81. Shaw, Bernard.

Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. [With several items of Ephemera included] With a Preface by Mr.Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1939. 19 cm x 28 cm. LVI, 260 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective slip-case. Excellent condition edition with only very minor signs of external wear to the slipcase. The ephemeral items include an advertising card for this publication from “The Leicester Galleries, London” , The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Clb from July, 1939, Number 119. The printed Letter’s title was: “If there are Four Hitlers” / Also included is a pamphlet of the Limited Editions Club on the artwork of John Farleigh.

82. Shura, Mary Francis.

The Search for Grissi. Illustrated by Ted Lewin.

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985. 14.2 cm x 20.9 cm. 128 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fraying to dustjacket. Minor foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers. Highlighting and pencil markings within text by Masako Haugaard, who translated the book into Japanese. This was her working-copy. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

83. Sowerby, J.G. / Crane, Thomas / Keary, Eliza.

At Home Again.

First Edition. London / Belfast / New York. Marcus Ward & Co Limited, 1886. 22.5cm x 22cm. 59 pages. With beautiful illustrations (stunning chromolithographs). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear. Some foxing and bumped edges. Binding a little shaky.

84. Stanley-Baker, Joan.

Japanese Art. With 167 illustrations, 20 in color.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1984. 15 x 21cm. 216 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

85. [Steiner-Prag, Hugo] Hoffmann, E.T.A.

Die Elixiere des Teufels. Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Georg Ellinger mit Zeichnungen von Hugo Steiner-Prag.

Berlin, G. Grote, 1907. 24.6cm x 17.5cm. XVII, 280 Seitenm mit neun ganzseitigen Illustrationen (Tafeln mit Tissue-Guard). Originaler, illustrierter Ganzleinenband mit den originalen, illustrierten Vorsatzblättern. Eine der Einbandkanten etwas stärker bestossen. Minimale Stossspur am Schnitt. Sonst der originale Einband ganz außergewöhnlich gut erhalten. Wundervolle Vignetten und Illustrationen von Hugo Steiner-Prag.

86. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.

87. The Fleetway House Publishers.

The Story of the Bible, told by Living Writers of Authority. [2 Volumes].

2 Volumes (complete set). London, Amalgamated Press Inc. / The Fleetway House Publishers, n.d. (c.1930). 21 x 30cm. Vol. 1: Frontispiece, 796 pages / Vol. 2: Frontispiece, 595 pages. Over 1200 colour and black and white illustrations across both volumes. Original embossed hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition, with binding solid and text clear and bright on both volumes. Mild foxing to endpapers. Volume One very slightly bumped to corners. Previous owner’s name stamp on half-title page of Volume Two.

88. Thurber, James.

The Beast in Me and Other Animals. A New Collection Of Pieces And Drawings About Human Beings And Less Alarming Creatures.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1949. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. X, 340 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition. Dustjacket in poor condition. Spine and cover stained and faded. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Otherwise, interior bright and clean.

89. Tyler, Anne.

Tumble Tower. Pictures by Mitra Modarressi.

New York, Orchard Books, 1993. 26.5cm x 22.5cm. 29 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author and the illustrator.

90. Vierge, Daniel.

The Tavern of the Three Virtues. Translated from the Original of Saint-Juirs. Illustrated with sixty drawings by Daniel Verge together with a critical essay on the art of Vierge by Edmund Gosse.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, (ca. 1890). 22 cm x 33 cm. 155, (1) pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One of only 650 copies of a limited edition. Exlibris of Gordon Sloane (Lamh Dhearg). Blindstamped “Oaklands, St.Peters, Isle of Thanet”.