7301. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck).

The Story of the Mikado. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

First edition. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. 25 cm. XI, 114 pages. 6 leaves of plates. Illustrations (including colour frontispiece) in black and white. Original illustrated hardcover. Fair condition with signs of external wear. Noticeable staining to the front cover, rubbing of the spine, foxing on inside and selective pages and a tear on page 8.

7302. Batey, Mavis / Woudstra, Jan.

The story of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court.

London, Barn Elms Publishing, 1996. 21 cm x 21 cm. 56 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7303. Gibson, J.Y.

The Story of the Zulus. With 11 Illustrations.

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Co., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 338 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Blind double-ruling to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional foxing. Interior otherwise unmarked and bright. Binding firm and strong.

7304. Kingston, W.J.

The Story of West Carbery.

First edition. Waterford, The Friendly Press, 1985. 14 cm x 20 cm. VI, 133 pages. With a number of photographs and maps. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

7305. [English History Collection] – Brooke-Hunt, Violet.

The Story of Westminster Abbey. [Prize – Binding / Stunning Victorian Leather Binding by Relfe Brothers Ltd. London for the Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster with exceptional gilted emblemata to frontcover: “Gubernato Libere Scole Grammatice in Winborne MinsterSigillum Commune – Elizabeth Regine Anno 1563”].

Twelfth Thousand. London, James Nisbet & Co, No date (1902). 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. IX, 356 pages, including photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover full morocco in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation inscription by Rev. J.M.J.Hetcher to J. Cutler [Small stamp: “Tilley’s Library Wimbourne” to endpaper].

7306. Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

7307. [Doyle, Arthur Conan] / Newnes, George.

The Strand Magazine – 23 Volumes in total. With first printings of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” in Volumes III, IV, V, XII and XIII. [Volumes I, II and VI missing] Of the missing Volumes only Volume II and VI contained Stories of Doyle].

First Edition. 23 Volumes (of 26). London, George Newnes, 1892-1903. 8°. c. 13500 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All bindings firm !

7308. [Walpole, Horace] Fothergill, Brian.

The Strawberry Hill Set, Horace Walpole and his Circle.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1983. 14 cm x 22 cm. 277 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7309. Cullen, John B.

The Structure of Professionalism: A Quantitative Examination.

New York / Princeton, Petrocelli Books, 1978. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIII, 290 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Worn corners, and some small tears along edges of dustjacket. Spotting on page edges; volume itself otherwise in excellent condition.

7310. Todd, John.

The Student’s Manual: Designed by specific Directions to aid in Forming and strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of The Student.

The Tenth Edition. Halifax, Printed & Published by William Milner, 1848. Miniature Book (8 cm x 12 cm). IV, 237 pages. Original Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The binding unusually form and the original endpapers intact.

7311. [Grierson, Margaret] Anonymous.

The Student’s Walk; or, A Sabbath in the Country.

Edinburgh, Published by William Oliphant, 1823. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 108 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7312. [Costain, Harold Haliday] Holme, Geoffrey (Editor).

The Studio – November 1939 – Vol.118 – No.560. [With a two-page-section on Hal Costain’s photographs for advertising].

London, The Studio, 1939. 21 cm x 29 cm. 224 Pages with additional advertising pages. Original Softcover. The wrapper detached ! Back cover slightly ripped. Otherwise in good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7313. [Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred] Holme, Charles (Charles Rennie Mackintosh / Charles Voysey and others).

The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art. Alfred Chester Beatty’s personal set of “The Studio”; 97 volumes bound in 69 books with the Register for Vols 1-29 [Lacking Volume 61]. With original artwork by James McNeill Whistler and other important artists of the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau Movement.

97 Volumes (bound in 69 Volumes). London, Offices of The Studio, 1893 – 1929. Quarto. c. 20000 pages with illustrations, photographs, original lithographs, engravings. Contemporary private Hardcover (Uniform deep blue buckram with gilt lettering on spinelabels). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only a few of the Volumes a little shaky. With the handwritten entry “A. Chester Beatty – 24 Kensington Palace Gardens – W. 8”.

7314. [Kuwait Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – [Gill, William Daniel] / Sahabi, Fereydoun.

The Subsurface Geology of the Wafra Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia neutral zone). [Personal copy of eminent geologist William Daniel Gill / Excellent Association – copy with inscription of Sahabi to Gill]. With special reference to the stratigraphy of the Cenomanian. Original Thesis (printed with hand-coloured sections) submitted for the Degree of Master of Science of the University of London.

London, Oil Technology Department of the Imperial College, 1966. Quarto. Pagination: 25 pages text with 23, often large (!) fold-out-maps (some hand-coloured). Hardcover / Private cloth-binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: This set belonged to William Daniel Gill who held it at one point in the Watts Library. It was sold to us from the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor who had this set gifted to him by William Daniel Gill. Inscribed by Fereydoun Sahabi on the endpaper: “To Professor W.D.Gill with best compliments – F. Sahabi – Jan. 1967”. One of the extremely Rare publications on the Geology of Kuwait !

7315. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

The Sufferings of Young Werther. Translated by Harry Steinhauer.

First edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1970. 13 cm x 21,5 cm. VIII, 129 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

7316. Carmichael, Alexander.

The Sun Dances: Prayers and Blessings from the Gaelic.

Reprinted Edition. Edinburgh, Floris Books, 1977. Octavo. XX, 124 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.

7317. Beevers, John.

The Sun Her Mantle.

Dublin, Browne and Nolan Ltd., 1953. 22cm x 14cm. 228 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

7318. Goddard, John.

The Super Flies of Still Water. Drawings by Ted Andrews.

London, Ernest Benn, 1977. 20cm x 10.5cm. iv, 98 (4) pages. With illustrations and drawings. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7319. Murphy, Orla.

The Sway of Winter.

First edition. Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2002. 13,5 cm x 21,4 cm. 220 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

7320. Andersen, Hans Christian.

The Swineherd. Translated and illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, inc. 1958. 17 x 19.5 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7321. Tremearne, A.J.N.

The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria – An Account of an Official’s Seven Years’ Experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Native Tribes. With 38 Illustrations & a Map.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 342 pages. 38 illustrations. Fold-out map near rear showing ‘Northern Nigeria for “The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria.”’ Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and pictorial to front board. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor abrasions to board cloth near spine. Slight tanning throughout. Interior bright and clean. Binding good and firm. Text-block tight and square.

7322. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

7323. Frey, Stephen W.

The Takeover.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Dutton Books, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

7324. Swift, Jonathan.

The Tale Of A Tub And Other Pieces: “The Battle Of The Books” and “A Discourse concerning Mechanical Operations of the Spirit”.

London, Charles Daly, 1837. Miniature Book: (7 cm wide x 10.7 cm high). Frontispiece, Engraved Title, LIV, 200 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Besides some minor staining to cover, pastedown and endpaper, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear (a very minor lesion to lower spine).

7325. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.

Later Edition with red lettering on cover. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1930]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to the bottom of pages 10/11. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper.

7326. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1942]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 111 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to lower frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent !

7327. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and covers slightly stained. Minor stain on title and frontispiece.

7328. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7329. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice [with vintage Ephemera advertising leaflet on Beatrix Potter “Jig-Saw Puzzles” / “Peter Rabbit’s Bookshel” etc.]

[1904 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1904. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 (2) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding shaky with interior bookblock slightly broken (no effect on the outer spine) ! Pages slightly loosened. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent ! The loosely inserted advertising leaflet with a clean tear that separates one part of the leaflet.

7330. Stevenson, Robert Louis,

The Tales of Tusitala – A selection of the best short stories of Robert Louis Stevenson. Chosen by John L. Hardie.

London, Art and Educational Publishers, Limited, 1946. 3 cm x 9 cm. 445 pages. Original Hardcover with unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7331. Martinez, Tomas Eloy.

The Tango Singer. Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.

London, Bloomsbury, 2006. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 246 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appears unread, crisp, clean, bright and tight.

7332. Babcock, Louis L.

The Tarpon [The True First Issue of the First Edition / Inscribed, Signed and dated in March 1920].

Printed for Private Distribution. [Louis L.Babcock], 1920. Octavo. 62 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Spine damaged. Front board and first layer cleanly detached. Needs new binding. Softcover boards slightly frayed. Interior excellent. This is the Extremely Rare, inscribed and signed first edition, meant for private circulation only. Inscribed by Babcock to W.J.Duncan in Buffalo, New York: “Dear Mr.Duncan, please accept this little volume with my regards & good wishes – L.L.B. – Mch 20/20 – Louis L. Babcock – 802-826 Buffalo, N.Y.”.

7333. Spalding, Frances.

The Tate a History.

First Edition. London, Tate Gallery Publishing, 1998. 18.5cm x 25.5cm. 320 pages wiht 96 illustrations, 48 in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some minor stainting to pastedown only.

7334. Vierge, Daniel.

The Tavern of the Three Virtues. Translated from the Original of Saint-Juirs. Illustrated with sixty drawings by Daniel Verge together with a critical essay on the art of Vierge by Edmund Gosse.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, (ca. 1890). 22 cm x 33 cm. 155, (1) pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One of only 650 copies of a limited edition. Exlibris of Gordon Sloane (Lamh Dhearg). Blindstamped “Oaklands, St.Peters, Isle of Thanet”.

7335. Pater – Downes, David Anthony.

The Temper of Victorian Belief. Studies in the Religious Novels of Pater, Kingsley, and Newman.

New York, Twayne Publishers. 1972. 8°. 159 Pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition.

7336. Atwood, Margaret.

The Tent. [Signed]

First British Edition. London, Bloomsbury, 2006. 13 x 18,5 cm. 155 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by Margaret Atwood on the title page. Contains two newspaper-clippings / reviews.

7337. O’Sullivan, Denis.

The Testament of John de Wynchedon, Citizen of Cork, Anno 1306.

Reprint from Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Cork, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1957. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 13 pages numbered from page 75 to page 88. Original softcover pamphlet. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7338. Beaumont, Ernest.

The Theme of Beatrice in the Plays of Claudel.

London, Rockliff Publishing Corporation, 1954. 14 x 22cm. (9), 102 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Very good condition, spine very slightly scuffed, small ink mark on front board, endpapers slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

7339. Brockett, Lorna / Yarnold, Edward (General Editor).

The Theology of Baptism.

Cork, The Mercier Press, 1971. 11 cm x 18 cm. 94 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages and inside covers discoloured. [Theology Today Series No. 25].

7340. Hughes, A.M.D.

The Theology of Shelley. Warton Lecture on English Poetry.

First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1938. 8°. 15 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Fair condition. Signs of wear – wrappers chipped and bumped. No text markings internally – pages clean. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. XXIV.]

7341. Ousby, W.J.

The Theory and Practice of Hypnotism.

Fifth Printing of the First Edition. Wellingsborough, Thorsons Publishers, 1981. 13,5 x 21,5 cm. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7342. Jaquin, Noel.

The Theory of Metaphysical Influence. A Study of Human Attunements, Perception, Intelligence and Motivation.

First Edition. London, Salisbury Squary, 1958. 22cm x 14cm. vii, 194 pages. Original hardcover in original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7343. Henry, Dr. F.

The Theory of Money.

Second Edition. London, Staples Press, 1948. 22 cm x 14,5 cm. 107 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7344. Rossini, Gioacchino.

The Thieving Magpie.

London, Sadler’s Wells Opera, 1969. 13.5 cm x 23 cm. 24 unnumbered pages including several illustrations throughout, with additional advertising pages. Also includes 2 detached leaflets of the cast list. Original softcover brochure. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7345. Bebek, Borna.

The Third City. Philiosophy at War with Positivism.

London, Boston, Melbourne, Henley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. 24cm x 16cm. XII, 307 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Former library copy of the US Army Library at Pirmasens. Very good condition with usual library signs (stamps, signs).

7346. Strassfeld, Sharon and Michael (eds.).

The Third Jewish Catalog. Creating Community.

First Edition. Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1980. 21 cm x 27.5 cm. 416 pages. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight marks of folding on cover.

7347. Elfick, Hilary.

The Third Mile.

First Edition. Guildford, Guildford Poets Press, 2009. Octavo. 109 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7348. [English History Collection] – Parker, Geoffrey.

The Thirty Years’ War.

Revised edition. New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. XLIII, 340 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7349. [El Greco] Pye, Patrick.

The Time Gatherer. A Study of El Greco’s treatment of the Sacred theme.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1991. 16cm x 24.5cm. 125 pages with 8 colour plates and 8 black and white plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

7350. Healey, Denis.

The Time of My Life.

London, Michael Joseph, 1989. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 607 pages. With 52 illustrations. Original Hardcover, with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.