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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, second edition, first impression, occasional light marginal toning, ink ownership signature to head of title, pencil inscription to endpaper "Bought unbound at the sale of John Bowdler's books" 18th century calf, rebacked, joints cracked, corners worn, rubbed, later endpapers, [Todd 53b], 8vo, for J. Dodsley, 1790.
Nowell (Alexander) Catechismus sive prima institutio, text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, title repaired at foot without loss, C2 with portion of restoration to fore-margin straying into text with loss to 2 or 3 words, some light foxing, the odd printed side-note slightly shaved, but a good copy generally, armorial bookplate of Henry Latham to front pastedown, Bute Library bookplate to rear pastedown, 19th century morocco, slight toning to spine, extremities rubbed, g.e., [STC 18707], 8vo, Reginald Wolfe, 1573.⁂ First edition in Greek of Nowell's Larger Catechism.
NO RESERVE Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) Novels of the Sisters Brontë, 12 vol., edited by Temple Scott, Thornton Edition, photographic plates, some light browning and staining, original green cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, edges uncut and browned, t.e.g., Edinburgh, 1907 § Burns (Robert) The Works, 4 vol., edited by James Currie, seventh edition, portrait frontispieces to vol. one, plates, vol. one with photograph pasted onto front free endpaper, first few pages of vol. one working loose, some browning and staining, original straight-grain green morocco gilt, g.e., worn, 1813; and c. 145 others relating to English literature, including a collection of works by George Moore, many of which first editions or signed limited editions, v.s., (c. 160)
NO RESERVE Popper (Karl) The Logic of Scientific Discovery, second edition, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, dust-jacket, light browned, a few tears and chips to extremities, 1960 § Russell (Bertrand) Portraits from Memory and Other Essays, first edition, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chipping to spine ends, spine a little faded, 1956 § Dawkins (Richard) The God Delusion, first edition, 2006 § Packard (Vance) The Hidden Persuaders, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1957; and c.85 others, mostly religion and philosophy, v.s. (c.90)
NO RESERVE Tozer (Katharine) Here Comes Mumfie, first edition, illustrations by the author, publisher's promotional flyer for this work loosely inserted, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth-backed boards, lightly fading to upper panel, spotting to lower panel, dust-jacket, faded, spine browned, nicks and tears to spine head and upper edge, short tear to lower edge of upper panel, light pencil marking to upper panel, 1936 § Blyton (Enid) The Castle of Adventure, first edition, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, creased and frayed, lacking front flap, paper repairs to upper joint, 1946 § Morpurgo (Michael) This Morning I Met a Whale, first edition, signed by the author to title, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 2008; and 9 others, children's, 8vo (11)⁂ First is scarce in the dust-jacket.
Wordsworth (William) The Waggoner, a Poem. To which are added, Sonnets, first edition, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, [Wise 17; Healy 49], Printed by Strahan and Spottiswood, 1819; and a first edition of Peter Bell (with engraved frontispiece, but without half-title), uniformly bound as first mentioned, 8vo (2)
Snow (C. P.) Death Under Sail, first edition, some light scattered foxing, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, spine a little frayed at head, 1932; Last Thing, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, light creasing and sunning to spine, 1970 § Miller (Ronald) The Affair. The New Men. The Masters. Based on the novels by C. P. Snow, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 1964; and 5 others, C. P. Snow, 8vo & 4to (8)
Parodies of classical verse.- Estienne (Henri, compiler) Parodiae morales, first edition, collation: *8 a-i8 k4 A-M8 (complete with all blanks), printed in Latin and Greek, some foxing, 19th century red morocco, gilt, g.e., small scratch to lower cover, upper joint starting to crack, 8vo (161 x 99mm.), Geneva, Henri Estienne, 1575.⁂ Attractive copy of "Estienne's rare collection of Greek and Latin parodies of quotable verses from classical poets, composed (he tells us) in order to fight boredom while traveling on horseback" (Schreiber). The rectos of all leaves in the first section are left blank for readers to fill with their own parodies. The first of these blank rectos has been partially utilised by an 18th century hand.Literature: Renouard 142.6; Schreiber 194; Adams S1784.
Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, second issue dust-jacket with review quotes to rear panel, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small internal tear to spine, crease to front flap, but a bright and excellent example overall, 1962; and a first English edition Something Happened, 8vo (2)
Wilson (A. E.) Edwardian Theatre, first edition, with 5 signed photographs, 3 cut signatures and one A.L.s. from figures involved in Edwardian theatre pasted onto endpapers, half-title and verso of frontispiece, original cloth, spine gilt, some staining, dust-jacket, spine sunned, chipping and creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1951.⁂ Including the cut signature of Ellen Terry, as well as signed photographs of Lena Ashwell, Marie Tempest and Weedon Grossmith.
[Monk (Mary)] Marinda. Poems and translations upon several occasions, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, armorial bookplate of Earl of Hadinton to title verso, browning to endpapers, contemporary panelled sheep, upper cover scuffed, upper joint cracked, [Foxon p.474], 8vo, J. Tonson, 1716.⁂ The author's only book, edited after her death by her father Robert Molesworth. Scarce.
Korea.- Official Guide to Eastern Asia: Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia (An), vol.1 Manchuria & Chosen, first edition, illustrations, large folding colour maps including fold-out map inserted into rear pocket, edge-spotting, original cloth, t.e.g., light creasing or rubbing to spine ends, original slipcase, 8vo, Tokyo, prepared by the Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1913.⁂ Beginning in 1871, Japan began to exert more influence in Korea, forcing it out of China's traditional sphere of influence. As a result of the sino-japanese war (1894-95), the Qing Dynasty had to give up such a position according to article 1 of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was concluded between China and Japan in 1895. This work attests to a statement of Japanese pride in their recently conquered mainland territories.
American imprints.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Deserted village. A poem., seventh edition, half-title, woodcut head-pieces, title trimmed at head, with loss of first word 'The', some spotting, stained, lightly browned, ink inscription to half-title 'Caleb Johnson's Book', contemporary limp light blue wrappers bound in, chipped and stained, 20th century calf-backed boards, [Evans 17958], London: Printed: Springfield: (Massachusetts,) reprinted: by Babcock & Haswell, 1783; and a New Ipswich, N.H. printed Blair's The Grave, 1815, small 4to & 12mo (2)
Donaldson (Julia) The Gruffalo, Gift Edition, first printing, signed by author and artist with doodle of mouse's head on title, some light creasing, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original cloth, lacking pictorial onlay, pictorial slip-case, 2008; and 7 others, Gift and American editions of the same, 4to (8)
NO RESERVE Faulks (Sebastian) Where My Heart Used to Beat, 2015; Pistache, first edition, 2006 § Shriver (Lionel) So Much for That, first edition, 2010 § Vargas Llosa (Mario) The Perpetual Orgy, first English edition, 1987 § Naipaul (Shiva) Black & White, first edition, jacket price-clipped, 1980 § Allende (Isabel) The Sum of Our Days, first edition, 2008 § Brookner (Anita) A Misalliance, first edition, 1986 § Nicholls (David) The Understudy, first edition, bookplate to front free endpapers, 2005 § Harris (Robert) The Ghost, first edition, 2007 § Smith (Zadie) NW, first edition, 2012, all signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and c.50 others, mostly 21st century literature, 8vo (c.55)
Swimming.- Frost (J.) Scientific Swimming; being a Series of Practical Instructions ..., first edition, 12 engraved folding plates, 1 split at foldline with neat tissue repair, 2 pp. advertisements at end, marginal damp-staining towards end, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, 1816.
Agricultural working conditions.- [Cliquot de Blervache (Simon)] Mémoire sur les moyens d'améliorer en France la condition des laboureurs, des journaliers, des hommes de peine vivans dans les campagnes, & celle de leurs femmes & de leurs enfans, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 2 privilege ff. at end, some mostly marginal water-staining, particularly at ends, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned (a few ff. slightly more so), modern half calf over older mottled boards, spine richly gilt and with red leather label (this with 1 letter missing and creased), [Einaudi 1136; INED 1138 (Chambéry edition), a solid copy, 8vo, Paris, chez Delalain l'aîné, 1789.⁂ Rare. An analysis of the poor state of agriculture in France, and the miserable conditions of the workers and their wives and children. It describes the huge inequalities in wealth resulting from the privileges granted to the nobility and the clergy, and puts forward proposals to address this, including fairer taxes.
Birds.- Beebe (William) Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes, 2 vol., first edition, New York, 1926; The Edge of the Jungle, first edition, 1922 § Phillips (John C.) A Natural History of Ducks, 4 vol. in 2, facsimile reprint, New York, 1986 § Cade (Tom J.) The Falcons of the World...with Paintings by R.David Digby, 1982, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first rubbed and marked, the last two with dust-jackets; and 8 others on birds, 4to & 8vo (13)
Birds.- Brown (Leslie H.), Emil J. Urban, Kenneth Newman & others, editors. The Birds of Africa, vol.1-7 only (of 8), first edition, colour plates by Martin Woodcock and others, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, an excellent set, 1982-2004 § Cramp (Stanley) & others, editors. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic, 9 vol., vol.1 reprint, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, dust-jackets, vol.1 & 2 a little foxed at beginning, vol.2 lacking front free endpaper, Oxford, 1977-94, 4to (16)⁂ The final volume of the first series, vol. VIII: Malagasy Region, was published later, in 2013, and is often missing from the set.
Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, first edition, second issue, with poem excised from pp.341-343 and errata present, plates, plates, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short nick to foot of upper fore-edge, small hole and slight surface wear to lower panel, light surface soiling to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, 1929.
Campbell (Thomas, poet, 1777-1844) Autograph draft from a larger work, 2½pp., numbered 25-27 with corrections and amendments throughout, folds, slightly browned, n.d., loosely inserted into a copy of Campbell's "Gertrude of Wyoming: A Pennsylvania Tale, and Other Poems", first edition, lacks advertisements, slightly browned, 20th century half morocco, corners worn, gilt spine, rubbed, edges uncut, for the Author, 1809.⁂ The autograph notes begins: "In obedience to the behest he accordingly fin'd with his followers on a place of the Coast call'd Aziris", and ends, "I shall return to the proper Greece & trace a sketch of its different states from Thessaly inclusively down to Laconia."
Leibniz.- Nizzoli (Mario) De veris principiis et vera ratione philosophandi contra pseudophilosophos libri IIII, first edition, collation: *6 A-Z Aa-Yy a4 b6, woodcut device on title and another larger one on verso of final leaf, title spotted, gatherings R and T browned, some other foxing, last few gatherings water-stained in corner, ink marginalia, often trimmed, later calf-backed decorative boards, 4to (197 x 138mm.), Parma, Seth Viotti, 1553.⁂ Important work on philosophical language by the Italian humanist and philosopher (1488-1567) who lectured frequently in Milan, Parma and Sabbioneta. This work was greeted enthusiastically by a young Leibniz, who edited the book twice, with his own additional remarks, in 1670 and as Anti-Barbarus philosophicus, sive philosophia Scholasticorum impugnata in 1674.Provenance: early ink inscription in Italian at foot of title.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 39075.
Banks (Lynne Reid) The L-Shaped Room, signed by the author on title, dust-jacket light toning to spine, small chip to upper panel, 1960 § Gibbons (Stella) Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips, 1949 § Bainbridge (Beryl) Watson's Apology, signed by the author, dust-jacket, spine sunned, 1984 § Drabble (Margaret) A Natural Curiosity, limited edition signed by the author, 1989, first edition, original boards; and 13 others by the same and other women writers, 8vo (17)
Africa.- Leyden (Dr. John) Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, edited and enlarged by Hugh Murray, 2 vol., first edition, engraved large folding frontispiece map and 5 other maps, 2 folding, large folding map reinforced with paper verso, others trimmed, some light foxing, modern half calf, black morocco spine labels, new endpapers, Edinburgh, 8vo, 1817.
NO RESERVE Thoreau (Henry David) The Writings of Henry David Thoreau , 11 vol., "Riverside edition", some frontispieces, maps, original cloth, spine ends a little rubbed and frayed, Boston and New York, 1893-94; A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, new and revised edition, Boston, 1868; Excursions, second impression, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, light foxing to first few pages, Boston, 1864; Walden, Boston, 1865; The Maine Woods, Boston, 1866, original cloth, lightly rubbed, corners bumped and frayed; and 7 others, American transcendentalist literature, including a fourth edition Leaves of Grass, v.s. (22)
Birds.- Millais (John Guille) The Natural History of British Game Birds, first edition, number 164 of 550 copies, 18 colour plates after Millais and Archibald Thorburn, 18 other plates, all but one photogravure, tissue guards, small spot to title, original buckram-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine faded, [Nissen IVB 636], folio, 1909.
NO RESERVE Nye (Robert) Faust, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpapers, small pen correction from the author to epigraph, 1980 § de Wohl (Louis) Imperial Renegade, first American edition, previous owner's stamp to front free endpapers, cloth water stained, jacket chipped and lightly rubbed at extremities, New York & Philadelphia, 1950 § van Greenaway (Peter) The Crucified City, first edition, light chipping to extremities, abrasion marks and soiling to lower panel, 1962 § Janvier (Ludovic) The Bathing Girl, first English edition, light toning to jacket, otherwise an excellent copy, 1976 § Pritchett (V.S.) The Key to my Heart, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, jacket with chips and nicks to to edges, spine browned, 1963, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and c.50 others, modern literature, 8vo (c.55)
NO RESERVE Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first English edition, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, upper fore-edge creased, light marks to covers, one or two nicks to top edge but an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1959.
Pullman (Philip) The Tiger in the Well, first edition, 1991; Count Karlstein, first Doubleday edition, illustrations by Patrice Aggs, 1991; The Scarecrow and his Servant, creasing to foot of lower panel, first edition, illustrations by Peter Bailey, 2004, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine copies, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE World Wars.- Sherriff (R.C.) & Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End, signed by the author to title, endpapers browned, light spotting, 1930 § Maruyama (Michiro) Anatahan, first English edition, light edge-spotting, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities but overall excellent, 1954 § Barnard (Jack) The Hump, endpapers lightly toned, dust-jacket, light rubbing to extremities but overall excellent, 1960, original boards or cloth; and 16 others, similar, 8vo (19)
Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in book form, bound from parts, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, two-line errata leaf bound at end with twelve-line errata slip tipped-in, lacking half-title, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some foxing, the odd marginal chip or short tear, original variant green cloth, rebacked, preserving original back-strip, spine faded with a couple small marks, some rubbing, spine ends and corners frayed, endpapers renewed, [Eckel pp.74-6; Smith I, 8], Bradbury and Evans, 1848; with 2 others by the same, also first editions in book form, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Norfolk agriculture.- Pursuits of agriculture; a satirical poem, in three cantos. With notes, 3 parts in 1, first edition, 8pp. publisher's advertisements at end, H6 small hole in text, with loss of 3 letter, but no loss of sense, part 3 title small piece from lower blank corner, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original endpapers preserved, antique style cloth-backed boards, [Fussell III, p.79; Perkins 1400], 8vo, Printed for John Joseph Stockdale, 1808-1810.⁂ A satire of Norfolk agriculture, and in particular those of the Norfolk Agricultural Society and their supposed scientific advancements. With extensive notes, which include technical vocabulary and local dialect. It is in three cantos, published over two tears, but paginated continuously.
NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first Pan paperback edition, 1967; The Man with the Golden Gun, third printing, 1967; Octopussy, fifth printing, 1970, marginal toning to text, original wrappers, some creasing and toning to spines, extremities rubbed, Pan Books; and c.65 others, Fleming and similar, v.s. (c.70)
Scultetus (Johannes) Cheiroplotheke [graece]...Armamentarium chirurgicum, engraved additional pictorial title of an anatomy lesson and 44 folding plates or full-page illustrations of surgical instruments and procedures, occasional soiling, title with a few slightly worn patches where stamps removed, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, rubbed, 8vo, Venice, Combi & La Nou, 1665.⁂ Important work on surgery in the 17th century, first published in Ulm in 1655, and depicting a wide range of wounds, bandages, operations and the instruments used. There appear to be 2 issues of this edition: one as here, the other with "Editio Quinta" on the title, an Index to the instruments as part of the preliminaries but only 43 plates.
Gaiman (Neil) Neverwhere, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1996.⁂ Gaiman's urban fantasy novel, created as a novelisation for the BBC television series released at the same time. The novel enjoyed far more success than the series and signed first editions are now scarce.
Pufendorf (Samuel) Of the Law of Nature and Nations, first edition in English, translated by Basil Kennett, lacks errata leaf, ink and pencil annotations, occasional soiling, modern calf-backed boards, spine a little faded, Oxford, by L. Lichfield, 1703.⁂ This copy with contents bound between the preface and the introduction.
Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) Profits, Interest and Investment and other Essays on the Theory of Industrial Fluctuations, first edition, some light edge spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, some light rubbing and toning to spine, a very good copy, 8vo, 1939.
Gardens.- Switzer (Stephen) The Practical Kitchen Gardiner: Or, A New and Entire System of Directions For his Employment in the Melonry, Kitchen-Garden, and Potagery...To which is added...The Method of Raising Cucumbers and Melons, Mushrooms, Borecole, Broccoli, Potatoes, and other curious and useful Plants, first edition, 3 folding engraved garden plans, Rosemary Verey's copy with her bookplate, also earlier anonymous armorial bookplate, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Henry Streatfeild to head of title, first few ff. with small worm hole to inner margin, 1 plan lightly browned, each with very short tear at inner margin but no loss, the odd patch of soiling, endpapers foxed, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, scratched and rubbed, [Fussell p.118-121; Henrey 1417; Hunt 469; Maclean pp.139-140], 8vo, Printed for Tho. Woodward, 1727.⁂ Rosemary Verey (1918-2001) English garden designer, lecturer and writer.
Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August, editor) Capitalism and the Historians, first edition, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and panel margins, surface tearing to spine affecting imprint at foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears to head and foot, still a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1954.⁂ Scarce in the dust-jacket, includes essays by Hayek, T.S. Ashton, Louis Hacker, W.H. Hutt and Bertrand de Jouvenel.
America.- Jones (George) The History of Ancient America, ... proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites ..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, occasional marginal pencil notes, later half-morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1843.
NO RESERVE Spark (Muriel) The Ballad of Peckham Rye, first edition, cloth lightly faded at edges and spine, jacket creased and rubbed at joints and edges, short nicks and tears to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1960; The Girls of Slender Means, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket creased and chipped at extremities, 1963 § Holtby (Winifred) South Riding, first issue with bottom edge uncut, endpapers lightly browned, cloth soiled and faded, jacket with loss to spine ends and chips to edges, short tears and creases to extremities, spine browned, 1936 § Dunn (Nell) Up the Junction, first edition, illustrations by Susan Benson, light creasing to spine ends, otherwise an excellent copy, 1963; and 20 others, modern female writers, 8vo (24)
Law.- Hale (Sir Matthew) Pleas of the Crown, first edition, second issue with Hale's name on title, ink ownership on title, stamps to front endpaper and pastedown, contemporary calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, for Richard Atkyns, 1678; and 2 others works by Hale bound in 1 volume, 8vo (2)⁂ First edition of this landmark study in British law.
Walliams (David) The Boy in the Dress, first edition, first printing, jacket with small chip to head of upper joint, 2008; Mr Stink, fifth printing, 2009, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine; and 13 others, first editions of The Boy in the Dress, 8vo (15)
NO RESERVE Hemingway (Ernest) Death in the Afternoon, first English edition, colour frontispiece, plain illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, light rubbing to joints, neat and expert repairs and restorations to edges and spine ends, light retouches to title on spine, lower panel with light surface soiling, nicks to edges, 8vo,1932.
Southey (Robert) Thalaba the destroyer, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end of vol.1, 1p. advertisements at end of vol.2, occasional spotting, lightly browned, engraved bookplates of John Boyd, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, but holding, Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1801 § Scott (Sir Walter) Ballads and Lyrical Pieces, second edition, half-title, damp-stained, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Edinburgh, James Ballantyne & Co., 1806; and 17 others, 19th century poetry, v.s. (20)
Wordsworth (William) Poems, In Two Volumes, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, erratum f. at end of vol.1, with cancels D11&12 in vol.1 and B2 in vol.2, some pencil marginalia, vol.2 B5 chip in upper margin, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original chipped black leather labels, upper corners worn, rubbed and little scuffed, [Wise 8], 12mo, Printed [by Wood & Innes, Poppin's Court, Fleet Street] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807.⁂ Vol.2, p.98 with 'fnuction' corrected. Provenance: 'To Grace Hamilton, from her affectionate friend, Anne Millar' (ink inscription to first half-title); 'Mrs Mary Lamb hur Book' (ink inscription to contemporary homemade paper bookmark).
Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) Monetary Nationalism and International Stability. Publications of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland No. 18, first edition, foxing to endpapers, original cloth, sunning to spine and head of upper cover, spine rubbed with neat library numbering towards foot, small patch of fraying to head of upper cover, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare early title comprising five lectures given by Hayek.
Antiquarian Books - De Grandmaison (Aubin-Louis Millin), Peintures de Vases Antiques, vulgairement appelés étrusques, two-volume set bound as one, first edition, Paris: Didot l’ainé, 1808 [-1810], pp: engraved title-page (laid on linen), [iv], xx, 124, 70 engraved plates (of 72, lacking nos. 59 & 61; 34 repaired); [ii], 146, 76 engraved plates (of 78, lacking nos. 29, 65 & 66, though 64 duplicated; 49 repaired, 78 laid on linen), some soiled and foxed margins throughout, marginal damp-staining affecting some quires, most points of condition not affecting within the platemark of the engravings, 20th century calf over blue boards, red-speckled edges, elephant folio (59cm x 46.5cm), [Blackmer 1129], [1]Dedicated to the Empress Joséphine, this work describes and reproduces Ancient Greek vases and Classical antiquities from the collections of Malmaison, the Imperial Library, and the Sèvres factory, as well as pieces from the Duke of Dalmatia, Galitzine and other French collections.
Hess (Made in China) a boxed group of plastic constructed battery-operated Commercial Truck/Trailer & Tanker Models which includes a Gasoline Tanker "The First Hess Truck" in an earlier edition box, a toy truck "Tanker Bank" again in an earlier edition box along with a toy "Truck Bank" in later edition box "Hess Gasoline/Fuel Oils". Conditions do generally appear Good although these do appear to have been on display at some point and are suffering from various degrees of sun damage/yellowing and are presented in generally Good outer pictorial boxes although the boxes do suffer from crushing and corner wear. Please note battery compartments do generally appear to be free from corrosion although none have been tested and none have been checked for completeness or correctness. (3)
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