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London, printed for T. Payne 1802. First edition. VIII, 122, (2) pp. Contemporary full calf, worn, joints weak and partly cracked. Waterstain throughout, some foxing and staining inside, minor marginal worming. Anne Hunter (1742-1821), salonnière and poet. Wrote lyrics to nine of Haydn's 14 songs in English and published this collection of poems in 1802 with a second edition 1803, both very scarce.

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848 First edition. XVI, 624 pp. + 1 frontispiece, 1 illustrated title leaf and 38 plates. Illustrated with woodcuts in the text. Near contemporary (ca 1870s?) half calf with gilt upper edge and sparsely gilt spine with red, morocco spine label and five raised bands. Spine ends and joints with some light rubbing, corners slightly bumped. The plates with varying degrees of foxing, the following pages generally with some subsequent offsetting and foxing, verso of the last plate with handwritten annotation in ink. Somewhat later printing of the first edition with the typo ('Mr Pitt' instead of 'Sir Pitt') on page 453 left uncorrected, but with the woodcut on page 336 of the first printing omitted. A rather attractive copy of an early printing of the first edition of this classic novel.

Stockholm, Moderna Museet 1972. 30,5 x 21,5 cm. 363 pp. + 1 original meta-matic painting, signed by Tinguely + 1 grammophone-record. With 34 pp. on transparent paper, 13 pp. in colour, 6 folding pp. Publisher's illustrated cloth, designed as a brief-case with handle and lock in metal. Unfortunetely the record is missing from this copy, otherwise a very good copy. This is the Swedish edition of a remarkable catalogue which was also published in French, German and English. Text in Swedish. Added to this copy is an openeing card and a printed leaflet presenting the book.

Roma, Editalia 1973 41x32 cm. 242 pp. Richly illustrated. Publisher's leather binding with gilt spine, raised bands, decorated front panel in full bronze (depicting Antonio Pollaiuolo's famous rendering of Romulus and Remus), back panel with five bronze knobs. Printed on thick, hand made paper. In cloth covered slip-case. Edition Bronze in 1946 hand numbered copies.

Caen, Jean Poisson 1771. VIII, 236, (8) pp. + 2 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, new and-papers, covers a bit worn, hinges slightly weak but overall very good.

Amsterdam, Robyn, J 1678. 4:o. 16, (2), 17-22 pp. + 2 engraved plates (1 folding). Half cloth from about 1900, marbled boards and simplistic title label pasted to the front board. Front hinge weak, title-leaf has large paper losses, with text losses, and also some staining. The folding plate is repaired.

München, C. H. Beck 1922-1931. 34,5x26 cm. 12 pp. + 49 maps in colour (folding or double-page) with text-leaves to each. In one vol., contemporary cloth, neat scholarly underlines in the text, one text-leaf with marginal repair. If it exists a title-page it's missing from this copy. Issued in 8 parts.

Amsterdam, Z, Chatelain 1732. 12:o. LXXXIV, 492; (24), 456; (18), 508; (36), 500, (50) pp. + 10 maps + 1 folding table. With 4 frontispieces (of which two are identical portraits of Pufendorf) Contemporary half calf, first volume, first leaves with light marginal waterstain, but overall a very clean and good set.

Mitau, J.F. Steffenhagen [1767] (6) pp., 101 ll., pp. 116-132. Contemporary boards, worn, spine partly damaged, rather foxed throughout, one leaf repaired.

The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation & Harvard University 1990. 35x27,5 cm. 208; 209-775 pp. Richly illustrated. Publisher's imitated leather, gilt titles and decorations, in original slip-case. A near fine set.

Haywire Press 1981. 36,5x28 cm. (8) pp. + 40 photographic plates. Spiral bound, publisher's purple cloth, slight soiling to covers, otherwise very good.

Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Fr. Didot Jeune, 1790 (4), 112; (4), 200, (2); 187 pp. + 1 engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf with five raised bands, gilt decorated spine, gilt borders, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Rear joint with ca 1 cm crack at head of spine, head of spine and upper edge of boards just slightly and partially faded, spine ends chipped, corners quite heavily bumped and rubbed. Free end paper with some annotations in ink, page 33 of 'Le factionnaire' restored at lower corner, page 167 of 'Le parc au cerf' with ca 2,5 x 4 cm chip at lower corner. Pages 116-118 of 'Charles IX' quite heavily foxed, interior else with just some very faint and occasional foxing. The fonrtispiece of 'Le parc au cerf' with some small chips and tears in the left margin, the second plate ('La Marquise de Pompadour') with tiny whole at lower edge. Three works published the year after the French revolution all bound together in one volume.

Roma, Editalia 1973 41x32 cm. 242 pp. + 3 folded plates. Richly illustrated. Publisher's leather binding with gilt spine, raised bands, decorated front panel in full bronze (depicting the Venetian coat of arms), back panel with five bronze knobs. Printed on thick, hand made paper. In cloth covered slip-case. Edition Bronze in 1946 hand numbered copies.

Upsaliae, Werner [1728-1729] (8), 75-122: (4), 123-154; (2), 155-186, (2) s. + 2 utvikbara graverade planscher (en av planscher mycket lång och visar konungens värja). I ett senare halvskinnband. Ett blad med marginallagning, ett blad med reva i marginalen, den stora planscher med liten reva, enstaka fläckar i texten men huvudsakligen ett bra exemplar. Försättsblad med två senare exlibris. Författaren visar i denna avhandling hur fel de har som hävdar att kungens värja kommit på avvägar efter slaget vid Lützen.

Prague, Pressfoto [1976] 30x23,5 cm. 12 pp. leaflet with introductory text in Czech, German, English and French + 12 loose photographic plates (1 with two images). Loose as issued in original portfolio. Portfolio a bit worn, a few corners to the plates slightly bumped but still overall a very good set.

London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author 1799 Second edition. 4:o. XXVIII, (2), 372, XCII pp. + portrait frontispiece + 3 plates after drawings by the author + 2 folding botanical plates + 2 plates of music + 3 folding maps. Later cloth, occasional foxing, a few neat underlines in the text, signature on title-page, overall very good. One of the most important books in the history of the exploration of Africa. First edition was published the same year.

Helsingborg, Fyra förläggare 1973-1981. 27,5x20,5 cm. Varierande sidantal, alla rikt illustrerade. Illustrerade förlagsband. Jensens Bilbyggare med skadad rygg upptill, ett flertal volymer med namnteckning i början, annars huvudsakligen fint skick. Serien innehåller följande titlar: Anders Petersen, Gröna Lund, om människor på ett nöjesfält. 2. Jens. S. Jensen, Hammarkullen. 3. Yngve Baum, Skeppsvarv. 4. Hans Alenius, Landsväg, bilder och samtal. 5. Jean Hermanson, Bilder från norra Vietnam. 6. Lars Johansson, Dyrön. En berättelse om människor på en ö i Bohuslän. 7. Per-Olof Ödman, De sista svenskarna. Om svenskamerikaner i Brooklyn, New York. 8. Ralph Nykvist, I Sverige. 9. Kjell-Åke Andersson, Gruvarbetare i Wales. 10. Stig T Karlsson, Rumpan har gått. Flottning i Lilla Luleälv 1957 och 1974. 11. Joanna Helander/Taisto, Kobieta, en bok om kvinnor i Polen. 12. Björn Myrman, Bilder från Colombia. 13. Jens S Jensen, Dom kallar oss bilbyggare. 14. Hans Hammarskiöld, Hans Hammarskiöld - fotograf. 15. Sven Åsberg, Landet är vårt, broder. 16. Peter de Ru, Vi ses Atlantic Alicia. 17. Åke Hedström, Emma. 18. Esaias Baitel, Nazaré. 19. Curt Larsson, Hammarby. 20. Nalle Elfqvist, När ångloken rullade och skenorna sjöng...

Jena, Friedrich Mauke 1866 Fourth edition. IV, XXX, (2) pp. 108 hand-coloured botanical plates with explanatory text-leaf to each. Contemporary half calf, minor wear, text partly foxed, plate mainly clean, overall a very good copy.

Bruxelles 1843 (4), 592 pp. + 80 engraved coloured plates with tissue guards. With coloured title-vignette. Contemporary half calf, worn, front hinge slightly weak, 4 plates and 1 leaf loose and with minor marginal tear, otherwise internally fine.

Kustannus Pohjoinen 1995. 41x30 cm. 87 pp. Mainly illustrations. Publisher's half cloth with inlaid enamel disc on front board, dust-jacket with 1x1 cm tear at lower edge on back cover. Very good condition. Cult photographic work documenting people in North Karelia. A modern classic. Very rare. (Martin Parr, The photobooks, vol 2, page 78/79). Signed by the photographer.

London, printed and published for the author, by Bradbury and Evans, 90, Fleet Street, and Whitefriars, 1846 First edition, second printing. (8), 174, (2) pp. + 1 engraved frontispiece and 1 engraved title-leaf. Illustrated. Publisher's decorated and blindstamped red cloth with gilt edges. Boards with some faint, trifle soiling. Spine just slightly slanted, spine ends and corners just slightly bumped, the cloth of the front joint with ca 2 cm tear, binding still firm. A couple of pages with some slight foxing, interior else fine. With the advertisement at the rear announcing a "New edition of Oliver Twist", followed by three lines in italics. Supposedly the second printing of the first edition of Dickens' third Christmas book. A well-kept copy of what supposedly is the second printing of Dickens' third Christmas book.

N.p. [c. 1920] 54,5x44,5 cm (etchings in various sizes). Title-leaf + 8 original etchings, in passepartout, signed by the artist and numbered 26 (of 53). Loose as issued in original portfolio with title-label on upper cover. The portfolio is damaged and covers are detached. The etchings are in very good condition. Views from Venice. Oskar Graf (1873-1958) was a German art nouveau painter and printmaker who worked in Munich. Publihed in a limited edition of 53 copies, this is no. 26.

Paris, chez Lamy, Libraire 1784 4:o. (4), 35 pp. + 7 engraved double-page plates. Contemporary full calf, some wear, small damage at foot of spine, front hinge slightly weak, a few stains internally but overall a very good copy.

Stockholm, Sam. Runstedt 1826-1828. Första upplagan. (22), 376; 558, (2), (2), 70; 140, (2), 112 s. + 3 graverade titelblad + 3 utvikbara graverade kartor + 6 utvikbara blad ("inskrifter"). Samtida halvfranska band med ryggförgyllning. Ett blad förstärkt i inre marginal med förlust av några initiala bokstäver, ett blad med lagning, några enstaka fläckar i texten. Huvudsakligen ändå ett rent och fint exemplar. En äldre namnteckning, två exlibris i första volymen. Första upplagan av Berggrens berättelse om sina resor i Syrien, Egypten och Palestina åren 1820-23, som senare översattes till flera språk. Det botaniska bihanget till vol. 2 (70 s.) är författat av Göran Wahlenberg.

Columbia Pictures [1937] 37,5x29 cm. 52 pp. Illustrated. Hard cover. Small nicks around cover edges, tanning and some stains on front and back cover. Internally near fine. With the signature of Swedish film director, critic and professor Gösta Werner on first free end-paper. Richly illustratded in black and white + four pages of colour illustrations of "Authentic costumes of mysterious Tibet, re-created for the Shangri-La sequences in "Lost Horizon" by Dan Grossbeck, famous illustrator.""