21. Beerbohm, Max.

Yet Again.

Melbourne, London, Ontario, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 334 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with a small tear on dustjacket.

22. Belitt, Ben.

Literature and Belief: Three “Spiritual Exercises”. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture Eight in the Ben Belitt Lectureship Series October twenty-ninth, 1985.

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. 29 pages with three reproductions of illustrations from William Blake’s “Book of Job” from the year 1825. Softcover. One of only 1000 hand-numbered copies. Two of the tipped-in illustrations loosened. Otherwise in excellent, close to new condition. [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy]

23. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

24. Berryman, John.

The Dispossessed.

New York, William Sloane Associates, 1948. Octavo. 103 pages. Original blue Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. First edition of Berryman’s first substantial collection of poetry. Excellent, near fine condition (without the dustjacket).

25. Best, Elsdon.

The Whare Kohanga (the ‘Nest House’) and its Lore. Comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c.; contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe of the North Island of New Zealand. ‘He puta taua ki te tane, he whanau tama ki te wahine.’

First published 1929. Wellington, New Zealand, A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, 1975. 25 cm x 15.5 cm. 93 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very small tear in front of dustjacket. Rare !

26. Biggers, Earl Derr.

Seven Keys to Baldpate.

First UK Edition. London, Mills & Boon, Limited, 1914. Octavo. 309 pages plus “A Catalogue of Books published by Mills & Boon Ltd.” with 22, [10] pages at the rear of the Volume. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bookblock slightly distrorted only. Very good, very firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Private inscription to half-title.

27. Binchy, Maeve.

Firefly Summer. [SIGNED / Inscribed by Maeve Binchy].

First Edition. London, Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 572 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

28. Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente; Brown, Irving Henry.

The Enemies Of Women. (Los enemigos de la mujer). Translated from the Spanish by Irving Brown.

First English Language Edition. New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, 1920. 13 x 20 cm. 547 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Erik Christian Haugaard – the danish writer and translator of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. With his beautiful exlibris to the pastedown.

29. Blicher, Steen Steensen.

Udvalgte Noveller [Illustreret med 125 traesnit af Povl Christensen]. Udvalg Ved Kjeld Elfelt. Traesnit af Povl Christensen.

Volumes I & II (Complete Set). Copenhagen, Hans Reitzel, 1964. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 280 pages. Several black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcovers with illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Both volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to dustjackets mainly. Both volumes with bookplates on pastedowns (Erik Haugaard). Slight foxing and discoloration to endpapers and pastedowns.

30. Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Novelle Scelte, E Descrizione Della Pestilenza Stata In Firenze Nel 1348.

Firenze, Si Trova In Avignone, Presso Fr. Seguin, stampatore e librajo, 1820. Duodecimo (8.5 cm wide x 13.5 cm high). 157 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 19th century boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

31. Boccaccio, Giovanni / [Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari].

L’amorosa fiammetta di M. Giovanni Boccaccio, di Nuovo Corretta et Ristampata, con La Tavola et le Postille delle cose Piu Notabili.

Venetia, Appresso I Gioliti, 1584. 9.5 cm x 15.4 cm. 107, [1] pages including illustrated titlepage with Giolito’s printer mark and Giolito’s stunning colophon of Phoenix rising from the ashes and the Motto: “Semper eadem” (″Always the same”). Hardcover in custom – made solanderbox. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. The bookblock in very good condition with some minor, contemporary inkstains. Name of preowner “Exlibris Bernard Rielliae [″Bernard Reilly”] in contemporary ink (16th or 17th century entry). Small lesion to titlepage and first three pages only. Very faint, faded dampstain to the outer margins of a few pages.

32. Bolster, John / [Callanan, Jeremiah Joseph] / Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L.E.L.]/ Sloane, Hans.

Bolster’s Quarterly Magazine. Volume I. No. I (February, 1826) – Volume I. No. IV (November, 1826).

Cork, John Bolster, Patrick Street, 1826. Octavo. VIII, 394 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the boards and corners. Interior very good with only occasional signs of foxing. A very rare Cork publication with some extremely scarce, often anonymously published essays on local history, poetry etc. The publications signed with J.J.C. are by Corkonian Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Name of 19th century preowner on endpaper: “Michael Higgins”.

33. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

34. Borges, Jorge Luis.

Cosmogonias. Illustrated by Aldo Sessa.

No. 1930 of 300 numbered copies of a limited edition. Buenos Aires, Instituto Salesiano de Artes Graficas, 1976. 33 cm wide x 31 cm high. Unpaginated (30 unnumbered pages / illustrated). Illustrated Hardcover in protective Mylar. One layer (Prologo) cleanly detached. Laminated boards peeling a bit at the edges, some light water staining to interior pages, covers rubbed and corners a little bumped, otherwise a very good and firm copy.

35. Borges, Jorge Luis.

Ragnarök. A parallel text (Spanish-English). Translated by Nestor Silva.

Kings Cross, 1990. 8°. 8 pages. Softcover [In protective sleeve] Excellent, as new condition. Limited Edition. (One of only 500 copies)

36. Brecht, Bertolt / [Eric Bentley / Maja Bentley (Translators)].

Parables for the Theater, Two Plays. The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. English Versions by Eric and Maja Bentley.

First Edition. Minneapolis / London, University of Minnesota Press / Oxford University Press, 1948. 22.3 cm x 14.5 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Rubbing to top and bottom of spine and to hardcover edges. Discoloration and foxing to enpapers and edges. Dustjacket in very poor condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

37. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

38. [Bukowski, Charles] Leo, Teresa (editor).

Painted Bride Quarterly, Number 52: Includes for example the following poems/essays: Sandbox – J.M Cummings / Power – Lynn McGee / “piss” – Charles Bukowski / Scatter – Paul Violi / Contributors Notes etc.

Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center, 1993. 14 cm x 22 cm. 61 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

39. [Byron, Lord George Gordon] Marchand, Leslie A.

Byron’s Letters and Journals 1798-1824. Volume I – In My Hot Youth 1798-1810; Volume II – Famous in My Time 1810-1812; Volume III – Alas! The Love of Women 1813-1814; Volume IV – Wedlock’s the Devil 1814-1815; Volume V – So Late into the Night 1816-1817; Volume VI – The Flesh is Frail; Volume VII – Between Two Worlds 1820; Volume VIII – Born for Opposition 1821; Volume IX – In the Wind’s Eye 1821-1822; Volume X – A Heart for Every Fate 1822-1823; Volume XI – For Freedom’s Battle 1823-1824; Volume XII – The Trouble of an Index.

Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973-1982. 8°. c. 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjackets in protective collector’s mylar. 12 volumes (complete). The dustjackets slightly worn but unclipped. Pages 148 – 156 of volume 1 with very few small stains. Else near Fine or better condition.

40. Cabral de Vasconcelos, Paulino António.

Poesias de Paulino Cabral de Vasconcelos, Abade de Jazente.

Porto, Na Officina de Antonio Avvarez Ribeiro, 1786. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15 cm). [4], 245 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with new spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Last four pages with minor evidence of a faded dampstain (only peripheral). Extremely rare publication. A second Volume was published one year later, in 1787, but the first Volume is complete in itself. Contemporary drawing and name (″Brodrick”) on rear pastedown.