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125 MANDELA, Nelson – PATON, Alan. Cry, the Beloved Country. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995 SIGNED BY the first black president of the beloved country Film-tie in edition, signed by Nelson Mandela on the dedication page and dated 11 March 1996; an excellent pairing of the signature of the then-President of post- apartheid South Africa with one of the greatest of the apartheid-era novels. Octavo. Original wrappers. Very light spotting and creasing round edges, else a fine copy. £625 [152788] 126 MARX, Enid. The Pigeon Ace. London: Faber and Faber, [1945] First edition. This beautifully produced book was prepared at The Baynard Press in London during a time of ink and paper rationing, making the striking three-tone illustrations a lavish inclusion. Enid Marx (a distant cousin of Karl) was a noted textile designer and the first female engraver to be designated as a Royal Designer for Industry. She was commissioned by the London Passenger Transport Board to design the moquette seat fabrics for use on the seats of London buses and tube trains.
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127 MAYER, Luigi. Interesting Views in Turkey, selected from the original drawings, taken for Sir Robert Ainslie. London: Printed for Robert Bowyer, 1819 OTTOMAN VIEWS FOR THE ENGLISH EYE First edition thus, a splendid series of colour-plate views of the Ottoman Empire, here in an attractive contemporary binding. The volume is composed of a selection of plates, re-engraved to a smaller size, from Mayer’s Views in the Ottoman Dominions (1810). Tall octavo (270 × 179 mm). Contemporary calf, smooth spine tooled in gilt, wide gilt frame composed of floral and Greek key rolls, front cover with dark blue morocco label lettered in gilt “Views in Turkey”, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. With 16 coloured aquatints. Binding with a few minor stains and scratches, very light wear at spine ends and splits at joint ends, but still intact and well-preserved, light foxing to contents, without chips or tears; a very good, attractive copy. ¶ Abbey 374. £1,500 [152267]
Oblong octavo. Original printed pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers. With dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout by the author. An excellent copy. £375 [111944]
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