1561. Bourne, H. R. Fox.

Civilisation in Congoland – A Story of International Wrong-Doing. With a prefatory Note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.

London, P.S.King & Son, 1903. Octavo. XVI, 311 pages with large, coloured, folded map of the Congo: “Congo Land or The Conventional Basin of the Congo”. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Endpaper detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faint old library stamp of the “Reichsgericht in Berlin” to titlepage.

1562. Crozier, Bob / Society of Illustrators.

Illustrators XII (12) – The Twelfth Annual of American Illustration. The Twelfth Annual Exhibition of American Illustration. Edited and designed by Bob Crozier.

New York, Hastings House, Publishers, Inc., 1971. Folio. c. 400 unnumbered pages with 504 graphical contributions from various artists (in colour as well as in black-and-white). Including an Index. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Cover Art (dustjacket and pastedwon art) by Bernie Fuchs. Absolutely excellent (FINE) condition.

1563. Hattersley, C.W.

The Baganda at Home. With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda.

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1908. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 227 pages. 80 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and designs on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding firm and strong. Foxing to edges and interior. Interior unmarked.

1564. Rackham, Bernard.

Pottery & Porcelain A Handbook for Collectors. Translated From The Danish of Emil Hannover. Edited With Notes and Appendices by Bernard Rackham. Volume I: Europe and the Near East: Earthenware and Stoneware. Volume II: The Far East. Volume III: European Porcelain.

Three Volume Set. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. 16.8 cm x 26 cm. Pagination: Volume I: 589 pages. / Volume II: 287 pages. / Volume III: 571 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and wear to cover edges and peripheries. Minor fraying and browning to dustjackets. Minor tanning to endpapers, pastedowns and pages. Clean interior. Binding strong on all volumes.

1565. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

1566. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

1567. Rosenstock, Gabriel.

Susanne sa seomra folctha. [Signed and inscribed by the author]

Baile Átha Cliath, Clodhanna Teo, [1973]. 22 cm. iv, 48 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1568. Cruikshank, William.

The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. The Second Edition – Considerably Enlarged, and Illustrated with Additional Plates.

Special reprint edition of London, G. Nicol, 1790. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. 18 cm x 23.3 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 5 plates including 2 fold-out anatomical illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Ornate gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Green silken ribbon as bookmarker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris / Bookplate of preowner on front pastedown. Additional bookplate on front endpaper stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

1569. [Jugendstil / Art Nouveau] Mathildenhöhe Hessisches Landesmuseum Kunsthalle.

Ein Dokument deutscher Kunst – Darmstadt. 1901-1976. Katalog der Ausstellung im Hessischen Landesmuseum Mathildenhöhe vom 22. Oktober 1976 bis 30. Januar 1977.

5 Baende (vollstaendig). Darmstadt, Roether, 1976. Quarto. XVI, 78, 207, 192, 232, 226 Seiten mit hunderten von Abbildungen, auch in Farbe. Originales Softcover. Neuwertig erhalten ! Wichtige Quelle zur Geschichte des Jugendstils und seine Anwendung in Buchkunst, Architektur und Design in Darmstadt und seiner Kuenstlerkolonie / Excellent, close to new condition. Important docuemnt for art nouveau movement, book art etc.

1570. Villatte, Prof. Dr. Cesaire.

Parisismen – Alphabetisch Geordnete Sammlung der Eigenartigen Ausdrucksweisen des Pariser Argot. Ein Supplement zu allen Französisch-Deutschen Wörterbüchern.

Berlin, Langenscheidtsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1884. 20.3cm x 13.5cm. X, 237 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful half-leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the binding.