751. Bouso, Raquel / Heisig, James W. (Editors).

Confluences & Cross-Currents.

Nanzan, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2009. 20,5 cm x 15 cm. 383 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. [Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 6]

752. Bouteille, Hippoloyte / M. de Labatie. / Victor Cassien.

Ornithologie du Dauphiné ou Description des Oiseaux observés dans les départements de l’Isère, de la Drôme, des Hautes-Alpes et des contrées voisines, par Hippolyte Bouteille, pharmacien. Avec la collaboration de M. de Labatie. Ouvrage contenant 300 sujets Dessinés d’après Nature, par M.V. Cassien.

Edition originale (First and only Edition). Two Volumes (complete set). Grenoble, Hippolyte Bouteille (Imprimerie Dr. F. Allier), 1843. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 26 cm). Volume I: 416 pages / Volume II: 358 pages. Including 72 lithographies by Pegeron et un grand tableau synoptique dépliant en fin d’ouvrage. Original Hardcover / Original red half leather / demi-maroquin with gilt lettering on spine. Besides some mild foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The plates complete and in wonderful condition. Titlepage of Volume II with minor lesion. The plates show 300 different kind of birds in remarkable detail, after Victor Cassien, french lithographer, illustrator, painter and photographer.

753. Boutell, Charles.

Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe and with a Preface, Notes and one additional chapter on Arms and Armour in England.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1874. 8°. XVI, 296 pages with Index and Notes. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar (red decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and cover). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. Some browning stain to the first 20 page sonly.

754. Bowden, Mark.

Black Hawk Down – A story of Modern War.

First Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 386 pages. Some black and white photographs and maps throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

755. Bowers, Fergal.

The Work – An investigation into the history of Opus Dei and how it operates in Ireland today.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1989. 20 cm. iii, 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

756. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Autumn and Winter.

Facsimile of 1915 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 282 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

757. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Spring.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1997. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XX, 322 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few notes and underlinings in pencil.

758. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Summer.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 331 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few underlinings in pencil by preowner.

759. Bowlt, John E.

Russian Theatre and Costume Design. From the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Introduction by John E Bowlt. Catalogue prepared by Nikita D. Lobanov, Nina Lobanov and Aime Troyen.

First edition. San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1980. 28cm x 21.5cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

760. Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !