2621. Strada, Famiano.

Famiani Stradae Prolusiones Academicae.

Oxonii [Oxford], E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Jac. Fletcher Bibliopolae, 1745. Small Octavo. Engraved titlepage, [11], 325, [21] pages. Hardcover / Contemporary full calf with blindstamped ornament tooled along spine. Binding stronger rubbed and upper spine slightly damaged; but the volume firm and in very good condition. Small cutout to endpaper. Smaller, faded dampstain from page 247 onwards. Dampstain to both endpapers. Text otherwise clean and bright ! Name of William L. Webb in ink on titlepage.

2622. [Croker, John Wilson].

Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones, Esq. – On the Present State of the Irish Stage. Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions.

Dublin, Printed by Graisberry & Campbell and sold by all booksellers, 1805. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). XXX, 178 pages plus Errata-leaf. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. Tear in Errata-leaf professionally repaired. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

2623. Gisborne, Thomas.

Familiar Survey Of The Christian Religion : And of History as Connected with the Introduction of Christianity and with Its Progress to the Present Time Intended Primarily for the Use of Young Persons of Either Sex During the Course of Public or of Private Education. [Including: Summary View of the Origin of the Jewish Race and of the History of that People to the Death of Moses / Summary View of the History of the Jews from the Death of Moses to the present time / On the Character of Jesus Christ / The History of Christianity to the Subversion of the Western Empire / On the History of Christianity from the Subversion of the Western Empire to the end of the Thirteenth Century etc. etc.]

Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed by R. Graisberry, 1825. Octavo. XV, 368 pages. Hardcover / Original full calf with supralinro / blindstamped, gilted emblemata to boards: “Association for Promoting the Christian Religion – Incorporated” “Motto: “Search the Scriptures”. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some stronger rubbing to front cover and minor loss to lower spine. Original spinelabel. Bookplate of the Association with a dedication to Thomas Wright of the Presbyterian Church of Wells (and Columbia).

2624. Schneewind, Klaus A./Ruppert, Stefan.

Familien gestern und heute. Ein Generationenvergleich über 16 Jahre.

Berlin/München, Quintessenz, 1995. 8°. 339 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

2625. Lie, Jonas.

Familien paa Gilje. Interiør fra firtiaarene. Med tegninger af Erik Werenskiold.

København, Gyldendal Boghandels Forlag, 1903. 20.3 cm x 26.6 cm. 227 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Patterned boards and leather corners and spine, gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine rubbed. Only minor foxing to endpapers and half-title page. Edges tanned, minor foxing. Pre-owner ink stamp on half-title page (″A.Chr.Haugaard). From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

2626. Mückl, Wolfgang J. [Hrsg.].

Familienpolitik. Grundlagen und Gegenwartsprobleme.

Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich, Schöningh, 2002. 8°. 191 Seiten. Softcover / Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Rechts- und staatswissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Görres-Gesellschaft ; N.F., Bd. 102].

2627. [Russell, Lord John / John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford].

Family – Bible of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, with his bookplate to the Pastedown / The Holy Bible – Containing The Old and New Testaments : Translated out of the Original Tongues : And With The Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty’s Special Command [The titlepage of the New Testament reads: “The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Translated out of the Original Greek : And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised”]. Appointed to be read in Churches.

Stereotype Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete). London, Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Straha, 1817. Small Octavo. 1119 pages [Old Testament] / 343 pages [New Testament]. Hardcover / Excellent, full green morocco, with rich gilt tooling and lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extraordinary little hand-bible of the 6th Duke of Bedford.

2628. [English History Collection] – [Churchill, Winston] Soames, Mary.

Family Album: A Personal Selection from Four Generations of Churchills.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. 22 cm x 27 cm. 216 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Worn edges on dustjacket.

2629. Hickey, Patrick.

Famine in West Cork. The Mizen Peninsula, Land and People, 1800-1852. A local study of pre-famine and famine Ireland.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2002. 16 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, 424 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket with signs of wear. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare, out-of-print-title. The ultimate copy, signed and with a gift-inscription from Patrick Hickey to Rosscarbery Bookdealer Cal [Hyland] and with two original, very rare and controversial newspaper-clippings which constituted a dispute about facts in the book between Patrick Hickey and irish journalist Eoghan Harris.

2630. Runeberg, Johan Ludvig.

Fänrik Ståls Sägner en Samling Sånger. Med Teckningar Av Albert Edelfelt. Swedish Text.

Helsingfors (Helsinki, Finland), Soderstrom & Co., 1925. 18.8 cm x 24.5 cm. 285 pages. With black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition- with only minor signs of external wear. Spine frayed and separating from book block. Corners and boards rubbed. Minor foxing to pages throughout. All edges decorated blue. Blind stamp lettering and emblem to spine and front. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

2631. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Fantastic Collection of eight [pristine] Volumes of Philosophical Writings and Biographical Works by and on Walter Benjamin. The collection includes all the important modern, historical-critical english-language publications: I.Walter Benjamin – Selected Writings. Volume I (1913-1926), Volume II (1927-1934), Volume III (1935-1938) and Volume IV (1938-1940) – Translated by Rodney Livingstone and others – Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W.Jennings, Howard Eiland and Gary Smith / V. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin (1910-1940) – Edited and Annotated by Gershom Scholem and Theodor W.Adorno – Translated by Manfred R.Jacobson and Evelyn M. Jacobson / VI. Walter Benjamin – Early Writings (1910 – 1917) – Translated by Howard Eiland and Others / VII. Theodor W. Adorno & Walter Benjamin – The Complete Correspondence (1928 – 1940) / VIII. Walter Benjamin – The Arcades Project – Translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin //

Chicago / Cambridge, (Massachusetts), University of Chicago Press / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994 – 2011. Octavo. More than 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjackets all in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, near pristine condition. Unusual in this condition and compilation, this collection is a must for each admirer of Walter Benjamin.

2632. Twain, Mark.

Fantastic Set of Mark Twain’s Works which were published within the Library of America. [All Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1852 – 1890 (LOA Volume 60) / II. Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891 – 1910 (LOA Volume 61) / III. Mississippi Writings – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Life on the Mississippi – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Pudd’nhead Wilson (LOA Volume 5) / IV. The Innocents Abroad – Roughing It (LOA Volume 21) / V. Historical Romances (LOA Volume 71) / VI. The Gilded Age (LOA Volume 130) / VII. A Tramp Abroad – Following the Equator – Other Travels (LOA Volume 200) / VIII. The Mark Twain Anthology – Great Writers on His Life and Works – Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (LOA Volume 199).

Mixed Editions (Some in First some in later printings). Eight Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1984-2010. Octavo. c.6500 pages of Twain. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

2633. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

2634. Faulkner, William.

Fantastic Set of William Faulkner’s Works which were published within the Library of America. [All Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Novels 1926-1929 – Soldier’s Pay – Mosquitoes – Flags in the Dust – The Sound and the Fury (LOA Volume 164) / II. Novels 1930 – 1935 – As I Lay Dying – Sanctuary – Light in August – Pylon (LOA Volume 25) / III. Novels 1936-1940 – Absalom, Absalom ! (LOA Volume 48) / IV. Novels 1942-1954 (LOA Volume 73) / V. Novels 1957 – 1962 – The Town – The Mansion – The Reivers (LOA Volume 112) //

Mixed Editions (Some in First some in later printings). Five Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1985-1999. Octavo. c.5200 pages of Faulkner. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

2635. Hardy, Thomas.

Far from the Madding Crowd. Introduction by Bel Mooney. Wood Engravings by Peter Reddick.

London, The Folio Society, 1990. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 413 pages. With several illustrations. Original, illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. In original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight scuffing on spine. Clean inside with solid binding.

2636. Wentworth Day, J.

Farming Adventure: A Thousand Miles through England on a Horse. With a foreword by the Duke of Grafton.

Second Edition. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1946. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, 253 pages, with several black and white photographs. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2637. O’Shea, T.J. [Compiler & Editor].

Farming and Planting in British East Africa. A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and An Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects. Compiled and Edited by T.J.O’Shea.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co., 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 162 pages. With numerous, fantastic photographic illustrations by W.D.Young throughout the publication, showing a Sisal-Field [Agave sisalana], Power-Station for a group of Sisal Factories at Thika, Highland-Sheep Farm, Sheep Shearing / Photo of a sheep-herd on Lord Delamere’s Elmenteita Farm / Sheep Bred at Naivasha Government Farm / Wheat Growing at Njoro / A Gala Day at Government House etc. etc. With a large Fold-out map at rear showing ‘East-African Protectorate.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original, illustrated red cloth]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and scuff marks. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. Pastedowns and endpapers carry advertising for Cattle, Building Materials, Agricultural Machinery and other goods for settlers and farmers from Newland Tarlton and Co. of Nairobi and other companies.

2638. McKee, Alexander.

Farming The Sea – The First Steps into Inner Space.

London, Souvenir Press, 1967. 14 cm x 22 cm. 314 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing, on endpapers and pastedowns mostly.

2639. Ancient Roman Gardens.

Farrar, Linda.

Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 1998. 18 cm x 25 cm. 237 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2640. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Fascinating and important, international collection of more than twentyfive (25) original editions, first editions, revised and definitive editions by one of the most important figures of the german legal and historical school, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, as well as publications by his disciples, immediate circle of friends and colleagues (like Eichhorn, Rudorff and Ihering/Jhering). The collection also includes first and revised editions of translations in french and spanish as well as a large number of original first editions of lectures Savigny had given to the Academy of Sciences in Berlin (all these in original edition and separately bound) [see full list on our website under “Libraries and Collections”].

Vienna / Berlin and others, Nicolai / Veit and Comp. and others, 1803 – 1911. Octavo. Original Hardcover and Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Several of the publications with excellent provenance. [See detailed listing on our website under “Libraries & Collections”].