7791. Dawe, Gerald.

The Rest is History.

First Reprint. Newry, Abbey Press, 1998. Octavo. 123 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Examines Belfast through its poetry and culture. Signed and inscribed by Gerald Dawe to John and Hilary Wakeman.

7792. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1942]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 111 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to lower frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent !

7793. Sutzkever, Abraham.

In Fayervogn.

First Edition. Israel, 1952. 17.8 cm x 24.5 cm. 184 (3) pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition of the volume itself with only minor signs of external wear and a small chip to the spine. The rare dustjacket with fraying and some larger chips, but now protected by Mylar. Wonderfully inscribed by Sutzkever and with a little drawing on the endpaper. Extremely rare yiddish publication.

7794. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Cap of Darkness – Including Looking for the King of Spain & Pachebel’s Canon. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980. 16 x 24 cm. 117 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Association copy with the author’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “To Clayton & Caryl – “if the moon is not spoken, then there is no speech. Neither man nor woman invented it; speech is what is left, like the footprint after the body is gone…” the celebration of eating, drinking, reading”. Numbered and signed by the author on the edition page. This is number 166 of 250. Near fine.

7795. Helprin, Mark / Allsburg, Chris van.

A City in Winter. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. [Signed Twice / Including an Extra Suite with 13 colour-illustrations]

New York, Viking, 1996. 4°. 147 pages. Original Softcover. Published before the initial publishing of this book. The Suite with illustrations signed by Chris van Allsburg. The book itself signed again by Allsburg in 2006.

7796. Hughes, Robert.

American Visions. The Epic History of Art in America.

London, The Harvill Press, 1997. 4°. IX, 635 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Rare in this excellent condition.

7797. Johnston, Harry.

Britain Across the Seas – Africa, A History and Description of the British Empire in Africa.

London, National Society’s Depository, no year [1910]. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 429 pages. 238 illustrations. 7 maps. [Sketch Map of Kaffraria / Political Map of Africa (in colour) etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Internally exceptionally tight, bright and clean with sharp edges. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate of Leyland Parish Church Sunday School and Bible Classes awarding prize to J. Pickles for regular attendance.

7798. Ricketts, Charles S. / [Lister, Pamela & Raymond].

Charles Ricketts R.A. – Sixty-five Illustrations. Introduced by T. Sturge Moore.

First Edition. London, Cassell, 1933. 25cm. 60 pages. Illustrated with colour-frontispiece and with beuatiful black-and-white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. First edition of a rare monograph with only very minor signs of external wear. With the Exlibris / Bookplate of Pamela and Raymond Lister to the pastedown.

7799. Seeck, Otto.

Geschichte des Untergangs der antiken Welt.

Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1966. 8°. 615, 623, 584, 530, 619, 504 Seiten. Originales, rotes Leinen mit Rückenschild. 6 Bände (vollständig). Nachdruck der 4.Auflage Stuttgart, 1921. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen.

7800. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 16 x 24 cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – pip pip pip pip pip pip white flesh white flesh white flesh. It is no watermelon.”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. Number 219 of 300 copies. Near fine.