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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Trio of Titles with Handsome Color Ill...

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. Trio of Titles with Handsome Color Illustrations, including: BUEL, J. W. Heroes of the Dark Continent and How Stanley Found Emin Pasha. Philadelphia: Keeler, 1890. 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white. Publisher?s full red cloth, gilt (spine toned, binding worn, soiled, toned, some gutters starting, text toned with occasional foxing). Good. EARLY EDITION. And: HANTZSCHEL-CLAIRMONT, Walter. Der Moderne Motorbau. Berlin: Von Hermann Schran, [ca. 1920s]. Oblong 4to. Illustrated throughout with moveable color images of airplanes, automobiles, engines, machinery. Publisher?s full yellow cloth, front board stamped in blue (binding heavily worn, soiled, hinges repaired, text toned, soiled foxed, occasional ink notes). Fair. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION OF THIS UNUSUAL MOVEABLE BOOK. And: [FARNETI, Carlo, illustrator]. BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs du Mal. Paris: Gilbert Jeune Librairie d?Amateurs, [1935]. 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white. Bound in modern full mottled calf, gilt, original wrappers bound-in (some wear to binding, a few gutters starting, text a bit toned). Fine. LIMITED EDITION, #1157/3,000 COPIES. Measurements: 12 x 10 x 2?.