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2 volumes. Etienne Foulque, a La Haye [den Haag] 1710. (2)+472; (2)+467+(1) pages. Titleleaves printed in black and red. Contemporary half calf binding. Small damage to the top and bottom of the spine of volume II. Stamps to the titleleaves. * First edition of this early biography on the great military leader Eugune de Savoie [1663-1736] who joined the Austrian army and battled succesfully against the Turks, fought in the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession. He was also the teacher of Frederik II (the Great).

De La More Press, London & M.F. Mansfield, New York 1901. XV pages + 50 plates of engavings interleaved with plate numbers on plain paper. Uncut with top edge gilt. Later, attractive binding of red morocco with spine in six compartments and title in gilt. Bookplate to paste down ( Ben Z. Zevin "From his Library of Books about Books") and to free endpaper (Sunil Saigal). * A native of Ukraine, Zevin (1901-1984) moved to the US early in his life. He succesfully managed the World Publishing Company in Cleveland to a position as one of the largest in the country.

4 bind. The Carl Nielsen Edition, Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Edition Wilhelm Hansen, København 2009. Med noder. Orig. blå lærredsbind. * 1: Sange. Nr. 1-144. 2: Sange Nr. 145-292. 3: Sange Nr. 293-431. 4: Kommentarer. The Carl Nielsen Edition III/4-III/7.

Christian Steen, Copenhagen 1835. Large 8vo. IV pages + 42 engraved plates. Contemporary plain paper-binding with blank cloth-spine. Binding with a little shelfwear. Slight soiling to titlepage. * Engraved pictures of snakes, frogs and toads, organized according to the principles of Linnaeus.

2 volumes. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1960-1995. Large 8vo. XIV+539 + 315 pages. With folding maps. Publisher's cloth with dust wrappers. Second volume in protective plastic wrapper. Wrapper of first volume with edgewear, small tears and light staining. Same wrapper with backstrip missing top 5mm. Top edges with dust-soiling. Near fine--/very good- wrappers.

Originalt træsnit (1921), trykt på japanpapir. Signeret "Johannes Larsen". Lysmål: 14x19 cm. Med brede margener. Indrammet i samtidig guldramme. * Rasmussen 151. Trykket blev oprindelig skåret til Lehn Schiølers store ufuldendte værk danske fugle.

2 volumes. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longham, London 1855. 8vo. XLVII+(1)+451 + (4)+468 pages. Contemporary full red polished morocco bindings with richly gilt spines and marbled edges matching the endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedown in each volume. In scription (1866, Eton) on front flyleaf in volume 2. Slight edgewear to corners. * Attractive set of this interesting account on Sweden, written by the British ambassador to the court of Queen Kristina. Bulstrode became a confident conversation partner to the strange, both intelligent and flamboyant queen and happened to be among the first to learn of her planning to abdicate and convert to the Catholic Church.

Recensuit et illustravit Fredericus G. Doering, accedunt indices locupletissimi. Editio nova, auctior et emendatior. D.A. Talboys, Oxford / Whittaker, London 1838. XXXIV+850 pages. Contemporary full vellum binding with spine title in calf. Front cover slightly soiled. Names and bookplates to the verso of the marbled free front endpaper and to the flyleaf. Very little scattered foxing here and there,

Eckhardt, Altona 1781/ . 8vo. (20)+574+(10)+132 pages. Bound in a splendid full vellum binding with gilt borders to the boards. Handpainted with spots to the boards. Gilt stamps to the upper board ['L.H.G.']. All edges gilt, with flower stamps. * Hymn book issued by Royal Danish privilege to serve in the German-speaking parts of the Danish monarchy, mainly the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Bound with a small book on cerical services. ** Salmebog for de tysksprogede menigheder i det danske rige, dvs. i Slesvig og de kongelige dele af Holsten, kombineret med et lille Flensborg-tryk om gudstjenesterne.

11 hefter (det udkomne). København juli 1926-december 1928. Rigt illustreret i s/h. Heftet med orig. omslag. Version, hvor alle 11 hefter har samme høje format. Ryggene mørknet, og enkelte foromslag lidt plettede. Generelt et velholdt sæt. * Komplet række af dette vigtige tidsskrift, der gav Kulturradikalismen et samlende talerør. Artikler om alt, hvad er rørte sig, ikke mindst i København og omegn, men i høj grad også om kunst, arkitektur, økonomi og politik. Blandt de væsentligste bidragydere er PH selv, Edvard Heiberg, Otto Gelsted og Hans Kirk. Den danske borgermusik fandt aldrig rigtig sin gamle klang igen efter disse tre skarpt formulerede årgange.

R. Ackermann, London. No date [ca. 1823]. 12mo. IX+2+2+291; (3)+241 pages. 18 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece. Contemporary brown half-calf with four raised bands, blindtooled and gilt ornaments to spine. Green title label with lettering in gilt. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine with a few scratches. Light wear to edges. Offsetting from plates to text pages. Light foxing. * From the charming, illustrated series The World in Miniature.

The Viking Press, New York 1964. 8vo. First edition. (8)+129+(7) pages. Orig. cloth. 2 pages (13 & 15) torn. * Signed by Arthur Miller. ** One of 500 copies for private distribution.

Francois Foppens, Brussselle 1694. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece. 309 pages. Contemporary full leather binding with gilt decoration on the spine. Boards slightly warped and with a small opening in the leather on the lower part of the hinge. Owner's stamp on titleleaf (the Danish baron Rosenørn-Lehn). Old inscription on the flyleaf and on the titlepage. A nice copy.

Burns Archive Press, New York 2002. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 134 memorial photographs in b/w and colour. Original black cloth with silver lettering in matching dustwrapper. Spine very slightly cocked. Near fine-/very good+ wrapper. * Inscribed and dated Copenhagen September 2002 by Stanley B. Burns for Lars [Schwander]: "Best wishes for a fellow collector & promoter of photography". Also flat signed by Burns on title page. Promotional postcard inscribed by Burns to Schwander included. *The photos stem from 1847 to 2001.

(Povl Strubes Forlag, København 1952). 30 signerede originale træsnit. Trykt på ægte japanpapir, monteret i passepartouts og indlagt i orig. kassette med håndgjort overtrækspapir. Kassetten professionelt restaureret. * Poul Holst 118a. Kun trykt i 25 eksemplarer.

Sumptibus Legati Arnæ-Magnæani, Copenhagen 1847. 4°. L+478 pages. Litographed portrait of Arni Magnusson on titlepage. Untrimmed i publisher's blue boards. Blue cloth spine added later. Slight foxing to the first pages. * Fiske I,12. The Icelandic Annals worked into a harmonious whole.

Magimel, Paris 1801. Large 8vo. XI+(1)+698+(2) pages. With 8 folding engraved plates. Contemporary brown half-calf binding with richly gilt decorations on spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Inscription on front flyleaf. Spine somewhat rubbed, Wear to edges and hinges. * State of the art of fortification right before the Napoleonic Wars.

Brøndum, København 1995. 4°. 1. udgave. 171 sider. Orig. kardusomslag. Ryggen ganske let falmet. Med en lille smule kantslid. * Signeret af alle fire kunstnere. Udsendt i 200 + 50 nummerede eksemplarer. Dette eksemplar bærer nummer 7.

Pegglets, no place 2018. 272 sider. Illustrated in colour. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Very good+/ very good+.

Christoph Georg Glasing, København 1748. 4to. XXIV+382 sider. Med træskårne vignetter. Samtidigt halvbind af brunt kalveskind med rygforgyldning. Navn på fribladet. * Bibl. Dan. I,897. Velbevaret eksemplar, Som filosof spændte Frederik Christian Eilschov (1725-50) ganske vidt i sit korte liv. Han advokerer eksempelvis som den første i Danmark for dyrebeskyttelse, Han udmærker sig ved at være blandt de første, der har formuleret filosofi på et vist niveau på (godt) dansk fremfor latin og er i den henseende et ægte barn af Holbergs oplysningsprojekt.

39 parts in 38 volumes + Verzeichnis I-II, Ergänzungsband Schriften I-II. Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1968-78. Different impressions. Blue cloth. Some volumes with pencil notes. Good with some wear to boards. * 43 volumes in all.

Ink signature on thin cardboard [14.5 x 10 cm]. Name typed on front. Stamp with date on back [autograph obtained 23 April 2001 in Copenhagen]. Framed in black passepartout [32 x 23.5 cm] with photo. * Robert Plant [b. 1948] is acknowledged as one of the greatest rock singers of all times. As frontman in Led Zeppelin, he reached the top of rock fame in the 1970's. When band dissolved after drummer John Bonham's death in 1980, Robert Plant continued with a fine solo career, always interested in new areas of music. The photo was taken by Danish photographer Jørgen Angel (and signed by him to the back) at Led Zeppelin's show in Gladsaxe, Denmark on 15 March 1969.

En Fortælling, skreven i hans eget Navn, af O. Goldsmith, Fordansket af S.S. Blicher. København, Bog= og Papirhandler C. Steens Forlag. Trykt, med Hurtigpresse, i det Høstske Officin, ved Carl C. Werner 1837. 12mo. 328 sider. Smukt pastichehalvbind af brunt kalveskind med tidstypisk rygforgyldning og topguldsnit (Anker Kyster). Exlibris (Holger Laage-Petersen). Siderne mørknede. * Bertelsen 17. Blicher var meget glad for den store generation af romanforfattere - Smollet, Richardson, Sterne, etc. - i England i det 18. århundrede, men oversatte selv kun denne ene, fine Goldsmith-titel (udover MacPhersons Ossian-digtning). ** First Danish translation of Goldsmith's "The Vicar of Wakefield", translated by the renowned Danish author Steen Steensen Blicher.

Jonathan Cape, London 1970. 362 pages. Bound in the original yellow cloth in dustwrappers. Near fine in good wrappers; front and backstrip in intact, but ithere is a large open tear to the top of the back wrapper. * First edition of this scarce and famous super-60's book on the underground counter establishment movement. With the almost always missing poster/boardgame 'Headopoly - an Underground Almanac Poster Game' in very nice, sharp condition.