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‎Birds. - Lot of 16 books.‎

‎ clothbound.‎

‎Interesting lot of 16 mostly colourfull ill. books on birds, of the 20th century . Americas, India, Africa and Europe are represented. Common birds & Exotic. One on Cuckoos (1899), one on: The birds of Kutch (India). 1) Saunders, A.A.: The lives of wild birds. NY, 1954, in-8°, 256 p., ill., cloth. 2) Helme, E.E.: Feathered friends of stream and shore. With 16 coloured plates and other Ill. by B. Briggs. London, ca. 1950, in-4°, 110 p., clothbd. /3) Line, L. at all: The Audubon Society Book of water birds. New York, 1987, gr. in-4°, 256 p., fully ill., clothbd. /4) North-American Birds in full colour Pocket-Bk.1973, sm. in-8, pb. / 5) Allen: Stalkin birds with color camera. Nat. Georg. Soc. 1951, in-4°, cloth / 6) Sálim Ali: The birds of Kutch (India). Colour plates. 1945, in-4°, cloth / 7) Audubon Soc. Book of Wild Birds. 1976, lg. in-4°, 290 p., full page colour ill., cloth, jacket. / 8) Walter, W.G.: Some experiments on the sense of smell in birds. Studied by the method of conditioned reflexes. 1942. 92 p., wr. / 9) The treasury of birds. London, Octopus, 1972, in-4°, 136 p., 147 colour and black and white phot. / 10) Austin, O.L. (text) & Singer, A. (ill.): Birds of the world. A survey of the 27 orders and 155 families. London, Octupus, 1988, in-4°, 317 p., ill. / 11) Paulson, D.: Exotic birds. N.Y., Crescent Books, 1989, in-4°, 128 p., with marvellous colour phot. / 12) Japp, Alex. H.: Our Common Cuckoo and other Cuckoos and Parasitical Birds. London, 1899, 292 p., ill., cloth / 13) SA Field guide to the birds of east and central africa. 1972, ill.14) Heinzel, H. a.o.: Birds of Britain and Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. 1984, over 1000 birds ill. in colour 825 distr. maps. bound.15) Fitter, R.: Collins Guide to Bird watching.1963, ill. cloth, DJ.16) Fisher, J.: The Shell Bird Book.1966, fully ill. cloth, DJ. ‎

‎Lot of 8 books REPUBLIC of ZIMBABWE Africa AGRICULTURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT‎

‎ Sans date. Lot of 8 books agrafés couvertures souples. Globalement livres en bon état d'usage. Livre en Anglais‎

‎Bon état‎

‎Taoïsm. For health & Selfdefense Lot of 4 books.1) CHIA, Mantak & Maneewan: Fusion of the 5 elements I. Basic and advanced meditations for transforming negative emotions. Healing Tao Books, 1989. 162 p., ill. + 38 p. / 2) CHIA, Mantak & Maneewan: Healing love through the Tao. Cultivating female sexual energy. Healing Tao Books, 1986. 328 p., ill. / 3) CHIA, Mantak & Maneewan: Bone Marrow Nei Kung. Taoist ways to improve your health by rejuvenating your bone marrow and blood. Healing Tao Books, 1988. 286 p., ill. / 4) MAN-CH'ING, Cheng: T'ai chi ch'uan. A simplified method of calisthenics for health & self defense. North Atlantic Books, 1981. 135 p., ill.‎

‎ original wrappers.‎

‎Medicine. - History of. Lot of 6 books.‎

‎ In-4to, Richly illustr. books. Exlibrtis Rohan ORahilly, clothbound with jacket‎

‎1) P. Murray Jones: Medieval medical miniatures. Austin, Univ. Texas Press, 1984. 144 p., ill.2) O.L. Bettmann: A pictorial history of medicine. With foreword by P.S. Hench. Illinois, Charles & Thomas, 1972. XIII + 318 p., ill.3) B. Knight: Discovering the human body. New York, Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. 192 p., ill.4) Images of healing. A Portfolio of American medical & pharmaceutical practice in the 18th, 19th, & early 20th centuries. New York, macmillan, 1980. 144 p., ill.5) R. Beverly Hale & T. Coyle: Albinus on anatomy. new York, Watson-Guptill, 1979.208 p., ill.6) The anatomical plates of Pietro da Cortona. 27 baroque masterpieces. With introd. J.M. Norman. New York, Dover, 1986. ‎

‎American Indian. - Lot of 2 books.‎

‎ 1956, in-4to, ‎

‎McCRACKEN, Harold: George Catlin and the Old Frontier. Dial Press 1959.216 p., richly ill. Publ. pict. cloth with jacket in colour / LAFARGE, Oliver: A pictorial history of the American Indian. London. Spring Books 1956.256 p. cloth. ‎

‎Lot of 3 books concerning Scotland: 1) The popular songs and melodies of Scotland. Balmoral Edition. Rvised & Enlarged. Added: 2) SANDERSON, W. (text & DOBSON, H.J. (paintings): Scottish life and character. London, A. & Ch. Black, X + 159 p. + 16 full-page ill. in colour. 1924. Publisher’s red cloth, front-cover wth ill. & title in yelloq, spine gilt, Orig.green dustjacket. /& 3) HORNBY, G.G.: Edinburgh a Sketch-Book. London, A. Ch. Black 1912. publ. cloth with fronttitle-piece on cover. ‎

‎London, Bayley & Ferguson, 1908, lg. in-8vo, X + 425 p. (+ 1) (music notes and textes), publisher’s pictorial blue clothbound, title and castle gilt on frontcover, spine gilt.‎

‎ Image disp.‎

‎China. Lot of 5 books 1) FAIRBANK, John King: Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast. The Opening of the Treaty Ports, 1842 - 1854. 1969, frontispice + 583 p. / 2) VATIKIOTIS, Michael R.J.: Political Change in Southeast Asia. 1996, 230 p. / 3) YANG, C. K.: Religion in chinese Society. A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors. 1967, 473 p. / 4) HENRY, C. Lu: Chinese Foods for Longevity. The Art of Long Life. 1991, 192 p. / 5) GANGYAU, Junggwo Lishr: A Sketch of Chinese History in Yale Romanization by Henry C. Fenn. 1972, 183 p. + ca. 70 p..‎

‎ in-8vo, original ill. wrappers.‎

‎The Chinese Language. Lot of 7 books. 1) FORREST, R.A.D.: The Chinese Language. n.d. (ca. 1945), 352 p., clothbound, spine discoloured / 2) Yuen Ren Chao: Character Text for Mandarin Primer. 1948, 146 p., cloth / 3) Chinese Dictionnary (only in Chinese; monolanguage). 1959, ca. 250 p., half-cloth / 4) (Chinese Reader, Title in Chinese). 1980, 2 ll. + 7 p. + 142 p. + 5 plates, wrappers / 5) SHU-LI, Chao:The Tale of Li Youcai’s Rhymes. Introductuion and Notes by Susan S. H. Mac Donald. 1970, Frontispice + LXVIII + 67 p., wrappers / 6) 1. Structure Drill in Chinese. National Language. Gwoyeu. Speech Patterns / First Fifty Patterns. 1959, XII + 101 p., cloth / 7) Chinese Dictionnary; with pronounciation of the words in English.1963, 25 p. + 914 p., cloth.‎

‎ in-8vo, ‎

‎Chinese Literature. - Lot of 5 books / Ensemble de 5 ouvrages. 1) Chun-Chan Yeh: The open fields. Transl. by Michael Sheringham. London, 1988. 282 p. / 2) J. Peck: The poems and translations of Hi-Lo. Manchester, 1991. 160 p. / 3) A. Waley: The tale of Genji. A novel in six parts by lada Murasaki. Vol. 1. London, 1965. 538 p. / 4) Idem. Vol. 2. 600 p. / 5) L. Ching Sledge & G. Allen Sledge: Empire of heaven. Washington, 1990. 580 p. ‎

‎ Lg. in-8vo, original wrappers.‎

‎Australia. -Lot of 5 books. 1) Australia, this land - these people. Sydney, The Reader's Digest Ass., 1971, 359 p., fully ill. in colour, clothbound, orig. jack. / 2) Australia reaching out. 1987, 398 p., fully ill. in colour, cart. / 3) Pratt, A. (Ed.): The National Handbook of Australia's industries. Melbourne, 1934, 671 p., ill. 4) Rawson, G.: Australia. 1948, 190 p., plates.5) Sydney and surroundings. M.S.W. All images of Sydney early this century. ca. 1930.‎

‎ In-4°, gr. in-4°. ‎

‎1) Australia, this land - these people. Sydney, The Reader's Digest Ass., 1971, 359 p., fully ill. in colour, clothbound, orig. jack. / 2) Australia reaching out. 1987, 398 p., fully ill. in colour, cart. / 3) Pratt, A. (Ed.): The National Handbook of Australia's industries. Melbourne, 1934, 671 p., ill. 4) Rawson, G.: Australia. 1948, 190 p., plates.5) Sydney and surroundings. M.S.W. All images of Sydney early this century. ca. 1930. ‎

‎Lot of 2 books: 2) Punter, D.: Blake, Hegel and dialectic. 1982. Paperback.3) Hegel: The Christian religion. Ed. P. C. Hodgson.1979.‎

‎ 1979 / 1982, in-8vo, Paperback.‎

‎The Shell Guide to New Zealand. 1968, 336 p., fully ill., clothbd., orig. jacket. / 2) Hall, D.: Portrait of New Zealand. 1966, 248 p. + 69 photos on plates, clothbd., orig. jacket. / 3) Best, E.: Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a deep-sea navigator, explorer, & colonizer. ‘Dominion Museum Monograph’, n° 5. Wellington, 1954, 68 p., wrapper. Lot of 3 books together.‎

‎ In-8°. ‎

‎Iceland and the Icelanders. Color Photography by V. Sigurgeirsson. Maplewood, Mckenna, 1945, 96 p., illust., bd. / 2) Iceland the unspoiled land. A Portrait in colour. 96 (mainly colour) photogr. Lot of 2 books.‎

‎ 1945, gr. in-8vo, ill. boards‎

‎Lot of 3 books.‎

‎1) Wynn, M.: Housing in Europe. 1984 / 2) Chadwick, G.: A systems view of planning. Towards a theory of urban and regional planning process. 1971 / 3) Eckardt, W. von: A place to live. The crises of the cities.1967. ‎

‎Lot of 2 books.‎

‎1) Carmichael, Montgomery: Francia's Masterpiece. An essay on the beginnings of the immaculate conception in art. 1909. / 2) The Anonimo. Noteson pictures and works of art in Italy made by an anonymous writer in the 16th century. Transl. P. Mussi. Ed. by G. C. Williamson. 1903. illustrated, cloth. ‎

‎Astronomy. - 1) Elementary Lessons in Astronomy, London, 1888, 363 p., illustrated, orig. cloth. / 2.) NEWCOMB, S.: Popular Astronomy, London,1910, in 8°, 580 p., ill. with 111 fig. + 4 maps, blue cloth / 3.) HOYLE, Fred: Fontiers of Astronomy, 1956, fully ill., blue cloth / 4.) THIEL, Rudolf: And there was light, the discovery of the universe, New York,1957, 415 p., ill. orig. cloth with ill. jacket. Lot of 4 books together.‎

‎ 1888 - 1957 lg. in-8vo, orig. clothbound.‎

‎Polish Literature and Culture lot of 3 books 1) Kridl, M.: A survey of polish literature and culture. 1967, cloth, jacket. / 2) Gillon, A. & Krzyzanowski, L.: Intr. to modern polish lit. 1964. cloth, jacket 3) An outline hisoty of polish culture Jagiellonian Univ. Paperback 1983.‎

‎ lg. in-8vo, ‎

‎Indian art. Lot of 3 books.‎

‎ original wrappers.‎

‎1) Ancient sculptures of India. Exhibition in Tokyo & Kyoto. 1984. 20 p. +74 plates. Bilingual language edition: english-japanish. / 2) The indian heritage. Court life & arts under Mughal Rule. Exhibition Victoria & Albert Museum. 1982. 176 p., rich. ill. / 3) TOPSFIELD, A.: Paintings from Rajasthan in the National Gallery of Victoria. 173 p., rich. ill. ‎

‎Medicine. - Lot of 6 books.‎

‎ In-4to, original wrappers & clothbound with jacket‎

‎1) W.L. Strauss: Albrecht Dürer. The Human Figure. the complete ‘Dresden Sketchbook’. New York, Dover, 1972. XVIII + 364 p., ill.2) C. Zigrosser: Medicine and the Artist. 137 great prints selected with commentary. 3rd enlarged ed. New York, Dover, 1970. XI + 178 p., ill.3) The wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine. A part of the science museum. Norwich, Jarrold, 1981. 32 p., richly ill.4) The Urban & Schwarzenberg Collection of medical illustrations since 1896.Baltimore-Munich, Urban & Schwarz., 1977. 88 p., ill.5) J.I. Whalley: Pliny the elder historia naturalis. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982. 48 p., ill.6) R. Herrlinger: History of medical illustration from antiquity to a.d. 1600. Netherlands, Pitman medical & scientific publ., 1970.180 p., ill. ‎

‎History of Medicine. Lot of 3 books.‎

‎ in-8vo, ‎

‎1) MORTON, Leslie T.: A Medical Biography (Garrison and Morton). An Annotated Check-List of Texts Illustrating the History of Medecine. Third Edition. Andre Deutsch / A Grafton Book, 1976, 872 p., original publishers binding / 2) SIR ZACHARY COPE: Sidelights on the History Medecine. London, Butterworth and Co., 1957, 246 + XI plates, original clothbound / 3) CLENDENING, Logan: Source Book of Medical History. New York, Dover / Henry Schuman, 1960, XIV + 685 p., orig. ill. wrappers. ‎

‎Racehorses. Lot of 2 books.‎

‎ gr. in-4to, ‎

‎1) The British Racehorse. Spring Issue 1956. 80 p., richly ill., orig. wrappers in colour / 2) Racing and Breeding. 1950 Nr. 3. 202 p., richly ill., spine clothbound, front cover ill in colour. ‎

‎Leonardo Da Vinci. History of Medicine. Lot of 5 books.‎

‎ in-4to, ‎

‎1) O’MALLEY, C. D.: Leonardo’s Legacy. An International Symposium. 1969, VIII + 225 p.,richly ill. with sketches and drawings, half-cloth / 2) SANTI, Bruno: Leonardo Da Vinci. 1981, 80 p., richly ill. in full colours and in b/w., wrappers ill. colours / 3) da Vinci, Leonardo: Anatomical Drawings from the Queen’s Collection at Windsor Castle. 1976, 60 p., richly ill. with drawings in b/w and 1 in colour, wrappers / 4) Leonardo. Hommage an Leonardo Da Vinci von IWC und Daimler/Chrysler. 58 p., ill., wrappers / 5) CLARK, Kenneth: The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Second Edition. Revised with the Assistance of Carlo Pedretti. 1969, XI + 277 p., ill. with 151plates, cloth, orig. ill. jacket. ‎

‎China. - Lot of 7 books. 1) Jen Yu-Ti: A concise geography of China. Peking, 1964. 226 p., ill. with 1 folded map.2) A.F.P. Hulsewé: Some remarks on statue labour during the Ch’In and Han period. Firenze, 1984. 10 p.3) H.A. Giles: Strange stories from a chinese studio. 4th rev. ed. Singapore, 1926. 488 p.4) Chien Po-Tsan, Shao Hsun-Cheng & Hu Hua: Concise history of china. Peking, 1964. 266 p., ill.5) Tai T’ung: The six scripts or the principles of chinese writing. Transl. by L.C. Hopkins. Cambridge, 1954. 86 p.6) Wu Ching-Tzu: The scholars. Peking, 1957. 722 p., ill.7) H.C. Chang: Chinese Literature. Popular fiction and drama. Edinburgh, 1973. 468 p.‎

‎ In-8vo, original wrappers & clothbounds.‎

‎University of Leiden. Lot of 2 books.‎

‎ in-4to, ‎

‎1) Universitas Leidensis. 1949, Battlejee & Terpstra, 180 p., ill. avec des photogr. en noirs, toile orig., jaquette orig. ill. / 2) OERLE, Ir Hugo Van: Het Academiegebouw te Leiden. Leiden, Vorheen E. Brill, 1937, 20 p. + 6 planches ill., broch orig. ‎

‎Chaos- theory. - lot of 3 books about physics.‎

‎ in-8vo, ‎

‎1) Peak, David: Chaos under control. The art and Science of complexity.1994 paperback / 2) LORENZ, Edward N.: the essence of chaos. 1993 bound copy with jacket/ 3) CVITANOVIC, Predrag: Universality in chaos. second ed- 1989 paperback ‎