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First edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Review copy with publisher's fol ded letter laid in.

A Nice Reading Copy-First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good + Condition. Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear/Rub. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.

New York: Bantam Books, 1996. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean black boards with black cloth spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean, unchipped dustjacket has not been price clipped, enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Suspense.

1998. First Edition. Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects-Crime, Thrillers & Mystery-Thrillers-Spy Stories, Subjects-Fiction-General". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.

Book in Mylar cover, Shelf wear noted on dust jacket. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. First edition, First Printing.

First printing. Signed "From the Heart Elise Title" on (appropriately enough) the title page. Very lightly bumped on the spine ends. The DJ is similarly is slighlty edgeworn, including a small worn spot on the bottom front corner, and faintly scuffed on the back face. The jacket price is intact. In Brodart dust jacket protector.

1998. First Edition. Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects-Crime, Thrillers & Mystery-Thrillers-Spy Stories, Subjects-Fiction-General". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.

(New York: Bantam, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Advance Reading Copy. Wrappers. Very good with ink marks on the front free endpaper, wrinkles on rear panel, and a faintly darkened top page edge.

First edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Review copy with publisher's fol ded letter laid in.

A Nice Reading Copy-First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good + Condition. Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear/Rub. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.

New York: Bantam Books, 1996. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean black boards with black cloth spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean, unchipped dustjacket has not been price clipped, enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Suspense.

SALE Near Very Good. Original Limited First Edition Wrappers. New York: At-Swim Press, 1981. First Limited Edition. 8v. A wonderful collection of Irish American poetry by the founder and owner of 'Facsimile Books', Kevin T. McEneaney a great New York City Irish bookstore that like my store, "Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books", and "Rivendell" and "Keshkerigan" were part of the "Golden Age" of Celtic Bookstores in New York specialized in Irish and Celtic Books. Few bookstores survive against the beast. I am perhaps the last survivor of the Alamo. Here at least Kevin's fine Irish American poetry has survived in this limited edition to 300 copies. This has a attractive Celtic calligraphy on the card cover. Full page Celtic design page as well. Except for cover soiling and fading in good shape and internally clean and bright. Here inscribed and signed by McEneaney himself. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.

N. pl: Rough Trade, [197-?]. Paperback. 187p.+ads, illustrated with graphic homoerotic drawings, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. RT 458. Prison sex with an African American character and a leading-man named Rocky!

Book in Mylar cover, Shelf wear noted on dust jacket. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. First edition, First Printing.

2015. ISBN-13: 9781616191108. ISBN-10: 1616191104. Grotius, Hugo. De Jure Praedae Commentarius. Ex Auctoris Codice Descripsit et Vulgavit H[endrik] G[erard] Hamaker. Originally published: The Hague: Apud Martinum Nijhoff, 1868. xvi, 359 pp. Latin text. [With] Fruin, Robert J. An Unpublished Work of Hugo Grotius's. In Bibliotheca Visseriana: Dissertationum Ius Internationale Illustrantium, edited by Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Originally published: Leiden: E.J, Brill, 1925. 74 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191108. ISBN-10: 16161691104. Paperback. New. $29.95 * Reprint of the first edition. Written between 1604 and 1605, De Jure Praedae [On the Law of Prize], which remained in manuscript until 1868, is the earliest significant legal work by Hugo Grotius [1583-1645]. His discussion of prize is not restricted to issues of legality; he seeks to determine also whether the capture of enemy material is honorable or expedient. He pursues these issues through an elegant argument based on natural law. Remarkable for its intellectual finesse and literary quality, De Jure Praedae is equally significant as the source of two of his most important writings. Mare Liberum (1609) is based on one of its chapters. It also contains an early version of De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625). In this regard, the book offers a valuable introduction to the issues explored in these later works. Appended to this reprint is Robert J. Fruin's valuable essay An Unpublished Work of Hugo Grotius's. Written in 1868 and later republished in English in 1925, it remains the principal study of this work. Hugo Grotius [1583-1645], a pre-eminent contributor to international legal doctrine, was an influential Dutch jurist, philosopher and theologian. His other works include De Jure Belli ac Pacis [On the Law of War and Peace] (1625), one of the great treatises on international law, and Mare Liberum [The Freedom of the Seas] (1609), a compelling plea for free trade among nations.

San Diego: Surrey House, 1974. Paperback. 186p. + ads, old black marker price on cover else a good first edition paperback in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS69123. Reprinted as MOA-125 in 1991 by American Art Ent.

First printing. Signed "From the Heart Elise Title" on (appropriately enough) the title page. Very lightly bumped on the spine ends. The DJ is similarly is slighlty edgeworn, including a small worn spot on the bottom front corner, and faintly scuffed on the back face. The jacket price is intact. In Brodart dust jacket protector.

Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and protected unclipped dust jacket are in fine--As New condition, crisp and fresh, tight binding and clean pages. 135 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1924. First Edition. Wraps. Near FIne. Early retrospective of avant garde artist. 16mo. 15.5 by 12 cm. 63 pp.

New York: Star Dist, 1970. Paperback. 190p., illustrated with explicit drawings, very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-433.

6 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2'; no dustjacket. One of 230 trade copies of First Edition of 400, total including 100 (hor commerce: aka before trade) 50 signed & numbered and 20 signed with special drawing. This one is not signed or numbered but remains uncommon and collectible. Grey cloth with gold lettering on spine. Sunned spined. Darkened at margins of covers front and back. Dust staining textblock edges. Tonning to end pages front and back. Glue residue bottom of rear pastedown. Stray ink marking in what appears to be a child's hand on that same rear pastedown page. (78 pages. )

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1944. First edition, title page marked 1944, also a Wartime Edition. Bright red cloth lettered in black, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and is in good condition with minor age-darkening to the spine and some old insect damages that has resulted in tiny holes along the outer edges where they fold ot the inner flaps, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 17. (railroads, pictorial works)

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 8. (railroads, pictorial works)

SALE Near Very Good. Original Limited First Edition Wrappers. New York: At-Swim Press, 1981. First Limited Edition. 8v. A wonderful collection of Irish American poetry by the founder and owner of 'Facsimile Books', Kevin T. McEneaney a great New York City Irish bookstore that like my store, "Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books", and "Rivendell" and "Keshkerigan" were part of the "Golden Age" of Celtic Bookstores in New York specialized in Irish and Celtic Books. Few bookstores survive against the beast. I am perhaps the last survivor of the Alamo. Here at least Kevin's fine Irish American poetry has survived in this limited edition to 300 copies. This has a attractive Celtic calligraphy on the card cover. Full page Celtic design page as well. Except for cover soiling and fading in good shape and internally clean and bright. Here inscribed and signed by McEneaney himself. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.

De Ville, no date but circa 2007. Hard cover, first edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket.

New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, and Auckland: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0553097105 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with small closed tear to lower front corner and minor edgewear; byThe story of Romeo and Juliet is one of love and tragedy. Romeo is in love with Juliet, but she is married to another man. Romeo convinces Juliet to elope with him, but they are caught and killed.; 8vo; FSA .

Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and protected unclipped dust jacket are in fine--As New condition, crisp and fresh, tight binding and clean pages. 135 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.

6 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2'; no dustjacket. One of 230 trade copies of First Edition of 400, total including 100 (hor commerce: aka before trade) 50 signed & numbered and 20 signed with special drawing. This one is not signed or numbered but remains uncommon and collectible. Grey cloth with gold lettering on spine. Sunned spined. Darkened at margins of covers front and back. Dust staining textblock edges. Tonning to end pages front and back. Glue residue bottom of rear pastedown. Stray ink marking in what appears to be a child's hand on that same rear pastedown page. (78 pages. )

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 9. (railroads, pictorial works)

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1944. First edition, title page marked 1944, also a Wartime Edition. Bright red cloth lettered in black, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and is in good condition with minor age-darkening to the spine and some old insect damages that has resulted in tiny holes along the outer edges where they fold ot the inner flaps, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 17. (railroads, pictorial works)

Stated First Edition; Vintage 1962, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Hardcover with no dust jacket if issued, mildly aged cream cover boards with silver lettering at spine, front hinge is cracked but not torn, tight & unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 8. (railroads, pictorial works)

De Ville, no date but circa 2007. Hard cover, first edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket.

1st edition, paperback original from Idle Hour (IH 451), 1965. NEAR FINE. Don Elliott is the author on the title page-Robert Silverberg pseudonym.

New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Hardcover. 105p., in original boards and cloth spine, very good first edition in English, limited to 350 copies, signed by Himes at the colophon, in original unprinted tissue jacket, ragged at edges and protective mylar. Targ Editions, no. 7.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 9. (railroads, pictorial works)

First Edition 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Good + DJ with light scuffing and shelf wear.

London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson and established his own laboratory. He assisted Sir Humphry Davy until 1803 (the year this book was issued). He also began lecturing in 1802 where is students included Benjamin Silliman and William Peck. He supplied apparatus to institutions abroad. Amazingly, in December 1820, he was arrested for mutilating books at the Royal Institution Library, which triggered his exiting England for Germany. "The value of Accum's work lies in the way he saw and exploited the technological possibilities of the rapidly advancing science of chemistry." [DSB]. REFERENCES: Cole 9 (pp. 4-5); DSB I, pp. 43-44Neville I, p. 10.

Stated First Edition; Vintage 1962, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Hardcover with no dust jacket if issued, mildly aged cream cover boards with silver lettering at spine, front hinge is cracked but not torn, tight & unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

1st edition, paperback original from Idle Hour (IH 451), 1965. NEAR FINE. Don Elliott is the author on the title page-Robert Silverberg pseudonym.

First Edition 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Good + DJ with light scuffing and shelf wear.

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd, 1919. Limited Edition. 8vo., x, 156pp.; VG-; spine paneled black leather with black label and gilt lettering; rebound with new spine; boards green leather, somewhat faded, some wear; one of 1000 copies published at the Chiswick Press using the Riccardi fount on Riccardi handmade paper, this is number 178; some pages have pressed flowers some darkening and damage to pages from flowers; repairs to gutters on pastedowns; top edge of text block gilt; inscription in ink of second free endpaper; shelved case 0. 1272141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hagreen, Philip. One of 300 copies, octavo size, sixteen unpaginated leaves. The text of a lecture given in London by Fr. McNabb to the Catholic Poetry Society. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green paper covered boards, limitation page states, "300 copies have been printed by hand in Caslon 14 point Old Face type on Head's hand-made paper, January 1934. This is No. 255."; "Stones from the Brook: No. 1 Geoffrey Chaucer" (printed on the half-title); octavo size, (8" x 5 1/4"), sixteen unpaginated leaves. In a paper wrapper with black lettering on both panels and flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, boards have straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some fading to green color of both boards in uneven patches and on back boards around perimeter. The paper wrapper very good, overall light sunning, the right margin of the front flap unevenly torn vertically, and a 3/4" closed tear near head of spine. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell, no. A234, which notes the title-page engraving by Philip Hagreen. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Size: 9x6x1; 1st edition, 5th printing, 1964. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

466 pages. Paper / Soft cover REPRINT of the original edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. English translation of the title: The French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treat of squid and liquid jams and for preparing feasts in the four seasons of the year: by the sieur de La Varenne, kitchen squire of the Marquis of Uxelles: first edition. ~ Text is only in FRENCH. Although the contents and subject of this book is historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies.

[Berlin]: Vereinigung Berliner Architekten, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 58, [2]pp (Text and in-text illustrations), [56] leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Laid in, an original and unsigned watercolor on transparent paper, and the third issue of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, dated February 27, 1920. Title page decorated by Adolf Hartung. This splendid photo-illustrated architectural monograph was published by the Union of Berlin Architects (Vereinigung Berliner Architekten) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their founding. The founding members included distinguished historians as well as Martin Gropius, a celebrated architect and the uncle of Walter Gropius. By 1904, the association had over two hundred members. As seen in this book, the Union was an active participant in the architectural life of Berlin and curious about developments elsewhere. "Vereinigung Berliner Architekten MDCCCLXXIX-MDCCCCIV" features striking full-page b/w illustrated and photographic plates showing some of the best architectural examples produced between 1879 and 1904, such as: - The Berlin Dom (Cathedral), constructed from 1893 to 1905 by Julius Carl Raschdorff. - An architectural drawing of the Metz railway station, under construction at the time of the publication. The impressive Gothic-style station was built between 1905 and 1908 by German architect Jürgen Kröger assisted by the architects Jürgensen and Bachmann. - The Kaiserbrücke, a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz. The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, one of the most famous architects of his time who contributed to the development of historicist architecture. The Kaiserbrücke was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. - The New Town Hall (Leipzig), built between 1899 and 1905 by Hugo Licht. - The Lessing-Theater (Berlin), built between 1897 and 1898 by Hermann von der Hude and Julius Hennicke. The theater was destroyed during an allied air raid in April 1945. - The Bismarcksäule (Cologne), a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The statue was built by A. Hartmann. - The Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg), is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. The monument was built by W. Müller. - The Charlottenburg U-Bahn station, built by Alfred Grenander. - The Almemor (raised platform also called bema, bimah or bima) of the synagogue in Lindenstrasse (Berlin). The synagogue was built in 1881 by Cremer & Wolffensteir. Some of the buildings featured in this work were built in the style of the Jugendstill (Art Nouveau). Minor abrasion to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Text in German. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Size: 9x6x1; 1st edition, 5th printing, 1964. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1938. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [10]pp (Text), 90pp (Plates), 4pp (Text), [8] leaves (Color plates); [105-132]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative soft cloth by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and which published the work of the leading photographers and photographic agencies of the period. This 1939 edition contains 8 color plates as well as 90 striking photographs reproduced in heliogravure, and taken by the following photographers: Ylla; Stephen Deutch; Pierre Boucher; Edward Weston; Brassai; Hein Gorny; Willy Maywald; Hisao Okamoto; Marie & Borel; George Hurrell; Marcel Bovis; Herbert List; Bill Brandt; Nora Dumas; Heinrich Heidersberger; Bob Leavitt; George Platt Lynes; Laure Albin-Guillot; Erwin Blumenfeld; Clarence John Laughlin; Ruth Bernhard; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Berenice Abbott, and many others. Moderate rubbing along edges of soft cloth covers. Text and captions in French. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923. 1st ed. in German. Hardcover. Good. 68 mounted plates (mostly in color) plus several smaller, mostly mounted, illustrations (some color) on text pages, Original vellum quarterbinding (purple boards backed in vellum). 37 cm. Small gilt figure on front cover. Front and back cover quite faded around outlines of smaller books that protected the original color. Center half of rear joint split (and then visibly reglued). There is also a small gouge at the bottom of the front joint. Cover edges heavily rubbed. Contents sound and clean with a few creases on tissue guards. Minimal foxing. No slipcase or jacket. German text. Editions of this book also appeared in English ("Bakst, the Story of the Artist's Life") and French ("Bakst: Histoire de Leon Bakst"). Bakst was born in Grodno (now part of Belarus) to Jewish parents. He later changed his name and achieved fame in Russia and elsewhere as an artist and designer of sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes.

466 pages. Paper / Soft cover REPRINT of the original edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. English translation of the title: The French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treat of squid and liquid jams and for preparing feasts in the four seasons of the year: by the sieur de La Varenne, kitchen squire of the Marquis of Uxelles: first edition. ~ Text is only in FRENCH. Although the contents and subject of this book is historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies.

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1918. First Limited Edition Thus. Full Pigskin (Full Leather), with custom slipcase. Near Fine. No. 162 of 200, with one of 150 on hand-made paper of Wiggins, Teape & Co. 240 copies in all were made, including unnumbered copies (212 were numbered in one of two ways). 4to. (27 by 20 cm.) 282, [5] pp. The outstanding aspects of this edition and copy in which Ovid's verse is rendered in both Latin and German translation are magnificent decorative pigskin binding, the flowing type, and the elegant page decoration, which includes a huge variety of cameo images. These images are never repeated exactly, it should also be noted. Resulting is a book of extraordinary beauty, both exterior and interior-wise. Aesthetically the book production is true to the classical in its lines and sensibility while being securely of its own time when a sinuous Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was ripening into a modernist economy, or Art Deco. There are sensuous Rococo details, such as the gilt lines etched into the spine, while one can not but be impressed with the lack of clutter on each and every page! While the type is not a plain Roman or the like, the gentle curvature of the cursive invites and soothes the eye, and every word should be crisply clear to the modern reader. Light soiling and darkening on the spine. Clean and tight within. The slipcase has some wear.

Wilton Park, England: NP, 1946. First edition. Softcover. vg. Collection of two German POW Camp Newspapers providing a first-hand account of the feelings and emotions of the men, as well as their day-to-day activities during their internment in Great Britain. The monthly newspapers were produced by prisoners in Berechurch Hall (Camp 186) and in Wilton Park: - "Anruf: Zeitschrift der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Wilton Park, Nr. 1, Februar 1946." Folio. 25, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. "Anruf" was published in Wilton Park (Beaconsfield), a war camp set up in 1942 to hold prisoners likely to have information of high intelligence value, such as German and Italian officers, pilots and u-boat commanders. Among the occupants was Gerd von Rundstedt, the last Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the West. The White House was a three storey Palladian mansion that was turned into an officers' mess for staff and interrogators. A series of Nissen huts was built for staff of other ranks. Prisoners were housed in a compound of flat-roofed brick and concrete cells. The first high ranking prisoners began to arrive in the middle of 1943. These included Marshall Messe, Field-Marshalls von Rundstedt and Busch and Rudolph Hess. As the summer of 1945 turned into autumn, the generals and the marshals departed. By November 7, 1945, Wilton Park was ready for its new role, a re-education facility for German prisoners of war. Indeed, between January 1946 and June 1948 more than 4,000 Germans attended re-education classes at Wilton Park, where they discussed democratic processes with visiting political figures and intellectuals, including philosopher Bertrand Russell, social reformer Lord William Beveridge, and the first female Member of Parliament, Lady Astor. The first participants at Wilton Park included some of the most senior German PoWs in Britain and many became leading figures in the rebuilding of post-war Germany. Helmut Schmidt, for example, the former German Chancellor, hailed Wilton Park's role for post-war Germany, stating that "many ideas became a political reality." The success of these classes is epitomised in one German participant's statement of his time at Wilton Park: "I was a Nazi; I came to Wilton Park and it changed my life." This first issue of "Anruf" opens with a long poem by Wolfgang Weyrauch titled "Anruf." Articles by Martin Guetter; Dr. Erwin Weghorn; Gustav Radbruch; Justus Franz Wittkop; Alfred Brasch, and others. The articles deal with current problems in Europe, democracy 'as exemplified in Britain,' the Nuremberg Trial, the United Nations organization, politics, religion, etc.. and above all a strongly anti-Nazi stance. Includes two in-text b/w drawings of the camp. Contemporary stamp on inside of front cover: "Wilton Park Training Centre. Authorised to be retained by P. W. Georg Kunz - 312 495 (prisoner's name and matricule are handwritten). Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. - "Querschnitt: Monatszeitschrift des Camp 186." Folio. 20pp. Original illustrated stappled wrappers. "Querschnitt" was published in Berechurch Hall (Essex), a camp which served as one of the country's largest transit centres for German prisoners captured during the final stages of the Second World War. It was the first 1,500 men to arrive on September 19, 1944, who helped the camp take shape in those early days. Transported in by lorry at night, they were ordered to pitch their own bell-tents on a field encircled by a few strands of barbed wire. Work on improvised kitchen and toilets did not start until the next day, and hot food was not available until that night. But as Camp 186 grew to cope with more than 6,000 prisoners at a time, new facilities, including Nissen huts for housing and a 120-bed medical center, were added. There were also orchestras, a newspaper ("Querschnitt"), two theatre groups - one of which performed the works of Dante, Schiller and Shakespeare in large marquees - and even a 300-student Catholic seminary. This issue contains articles by Heinz C. Woelfle (of the Geheimefeldpolizei, who served in the Channel Islands at a base called "Silvertide," Havre-de-Pas, Jersey); Dr. F. Glasau; Herbert Hellmann, and others. Illustrated with two woodcuts (front and back covers), and 6 inside. The content features various items such as news reports (Nuremberg Trial), gardening, alimentation, entertainment programs, and above all, the usual anti-Nazi editorial stance. Minor and faint creasing mark throughout. Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition.