2091. Becker, Wilhelm Adolph.

De Romae Veteris Muris Atque Portis [Translates: “On the Walls and Gates of Old Rome”].

Dissertatio Topographica. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, (1842). 8°. 132 Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Etwas angestaubt. Die originale, gedruckte Dissertation des Altphilologen Wilhelm Adolph Becker (Dresden). Selten !

2092. Tennent, Sir J. Emerson.

The Story of the Guns.

First Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. 8°. XXII, 364 pages with 33 illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Good + condition with stronger signs of external wear (some staining). The binding is still firm and strong but the first five and the last 4 pages show some waterstaining. This copy would have not made it into our catalogue if Ray Riling would not recommend it and it would not be extremely scarce and rare due to the inscription of the author to Sir Henry Josias Stracey, 5th Baronet and British 19th century Conservative Politician (portrayed in Vanity Fair magazine in 1875).

2093. Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Le Flaneur des Deux Rives.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions la Sirene, 1918. 17.5 x 10 cm. 113 pages. Broché originale en relié demi-cuir rouge couverture rouge marbré. Bon état. Dos un peu frotté très légèrement craquelé, nom de l’auteur en dorés sur dos en cuir rouge. Intérieur en bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Exemplaire avec photographie de l’Auteur. Nom de l’ancien propriétaire inscrit á la plume sur la page de garde, Paris daté 1925. Edition originale avec le monogramme G A a la justification du tirage. / Original brochure bound in contemporary half leather. [Collection des Tracts.– No.2.]

2094. 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Curious Family History; or, Ireland Before the Union: Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s unpublished Diary.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.

2095. Chlumsky, Milan.

Das Heidelberger Schloss in der Fotografie vor 1900 [The Castle of Heidelberg in 19th century photographs].

Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 1990. 4°. 139 pages with numerous black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

2096. Keightley, S. R. / [Keightley, Sir Samuel Robert (1859–1949)].

Lucht pící a’s sleagh – The Pikemen. Séamus Ó Ceallaigh do chuir Gaedhilg air.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 382 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 !

2097. Ó Muirthile, Liam.

An Colm Bán – La blanche colombe. [Signed and inscribed by the author]

Baile Átha Cliath, Cois Life Teoranta, [2014]. 22 cm. 265 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

2098. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

2099. Rifbjerg, Klaus.

Udenfor har vinden lagt sig. Prosadigte. Med 5 linoleumssnit af Arne Haugen Sørensen.

København, Brøndum, 1984. 21.9 cm x 24.3 cm. 42 pages. Illustrated with five coloured linoleum sections by Arne Haugen Sørensen. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

2100. Flanagan, Very Rev. Canon.

A History of the Church in England (Vol. I & Vol II). From the Earliest Period, to the Re-establishment of The Hierarchy in 1850.

In Two Volumes (complete set). London, Charles Dolman, 1857. 15 cm x 23 cm. Pagination: Volume I: – XX, 633 pages / Volume II – X, 549 pages. Both volumes in original hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Errata-leaf included in Volume I. Some untrimmed pages in Volume II. Both volumes in good condition with signs of external wear. Spines sunned. Foxing throughout both. Tanning to intial and last few pages only in volume I and more extensive in volume II.