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ROBERTS, David. THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT AND NUBIA. After lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions by The Revd George Croly. London: Day & Son, 1856. This is volume 5 only. Large octavo. 11 by 7 7/8 in. (27.9 x 20 cm). This volume was part of a new edition, though in a smaller format, of Roberts's two famous works: The Holy Land, three folio volumes, 1842-9, and Egypt and Nubia, three folio volumes, 1846-9. The volume is finely illustrated and contains all plates called for. There are 43 plates in all, including one map; the rest are lithographed views, tinted in one or two, and, very occasionally, in three colors. The plates are quite fresh overall. The volume is ex-library and most plates have an imperceptible ink stamp on the reverse of each plate, with the exception of the lithographed title-page which is stamped in the image. The bookblock is loose in a worn and rubbed nineteenth-century binding of quarter morocco and marbled boards. Offered as is, but illustrated with beautiful tinted lithographs. (Abbey 388). $1,500.00 #85949order or inquire

ALLOM, Thomas [illus] & G. N. WRIGHT. THE CHINESE EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED: BEING A SERIES OF VIEWS FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES, DISPLAYING THE SCENERY, ARCHITECTURE, SOCIAL HABITS, &C., OF THAT ANCIENT AND EXCLUSIVE NATION, BY THOMAS ALLOM, ESQ. WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS, BY THE REV. G. N. WRIGHT, M. A. London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Ltd. [n.d. ca. 1860s]. Two volumes bound as one. xii + 137 pp. + plates; pp. 139 - 184 + plates. 93 plates total. 4to., brown pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth worn, faded at edges, frayed at heel and crown, corners. Spine shaken. For the most part clean, if a little foxed here and there (text and plates). Occasional dampstaining at corners. Title page of 2nd section is engraved. Text pages brittle. Title page continued: "The work will also contain a succinct account of the History of China; a Narrative of British connexion with that nation, the Opium War of 1840, and full details of the causes and events of the present war." $1,250.00 #85954 order or inquire

STEINBECK, John. THE GRAPES OF WRATH. New York: Viking Press, (1939). First edition. Top edge dust soiled else a fine clean copy in a darkened dust jacket split at spine, closed straight cut? repair and chip at crown. Dust jacket price and first edition statement on flap present. $875.00 #85739 order or inquire

DARWENT, C. E. SHANGHAI A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AND RESIDENTS TO THE CHIEF OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS AND NATIVE CITY. Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore & Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited [n.d. ca. 1904]. xx + 222 pp. + 24 pp. ads. 8vo., bright red cloth stamped in gilt and white. Bright and clean, attractive , spine bumped at crown, corners bumped, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Lacks folding map in rear pocket. Includes a brief lesson in Pidgin English, a guide to the city, local amenities, houseboats, temples, municipal offices, a chapter on walks and excursions including the Bund, the Central District, the Western District, the Northern District, the Point, Sinza, the Country Extension, a Drive to Siccawei, the French Settlement, the Native City, and more. B/w photo reproductions in the text. A nice copy. $475.00 #85956 order or inquire

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE OR THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE, a duty-dance with death. (New York): A Seymour Lawrence Book, Delacorte Press, (1969). First edition. [14],186,[8] pp. 8vo., blue cloth, Vonnegut's facsimile signature gilt-stamped to upper board, spine lettered in gold, red and black, black endpapers. Spine somewhat cocked, a faint circular dampstain on the front board in a just about fine dust jacket. (Pieratt & Klinkowitz AH1.) $395.00 #84366 order or inquire