951. Davy, Sir Humphry / John Duke of Bedford / [Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot / Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel].

Elements of Agricultural Chemistry – In a Course of Lectures delivered before the Board of Agriculture [With an Appendix: “An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and nutritive Qualities of different Grasses and other Plants, used as the Food of Animals” – Instituted by John Duke of Bedford].

The Fourth Edition. Londo, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827. Large Octavo. X, (1), 403 pages with 10 fold-out plates, showing experiments in Botany and Agricultural Chemistry like Thomas Andrew Knight’s Water Wheel, which applied Gravity to Seedlings. Hardcover / The original book-block was recently bound in a stunning new half – leather with marbled-paper-covered boards, bound to style of an early 19th-century binding with a new spine-label. Excellent condition.

952. Scotland [Edinburgh City Plan] – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Edinburgh – With Vignettes of Scott’s Monument, General Assembly Hall, Edinburgh from the NW, Royal Institution, Royal High School, Burn’s Monument, Holyrood House, and Arthur’s Seat.

Large, Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by D. Pound. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 51 cm x 36.5 cm. Sheet Size: 51.5 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition. This Map is beautifully framed. Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier (Framed).

953. Yeats, William Butler / [George [Georgie] Yeats / Mrs. Eva Hempel / Eduard Hempel].

Pages from a Diary Written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty. [Signed / Inscribed by George Yeats to Mrs. [Eva] Hempel, wife of german ambassador to Ireland during World War II].

No.8 / 200 copies, of the original limited edition. Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1944 [September 1944]. Octavo. 58 pages. Original Hardcover. Inscribed by George Yeats on the front free endpaper: “Mrs. Hempel from George Yeats, April 1944”. This has to be of course “April 1945”. The impossibility of signing/inscribing a book in April 1944 if it was only published in September 1944 is easily explained with the classic everyday-mistake of still writing the previous year in the first few months of the following year. A stunning association. The signature and inscription is a solid match to George Yeats’ autographs in her later hand and William Butler Yeats and George Yeats were frequent visitors to the Hempel’s in Dublin. In addition, the low number of the edition (8/200) suggests this being one of the reference copies given to George Yeats, who contributed heavily to the volume and even added an explanatory note (in print) verso the titlepage. This copy is near fine, bound in the publisher’s quarter buckram over yellow, paper-covered boards. The books pages remained unopened. Eva Hempel’s husband Eduard Hempel is one of the most controversial figures in modern Irish history, excoriated by some as ‘Hitler’s man’, defended by others such as the country’s first President, Eamon De Valera. Certainly, Hempel presented William Butler Yeats in 1938 with a copy of ‘Germany Speaks’ whose inscription described an ‘unforgettable afternoon’ spent together by Yeats and Hempel. Eduard Hempel and his wife were accepted socialites in the Dublin world of World War II, famously receiving a condolence call by de Valera upon the death of Hitler. Eduard Hempel and his wife Eva were granted asylum in Ireland after world war II and stayed way beyond the end of World War II.

954. [Skinner, Thomas].

The Stock Exchange Official Year-Book 1937 [Yearbook] – Incorporating The Stock Exchange Official Intelligence and The Stock Exchange Year-Book [Yearbook]. Compiled and Edited by The Secretary of the Share & Loan Department of the Stock Exchange.

London, Thomas Skinner / Gresham House, 1937. Quarto. Original Hardcover. Slightly rubbed but overall in very good condition. Rare !

955. Rudorff, A.A.F.

Das Ackergesetz des Sp. Thorius. (Aus dem zehnten Bande der Zeitschrift fuer geschichtliche Rechtswissenschaft besonders abgedruckt).

Erster Separatdruck als Buchausgabe. Berlin, in der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1839. Oktav. 194, (1), Seiten plus eine grosse Falttafel. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen des 19.Jahrhunderts. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Universitaet Kopenhagen (Stempelchen) / Christian Jorgensens Bogsamling. Oberes Kapital bestossen.

956. [Quinn, Captain Padraig / Irish Volunteers / Spanish Civil War].

Captain Padraig Quinn’s Original Souvenir – Leporello of Sevilla, from the year 1937, in which he fought in the Spanish Civil War. Signed and dated by him in 1937.

Sevilla, L. Roisin [Fotografo], [1937] 10 cm x 7.5 cm. 20 photographic cards, connected as Leporello. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed by the member of Na-Fianna Eireann from Graignamanagh, Captain Padraig Quinn, in 1937.

957. [Political Science / Political Theory and Government / Policy Process / European Union / Government and Politics]

Collection of thirtysix (36) publications on Political Science and Social Thought with an emphasis on the European Union, the European Community and Policy making. The collection includes: 1. Seamus O Tuama – Critical Turns in Critical Theory – New Directions in Social and Political Thought – Festschrift for Piet Strydom (Signed and inscribed by Seamus O Tuama) / 2. Andrew Heywood – Political Ideologies – An Introduction / 3. John Dunn – Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future / 4. Ian Shapiro – The Moral Foundations of Politics / 5. Michael Hill – The Policy Process – A Reader (Second Edition) / 6. D.D.Raphael – Problems of Political Philosophy (Revised Edition) / 7. Bernard Crick and Tom Crick – What is Politics ? / 8. Vernon Bogdanor – The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Science / 9. Gabriel A. Almond and G.Bingham Powell, Jr. – Comparative Politics / 10. Charles E. Lindblom – The Policy Making Process (second edition) / 11. Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland – The Politics of Education / 12. Brian Chapman – The Profession of Government / 13. Christopher Ham and Michael Hill – The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist State / 14. David Braybrooke & Charles E. Lindblom – A Strategy of Decision – Policy Evaluation as a Social Process / 15. Peter Harris – Foundations of Political Science (second edition) / 16. J. Denis Derbyshire – Spotlight on World Political Systems / 17. W.I.Jenkins – Policy Analysis – A Political and Organizational Perspective / 18. Andrew Heywood – Political Ideas and Concepts – An Introduction / 19. Peter Saunders – Urban Politics – A Sociological Interpretation / 20. Patrick Rivers – Politics by Pressure / 21. Andrew Heywood – Key Concepts in Politics / 22. Martin J. Smith – Pressure Politics / 23. Stephen C. Young – The Politics of the Environment / 24. Jean Blondel – Comparative Government / 25. The German Bundesrat / 26. The German Bundestag / 27. Richard Owen and Michael Dynes – Guide to the Single European Market / 28. C.C.Schweitzer and others – Politics and Government in the Federal Republic of Germany, Basic Documents / 29. Treaty on European Union / 30. Treaties establishing the european communities / 31. Neill Nugent – The Government and Politics of the European Union / 32. The Government and Politics of France / 33. Lasok, D. and J.W.Bridge – Introduction to the Law and Institutions of the European Communities (Second Edition) / 33. Juliet Lodge – The European Community and the Challenge of the Future / 34. Gallagher – Representative Government in Modern Europe – Institutions, Parties and Governments (Second Edition) / 35. A.A.Scott – European Studies / 36. M.Donald Hancock – Politics in Western Europe /

Yale / London / and others, MacMillan / and others, c. 1960 – c. 2000. Octavo. More than 3000 pages. Original Softcover and Hardcover bindings. All Volumes with signs of external wear but overall in very good condition. In addition the collection also includes a few publications on Administration Policy. From the library of an irish Councilman and University lecturer.

958. [O’Connell, Daniel] /Ventura, P. Joachim.

Trauerrede auf Daniel O’Connell gehalten in St.Andrea della Valle zu Rom [Translates: “Eulogy or Funeral Oration on Daniel O’Connell, held at St.Andrea della Valle in Rome by P. Joachim Ventura [Fr. Gioacchino Ventura]” / Mit der Vorrede und den Anmerkungen des Verfassers deutsch von Julius Müleisen.

Tübingen, Buchhandlung zu-Guttenberg, 1847. Octavo. XIV, 96 pages. Original Softcover Pamphlet. Extremely scarce !! / Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Mathilde Gräfin von Jenison-Walworth [signiert: “Mathilde Speth – Zwifalten” (Zwiefaltendorf)].

959. [McAfee, Mildred Helen] de la Mare, Walter.

Ding Dong Bell.

London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924. 13 cm x 19 cm. IX, 76 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and fully signed by de La Mare to American academic Mildred Helen McAfee Horton on front free endpaper: “Helen McAfee with all good wishes from Walter de la Mare – June 1924”.

960. [Masereel, Frans] Verhaeren, Émile / Uzanne, Octave.

Quinze Poèmes d’Émile Verhaeren. Illustrés de 57 Gravures sur Bois, Dessinees et Gravées par Frans Masereel et suivis d’un Souvenir a Verhaeren par Octave Uzanne.

Paris, Edtions Georges Cres & Cie, 1917. 4°. CIII pages. Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decorated boards. Boards with some stronger signs of wear. One of 1350 exemplaires sur papier anglais.