Archive for September, 2011

The Art of Botanical Illustration

In excellent condition. A history of some of the classical botanical illustrators.

Clea

First edition. Dust Jacket in good condition with minor chipping and sunning to the spine. In excellent condition. part the The Alexandria Quartet. Set in Alexandria, Egypt around WWII.

Spirit of Place

Letters and essays on travel. Edited by Alan G Thomas. Dust jacket has some creasing and minor wear.In excellent condition.

Sparkle and Spin

Dust jacket show some scuffing and wear. Foxing to endpapers. -otherwise a delightfully illustrated book.

The Sun Looks Down

Dust jacket show some wear to edges and is priceclipped -otherwise a delightfully illustrated book.

Dreams and Dreaming

Dust jacket has minor chipping to edges and very slight browning to end papers otherwise in excellent condition.

Les Metamorphoses Erotiques

Limited edition 365/ 900.In bright red silk chemise and in deep purple moire silk slipcase - About 60 pages (about 50 full page illustrations by Dali) and a suite of 10 illustrations in a separate folder. One of the 900 copies on Zerkall paper. The first page has some light lavender discoloration around the border of the entire page, otherwise contents fine and crisp

Musee Royal De Naples

Text in French. Bookplate of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven. Red half leather cloth with some scuffing and wear to edges. 2 bookplates to end papers. Exemplaire 683. peintures, Brozes et Statues erotiques. Minor foxing mostly to end papers. coloured illustrations.

The Herman Miller Collection

Furniture designed by George Nelson, Charles Eames with occasional pieces by Isamu Noguchi, Peter Hvidt and O.M. Nielson. Black cloth cover with some sunning to the spine and minor scuffing. Previous owners insciption to end papers. Well illustrated catalogue for the Herman Miller furniture showrooms.

Annals of the South African Museum

Volume 58. The material culture of the Cape Nguni Part 4 - Paperback with some insect damage to the cover otherwise in good condition.

Dawn in the Dark Continent

“or Africa and its missions. The Duff Missionary Lecturers for 1902″. Decorative red cloth with slight wear to edges.

Die Vogelwelt Sudwest Afrikas

Text in German. Card covers. Dust jacket has some wear and damage to spine with repairs. Illustrated . Previous owners inscription to end papers.

Birdie Bowers of the Antarctic

Dust jacket has minor wear and chipping to edges. Previous owner’s inscription in pencil. Minor foxing to fore-edge and end papers. Bowers was part of the team that went to the Antartic with Scott.

Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good Hope

Signed deluxe edition. Limited edition 454/ 500. Free end paper is clipped. Colour printing error on 4 plates. Leather cover has some scuff marks. Dust jacket has some wear and chipping to edges.

Congo Sketches

No date circa 1955, Inscribed by the author. A missionaries travels in the Congo. Some creasing to edges of dust jacket. Minor foxing to end papers.

Lamia’s Winter -Quaters

Poetry. Decorative green leather with sunning to the spine and edges and some scuffing. In good condition

The Story of Burnt Njal

Life in Iceland at the end of the 10th century . 2 Volumes 1 and II. Re cased in leather with gilt emblem of Dreghorn College. Prize bookplate to end papers. Volume 1 has been repaired on the spine. Some scuffing to covers and very slight foxing to end papers otherwise in very good condition.

The Irish in South Africa 1920-21

Decorative cloth cover with some staining and sunning to the spine. Very slight foxing mostly to end papers. Irish politics

Veld Sketchbook

Wildlife portraits and essays. As new in excellent condition.

Othellos Countrymen

The African Renaissance Drama. Dust jacket has some wear to edges. Marginalia and some underlining to the first chapter.