- Vague horizontal yellow stripe on title-p. Otherwise fine.
AND 30 others, almost all first Engl. editions, all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., all (near) fine, i.a. W. GOLDING, Darkness Visible/ The Paper Man/ Close Quarters/ Fire Down Below (ibid., 1979/ 1984/ 1987/ 1989, 4 vols.); L. DE BERNIÈRES, A. Partisan's Daughter (ibid., 2008. Top of spine of dustwr. sl. rubbed); E. FREUD, Gaglow (ibid., 1997); M. ONDAATJE, The Cat's Table (ibid., 2011); A. BRINK, The Wall of the Plague (ibid., 1984) and J. BARNES, Talking it over/ England, England/ The Lemon Table (ibid., 1991/ 1998/ 2004, 3 vols. First free endpaper of first vol. sl. yellowed from newspaper clipping).
= Incl. a few biographies, all in orig. hardcover binding w. dustwr., i.a. J. WORTHEN, D.H. Lawrence. The Life of an Outsider (New York, 2005, plates. Fine); M. MILLGATE, Thomas Hardy. A Biography (New York, 1982, plates. Two sm. tears at spine-ends of dustwr.); M. HOLROYD, Bernard Shaw. Vol.I 1856-1898. The Search for Love (London, 1988, plates. Fine) and B. CRICK, George Orwell. A Life (London, 1980, 1st ed. Fine).
- Vol.1 backwr. sm. chip and trifle frayed at top margin; vol. 3 dustwr. sl. chipped at foot of spine; wrappers trifle sunned/ yellowed. A good/ fine set.
= The Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner. Petersen A28.22.
Idem. Uncollected Stories. Ed. J. Blotner. New York, Random House, 1979, 1st ed., XVII,(1),716,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (fine).
- Dustwr. of all vols. not price-clipped.
- Contents fine. Binding trifle rubbed/ stained along extremities; ties broken. Nevertheless an attractively bound copy.
- Spine of facs. vol. faded. A fine copy.
= Facs. ed. of the manuscript Ms. germ. fol. 534, preserved in the Preußische Staatsbibliothek, Berlin.
- All vols. (sl.) foxed. Extremities sl. worn; 1 vol. frontcover loose; 2 vols. joints starting.
= Goedeke IV/2, 433, C, VI, 1.
- Endpapers foxed; contents trifle foxed. Backcover w. tiny rubbed spots.
= With an attractive art nouveau bookplate for "Miti van Tuyll" on first free endpaper.
= "The Gibbon (...) occupies a unique place in Far Eastern culture, it being possible to trace the extent of his habitat, his appearance and his mannerisms for more than two thousand years. Therefore I thought it worth while to try to assemble these literary and artistic data, for the reference of orientalists, zoologists, and animal lovers in general." (preface). Van Gulik was a passionate fan of the gibbon, he studied their behaviour and several specimens were allowed into his circle of intimate friends. The gramophone record contains Van Gulik's recordings of the gibbon's morning call. The work was rashly finished on his death-bed. Interesting study.
Idem. Sexual Life in Ancient China. A preliminary survey of Chinese sex and society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D. Ibid., idem, 1974, reprint, XVII,(1),392p., col. frontisp., plates, ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Both vols. sl. foxed and owner's stamp on title-p. Upper hinge of vol.1 almost split.
= Vol. 2 and 3 of the Vermischte Schriften.
- Contents fine. A small number of bindings occas. trifle/ sl. rubbed, scratched, sunned or stained, but overall a fine set.
= Vicaire p. 411-419. This lot comprises the complete works of Victor Hugo, including 7 posthumously published works (in 9 vols.). The other works are divided into the following 8 categories: Poésie, Philosophie, Histoire, Voyage, Drame, Roman, Actes et Paroles and Oeuvres diverses. A complete set in this condition is rarely found.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Buffalo, 1956.
Kenner, H. Dublin's Joyce. London, Chatto & Windus, 1955, 1st ed., IX,(3),372p., frontisp. portrait, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 8 others, i.a. P. COSTELLO, James Joyce. The Years of Growth 1882-1915 (n.pl., 1992, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); A. MARTIN, James Joyce. The Artist and the Labyrinth (London, 1990, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); B. BRADLEY, James Joyce's Schooldays (Dublin, 1982, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and G.H. HEALEY, The Dublin Diary of Stanislaus Joyce (London, 1962, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
- All vols. dustwr. price-clipped; 2 vols. w. sm. dam. due to silverfish in fold. of lower (1x lower and upper) folding flap of dustwr. Otherwise very fine.
AND 1 other: M. SHECHNER, Joyce in Nighttown. A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into Ulysses (Berkeley etc., 1974, orig. cl. w. (nibbled) dustwr.).
= Contains i.a. Manke Fisjke by Mendele Mojcher Sforim, Het leven een roman by Sjolom Alejchem, Een meisje van niets by Esther Kreitman and De familie Masjber by Der Nister.
- Wr. sl. creased.
= Rare Polish literary periodical. Only three issues were ever published. With modernist frontwrapper design.
- Two corners entire book gnawed on by a dog(?); trifle foxed; last leaf torn; nevertheless contents intact. Binding dam.
= Published in the series Die Romane des XX. Jahrhunderts. Hemmerle p.27; Lame Duck 34.
Idem. Der Prozess. Ed. M. Brod. Ibid., Schocken, 1935, 286p., orig. gilt cl.
- One corner entire book similarly gnawed on.
= Gesammelte Schriften III. Hemmerle p.29/ 30; Lame Duck 46.
AND 1 other by EGON ERWIN KISCH.
- Dustwr. somewhat fingersoiled; frontcover sl. warped. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Lame Duck 15 (first edition, bound issue); Hemmerle, p.21. Verso title-p.: "Gedruckt bei Poeschel & Trepte in Leipzig November 1915 als Band 22/23 (Doppelband) der Bücherei "Der Jungste Tag"". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VIII.
- Vague stamp on first free endpaper; owner's entry on title-p. Parts of dustwr. sl. creased/ lacking sm. portions (restored).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VIII.