971. [Building News].

The Building News and Engineering Journal – Six Volumes bound in Five – With c. 600 original, stunning Lithographs of Architectural Buildings and Designs [Volume XIV (which is the complete Year 1867, January to December, but erroneously says 1868 on spine) / Volume XXII and Volume XXIII (which is the complete Year 1872, January to December) PLUS: Three Volumes with hundreds of plates / illustrations for the years 1873, 1877 and 1878. Being the very rare Illustrations / Plates – Volumes only (no text) for 1873: Volume The Twenty-Fourth / Volume Twenty-Fifth and 1877: Volume The Thirty-Second / Volume The Thirty-Third and 1878: Volume The Thirty-Fourth and Volume The Thirty-Fifth.

London, Office for Publication and Advertisements, 1868 / 1872 / 1873 / 1877 / 1878. (23 cm x 32.5 cm). All Five Volumes together contain c. 600 stunning lithographs / plates of which c. 180 are large, double-page-plates. [c. 60 plates missing or defect.] Original Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Overall very firm and in very good condition of the five volumes with occasional pages missing or some illustrations torn (see detailed descriptions of pagination). The 1873 Volume excellent. The Volumes 1877 and 1878 with some stronger fraying and dampstain-damage to the corners (Illustrations NOT effected). The price for these 5 heavy Volumes includes international free UPS Express shipping.

972. [Bukowski, Charles] Leo, Teresa (editor).

Painted Bride Quarterly, Number 52: Includes for example the following poems/essays: Sandbox – J.M Cummings / Power – Lynn McGee / “piss” – Charles Bukowski / Scatter – Paul Violi / Contributors Notes etc.

Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center, 1993. 14 cm x 22 cm. 61 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

973. [Bulgaria Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Atanasov, Anton / Boncev, Ek. / Ager, D.V. /

Collection of more than fifteen (15) important publications on the Geology of Bulgaria from the William Daniel Gill Collection. The collection includes for example: 1. Anton Atanasov – “Indices de Naphte sur le Littoral de la Mer Noire” [Translates: “Naphtha deposits on the Black Sea coast” – The publication is in Russian with a french synopsis and it includes illustrations and a map] (1964) / 2. Mandev, P. – Bulgaria – (Storia della ricerca / Geologia / Manifestazioni e giacimenti di idrocarburi / Economia del petrolio / Leteratura) – Inscribed and signed in Sofia, 1966 / and many other publications on Bulgarian Gas and Oil Exploration and Geology (see images attached to this inventory number of each Publication included). Other Publications are for example Mandev’s Tract on “Geologische Erkundung von Erdoel und Ergas in Bulgarien” or V. Vuchev’s and A. Naidenova’s publication “On the Open Porosity and the Optimum of the Samples for its Determination by the Saturation Method (I.A.Preobrazhenski’s Method) [In Russian] / etc.

1964 – 1966. Quarto. Mit zwei Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gerald Patzeld.

974. Bull, D.J. / Oliver, L.K.

Shoreham Memories. A Photographic Record.

Shoreham-by-Sea, Nostalgia Publications, 1979. 8°. IV, 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

975. Bullard, Asa.

Sunnybank Stories: Reward of Merit. Compiled by Asa Bullard. Illustrated.

Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1863. Duodecimo / Miniature book. 64 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

976. Bullett, Gerald [ed.].

Silver Poets of the Sixteenth Century. Edited with an introduction by Gerald Bullett.

Edinburgh, Morrison & Gibbs, 1962. 11 cm x 17,5 cm. XVIII, 428 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text. [Everyman’s Library Number 985].

977. Bumpus, Judith.

Impressionist Gardens.

Oxford, Phaidon, 1990. 25.5 cm x 30 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

978. Bunting, Basil.

Briggflatts.

Highgreen, Bloodaxe Books, 2009. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clipping.

979. Burchfield, Robert.

The English Language. Introduction by Robert McCrum. Afterword by John Simpson.

London, The Folio Society, 2006. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XXIII, 230 pages. Original Hardcover. Quarter cloth-bound volume with original slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

980. Burckhardt, Erwin.

Chinesische Steinabreibungen.

Erste Auflage. München, Hirmer Verlag, 1961. 17,5 x 19 cm. 24 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen äusseren Gebrauchsspuren.