6151. Inwood, Brad / Gerson, L. P.

Hellenistic Philosophy Introductory Readings. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Brad Inwood and L.P.Gerson.

Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1997. 8°. XXI, 441 pages, including Index. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6152. Quinton, Anthony.

Francis Bacon.

New York, Hill and Wang, 1980. 8°. 90 pages, including Index. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6153. Boehme, Jacob.

Six Theosophic Points and Other Writings. With an Introductory Essay “Unground and Freedom” by Nicolas Berdyaev.

Michigan, Ann Arbor Paperbacks / The University of Michigan Press 1958. 8°. XLI, 208 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of Graham Parkes.

6154. [Aristotle] Jones, John.

On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy.

California, Stanford University Press, 1980. 8°. 284pages, including Index. Original Softcover. Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name to the endpaper.

6155. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich).

Almost at the End.

New York, Holte, 1987. Octavo. 145 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A work of interrelated prose and poetry, some translated by the author himself. Faint Remainder mark to top edge, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket with a very nice portrait of Yevtushenko. Beautifully signed by Yevtushenko on the endpaper.

6156. Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich (Voznesensky, Andrei).

Nostalgia for the Present. Edited by Vera Dunham and Max Hayward. With Forewords by Edward M. Kennedy and Arthur Miller.

Bilingual Edition. Garden City / New York, Doubleday, 1978. Octavo. 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First US edition of this collection of poems by the important Soviet author, present in facing bi-lingual text, with translations by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Stanley Kunitz, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Richard Wilbur, William Jay Smith and others. Forewords by Edward Kennedy and Arthur Miller. Near fine in dust jacket with the word “Autographed” in red pen to front panel. Extensively inscribed by the author. [With a nice photograph of Voznesensky to the rear dustjacket flap / Including a leaflet for the Yale Russian Chorus – 1977 USSR Tour].

6157. Voinovich, Vladimir.

In Plain Russian. Stories. Translated by Richard Lourie.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Octavo. XV, 299 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A collection of short stories by the author of “the Soviet Catch 22” The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. Near fine in dust jacket with mild crease to rear panel, small bump to head of spine. Inscribed / signed by Voinovich to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

6158. Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich.

Natsionalnyj vopros v Rossii / Nacional’nyj vopros v Rossii. [The national question in Russia].

Moskva, 1884. Large Octavo. 107 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition. Uncut / Unopened version of this extremely scarce publication in original printed wrappers.

6159. [Lehmann, John] Pasternak, Boris.

Gruzinskie Liriki [Georgian Lyrics / Georgian Poetry].

First Edition. [Moscow / Moskva], Sovestii Pisatel, 1935. Octavo. 136 pages. Original Hardcover / Original blue illustrated cloth. Binding firm and with the original endpapers in very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Covers slightly dusty. Interior very clean. This is the copy of english poet, editor and publisher John Lehmann, with his signature to the endpaper (juxtaposed to the halftitle).

6160. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Dve prazske povidky. [Zwei Prager Geschichten] Preklad Jan Löwenbach.

Erste tschechische Ausgabe. Praha / Prague, Nakladem J. Otty V Praze, 1908. Small Octavo. 123 Seiten. Hier liegen beide Einbandvarianten dieser seltenen Rilke – Erstausgabe vor. Original Hardcover und die Ausgabe in illustrierter Broschur. Beide Ausgaben in Mylar. First Czech translation of the “Zwei Prager Geschichten.” / Erste tschechische Ausgabe von Rilke’s “Zwei Prager Geschichten” / Das Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt der Hardcover-Ausgabe etwas angeraendert. / Very fresh rather stunning binding of the Hardcover-edition ! Very good+, with some fraying to the brittle endpaper and titlepage. / Both binding-variations of this very rare Rilke publication / Signed by a preowner (not Rilke) on the cover of the softcover-edition.

6161. Fallada, Hans / Šváb, Jaroslav.

Obcánku, a co ted ? / [Little Man, what now ?] / [Erste tschechische Ausgabe von “Kleiner Mann was nun ?] Roman. [Z nemciny prelozil Josef Vrbata. Treti vydani Typografickou upravu, onbalku a vazbu navrhl Jaroslav Svab Vytiskla “Osveta”, spolecnost s o.r. ve Valasskem Mezirici pro makladatele Josef Hampla v Celakovicich roku 1936].

Celakovicich / Celákovice, Nakladartel Josef Hampl Knihkupec, 1936. Octavo. 301 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by typographer Jaroslav Šváb, in protective collector’s mylar. First czech edition in publisher’s printed wrappers. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Uncut pages. Extremely scarce publication of Hans Fallada’s “Little Man, what now ?” / “Kleiner Mann, was nun ?”. Extremely Rare / Scarce !!

6162. Larsson, Tage / Sjoegren, Karl Gustav Torsten.

A methodological, psychiatric and statistical study of a large Swedish rural population.

Copenhagen, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1954. Octavo. 250 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / signed by Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren to fellow psychiatrist Erik Strömgren.

6163. Winchester, Simon.

The Map that Changed the World – William Smith and the Birth of modern Geology.

First Edition. New York, HarperCollins, 2001. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIX, 329 pages. With 32 illustrations by Soun Vannithone and frontispiece (William Smith’s 1801 Map [bound in at page XIII]). Original Hardcover with the illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition.

6164. Von Keyserling, Eduard.

Coeurs Multicolores. Traduit de l’allemand par Jacqueline Chambon.

Nimes, Éditions Jacqueline Chambon, 1991. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 124 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6165. Reeves, James.

Understanding Poetry.

Unabridged. London, Pan Books Ltd. / William Heineman Ltd., 1967. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. 207 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some clear signs of wear (ink pen scribbling to rear cover and pastedowns). Some ephemera loosely inserted.

6166. [Harris, Wilson] Adler, Joyce Sparer / Adler, Irving (Editor).

Exploring the Palace of the Peacock – Essays on Wilson Harris. Edited by Irving Adler. Foreword by Janet Jagan.

Jamaica / Barbados / Trinidad & Tobago, University of The West Indies Press, 2003. 15 cm x 22 cm. XLI, 106 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the editor Irving Adler to Ann Malamud on endpaper.

6167. Costello, Mary.

Academy Street.

Edinburg / London, Canongate, 2014. 14 cm x 22cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6168. [Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 – 1945.

Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as “Smyth Report” on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127.

6169. [Tennyson, Charles] Madden, Lionel.

Sir Charles Tennyson – an Annotated Bibliography of his Published Writings. Lionel Madden with a biographical introduction by Hope Dyson.

Lincoln, Tennyson Society, 1973. 14.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 37 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Black and white photograph of Tennyson inside endpaper. Monographs (Tennyson Society) : no.6.

6170. Kenner, Hugh.

The Mechanic Muse.

New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Near new. Some ephemera inside cover including a leaf from publisher noting this book as an advance copy (dated November 27, 1986).

6171. Lloyd, John.

Historic Cars.

Surrey, Ian Allen Ltd., 1958. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 62 pages. Black and white photographs throughout. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Three ink pen underlinings on back pages. [Ian Allan abc Series.]

6172. [Mendel, Gregor] Krumbiegel, Dr. Ingo.

Gregor Mendel und Das Schicksal Seiner Entdeckung.

Stuttgart, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., 1957. 13 cm x 21 cm. 144 pages. Several illustrations, tables and pictures throughout. Original Hardcover. Former library copy with library sign fixed with sellotape to covers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Goettingen University library stamp and ink pen on title page.

6173. Clark, Grahame.

Archaeology and Society – Reconstructing The Prehistoric Past.

Third Edition. London, Methuen & Co Ltd., 1960. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 272 pages. Several illustrations, charts, black and white photographs etc throughout the publication. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in blue ink pen on endpage. Some annotation in red ink pen on pages 159 – 161. Small dogear on last page.

6174. Cornford, F.M.

From Religion to Philosophy – A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation.

New York / Evanston, Harper & Row, 1957. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 275 pages. Original Softcover. Poor condition with obvious signs of external wear. Several annotations in pencil throughout book. from the library of philosopher Graham Parkes with his name on endpaper, dated Berkeley, 1977.

6175. [Blake, William].

The Selected Poems of William Blake. With Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Dr. Bruce Woodcock (University of Hull).

Hertfordshire, Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1994. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. XXII, 384 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some annotations in pencil on pages V – VI and pages 191 – 196. Previous owners name in ink pen inside front cover.

6176. Carroll, Lewis.

The Hunting of The Snark – An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

London, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1916. 10.5 cm x 15,5 cm. XII, 83 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with clear signs of external wear. Upper hinge bumped. The name J.J. Pitcairn discreetly stamped on pastedown cover and on title page. Minor discolouring of pages, mostly on pastedowns.

6177. Culler, Jonathan.

The Pursuit of Signs – Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction.

New York, Cornell University Press, 1981. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIII, 242 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6178. The Council for Croquet Assosiation.

The Official Handbook of the Laws of Association Croquet and Golf Croquet and The Regulations for Official Tournaments etc. Confirmed and Adopted by the Council of The Croquet Association 1953.

London, The Croquet Assosiation, 1953. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm. IV, 48 pages. Original Pamphlet. Good condition with only minor signs of wear throughout. Sellotape used to keep covers together which has become detached. The rest of the pamphlet is intact however although staples are rusted.

6179. Toptani, Count Ilias.

Modern Show Jumping – The South American Method.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1954. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 183 pages. 48 black and white photographs and 27 line drawings throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration on some pages and more markedly on endpapers with foxing throughout. Signature in ink pen on endpaper.

6180. Gibbons, Reginald (Editor).

The Writer in Our World – a Symposium Sponsored by Triquarterly Magazine.

Boston / New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 296 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the jacket only. The book itself and it’s cover are in close to new condition. Newsletter from publisher loosely inserted.

6181. Nicholson, T.R.

European Cars 1886 – 1914.

London, Ian Allan, no date.[c.1963] 14 cm x 22 cm. 72 pages. Several Black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Birthday greeting in ink pen on endpaper. [Veteran & Vintage Series]

6182. Service, Elman R.

Profiles in Ethnology – Third Edition.

Third Edition. New York / Hagerstown / a.o., Harper & Row, 1978. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. XVI, 491 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout and maps relating to each chapter. Original softcover. Poor condition with obvious signs of external wear. One or two pages creased. Some foxing on endpapers.

6183. [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”.

6184. [Sheahan, Thomas] Lane, Fintan.

In Search of Thomas Sheahan: Radical Politics in Cork, 1824 – 36.

Dublin / Portland, OR, Irish Academic Press, 2001. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 69 pages. Black and white photographs, tables and drawings throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration on pages around the edges. A number of annotations in pencil throughout. [Maynooth Studies in Irish local history: Number 37. Raymond Gillespie (Series Editor).]

6185. 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.

6186. Wheelwright, Philip (Editor).

The Presocratics.

New York, The Odyssey Press, Inc., 1966. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 337 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes with his name on endpaper. Some foxing to the edges and an ink mark on bottom edge. Some annotations in pencil throughout the book.

6187. Reeve, C.D.C.

Socrates in the Apology – An Essay on Plato’s Apology of Socrates.

Indianapolis / Cambridge, Hackett Publishing Company, 1989. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. XV, 207 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name to the endpaper.

6188. Kemp, Wolfgang.

Sermo Corporeus – Die Erzählung der mittelalterlichen Glasfenster. [The Narrative of Medieval Stained Glass Windows]

München, Schirmer-Mosel, 1987. 17 cm x 24 cm. 325 pages. 124 black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings and 15 pages of colour plates. Hardcover / Originaler Ganzleinenband mit Schutzumschlag in Mylar. Aussergewoehnlich guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Colour plates in excellent condition.

6189. University College Cork ( R.F.C.).

U.C.C. R.F.C. Centenary History – 1874 – 1974.

Cork, University College Cork, 1974. 18 cm x 24.5 cm. XXII, 120 pages. Several black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6190. Ó Céileachair, Séamas (an chuir in eager) [Micheál Mac Liammhóir, Seán ó Ríordáin, Liam ó Murchú].

Nuafhilí (1942 – 1952).

Baile Áitha Cliath, Oifig An tSoláthair, 1965. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. XV, 249 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration on paintdowns and endpapers only. Four very small ink pen marks on page 152 with some evidence of this being a well thumbed page.

6191. [English History Collection] – Barclays Bank Ltd.

The Story of a Site.

England, Charles Barker and Sons Limited, 1959. 20.5 cm x 26 cm. 24 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout publication. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and discolouration on endpapers only. Original calling card of bank manager inside cover.

6192. Clarke, Austin / Le Brocquy, Louis (Illustrator).

Poetry in Modern Ireland.

Second Edition. Dublin, Colm O Lochlainn, 1961. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. 77 pages. 6 Sketches by Louis Le Brocquy. Origina, illustrated Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock intact but cover cleanly detached. Minor discoloration to endpapers only. Pages 45 to 48 untrimmed. [Irish Life and Culture Series for the Cultural Relations Commitee of Ireland (No.2)]

6193. [English History Collection] – Willett, Wilfred / Webb, Amy D. (Illustrator).

British Wild Flowers and their Garden Varieties – Cornfield Flowers.

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Six coloured, tipped-in-plates and several drawings throughout publication. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some spotting evident on edges and markedly so on first and last few pages. Internal pages almost entirely free of spotting. Colour plates in very good condition. Previous owner’s name and address in ink pen on inside of cover. [British Wild Flowers Series (No.4)].

6194. Flanagan, Thomas.

The Year of the French.

London, Macmillan London Limited, 1979. 16 cm x 24 cm. 516 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small paper defect. Out of print.

6195. [English History Collection] – Wilson, Ben.

The Making of Victorian Values – Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789 – 1837.

New York, The Penguin Press, 2007. 16 cm x 24 cm. XV, 445 pages. A few black and white plates in the centre pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and date of preowner inscribed on endpaper. Otherwise as new.

6196. Bellow, Saul.

The Adventures of Augie March.

First British Book Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 536 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very slight discolouring of edges and pages. Two inscriptions on endpaper dated 1954 and 1976.

6197. Mills, C. Wright.

The New Men in Power – America’s Labor Leaders. With the assistance of Helen Schneider.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 323 pages. Several tables throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with obvious signs of external wear to the dust jacket and minor wear to the cover. Pages only slighty discoloured. Name in ink pen on endpaper. Annotations in pencil throughout.

6198. Mann, Klaus.

Der Wendepunkt – Ein Lebensbericht.

München, Edition Spangenberg, 1976. 11.5 cm x 19 cm. 596 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6199. [Dou, Gerard] Martin, W.

Gerard Dou. Translated from the Dutch by Clara Bell.

London, George Bell and Sons, 1902. 13 cm x 20 cm. XII, 152 pages. Several black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpapers and pastedowns markedly discoloured with signs of an old dampstain and some tanning of first and last few pages. A little colour staining between cover and endpaper. Internal pages and plates in good condition. Some foxing throughout. Rare. [Bell’s Handbooks of the Great Masters in Painting & Sculpture. Edited by G.C. Williamson, Litt.D.]

6200. McKee, Alexander.

Farming The Sea – The First Steps into Inner Space [including information on Kelp].

London, Souvenir Press, 1967. 14 cm x 22 cm. 314 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing, on endpapers and pastedowns mostly.