1281. Walser, Martin.

Ein Flugzeug über dem Haus. [Signiert]

Erste Ausgabe des Erstlingswerks. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1955. 20 cm. 174 pages. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Signiert von Martin Walser auf dem Vorsatzblatt / Sehr guter, aussergwoehnlich guter Erhaltungszustand / Unusually excellent condition signed first edition of the author’s first book.

1282. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Dewey, John.

German Philosophy and Politics.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 134 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his annotations and markings in the text.

1283. Claremont, Leopold.

The Gem-Cutter’s Craft.

London, George Bell and Sons, 1906. 17.8 cm x 24.6 cm. 296(xii) pages includes 117 black and white illustrations and pictures. Hardcover with gilt-lettering on spine and front cover. Professionally rebacked with green cloth. Deckled edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing on half-title page.Occational rubbed throughout the book. Page 102/103 is half cut.

1284. [Anonymous].

Guide to Killarney and Glengariff. With a Map and Six Plates.

New Edition, revised and corrected. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1835. 11 cm x 17 cm. Frontispiece, [4], 130 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with spinelabel and label on frontcover. Some staining to the binding but otherwise firm and with the original endpapers intact. Interior in very good condition besides some pages and illustrations being a little dusty. Few illustrations with faded dampstain. Rare and early publication for the tourist in 19th century Ireland. With name of prewoner in ink on titlepage: “Robert Morrison, Shanakiel, Cork”.

1285. Batselier, Dom Pieter / Callender, Elsie (trans.)

Saint Benedict – Father of Western Civilization.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, 26 cm x 33 cm. 476 pages. 476 beautiful mononchrome and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition also.

1286. Parker, Juli L.

Representations of Murderous Women in Literature, Theatre, Film, and Television. Examining the Patriarchal Presuppositions Behind the Treatment of Murderesses in Fiction and Reality.

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. XVIII, 424 pages. Original Hardcover. Some staining to the rear board. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1287. Rinehart, Mary Roberts / [The American Agatha Christie].

Original Portrait Photograph Signed by the “Amerian Agatha Christie”, Mary Roberts Rinehart.

[USA], c.1915. Quarto (19.5 cm wide xo 24.3 cm high). 1 sheet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1288. [Premsela, Benno] Berg, Len van den / Brand, Jan / Broeksma, Friso / Ex, Sjarel / Waals, Tessa van der (Editors).

Benno Premsela. Een vlucht naar voren.

Utrecht, Centraal Museum Utrecht, 1996. 34 cm x 25 cm. 35 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur en zwart-wit / With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage. Signed, rare! / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signiert!

1289. Walsh, J. H. (″Stonehenge”).

The Modern Sportsman’s Gun and Rifle; including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers. In two Volumes. Volume II only: The Sporting Rifle, Match Rifle and Revolver.

First Ediiton. London, Horace Cox, “The Field” Office, 1884. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 584 pages. With 203 illustrations. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Original Edition of this classic in its original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Some stronger signs of external wear. Hinges internally a little weak and starting to separate. Including the Errata – Leaf.

1290. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Brown, Norman O.

Closing Time.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1973. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. (18) 109 (6) pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes newspaper-clipping with New York Times Book Review-Essay on “closing time” from 1973 (by Edward W. Said). Includes a letter from Pantheon Books / Random House Publisher, Kathleen Macomber, addressed to Kurth H. Wolff during his stay in Florence, 1973. Printed Letter in form of a newspaper-clipping, from Norman O. Brown to the Editor in New York Times Book Review. Small pen annotation on end papers. Annotations on rear paste down. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff.