins, 1953. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, 140 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hint of foxing to fore-edge. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. [Brief Lives – No. 8]

2. Kollmann, Paul [trans. Nesbitt, H.A. / Hole, Hugh Marshall ].

The Victoria Nyanza – The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects. With a Map and 372 Illustrations from Native Objects in the Author’s Own Collections.

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1899. 17 cm x 24 cm. IX, 254 pages. Large fold-out map of region near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt design and blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some signs of foxing to edges and throughout. Binding strong and firm. Interior unmarked. From the library of Hugh Marshall Hole, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Hole’s name also in form of a name-stamp on front endpaper and titlepage. Rare ! But rather scarce in this excellent condition !

3. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke.

Exotic Japanese Stories – The Beautiful and the Grotesque. 16 Unusual Tales and Unforgettable Images. Translated by Takashi Kojima and John McVittee. Introduction by John McVittee.

New York, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1964. 14.9 cm x 21.9 cm. Colour Frontispiece, 431 pages. 22 Collage Illustrations: 6 Colour and 16 Black and White by Masakazu Kuwata. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. A very good+ hardcover copy in black and grey cloth stamped in silver and red gilt with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges and very minor fading to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Minor fraying and fading to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

4. Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

Lays of Ancient Rome – With Ivry and the Armada.

London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge’s Pocket Library (No.7 of 27)].

5. Arrabal, Fernando.

The Red Virgin. Translated from the Spanish and French by Andrew Hurley.

First edition. New York / London, Penguin Books, 1993. 13 x 20cm. 248 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed / Signed by author on title page.

6. Esquivel, Laura.

Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies. Translated by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen.

First edition. New York, Doubleday, 1992. 13 x 19.5cm. 246 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

7. Calvino, Italo.

Idilios y Amores Difíciles. Traducción de Attilio Dabini.

Primera edición. Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, 1962. 15 x 20.5cm. 262 páginas. Encuadernación en rústica. En buen estado, la encuadernación puede presentar signos de desgaste. Páginas intonsas.

8. Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Translator].

The Life of Pachomius / Vita Prima Graeca. Inroduction by Birger A. Pearson.

Missoula, Scholars Press / The Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 15 x 23cm. (11), 201 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition other than some mild discolouration to edges. Pre-owner’s bookplate affixed. [Texts and Translations No. 7: Early Christian Literature Series No. 2].

9. Tamaro, Susanna.

Follow Your Heart. Translated from the Italian by John Cullen.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1995. 11.5 x 18.5cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

10. Allende, Isabel.

The Stories of Eva Luna. [SIGNED with drawing by Isabel Allende]. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atheneum, 1990. 13.5 x 21cm. 335 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by Isabel Allende with a drawing of a lower by Allende beside it.