7871. Medical Illustration in Dermatology – Goldschmid, Edgar.

Entwicklung und Bibliographie der Pathologisch-Anatomischen Abbildung.

Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. Quarto (25 cm x 31 cm). 301 Seiten text plus 44 fantastisch-farbige Tafeln in Lichtdruck mit den original-bedruckten Schutzfolien / 301 pages plus 44 fantastic colour-plates with their original tissue-guards. Seltene, originale Halblederausgabe des Hiersemann-Verlags / Rare, original publisher’s Hardcover (red halfleather with paper-covered-boards). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely important landmark-publication in medicine, focusing on the importance of colour-illustration in dermatological diagnostics.

7872. Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) / 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) / 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966).

Naas, The Furrow / Leinster Leader, 1951 – 1969. Octavo. 56 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2200 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mairin Allen, Anna Dundurs etc.

7873. Xingjian, Gao.

L’Encre et la Lumière. [Ink and Light]

Limited Edition [One of only 222 copies, signed and numbered]. Voix, Jeanne Hyvrard, 1998. Duodecimo. 40 unnumbered pages with illustrations and poetry. Includes also the very fragile, folded illustration on fine, extra-thin paper. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication of the exiled nobel laureate from China. Envoi signé et limitee.

7874. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Cités-Jardins D’Amérique. [Signed / Inscribed] [History of American Garden Cities]. Préface par Émile Cheysson Membre de L’Institut.

Paris, Henri Jouve, 1905. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. III, 462 pages. Several black and white photographic plates throughout. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tanning to pages and more markedly so on pages 145 to 160. Ex-library and museum copy with four stamps, all from Frankfurt institutions, to endpapers and title page. Also a small stamp from Wilhelm Denn bookbinder, Frankfurt on bottom corner of pastedown. Library labels and codes on spine and in pencil on pastedown. Scribble in ink pen on free endpaper. Signed and inscribed by author Georges Benoit-Lévy dated 1/9/‘05.

7875. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Maisons de Campagne sans Etage et Bungalows.

[Paris], Librairie Ch. Massin, [1926]. Folio (24 cm x 33,5 cm) / [Grand in-4]. 4 p. Texte et 48 planches. Hardcover / Original, illustratedl publisher’s chemise with three original laces. Excellent condition / Exemplaire en tres bon état.

7876. Staunton, Howard [Provenance: William Joseph O’Hanlon brother of irish chess player John’O’Hanlon].

The Chess-Player’s Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, And Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions.

Second Edition, revised. London, Henry G.Bohn, 1848. Octavo. Coloured Frontispiece showing a Chessboard (″The Spynx”) with the position of “White Playing First Mates in Eleven Moves”, VIII, 518 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Red cloth with gilt-embossed chess board on front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very interesting names of 19th and 20th century irish preowners written inside the book: J.J.O’Sullivan in Bantry / W. O’Hanlon (Cork) /

7877. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung.

Vierte, vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Gießen, bey Georg Friedrich Heyer, 1822. Oktav. XXXX, 539,(1) Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand. Zwei Vorbesitzer: Otto Wolff, Jurist in Tuebingen 1878 (handschriftlicher Besitzvermerk auf dem Vorsatz) / Friedrich Ebel (Stempel auf Titel) – Jurist an der FU Berlin (Sohn des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Ebel).

7878. Bawden, Edward / [The Curwen Press].

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

7879. Roth, Joseph.

HIOB – Roman eines einfachen Mannes.

Erste Ausgabe [Leseexemplar]. Berlin, Kiepenheuer, 1930. Octavo (11 cm breit x 18.4 cm hoch). 299 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Einband etwas angerändert. Kapitale beschädigt. Etwas berieben. Eine ganz seltene Ausgabe vor der Erstausgabe – mit originalem Aufdruck “Leseexemplar”. [Very rare “Reading Copy” of one of the most wonderfully moving novels of the 20th century].

7880. Leonhardi, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm von.

Das Austrägalverfahren Des Deutschen Bundes – Eine Historisch = publicistische Monographie.

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, in der Andraeischen Buchhandlung, 1838. Gross-Oktav (15 cm x 22,5 cm). XVI, 936 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit mit dekorativem Rückenschild. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Kleiner, historischer Bibliotheksstempel auf dem Titelblatt. Von grosser Seltenheit !