7901. Crawford Art Gallery [Cork].

[c]artography – Map – Making as Artform.

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Octavo. 61 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7902. 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.

7903. [Yugoslavia Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Filjak, R. / Pletikapic, Z. / Nikolic, D. / Aksin, V.

Geology of Petroleum and Natural Gas from the Neocene Complex and its Basement in the Southern Part of the Pannonian Basin, Yugoslavia.

1969. Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7904. Harvey, William – [Harvey, William] van Bemmel, Willem (after the artist) / Houbraken, J. (engraver).

William Harvey M.D.

Original copper engraving portrait of english physician William Harvey, ″ first known physician to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood”. The vintage engraving shows William Harvey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in a medallion draped with cloth, also shows a drawing of the cardiovascular system, parts of a plant, and a snake entwined around a stick, suggesting a caduceus. [The original engraving is framed and comes with an exceptional Facsimile of the first edition of “De Motu Cordis (see images)”]. [Amsterdam], J. Houbraken, no year [c.1770]. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Harvey’s portrait: 32 cm x 38 cm. Size of the actual portrait engraving: 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Excellent condition !

7905. [Albania Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Patzelt, Gerald.

Beiträge zur Stratigraphie Südwestalbaniens – Ein Nachweis Ammonitenführender Unterkreide im ionischen Faziesgebiet.

1964. Quarto. Mit zwei Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gerald Patzeld.

7906. Joyce, James.

Finnegans Wake.

First American Edition. New York, The Viking Press, 1939. Large-8° (15.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). 628 pages. Hardcover without the original dustjacket / Original black publisher’s buckram with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Wonderful tight and excellent overall condition of this rare first american edition of Finnegans Wake. Provenance: From the library of one Robert D. Parsons with his bookplate to the front pastedown, dated in 1941. Tiny Booksellers Label from McClelland & Co. in Columbus, Ohio.

7907. [Joyce, James] Budgen, Frank.

James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses – With a Portrait of James Joyce and four Drawings by the Author [Frank Budgen’s famous illustrations for Ulysses].

First Edition. [Two Volumes]. London / Mayfair, Grayson & Grayson, 1934. Octavo (15 cm wide x 22.4 cm high). Frontispiece – Portrait of a reclining Joyce, 320 pages, complete with all the illustrations in place. Hardcover (original, publisher’s quarter cloth with original spine-label). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Firm example of this rare first edition.

7908. [Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone (TTZ) – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Pozaryski, Wladyslaw / Brochwicz-Lewinski, Wojciech / Tomczyk, Henryk.

Sur le caractere heterochronique de la Ligne Teisseyre-Tornquist (TTZ), entre Europe centrale et orientale [translates: On heterochroneity of the Teisseyre-Tornquist Line between Central and Eatsern Europe].

Paris, 1982. Quarto. 4 pages with map. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by Wojciech Brochwicz-Lewinski to irish geologist Prof. W.E.A.Phillips who gave the paper subsequently to Gill.

7909. [Kuwait Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – [Gill, William Daniel] / Sahabi, Fereydoun.

The Subsurface Geology of the Wafra Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia neutral zone). [Personal copy of eminent geologist William Daniel Gill / Excellent Association – copy with inscription of Sahabi to Gill]. With special reference to the stratigraphy of the Cenomanian. Original Thesis (printed with hand-coloured sections) submitted for the Degree of Master of Science of the University of London.

London, Oil Technology Department of the Imperial College, 1966. Quarto. Pagination: 25 pages text with 23, often large (!) fold-out-maps (some hand-coloured). Hardcover / Private cloth-binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: This set belonged to William Daniel Gill who held it at one point in the Watts Library. It was sold to us from the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor who had this set gifted to him by William Daniel Gill. Inscribed by Fereydoun Sahabi on the endpaper: “To Professor W.D.Gill with best compliments – F. Sahabi – Jan. 1967”. One of the extremely Rare publications on the Geology of Kuwait !

7910. Ó Ríordáin, Seán Pádraig.

Eireaball Spideoige.

The very rare first edition of the poets first book ! Baile Átha Cliath, Sáirséa agus Dill [Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh], 1952. Small Octavo. 118, [2] pages – [With a frontispiece portrait]. Original Hardcover with the fragile, original, transparent dustjacket (the lettered flaps have been attached to the pastedowns with two small strips of sellotape). The transparent dustjacket in poor condition but the volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Three very small dogears. Name of preowner on endpaper. The first edition of this publication is one of the rarest publications of irish poetry / literature. Scarce ! From the library of irish Historian Tadhg Ó Murchú, with his name on the endpaper.

7911. O’Toole, James.

Man Alive – A Comedy in Three Acts.

Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1962. Small Octavo. 120 pages. Original hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication !

7912. 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].

7913. O’Brien, Edna.

House of Splendid Isolation.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994. 16cm x 24cm. 216 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Beautifully signed and inscribed during a promotional booktour by author Edna O’Brien during a visit to the english booktown Hay-on-Wye in the year 1994.

7914. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Mannheim, Karl / Wolff, Kurt Heinrich.

German Sociology (1918 – 1933) – [Signed and Inscribed offprint – Presentation-copy by famous sociologist Karl Mannheim to his student and colleague, the sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Prof.Kurt Wolff in friendship – K.Mannheim – London, April 1946”].

POLITICA, February, 1934. Large Octavo. 21 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The stunning association copy between two german social scientists in exile is a testament to their collegiality and friendship. With one annotation and some markings by Wolff. It is not clear if Wolff met Mannheim in London or if the offprint was sent to him. There is a note in ink by Wolff on the endpaper stating: “Columbus, May 13 ‘46”.

7915. Sapper / Cyril McNeile / [i.e. H.C. McNeile].

Oiléan an Uathbháis – [Island of Terror]. Proinnsias Ó Brógáin do chuir i nGaedhilg.

First gaelic edition. Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, Baile Átha Cliath, 1937. Octavo. 259 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by M.A.Keane. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7916. [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.

7917. Home Mechanic Series / Noel D.Green /

[Historical Knowledge of How to Build]: 1.Bookcases, Tables and Chairs / 2. Concrete, Stone and Brickwork by Noel D.Green / 3. Garages, Greenhouses and Sheds / 4. Toys & Models / 5. Woodworking / 6. Cabinet Making for the Amateur.

6 Volumes. London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1947 – 1950. Octavo (13 cm x 19 cm). 194, 149, 174, 177, 184, 159 pages with hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Original Hardcover with the original dustjackets. All Volumes with the rare dustjackets with some fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare books in this condition.

7918. Lachmann, Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm.

Über drei Bruchstücke niederrheinischer Gedichte aus dem zwölften und aus dem Anfage des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 31 Seiten (Seiten 159 – 190 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7919. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

7920. [Manzur, David] Roberto Burgos Cantor / Fernando Cruz Kronfly / Jaime Duarte French / Gonzalo Hernández Alba / Bernardo Hoyos / Gonzalo Mallarino / Jorge Orlando Melo / Pilar Moreno de Ángel / R.H. Moreno-Durán / Laura Restrepo / Daniel Samper Pizano / Luis Zalamea.

Del Amor y del Fuego. Obra exclusivamente realizada para la presente edición por el maestro David Manzur.

Colombia, Tercer Mundo Editores, 1991. 4°. 270 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

7921. Dirksen, Enne Heeren [auch Enno Heeren Dirksen].

Über die Bedingungen der Integrabilität der Differenzial-Functionen von mehreren Veränderlichen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 20 Seiten (Seiten 79 – 98 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7922. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

7923. Kelly, Howard, A.

Operative Gynecology. With Twenty-Four Plates and Over Five Hundred and Fifty Original Illustrations.

Special reprint edition of the original 1898-edition. 2 volumes (complete set). New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992. 19 cm x 26 cm. c.1140 pages. Vol.I – XVII, 563 pages. With 315 fantastic illustrations and 10 plates / Vol.II – XIII, 557 pages. With 277 illustrations and 14 plates. Hardcover / Stunning full leather in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of preowner on pastedowns of each volume. Limited Edition: No. 541 of ‘The Classics of Medicine Library’ edition. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

7924. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.

7925. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

7926. Aridjis, Homero.

Ojos de Otro Mirar: Poesía 1960-2001.

Primera edición. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2002. 22cm x 14.5cm. 882 páginas. Encuadernación cartoné. En muy buen estado, la encuadernación puede presentar signos de desgaste. From the library of Stasys Gostautas [author of Arte Lituano (1959) and Arte Colombiano (1960)] – with his bookplate/exlibris to pastedown; beautifully inscribed to Gostautas by Homero Aridjis on the titlepage.

7927. Satirical Illustration of the 19th century – [Funny Fellow / Comical Tales]

The Funny Fellow. Comprising His Humorous Sketches And Comical Tales Together With His Droll Songs, Witty Sayings, Laughable Adventures, And Startling Anecdotes

First Edition of a comic-style publication. London, Ward And Lock, 158 Fleet Street / Printed by Levey, Robson and Franklyn, 1862. 11 x 17cm. IV, 220 pages with numerous grotesque illustrations. Original Hardcover with patterned cloth. Binding slightly shaky only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With illustrations in “Punch – Style”.

7928. Ritter, Carl.

Der tellurische Zusammenhang der Natur und Geschichte in den Productionen der drei Naturreiche, oder: Über eine geographische Productenkunde.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 21 Seiten (Seiten 205 – 225 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7929. Cipolla, Carlo M.

Il Valore Di Alcune Biblioteche Nel Trecento. [Estratto dal “Bollettino Storico Pavese”].

Pavia, Tipografia del Libro, 1944. Octavo. 20 pages. Original Pamphlet / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. One of the earliest publications by Cipolla. Signed and inscribed by Cipolla on the cover: “With all my regards – Carlo Cipolla”.

7930. [Michelson, Albert A. / Darwin, Charles / Maxwell, James Clerk] Macmillan, Alexander.

On the Velocity of Light – Small statement of Albert A. Michelson on the experiments of Young and Forbes. In: NATURE. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Volume XXIV. May 1881 to October 1881. [The Volume also containing a contribution by Charles Darwin: “On the Work of Worms” / Howard Grubb’s “Great Vienna Telescope” / etc.

London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1881. 4°. XVI, 624 pages including an original full page potrtrait-engraving of scottish mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Original Hardcover, recently beautifully rebacked with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Pages 559 to 564 with central tear. Few small library stamps (discarded). Also with a contribution by Darwin in the section “Letter to the editor” (Darwin responds to an article “Leaves injured at Night by free radiation”).

7931.

General Act of the Brussels Conference Relative to the African Slave Trade. Signed at Brussels, July 2, 1890. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. February 1892.

London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1892. 15.3 cm x 24.3 cm. 82 pages. Softcover / Publisher’s original blue printed wrapper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small tears to front cover near spine. Binding still strong and firm. [Treaty Series, No.7]

7932. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Grundzüge der Theorie der Sechsundsechskantner und Dreiunddreikantner, entwickelt aus den Dimensionszeichen für ihre Flächen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 47 Seiten (Seiten 217 – 264 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836) plus drei Tafeln im Anhang (davon zwei sehr grosse Falttafeln mit Formeln zu Kalkspat-Rhomboeder und eine Tafel mit Abbildungen). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7933. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Neue Bestimmung einer Rhomboëderfläche am Kalkspath.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 7 Seiten und eine lithographische Tafel im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7934. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Über rechts und links gewundene Bergkrystalle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 18 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 205 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7935. Beil, H.A.

De Practische Imker – Geïllustreerd Maandblad voor de Reform-Bijenteelt.

[Holland], Bureau af “De Practische Imker”, 1906-1907. Quarto. Four Issues (4 Hefte): 1. December 1906 – Proefnummer (December 1906) / 2. Januari 1904 – No.1 / 3. Februari 1907 – No.2 / 4. Maart 1907 – No.3 // Illustrated Softcover. Britte, poor condition of this extremely rare little periodical about beekeeping in the early 20th century.

7936. Preetorius, Emil / [Heidegger, Martin].

Sammlung von zwei originalen Typoskripten von Emil Preetorius, Entwuerfe von Texten mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen; eines der Typoskripte von Preetorius voll signiert: I. “Vom Geheimnis des Sichtbaren” – Fuer die Festschrift “Martin Heidegger zum 70.Geburtstag”. 3- seitiges Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Ergaenzungen und Korrekturen Preetorius’. / II. “Zum Geleit”. 3-seitiges Typoskript zu den Anfaengen der Kunstmesse in Muenchen. Es handelt sich hier wohl um einen Vortrag zum 2.Jahr der “Deutschen Kunst – und Antiquitaeten-Messe im Muenchner Haus der Kunst” (c.1957). Scharfe Kritik am deutschen Kunsthandel, von Emil Preetorius voll signiert und mit zahlreichen handschriftlichen Einschueben und Korrekturen. / III. Kopie eines Vortrages des Rotarieres Preetorius am 30.September 1930 ueber “Das Problem der kuenstlerischen Qualitaet”.

[Muenchen], c.1957. A 4. 6 Seiten original typoskripte; 4 Seiten Kopien. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand dieser Autographen.

7937. George VI. / Edward VIII. / Queen Elizabeth.

Collection of three important vintage magazines on: 1. The Illustrated London News – No. 5096 – Volume 189: ‘Accession Number’ and ‘The Abdication of King Edward VIII.’ / 2. The Illustrated London News No.5116 – Volume 190: Coronation Week Double Number – ‘The Presentation Plate of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’ / 3. The Illustrated London News – No. 5117 – Volume 190: Original Coronation Ceremony Number.

Three Volumes. London, Publishing Office of “The Illustrated London News”, 1936 – 1937. Folio. 61, XVI, 79, XXIV, 71 pages with hundreds of illustrations (many in colour) throughout all three editions. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare set !

7938. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

7939. George, Emery Edward / [Peter Viereck].

The Boy and the Monarch – Sonnets and Variations. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Ann Arbor, Michingan, Ardis, 1987. 16 cm 23,5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Traces of discoloration on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author to the american poet Peter Viereck.

7940. Lange, Richard.

Sammlung mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken / Einzelpublikationen von Richard Lange: 1.Die moderne Anthropologie und das Strafrecht / 2. L’Immagine dell’uomo del Positivismo e L’antropologia Filosofica del Nostro Tempo / 3. Die Todesstrafe im deutschen Strafrecht / 4. La reforma del derecho penal y las ciencias del hombre / 5. Die Strafrechtsreform und die Wissenschaften vom Menschen / 6. Grundfragen der Deutschen Strafrechtsreform / 7. Das Problem der Objektivität im Recht / 8. Die Krise des Strafrechts und seiner Wissenschaften/

Zuerich und andere Orte, Verlag Schulthess & Co. (und andere Verlage), 1955 – 1965. 8°. c. 200 Seiten. Softcover / Broschuren. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Einige der Sonderdrucke sind auch einzeln erhaeltlich da doppelt vorhanden].

7941. Marryat, Frederick [Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson].

Poor Jack. Illustrated by Clarkson Stanfield.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1859. 18 cm. VIII, 500 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, in black and white. Original illustrated hardcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. There is noticeable rubbing to the spine and it has become slightly frayed at its top and bottom; also, an inside page has been cut/torn. Inscribed and signed by Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson to Charles E. Hoyle in 1928.

7942. Prescott, William H. / Robertson, William.

History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth; with, an Account of the Emperor’s Life after his Abdication.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, George Routledge & Co., 1857. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Portrait-Frontispiece of Charles the Fifth (engraved by Charles Cook), VI, 612, 652 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Excellent condition. Rare in this condition and on excellent paper with nearly no sign of foxing.

7943. Shelford, Frederic.

Pioneering. A Series of Four Articles contributed to “The Engineer.”

London / New York, E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1909. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 82 82 pages. With numerous illustrations throughout the text, showing examples of basic equipment, medicines etc. for the pioneer and surveyor [photographs of “A Hammock as commonly used in West Africa” / “Miner’s Dial” / “Instrument Umbrella” (Mosquito Net) / “Edgington’s Aluminium Demi-Johns” / “Doulton’s Traveller Pump Filter” etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to lower corner boards. Some minor signs of staining to pages 46 and 47, otherwise interior very good. Extremely Rare publication for the Settler and Pioneer in Colonial Africa !

7944. [Clarke, Harry] The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial.

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918, Being the Names of Irishman Who Fell in the Great European War, 1914-1918, compiled by The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial with decorative Borders by Harry Clarke.

Reprint of the original edition from 1923. 8 Volumes (complete set). Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2003. Folio. 3200 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy set includes worldwide free shipping per Courier !

7945. [Savigny, Friedrich Carl von] Heindorf, L.F.

Des Quintus Horatius Flaccus Satiren. [Mit der gedruckten Widmung: “Seinem Freunde F.C.von Savigny widmet diesen Commentar als Denkmal der Verehrung und Liebe der Verfasser”]. Erklärt von L.F.Heindorf.

Breslau, bei J.F.Korn, 1815. Octavo. XIV, 476 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Buchblock sauber gelöst. Bindung etwas stärker berieben. Mit umfangreichen Annotationen des Vorbesitzers P.Harre (1866).

7946. Shelley, P.B.

Poesie. Translated into Italian by Roberto Ascoli.

Terza edizione riveduta e accresciuta. Milano, Fratelli Treves, Editori, 1921. 22cm x 15.7cm. XXIV, 120 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary vellum with beautiful, paper covered boards, gilt ornaments and gilt lettering on spine label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of Marion Reilly on pastedown.

7947. Zaccaria, Francisco Antonio.

Bibliotheca Ritualis – Concinnatum opus a Francisco Antonio Zaccaria ac duos in tomos tributum quorum alter de illorum explanatoribus agit. / Tomus I: De libris ad sacros utriusque ecclesiae orientalis, et occidentalis ritus pertinentibus [The sacred books of the Rites of the two churches to the east , and the west] / Tomus II: De librorum ritualium explanatoribus [The books of Rituals explained] / Tomus III: Supplementa continens praemisso cl. viri Joannis Maldonati inedito de Caeremoniis tractatu ciu praeter adnotationes adcedit gemina editoris dissertatio. [Supplement].

High-Class-Reprint of the Rome – edition from 1776. New York, Burt Franklin, no year (c. 1970). Large Octavo. Volume I: LXXXIII, 364 pages / Volume II: XVI, 468 pages / Volume III: 16, CCCLXIV pages. Original Hardcover (Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7948. Dáil Eireann.

Official Correspondence relating to the Peace Negotiations (June – September, 1921). Part I – Preliminary Correspondence / Part II – Correspondence arising from the Conversations at London, between President de Valera and the British Prime Minister.

Dublin, Dáil Eireann, (October) 1921. Slim Folio. 23 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7949. Gerhardie, William Alexander / Kingsmill, Hugh / Youngman Carter, Philip.

The Casanova Fable. A Satirical Revaluation. Illustrated by Philip Youngman Carter.

Rare, limited and signed first edition (No.20 of only 150 copies). London, Jarrolds, 1934. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 223 pages. With seven full-page illustrations in colour. Hardcover / Original, spectacular quarter vellum binding. Signed by William Gerhardie and Hugh Kingsmill. Bookplate / Exlibris of Liverpool book-collector, John Raymond Danson, to pastedown. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7950. Sawyer, A.R. / [G.F.Gresley / W.S.Gresley].

Coal-Mining in South Africa.

Newcastle, G.T. Bagguley, no year (c.1890). 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 44 pages. Excellent, larger fold-out-map (coloured) at rear of the publication, showing the South African coalfields. Several fold-out tables and diagrams at rear related to the coalfields. Softcover / Publisher’s original, printed wrappers. Poor condition of this very scarce pamphlet with strong signs of external wear and chipping to boards. Occasional annotations within the publication. Interior bright and clean. Private gift-inscription in ink on the frontcover: “To W.S.Gresley from his brother G.F.G. [G.F.Gresley]– Capetwon – May – 1890”. [G.F.Gresley was author of e.g.: “The Early History of Robben Island”].