191. Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone.

A Celtic Miscellany. Translations from the Celtic Literatures.

Revised edition. Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1971. 11 cm x 18 cm. 343, (9) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

192. Francis, Robert.

A Certain Distance.

Woods Hole, Pourboire Press, 1976. 13 cm x 21 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Note by Kruger on front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations.

193. Ward, John Powell.

A Certain Marvellous Thing.

First Edition. Bridgend, Seren Books, 1993. Octavo. 66 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

194. [Gay, Walter and Matilda] Rieder, William.

A Charmed Couple. The Art and Life of Walter and Matilda Gay.

First Edition. New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2000. 22cm x 27.5cm. 239 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

195. Liverpool – [Fargher, Robert].

A Chart of the Approaches to Liverpool. From the Best and latest Surveys for Fargher’s Edition of Jefferson’s Almanac.

Original Lithographed Map. Probably printed on the Isle of Man, Robert Fargher, 1862. 40 cm wide x 31.5 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with a tiny library stamp to the outer margin of the map and verso to the mounting paper.

196. Thomas, Dylan.

A Child’s Christmas in Wales. With Woodcuts by Ellen Raskin.

Fourth Printing. New York, James Laughlin, 1959. 15 cm x 13.5 cm. Pages not numbered. Woodcut prints on every other page. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Blindstamped, private library-stamp on endpaper.

197. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Robinson, Charles (Illustrator).

A Child’s Garden of Verses. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.

New Edition. London / New York, The Bodley Head / Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933. Small Octavo. 136, (10) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

198. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.

199. Stewart, Harold.

A Chime of Windbells – A year of Japanese Haiku in English verse. With 33 Haiku Paintings in Full Color. Translations with an essay by Harold Stewart.

Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc, 1981. 13 x 20 cm. 236 pages, including illustrations. Original Hardcover with slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

200. [Pacific Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry] / McKay, C.G.R. (Compiler – Secretary of Native Affairs) / [Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton].

A Chronology of Western Samoa – Being principally a Record of Chief Events since its First European Discovery in 1722. [Sir Harry Luke’s personal copy with his ownership-signature and ‘Apia 1938’ on endpapers. Interesting annotations, markings and comments in Luke’s hand throughout the Volume. With a Typed Letter (TLS) on the stationery of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, signed ‘Alan’ (i.e. “The Rt. Hon. Viscount Boyd of Merton. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1954-59”): “My Dear Harry, I hoped that our paths would have crossed since my letter to you nearly a year ago……” (plus in manuscript hand added: “I often think of you my dear Friend – Your Ever Alan” 16th February 1961)]. Compiled by C.G.R. McKay (Secretary of Native Affairs).

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Apia (Western Samoa), J.W.Liston, 1937. Octavo. XII, 47 pages with two maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. From the library of Sir Harry Luke.