1631. Curie, Pierre.

Oeuvres de Pierre Curie. Publiees par les Soins de la Societe Francaise de Physique.

First Edition. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1908. 24.2cm x 16cm. xxii, 621 (5) pages.With frontispiece photography of Pierre Curie. With black and white photographs. Original Hardcover. With marbling, in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing to endpapers and some pages of text.

1632. Hogan, Desmond.

The Edge of the City – A Scrapbook 1976-91.

London / Boston, Faber and Faber, 1993. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. X, 193 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some discoloration to endpapers and margins of pages. Ephemera as newspaper review of book loosely inserted. Signed and inscribed by author.

1633. Stokes, William.

Ueber die Heilung der innern Krankheiten von dem Standpunkte der neuesten Erfahrung am Krankenbette. Vorlesungen, gehalten an der medizinischen Schule (Park-Street) zu Dublin von William Stokes M.D. Zweite, genau durchgesehene, verbesserte Auflage und vermehrt durch 1) mehrere interessante Abhandlungen von W. Stokes und 2) einige, praktisch sehr wichtige Vorlesungen von Dr. L. Graves in Dublin. Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr.Friedrich J. Behrend.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1839. 8°. VIII, 370 Seiten. Moderner Halbleinenband mit vergoldetem Rückentitel. Sehr gut erhaltenes, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar. Mit Kleinem Stempelchen verso dem Reihentitel. Gering stockfleckig. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzueglichsten und beruehmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes ueber Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshuelfe, bearbeitet und redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J.Behrend. Band II der Reihe].

1634. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Calder Gouaches”. [Lincoln Gallery Art Editions with colour-images protected by colourful tissue-guards / Designed by Royston Cooper].

London, Chelsea Fine Arts Limited, 1961. Octavo. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1635. Stone, Charles R.

The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica – The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun Zhuan). With a Translation and Critical Edition.

Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2003. Octavo. VIII, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition, especially with the wonderfully protected dustjacket. Very Rare but even rarer in this condition !

1636. Adams, Richard.

Shardik – A Novel.

First American Edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1974. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 604 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author on the titlepage: “Yours sincerely, Richard Adams”.

1637. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue: “MIRO – CALDER” – Gallery Urban – 26 Septembre – 10 Novembre 1989.

Paris, Gallery Urban, 1989. Quarto. 31 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1638. [Clarke, Harry] de Burca, Eamonn.

The Harry Clarke Collection – [Catalogue with] A selection of fine watercolours, books, manuscripts, photographs and ephemera items from our Harry Clarke Collection.

Dublin, de Burca Rare Books, 2010. 21 cm x 27 cm. 46 pages with many illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition. Wonderful catalogue with 160 numbers, many references, prices and well described books and ephemera. Important reference work for all collectors and lovers of Harry Clarke.

1639. Fitzpatrick, William J. [John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell, Chief Justice].

Curious Family History; or, Ireland Before the Union: Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s unpublished Diary. A Diary to the Sham Squire and the Information of 1798.

Sixth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, 1880. Small Octavo. XXIV, VIII, 268 pages plus a 16 – page ‘Catalogue of Standard Works’ for James Duffy & Co. Hardcover / original decorative cloth with art nouveau ornament and gilt lettering on spine. Binding with some stronger staining but still in good condition. Interior very good with only minor signs of foxing.

1640. Scholem, Gershom / [Paul Avraham & Betty Alsberg].

Die Erforschung der Kabbala von Reuchlin bis zur Gegenwart.

Pforzheim, Selbstverlag der Stadt Pforzheim, 1969. 12.3 cm x 21.2 cm. 24 Seiten. Original Softcover in publisher’s printed wrappers. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. First edition of this brief text, a prize lecture delivered before the Reuchlin Society of the city of Pforzheim. Inscribed by Scholem to the wife of one of the founding members of Yad Vashem, Paul Avraham Alsberg: “Für Betty Alsberg, in die Kabbala-Ecke mit vielem Dank Gershom Scholem. 17.4.1975 Jerusalem.” Scholem inscriptions are quite uncommon.