341. Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) / 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) / 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966).

Naas, The Furrow / Leinster Leader, 1951 – 1969. Octavo. 56 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2200 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mairin Allen, Anna Dundurs etc.

342. [Colbert, Jean-Baptiste] Colbert, John Baptist.

The Life of the famous John Baptist Colbert, Late Minister and Secretary of State to Lewis XIV., the present French King. Done into english from a french copy printed at Cologne this present year 1695.

First english edition. London, Printed for R. Bentley, 1695. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, (14), 246, (8) pages. Hardcover / Rare, original 17th-century or early 18th-century leather. Original binding with stronger signs of rubbing to rear board. Pastedowns loosened. Interior and frontispiece very good. Needs minor attention from bookbinder. Very rare in this original binding !

343. Clarke, Arthur C.

Imperial Earth. A novel. [Together with signed letter (and two more interesting letters in copy) by Arthur C. Clarke on his personal stationery. Clarke makes some handwritten remarks about the allegations against him and writes: ‘I hope to make more money from the S. Smear than from all my books when the lawyers have finished with them !).

London, Victor Gollancz, 1975. Octavo. 287 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare in this exceptional condition.

344. Chomsky, Noam.

The Minimalist Program [SIGNED by Chomsky with Bookplate / ExLibris of one of his fans “Greg ?”].

Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1995. 8°. 420 pages. Original Softcover. With few signs of external wear only. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the endpaper. [Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series].

345. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Maisons de Campagne sans Etage et Bungalows.

[Paris], Librairie Ch. Massin, [1926]. Folio (24 cm x 33,5 cm) / [Grand in-4]. 4 p. Texte et 48 planches. Hardcover / Original, illustratedl publisher’s chemise with three original laces. Excellent condition / Exemplaire en tres bon état.

346. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Cités-Jardins D’Amérique. [Signed / Inscribed] [History of American Garden Cities]. Préface par Émile Cheysson Membre de L’Institut.

Paris, Henri Jouve, 1905. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. III, 462 pages. Several black and white photographic plates throughout. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tanning to pages and more markedly so on pages 145 to 160. Ex-library and museum copy with four stamps, all from Frankfurt institutions, to endpapers and title page. Also a small stamp from Wilhelm Denn bookbinder, Frankfurt on bottom corner of pastedown. Library labels and codes on spine and in pencil on pastedown. Scribble in ink pen on free endpaper. Signed and inscribed by author Georges Benoit-Lévy dated 1/9/‘05.

347. Bawden, Edward / [The Curwen Press].

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

348. Puttnam, David.

First Day Cover “British Film Year” – signed by David Puttnam (with a Broadside inserted, touching on a selective History of British Film) / Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock.

Original envelope –[No. 0010]. London, J & M Arlington Ltd., 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signature.

349. Puttnam, David.

“Chariots of Fire” – First Day Cover “Heralding the Resurgence of the British Film Industry” – signed by David Puttnam, Colin Welland and Hugh Hudson. [Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock].

Original First Day Cover envelope and special handstamp designed by Rafael de Swarte & Malcolm Carrick. Leicester, A.G.Bradbury, 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signatures.

350. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Mannheim, Karl / Wolff, Kurt Heinrich.

German Sociology (1918 – 1933) – [Signed and Inscribed offprint – Presentation-copy by famous sociologist Karl Mannheim to his student and colleague, the sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Prof.Kurt Wolff in friendship – K.Mannheim – London, April 1946”].

POLITICA, February, 1934. Large Octavo. 21 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The stunning association copy between two german social scientists in exile is a testament to their collegiality and friendship. With one annotation and some markings by Wolff. It is not clear if Wolff met Mannheim in London or if the offprint was sent to him. There is a note in ink by Wolff on the endpaper stating: “Columbus, May 13 ‘46”.