421. Barrington, T. J.

The Irish Administrative System.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. Octavo. X, 242 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

422. Barron, Stephanie / Dube, Wolf-Dieter / Dückers, Alexander / and others.

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings. The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies.

One. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Prestel, 1989. 26.5 cm x 31.5 cm. XVI, 211 pages. Richly illustrated throughout. Hardcover – publisher’s original black cloth with lettering on spine. Large blind-tooled reproduction of Conrad Felixmüller’s ‘Selbstbildnis mit Frau’ on front board. The beautifully illustrated dustjacket illustrated with same reproduction in protective collector’s Mylar. Near fine condition.

423. Barrow, John.

Voyage dans la partie meridionale de l’Afrique; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798; par John Barrow, Ex-Secretaire de Lord Macartney…Contenant des observations sur la géologie, la géographie, l’histoire naturelle de ce continent, et une esquisse du caractère physique et moral des diverses races d’habitans qui environnent l’Etablissement du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. / Accompagné: Nouveau Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l’Afrique; Où l’on examine quelle est l’importance du Cap de Bonne-Espérance pour les différentes puissances de l’Europe, considéré comme station militaire et navale; comme boulevart du commerce et de la domination des Anglais dans l’Inde; comme centre des établissemens pour la pêche de la baleine dans les mers Australes; comme acquisition territoriale, et comme entrepôt commercial en tems de paix. Accompagné d’une description statistique de la colonie rédigée sur les documens les plus hautentiques, enrichi de huit belles cartes, contenat celle de la Côte d’Afrique depuis la baie de la Table jusqu’a la baie de Saldanha, des cartes de la baie de Pletenberg, d’Algola, de Mossel et de False bay; du plan militaire de la péninsule du Cap, et de ceux de la baie de la Table et du Knisna. (2 Volumes).

First French Edition. 4 Volumes [complete set of two works with 2 Volumes each]. Paris, Dentu, 1801-1806. 35.5 cm x 55.8 cm. Collation: complete. Pagination: Volume I: XVI, 403, (1) pages / Volume II: 326, (2) pages including Errata-leaf / Volume III: X, 310 pages / Volume IV: 312 pages. Original contemporary red calf with gilt lettering and ornament to lacquer-polished-spine. The Volumes are numbered consecutively, even though these are two separate works. Excellent condition of the binding and interior of this important publication with very minor signs of foxing only ! All the maps in wonderful condition ! First french edition of “Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa” (Barrow’s journey with Lord Macartney in 1797 to the Cape of Good Hope) plus two further Volumes which describe the second journey in 1801 / 1802 to Saldanha Bay [Saldanhabaai] with an early image of Robben Island. The survey of the Dutch colonies was not only a seminal work on South Africa but the beautifully engraved, large folding map of South Africa was a turning point of african cartography and geographical illustration.

424. [Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

425. Barry, Gearóid.

The Disarmament of Hatred – Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-45.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire/New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 23 cm. XIV, 293 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

426. [Barry, James] Dunne, Tom (ed.).

James Barry (1741-1806). The great historical painter. With contributions by William L. Pressly … [et al.].

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery : Gandon Editions, 2005. 31 cm. 224 pages. Illustrations, including portraits, in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

427. [Barry, James] Pressly, William L.

James Barry’s Murals at The Royal Society of Arts – Envisioning a New Public Art.

Cork, CUP (Cork University Press), 2014. Folio (24.5 cm wide x 33.4 cm). Frontispiece, XVIII, 395 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

428. Barry, Michael.

Across deep waters – Bridges of Ireland.

Dublin, Frankfort Press, 1985. 29cm. 160 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

429. Barry, Sir Edward / [Provenance: Charles Robert Scott-Murray (British Conservative politician)].

Observations Historical, Critical and Medical On The Wines Of The Ancients. And the Analogy between them and Modern Wines. With General Observations on the Principles and Qualities of Water, and in Particular on Those of Bath [The City of Bath in Somerset]. Indagatio ipsa rerum tum maximarum tum etiam occultissimarum habet oblectationem. Si vero aliquid occuret quod verisimile videatur, humanissimacompletur animus volupate. CIC. in Lucullo. By Sir Edward Barry, Bart. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal Society.

First and only Edition. London, Printed for T.Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. Quarto (22.5 cm wide x 27 cm high). Pagination: Frontispice Engraving and Title Vignette by eminent english engraver, Isaac Taylor (1730-1807), XII, 479 pages, including an Appendix which is included in the pagination but focuses on an entirey of 58 pages on “Modern Wines” and their behaviours after being imported etc. Includes the Errata leaf to the rear. Original full calf with gilt lettering on spine. Front board cleanly detached. Bookblock in excellent, very clean condition and unusually wide margined for an 18th century Quarto. Provenance: This very rare publication by Cork City – born physician and MP, Sir Edward Barry, is known to be a pioneering study “in the scientific [and medical] analysis of wine, [it was] an influential work on the history of wine which ‘combined a good knowledge of classical literature, chemistry and worldly wisdom’ (Ó Raifeartaigh, 2)” (DIB). Provenance: The book has a fascinating history of provenance and belonged to two important libraries, manifested by two armorial bookplates, preserved on the pastedown and the endpaper. Provenance I: Charles Robert Scott-Murray (1818-1882) of Danesfield House in Medmenham, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire / Provenance II: The book was held until recently in one of the world’s most important collections on Wine and Oenology: The Library of Dr. Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (Bookplate present). The price of this book includes a repair or new binding to the liking of the buyer and also included is the creation of a Solander Box.

430. [Barter, Charlotte/Catherine] A Plain Woman.

Alone Among the Zulus – By a Plain Woman, the Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa.

Second Edition. London / New York, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge / E & J. B. Young & Co., no year [c. 1879]. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, II, 184 pages. With four illustrations (including Frontispiece) plus two examples of melodies transcribed in musical notes. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial design on spine and front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue-guard in good condition. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

431. Barth, Andreas.

Inverse Verkehrung der Reflexion. Ironische Textverfahren bei Friedrich Schlegel und Novalis.

Heidelberg, Winter, 2001. 8°. 392 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe (Pappband) Mit ausführlicher, handschriftlicher Widmung des Verfassers Andreas Barth an die Romanistin Maria Moog-Grünewald. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. [Neues Forum für allgemeine und vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft ; Bd. 14]

432. Barth, Henry.

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa – Including Accounts of Timbúktu, Sókoto, and The Basins of The Niger and Bénuwé.

London, New York, and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co, 1890. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 548 pages. With 8 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a further 44 woodcut engravings throughout the text. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor crack to valley between frontispiece and titlepage. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books – Edited by G.T.Bettany].

433. Barth, Henry [ed. G.T. Bettany].

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Including Accounts of Tripoli, The Sahara, The Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad.

London, New York and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co., 1890. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 608 pages. 8 plates, 98 other illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners of boards very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior is very bright and clean. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books].

434. Barthel, Ludwig Friedrich.

Denn wer die Freude nicht liebt. Ausgewählte Gedichte.

Hamburg, Christians, 1978. 8°. 63 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

435. Barthes, Roland.

L’Aventure Sémiologique.

Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1985. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 359 Pages with Table of Contents. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

436. Bartholomew’s Quarter Inch Map of Ireland.

Galway and Mayo. With Contoured Colouring.

Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, No Date (c.1950). 11 cm x 20.5 cm. Coloured folded map. Original Softcover. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Map detached with additional loose sheets.

437. Bartlett, Robert and Mackay, Angus ed.

Medieval Frontier Societies.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1996. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XIII, 388 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Small crease to back cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

438. Bartolomew’s New Reduced Survey for Tourists & Cyclists.

Killarney & Cork. Scale: 4 Miles to an Inch.

Edinburgh, John Bartolomew & Son Ltd, No Date (c.1910). 10 cm x 20 cm. Coloured folded map. Original Softcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some parts of the map are slightly detached.

439. [Barton, Anna / Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel William Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina of Elm Park] Scott, Sir Walter.

The Antiquary – Volume I and Volume II of a 3-Volume-Set, with the Exlibris and name in ink of Anna Barton, daughter of Hugh Barton and Anne Johnston (relation to the Baron’s of Clarina).

Paris, Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1821. Small Octavo. VII, 221, 228 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with beautiful ornament and lettering to spine. Interior with dampstain but otherwise in very condition with some minor signs of wear only. The two bookplates of Clarina in very good condition, bearing the family’s Motto: “Pro libertate patriae” / “For the liberty of my country”.

440. Barton, Joan.

Night Journey on the Plain. Sixteen New Poems by Joan Barton.

Salibury, Salisbury Printing, 1983. 14,5 cm x 21 cm. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing.