4291. [The Rare Volume One] – O’Brien, Fitz-James.

The Diamond Lens [14 pages in: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume I – January, 1858 – No. III] – Here on Offer is a the original bound inaugural Volume I of “The Atlantic Monthly”, signed and inscribed, possibly by a distant family-member of Fitz-James O’Brien: “D.D.O’Brien, Mallow” – “Presented by D.D.O’Brien to L. O’Kelly”. A later, 19th century ownership-signature is: “John L. Williams”. The entire Volume includes the following numbers: Volume I – November 1857 – No.I. / Volume I – December 1857 – No. II. / Volume I – January 1858 – No. III. / Volume I – February 1858 – No. IV. / Volume I – March 1858 – No. V. / Volume I – April 1858 – No. VI //

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1858. Octavo. IV, 768 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in poor but still good + condition with some stronger signs of wear, spine starting, mild foxing throughout and some faded damp-staining to the outer paper-margins inside only. Endpaper, Half-title and titlepage slightly detached. This is the very rare inaugural Atlantic Volume with a wonderful irish provenance, possibly even a relation to Fitz-James O’Brien.

4292. [Provenance: Manch House – Daniel Conner & Henry Langfield Conner Library] – [Spenser, Edmund / Campion, Edmund / Hanmer, Meredith / Marlborough, Henry of].

Ancient Irish Histories – The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrovgh [sic] – In Two Volumes. Volume I: Containing Spencer’s View of the State of Ireland and Campion’s Historie of Ireland / Volume II: Containing Doctor Meredith Hanmer’s and Henry Marlebvrrough’s ‘Chronicles of Ireland’.

First Hibernia Press Edition in the year 1809 of the original 1633-Edition. Two Volumes [complete set]. Dublin, Printed by the Society of Stationers / Reprinted at the Hibernia Press, for the Proprietors, by John Morrison, 1809. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: [2], 22, [4] pages, including the rare, engraved dedication-leaf with allegorical vignette for the “Dublin Society” [showing the Irish Harp etc.], [10], 266, [8], 204 pages plus one errata-leaf / Volume II: [4], 410, [II], 32 pages. Hardcover / Original, 19th century publisher’s binding. Now professionally restored by a professional bookbinder. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding with some staining. Deckled edges. Name of pre-owner, H.L.Conner. to both title-pages.

4293. [Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

4294. Gibson, Edmund.

The Late Bishop of London, Dr. Gibson’s Five Pastoral Letters to the People of His Diocese ; Particularly to those of the two Great Cities of London and Westminster. THE THREE FIRST [Letters] iIn Defence of the Gospel-Revelation, and by way of Preservative against the late Writings in Favour of Infidelity. THE FOURTH [Letter] Against Lukewarmness on one Hand, and Enthusiasm on the Other. And the FIFTH and LAST [Letter] On the late Rebellion, and exciting to a Serious Reformation of Life and Manners. With a POSTSCRIPT, setting forth the Danger and Mischief of POPERY.

London, Printed and Sold by E.Owen in Warwick-Lane, and W.Johnston in Ludgate-Street, 1760. Small-Octavo. [6 unnumbered pages], 314 pages plus 5 unnumbered pages of a Book-Catalogue by Publisher W.Johnston to the Rear. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with five raised bands. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding rubbed and bumped but firm and rather excellent overall. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.

4295. [Knight, Chareles].

The Penny Magazine of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge – Volume I: Number 1 – Number 48. [The Inaugural Volume].

London, Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East, March 1832 – December 1832. Quarto. Folded Frontispiece, 389 pages with 215 illustrations throughout plus two pages of Index and a List of Illustrations. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Front endpaper detached, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the very rare, inaugural Volume in unusually excellent condition.

4296. Sayers, Dorothy L.

Creed or Chaos ? – And other Essays in popular Theology.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1947. Small Octavo. VII, 88 pages. Hardcover / Original, red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dustjacket not present ! Very minor finger-staining on page three. Edges slightly foxed and corners slightly bumped. Otherwise in excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. The rare first edition of one of the more uncommon Sayers-titles.

4297. Gould, Robert Freke.

The History of Freemasonry – Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc. – Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, and the United States [of America]. Derived from Official Sources.

Six Volumes (complete set). London, Thomas C. Jack, 1887. Quarto (23 cm wide x 29 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece – Portrait of The Prince of Wales in Full Masonic Regalia, Pages 1 – 252 (continued in Volume II), 8 Illustrations (including Frontispiece) / Volume II: Frontispiece – Portrait of Colonel Le Gendre Starkie, Pages continue from Volume I = page 253 – page 504, with 8 Illustrations (including Frontispiece) / Volume III: Frontispiece – Portrait of his Grace the Duke of Abercorn, 248 pages with 9 Illustrations / Volume IV: Pages continue from Volume III = page 249 – page 502, with 8 Illustrations (including Frontispiece) / Volume V: Frontispiece – Portrait of The Earl Percy, 250 pages, with 8 Illustrations / Volume VI: Pages continue from Volume V: page 251 – page 502, with 8 illustrations (including Frontispiece). Hardcover / Original, bright blue publisher’s cloth with decorative gilt-ornament to each bindings. A stunning set in Near Mint condition with only very minor signs of wear.

4298. Gohr, Siegfried.

Museum Ludwig Cologne – Paintings, Sculptures, Environments. From Expressionism to the Present Day: Includes for example: Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit / The Art of the Russian Avant-Garde / The Blaue Reiter and the Futurists / From the Bauhaus to the Abstraction-Creation / Max Ernst – DaDa and Surrealism / Abstract Art in America – The New York School – Minimal Art / European Tendencies after 1945 – Part I: Tachisme – École de Paris – Art informel / European Tendencies after 1945 – Part II: Art Brut – Arte povera – Conceptual Art – Nouveau Realisme / Forms of Realism / German Art since 1960 / American and English Art since the Sixtiies – Pop Art – Critical Realism /

First Edition. Munich, Prestel-Verlag, 1986. 23,5 x 30,5 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. Good condition with some signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Private giftinscription on endpaper.

4299. REVO Electric Co. Ltd.

“Electrical Specialities” List No.14 [Original Sales-Catalogue of REVO Street Lighting, Brackets and Cast Iron and Porcelain Fittings (with a section on Bulkhead Fittings)].

[Tipton, Staffordshire], [REVO ELECTRIC Co.Ltd. / Britannia Works], no year (c.1930?). Octavo. 160 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half-cloth. Binding shaky and dusty with front board nearly detached. Overall in still good + condition with only minor signs of wear and the interior-pages with illustrations are very good, bright and clean.

4300. [Burke, Edmund].

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. With an Introductory Discourse concerning Taset, and several other Additions.

A New Edition. London, Printed for J.Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1787. Octavo. IX, [7 unnumbered], 342 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with original, red spine-label. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Spine cracked but still firm and holding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !