4181. Wilson, Wilfrid G.

Change Ringing – The Art and Science of Change Ringing on Church and Hand Bells.

Fourth Impression. Rushden, Freda P. Willgress, 1989. Large Octavo. XV, 238 pages with a section of excellent photographs of Bell Ringing in action etc. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket. Rare !

4182. Ching-Tzu, Wu.

The Scholars. Translated by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang / The Author’s Portrait and Illustrations by Cheng Shih-Fa.

Third Edition. Peking, Foreign Language Press, 1973. Octavo. Frontispiece, 607 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in original slipcase. Unusually Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself as new, basically unread ! Rare in this condition !

4183. Laffan, William.

Irish Art at Castle Coole – The Familiar is Transformed. With a Foreword by S.B.Kennedy. Published by The Greylag Press for private circulation only !

One of 250 copies only. Enniskillen, Greylag Press, 2017. Quarto (21.5 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). Frontispiece, 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4184. Morison, Samuel Eliot.

The Maritime History of Massachusetts (1783 – 1860). With Illustrations.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company – The Riverside Press Company, 1941. Octavo. XI,420 pages with wonderful illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket (some fraying and loss to corners of the jacket only). The book is firm and due to the protected dustjacket in wonderful gift-condition.

4185. Pritchett, V.S. / Evelyn Hofer (Photographer).

DUBLIN – A Portrait. Photographs by Evelyn Hofer.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). 99 pages with 16 pages of photographs in full colour and 78 photographs in monochrome gravure. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some minor tears to dustjacket, now in protective sleeve, but else in unusually very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A fantastic publication.

4186. Farkas, Lidia / Poharnok, Zoltan / Shires, Frances (Translator).

Sly Mike: A Hungarian Story – With ten original, coloured etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. English Translation by Frances Shires.

No.115 of a signed, limited Edition of 250 copies. Budapest, Published by Dr.George Vajna & Co., (1937). Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 44 unnumbered pages (inlcuding the etchings). The book is signed by both artists, Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Hardcover / Original, embroidered binding. Some foxing to binding but the endpapers intact and the binding in overall very good condition. All etchings in excellent condition. A wonderful, rare example of a very rare book !

4187. Mirò, Joan / Dupin, Jacques / Eluard, Paul / Char, René / Prévert, Jacques / Queneau, Raymond.

Exhibition Catalogue “Fondation Maeght 1968 – Saint Paul 06” [With four original colour Lithographs: 1. Cover / 2. One original single-page Lithograph in colour and 3./4.: One Double-Page Lithograph in colour by Joan Mirò].

Saint Paul, Fondation Maeght, 1968. Small Quarto (19.7 cm wide x 22.6 cm high). 212 colour reproductions. Original, illustrated Softcover – Edition with original cover-art by Miro. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minro foxing and fingerstaining to edge. Otherwise excellent.

4188. Tytler, Alexander Fraser [Lord Woodhouselee].

The Cities of The Modern World from the Fall of Rome to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century [This publication has its own titlepage and seems like an entirely independent work by Tytler but it is in fact Volumes IV, V and VI of his “Universal History”, obviously marketed by Ward, Lock and Co. with a new titlepage]. By the Late Hon. Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, Senator of the College of Justice and Lord Commissioner of Justiciary in Scotland and formerly Professor of Civil History and Greek and Roman Antiquities in the University of Edinburgh.

Three Volumes in One (complete only according to titlepage). London / New York, Ward, Lock and Co., no year (c.1880). Small Octavo (11 cm wide x 15.3 cm high). Volume I: 303 pages / Volume II: 336 pages / Volume III: 346 pages. Hardcover / Private Hardcover of the late 19th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Few pages with fraying and some paper-loss. This is an extremely scarce publication ! No copy for sale on the international market during cataloging.

4189. [Adorno, Theodor] Gödde, Christoph (Hrsg.).

Theodor W. Adorno. Einleitung in die Soziologie (1968). Herausgegeben von Christoph Gödde.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1993. 13 x 20,5 cm. 330 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand. Mit Grusskarte des Herausgebers Christoph Gödde. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. [Theodor W. Adorno. Nachgelassene Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Theodor W. Adorno Archiv. Abteilung IV: Vorlesungen. Band 15].

4190. Miró, Joan / Sam Hunter [Introduction].

Joan Miró – His Graphic Work. Introduction by Sam Hunter – With 79 Gravure Illustrations and 14 Color Plates [Includes Two original Lithographs].

First Edition. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1958. Quarto (28 cm wide x 32.7 cm high). XXXV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover with the beautiful, original, illustrated dustjacket. With publisher’s paper-band loosely inserted and in original slipcase. Very Minor signs of removed sellotape to binding and dustjacket only. A very firm and clean copy of this important catalogue raissonee in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the wonderful photograph of Miro, flanked by apprentices, in his studio.