6611. Rubempré, Morel de.

Véritable Médecine sans Médecin.

Paris, Librairie Francaise et Étrangère-Ponthieu/Audin, 1826. 8°. Frontispiece, XX, 1078 pages. Original brochure bound in recent, modern cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publishers interimsbinding and paper uncut. Some foxing. RARE !

6612. [Sinclair, Sir George] Grant, James.

Memoirs of Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster. [Includes the “Interview with the First Napoleon”].

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870. Large – Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece with printed signature, X, 484 oages. Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Binding slightly rubbed, Interior a little dusty but otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6613. Heard, Vida / Faull, Lesley.

Cookery in Southern Africa. [With a racist chapter called: “Our colourful People – How they have influenced our cooking” – “Cape Coloureds (half-Castes)” – Bantu Food and Eating Customs / The Cape Malays / African Spinach / Utshwala – Traditional Beer as made in Swaziland / Chicken Buriyani / Indian Pastry / Rice with Dahl etc.] Traditional and Today.

(Cape Town), Books of Africa, 1970. 23 cm. 547 pages with numerous illustrations. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6614. Hole, Dean Samuel Reynolds / [Mudie, Charles Edward / Bookbinder London]

The Memories of Dean Hole.

Fifth Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1893. Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, 377 pages with 9 illustrations (including frontispiece). Hardcover / Original quarter red morocco with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Stunning binding with marbled paper-covered-boards and marbled edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Special Binding “Bound by Modie” / Boobindery of Modie’s in London. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marbled endpapers uniform with marbled edges and paper-covered-boards. With blind-stamped name: “Fort Robert – Ballineen – Co. Cork”.

6615. [Pieck, Anton]. Van Eysselsteijn, Ben. Vogelesang, Hans.

Anton Pieck – Zyn Leven, Zyn Werk.

Nieuwe, uitgebreide editie / Vierde Druk Amsterdam & Brussels, Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1981. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 273 pages with many illustrations in colour and black-and-white. Original Softcover with gilt-decoration. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent publication.

6616. [Stevenson, Robert Louis] Simpson, E. Blantyre.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Edinburgh Days. Illustrated.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece (R.L.S. “A deal of Aerial, just a streak of Puck, Much Anthony, of Hamlet most of all, And something of the shorter Catechist” W.E. Henley), VI, 293 pages. Several illustrations (also tipped-in-plates) of Edinburgh throughout some of which are portraits of Stevenson at different times in his life. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt embossed logo and gilt lettering on front board. Deckled fore and bottom edge. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very decent, private giftinscription on endpaper. Protective tissue-guards for illustrations intact throughout. Spine slightly sunned.

6617. [Martin Luther and Prenzlau / Uckermark] – Luther, Martin.

Tischreden [Table-Talk] oder Colloqvia Doct. Mart. Luthers, so er in vielen Jaren gegen gelarten Leuten, auch frembden Gesten, und seinen Tischgesellen gefüret : nach d. Heubtstücken unserer christlichen Lere zusammengetragen. Gesammelt von Johannes Aurifaber. (Faksimiledruck der Originalausgabe 1566 mit einem Nachwort von Johannes Adler).

Leipzig, Edition Leipzig, 1981. Folio. XII, 626 pages plus 14 leaves plus Nachwort (19 pages). Original Hardcover. Beautiful, massive Volume of Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the edge.

6618. [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].

6619. Jelinek, Bretislav.

Handbuch Bewährter Konditorei-Rezepte. [Übersetzung des Werkes: Prakticke Pokyny A Recepty Rro Cukrare]. [Zusammengestellt und herausgegeben vom tscheslowakischen Gehilfenverband der Zuckerbäcker, Lebzeltner, Schokoladenerzeuger und Wachszieher mit dem Sitze in Prag.] Übersetzt, umgearbeitet und in deutscher Sprache herausgegeben von Bretislav Jelinek (Troppau).

Troppau, Im Verlage des Verfassers, Druck: Heinz & Comp. 1927. 15.5cm x 23 cm. 190 pages. Frontispiece photograph of author and four pages of contemporary advertisements. Original Hardcover (Dark orange cloth – title in dark brown lettering on front). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sehr Selten ! / Very rare Czech Baking Recipes !

6620. Rubens, Paul A.

Dear Little Denmark – A Danish Musical Incident. In Two Acts.

London, Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1909. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 165 pages. Original Soft (Cloth) Cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate staining and discoloration to cover. Minor discolouration and foxing to endpapers and edges. Both pastedowns loose. Possibly from the private collection of the composer Paul A. Rubens, with the composer’s name in ink-stamp on title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.