1841. Santoro, Cesare.

Hitler Germany as seen by a Foreigner. Selected Chapters [This is a contemporary abridged version with the most important chapters only !].

“Translated from the Third German edition”. Berlin, Internationaler Verlag, 1938. 24 cm. 215 pages. Original Softcover. Some rubbing and bumping to the cover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1842. St. John Joyce, Weston.

The Neighbourhood of Dublin – Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association. With numerous Illustrations from the Author’s Photographs & Sketches.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Dublin, M.H.Gill & Son, 1939. Large – Octavo. XX, 512 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. The Volume in firm and excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1843. Shaw, John / John Shaw & Sons, Limited [Wolverhampton].

[Historical, original Sales-Catalogue of this old Wolverhampton Company]: “Governor & Trojan Tools for All Trades” / “Catalogue of Tools for All Trades – 8th Edition”.

Wolverhampton, John Shaw & Sons Limited, May, 1939. Quarto. 288 pages plus pages of an Index. With hundreds of illustrations of Tools throughout the catalogue. Hardcover / Original, illustrated covers also showing a picture of “The New Home of John Shaw & Sons in Wolverhampton” on the rear board [″Six Acres of Manufacturing and Distributing Efficiency”]. Last page of the index torn. Staples rusty. But the overall condition of the catalogue is indeed very good, with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare Historical Catalogue !

1844. Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

1845. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

1846. [Benjamin, Walter] / [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VIII, Doppelheft 1/2 [Volume VIII, Double-Issue 1/2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1939. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

1847. O’Casey, Sean.

Three Volumes of Sean O’Casey’s famous Autobiography: I. I Knock at the Door – Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me (Rare Second Edition, Printed in the year of the First Edition, 1939) / III. Drums under the Windows (First Edition 1945) / VI. Sunset and Evening Star (First Edition, 1954).

Three Volumes (of Six). London, MacMillan & Co., 1939 – 1954. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Volume I (″I Knock at the Door”): includes a fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “Mrs.Susan Casside in a Gala Dress”, VII, 268, [3] pages / Volume III (″Drums under My Window”): includes a Frontispiece-Photograph of “The Rev.E.M.Griffin”, 339, [2] pages / Volume VI (″Sunset and Evening Star”: includes a very fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “The O’Casey’s” [Niall O’Casey, Breon O’Casey, Sean O’Casey, Shivawn [Shivaun] O’Casey, Eileen O’Casey], VII, 311, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. All three Volumes in their original state with the original dustjackets frayed but still very good. Volume I and III with two excellent Bookplates / Giftnote to dustjacket of Volume I; Giftnote to endpaper of Volume VI. Exlibris to pastedown “The Vernons” with artwork from artist H. Cutler” .

1848. Doyle, Lynn.

The Spirit of Ireland. Illustrated from Photographs and from Drawings by Brian Cook.

Third Edition. London, B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1939. 14,5 cm x 22 cm. VIII, 120 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Chipped dustjacket, shaken, some foxing, otherwise in Good condition. Private inscription to front free endpaper.

1849. Massingham H.J. / Hennell, Thomas (Illustrator).

Country Relics. An account of some old tools and properties once belonging to English craftsmen and husbandmen saved from destruction and now described with their users and their stories. “Infinite riches in a little room”.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1939. 16.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XV, 239 pages. Several black and white drawings throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled bottom edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing on dustjacket, edges, pastedowns and endpapers

1850. Simpson, Charles.

Animal and Bird Painting. The Outlook and Technique of the Artist. Illustrated by the Author and with reproductions of famous paintings.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1939. 14.5cm x 22cm. VII, 136 pages with 80 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some stronger signs of wear to the binding.