5851. [Anonymous].

The Criminal Recorder ; Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters including Murderers, Traitors, Pirates, Mutineers, Incendiaries, Defrauders, Rioters, Sharpers, Highwaymen, Footpads, Pickpockets, Swindlers, Housebreakers, Coiners, Receivers, Extortioners, And other noted persons who have suffered the Sentence of the Law for Criminal Offences : Embracing a variety of curious and singular cases, anecdotes, &c. with occasional notes : to which is added an account of the various punishments inflicted on those who transgress the laws of their country, With a Description of the Crimes by which those punishments are incurred &c. alphabetically arranged under appropriate Heads and illustrated with Portraits and other Engravings. By a Student of the Inner Temple.

Volume I (of IV). London, Printed and Published by James Cundee, 1804. Duodecimo. Portrait-Frontispice,[4], 464 pages [of 466]. / [This First of four Volumes ends at the letter “H”]. Original Full Leather. Binding in poor condition. Two pages missing. Illustrations (Portraits) throughout.

5852. Schell, Jonathan.

The Fate of the Earth. [Signed / Inscribed]

First Edition. New York, Knopf, 1982. 21.7cm x 15cm. 244 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good in publisher’s cloth covered boards, in like dust jacket. Beautiful, lengthy inscription by Schell to the previous owner, Northeastern Univeristy philosophy Professor Dr. Hugh Moorehead.

5853. Nock, Arthur Darby.

Faiths and Symbols. An introduction by Arthur Darby Nock. For an exhibition held in the Gallery of The Century Association during April 1943.

New York, The Century Association, 1943. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover / Original printed wrappers. Near fine.

5854. Rackham, Arthur.

His Life and Work [Advertising Leaflet for the important Biography on Rackham – Ephemera – Leaflet with short Biography on Rackham , small, printed photograph of Rackham and Order Form].

[London], William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. Slim Quarto (11.5 cm 24 cm). 4 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

5855. Krige, Eileen Jensen.

The Social System of the Zulus. With Illustrations and Maps.

Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, no year (c.1950). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 420 pages. 12 illustrations. 2 maps near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5856. Galbraith, John Kenneth.

Beyond the Marshall Plan – including A Joint Statement by Members of NPA’s Board of Trustees and Agriculture, Business, Labor and International Committees present at NPA’s annual joint meeting – January 31 and February 1, 1949 – and a report by John Kenneth Galbraith.

Planning Pamphlets, 1949. 8°. IV, 28 pages. Softcover. Original brochure – Planning Pamphlets No.67.

5857. Nospickel, Johannes.

Das Necrolog des Klosters Michelsberg in Bamberg. Herausgegeben von Johannes Nospickel mit Beiträgen von Dieter Geuenich, Elmar Hochholzer und Joachim Wollasch.

Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2004. 4°. XXXIV, 508 Seiten – 108 ganzseitige Abbildungen. Hardcover. Originales Ganzleinen. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Einbandrücken. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Monumenta Germaniae Historica – Libri Memoriales et Necrologia – Nova Series – VI].

5858. Zineman, Jacob.

The History of Zionism – Part First: (Until the Death of Theodor Herzl) / L’Histoire du Sionisme – Premiere Partie (Jusqu’à la mort de Théodore Herzl).

First Edition / Premiere Edition. Volume I (of II). Paris, Jacob Zineman, 1947. 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 598 pages. Original Softcover. The binding complete but cleanly broken at three locations (needs a new binding). Bookplate / Exlibris of Maurice Friedberg is on pastedown. Very Rare in the original wrappers-issue !

5859. Bagehot, Walter.

Physics and Politics. Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of “Natural Selection” and “Inheritance” to Political Society.

First Edition. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 19.5cm x 12.8cm. (3) 228 (6) pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Pencil inscription on end papers. Stamp on title page from University of Wien. Text itself in excellent condition. Exemplar des Historikers Klaus von Beyme. The International Scientific Series.

5860. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.