1631. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Barrett, William.

Irrational Man – A Study in Existential Philosophy.

Garden City / New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. Octavo. [4], 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this early engagement with Existentialist philosophy in English and certainly one of the books that defined the terrain for the Beats and later for the Hippy “movement.” Fine in very good+ dust jacket. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff.

1632. [Anonymous].

Guide to Killarney and Glengariff. With a Map and Six Plates.

New Edition, revised and corrected. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1835. 11 cm x 17 cm. Frontispiece, [4], 130 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with spinelabel and label on frontcover. Some staining to the binding but otherwise firm and with the original endpapers intact. Interior in very good condition besides some pages and illustrations being a little dusty. Few illustrations with faded dampstain. Rare and early publication for the tourist in 19th century Ireland. With name of prewoner in ink on titlepage: “Robert Morrison, Shanakiel, Cork”.

1633. Parker, Juli L.

Representations of Murderous Women in Literature, Theatre, Film, and Television. Examining the Patriarchal Presuppositions Behind the Treatment of Murderesses in Fiction and Reality.

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. XVIII, 424 pages. Original Hardcover. Some staining to the rear board. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1634. Rinehart, Mary Roberts / [The American Agatha Christie].

Original Portrait Photograph Signed by the “Amerian Agatha Christie”, Mary Roberts Rinehart.

[USA], c.1915. Quarto (19.5 cm wide xo 24.3 cm high). 1 sheet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1635. South America / Patagonia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Falkland Islands and Patagonia – With Vignettes of Jason Islands, Penguins, Sea Eagles, Fugeans, and Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Winkles and Engraved by W. Lacey. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

1636. Sotheby’s.

The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Part IV: Highly Important French Literature; Monaco, Oct 16 & 17, 1989.

Monaco, Sotheby’s, 1989. 21.3 cm x 27.7 cm. Unpaginated [approx 400 pages]. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to outer cover (spine) and to front and rear endpapers. Minor discolouration to edges. Otherwise binding strong. Interior bright and clean. Contains Price-Result-List of this auction !

1637. Battiscombe, E.

A Descriptive Catalogue of Some of the Common Trees and Woody Plants of Kenya Colony.

London, The Crown Agents for the Colonies, (1926). 18.5 cm x23.5 cm. 142 pages with numerous photographic illustrations and an Index of Vernacular Names. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding strong and firm. Front pastedown carries bookplate of the Linnean Society of London – dated February 1922. Tipped into the endpaper is a Pro forma-‘with compliments’ letter to the Linnean Society’s Librarian from The Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of the Government of Kenya.

1638. Tyler, Josiah.

Forty Years Among the Zulus.

Boston and Chicago, Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society, no year (c.1891). 14 cm x 20 xm. 300 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt tooling on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1639. Hernando, Manuel Calvo.

Viaje al Futuro.

Santiago de Chile / Buenos Aires / Mexico / Madrid / Barcelona, Editorial Pomaire, 1970. 16 cm x 22.5 cm. 251 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

1640. Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.