251. [Gallé, Emile] Garner, Philippe.

Emile Gallé.

Munchen, Prestel-Verlag, 1979. 24 cm x 31 cm. 107 pages. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour and black-and-white plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent monograph on Gallé.

252. Twain, Mark.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Edited by Bernard L. Stein.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1979. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 475 pages. All the original illustrations by Daniel Carter Beard. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library].

253. [Addison, Thomas ] Wilks, Dr [Samuel] / Daldy, Dr.

A Collection of The Published Writings of the Late Thomas Addison. Edited, with Introductory Prefaces to Several of the Papers by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy.

Special reprint edition of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1868. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1983. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 242 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout text. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt ornament and ruling and blind ruling to both boards. Pastedowns and endpapers marbled in comb-pattern. All edges gilt. Maroon silk ribbon as bookmark. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.”

254. Walter-Verlag.

Seattle – Wir sind ein Teil der Erde. Die Rede des Häuptlings Seattle vor dem Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im Jahre 1855.

Olten, Walter-Verlag, 1985. 12 cm x 20.5 cm. 37 pages. Some black and white photographs throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

255. Allen, Charles.

A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of India.

London, Futura, 1986. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 254 pages. With several photographs and maps. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some fading to cover. Yellowed pages and spotting on several pages. Clean inside with solid binding.

256. Andrews, William L.

To Tell a Free Story – The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865.

Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 353 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

257. Henchion, R.

Henchion’s Cork Centenary Remembrancer 1887 – 1987. A digest of much that was lurid and languid, laughable and lamentable in the City and County of Cork in 1887.

Cork, Dahadore Publications. 1986. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 194 pages including several photographs and illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

258. Maclennan, Ben.

A Proper Degree of Terror: John Graham and the Cape’s Eastern Frontier.

Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1986. 13.8 cm x 21.5 cm. 252 pages. 21 illustrations. 3 maps within text. Softcover [publisher’s original] with beautifully illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

259. [Monet, Claude] Geelhaar, Christian.

Claude Monet: Nympheas. Impression Vision.

Zürich, SV International, 1986. 28cm x 23.5cm. 181 pages. Original Softcover (Paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. German Edition / Deutsche Ausgabe.

260. Bichat, Xavier / Coffin, John G.

A Treatise on the Membranes in General, And on Different Membranes in Particular.

Special reprint edition of Boston, Cummings and Hilliard, 1813. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987. 13.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XIX, 259 pages. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised bands. Gilt designs to both boards. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. All edges gilt. Beaver-brown silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner, stating “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library edition”.

261. Burton, Richard F / [edited by Burton, Isabel].

First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar. Two Volumes Bound as One.

New York, Dover Publications Inc., no year (c.1987). 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXIV, 485 pages (vol.1, 209 pages / Vol.2, 276 pages). 11 illustrations and 2 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to top edges. Interior bright and clean

262. Miller, Charles.

The Lunatic Express – An Entertainment in Imperialism.

Nairobi, Westland Sundries, 1987. 10.4 cm x 17.5 cm. VI, 629 pages. 45 illustrations in the photo insert. Cross section of railway also within text. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with hint of tanning to edges. Binding good and firm and square.

263. Nietzsche, Friedrich.

KSA 1: Die Geburt der Tragödie, Unzeitgemäße Betrachtungen I-IV, Nachgelassene Schriften 1870-1873. Edited by Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari.

Volume 1 of Kritische Studienausgaben (KSA) in 15 Volumes. Munich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988. 12 cm x 18 cm. 924 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

264. Satthianadhan, Krupabai.

Kamala, Eine Geschichte aus dem Hinduleben.

First German Edition. Leipzig, H.G. Wallmann, 1989. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. 287 pages. Black-and-white portrait of author on frontispiece. Original Hardcover / Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. An inscription on front free endpaper by previous owner.

265. Corvisart, Jean-Nicolas – Anonymous.

Original, late 20th-century watercolour-portrait of french physician and cardiologist, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart [Aquarelle-portrait original de la fin du XXe siècle du médecin et cardiologue français Jean-Nicolas Corvisart].

Original lithograph by lithography-pioneer Godefroy Engelmann with detailed biography verso. [Lithographie originale de Godefroy Engelmann avec biographie détaillée au verso]. [Paris], [c. 1990]. Size of the vintage watercolour: c. 16 cm x 22 cm. Size of the framed watercolour: 27,5 cm x 34 cm. Excellent condition (mounted) and framed. Frame with minor signs of wear only. Price includes international shipping, framed and insured, per courier (3-5 working days guaranteed delivery).

266. [Burton, Sir Richard] McLynn, Frank.

Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton. Illustrations by Howard Phipps.

London and Sydney, Scribners, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 211 pages. With several illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

267. Foster, David William.

The Argentine Generation of 1880. Ideology and Cultural Texts.

First edition. Columbia, University of Missouri Press, 1990, 23,5 x 16 cm. IX, 204 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

268. Alexander, R.S.

Bonapartism & Revolutionary Tradition in France. The fédérés of 1815.

Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 314 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

269. Caruth, Cathy.

Empirical Truths and Critical Fictions – Locke, Wordsworth, Kant, Freud. [Inscribed]

Baltimore, London, The Johns Hopkins Univesity Press, 1991. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. VIII, 167 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design by Joanna Hill. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear with a personal, signed inscription by the author Cathy Caruth on the front free endpaper.

270. Gibson, J.Y.

The Story of the Zulus. With 11 Illustrations.

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Co., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 338 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Blind double-ruling to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional foxing. Interior otherwise unmarked and bright. Binding firm and strong.

271. [Manet, Édouard] Cachin, Francoise.

Manet. Translated from the French by Emily Read.

First English Edition. London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1991. 24.5cm x 33cm. 160 pages with 115 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

272. Garton, Robin.

British Printmakers – 1855-1955. A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives.

Special Collector’s Edition / Limited to 25 copies with Suite/3 prints. Devizes, Garton & Co, 1992. 26 cm x 32.5 cm. 326 pages. 585 illustrations. Hardcover / Publisher’s original quarter-leather with green buckram boards and raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. With original green-cloth slipcase. Including the additional folio-suite of 3 prints: 1. ‘Nude with Pillow’ woodcut by John Nash / 2. ‘Abstract Flower Design’ by Enid Marx / 3. ‘Old Tree’ by Reynolds Stone. Near fine condition. Very rare edition of a stunning volume, excellently presented.

273. Kelly, Howard, A.

Operative Gynecology. With Twenty-Four Plates and Over Five Hundred and Fifty Original Illustrations.

Special reprint edition of the original 1898-edition. 2 volumes (complete set). New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992. 19 cm x 26 cm. c.1140 pages. Vol.I – XVII, 563 pages. With 315 fantastic illustrations and 10 plates / Vol.II – XIII, 557 pages. With 277 illustrations and 14 plates. Hardcover / Stunning full leather in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of preowner on pastedowns of each volume. Limited Edition: No. 541 of ‘The Classics of Medicine Library’ edition. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

274. Poe, Edgar Allan.

Complete Poems.

New York, New Jersey, Gramercy Books, 1992. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 128 pages. Jacket illustration of a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe from the Bettman Archives, Inc. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

275. Sotheby’s.

Old Master, 19th and 20th Century and Contemporary Prints, London Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July 1992.

London, Sotheby’s, 1992. 16 cm x 24 cm. 386 pages. Origina softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear and some ink stains on edges of pages.

276. Jacobi, A.

The Intestinal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood – Physiology, Hygiene, Pathology and Therapeutics.

Special reprint edition of Detroit, George S. Davis, 1887. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1993. 15.5 cm x 19 cm. XV, 301 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt floral design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. With brown silk bookmark ribbon. Near fine condition. With protective mylar. Front pastedown carries Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner. Front endpaper carries additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

277. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Photographs including Nudes from the Collection of Uwe Scheid London Wednesday, 20 October 1993 at 11.00 am and 2.30 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1993. 16 cm x 24 cm. 124 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some handwritten notes on inside pages. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

278. Nietzsche, Friedrich.

Menschliches Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister. [German Edition]. Epilogue by Walter Gebhard.

Stuttgart, Alfred Kröner Verlag, 1993. 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 387 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Aussergewoehnlich guter Erhaltungszustand. / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Kröners Taschenausgabe Band 72]

279. Hermand, Jost (Editor) / Gilbert, Michael (Editor).

German Essays on Music.

New York, The Continuum Publishing Company, 1994. 14 cm x 21 cm. XXI, 310 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [The German Library: Volume 43.]

280. Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

281. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

282. Greene, Jack. Massignani, Alessandro.

Ironclads at War – The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship 1854-1891.

Pennsylvania, Combined Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 423 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

283. [English History Collection] – Johnson, Malcolm K.

The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1857 – 1968.

Stroud, Tempus Publishing, 2000. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

284. [Sheahan, Thomas] Lane, Fintan.

In Search of Thomas Sheahan: Radical Politics in Cork, 1824 – 36.

Dublin / Portland, OR, Irish Academic Press, 2001. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 69 pages. Black and white photographs, tables and drawings throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration on pages around the edges. A number of annotations in pencil throughout. [Maynooth Studies in Irish local history: Number 37. Raymond Gillespie (Series Editor).]

285. [Mackintosh, Charles Rennie] Kliczkowski, Sol.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Dusseldorf etc., teNeues, 2002. 17 cm x 22.5 cm. 79 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding. [Archipocket Classics Series]

286. Shaw, Simon.

Frontier House. Simon Shaw with Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith. Photography by Audrey Hall.

New York a. o, Atria Books, 2002. 22cm x 28.5cm 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

287. Bright, Richard / Barlow, G. Hilaro (editor).

Clinical Memoir on Abdominal Tumours and Intumescence. This is a copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.

Special edition reprint of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1860. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14 cm x 22 cm. XVIII, 326 pages. 79 woodcut illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All gilt edges with navy silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. Excellent condition within. Ex-Libris on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Bookplate on front pastedown states “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

288. Hutchinson, Jonathan.

A Clinical Memoir on Certain Diseases of the Eye and Ear Consequent on Inherited Syphilis. With an Appended Chapter of Commentaries on the Transmission of Syphilis from Parent to Offspring, and its More Remote Consequences.

Special reprint edition of London, John Churchill, 1863. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 259 pages. With two colour plates. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and oranaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With green silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. As new condition throughout. With protective mylar wrapping. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown.

289. Summerville, Christopher.

March of Death – Sir John Moore’s Retreat to Corunna, 1808-09.

London / Pennsylvania, Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. 240 pages. Several black and white plates in centre of book. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

290. Chichester, Henry Manners / Burges-Short, George.

The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2 Volumes.

Facsimile of Second Edition, 1900. Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press Limited. c.2005. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 942 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

291. Hillsborough, Romulus.

Shinsengumi – The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps.

Tokyo, Rutland (Vermont), Singapore, Tuttle Publishing, 2005. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XXV, 230 pages. Illustrated with four black-and-white photographs and four maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket illustrated with photograph of miniature Shinsengumi Banner. Cover image of Samurai courtesy of Masataka Kojima. Cover design by Horuga Yakobusu. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

292. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs New York April 22, 2006.

New York, Sotheby’s, 2006. 21 cm x 27 cm. 200 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

293. Johnson, Steven.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.

New York, Riverhead Books, 2006. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

294. [English History Collection] – Wilson, Ben.

The Making of Victorian Values – Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789 – 1837.

New York, The Penguin Press, 2007. 16 cm x 24 cm. XV, 445 pages. A few black and white plates in the centre pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and date of preowner inscribed on endpaper. Otherwise as new.

295. [Darwin, Charles] Quammen, David (General Editor).

Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species – The Illustrated Edition.

New York / London, Sterling Publishing, 2008. 23.5 cm x 26 cm. XII, 544 pages. Hundreds of colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !