6791. Morison, Samuel Eliot.

The Maritime History of Massachusetts (1783 – 1860). With Illustrations.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company – The Riverside Press Company, 1941. Octavo. XI,420 pages with wonderful illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket (some fraying and loss to corners of the jacket only). The book is firm and due to the protected dustjacket in wonderful gift-condition.

6792. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

John Minihan’s Cork. Foreword by William Trevor.

London, Robert Hale, 2004. Small-8°. 95 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. SIGNED and Inscribed by John Minihan on the titlepage.

6793. Strong, E.W.

On Judging History.

Yellow Springs, Ohio, The Antioch Press, 1952. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover. Offprint. Presidential address – delivered before the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Pacific-Division of the American Philosophical Association at the University of Southern California – 1952.

6794. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Literary Lives – Portraits from the Crawford Art Gallery and Abbey Theatre, Ireland [With John Minihan’s iconic photograph of Samuel Beckett on page 70 / Signed and inscribed by John Minihan]

Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2010. Quarto. 95 pages. Illustrated with stunning images of irish literary figures. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. SIGNED and Inscribed by John Minihan on the titlepage.

6795. 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 !

6796. [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.

6797. Wilson, Wilfrid G.

Change Ringing – The Art and Science of Change Ringing on Church and Hand Bells.

Fourth Impression. Rushden, Freda P. Willgress, 1989. Large Octavo. XV, 238 pages with a section of excellent photographs of Bell Ringing in action etc. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket. Rare !

6798. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Photographs of John Minihan at Auction in 1994 [Original Catalogue of Phillips, London, September 1994 – showing Minihan’s Photograph of Beckett on the cover and two more on pages 41 and 42 inside].

Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2010. Quarto. 95 pages. Illustrated with stunning images of irish literary figures. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. With notation of auction results by John Minihan, next to the catalogue-entry. From the personal library of John Minihan.

6799. Lucie-Smith, Edward.

Adam. Het Mannelijk Naakt in de Kunst. [Rare Dutch Version of “Adam: the Male Figure in Art”]

Dutch Version. Hedel, Librero, 1998. 28,5 cm x 24 cm. 192 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke kleuren illustraties / With many colour illustrations throughout book. Originele Hardcover met stofomslag. Met een mylar beschermlaag / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6800. Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.

Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.

Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]