801. Bossert, Helmuth TH.

Pictura Decorativa. Esempi di Pittura Murale Decorativa dall’ Antichitá fino all Metá del Secolo XIX. 36 Pagine di testo e 120 tavole con 225 illustrazioni a colori.

Milano, Sperling & Kupfer Di H. Betz & CO. 1928. 31,5 cm x 25 cm. 35 pages plus 120 plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. In protective mylar.

802. [Botero, Fernando] Arciniegas, Germán.

Fernando Botero.

First Edition. Bogotá / Paris / Madrid / Colonia, Edilerner S.A., 1979. 28cm x 26cm. 222 pages with illustrations in black-and-white and colour. Original Softcover-Edition ! Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only the corners slightly creased.

803. Botheroyd, Sylvia:

Irland – Mythologie in der Landschaft. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und eigens gefertigten mythologischen Karten. Ein Reise- und Lesebuch.

Darmstadt, Häusser, 1997. Oktav. 368 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private Widmung auf dem Vorsatzblatt.

804. Bott, Gerhard.

Jugendstil. Art Nouveau. Modern Style. Nieuwe Kunst – Kunsthandwerk um 1900. Ergänzung und Bearbeitung der Neuerwebungen durch Carl Benno Heller.

Zweite, erweiterte Auflage. Damstadt, Eduard Roether Verlag, 1973. 22,5 x 29 cm. 456 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Leinen. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

805. Bottari, Giovanni.

Dialoghi Sopra Le Tre Arti Del Disegno.

Reggio, Per Pietro Fiaccadori, 1826. 17.3cm x 10.5cm. V, 203 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

806. Botvinik, Georges.

Le Silence.

Paris, Editions les amis de Georges Botvinik, 1978. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. 180 pages. Broché. Première Édition, 1978. Bon état général. Plats de Couverture légèrement usés. Texte très propre. Protective Mylar.

807. Boucher Beug, Katherine.

TELEMACHUS and the Moonprints.

Cork, The Fenton Gallery, 2003. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 46 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight stains on covers.

808. Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe / François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois.

Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee d’un Avertissement, d’un Discours preliminaire, d’un Critique, avec des Notes, & de la Retractation de l’Auteur. [Ensemble avec: Lettre ¡a Madame la Comtesse D***. Pour servir de Supplément à l’amusement Philosophique sure le langage des Bétes. [par François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois]

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, [1750]. 10,5 cm x 17,5 cm. XLVI, 134 pages, (50) pages, [4] pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover – Original full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The volume is now in protective Mylar. Minor wear. Spine slighty starting. Otherwise in excellent and firm condition.

809. Boulay, Shirley du.

Beyond the Darkness: A Biography of Bede Griffiths.

London, Rider Books, 1998. 16cm x 24cm. 308 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective collector’s – Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

810. Boulez, Pierre.

Orientations – Collected Writings.

London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1986. Octavo. 452 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

811. [Boulez, Pierre] Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (Editor) / Cooper, Martin (Translator).

Orientations – Collected Writings.

London / Boston, Faber and Faber, 1986. 16 cm x 24 cm. 541 pages. Some black and white diagrams and bars of music throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

812. Bouniort, Jeanne (Editor).

Les Realismes 1919-1939. Centre Georges Pompidou 17 décembre 1980 – 20 avril 1981. Staatliche kunsthalle Berlin 10 mai – 30 juin 1981.

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1980. 30 cm x 21 cm. 529 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

813. Bourguignon, Paul-Henri.

En Écoutant Toone jouer le Bossu. Illustrations D’Edgard Tytgat.

Bruxelles, Éditeur R. Dupriez, (1944). 8°. 71 pp. Broché. [Bookblock slightly detached but overall excvellent / Bel exemplaire. Edition originale. Couverture et 12 dessins d’Edgard Tijtgat, mis en couleurs à la main au pochoir. Exemplaire No. 311 / 510 exemplaires (exemplaire sur Hollande Van Gelder). / Inscribed and signed by Paul-Henri Bourguignon on the endpaper in 1954.

814. Bourke, Edward J.

Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast (1105- 1993). Including a chapter on shpiwrecks in West Cork / County Cork.

Dublin, Bourke, 1994. 21cm x 15cm. 240 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Some pages detached (like often with this publication). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper signed by preowner.

815. Bourke, Eva.

Travels with Gandolpho.

First edition. Dublin, Dedalus Press, 2000. 15 cm x 21 cm. 90, (1) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

816. Bourke, Marcus.

Murder at Marlhill – Was Harry Gleeson innocent ?

Dublin, Geography Publications, 1993. 24 cm. vii, 123 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

817. Bourke, Rev. Ulick J.

Easy Lessons: Self-Instruction in Irish.

Seventh Edition. Dublin, M. H. Gill & Son, 1877. 8°. 390 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). First layer of pages cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some staining to boards).

818. Bourlet, James [James Bourlet & Sons].

Bourlet. [With 13 pages of Bourlet Frames with sizes and pricelist]. Foreword by Sir Charles Wheeler.

New Edition. London, Causton Press Ltd, 1964. 18.5cm x 23.5cm. 51, (1) pages. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

819. Bourne, H. R. Fox.

Civilisation in Congoland – A Story of International Wrong-Doing. With a prefatory Note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.

London, P.S.King & Son, 1903. Octavo. XVI, 311 pages with large, coloured, folded map of the Congo: “Congo Land or The Conventional Basin of the Congo”. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Endpaper detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faint old library stamp of the “Reichsgericht in Berlin” to titlepage.

820. Bouso, Raquel / Heisig, James W. (Editors).

Confluences & Cross-Currents.

Nanzan, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2009. 20,5 cm x 15 cm. 383 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. [Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 6]

821. Bouteille, Hippoloyte / M. de Labatie. / Victor Cassien.

Ornithologie du Dauphiné ou Description des Oiseaux observés dans les départements de l’Isère, de la Drôme, des Hautes-Alpes et des contrées voisines, par Hippolyte Bouteille, pharmacien. Avec la collaboration de M. de Labatie. Ouvrage contenant 300 sujets Dessinés d’après Nature, par M.V. Cassien.

Edition originale (First and only Edition). Two Volumes (complete set). Grenoble, Hippolyte Bouteille (Imprimerie Dr. F. Allier), 1843. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 26 cm). Volume I: 416 pages / Volume II: 358 pages. Including 72 lithographies by Pegeron et un grand tableau synoptique dépliant en fin d’ouvrage. Original Hardcover / Original red half leather / demi-maroquin with gilt lettering on spine. Besides some mild foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The plates complete and in wonderful condition. Titlepage of Volume II with minor lesion. The plates show 300 different kind of birds in remarkable detail, after Victor Cassien, french lithographer, illustrator, painter and photographer.

822. Boutell, Charles.

Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe and with a Preface, Notes and one additional chapter on Arms and Armour in England.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1874. 8°. XVI, 296 pages with Index and Notes. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar (red decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and cover). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. Some browning stain to the first 20 page sonly.

823. Bowden, Mark.

Black Hawk Down – A story of Modern War.

First Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 386 pages. Some black and white photographs and maps throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

824. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Autumn and Winter.

Facsimile of 1915 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 282 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

825. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Spring.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1997. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XX, 322 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few notes and underlinings in pencil.

826. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Summer.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 331 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few underlinings in pencil by preowner.

827. Bowlt, John E.

Russian Theatre and Costume Design. From the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Introduction by John E Bowlt. Catalogue prepared by Nikita D. Lobanov, Nina Lobanov and Aime Troyen.

First edition. San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1980. 28cm x 21.5cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

828. Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

829. [Boycott, Captain Charles Cunningham] Rooney, Philip.

Captain Boycott – [The Man whose name gave a dreaded word to the english language in the stormy days of the Land League].

Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Anvil Books, 1966. 17 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

830. Boyd, Andrew.

Fermenting Elements. The Labour Colleges in Ireland 1924-1964.

Belfast, Donaldson Archives, 1999. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 172 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

831. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

832. Boylan, Henry.

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1979. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. xi, 385 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowners namesticker on endpaper.

833. Boylan, Henry (Editor).

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1999. 15 cm x 23 cm. 462 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

834. [Boyle Bernard, Richard (Dean of Leighlin)] Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Buffon’s Natural History, Abridged – Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street, 1792. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Volume I: Frontispice [″Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist”], Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius], XXXVII, Errata-Leaf, 353 pages / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of fowling at the steep cliffs of St.Kilda)], 494 pages including a thorough Index. With 106 [of 107 Plates] spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes. Hardcover / One Volume rebound to style and one Volume in its original 18th century full leather. Original bookplate / Exlibris of Dean Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge to pastedown of Volume I. Both Volumes now housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

835. [Boyle, Family] Budgell, Eustace / [Theobald, Lewis].

Memoirs of The Lives And Characters of The Illustrious Family of The Boyle’s. Containing Many Curious Pieces of English History, not extant in anyother author. The Whole Extracted From Original Papers And Manuscripts. [Including an Epistle to the Right Hon. John Earle of Orrery, by Lewis Theobald]. Also an impartial Account of the Life, Character and parliamentary Conduct of the Right Honourable Henry Boyle, Esq.; Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons, one of his Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and twelve Times sworn one of the Justices of Ireland. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Dorset, &c.

Dublin, J.Esdall, 1754. 17,3 cm x 11 cm. VIII, pages XVII -XXIII, 268 pages. [Lacking the list of Subscribers (IX – XII) and Start of Content-pages (XIII-XVI)]. Later, 19th century Hardcover / Half – leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly damaged and broken. Bookblock tight and clean besides a faded dampstain and some lesions to outer margiuns of several pages. Needs some attention from a bookbinder. Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry J.B.Clements on pastedown [Clements was landowner in County Mayo and County Galway (Rosshill House connection)].

836. Boyle, T. Coraghessan.

The Tortilla Curtain.

First Edition. New York etc, Viking, 1995. 16 cm x 24 cm. 355 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, fine condition.

837. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.

838. [BRACKETT, Oliver] Smith, H. Clifford (ed.).

English Furniture Illustrated / Le Mobilier Anglais Illustré / Englands Möbelwerk in Bildern. French translation by Eric Whelpton. German translation by Nora Wydenbruck.

Trilingual Edition: English, French & German. London, Spring Books, 1958. 24 cm x 31 cm. 404 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Includes indexes in English, French and German. 240 plates. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear, for example some discoloration to the front cover and fading of the outside spine.

839. Braddon, Russel / Several authors.

River Journeys.

London, British Broadcasting Cooperation, 1984. 25 cm x 19,5 cm. 208 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

840. Bradford, Ernle.

Thermopylae: The Battle for the West.

New York, Da Capo Press, 1983. 15 cm x 23 cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

841. [Bradford, Lewis (Plympton, Mass.] / Thomas, Benjamin F.

The Town Officer [With Manuscript annotations, inserted annotations, a handwritten “Table, Exhibiting the Area of the Several States in Square Miles – “Free States” vs. “Slave States” and listing the difference in size of these two distinctions. The book also includes bound-in Ephemera: An Original Printed “Act Relating to the Banns for Marriage …for the people called Friends or Quaker”]. A Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts in Relation to the Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Towns, and the Town Officers; With the Necessary Forms [Former copy of Lewis Bradford, Town Clerk of Plympton, Mass. (″Cost one dollar – January 29th, 1846”)].

Worcester, Published by Warren Lazell, 1845. Octavo. IV, 392 pages. Original Hardcover with Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original annotations in ink and pencil by Lewis Bradford.

842. [Brady, Charles] O’Regan, John. (Editor).

Works 9: Charles Brady.

Dublin, Gandon Edition, 1993. 15 cm x 20 cm. 31 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

843. Brady, Ciaran / O’Dowd, Mary / Walker, Brian (Editors).

Ulster – An Illustrated History. Foreword by J.C. Beckett.

London, B.T. Batsford ltd., 1989. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 256 pages. 64 black and white photographs and 10 maps. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition. As new.

844. Brady, Conor.

Guardians of the Peace. [Birth of Special Branch / Special Branch versus IRA 1925-32]

First Edition Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1974. 21cm x 14cm. XVI, 254 pages. With 8 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Rare publication ! Name of preowner on endpaper.

845. Brady, Seamus.

Arms and the men ! – Ireland in Turmoil [The book all Ireland has waited for].

Bray, S. Brady, 1971. 18 cm. 216 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

846. Bräuer, Camillo / [Wiener Spitze / Kirchberg in Sachsen].

Manuskript mit dem Titel: “Verzeichnis über altes & neues Inventar für Ludwig Camillo Bräuer” – “Aufgestellt mitte Mai 1878”. Neben dem Manuskript, welches sich im hinteren Drittel des Bandes befindet und welches das Inventar der bekannten Gastwirtschaft “Wiener Spitze” verzeichnet (Gegenstände fuer die Wirtschaft”), diente dieser Band als Manuskript-Klatte / Handschriftliches Album mit Übungsheft des Camillo Bräuer mit Beispielen zum Verfassen von Contracten, Korrespondenz, Rechtschreibung etc.

Kirchberg in Sachsen, 1867-1878. Octavo. 149 Blatt (298 Seiten). Original Hardcover / Dekorativer Hlableinenband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Etwas berieben. Einige Seiten geloest.

847. Brahms, Caryl.

Footnotes to the Ballet. A Book for Balletomanes.

Eighth Edition. London, Peter Davis Ltd, 1943. 14cm x 22cm. xx, 268 pages. Original Hardcover. Stronger signs of wear (Foxing) but still in good condition. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

848. [Brahms, Johannes] Musgrave, Michael.

The Music of Brahms.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 329 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

849. Brain, C.K.

The Hunters or the Hunted ? – An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy.

Chicago / London, The University of Chicago Press, 1981. Small Folio. IX, 365 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

850. Brame, Charlotte M.

The Mystery of Colde Fell Or Not Proven.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1930. 13 x 18,5 cm. 252 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Former library copy from the Sligo County Library. VERY RARE !