5681. Perry, Ralph Barton.

Economic Value and Moral Value.

First Edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, [1916]. Octavo. pages 443 – 485. Original, stapled offprint. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Staples a little rusty but not bleeding.

5682. Perry, Vincent G.

The Boston Terrier. By Vincent G. Perry – International Show Judge. Sketches by G.H.Lederer.

Original, First Edition. Chicago, Judy Publishing Company, 1928. Octavo. 153, (6) pages. Hardcover / Original, illustrated orange cloth with the very scarce original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Name of preowner on endpaper. The dustjacket with some fraying and spotting. A very scarce book and the only true first edition form the year 1928 on the international market at he moment of cataloging !

5683. [Perugino, Pietro] Gnoli, Umberto.

Pietro Perugino. No. 254 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies printed.

Spoleto, Claudio Argentieri, Edizioni d’Arte, 1923. 24 cm x 32.2 cm. Portrait frontispiece (with tissue guard), 80 pages. 51 beautiful monochrome images on plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Discreet price stamp to back board. Spine missing. Bookblock intact. Interior is bright and clean. Inscribed by the author Umberto Gnoli on the titlepage: “A Mrs. Will. Gordon, cordialement, a l’auteur – 1928”.

5684. Pescatore, Luigi / Orefice, Renata.

Le Pergamene dell’Archivio Arcivescovile di Amalfi – regesto A. 1103-1914 / Le Pergamene degli Archivi Vescovilli di Amalfi e Ravello. [Volume Quarto – 1190-1309 – Le Pergamene dell’Archivio Arcivescovile di Amalfi].

2 volumes. Napoli, Arte Tipografica/Cassa di Risparmio Salernitana, 1979 / 1981. Grande-8°. XLIX, 190 / 251 pp. Softcover. Editione Italiano / Italian edition. [Universita degli Studi di Napoli Istituto di Paleografia e Diplomatica – Vol. IX / Amalfitana Centro di Cultura e Storia – Vol. VI]

5685. Pessoa, Fernando.

Dichtungen. Deutsch von Georg Rudolf Lind.

Frankfurt a.M., S. Fischer, 1965. 8°. 230 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Außergewöhnlich guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

5686. Peter, Laurence J. / Hull, Raymond.

The Peter Principle.

London, Souvenir Press, 1969. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 179 pages. Some black and white illustrations and graphs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear mostly to dustjacket.

5687. Peters, Carl.

Peters, Die Deutsche Emin Pascha-Expedition. Mit 32 Vollbildern und 66 Textabbildungen von Rudolf Hellgrewe in Berlin, dem Portrait des Verfassers nach Franz von Lenbach und einer Karte in Farbendruck.

Zweites Tausend. München und Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1891. 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 560 pages. Large fold-out map within sleeve of rear pastedown showing the “Emin Pascha Expedition.” / Mit der grossformatigen Faltkarte in Kartentasche (im hinteren Einbanddeckel). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Maroon coloured text-block edges. / Originaler, illustrierter Verlagsleinenband mit sehr dekorativer Einbanddeckel- und Einband-Ruecken-Illustration. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex libris of Mark Walder on front pastedown. University stamp on p.IV. Discreet bookseller’s label of ‘R. Oldenbourg, München’, at bottom corner of rear pastedown. Some browning to reverse of fold-out map. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ganz kleiner Einriss am Vorsatzpapier.

5688. Peters, Carl.

The Eldorado of the Ancients. With Two Maps and Ninety-Seven Illustrations from Original Drawings from Tennyson Cole and from Photographs.

London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, X, 447 pages. Includes the large fold-out map “Du Royaume de Congo, du Monomotapa et de la Cafrerie” [Reproduced from a map dated 1719]. Colour fold-out map of “Dr. Carl Peters Zambesi Expeditions” within book. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt embossment to front board also. Top edge gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean. Name and date of preowner in ink on endpaper.

5689. Peters, Günter.

Die Kunst der Natur. Ästhetische Reflexion in Blumengedichten von Brockes, Goethe und Gautier.

München, Fink, 1993. 8°. 320 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur absolut minimalen, äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

5690. Petersen, Nis.

Spildt Mælk.

Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Tranebøger, 1968. Octavo. 216 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover by Mogens Poulsen. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

5691. Peterson, Roger Tory.

Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World’s Foremost Birder. Edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Rudy Hoglund. Foreword by S.Dillon Ripley. Watching the Birds by William Zinsser. Commentaries by John Leo.

New York, Rizzoli, 1994. 4°. 204 pages with hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

5692. Petherick, John.

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 482 pages. With large, fold-out ‘Sketch Map of John Petherick’s Travels in the years 1853-1858’. Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The map in excellent condition. Very Rare !

5693. Petrakos, Basil.

Ephor of Antiquities in Attica National Museum. Sculpture – Bronzes – Vases.

Athens, “CLIO” Editions, 1981. 17 cm x 24 cm. 191 Pages with numerous photographs throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

5694. Petrie, George / [Douglas Bland Hague Provenance].

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland – Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by M.H.Gill, 1845. Quarto (26 cm wide x 30 cm high). XIX, 521 pages with hundreds of text-illustrations on Round Towers and Antiquities in Ireland. Original Hardcover with original spine-label of the Royal Irish Academy. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Historian Douglas Bland Hague ( (1917-1990), with his library-stamp to the font free endpaper. [The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy – Volume XX].

5695. Petrikat, Didi.

Wiener Läden. Mit Sätzen von Peter Handke.

Erste Auflage. München, Carl Hanser Verlag, 1974. Unpaginiert. Etwa 120 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

5696. [Petrov-Vodkin, Kuzma] Ruzakov, Yury and Barabanova, Nina.

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.

Denmark, Aurora, 1986. Folio (25,5 cm x 34 cm). 299 pages with many illustrations in colour and black-and-white throughout the volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5697. Peynet, Raymond.

Aus lauter Liebe. Ein Bilderbuch für zärtliche Leute.

Erste Auflage. Hamburg, Rowohlt Verlag, 1953. 18 x 24 cm. Unpaginiert, ca. 100 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebunden. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

5698. [Peyre, Henri] / Watson, Curtis / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Henri Peyre – Observations on Life, Literature and Learning in America” – [Original Offprint from “Les Livres”].

[Les Livres], c. 1962. Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

5699. Pfaundler, Wolfgang (Hrsg.).

Tiroler Jungbürgerbuch. Herausgegeben vom Land Tirol und von Gemeinden Tirols. Redigiert von Wolfgang Pfaundler. 34 Farbtafeln, 535 Abbildungen, 2 Landkarten.

Erste Auflage. Innsbruck, Inn-Verlag, 1963. 20 x 26 cm. 704 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Bindung gering gelockert.

5700. Pfeiffer, August / [M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburg].

Disquisitio Prima De Lingua Ebraica (Respondente M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburgensi) in: “Introductio In Orientem” sive Synopsis Quaestionum Nobiliorum De Origine, Natura, usu et Adminiculis Lingg. (Linguae) Orientalium et Plerarumque Extra Europam: Ebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Samaritanae, Punicae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Armenicae, Persicae, Turcicae, Copticae, Iberiae, Sinicae, Japonicae, Congensiae, Malaicae &c.

Editio Tertia. Jena, Heinrich Christoph Cröker, 1715. Klein Oktav. 24 nn., 190 Seiten plus 14 Seiten Index Literarum et Vocum Ebraicarum / Index Queastionum et rerum / Index Autorum //. Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Kleine Läsur am Titelblatt (fachmännsich hinterlegt) / Excellent condition of this rare and early publication on the Hebrew Language.