6401. Mortimer, Charles.

Some Queer Animals [Illustrated Poems].

First Edition. London, Guildford Press, 1947. Octavo (17 cm wide x 21 cm high). 48 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout in coloured Lithographs. Original, illustrated Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare dustjacket with some staining but overall very good.

6402. [Buckingham Palace] Wardrop, Colonel F.M. [C.B. abd Military Attache to the British Embassy in Vienna (1900-1909) as well as Aide de Camp during the Egyptian War].

Original Luncheon-Invitation-Ticket-List, published in Book-Form with original Ivory-Head-Pencil by Johann Faber (Bavaria), attached on the occasion of King Edward VII’s Coronation Dinner at : “Hotel Belgravia / Buckingham Palace” – Original Ticket-Book: “List of Guests for Luncheon and Dinner – 1902 for King Edward VII’s Guests Colonel F.M.Wardrop, C.B., Colonel Commandant Johann von Belnay, Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig Koch and Captain Adalbert Guilleaume”.

[London], Buckingham Palace / Hotel Belgravia, 1902. Oblong Octavo (14.6 cm wide x 11.8 cm high). 40 pages with partial perforation for detaching of Luncheon- and Dinner-Tickets. Hardcover / Original Royal Blue Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on cover and pencil-satchet attached to the binding. Some minor staining to the binding only. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the pencil included and the original elastic ribbon which allows the booklet to be closed. Wonderful example of the wealth of the Coronation-Event at the end of the Victorian and the beginning of the Edwardian Age (printed ticket-books for 4 attendees seem very luxurious indeed). Five tickets were used for Dinner at the Belgravia and each remaining stub was signed / monogrammed by Colonel F.M.Wardrop.

6403. Ungerer, Tomi.

Tomi Ungerer’s Tierleben [SIGNED / Inscribed]. Das Vorwort wurde von Ursula Vogel ins Deutsche uebertragen.

Zurich, Diogenes, 1990. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 32.2 cm high). 142 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6404. [Lloyd, Howard & Lloyd, Mariabella Lloyd [daughter of John Eliot Howard].

Signed / Inscribed Bible and two Manuscript Letters (one with Letterhead of Grafton Manor, Bromsgrove), as well as a Photograph of Howard Lloyd & Mariabella Lloyd. The letters both to either their friend or servant Lily Crowther (with wedding-pictures of Lily Crowther and her husband included). One of the Letters is a thank-you-note signed by Howard Lloyd and Mariabella Lloyd, clearly directed at Lily Crowther and thanking her for her sympathy on their daughter’s passing. The other letter, on letterhead of Grafton Manor, is a manuscript letter, signed by Mariabella Lloyd in which she wishes Lily strength and blessing in her christian life.

London / Bromsgrove / Grafton Manor, 1907. Octavo. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s flexible leather-bound bible with two letters and several photographs loosely inserted. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6405. Robinson, Tim D.

The Burren – A Map of the Uplands of North-West Claire (Éire)

Arainn, T.D.Robinson, 1977. Folio Size – Folded. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

6406. [Lufthansa].

Lufthansa – Original Streckenatlas / Route Maps [with advertising of Mercedes / Braun / Thyssen]. / Peter Stuyvesant / Agfa

Original Prospect. [Frankfurt], Lufthansa, no year [c.1980]. Quarto (20.3 cm wide x 24 cm High). 27 pages in colour. Original Softcover (Stapled). Werbe-Prospekt der Lufthans wleches sich in Flugzeugen der fruehen 80er Jahre befand. Mit interessanten Werbe-Seiten und hinweisen auf Strecken der Lufthansa, exklusive der ehemaligen Ostzone.

6407. [Foster, Vere / Sir Augustus Foster] Beauvoisins, Joseph Eugène.

Notice sur la cour du Grand Seigneur, son Sérail, son Harem, la Famille de Sang Impérial, sa Maison militaire, et ses Ministres [Personal copy of irish educationalist and philanthropist, Vere Foster, a gift from his father, Sir Augustus Foster, possibly only inscribed in a secretarial hand, on the titlepage].

Seconde édition. Paris, Chez Gabriel Warée, Libraire, quai Voltaire, 1807. Octavo (13 cm x 19,5 cm). 110 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with original spine-label and ornament to spine. Binding rubbed and bumped. Old stamp “de la Calmette” on titlepage. The inscription reads: “Vere Henry Foster from Sir A.F. – London, 1845”.

6408. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Emily Albinia “Alba” Foster] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire].

Amazing Vere Foster-Collection including Educational Materials and as a centerpiece the “Presentation Copy of “The Two Duchesses” with Autograph / Manuscript – Letter by Vere Foster to his niece, Emily Albinia “Alba” Foster. With a stunning, unpublished, two-page-letter, revealing several important details about the immediately favorable reviews and reception of the book [″in the Daily Telegraph”] and Vere Foster’s disdain about some criticism from one J.Donohue [which led to an alteration in the second edition of the book]. Vere Foster is also expecting a review to appear in the “Athenaeum” but reports “the Athenaeum has nothing yet”. Vere Foster apologizes to his niece for the delay in sending the book and explains that he had left 12 “parcels″£ with Blackie’s agent and gave instructions to send them but a few days later found they had been “untouched”. / The Two Duchesses – Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. [See Full list of items which are part of this collection, on our website under the topic “Libraries & Collections”].

First Edition. London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Pagination: Frontispiece, IX, [3], 497 pages with 18 Illustrations (including frontispiece and one Vignette of the two Duchesses opposite page 1). Hardcover / Original, publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. This is an astonishing find for the Vere Foster Research Community and the letter gives significant insight into the importance the publication had for him, its reception as seen by Vere Foster and it solves the riddle why an altertaion was necessary for the second edition [which Vere Foster explains in a brief note to the reader at the beginning of the second edition]. The heartfelt inscription to his niece Albinia Foster is also of great importance and to our knowledge the only presentation-copy of this book on the international market for the several decades we can look back at auction records.

6409. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire] / [Publisher Blackie & Son – Publishing House in Glasgow].

Publisher’s original “Private Library” – Correction-Copy of “The Two Duchesses”, for the “Second Edition”, with necessary alterations and wishes for changes marked by the corrector / publisher in pencil. Comparisons between pages allow to see the changes in effect if one compares the first and second edition. [A sensational find] / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Excellent, very clean binding. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Publisher’s Copy” with the publisher’s library sticker and bookplate to pastedown: “Blackie & Son Limited – Private Library – Case Kd – Shelf 5” – Exlibris of Blackie & Son below the library-sticker.

6410. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire].

The Two Duchesses – Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Presentation Copy of “The Two Duchesses” with Autograph / Manuscript – Letter by Vere Foster to his niece, Emily Albinia “Alba” Foster. With a stunning, unpublished, two-page manuscript letter, revealing several important details about the immediately favorable reviews and reception of the book “Two Duchesses” [″in the Daily Telegraph”] and Vere Foster’s disdain about some criticism from one J.Donohue [which led to an alteration in the second edition of the book]. Vere Foster is also expecting a review to appear in the “Athenaeum” but reports: “the Athenaeum has nothing yet”. Vere Foster apologizes to his niece for the delay in sending the book and explains that he had left 12 “parcels” with Blackie’s agent and gave instructions to send them, but a few days later found they had been “untouched”. One of the most important finds of Vere Foster – Material in recent years with no sign of similar material on offer in the past years on the international market.

6411. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Copy Books: Lettering Plain and Ornamental.

London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1870). Oblong – Octavo (21 cm x 17 cm). 24 pages with typographical Alphabets in Italic, Roman, Egyptian, Engrossing, Old English, German [Fraktur], Old English Ornamented, German Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic [also Gaelic, “Gaeilge”], Children’s Alphabet, etc. Softcover. Some fraying to wrapper. A little dusty but overall very good.

6412. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Drawing Book – Blank Exercise Book [filled with accomplished original watercolors and drawings by an unknown hand].

England, The Educational Co., Ltd. no year (c. 1880). Oblong Octavo. Softcover. Overall very good with stronger wear to the wrapper.

6413. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Landscape Painting for Beginners. Two Volumes (complete set): [Volume I: First Stage – Teaching the Use of One Colour – Ten Facsimiles of Original Studies in Sepia by J.Callow and Numerous Illustrations in Pencil with Full Instructions in Easy Language. / Second Stage – Teaching the Use of Seven Colours – Twenty Facsimiles of Original Drawings by J.Callow and Many Illustrations in Pencil. With Full Instructions in Easy Language].

London / Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1890). Octavo (19 cm x 24 cm). Volume I: 40 pages with tipped in plates. / Volume II: 76 pages with tipped-in plates plus 4 pages of a Bookseller-Catalogue by Blackie & Son, to the rear of the Volume, listing all of Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Books, Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books etc. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with colourful illustrations to the front covers. Unusuall excellent condition (see images).

6414. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vintage 19th Century Vere Foster Pen Nib-Box – “The Vere Foster Finest Quality Steel Pens – The Best Pen for Schools – Medium Points”.

England, The Educational Co., Ltd. no year (c. 1880). 6 cm x 4 cm x 2,4 cm. Softcover. Overall very good with a minor dent to top.

6415. Nove, Alec [Alexander] [Born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky].

Collection of First Editions (including one signed Pamphlet) by Alexander [Alec] Nove, Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow and a noted authority on Russian and Soviet Economic History. The rare Pamphlets and Publications by Alec Nove came to us together with a small archive of Communist and Soviet Economic and Educational Material (″How Communists Educate Children”) and used to belong to a member and local educator of the British Branch of the Communist Party. See full list of the Communist Material below and find a list of the Alec Nove-Material here: 1. Alec Nove – “The Soviet Village in Press and Literature” [Rare original offprint from “St.Anthony Papers on Soviet Afairs” (Estratto dalla Rivista “Occidente” – Anno XII – 1 – 1956)] / 2. Alec Nove – “Communist Economic Strategy: Soviet Growth and Capabilities” [SIGNED by Alec Nove] (1959) / 3. Alec Nove – “The Politics Of Economic Rationality – Observations on the Soviet Economy” [1958] / 4. Alec Nove – “Collectivization of Agriculture in Russia and China” (Original, rare “Preprint” in 1961) / 5. Alec Nove – “The Soviet Economy” [Heavily annotated] (1961) //.

c. 1956-1970. Octavo. Hardcover / Pamphlets and Softover publications. Most of the publications in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some publications with stronger signs of wear or annotations or markings. A very interesting collection on Soviet Economy, Planing and Educational Material on Communist Ideology.

6416. [MS Estonia].

Original Advertising Pamphlet for the Motor Ship “Estonia” Paqueboat [Sister-Ship to the M.S.LITVA] / [Not to be mixed-up with the Estonia Car Ferry !!!]

Bilingual Prospect in English – French. Wismar, Mathias-Thesen-Werft [Morflot], no year [c.1960]. Quarto (20.9 cm wide x 22.9 cm High). 12 pages in colour. Original Softcover (Stapled). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare Prospect advertising the Voyages of the “Estonia” and its many travels to Asian and African Countries.

6417. [Clerke, Agnes Mary].

Collection of eight publications by and about Agnes Mary Clerke plus one autographed / signed manuscript-letter by Agnes Clerke [The letter answers the request of a fellow german Astronomer who complimented her on her History of Astronomy and asked for her permission to translate her latest work). The recipient is possibly german astronomer R.Engelmann who wrote about Nebula. The letter dates from 1891 and is written in perfect german (Agnes Clerke was known to have written reviews and letters in French, German, Greek and Italian). This rare collection includes the following books: 1. A.M.Clerke – Geschichte der Astronomie während des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Gemeinfasslich dargestellt. (Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von H.Maser) – First german edition of “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” from 1889 – with a signed, contemporary manuscript letter by Agnes Clerke in german (!) regarding this publication / 2. Agnes Clerke – Familiar Studies in Homer (London, 1892) / 3. Agnes Clerke – “The Herschels and Modern Astronomy” (with a loosely inserted portrait of Sir William Herschel) (London, 1895) / 4. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” (The important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1902) – Famously: With the vintage photographs pasted to frontispiece and titlepage / 5. Agnes Clerke – “The System of the Stars” – Second Edition (London, 1905) / 6. Agnes Clerke – Modern Cosmogonies (London, 1905) / 7. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” 1908-Reprint of the important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908) / 8. Mary Brueck / Mary Brück – Agnes Mary Clerke & The Rise of Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

A mixture of first and later editions. Berlin / London, Springer / Cassell / Longmans & Green and others, 1889 – 1908. Octavo. More than 2500 pages with many illustrations and diagrams etc. / The vintage letter has two pages filled and signed by Clerke in ink / The only modern publication within the collection is a very important monograph on Clerke by scientist Mary Brueck / Mary Brück, published by Cambridge University Press (275 pages). Original Hardcovers in bespoke protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning collection of all the major publications by this important woman astronomer. Agnes Clerke paved the way for women in science and must be seen as the pioneer female astronomer. The price includes worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

6418. Payne, A.H.

“The Builder’s Practical Director” or “Building for All Classes Containing Plans, Sections and Elevations for the Erection of Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Public Schools &c. With Detailed Estimates, Quantities, Prices &c. Illustrated By Numerous Plates and Diagrams – [Bound with: “The Builder’s Practical Director – “Supplementary Series”] – [With stunning designs of Houses, Stucko and Plasterer-Work as well as unusual illustrations like “Bridge of One Span of 100 Feet over the Mohawk River near the City of Rome (USA)”]. [With 192 Plates in total including Supplement].

First Edition. Two Volumes in One [Complete with the rare Supplement]. Leipzig and Dresden / London, A.H.Payne, no year (c.1855). Quarto (23 cm wide x 28 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece, Illustrated Titlepage, 264, (2) pages plus 132 Lithographic plates (many in multi-colour) / Volume II: “Supplement” – 126 pages plus an additional 60 Plates. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather-binding with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some signs of foxing.

6419. [Dentistry] – Hunter, John.

Historia naturalis dentium humanorum – Natuurlyke historie der tanden van den mensch [First Bilingual, Latin-Dutch Edition of John Hunter’s “A natural History of the Human Teeth”].

Dordrecht, Blussé, 1773. Quarto (19 cm x 26.5 cm). XXII, 213, (1) pages with 16 fantastic, full-page engravings on the human teeth, jaw and even depicting Tooth-Anatomy, showing details of the interior nerves of teeth, tooth sockets etc. Original 18th-century edition bound in a beautiful, early 20th – century, private binding with new endpapers and decorative spine-label. In collector’s Mylar. The text and plates throughout with faded dampstain ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This very rare volume on the History of Dentistry is very rare and still very much in collectable condition. This used to be the copy of the Association of German Dentist “Reichsverband Deutscher Dentisten” and the book has one large stamp to the pastedown and a small stamp to the lower margin of the dutch titlepage. One more decent stamp to outer margin of page 31.

6420. [Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl Bathurst)] Whately, Richard / Murray, Daniel / Vignoles, Charles / More O’Ferrall, Richard / Carlile, James / Hort, Fenton / Corrie, John / Naper, James / Battie-Wrightson, William.

Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland. From the Evidence Received by his Majesty’s Commissioners for Enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland. By Authority.

Original First Edition. Dublin, Milliken and Son [and B.Fellowes, London], 1835. Octavo. 430 pages [plus a four-page catalogue of “Important Works Relating to Ireland, printed for or sold by Milliken and Son”, bound before the publication] / [plus a four-page “Appeal in [sic] Behalf of the Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice &c.”]. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s rare, printed spine-binding. In protective Mylar. Unusually excellent, actually stunning interior condition, with some minor signs of external wear only. Extremely rare publication.

6421. Smithson, Annie M. P.

The White Owl.

First Edition with dustjacket in first issue. Dublin / Cork, The Talbot Press, 1937. Octavo. 300 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The rare dustjacket with fraying and a larger tear to the bottom. Some foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare Book !

6422. [Aquinas, Thomas] Lobato, Abelardo.

Sanctus Thomas de Aquino Doctor Hodiernae Humanitatis – Autori Vari. [‘Festschrift’ – Dedicated to Professor Abelardo Lobato, O.P., for his 70th birthday].

Vatican, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995. Octavo. 744 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Philosopher Philipp W. Rosemann, with his library stamp. [Studi Tomistici – 58].

6423. [Aquinas, Thomas] Piolanti, Antonio.

S.Tommaso Teologo – Ricerche in occasione dei due centenari accademici.

Vatican, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995. Octavo. 337 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Philosopher Philipp W. Rosemann, with his library stamp. [Studi Tomistici – 59].

6424. [French Shoe-Design and Shoe Manufacturing / Art Deco] Cazenove, G.] / Poincelin, J.-A. (Editor).

La Chaussure Française Exportation – Export Number” [The French Shoe Industry for Exportation / Early “Roaring Twenties” Art-Deco-Export-Catalogue with Luxurious French Shoes / Manufacture Catalogue de Chaussure Luxe (Export)] / With Shoe-Designs by French Companies: “F.Leva & Co.” (Paris) / “Pericaud, Lionet & Co.” (Limoges & Tours) / “P.Mostacci” (Paris) / etc.]. This Number is edited by J.-A. Poincelin with the cooperation of the Boot and Shoe Industrial and Commercial Associations and the collaboration of the most reputed French Houses.

Trilingual Edition: English / French / Spanish. Three Volumes in one. [Paris], c.1920. Quarto (23 cm wide x 33 cm high). Three Catalogues in One Volume: Volume I: 82 pages / Volume II: 82 pages / Volume III: 82 pages / With 24 full colour-advertisements for luxury shoes and a large number of illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

6425. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

6426. Wells, Percy A. (1867-1956) / [Letter by Morris, Mary ‘May’ (Designer)] / [Letter by Allom, Sir Charles Carrick (english decorator)] / [Letter by Garnett, Prof. William (Experimental Physics)] / [Letter by Henry, Jacob Solomon (Furniture Maker)] / Letter by Hems, Harry (English architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor)] / [Letter: Image, Selwyn (British Artist & Designer of the Arts & Crafts Movement)] / [Letter: Russell, Sir Sydney Gordon (English Designer & Craftsman) / [Letter: Quennell, Marjorie (Courtney) (British historian, illustrator and Museum Curator at The Geffrye Museum) //

Small Archive / Manuscript Material, Letters, Designs, Books and Pamphlets as well as vintage photographs of Furniture like Chairs (Percy A. Wells Chair), Wardrobe, Advertising of Exhibitions [chaired for example by Christopher Hussey], etc. etc. This material all originates from Percy A. Wells’ personal collection and sensationally also includes a manuscript notebook / sketchbook with his drawings, designs and a detailed, typescript with autobiographical memories in which Wells details his decades of being involved in Furniture Design. Loosely inserted in the manuscript notebook / sketchbook, is a signed manuscript letter on stationery of Kelmscott Manor by Mary ‘May’ Morris, daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists’ model, Jane Morris [included is ephemeral material which for example informs about a pair of Episcopal Gloves, designed by William Morris’s daughter [May Morris] and the clipping continues: “Those who remember Morris’s attitude towards the Church will smile and reflect upon time’s revenges”]. The collection includes an abundance of information which easily can lead to a monograph on the life of Percy A. Wells. Detailed description of the Archive and all materials contained below (more details will be listed constantly).

Dulwich / Shoreditch / London a.o., Percy A.Wells Private Library, c.1900-c.1920. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Hardcover Folder with loosely inserted material like letters and photographs, envelopes, signed and inscribed books and rare pamphlets with designs etc. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Fantstic Archive and lots of unpublished material of one of the more eminent Cabinet, Furniture and Chair – Designers which resulted from inspiration by William Morris’ Kelmscott – School. Percy A. Wells Chairs are still in regular demand today and sell for stunning prices (3000 £ etc.).

6427. [100 Years Buddenbrooks in America] Mann, Thomas.

Buddenbrooks. [First American Edition in stunning condition with an amazing, signed Letter by Thomas Mann, thanking an admirer for reflecting on reading his masterpiece “Buddenbrooks”. Signed on 21st of June 1940, on personalized stationery of Thomas Mann from Princeton, New Jersey, Mann wrote: “Thank you for writing to me and for telling me that you liked ‘Buddenbrooks’ when you read it recently at Colby College. It gave me pleasure, too, to know that you heard my daughter Erika lecture and had ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ yourself. With all good wishes, yours sincerely. Thomas Mann” ]. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter [American Translator Mrs. Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter].

Two Volumes (complete set). New York, Knopf, 1924. Octavo. 389, 359 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original dustjackets in breathtaking condition (now in protective collector’s Mylar). Unusually Fine condition with the meaningful letter by Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann.

6428. Rare Illustrations of 19th century Oxford University – [Hopkins, T.H.T. (Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins (1831–1885)] Heywood, James.

Illustrations of the Principal English Universities. [With several Aquatints and Lithographical plates showing academical dress and University ceremonies by R. W. Buss, R. B. Harraden] – [This was the personal copy of Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins, Bursar at Magdalen College Oxford and Curator of the University Chest etc.]. Collected by James Heywood, M.A. F.R.S.

[Oxford], James Heywood, [1843]. Octavo. IV pages of Title and Contents plus 44 plates / This being coloured lithographs [collation complete]. Original Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board. The boards of this volume are cleanly detached, spine is missing. Interior pages and illustrations all complete, including endpapers with the personal Library Stamp of Hopkins: “T.H.T.Hopkins – Magd, Coll. Oxford” on the endpaper and titlepage. Complete with all plates. Only very occasional, minor signs of foxing. Extremely scarce and wonderful publication on the student-life in Oxford and Cambridge during the first half of the 19th century ! Wonderful provenance.

6429. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth.

Young Folks’ History of the United States. [With several illustrations (some handcoloured)].

Illustrated. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1888. Small Octavo. VI, 398, 33 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout the book. Hardcover / Modern half leather masterbinding with gilt lettering to spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition.

6430. Levy, Arthur Joseph / Zangwill, Israel.

Archive / Collection of more than 350 items, letters, documents, ephemera, pamphlets, manuscript notes, receipts , manuscript letters from the private library of Providence (Rhode Island) lawyer, Arthur (Art) Joseph Levy. The collection includes an important, controversial typescript-essay (8 pages) on Israel Zangwill’s address before the American Jewish Congress at Carnegie Hall on October 14th, 1923 (″Watchmen, what of the Night ?”); with manuscript annotations and remarks on Israel Zangwill’s position “the hopes of Jewry for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine are doomed to disappointment”. The collection includes a plethora of interesting letterheads of jewish organizations and also important documentation of Levy’s contribution to and support for the “Palestine Foundation Fund”, (receipt from Boston, Mass. June 1923). Levy, who was a graduate of Brown and Boston University Law School, practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island and led an active life as a member and leader of several Jewish civic organizations, such as the Jewish Family and Children’s Service, which he established and led for twenty years, Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society, the Temple Beth-El Brotherhood, the Miriam Hospital, the Touro Fraternal Association and the Jewish Home for the Aged of Rhode Island. He was also a prominent member of the American Bar Association, the Brown University Alumni Association and the Brown Club of Rhode Island. Highly regarded as a jurist, he was a member of the Commission to Consolidate State Laws, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Federal Tax Institute of New England and an editor of the Rhode Island Bar Journal. Included in this archive are a group of letters written during World War I discussing his role in the Jewish Welfare Board of the United States Army and Navy, an invitation to a fund-raising dinner for the Jewish Orphanage of Rhode Island, a group of documents and letters discussing the establishment of a Jewish country club in Providence, several documents from the early 1920s concerning the mostly Jewish fraternity Phi Epsilon Pi and several items relating to Levy’s personal life, such as personal letters, bills from clothiers and invitations to social events. (Main source of the description of this archive is the research of our colleague Greg Talbot from The Lawbook Exchange).

Providence (Rhode Island), Cambridge (Massachusetts), New York, 1917 – 1931. Octavo and A4. Two heavy folders with original documents. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6431. Laennec, R.T.H.

Die mittelbare Auskultation (das Hören mittelst des Stethoscops) oder, Abhandlung über die Diagnostik der Krankheiten der Lunge und des Herzens, auf das neue Erforschungsmittel gegründet. Nach dem Französischen im Auszuge bearbeitet. Mit 4 Tafeln Abbildungen.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Weimar, im Verlage des Gr. H. S. pr. Landes= Industrie= Comptoirs, 1822. Oktav. VI, 618 Seiten. Hardcover / Traumhafte Halbmaroquinausgabe des 20.Jahrhunderts mit verziertem Rueckenschildchen und neuen Vorsatzblättern die an das Papier des 19.Jahrhunderts angepasst wurden. Von grosser Seltenheit ! Die Erfindung des Stethoskop’s hier das erste Mal in deutscher Ausgabe mit allen Falttafeln. Aussergewöhnlich gut erhaltene Ausgabe. Auch die reizvollen Falttafeln erstklassig erhalten. Der sehr saubere Buchblock nur mit einigen Stockfleckchen zu Beginn des Bandes. Das rot getönte Maroquin wunderbar im Einklang mit dem original geröteten Schnitt. William Stokes begründete seine berühmte Abhandlung “An Introduction to the Use of the Stethoscope; With its Application to the Diagnosis in Diseases of the Thoracic Vicera; Including the Pathology of These Various Affections” auf die Arbeit von Laennec.

6432. Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

6433. Stokes, William.

Die Krankheiten des Herzens und der Aorta [Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta]. Mit einem Vorwort des Uebersetzers Dr. J. Lindwurm.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Würzburg, Verlag der Stahel’schen Buchhandlung, 1855. Oktav. XII, 538 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Originales Halbleinen mit vergoldetem Rueckentitel. Namenszug des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt – Ausserdem der Vermerk: “Honorar Exemplar” / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren und nur wenig stockfleckig. Seltene Erstausgabe dieses wichtigen Standardwerks der Kardiologie. Das Buch erschien noch im Jahr der irischen Erstausgabe (Dublin, 1855) in den USA und Deutschland. Selten in Originalbindung und in dieser Erhaltung !

6434. Stokes, William.

The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta.

First American Edition. Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1854. Large Octavo. XVI, 710 pages. Hardcover / Spectacular recent full calf binding english master bookbinder “George Bayntun”, in Bath. With gilt lettering and ornament on spine and a beautifully gilted spinelabel this should be in every cardiologist’s library. Excellent condition. Name of preowner ‘Lornison’ on titlepage. Extremely Rare in this condition.

6435. Stokes, William.

Ueber die Heilung der innern Krankheiten von dem Standpunkte der neuesten Erfahrung am Krankenbette. Vorlesungen, gehalten an der medizinischen Schule (Park-Street) zu Dublin von William Stokes M.D. Zweite, genau durchgesehene, verbesserte Auflage und vermehrt durch 1) mehrere interessante Abhandlungen von W. Stokes und 2) einige, praktisch sehr wichtige Vorlesungen von Dr. L. Graves in Dublin. Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr.Friedrich J. Behrend.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1839. 8°. VIII, 370 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Ganzleinenband mit vergoldetem Rückentitel und vergoldeter Rückenverzierung. Name und kleinerer, numerischer Eintrag des Vorbesitzers auf dem Titelblatt und Vorsatzpapier. Die Kapitale etwas berieben und bestossen. Generell in sehr guter Erhaltung. Durchgehend etwas stockfleckig. Sehr selten ! / [Second german edition of the important Stokes publication on the diseases of the chest].

6436. Williams, John Calthrop.

Practical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart, as well as on Palpitation the Result of Organic Disease.

Second Edition. London, John Churchill, 1852. Octavo. VII, 207 pages with a 32 page catalogue of John Curchill’s publications to the rear. Modern Hardcover (green half maroquin) in custom made solander box. Remarkably rare book that has been extensively restored by master bookbindery “George Bayntun” in Bath, England. The pages have been all singlely restored and “japanese-paper-tissued”.

6437. Weimarer Republik.

Collection of thirteen (13) Publications on the History of the Weimar Republic and the transition into the Third Reich (12 german Publications, 1 english publication) / Kleine Sammlung mit dreizehn (13) wichtigen Publikationen zum Thema Weimarer Republik. Die Sammlung enthält die folgenden Titel: 1. Renate Breipohl – Religiöser Sozialismus und bürgerliches Geschichtsbewußtsein zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Zürich, 1971. 285 pages. / 2. Günter Brakelmann – Evangelische Kirche in sozialen Konflikten der Weimarer Zeit. Das Beispiel des Ruhreisenstreits. Bochum, 1986. 136 Seiten. / 3. Christoph Führ – Zur Schulpolitik der Weimarer Republik. Darstellung und Quellen. Die Zusammenarbeit von Reich und Ländern im Reichsschulausschuß (1919-1923) und im Ausschuß für das Unterrichtswesen (1924-1933). Darstellung und Quellen. Weinheim, 1970. 371 pages. / 4. Karl Holl / Adolf Wild – Ein Demokrat kommentiert Weimar. Die Berichte Hellmut von Gerlachs an die Carnegie-Friedensstiftung in New York 1922-1930. Bremen, 1973. 268 Seiten / 5. Maser, Werner – Der Sturm auf die Republik. Frühgeschichte der NSDAP. Stuttgart, 1973. 524 Seiten / 6. Gossweiler, Kurt – Kapital, Reichswehr und NSDAP 1919-1924. Berlin, 1982. 616 Seiten. 35 Abbildungen. / 7. Nicholls, Anthony and Matthias, Erich – German Democracy and the Triumph of Hitler. Essays in Recent German History. London, 1971. 271 pages. / 8. Fischer, Kurt Gerhard – Politische Bildung in der Weimarer Republik. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Frankfurt, 1970. 190 Seiten. / 9. Holl, K. – Wette, W. – Pazifismus in der Weimarer Republik. Beiträge zur historischen Friedensforschung. Paderborn, 1981. 181 Seiten. / 10. Köhler, Henning – Adenauer und die Rheinische Republik. Der erste Anlauf 1918-1924. Opladen, 1986. 287 Seiten / 11. Hildemarie Dieckmann – Johannes Popitz. Entwicklung und Wirksamkeit in der Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Berlin, 1960. 157 Seiten. / 12. Hans-Hermann Hartwich – Arbeitsmarkt, Verbände und Staat 1918-1933. Die öffentliche Bindung unternehmerischer Funktionen in der Weimarer Republik. Mit einem Vorwort von Georg Kotowski. Berlin, 1967. 488 Seiten / 13. Fritz Berber – LOCARNO – Eine Dokumentensammlung. (Locarno-Vertrag). Mit einer Einleitung des Botschafters Joachim von Ribbentrop. Berlin, 1936. 408 Seiten //

Berlin (und andere Verlags-Orte), Junker und Duennhaupt (und andere Verlage), 1936 – 1986. 8°. c.2000 pages. Mix of Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. All Volumes are former Library-copies with the usual markings / Alle Bände sind Bibliotheksexemplare in guten Zuständen aber mit den üblichen, teilweise unschönen Merkmalen (Stempel, Rückenschilder, ggfs. Stempel auf Schnitt).

6438. Marryat, Frederick.

Japhet in Search of a Father. Illustrated by Henry M. Brock. With an introduction by David Hannay.

First Brock Edition. London, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 19 cm. XL, 400 pages. Illustrations, including 1 leaf of plates, in black and white. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth combined with a prize-binding showcasing the stunning armorial / coat of arms of Stephanus Perse M.D. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Bookplate of Perse Grammar School with its Motto “Qui facit per alium facit per se” [″He who does things for others does them for himself”] for “Travis Frederick Feversham”, signed by Headmaster H.C. Barnes – Lawrence. [Illustrated standard novels ; 17].

6439. [Roberts, William] [Exlibris Gulielme (sic) Roberts] Bonnechose, Émile de / L.Dussieux (cartographer).

Géographie Physique, Historique et Politique de la France avec dix-huit cartes coloriées représentant la formation successive du Royaume.

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1847. Octavo (14 cm x 23 cm). V, (2), 104 pages, suivies de 18 cartes aux contours colorisés, de la France dans ses états successifs (104 pages plus 18 hand-coloured maps of France by L.Dussieux showing France through its History, with special maps showing historical military events with England etc. Original Softcover. Spine rubbed and slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner William Roberts in pencil on titlepage [being William Roberts of the irish family Westropp-Roberts].

6440. [Zinn, Howard] Hershey, John.

Hiroshima [Howard Zinn’s personal copy with his name signed in full to the endpaper, markings in the text and some comments in Zinn’s hand inside the rear cover].

New York, Bantam Books, 1965. 10.6 cm x 17.7 cm. 117 pages. Original Softcover. Very Poor condition. Tears to last few pages. Pages heavily tanned. Contains blue ink markings by influential Anti-War Historian Howard Zinn. This book would have been extremely personal to him and it is telling that he marked the part of the text on page 61 in which a Hospital in Hiroshima was invaded by patients who scolded doctors, sleeping from exhaustion, into helping them. Zinn, an army veteran of World War II, would have known the cost of war and especially would have been able to imagine the cost of nuclear war.

6441. Villanueva, Tino.

Primera Causa; First Cause. Translated by Lisa Horowitz.

First Edition / Bilingual Edition: Spanish-English. New York, Cross-Cultural Communications, 1999. 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 31 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author Tino Villanueva on title page. Very Rare in a signed edition ! [Cross-Cultural Review Chapbook 14 – Series Editor: Stanley H. Barkan].

6442. [Siger de Brabant] / [Siger de Courtrai].

Collection of eight (8) Volumes of Works by Siger de Courtrai and Siger de Brabant. The collection includes: 1. G.Wallerand – “Les Oeuvres de Siger de Courtrai” (Louvain, 1913) / 2. Siger de Brabant d’après ses oeuvres inédites [2 volumes] I: “Les oeuvres inédites” – II: “Siger dans l’histoire de l’Aristotélisme” – Louvain, 1931-1942 [Les Philosophes Belges] / 3. Cornelio Andrea Graiff – “Siger de Brabant Questions sur La Metaphysique” – [Philosophes Medievaux – Tome I] (Louvain, 1948) / 4. Antonio Marlasca – “Les Quaestiones Super Librum de Causis De Siger de Brabant” – Edition Critique [Philosophes Medievaux – Tome XII] (Louvain / Paris, 1972) / 5. Bernardo Bazan – “Siger de Brabant – Quaestiones In Tertium de Anima – De Anima Intellectiva – De Aeternita Mundi” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XIII] – (Louvain / Paris, 1972) / 6. Bernardo Bazan – “Siger de Brabant – Ecrits de Logique, De Morale et de Physique” [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XIV] (Louvain / Paris, 1974) / 7. William Dunphy – Siger de Brabant – “Quaestiones In Metaphysicam” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XXIV] – (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1981) / 8. Amand Maurer – “Siger de Brabant – Quaestiones In Metaphysicam” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XXV] – (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1983) /

Eight Volumes (bound in seven Volumes). Louvain, Editions de L’Institut Supérieur de Philosophie de l’Université Louvain, 1931 – 1983. Quarto and Octavo. Pagination: 1. Volume: 175 pages / 2.Volume: Volume I and II (bound in one): I: VII, 355 pages / II: VIII, continuation of pagination as pages 357-759 pages plus Errata-Leaf / 3. XXXII, 399 pages / 4. 211 pages / 5. 151 pages / 6. 196 pages / 7. 457 pages / 8. 480 pages //. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth and Original Softcover Volumes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Item No.2of the collection with a split spine (needs rebinding). All other Volumes strong and firm and in excellent condition. Provenanace: From the private collection of german philosopher Philipp W. Rosemann, with his library-stam to the endpapers. Original Provenance of some of these Volumes is the “Universite Catholique de Louvain – Bibliotheque de L’Institut Superieur de Philosophie” (with several Volumes bearing the Exlibris of the University-Library but Professor Rosemann having acquired these directly from the library during a sale of duplicates etc.).

6443. Rojas, Gonzalo.

Materia de testamento.

Espana (Spain), Hiperion, 1988. 20cm x 13.5cm. 192 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gonzalo Rojas on the endpaper: “A mi Hermano Arturo Tienken , poeta, músico, alumbrado – mi abrazo grande – Gonzalo Rojas”

6444. King, David / David King & Sons, Ltd.

Illustrated Catalogue for the Year 1923 of David King & Sons, Ltd. – Architectural and General Ironfounders – Keppoch Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow – Listing: Rain Water Pipes and Connections, Gutters etc. / Soil Pipes and Connections / Drain Pipes and Connections / Covers and Frames, etc. [with an Appendix showing Ironwork – Designs from the Ornamental Section of the Company with beautiful “Cast Iron Railings” / “Fire Escape Stairs” / “Cast Iron Newels” / “Cast Iron Spiral Stairs” / “Cast Iron Lamp Pillars” / “Cast Iron Designs for Canopy (using the example of “The Grosvenor Picture House” [Cinema] / “Cast Iron Design for a Bandstand in a Park”].

Glasgow / Leeds / Aberdeen, David King & Sons Ltd., 1923. Oblong Quarto (32 cm wide x 25 cm high). The Catalogue includes Sectin II – V with an appendix of beautiful cast ironworks in Parks etc. Pagination: Section II: 72 pages (pages 7, 8 and 9 heavily stained)/ Section III: 13 pages / Section IV: 13 pages / Section V: 28 pages Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Four pages stained. Binding firm. A very rare catalogue !

6445. Hamsun, Knut.

La Faim. Traduit du Norvegien.

Première Édition originale française / [First French Edition of ‘Hunger’]. Paris, Albert Langen / Nilsson, 1895. Octavo. 322 pages. Reliure privée du 19ème siècle / Original private Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Bon etat / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6446. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.

6447. Faguet, Émile.

Le Féminisme.

Paris, Société Francaise d’Imprimerie et de Libraire, 1910. 18 x 12 cm. 380 pages. Hardcover / Relié demi-cuir marron. Bel exemplaire. Couverture défraîchie, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Rousseurs et jaunissement sur tranches. Intérieur bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Titre et auteur en dorés sur dos á cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés. Belles gardes de papier marbré.

6448. Barfield, Owen.

Unancestral Voice.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1965. 22.1cm x 14.5cm. 163 pages. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjacket (unclipped) in protective Mylar. Excellent, FINE condition.

6449. [Blake, WIlliam] / [Philip Gilbert] / [William Quiller Orchardson] / [John Fullwood] / [John La Farge] Hamerton, P.G.

The Portfolio – Monographs on Artistic Subjects [21 Volumes in 7 with each Volume including three Monographs on a Subject or an Artist’s Life and Work. Volumes include for example include: Josiah Wedgwood / John La Farge / William Blake / Japanese Wood-Engraving / Belgian Sculpture etc. see full List below]. Edited by P.G.Hamerton.

Original / First Edition. 21 Volumes bound in seven Volumes. London, Seeley and Co., 1894-1896. Quarto (19.2 cm wide x 27.2 cm high). c. 1600 pages with a total of 37 Etchings / Engravings. Hardcover / All Volumes in their original, very decorative Art Nouveau-Bindings with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and frontcover. All Bindings in protective Collectors-Mylar. Excellent, actually stunning condition with only minor signs of wear and occasional foxing to some of the illustrations only). One layer loosened in the 1895-Volume.

6450. Morphy, Countess [Hincks, Marcelle Azra].

English Recipes – Including the Traditional Dishes of Scotland, Ireland & Wales. [Including loosely inserted a Recipe for “Danish Pastries” and “Savarin a la Pompadour”].

New York, Herbert Joseph Ltd. for Selfridge & Co. Limited, 1935. 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 224 pages. Modern Hardcover / Recently rebound in modern cloth with new endpapers. Bookblock firm but with some foxing and occasional staining. Otherwise in very good, now firm and restored condition.