101. 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 With a stunning, unpublished, two-page manuscript letter, revealing several important details about the immediately favorable reviews and reception of the book “Two Duchesses” [″in the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.

102. Bering Liisberg, H.C.

Den Store Revolution 1789-1799 [History of the French Revolution of 1789 in Dansk / Danish Language].

Copenhagen, Det Nordiske Forlag, 1899. 21.8 cm x 27.7 cm. 544 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with gilt title and decorative front board and spine. Fair condition. Spine detached from book block and loose front endpapers. Binding shaky. Minor foxing to edges and pastedowns. Minor rubbing to cover. Previous owner’s name in ink on title page. Some edges frayed. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard with the name of “Gotfred Haugaard” to titlepage.

103. Blicher, Steen Steensen.

Udvalgte Noveller. llustreret af Carl Thomsen.

København, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1899. 19.8 cm x 29.1 cm. 802 pages. Original Hardcover. Quarter leather and marbled binding. Raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine rubbed. Tanned deckled edges. Illustrated exlibris dated 1974 by Erik Haugaard on front pastedown. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Some pages separated from book block. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

104. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

105. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie. / [Paris during the World Exhibition in the Year 1900]

Collection of thirtyfour (34) original photographic glass-slides, allowing us to imagine the surroundings of Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project” and the Genesis of his Idea of “Paris as the Capital of the 19th Century”. While the Glass-Slides are NOT from Benjamin’s library or from one of his friends collections, they are contemporary artefacts which allow us to Timetravel into the Paris of Benjamin’s “Arcades” and illustrate Benjamin’s creation of the six sections of his “Arcades Project”: “Fourier, or the Arcades” ; “Daguerre, or the Panoramas”; “Grandville, or the World Exhibitions” ; “Louis-Philippe, or the Interior”; “Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris”; “Hausmann, or the Barricades”. The slides were produced by Parisien Radio-Brom manufacturer of photographic plates and papers, “Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie”. The fantastic slides all produced around the time of the 1900 Paris Exposition (World’s Fair), known in french as “Exposition Universelle” in Paris. Included are photographic plates of the “Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt” at the “Place du Chatelet”, “Le Louvre”, “Paris – Buttes-Chaumont – Le Lac & Le Belvedere”, “Avenue de L’Opera”, “Place de Victoires”, “Gare St.Lazare – Rue de Rome”, L’Institut pris du pont des Arts”, “Gare Montsouris”, “Monument de Pasteur – Avenue de Breteuil”, “La Seine et L’Hotel de Ville”, “Pont au Change”, “Les Tuileries – avec “Charmeur d’Oiseaux”, “Le Conseil d’Etat”, “Avenue des Champs Elysees”, “Palais de Justice, Boulevard du Palais”, “Pont ALexandre III”, “Square d’Anvers”, “Grand Palais”, “Fontaine de Carpeaux”, “Jardin des Plantes” “Galerie de la Plaeontologie”, “Place du Carrousel – Arc de Triomphe”, “De Notre Dame sur l’Hotel Dieu – Tour St.Jacques – Sacre Coeur”, etc. Also included are some private images of family, picnic in the forests etc.

Paris, Exposition Universelle of 1900 / Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie., [c.1900]. 10.7 cm x 4.4 cm. 34 slides in three boxes (one of the boxes labelled: “Diapositifs de Verascope Richard”. Original Hardcover Boxes with glass-slides. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

106. Grinnell, George Bird.

American Duck Shooting. With Fifty-eight Portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks by Edwin Sheppard and numerous Vignettes in the text by Wilmot Townsend.

Twelfth Thousand. New York, Forest and Stream Publishing Company, (1901) 8°. 628 pages. Original Hardcover with cover-illustration. Good + condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Binding shaky and starting to separate from bookblock. Bookblock still firm and clean – in collectable condition.

107. [English History Collection] – Brooke-Hunt, Violet.

The Story of Westminster Abbey. [Prize – Binding / Stunning Victorian Leather Binding by Relfe Brothers Ltd. London for the Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster with exceptional gilted emblemata to frontcover: “Gubernato Libere Scole Grammatice in Winborne MinsterSigillum Commune – Elizabeth Regine Anno 1563”].

Twelfth Thousand. London, James Nisbet & Co, No date (1902). 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. IX, 356 pages, including photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover full morocco in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation inscription by Rev. J.M.J.Hetcher to J. Cutler [Small stamp: “Tilley’s Library Wimbourne” to endpaper].

108. Lie, Jonas.

Familien paa Gilje. Interiør fra firtiaarene. Med tegninger af Erik Werenskiold.

København, Gyldendal Boghandels Forlag, 1903. 20.3 cm x 26.6 cm. 227 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Patterned boards and leather corners and spine, gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine rubbed. Only minor foxing to endpapers and half-title page. Edges tanned, minor foxing. Pre-owner ink stamp on half-title page (″A.Chr.Haugaard). From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

109. Cook, E.T.

Gardening For Beginners: A Handbook to the Garden.

Third edition. London, Country Life / George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 15 x 23.5cm. (7), 559 pages, with drawings and black and white plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and some mild foxing internally. Pre-owner’s name on half-title page. From the “Country Life Library” series.

110. Sennett, A.R.

Across the Great Saint Bernard – The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man. With original drawings by Harold Percival and Nearly Two Hundred Illustrations

London, Bemrose and Sons, Ltd., 1904. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XVI, 444 pages, with Appendix (100 pages). 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering and vignette on front board. Unusually Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean.