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FIONN DER HELD UND ANDERE IRISCHE SAGEN UND MARCHEN
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2135903
Published by Herder & Co.. Very good condition.

Fionn the Hero and other Irish Sagas and Fairy Tales. Brown cloth spine with paper title onlay to top. Text in German. Four colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges; but some to pages throughout. Pencil annotation to title page.

A FOUR-TONGUED ALPHABET
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 2135469
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

An alphabet in four languages: English, Spanish, French and German. Yellow glazed pictorial boards, vivid colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862643279. Spine is faded. A few light marks to covers. Contents are lovely and bright!

EIN LEITFADEN FUR DEN BLANK WAFFEN SAMMLER
Written by Rudiger Franz.
Stock no. 1821967
Published by Journal-Verlag. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

A collectors guide to Prussian-Reichsdeutsche bayonets and mountable side rifles. Part 1 only 1800-1915. Text in German. Blue boards. B/w photos. Spine lightly browned. Boards a little grubby. Text block lightly browned. Musty odour present.

ALIANTI SOARERS PLANEURS SEGELFLUGZEUGE
Written by Ferdinando Gale.
Stock no. 1820206
Published by Nucleo Applicazioni Sperimentali Aeromodellistiche. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition.

A digest for aeromodellers. Spiral bound pictorial cardwraps. Oblong format. B/w photos and drawings. 52 pages. Italian, English, French and German text. Spiral binding is cracked and starting to detach from lower edge (first four holes). Name in ink to inside front cover. Browning to page edges.

DER ADLER: THE OFFICIAL NAZI LUFTWAFFE MAGAZINE
Written by S.L. Mayer; Masami Tokoi.
Stock no. 1819430
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The German magazine Der Adler was published before and during World Wr II by the German Air Force. A compilation of material published in the magazine before the war and up to the end of 1941. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout and a few colour. Text in German and English. ISBN: 0690016816. Light rubbing to board corners. Small, neat name in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper has the remains of a label to top front corner, fading to spine and front spine edge.

HEITERE BILDER FUR UNSERE KNABEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318560
Published by Braun & Schneider. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

"Cheerful Pictures For Our Boys". Large format. Red cloth spine, card wraps. Hand-coloured illustrations throughout. 24 pages. Rhymes in German. Covers are browned, slightly worn at corners and slightly damp stained at lower edges. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents are clean.

KONIG NUSSKNACKER UND DER ARME REINHOLD
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2130365
Published by Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. 17th Almost very good condition.

Large format. Ein Kindermahrchen in Bildern. Text in German. 'King Nutcracker and Poor Reinhold'. A child's dreams of the fairy town of toys. Hand coloured illustrations. Book has been rebacked with new endpapers. Scuffing to original covers which have been laid down. Creasing, foxing and some margin marks to pages.

CARS NOW VOL. 1: A GUIDE TO THE MOST NOTABLE CARS TODAY
Written by Dan Ross.
Stock no. 2128043
Published by Taschen. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

A guide to the most notable cars today (2010). Features over 100 car brands. Edited by Dan Ross of Intersection magazine. Soft boards. Packed with colour photos. Text in English French and German. 511 pages includes index. ISBN: 9783836519847. Minor bumps to lower cover edges. Contents clean.

DIE SACHVERSTANDIGEN-GUTACHTEN: DIE BERICHTE DER VON DER REPARATIONS KOMMISSION ENGESETZEN BEIDEN SACHVERSTANDIGEN KOMITEES VOM 9 APRIL 1924 NEBST ALLEN BEILAGEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815622
Published by Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Fur Politik Und Geschichte. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Report of the first committee of experts; Letter from the Chairman to the reparation commission. Written in French, English & German. Large format. Black cloth spine, grey paper boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Boards marked and scuffed. Page browning to contents.

CARS: THE EARLY YEARS
Written by Brian Laban.
Stock no. 1609600
Published by Konemann. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hulton Getty Picture Collection. A collection of historic, amusing or thought-provoking images. Large, oblong format. Black cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. Captions in English, German and French. 349 pages plus index. ISBN: 3829028997. Some marks to textblock. Some offsetting of ink from facing frontis on title page. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper edge creased and worn; some fading to spine.

PRINZ GRUNEWALD UND PERLENFEIN MIT IHREM LIEBEN ESELEIN
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1506675
Published by Rutten & Loening Berlag. circa 1928. Slightly better than good condition.

Prince Grunewald and Perlenfein with their Dear Little Donkey. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Pictorial pastedowns. Colour illustrations. 24 pages, including rear pastedown. 11 x 8.5". Spine faded and worn with splits and loss to top and middle. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers browned and a little grubby. Ink inscription to top margin of front pastedown. Contents browned but colours are still bright.

ABRISS EINER THEORIE DER FUNCTIONEN EINER COMPLEXEN VERANDERLICHEN UND DER THETAFUNCTIONEN
Written by Johannes Thomae.
Stock no. 2120899
Published by Verlag Von Louis Nebert. 3rd 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. Text in German. Title: Sketch of a theory of the functions of a complex variable and theta functions. 3rd enlarged edition. Backstrip has completely come away from spine; is now in two pieces inside book. Joints split. Uneven fading and wear to corners as well. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. Contents are generally still very good.