6261. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed / Bowles, Paul (Recorded and Translated by).

A Life Full of Holes. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1964. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 310 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles on the halftitle.

6262. [Stevenson, Robert Louis] Simpson, E. Blantyre.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Edinburgh Days. Illustrated.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece (R.L.S. “A deal of Aerial, just a streak of Puck, Much Anthony, of Hamlet most of all, And something of the shorter Catechist” W.E. Henley), VI, 293 pages. Several illustrations (also tipped-in-plates) of Edinburgh throughout some of which are portraits of Stevenson at different times in his life. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt embossed logo and gilt lettering on front board. Deckled fore and bottom edge. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very decent, private giftinscription on endpaper. Protective tissue-guards for illustrations intact throughout. Spine slightly sunned.

6263. Shorter, Dora Sigerson.

The Tricolour – Poems of the Irish Revolution.

Dublin, Maunsel and Roberts, Limited., 1922. 11 cm x 17 cm. 71 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor smudging and discolouration to pastedowns and endpapers. Foxing to edges.

6264. [Knight, Dame Laura] Wortley, Laura (Foreword).

On With The Show – Drawings by Dame Laura Knight DBE. Catalogue notes by Caroline Fox.

London, David Messum / The Studio Fine Art Publications, 1988. 16 cm x 21 cm. 64 pages and a further ten unpaginated. c.64 black and white and colour prints throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Internal pages clean and bright with only one minor smudging to page 65.

6265. 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.

6266. Snyder, Gary.

Back on the Fire – Essays.

California, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by author Gary Snyder on the titlepage. Rare !

6267. Aherne, C.D. [from Flaxfort House in Little Island, Cork] / [O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred]

Professor O’Rahilly – Illusionist.

Cork / Dublin / Essex, Columbian Press, 1941. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 16 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Staples rusted and minor foxing to endpapers only. Rare !

6268. [Banks, Joseph] O’Brian, Patrick.

Joseph Banks – A Life.

Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1997. 14 cm x21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Protrait: Joseph Banks painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds), Frontispiece (Myrmecodia becarii Ant-House Endeavour River), 328 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout and one map. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

6269. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.

The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed. A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts.

London / Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., No Date (c.1931). 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm. VIII, 72 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discolouration and foxing to endpapers and covers. Crease marks evident on several pages. Crack to the bonding evident on title page but book block and cover very much intact. [The Nelson Playbooks Edited by John Hampdon, M.A. (No.105)]

6270. Kearton, Richard.

Wild Life at Home – How to Study and Photograph It. Author of “With Nature and a Camera”, “British Birds’ Nests”, etc. etc. Fully Illustrated by Photographs Taken Direct From Nature by C. Kearton.

London / Paris / a.o., Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece (Male bearded Tit feeding its young), XV, 188 pages. Several black and white photgraphs throughout. Hardcover / Stunning early 20th century masterbinding with ornament borders and gilt ornamented spine. Matching marbeled Endpapers and edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (abrasion to an area on the rear board). Very minor blemish to margin of pages VI to XV. Internal pages clean and bright. Private giftinscription on endpaper (Harry from Podsy, Xmas 1902). Bookplate of J.Henry H.V. Lane on pastedown.

6271. Smith, Macdonald.

Light on Pianoforte Playing.

London, Macdonald Smith, No Date. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 32 pages. Several black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Original softcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small abrasion to cover.

6272. Walter-Verlag.

Seattle – Wir sind ein Teil der Erde. Die Rede des Häuptlings Seattle vor dem Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im Jahre 1855.

Olten, Walter-Verlag, 1985. 12 cm x 20.5 cm. 37 pages. Some black and white photographs throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6273. Sinclair, A.R.E. / Arcese, Peter (Editors).

Serengeti II – Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem. [Serengeti in the Context of Worldwide Conservation Efforts].

Chicago / London, The University of Chicago Press, 1995. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 665 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6274. Austen, Jane / Chapman, R.W. (Collated by).

The Novels of Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion with introductory notes. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman With Notes Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources.

One Volume. Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1988. 12 cm x 19 cm. Northanger Abbey: Frontispiece (The Pumphouse, &c. From Bath, Illustrated from a Series of Views, from the Drawings of John Claude Nattes, 1806), XIII, 252 pages / Persuasion: Frontispiece (Autumnal Walking Dress, Invented by Mrs. Bell. From La Belle Assemblée, 1815), 333 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout both novels. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen on endpaper. [The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen (Volume V of VI)].

6275. Buñuel, Luis / Dali, Salvador / Vigo, Jean (Foreword).

Un Chien Andalou. Transcription and Introduction by Phillip Drummond.

London / Boston, Faber and Faber, 1994. 13 cm x 21.5 cm. XXVI, 38 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout the book. Original illustrated softcover slipcase with VHS Tape and book. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to box, book and VHS Tape. From the private library of irish photographer John Minihan.

6276. Symons, N.V.H.

The Story of Government House [Raj Bhavan].

Bengal, Bengal Government Press, 1935. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece (Lord Wellesley as Govenor General, 1800 from a painting by R. Home), 155 pages, XVII. Some black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with obvious signs of external wear. Book block and binding intact although frontipiece is cleanly detached. Message in ink pen to endpaper “With love to Henry from the Staff 29/5/46”. Covers slightly warped.

6277. [Smith, W. Eugene] Lasko, Gene (Director).

Photography Made Difficult. Writer Jan Hartman from the letters of W. Eugene Smith. Production Design Stephen McCabe, Cinematography William Megalos, Editor Susan Steinberg, Co-Producer Marthe Smith, Executive Producers Greg Andorfer and Susan Lacy, Produced by Kirk Morris. Running Time 89 Minutes, English Language PAL VHS.

New York, WES FORee Productions, Inc. / QED Communications, Inc. / Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1989. 16cm x 19.5 cm. One VHS Tape. Original VHS and case. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6278. Delany, Ronnie.

Staying the Distance.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 2006. 18 cm x 25 cm. 208 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page and lable on spine. Dog ear on page 158. Intenal pages clean and bright.

6279. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Leaves on Grey.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 13 cm x 20 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript Postcard from author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

6280. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Internal pages fine. Manuscript letter from the author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.