7641. [Burton, Sir Richard] McLynn, Frank.

Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton. Illustrations by Howard Phipps.

London and Sydney, Scribners, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 211 pages. With several illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

7642. [Kipling, Rudyard] Stewart, J.I.M.

Rudyard Kipling.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1966. Octavo. 190 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With an interesting newspaper clipping regarding the Will of Kipling (″Will orders burning of Kipling Diaries”).

7643. Taylor, Cecil P.

The Ballachulish Beat – A Play with Songs.

First Edition. London, Rapp & Carroll, 1967. Small Octavo. 122 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. ExLibris and name of preowner on endpaper.

7644. Stanford, Peter.

Heaven – A Traveller’s Guide to the Undiscovered Country.

London, Harper Collins, 2002. Octavo. X, 374 pages. Illustrated. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor traces of sellotape to pastedowns only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7645. Gavaghan, Terence.

Of Lions and Dung Beetles – [A Man in the Middle of Colonial Administration in Kenya].

Elms Court / Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., 1999. Octavo. III, 322 pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the titlepage. Rare publication !

7646. O’Toole, James.

Man Alive – A Comedy in Three Acts.

Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1962. Small Octavo. 120 pages. Original hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication !

7647. [Galilei, Galileo] Heilbron, J.L.

Galileo.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo. XIV, 508 pages. With several illustrations (also in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

7648. Hesse, Hermann.

Der Steppenwolf und unbekannte Texte aus dem Umkreis des Steppenwolf. [Mit einem Anhang: Hermann Hesse – der distanzierte Deutsche]. Zusammengestellt und mit einem Essay von Volker Michels.

Stuttgart, Deutscher Buecherbund, 1972. Octavo. 355, (3) Seiten. Original hardcover mit Schutzumschlag in Mylar / Brodart. Sehr guter Zustand !

7649. [Shell Shock / PTSD] Culpin, Millais.

Psychoneurosis of War and Peace. [Small Archive] Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in the University of London. [plus two presentation copies of other works by Culpin]

First Edition of the printed Thesis. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1920. Octavo. 127 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s olive green cloth with black lettering on spine and frontcover. Very minor signs of bumping and very few, really only tiny signs of spotting to cover and edges. The binding and endpapers absolutely firm and especially clean inside. Very good or even better condition of this extremely scarce and important publication. [‘Culpin was among the first who realised that “shell-shock” and the deep effects of fear in war, such as disordered action of the heart, were emotional disturbances, more acute than the anxiety neuroses of peace’ – Source: Royal College of Surgeons] – The book comes together with two presentation copies from Millais Culpin: 1. Spiritualism and the New Psychology – An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in terms of Modern Knowledge. London, Edward Arnold, 1920 Stamped: ‘Presentation Copy’ / 2.: Vintage Offprint from the Clinical Journal: ‘Psycho-Pathology in General Practice’ – ‘With the author’s compliments’.

7650. Marowitz, Charles.

Burnt Bridges – A Souvenir of the Swinging Sixties and Beyond. [With an Appendix: Marowitz / Tynan correspondence in Transatlantic Review].

London / Sydney / Auckland / Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. Octavo. 245 pages with several illustrations in the chapter ‘Frolics, fetes and freak-outs’ (Photographs). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Date and place written on endpaper.