1371. Eliot, George.

Silas Marner. Aindrias Ó Baoghill a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

First Gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1938. Octavo. 300 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 !

1372. Du Chaillu, Paul.

My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara. And Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. Numerous Engravings.

New York, Harper & Brothers, no year (c.1870). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece with tissueguard, VIII, 254 pages. 33 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Gilt pictoral on front board. Blind stamp to rear board. Coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard in very good condition. Preowner details on front endpaper: “James Hill – Westell Farm – Kewell, Read 1916”.

1373. Drummond, Henry.

Tropical Africa. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 228 pages. 6 maps (on five fold-out-sheets). At front 2 fold-out colour maps of East Central Africa and Equatorial. At rear fold-out colour maps of ‘European Possessions and Claims in Central and Southern Africa’. One fold-out colour map of east central Africa within contents. Hardcover / contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to heel of spine. Binding still firm and strong. Foxing to endpapers. Interior and maps in bright and clean condition.

1374. Dickey, James / Angel, Marie.

Tucky The Hunter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.

New York, Crown Jewel, 1978. Oblong Large Octavo. 44 pages with colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by James Dickey to Peter [Viereck] on the endpaper: ″ – to all in Peter’s house – from James Dickey”.

1375. Depons, Francois Raimond Joseph.

Travels in Parts of South America: During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; Containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Carraccas [Caracas in Venezuela], with an Accont of the Laws, Commerce, and Natural Productions of that Country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and Native Indians.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. 8°. IV, 157, 3 nn. pages. Including the Map (″Chart of the Captain Generalship of Carraccas comprehending the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaybo, Varinas, Cumana, Guiana & the Island of St. Marguerite) AND the “Plan of the town of Caracas”. Modern Hardcover (red cloth). Former library copy in excellent condition besides some slight foxing to the map and plan and occasional foxing to the text only.

1376. Demosthenis / Demosthenes [Johannes Rust, Med. Tem. & Trin. Coll. Cantab.].

Demosthenis Orationes De Republica Ad Populum Habitae: Latio donatae ab Jo: Vincentio Lucchesinio patritio Lucensi, cum notis criticis, & historicis. Ad SS. Dnm Nostrum Clementem Undecimum Pontificem Maximum.

Romae, Ex Typographia Antonii de Rubeis in Platea Cerensi, 1712. Large Octavo. XII, 232 pages. Original Hardcover (Pigskin) with contemporary handwritten title on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small, professional repair to upper spine. Some paper damage with text-loss internally to pages 267 – 278 as well as pages 315 – 320. Several defects to some pages with small text-lesions and tears. From the library of Johannes Rust, Trinity College Cambridge. His small bookplate pasted to the dedication page. Contemporary entries in ink on the pastedown and endpaper.

1377. Dáil Eireann.

Official Correspondence relating to the Peace Negotiations (June – September, 1921). Part I – Preliminary Correspondence / Part II – Correspondence arising from the Conversations at London, between President de Valera and the British Prime Minister.

Dublin, Dáil Eireann, (October) 1921. Slim Folio. 23 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

1378. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1379. 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 !

1380. [Clonakilty / Castle Freke / Castlefreke]

Souvenir Views of Clonakilty – Duplex Souvenir Album containing ten Views of Clonakilty and surroundings, including Castle Freke, Cradle Rock, Rosscarbery Convent – The Postcard-Views in “Rich sepia Photogravure detachable for use as postcards, with miniature view of each picture for future reference”.

First Edition. Clonakilty, J.E.Spiller & Co., no year [c.1915]. Oblong slim-octavo. 10 sheets, perforated with miniature view. Original, printed softcover. Tiny faded dampstain to rear. Otherwise in unused, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce with the spectacular views of this rural area and the surroundings.