1001. Bucknall, Geoffrey.

Fly Tying for Beginners. Illustrated by Keith Linsell and Ted Andrews. With a foreword by Dermot Wilson.

London/ Tonbridge, Ernest Benn Limited, 1979. 19.4cm x 10.5cm. viii, 96 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1002. Bucknall, Geoffrey.

Modern Techniques of Still-Water Fly-Fishing. Illustrations by Noel Messenger.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1980. 25. xi, 101 (10) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1003. Budge, Ian.

Belfast: Approach to Crisis – A study of Belfast politics, 1613 – 1970.

London, Macmillan, 1973. Octavo. XXI, 396 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

1004. [Bührle, Emil G.] Kunsthaus Zürich.

Sammlung Emil G. Bührle. Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle. 7.Juni – Ende September 1958.

Zürich, K. Mannhart, 1958. 26,5 cm x 22 cm. 253 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

1005. Bürgin, Hans/ Mayer, Hans-Otto (Hrsg.).

Thomas Mann. Eine Chronik seines Lebens. Zusammengestellt von Hans Bürgin und Hans-Otto Mayer. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weiss Fotografien.

Erste Auflage. Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer Verlag, 1965. 15 x 22 cm. 283 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Im originalen Schutzumschlag. In Mylar. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1006. Büttner, Max.

Romantik der Briefmarke. Geschichten, Abenteuer, Anekdoten. Mit 151 schwarzen und 120 farbigen Markenbildern auf 10 Kunstdrucktafeln.

Stuttgart, Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart, 1957. 18 x 25,5 cm. 88 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebunden. Im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1007. Buhlmann, Walbert. O.F.M. Cap.

The Chosen Peoples. Translated from the German by Robert R.Barr.

Slough, St Paul Publications, 1982. 14 cm x 22.2 cm. 285 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1008. [Building News].

The Building News and Engineering Journal – Six Volumes bound in Five – With c. 600 original, stunning Lithographs of Architectural Buildings and Designs [Volume XIV (which is the complete Year 1867, January to December, but erroneously says 1868 on spine) / Volume XXII and Volume XXIII (which is the complete Year 1872, January to December) PLUS: Three Volumes with hundreds of plates / illustrations for the years 1873, 1877 and 1878. Being the very rare Illustrations / Plates – Volumes only (no text) for 1873: Volume The Twenty-Fourth / Volume Twenty-Fifth and 1877: Volume The Thirty-Second / Volume The Thirty-Third and 1878: Volume The Thirty-Fourth and Volume The Thirty-Fifth.

London, Office for Publication and Advertisements, 1868 / 1872 / 1873 / 1877 / 1878. (23 cm x 32.5 cm). All Five Volumes together contain c. 600 stunning lithographs / plates of which c. 180 are large, double-page-plates. [c. 60 plates missing or defect.] Original Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Overall very firm and in very good condition of the five volumes with occasional pages missing or some illustrations torn (see detailed descriptions of pagination). The 1873 Volume excellent. The Volumes 1877 and 1878 with some stronger fraying and dampstain-damage to the corners (Illustrations NOT effected). The price for these 5 heavy Volumes includes international free UPS Express shipping.

1009. [Bukowski, Charles] Leo, Teresa (editor).

Painted Bride Quarterly, Number 52: Includes for example the following poems/essays: Sandbox – J.M Cummings / Power – Lynn McGee / “piss” – Charles Bukowski / Scatter – Paul Violi / Contributors Notes etc.

Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center, 1993. 14 cm x 22 cm. 61 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1010. [Bulgaria Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Atanasov, Anton / Boncev, Ek. / Ager, D.V. /

Collection of more than fifteen (15) important publications on the Geology of Bulgaria from the William Daniel Gill Collection. The collection includes for example: 1. Anton Atanasov – “Indices de Naphte sur le Littoral de la Mer Noire” [Translates: “Naphtha deposits on the Black Sea coast” – The publication is in Russian with a french synopsis and it includes illustrations and a map] (1964) / 2. Mandev, P. – Bulgaria – (Storia della ricerca / Geologia / Manifestazioni e giacimenti di idrocarburi / Economia del petrolio / Leteratura) – Inscribed and signed in Sofia, 1966 / and many other publications on Bulgarian Gas and Oil Exploration and Geology (see images attached to this inventory number of each Publication included). Other Publications are for example Mandev’s Tract on “Geologische Erkundung von Erdoel und Ergas in Bulgarien” or V. Vuchev’s and A. Naidenova’s publication “On the Open Porosity and the Optimum of the Samples for its Determination by the Saturation Method (I.A.Preobrazhenski’s Method) [In Russian] / etc.

1964 – 1966. Quarto. Mit zwei Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gerald Patzeld.

1011. Bull, D.J. / Oliver, L.K.

Shoreham Memories. A Photographic Record.

Shoreham-by-Sea, Nostalgia Publications, 1979. 8°. IV, 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

1012. Bullard, Asa.

Sunnybank Stories: Reward of Merit. Compiled by Asa Bullard. Illustrated.

Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1863. Duodecimo / Miniature book. 64 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1013. Bullett, Gerald [ed.].

Silver Poets of the Sixteenth Century. Edited with an introduction by Gerald Bullett.

Edinburgh, Morrison & Gibbs, 1962. 11 cm x 17,5 cm. XVIII, 428 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text. [Everyman’s Library Number 985].

1014. Bumpus, Judith.

Impressionist Gardens.

Oxford, Phaidon, 1990. 25.5 cm x 30 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1015. Bunting, Basil.

Briggflatts.

Highgreen, Bloodaxe Books, 2009. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clipping.

1016. Burchfield, Robert.

The English Language. Introduction by Robert McCrum. Afterword by John Simpson.

London, The Folio Society, 2006. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XXIII, 230 pages. Original Hardcover. Quarter cloth-bound volume with original slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1017. Burckhardt, Erwin.

Chinesische Steinabreibungen.

Erste Auflage. München, Hirmer Verlag, 1961. 17,5 x 19 cm. 24 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen äusseren Gebrauchsspuren.

1018. [Burgess, Anthony] Lewis, Roger.

Anthony Burgess.

London, Faber & Faber, 2002. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXXVII, 434 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1019. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

1020. Burgess, Graham/ Pedersen, Steffen.

The Queen’s Gambit for the Attacking Player.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1995. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. 176 pages. Original softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1021. [Burke, Edmund].

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. With an Introductory Discourse concerning Taset, and several other Additions.

A New Edition. London, Printed for J.Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1787. Octavo. IX, [7 unnumbered], 342 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with original, red spine-label. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Spine cracked but still firm and holding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

1022. [Burke, Edmund].

Account of the European Settlements in America – In Six Parts [Published in Two Volumes of which we offer here Volume II pf the rare Irish Edition only and which includes the “Description of Canada” and “Cape Breton”, The West-Indies, Nova Scotia, Several Southern States etc.]. The Six Parts are: I. A short History of the Discovery of that Part of the World / II. The Manners and Customs of the original Inhabitants. / III. Of the Spanish Settlements. / IV. Of the Portuguese. / V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. / VI. Of the English. / Each Part contains: An Accurate Description of the Settlements in it, their Extent, Climate, Productions, Trade, Genius and Dispositions of their Inhabitants : the Interests of the several Powers of Europe, with respect to those Settlements and their Political Commercial Views with regard to each other.

The Fourth Edition, with Improvements. Volume II [of two]. Dublin, Printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-Street, 1762. Small Octavo (10.5 cm wide x 17.5 cm high). [5], 301 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Binding still firm with the spine starting. Small stain to rear board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1023. Burke, Gerald L.

The Making of Dutch Towns – A Study in Urban Development from the Tenth to the Seventeenth Centuries. [with interesting chapters and maps e.g. “Trade Routes circa 1450”]. Foreword by Sir William Holford.

First Edition. London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd. 1956. 19cm x 25cm. 176 pages, with 99 illustrations. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1024. Burke, Helen.

The Royal Hospital Donnybrook. A Heritage of Caring 1743-1993.

Dublin, The Royal Hospital Donnybrook, 1993. 16,5 cm x 24 cm. 378 pages. Original Softcover. With many black-and-white photographs. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slight fold to front cover.

1025. Burke, James Lee.

To The Bright and Shining Sun.

Missoula, Dennis McMillan Publications, 1989. 14 cm x 20 cm. 241 pages. Original softcover. Good condition only with signs of wear and some minor staining to the endpaper and titlepage. Contains inscription by previous owner.

1026. Burke, Kenneth.

Shakespearean Persuasion.

Yellow Springs, Ohio, The Antioch Press, 1964. Octavo. 36 pages. Softcover. Offprint. Very good. Reprinted from the Antioch Review, Spring 1964.

1027. Burke, Peter.

Offene Geschichte. Die Schule der Annales.

Berlin, Wagenbach, 1991. 8°. 138 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Besitzvermerk und Inventarnummer auf Titel und verso Titel. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

1028. Burland, Cottie.

North American Indian Mythology.

London, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., 1965. 21 x 28.5cm. 153 pages, with text illustrations throughout and 26 colour plates. Original clothbound hardcover. Some signs of external wear including fading, bumping and staining. Internally in excellent condition other than minor text annotations.

1029. [Burnet, Gilbert] / Higgons, B.

Historical And Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet’s History Of His Own Time. The Second Edition, with Additional Remarks. To which is added a Postscript, in answer to the London Journal of the 30th of January and 6th of February, 1724/1725.

London, Printed for P.Meighan, 1727. Octavo. [8], 348, [12] pages including Index and advertising of Books sold by P.Meighan. Hardcover / Oriignal 18th century full calf with ornament to spine and new spine-label created to style. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

1030. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.

The Secret Garden.

In one Volume. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1912. Small Octavo. 286 pages. Original publisher’s softcover wrapper. Name of preowner on titlepage. Rear brochure missing. Still firm and with only minor signs of fraying. Good overall condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare Tauchnitz edition of this important book. [Tauchnitz Edition – Collection of British Authors Volume 4324].

1031. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spotting to the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

1032. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Robinson, Charles.

The Secret Garden. Illustrated.

Second edition. Reprinted. London, Book Club Associates, 1976. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages. 8 original colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Charles Robinson. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition throughout.

1033. Burns, Brian P.

“A Rising People” – The Brian P.Burns Collection of Irish Art. Edited by Robert Kohn.

Newtownabbey, Nicholson & Bass, 2017. Quarto (25.5 cm wide x 31 cm high). 255 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

1034. Burns, Robert.

The Works of Robert Burns ; With An Account of his Life, And A Criticism on his Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry.

The Seventh Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies and W.Creech at Edinburgh, by J.McCreery, Black-Horse-Court, Fleet-Street, 1813. Octavo (14.2 cm wide x 22 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece-Portrait of Robert Burns, XII, 395 pages / Volume II: XXIV, 470 pages / Volume III: XII, 422 pages / Volume IV: XXIV, 414 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative, full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Beautiful, marbled endpapers and marbled adges. Excellent, unusually firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The bindins, hinges and spine in sturdy condition, very rare for such a set of Burns’ Works, which were always read intensely in the 19th century. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch Hose), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With an additional manuscript-entry of a pre-owner: “Elizabeth Conner, Nov. 12th, 1827”.

1035. Burrard, Major Sir Gerald.

The Modern Shotgun. Volume I – The Gun.

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1947. 8°. 242 pages. 242 pages. Good condition with some clear signs of external wear.

1036. Burrell, Arthur.

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

London, J.M. Dent, 1909. 11 cm x 17 cm. XIII, 124 pages. With 24 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition, some foxing or discolouration externally and internally.

1037. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

Escape On Venus. Wanderers on a world of weird people and uncanny kingdoms.

New York, Ace Books Inc., [c.1969]. 10,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 254 pages. Original illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All page edges orange. Cover art and title page illustration by Roy Krenkel Jr. [Venus Series]

1038. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

1039. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].

1040. Burton, Richard F / [edited by Burton, Isabel].

First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar. Two Volumes Bound as One.

New York, Dover Publications Inc., no year (c.1987). 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXIV, 485 pages (vol.1, 209 pages / Vol.2, 276 pages). 11 illustrations and 2 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to top edges. Interior bright and clean

1041. Burton, Richard [That was the Pseudonym / Nom de Plume for Nathaniel Crouch].

The Wars in England, Scotland and Ireland – Or, An Impartial Account of all the Battels [sic], Sieges, and other Remarkable Transactions, Revolutions and Accidents, which have happened from the beginning of the Reign of King CHARLES I. in 1625, to his Majesties happy Restauration, 1660. By Richard Burton.

The Fifth Edition very much enlarged. London, Printed for J.R.for Nat. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1684. Duodecimo. Frontispice, [2], 231, [3] pages. With four ful-page woodcuts (including Frontispice) showing historical events, beheadings etc. Page 227 misprinted as page 229. LAst three pages are “Delights for the Ingenious – Books printed for N. Crouch”. Original full leather-covered boards. Binding in very poor condition with larger parts of the leather missing. Minor lesions to Frontispice and some papes to front and rear. Extremely rare !

1042. [Burton, Sir Richard] McLynn, Frank.

Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton. Illustrations by Howard Phipps.

London and Sydney, Scribners, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 211 pages. With several illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

1043. Burton, Walter Henry.

An Elementary Compendium of the Law of Real Property.

First Edition. London, J. & W.T. Clarke, 1828. Octavo. XVI, 548 pages plus 42 pages of Index and 2 pages of an “Digest of Reports”. Hardcover / Original full calf with gilt lettering on original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

1044. Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.

Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.

Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]

1045. Bus, Bert.

Een Avontuur Van Archie de Man van Staal – 5. Archie Contra Mister Magneto.

Haarlem, Uitgave Oberon B.V., 1981. 22 cm x 28 cm. 32 pages. Several colour comic strip illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1046. Busby, Richard.

Grammatica Busbeiana, Auctior et Emendatior : Id Est Rudimentum Grammaticae Graeco-Latinae Metricum in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis.

London, G.Ginger, 1809. Octavo. 230 pages with Calendarium Romanum / [Bound with: “Graecae Grammaticae Compendium” – London, G.Ginger, 1810. 40 pages]. Hardcover / Fantastic, original full suede-leather binding with ornament on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

1047. Bush, Peter R.; Malmkjær, Kirsten:

Rimbaud’s rainbow. Literary translation in higher education.

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, John Benjamins publishing company, 1998. 23 cm. VIII, 202 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Benjamins translation library, v. 21.

1048. Bush, Peter R.; Malmkjær, Kirsten.

Rimbaud’s rainbow. Literary translation in higher education.

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, John Benjamins publishing company, 1998. 23 cm. VIII, 202 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Benjamins translation library, v. 21.

1049. Bushe, Paddy.

Digging Towards The Light.

Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1994. 15 cm x 21 cm. 63 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing only.

1050. Bushe, Paddy.

To Make the Stone Sing.

First Edition. Killarney, Sceilg Press, 1996. Octavo. 70 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and slight staining to the cover. Illustrations by Catriona O’Connor.