121. O’Kane, Finola.

Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland – Mixing Foreign Trees with the Natives.

Cork, Cork University Press, 2004. Quarto. XI, 211 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

122. Palmer, Alice Freeman.

Manuscript Letter, signed (MLS) by Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator, President of Wellesley College, Dean of Women at then newly founded University of Chicago and most importantly, Advocate for College Education for Women. The letter, written in Cambridge, Mass. on March 16th, 1899 comes in its original envelope and is a wonderful example for her caring personality not only for women’s education but also for a mother’s anxiety who was worried about her son’s education and who found the courage to write to Alice Freeman Palmer and ask for her help. The six-page-manuscript-letter is addressed to a Mrs. Richmond in Adams, Massachusetts. Alice Freeman Palmer responds to Mrs. Richmond’s worries that her son may not be able to afford a second year at Harvard University. Alice Freeman Palmer writes: “My dear Mrs. Richmond, I have read your letter with the warmest interest and have discussed the possibilities with my husband, who is a Professor in Harvard. He has seen the Dean in confidence and they will do all they can to secure some Price Greenleaf Aid for your son for next year – as much as possible. Dean Briggs will send a blank to your son which he should fill out and return. I think the decision is mde here in June and then you will know how much you can reky on from that source. If your son decides to return to Harvard, my husband wil secure one hundred and fifty dollars in addition, to pay his tuition from a fund which he has for students whom he wishes to help; so that he can have any Greenleaf aid he receives & use in addition to his tuition bills. For how much can he get on in Cambridge ? We will do all we can to secure him work and as will the Dean but we cannot be sure there are as many students applying for the same thing. We hope he will get $ 250 from the Gren Leaf Fund. If he does and has 150.00 for his tuition, would it not be wise for him to come, hoping that you might do a little for him, and might get some work from time to time and live very economically, and so get through the year. He must do such good work in his sophomore year that he can stand a chance for a scholarship at the end, and I should think that would be likely. I hope very heartily that he can return to Harvard and you may be sure that we will help him in any way we can. He must come and see us at once and let me know how we can assist him. We shall hold your letter in strict confidence you may know. You can trust the Dean absolutely and his help is essential in getting your son the aid he needs; for the numbers who need aid quite as sorely are many more than the means to aid them. But your letter has made me feel that a boy as Frailed as yours deserves the chances to finish his college course, and I hope he can find a way to the next three years without any more delay. Let us hope too that your husbands business will improve, and your anxieties be removed and the other boys find their way after too ! Sincerley Yours, Alice Freeman Palmer”. [The Letter was loosely inserted in to an edition of George Herbert Palmer’s publication: “The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer”. The book is part of this collection.

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Cambridge,, 1908. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 349, [3] pages with 6-page Autographed letter signed (ALS), loosely inserted. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

123. Parabola.

Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning. Vol. 5, No. 4, November 1980: Woman.

Seventh printing. New York, Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, 1992. 17 x 25.5cm. 127 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining.

124. Parker, Juli L.

Representations of Murderous Women in Literature, Theatre, Film, and Television. Examining the Patriarchal Presuppositions Behind the Treatment of Murderesses in Fiction and Reality.

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. XVIII, 424 pages. Original Hardcover. Some staining to the rear board. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

125. [Pavlova, Anna] Saburova, Irina.

Immortal Swan: Dedicated to Anna Pavlova to the 25th Anniversary of Her Death in 1931-1956 (This Russian Edition is the only edition ever printed: Bessmertnyj lebed’: Posvjashhaetsja Anne Pavlovoj k 25-letiju so dnja ee smerti.)

New York, Dnipro, 1956. Oblong Quarto. 88 pages. With 128 photographic illustrations on coated paper. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication !!!

126. Pelan, Rebecca.

Feminisms: Within and Without. Papers delivered at the Women’s Studies Centre Conference, National University Of Ireland, Galway, July 2005.

Galway, Women’s Studies Centre NUIG, 2006. 15.5cm x 23.2cm. 272 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

127. Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

128. Porter, Jane.

Flatha na h-Alban. – [Gaelic translation of “The Scottish Chiefs” [William Wallace]]. Domhnall Ó Grianna, translator.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Diolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, [1937]. Octavo. 546 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by VP (Victor Penney). 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 !

129. Potter, Beatrix.

Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes.

Third Printing – with “Ltd.” added to the publisher’s name. London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1919/1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 49 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 3/6). Binding firm ! Frontispiece cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket with some larger tear to the rear, some spotting and fraying (childrens drawing on the inside of the jacket).

130. Potter, Beatrix.

The Story of Miss Moppet.

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1918]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 34 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, priceclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 5/net). Binding firm ! Excellent condition of the Volume itself with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper. “The Town Mouse” present in the listing of Potter publications on the endpaper, which dates this edition at 1918. The jacket with some minor wear only.