2021. University College London – [Garratt, Arthur] / University College Magazine.

Vol. XVI – No. II. Spring 1939. [With four photographic illustrations of University Life by Arthur Garratt].

London, Union Societies of University College London, 1939. 19 cm x 25 cm. 158 Pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Pencil markings on back cover.

2022. Beatty, Bertha (nee Creagh).

Kerry Memories. [together with a MLS manuscript letter signed by Maude Isabel Buxton, about the author Bertha Beatty – Letter on stationery of Tockenham Manor].

First Edition. Dawlish (Devon), The Channing Press, 1939. Small Octavo. 59 pages. Hardcover / Private green cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

2023. Shaw, Bernard.

Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. [With several items of Ephemera included] With a Preface by Mr.Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1939. 19 cm x 28 cm. LVI, 260 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective slip-case. Excellent condition edition with only very minor signs of external wear to the slipcase. The ephemeral items include an advertising card for this publication from “The Leicester Galleries, London” , The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Clb from July, 1939, Number 119. The printed Letter’s title was: “If there are Four Hitlers” / Also included is a pamphlet of the Limited Editions Club on the artwork of John Farleigh.

2024. [Costain, Harold Haliday] Holme, Geoffrey (Editor).

The Studio – November 1939 – Vol.118 – No.560. [With a two-page-section on Hal Costain’s photographs for advertising].

London, The Studio, 1939. 21 cm x 29 cm. 224 Pages with additional advertising pages. Original Softcover. The wrapper detached ! Back cover slightly ripped. Otherwise in good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2025. Temple, The Most Rev. William.

The Genius of Poetry. Presidential Address 1939.

1st Edition. London, The English Association, 1939. 8°. 15 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Very Good condition with minor external signs of wear. Copy of F.W.Roe, with is name on cover and pen markings on a few pages. [The English Association. Presidential Addresses.]

2026. Irish Tourist Association.

Dublin: Official Guide. [With large folded street-plan of Dublin].

Dublin, Irish Tourist Association, [c.1939]. 12,5 cm x 18 cm. V, 231 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Staining, rubbing to covers and spine, markings on front cover and pages. Foxing to edges. Otherwise in good condition.

2027. Harrison, Henry.

Ulster and the British Empire, 1939 – Help or hindrance ? – A sequel to “Ireland and the British Empire, 1937”.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1939. Octavo. Frontispiece map, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Dustjacket slightly frayed. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2028. Krist, Gustav.

Alone Through the Forbidden Land – Journeys in Disguise through Soviet Central Asia. translated by E.O. Lorimer.

No place (London), Readers’ Union (by arrangement with Faber & Faber Limted), no year (c.1939). 13.5 cm x 22 cm. 271 pages. 46 illustrations on 32 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original light-brown cloth] with printed lettering on spine. Printed lettering and vignette on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing along spine. Interior very bright and clean.

2029. Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

2030. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

2031. [Gandon, Yves] Sauvage, Marcel.

Premier Manifeste du Vitalisme.

Paris, Debresse, 1939. Small Octavo. 48 pages. Original Softcover / Broche. Avec une dedication de l’auteur á Yves Gandon / Inscribed by Marcel Sauvage to Yves Gandon. The first statement of the Vitalist group, whose members included Vlaminck.

2032. Simpson, Charles.

Animal and Bird Painting. The Outlook and Technique of the Artist. Illustrated by the Author and with reproductions of famous paintings.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1939. 14.5cm x 22cm. VII, 136 pages with 80 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some stronger signs of wear to the binding.

2033. Joyce, James.

Finnegans Wake.

First American Edition. New York, The Viking Press, 1939. Large-8° (15.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). 628 pages. Hardcover without the original dustjacket / Original black publisher’s buckram with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Wonderful tight and excellent overall condition of this rare first american edition of Finnegans Wake. Provenance: From the library of one Robert D. Parsons with his bookplate to the front pastedown, dated in 1941. Tiny Booksellers Label from McClelland & Co. in Columbus, Ohio.

2034. MacCallum Scott, John H.

Eastern Journey.

London, Ebenezer Baylis and Son, Ltd., 1939. 21,5 cm 14,2 cm. XI, 276 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Travel Book Club]

2035. Massingham H.J. / Hennell, Thomas (Illustrator).

Country Relics. An account of some old tools and properties once belonging to English craftsmen and husbandmen saved from destruction and now described with their users and their stories. “Infinite riches in a little room”.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1939. 16.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XV, 239 pages. Several black and white drawings throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled bottom edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing on dustjacket, edges, pastedowns and endpapers

2036. Doyle, Lynn.

The Spirit of Ireland. Illustrated from Photographs and from Drawings by Brian Cook.

Third Edition. London, B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1939. 14,5 cm x 22 cm. VIII, 120 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Chipped dustjacket, shaken, some foxing, otherwise in Good condition. Private inscription to front free endpaper.

2037. Stringer, Margaret E.

In a Green Land. With five illustrations from sepia drawings by Gertrude E. Horn.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1939. 14 x 22 cm. 59 pages. Original Hardcover. Linen. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

2038. [Society for the Propagation of the Gospel]

Son of Man. Pictures and Carvings by Indian, African and Chinese Artists.

First Edition. Wesminster, The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1939. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 51 Pages with numerous photographs. Original Softcover. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight damages to the covers.

2039. Colum, Pádraic.

Caisleán an Smachta. Niall Ó Domhnaill a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

First gaelic edition of “Castle Conquer”. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1939. (8º). 435 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

2040. Richardson, Edgar Preston.

The Way of Western Art 1776-1914.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. 20 cm x 27.9 cm. Frontispiece. XI, 204 pages. With 174 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.