2381. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spotting to the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

2382. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.

The Secret Garden.

In one Volume. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1912. Small Octavo. 286 pages. Original publisher’s softcover wrapper. Name of preowner on titlepage. Rear brochure missing. Still firm and with only minor signs of fraying. Good overall condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare Tauchnitz edition of this important book. [Tauchnitz Edition – Collection of British Authors Volume 4324].

2383. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Robinson, Charles.

The Secret Garden. Illustrated.

Second edition. Reprinted. London, Book Club Associates, 1976. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages. 8 original colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Charles Robinson. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition throughout.

2384. Burns, Brian P.

“A Rising People” – The Brian P.Burns Collection of Irish Art. Edited by Robert Kohn.

Newtownabbey, Nicholson & Bass, 2017. Quarto (25.5 cm wide x 31 cm high). 255 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

2385. Burns, Robert.

The Works of Robert Burns ; With An Account of his Life, And A Criticism on his Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry.

The Seventh Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies and W.Creech at Edinburgh, by J.McCreery, Black-Horse-Court, Fleet-Street, 1813. Octavo (14.2 cm wide x 22 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece-Portrait of Robert Burns, XII, 395 pages / Volume II: XXIV, 470 pages / Volume III: XII, 422 pages / Volume IV: XXIV, 414 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative, full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Beautiful, marbled endpapers and marbled adges. Excellent, unusually firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The bindins, hinges and spine in sturdy condition, very rare for such a set of Burns’ Works, which were always read intensely in the 19th century. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch Hose), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With an additional manuscript-entry of a pre-owner: “Elizabeth Conner, Nov. 12th, 1827”.

2386. Burrard, Major Sir Gerald.

The Modern Shotgun. Volume I – The Gun.

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1947. 8°. 242 pages. 242 pages. Good condition with some clear signs of external wear.

2387. Burrell, Arthur.

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

London, J.M. Dent, 1909. 11 cm x 17 cm. XIII, 124 pages. With 24 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition, some foxing or discolouration externally and internally.

2388. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

Escape On Venus. Wanderers on a world of weird people and uncanny kingdoms.

New York, Ace Books Inc., [c.1969]. 10,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 254 pages. Original illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All page edges orange. Cover art and title page illustration by Roy Krenkel Jr. [Venus Series]

2389. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

2390. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].