2451. Waterhouse, Ellis.

Painting in Britain 1530-1790.

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.2 cm x 26.4 cm. XV, 271 pages.192 pages of black & white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front. Minor wear to spine. Binding tight. Clean interior.

2452. Kumagai, Kaisaku / Nakano, Teiichiro / Ishikawa, Akira.

Collection on Japanese Law / Sammelband mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken von japanischen Rechtsprofessoren. Der Sammelband enthält: 1. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Teiichiro Nakano. (3 Seiten) / 2. Teiichiro Nakano – Rationalisierung der Justiz. (5 Seiten) / 3. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Akira Ishikawa. (6 Seiten) / 4. Akira Ishikawa – Die Rolle der Rechstanwaltskammer in der Reform des japanischen Justizwesens. (9 Seiten) / 5. Kaisaku Kumagai – Establishment of Theory of Japanese Law History. (20 Seiten) / 6. Kaisaku Kumagai – Le Nom de la Femme Mariée das l’Histoire Légale du Japon. (11 Seiten) / 7. Ichiro Kobashi – Japanische Rechtssprechung und Wechseltheorien. (11 Seiten) / 8. Kaisaku Kumagai – On historical conditions of the Japanese Civil Codification. (10 Seiten – Widmungsexemplar mit handschriftlicher Widmung (signiert) von Kaisaku Kumagai an Professor Wilhelm Wegener) //

Osaka / Stuttgart, Osaka University Law Review / Schaeffer Verlag, 1953-1990. 8°. Privater, neuwertiger Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Wegener.

2453. Palazzeschi, Aldo / Davidson, Angus (translator).

The Sisters Materassi. Translated by Angus Davidson.

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1953. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 316 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

2454. Fitch, Geraldine.

Formosa Beachhead.

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1953. 8°. VIII, 267 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with the original dustjacket in protective collector’s – mylar.. Very good condition. Minor signs of wear. A very rare book in excellent condition !

2455. Spender, Stephen.

World Within World – The Autobiography of Stephen Spender.

London / Hertfordshire, Readers Union Ltd., 1953. 20.9cm x 13cm. XI, 305 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. As usual with some browning to the paper.

2456. Mann, Thomas.

Die Betrogene. Erzählung.

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer Verlag, 1953. 11 cm x 19 cm. 127 pages. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand mit dem originalen Umschlag.

2457. Rieff, Philip.

Two offprints: 1. History, Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences (1953) / 2. The Authority of the Past – Sickness and Society in Freud’s Thought (1954) //

Social Research, 1953 – 1954. 8°. 13, 23 pages. Softcover. Stapled. Only slightly stained. Rare !

2458. Cudlipp, Hugh.

Publish And Be Damned ! The Astonishing Story of The Daily Mirror.

London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1953. 14 x 22cm. (11), 292 pages, with black and white photograph plates and illustrations. Original hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Some mild signs of wear to boards and spine, including stains and bumping. Internally in very good condition.

2459. [English History Collection] – Cave, C. J. P.

Medieval Carvings in the Exeter Cathedral.

London, King Penguin Books, 1953. 8°. 64 Pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2460. La Varende, Jean de.

La Dernière Fête.

Paris, Flammarion, 1953. 13,5 cm x 19 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Half leather binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed by Jean de la Varende on half title / Avec dedicace de l’auteur: “Pour Gerard Argenton, amicalmend – La Varende”. No. 14 / 20 exemplaires sur papier fil d’Arches. Exlibris / Bookplate of Baron de Mélogue. Top edge gilt. Excellent condition !