1401. [Conder, Josiah].

Greece / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

In Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Printed for James Duncan, 1826. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 375 pages / Volume II: IV, 336 pages. With a fold-out map of Greece and 7 black and white illustrations showing: 1. Mistra / 2. Argos / 3. Corinth / 4. Patras / 5. Eleutherai / 6. Athens / 7. Aegina. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Poor condition with signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel and front board detached on Volume I. Minor foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 15-16].

1402. Everett, Edward.

Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, delivered before The Boston Union Club, Thursday, April 9, 1863.

Liverpool, Printed at the “Daily Post” Steam Printing Works, 1863. 8°. 32 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some rubbing fo front cover. As one of the most notable rhetorics of his time, Everett later that year gave his famous Gettysburg Oration. In his speech to the Boston Union Club, he addresses the struggle of the country due to the Civil War.

1403. Bemis, George.

Precedents of American Neutrality, in Reply to the Speech of Sir Roundell Palmer, Attorney General of England in the british Commons, May 13,1864.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 8°. VIII, 83 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Unopened. Upper corner dogeared. Elswise very good plus.

1404. Howard, Jacob M(erritt).

San Juan Island – Speech of Hon.Jacob M.Howard, of Michigan, delivered in executive Session of the Senate, April 16, 1869.

Washington, F.&J.Rives & Geo. A.Bailey, 1870. 8°. 13 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Inscribed by Howard on the frontcover “Compl(imen)ts of J.M.H.”

1405. Adams, Richard.

Shardik – A Novel.

First American Edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1974. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 604 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author on the titlepage: “Yours sincerely, Richard Adams”.

1406. [El Greco / St.John of The Cross / St. Teresa of Avila] Father Bruno de J.M. (Editor).

Three Mystics : El Greco / St.John of the Cross / St. Teresa of Avila.

First Edition. London, Sheed & Ward, 1952. Quarto (22.5 cm wide x 28.5 cm high). 187 pages with many illustrations throughout the Volume. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the very rare original Edition from 1952, not one of the later reproductions.

1407. Mount St. Michael Centenary Committee.

Mercy in Rosscarbery 1894 – 1994: History, Development and Reminiscences.

Cork, Mount St. Michael Centenary Committee, 1994. 16 x 22.5cm. (17), 236 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Extremely rare !

1408. Claremont, Leopold.

The Gem-Cutter’s Craft.

London, George Bell and Sons, 1906. 17.8 cm x 24.6 cm. 296(xii) pages includes 117 black and white illustrations and pictures. Hardcover with gilt-lettering on spine and front cover. Professionally rebacked with green cloth. Deckled edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing on half-title page.Occational rubbed throughout the book. Page 102/103 is half cut.

1409. Le Brocquy, Louis.

The Head Image.

Kinsale, Gandon Editions, 1996. 24 cm wide x 30 cm high. Frontispiece, 183 pages with fantastic illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1410. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Brown, Norman O.

Closing Time.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1973. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. (18) 109 (6) pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes newspaper-clipping with New York Times Book Review-Essay on “closing time” from 1973 (by Edward W. Said). Includes a letter from Pantheon Books / Random House Publisher, Kathleen Macomber, addressed to Kurth H. Wolff during his stay in Florence, 1973. Printed Letter in form of a newspaper-clipping, from Norman O. Brown to the Editor in New York Times Book Review. Small pen annotation on end papers. Annotations on rear paste down. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff.