6921. Laffan, William.

Ancestral Interiors – Photographs of the Irish Country House by Patrick Prendergast. With a Foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin / Essay by William Laffan: “Ancestral Interiors” / Rural Ireland.

Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 2010. Quarto (21.5 cm x 24 cm). 135 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

6922. Lloyd, A.B.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 146 Illustrations and Maps.

Second Popular Impression (Limited to 1500 copies). London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 15 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XXIV, 385 pages. One fold-out map of Toro and Aruwimi districts within interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral and lettering on front board. Good+ condition. Signs of external wear. Bumps to corners. Some staining to front board with small cloth tear evident also. Spine ends rubbed. Valley between front pastedown and endpaper slightly cracked. Binding overall a little shaky but still firm and strong. Roughness to cut edges. Slight tears at edge of fold-out map. Some untrimmed pages. Interior mostly bright and clean.

6923. [Schmidt, Arno] Rauschenbach, Bernd / Fischer, Susanne.

Arno Schmidts LILIENTHAL 1801, oder DIE ASTRONOMEN – Fragmente eines nicht geschriebenen Romans. [Mit der Zugabe, dem Fotoabzug fuer Subskribenten von Zweitausendeins: “DIE WÖRPE BEI LILENTHAL”; aufgenommen von Arno Schmidt am 2. Oktober 1957, mit einer Franka Bonafix-Zweiformatkamera]. Unter Mitarbeit von Susanne Fischer herausgegeben von Bernd Rauschenbach.

[Zürich], Haffmanns Verlag, 1996. Slim-Folio (23.7 cm x 37.7 cm). 171 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition / Sehr guter Zustand. [Eine Edition der Arno Schmidt Stiftung im Haffmanns Verlag].

6924. [English History Collection] – Anonymous [Frederick Corbin Lukis] [Naturalist / Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Rambles among the Channel Islands. By a Naturalist.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no year [c. 1855]. 18 cm. Frontispiece – engraving of the Rocks at Moulin Huet (Guernsey), VIII, 386 pages with many illustrations (wood engravings) of Harbour at St.Peter Port, Guernsey / St.Sampson’s Harbour / St.Helier Harbour, Jersey / Rocks at Greve de Lecq, Jersey, St.Brelade’s Bay etc. etc. Hardcover / Original decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed wiith a private giftinscription on endpaper: “To my Darling Agnes on her Birthday from her loving Father [?], 5th August 1869”.

6925. Finzi, Sergio.

Lavoro dell’inconscio e comunismo. [Signed / Inscribed]

Bari, Dedalo Libri, 1975. 21cm x 13.8cm. 291 (6) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Sergio Finzi on the endpaper.

6926. Ó Céileachair, Séamas.

Bláth an bhaile.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1952. Octavo. 62 pages. Original softcover. 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 !

6927. [Schmidt, Arno] Ruetz, Michael.

Arno Schmidt. Bargfeldt. Mit Texten von Arno Schmidt, Jan Philipp Reemtsma, Michael Ruetz u.a.

1. Auflage, April 1993. (Frankfurt), Zweitausendeins, 1993. Folio (27.5 cm x 37.3 cm). 154 Seiten mit zahlreichen, farbigen, photographischen Abbildungen. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition.

6928. Thompson, James Westfall.

The Lost Oracles. A Masque.

Chicago, Walter M. Hill, 1921. 16.3 cm x 24.9 cm. XI, 143 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Moderate foxing to front and rear hardcover. Slight tear to upper spine. Corners frayed. Foxing throughout, markedly on half-title page. Deckled and discoloured edges. A few notes in pencil at upper right of front pastedown This edition consists of five hundred numbered and signed copies, of which this is number 57. Signed by the author. Includes Vilhelm Meyer’s blindstamp and blue ink inscription on front enpaper. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator, Erik Haugaard.

6929. [Daniel Conner Library (Manch House)] – [Ossian] McPherson, James.

The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James MacPherson, Esq. With The Translator’s Dissertations on the Era and Poems of Ossian ; Dr.Blair’s Critical Dissertation; And An Inquiry into the Genuineness of These Poems, Written Expressly for this Edition, by the Rev. Alex[ander] Stewart.

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, High-Street, no year [c.1820]. Duodecimo. Frontispice and engraved Titlepage, VIII, 590, 2 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding slightly shaky but still holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name in ink to endpaper.

6930. [Jefferies, Richard] Miller, George / Matthews, Hugoe.

Richard Jefferies – A Bibliographical Study.

Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1993. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece of Richard Jefferies, XXVII, 787 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare in this condition. A wonderful and important publication on the publication-history of a tragic writer.

6931. Buber, Martin.

Good and Evil. Two Interpretations. I. Right and Wrong. II. Images of Good and Evil.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 19.3cm x 13cm. (5) 143 (9) pages. Original hardcover in the rare, original, illustrated dustjacket with jacket-design by Johannes Troyer. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor pencil underlinings on inside of dustjacket. Text itself in excellent condition.

6932. Auster, Paul.

Smoke & Blue in the Face – Two Films written by Paul Auster.

New York, Hyperion, 1995. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. VIII, 290 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First Edition. Signed by Paul Auster.

6933. [Joyce, James] Behan, Dominic.

Finnegan’s Wake. – The Songs of James Joyce – Performed by Dominic Behan.

London, Collector Records, 1958. 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover Sleeve. The Sleeve: Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Record itself: Near Mint Condition ! Very Rare original Reading / Performance by Dominic Behan. Recorded in London with Robin Hall on the Guitar.

6934. [Fashionable Dresscode in History] – Ricci, Franco Maria.

Modelli Parigini dal″Journal des Dames et des Modes. Two Volumes: Volume I shows fashion from the Journal in the years 1912/1913 / Volume II shows fashion from the Journal in the years 1913-1914.

Two Volumes (complete set). Milano, Ricci Editore, 1979-1980. Quarto. Volume I and II together: (12) / (12), 184 pages with stunning illustrations in colour. Original Hardcover in boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6935. [Calder, Alexander] Linssen, Werner.

Calder (1898 – 1976) – Retrospective: December 1987 – January 1988.

Bilingual: English / German. Cologne, Linssen Gallery, 1987. Large – Quarto (30.5 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). 120 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

6936. Lysaght, Seán.

The Marram-Clocks [Signed].

First and only Edition. Westport [County Mayo], Published at Corratowick / Printed by Simon King [Cumbria,UK], 1997. Slim Quarto (18.2 cm x 26.5 cm). 12 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with mild sunning to spine. Wonderfully set type, humbly signed by Seán Lysaght on the titlepage. Now very rare !

6937. Simpson, Louis.

The Arrivistes – Poems 1940-1949.

New York, The Fine Editions Press, no date (c. 1949). Octavo. 93 pages. Softcover in original glassine and Mylar. First edition of the first book by this significant American poet. Very near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers and original galssine with a mid-size chip to front panel.

6938. Cullum, Ridgwell [Sidney Groves Burghard] / Ó Neachtain, Eoghan.

Únága – “The Heart of Unaga”. Do scríobh Ridgwell Cullum. Eoghan Ó Neachtain d’aistrigh go gaedhilg. Ar n-a fhoillsiu le cead an phríomh-úghdair.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig díolta foillseacháin rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 364 pages. Original Hardcover with the extremely rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by Austin Molloy. 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 !

6939. Ophir, Aryeh (Editor).

The Kibbutz.

Tel-Aviv, Misaviv Laolam Publishing House ltd, 1964. 24.4 cm x 28.5 cm. 234 colour and monochrome photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dedication by pre-owner on endpaper.

6940. Simpson, W.J. / [Bishop Alan Buichanan (Provenance)].

The Revelation of God and Other Sermons.

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowlege, 1931. 12.9 cm x 19 cm. V, 120 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate to heavy discolouration and foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers and endpapers. Dustjacket top and spine frayed. Blue cloth and gold gilted hardcover. ‘A.A.Buchanan’ inscription on front endpaper; Alan Alexander Buchanan’s personal copy. Alan Alexander Buchanan was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.