151. Silko. Leslie Marmon.

“Yellow Woman”.

NJ, Rutgers, 1993. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 235 pages. Original Sofcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

152. Skinner, B.F.

Has Gertrude Stein a Secret ?

First Edition Offprint. Atlantic Monthly, 1934. 8°. 8 pages. Stapled Softcover. Original offprint from “The Atlantic Monthly” (1959).

153. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

154. Smith, Cecil Blanche Woodham.

Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. With Illustrations.

London, Constable, 1950. 22 cm. (hbk). vii, 615, [4] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing only. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

155. Smith, Charlotte.

Desmond – A Novel in Two Volumes.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, W. McKenzie, H.Colbert, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1792. Small-Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). VII, 276, 306 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

156. Smith, Charlotte.

Montalbert – A Novel.

First Irish Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1795. Small-Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). 270, 276 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

157. Smith, Lyn.

Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust. A new history in the words of the men and women who survived.

London, Ebury Press, 2005. 16 x 24 cm. XVIi, 352 pages, including images. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

158. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

159. 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 !

160. [Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !