1161. Pearse, P.H.

Ghosts.

First Edition. Dublin, Whelan & Sons, 1916. Small Octavo. 20 pages. Original stapled Title-brochure (Pamphlet). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The staples slightly rusted. One of the rarest pamphlets on irish revolutionary History. Extremely scarce. This particular copy was furnished with two identical wrappers (the first one slightly stained, the second one inside in perfect condition). [Tracts for the Time, No.10]

1162. Sombart, Werner / [Erwin von Beckerath – Third Freiburg Circle / Dritter Freiburger Kreis].

Vom Menschen – Versuch einer geisteswissenschaftlichen Anthropologie.

Erste Ausgabe / First Edition. Berlin, Charlottenburg, Buchholz & Weisswange Verlagsbuchhandlung, MCMXXXVIII, (1938) 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XXIII, 461 pages. Original Hardcover (Black cloth – title in embossed gilt on cover and spine). Sehr seltenes Widmungsexemplar von Werner Sombart an Erwin von Beckerath im Januar 1939.

1163. [Jung, C.G.]. Read, H., Fordham, M., Adler, G. [eds.].

The Development of Personality. Translated from the German by R.F.C. Hull.

First Edition. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954. Octavo. VIII, 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Some stronger igns of foxing to endpaper, titlepage and edges. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name and stamp to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in erasable pencil. [The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 17].

1164. Hellman, Lillian.

Scoundrel Time.

New York, Quartet, 1978. 11 cm x 20 cm. 172 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1165. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

1166. [Clarke, Harry] de Burca, Eamonn.

The Harry Clarke Collection – [Catalogue with] A selection of fine watercolours, books, manuscripts, photographs and ephemera items from our Harry Clarke Collection.

Dublin, de Burca Rare Books, 2010. 21 cm x 27 cm. 46 pages with many illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition. Wonderful catalogue with 160 numbers, many references, prices and well described books and ephemera. Important reference work for all collectors and lovers of Harry Clarke.

1167. Smith Homans, J. (senior) / Smith Homans Jr., J. (junior).

A Cyclopaedia of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. With Maps and Engravings.

Facsimile of the 1858-edition. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858. Large Octavo. Volume I and II: VI, 2007 pages (continued pagination). Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjackets stronger rubbed / Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1168. Barnard, Melanie.

Cincinnati à la Carte [20 Great Restaurants [in Cincinnati] share their best Recipes [Including a Recipe Index]. Edited by Laura Pulfer and Lilia F. Brady. Design by Kay Walker and Barbara Bendall.

Cincinnati (Ohio), Published by Cincinnati, 120 West Fifth Street, 1980. Octavo. 128 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover (Cover illustration by Jim Schaefer). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

1169. Anonymous / Medicinal – Medical Manuscript.

18th century Medical Manuscript for Treatment of Gout and other ailments. The chapters of this manuscript are often divided into “causa” and “curatio”. Including a recipe called “Acqua della Regina d’Ungheria”, which was historicall y used for treatment of Gout and to fight dermatological inflammation. The Manuscript is titled: “De signis morbi salutaris et lethalis” – With five separate chapters, listing recipes in latin and french. [Titled: “I. De signis morbi salutaris et lethalis / II. Praxis medica / III. “Pour faire un cotignac purgatif” etc. etc.].

[France], c. 1750-1780 (?). Octavo. 208 unnumbered pages of which 188 pages have entries and the other are left blank. Flexible Vellum of the 18th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1170. Wright, R.C.

Greenhouse Ferns and Romance of Plant Life.

Second Edition. London, Jarrold & Sons, (1898). Octavo. Frontispiece, 148 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of advertising. Front pastedown and endpaper are also filled with advertising. Hardcover / Original, very decoratively illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt ornament. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.