1001. [Bruckner, Anton] Grunsky, Karl.

[Bruckner – 9 Symphonien] Bruckner’s Symphonien erläutert mit Notenbeispielen von Dr. Karl Grunsky, Hofkapellmeister Willibald Kähler, Dr. Walther Niemann, Prof. Siegfried Ochs und Adolph Pochhammer. Nebst einer Einleitung: Bruckner’s Leben und Schaffen von Dr. Karl Grunsky.

Berlin, Schlesinger’sche Buch- und Musikhandlung, ohne Jahr (c.1915). Klein 8°. 204 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Schlesinger Musik-Bibliothek – Meisterführer Nr. 4]

1002. [Clonakilty / Castle Freke / Castlefreke]

Souvenir Views of Clonakilty – Duplex Souvenir Album containing ten Views of Clonakilty and surroundings, including Castle Freke, Cradle Rock, Rosscarbery Convent – The Postcard-Views in “Rich sepia Photogravure detachable for use as postcards, with miniature view of each picture for future reference”.

First Edition. Clonakilty, J.E.Spiller & Co., no year [c.1915]. Oblong slim-octavo. 10 sheets, perforated with miniature view. Original, printed softcover. Tiny faded dampstain to rear. Otherwise in unused, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce with the spectacular views of this rural area and the surroundings.

1003. [Dawson, Miles Menander / Meynell, Alice] Rittenhouse, Jessie B.

The Little Book of American Poets 1787-1900 [Association copy: Inscribed by american Poet and Philosopher Miles Menander Dawson and his wife to english Poet Alice Meynell: “To Mrs. Alice Meynell with the best regards of her friends Mr. + Mrs. Miles M. Dawson”].

First Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Small Octavo. XX, 306 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare and beautiful association between these two Poets.

1004. [Defoe, Daniel] Ó Murchadha, Tadhg (″Seandún”)

Eachtra Robinson Crúsó. Tadhg Ó Murchadha (″Seandún”) do chuir i nGaedhilg as an Saxbhéarla bunaidh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1915. Small Octavo. 288 pages (5 pages of the Notes/ English Glossary at the end of the book are missing). Recent, modern Hardcover binding with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Annotations throughout. New endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

1005. [Eton / King’s Bromley] Ainger, A.C. / Marten, Sir (Clarence) Henry Kennett KCVO.

Eton in Prose and Verse. [Inscribed by C.H.K.M. the Provost of Eton and the private tutor of Queen Elizabeth II.]. Selected by A.C.Ainger of Trinity College, Cambridge, formerly Senior Assistant Master in Eton College, with 30 plates in colour reproduced from Paintings by Arthur Garratt and from Portraits in the College.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no date (ca.1915). Quart. XIX, 231, (1) pages. Original blindstamped cloth with Eton Coat of Arms on front board. Gilt lettering on spine. The binding stronger stained on the hinge. Corners bumped. Occasional foxing. The interior bright and clean with all illustrations in excellent condition (including the titled tissue-guards). Occasional foxing only. With the very rare personal inscription by C.H.K.M., the Provost of Eton and the private tutor of Queen Elizabeth II. The inscription reads: “To T.J.Lane from C.H.K.M. – With best wishes on his leaving Eton. Eton: Dec. 1919 (?).

1006. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.

1007. [Gill, Eric] Pepler, Douglas [that was Harry Douglas Cark (called ‘Hilary’) Pepler].

The Devil’s Devices or Control versus Service. With Woodcuts by Eric Gill.

First Edition. London – Hammersmith, Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, 1915. Octavo. Frontispiece, 125 pages with woodcuts throughout the publication. Hardcover / Original publisher’s illustrated Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1008. Grabbe, Christian Dietrich.

Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung ! Lustspiel in drei Akten. Mit 12 Originalholzschnitten von Karl Thylmann.

Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915. 17 x 23 cm. 119 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Limitierte Auflage von 500 Exemplaren (Exemplar 455). Guter Zustand mit einigen wenigen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Einige unschöne Einrisse im oberen Bereich der ersten drei Seiten.

1009. Grey, Zane.

The Rainbow Trail. A Romance.

New York, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1915. 12.8 cm x 19.2 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front endpaper separated from book block. Spine separated from book block. Edges slightly tanned. Minor wear to spine. Otherwise clean. Contains loose ephemera: Post Card “Lydon Mfg. Co. Chicago, U.S.A.”

1010. Harris, Franklin S. / Stewart, George.

The Principles of Agronomy: A Text-Book of Crop Production for High-Schools and Short-Courses in Agricultural Colleges.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1915. 13 x 19.5cm. (16), 451 pages, with photographs and illustrations. Original hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Some signs of external wear, otherwise very good condition with binding solid. Library stamp on front endpaper. Some underlining to text. Handwritten name of preowner: “G.W. Salter – School of Agriculture Olds. Alberta” From the Rural Text-Book Series, edited by L.H. Bailey.