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Paris: Galerie René Drouin. 1949.First edition. 201x170mm. Unpaginated. pp. [52]. Beige card wrappers with the title printed on the upper cover. Stapled at the spine. Printed on coloured paper and illustrated throughout with fifty two reproductions of the works shown in this celebrated exhibition of Art Brut organised by the Compagnie de l'Art Brut at Galerie Rene Drouin in Paris where Dubuffet had his first exhibition.

Petit-Bourg Chez Paul de Cauville. 1888.12mo. (170x95mm). pp. [2], XII, 13-103, [3]. Reprint of the Edition de la Haye of 1743. Twentieth century quarter brown morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine lavishly decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some shelfwear and rubbing to joints. Upper cover has the remains of an auction label reading Lot 386. Internally very good. Overall a nice copy. This sweet little book is a short version of the Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum written in the 12th or 13th century and generally attributed to John of Milan.

Part one. L’AntiquitéPart two. Le Moyen-ÂgePart three. Temps Moderne Leipzig: K.F.Koehlers Antiquarium. n.d. [1915].First edition. Three volumes each consisting of a suite of sixty coloured plates, showing examples of polychrome decoration, design and ornament from three broad historical periods, tipped-in on grey card with descriptive captions. These are housed, loose, in their original portfolio folders of grey paper covered boards with beige cloth hinges. The title is printed in grey and yellow on the upper covers with a Greek helmet device in the centre. Title printed in black on the spine.

Paris: Librairie Gallimard.. 1928.First edition. Number 928 of 1000 copies printed on velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre. 8vo. 202x155mm. pp. 141 [1]. Brown quarter morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some shelfwear and rubbing but overall very good. Internally slightly soiled in places but very good.

[Paris]. 1890.A beautiful late nineteenth-century illuminated manuscript with the text of the Ordinary of the Mass. 178x125mm. Title page and thirty-two pages. Signed at foot of final page "Germaine Mimey 1890" with the initials "G.M." at the foot of each page. Bound by Emile Rousselle (signed at foot of front doublure) in tan morocco with a single fillet border framing a wide, gilt tooled border inside which is a smaller gilt tooled border which frames a shield with three fleur de lys surmounted by a crown. Below the shield is a dragon.

London: Printed for Private Distribution. 1892.First and only edition - number 74 of 100 privately printed copies. Large 8vo. 240 by 168mm. pp: 18, frontispiece with tissue guard & one plate of a bust of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, after the late T. Woolner. R.A. Toning to margins but otherwise very good in contemporary full parchment (discoloured to margins) with gilt-stamped spine.

Edinburgh: Canongate Publishing. 1985.SIGNED LIMITED "DEFINITIVE" EDITIONLimited edition, signed by Alasdair Gray and numbered 603/1000. 233x155mm. pp. [6], 560, [2]. Original black cloth lettered in gilt "Endure You are not alone" on the boards and with the title, author and imprint on the spine. Original illustrated dust jacket. Slight fading to jacket but otherwise in immaculate condition throughout.

London: Printed for J. Murray. 1814.First edition. 8vo. 165x110mm. pp. [8], 128, [4pp, publisher's adverts]. Bound by G.H.May in tan half calf, marbled paper covered boards. Spine with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt and the top compartment decorated in gilt with an extraordinary snake, skull and star design. Top edge gilt. Some light shelfwear but otherwise in very good condition throughout. Front pastedown has the bookplate of Gilbert Compton Elliot.

The First Psycho-geographer? London: John Murray. 1851.First edition. In three volumes. 12mo (197x120mm). pp. xx, 360, 32pp ads; xi, 1bl, 366, 32pp. ads; xi, 1bl, 426. Engraved frontispiece in volume 1. Half titles in all three volumes and advertisements as called for. Original green/blue cloth with ribbed pattern to the borders of the upper and lower covers. White paper labels to the spines with the title and author printed in black. The label on volume two is torn at the head with some loss.

Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Précieux. 1962.Limited edition. 645 of 700 on Vélin d'Arches, with original engraving by Hans Bellmer. 242x160mm. pp. xx, [2bl], 110, [1], [1bl], [4]. Bound in moiré cloth. Title in blind at centre of upper cover and stamped in gilt to spine. Very slight marking to upper cover but otherwise in excellent condition and internally near fine. The slip case is covered in the same material and has some soiling and a red mark on one side.

Paris: n.p.. From 1897/1898.First edition of Storck's dictionary of carpentry, woodworking and cabinet-making. Issued in nineteen instalments (fascicules). 310x230mm. pp. 972. The pages are unopened and are loose in fifteen green paper wrappers on the front of which is the title page information and on the back, advertisements for other work by J. Justin Storck. Housed in the original folder of green quarter linen and green paper-covered boards. The front board has the title page information printed in black on pale green paper and pasted on.

Paris: Mulhouse. 1952. Large octavo, (255x195mm). pp48. Original plain beige card wrappers. Original black dust-jacket printed with white and yellow lettering. Booksellers small ticket to front flap of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket slightly rubbed at extremities. A near fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. First edition, collecting essays (text in French) on jazz and blues by various writers, including Big Bill Broonzy, Michel Perrin and Paul Andreota.

Paris: Editions Mana & Editions Tiranty. 1949.1st edition, small 4to, 36pp, illustrated throughout, VG in plain card in fold-round illustrated card wraps. Worn and rubbed to extremities with some light creasing. With text by Marcel Natkin on various technical and aesthetic aspects of nude photography, this includes works by Boucher, Brassai, Jahan & Sougez.

Paris: Aux Éditions Tiranty. 1945.265x189mm. pp. 40, [2]. XXXII black and white photographs. Card covers with illustrated paper wrappers. Foxing and marking to the covers but overall a very good copy and internally in excellent condition, especially the photographs which are by Laure Albin Guillot, Pierre Boucher, Man Ray and Roger Schall. The first half of the book is a brief history of the nude in art from antiquity to the 20th century and there isa chapter at the end on the technique of nude photography.

Paris: Gabriel Aubert. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by A. Menut. The image, from the satirical journal "La Caricature" shows a young woman at her dressing table looking towards the window with a closed curtain across it. The curtain opens to reveal a young man climbing in through the window. A rather naughty looking cat gives us, the viewer, a knowing look. These prints containing a door or window which opens to reveal a visual joke not anticipated by the principal image are a feature of "La Caricature". Mounted on white card but unframed.

[London]: Secker and Warburg. 1929.Number 43 of 125 copies printed on vellum. 268x170mm. Unpaginated. Illustrated dustjacket with some damage and a tear (with loss) to the top edge of the front cover and about 40mm missing from the foot of the spine and 10mm from the top but it is rare to find this book with a pristine jacket.

Dublin: Andrew Milliken. 1841.Presentation copy from author to the Earl of Rosse. First edition. 8vo. 222x140mm. pp. i-iv, 5-89 [1]; 83 [1]. Two folding engraved plates. Original green cloth, paper label to spine. Staining to covers, spine faded, corners bumped. Internally very good. A nice copy of an important book creating an interesting link between two leading Irish scientists of the nineteenth century. The first part is a reprint of the six lectures given by Lloyd on unpolarized light in 1836 while the second part (on polarized light) appears for the first time. Rare in commerce.

Leipzig: bei Adam Friedrich Böhme. 1799.106x64mm. Additional engraved title page and engraved frontispiece, 16pp, title page, [2 contents], 282, two folding leaves of music, fourteen engraved plates including one coloured showing a hairy spider eating a bird. Green pictorial wrappers, worn and creased and split to upper joint. Internally very good with slight browning. The first sixteen pages contain information about seasons, lunar movements, star signs, Saint's days. The main part of the book is a collection of poems, stories and advice for ladies, for their "use and pleasure".

Par Le Marquis de Sade. Édition critique, établie sur le manuscript autographe par Maurice Heine Paris: Par S&C., aux dépens des bibliophiles souscripteurs.. 1931-35.PORNOLOGYThe first critical edition. Number 197 of 300 copies (numbered from 61-360) on vélin de Rives paper. Three volumes in the original grey wrappers. Title printed in black and red to upper covers and spines. 275x210mm. pp. Tome Premier, xvi, 218; Tome Second, [iv], 219-402; Tome Troisième, [iv], 403-498, [1]. Frontispiece in volume one is a photograph of the original manuscript scroll with de Sade's minuscule writing. Introduction by Maurice Heine.

Paris: Bernard Grasset. 1936-1939.First editions. Four volumes. 8vo, 182x115mm. Les Jeunes Filles : pp, 297, [3]; Pitié pour les femmes. pp. 286, [2]; Le Démon du Bien: pp. 281, [3]; Les Lèpreuses: pp. 332, [2]. Original wrappers bound into near contemporary red half morocco, marble covered boards. Four raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Some very minor rubbing to spine but otherwise a near fine set. Internally fine. Les Jeunes Filles and Pitié pour les femmes are exemplaires de presse (review copies).

Milano: Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia". 1919.First edition, inscribed by Marinetti. 8vo. 190x120mm. pp. 107, [7 inc 3pp adverts] but lacking pp91-92 of text and the four folding plates. In fragile condition with the front cover detached and the spine broken. In glassine wrapper. Housed in a custom made box with the title and author stamped in black. The front free endpaper has the inscription "Mme C. Graetaers [?] avec sympathathie F.T.Marinetti. Corso Venezia 61 Milano".

Toulon: Hotel des Arts. n.d. [c.2000].First edition. 8vo (220x170mm). Unpaginated save for the seventeen pages of text, [pp. 136]. Number 259 of an unknown number of first printing copies of this striking and strikingly designed collection of beach photographs. The cover is card although with a faux-satin finish, decorated with a polka dot lenticular design, lettered in black. Crease to upper cover but otherwise very good. Printed on a variety of paper types from high quality gloss to soft kitchen-paper. The text, in French, is an essay by the photographer Sophie Baiss-Fabiani and, separately, an interview with her.

Paris: Editions Jardin du Luxembourg.. 1948.Limited edition, number 468 of 640First edition thus with the woodcuts by Rene Ben Sussan hand coloured "au pochoir" by Edmond Vairel. Typography by A. Tallone. Printed on BFK Rives paper. 4to. 305x205mm. pp. xx, 21-312, [4]. Fifteen full page coloured woodcuts at the beginning of each chapter, specially made for this edition. These are in immaculate condition and internally the whole book is in fine condition. Bound by Giulio Giannini in red calf.

La Habana: Editorial en Marcha. 1962.First edition. 8vo. pp. 51. Address by Prime Minister Fidel Castro at the Fifteenth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Monday, September 26, 1960.