1391. [New Zealand] Hall, D.O.W. / Department of Internal Affairs – War History Brach.

Prisoners of Italy / Prisoners of Germany [New Zealand POW / Prisoners of War in the Second World War – Illustrated Photography brochures]

2 Volumes. Wellington, War History Branch, 1949. 4°. Prisoners of Italy: 32 pages / Prisoners of Germany: 32 pages. Softcover / Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Rare !

1392. [United Irishman].

“British Troops must Go” – “Throughout the towns, villages and countryside of our six occupied counties British Crown Forces move and operate. They are there to maintain a military bridgehead in Britain’s Imperial interests. But they are there contrary to the wishes of the Irish people. To-day, as in past generations, the men and women of the Irish Republican Movement are striving to end British occupation and enthrone the Irish Republic”.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Dublin (1 Gardiner Row), United Irishman [″Voice of the Republican Movement”], no year [c.1957]. Octavo. 20 pages with many photographs. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition and commemoration-pamphlet, celebrating three men who died for Ireland: “Oliver Craven, Newry” / “Patrick MacManus, Kinawley” / Paul Smith, Bessbrook” /.

1393. [Barton, Anna / Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel William Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina of Elm Park] Scott, Sir Walter.

The Antiquary – Volume I and Volume II of a 3-Volume-Set, with the Exlibris and name in ink of Anna Barton, daughter of Hugh Barton and Anne Johnston (relation to the Baron’s of Clarina).

Paris, Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1821. Small Octavo. VII, 221, 228 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with beautiful ornament and lettering to spine. Interior with dampstain but otherwise in very condition with some minor signs of wear only. The two bookplates of Clarina in very good condition, bearing the family’s Motto: “Pro libertate patriae” / “For the liberty of my country”.

1394. Leica – Koetzle, Hans-Michael.

Augen Auf ! 100 Jahre Leica [German Jubilee edition]– An amazing, monumental monograph, a stunning publication on the History of the Leica and with essays by Hans-Michael Koetzle and others.

2., aktualisierte Auflage / (second, revised edition). Heidelberg, Kehrer Verlag, 2017. 4°. 563 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original jacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of wear. This edition has a bespoke mylar – cover which all editions from the publisher’s do not have ! The price includes international shipping with Courier !

1395. Brownlee, Charles.

Reminiscences of Kafir Life & History and Other Papers. [Natal and Zululand Fifty Years Ago / Pondos – Xesibes and the Colonial Government / Superstitions and Customs Among the Native Races / Witchcraft / A Chapter on the Basuto War / Present State and Future Prospects of the Kafirs / A Kafir Betrothal Ceremony / Sandile / Xoxo / Tola and Eno / Life of Tyala by R.W.Rose-Innes / Death of Tyala / Lament of Tyala ]. With a brief Memoir by Mrs. Brownlee and other articles.

Second Edition. South Africa, Lovedale Mission Press, 1916. 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, vi, 384 pages. With eight illustrations including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some annotation and underlining.

1396. Voinovich, Vladimir.

The Ivankiad. Or the Tale of the Writer Voinovich’s Installation in his new apartment. Translated by David Lapeza.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1977. Octavo. 131 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First English translation of “Ivan’kiada” – this satirical autobiographical novel by the Russian dissident writer, “the tale of the writer Voinovich’s installation in his new apartment.” Near fine in lightly spine-soiled dust jacket. Inscribed by Voinovich and another person to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

1397. Blicher, Steen Steensen.

Udvalgte Noveller. llustreret af Carl Thomsen.

København, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1899. 19.8 cm x 29.1 cm. 802 pages. Original Hardcover. Quarter leather and marbled binding. Raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine rubbed. Tanned deckled edges. Illustrated exlibris dated 1974 by Erik Haugaard on front pastedown. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Some pages separated from book block. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

1398. Angove, John.

In the Early Days – The Reminiscences of Pioneer Life on the South African Diamond Fields.

Kimberley and Johannesburg, Handel House, 1901. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 21 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with stamped lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on front free endpaper: “To Ernest James Weaver – with best wishes from…27.10.12”. Rare !

1399. Seton-Thompson, Ernest.

Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds and Three Birds.

First edition, first impression. London, David Nutt, 1901. 14.5 x 20.5cm. 360 pages, with over 200 drawings. Original embossed hardcover with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Spine slightly faded only. Very sturdy, firm condition.

1400. Cooke, Jay.

How our National Debt can be paid. The Wealth, Resources and Power of the People of the United States. Prepared by Dr.William Elder, of the Treasury Department.

Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., 1865. 8°. 15 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Dogeared. Foxed. Extremely rare original pamphlet reflecting the costs, revenue possibilities etc. of the times previous, in and after the American Civil War.