1401. Connolly, S.J. (Editor).

The Oxford Companion to Irish History.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998. 16 cm x 23 cm. 618 Pages. Original Softcover. Edge slightly stained. Otherwise in very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1402. [Connor, Jerome] Ó Murchú, Giollamuire.

Jerome Connor – Irish-American Sculptor (1874-1943). Edited by Fionnuala Croke.

[Dublin], National Gallery of Ireland, 1993. Quarto. 86 pages with llustrations of Coonor’s work throughout. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some minor damage to spine and frontcover only. A very rare book now !

1403. Conrad, Joseph.

An Máirnéalach Dubh – The Nigger of the “Narcissus”. Joseph Conrad do scríobh sa Bhéarla bhunaidh; Seosamh Mac Grianna d’aistrigh go Gaedhilg.

[First gaelic edition]. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1933. 19 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying and a closed tear but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. One of the rarest titles of world-literature translated into gaelic. Extremely Rare with the dustjacket by Austin Molloy !

1404. Conrad, Joseph.

Der Spiegel der See und andere Geschichten. Mit malerischen Impressionen von Hans Peter Jürgens. Herausgegeben von Caroline-M. Wierig.

Hamburg, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003. 22 x 28 cm. 120 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1405. Conrad, Joseph.

Jugend. Erzählung.

Leipzig, IM Insel-Verlag 1962. 1962. 12 cm x18 cm. 62 pages. Illustrated with eight black-and-white woodcuts by Hans Alexander Mueller. Original Hardcover (Green and white patterned cloth – title on label with red border and decoration). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. [Insel-Buecherei Nr.511].

1406. [Conrad, Joseph], Jean-Aubry, G.

Joseph Conrad. Life & Letters.

Two Volumes. London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. (VII) 339 pages, (V) 376 pages. Black-and-white illustrations: Volume I – 11, Volume II – 5. Original Hardcover (Dark blue cloth – title in embossed gilt on front and spine). Former library-copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library stamp on frontispiece of Volume I and facing half-title page Volume II. Very slight foxing of pages. One or two faint pencil marks.

1407. (Conradus de Halberstadt) / [Conradus de Alemania (Konrad der Jüngere von Halberstadt)].

Concordantiae Maiores Sacrae Bibliae, Iam recens praeter priorem locupletationem, summis uigilijs passim cum adauctae tum recognitae.

Argentina [Straßburg], Ioannes Cnoblouchus [J. Knobloch d.Ä.], 1526. Folio (22 cm x 31 cm). 407 nn. Bll. Hardcover with new endpapers and an old sheet of Missale-Vellum as board-covering. Masterful binding, reimagining the original 16th century binding-style. Minor wormhole-damage. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. With manuscript annotation to the titlepage, mentioning Hugo Cardinali [Cardinal Hugo of Saint-Cher (Hugo de Sancto Charo)]. Former copy of the St.Ägidius Konvent in Hadamar with the old library-stamp obliterated / Ehemaliges Exemplar des Franziskanerklosters in Hadamar, St.Ägidius. Extremely important Bible-concordance. With some annotations in text (at word “Thabor” for example).

1408. Conran, Joanes / Eduardus.

Sermons delivered at the Centenary Celebrations of the Congregation Of The Mission (Vincentians.): 1833-1933.

Dublin, Drogheda Independent Co., Ltd., 1933. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. 52 pages. Original Softcover. Rusty spine staples, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1409. [Conran, Terence] Wilhide, Elizabeth.

Terence Conran. Leven met design.

Weert, Van Buuren Uitgeverij BV, 1999. 22 cm x 22 cm. 64 pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Originele Hardcover met stofomslag / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Grenzen van Design]

1410. Conrat (Cohn), Max.

Der westgothische Paulus. Eine rechtshistorische Untersuchung.

Wiesbaden, Martin Saendig, 1967. 8vo. 257 Seiten. Softcover. Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1907. Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. (Afdeeling letterkunde. VIII/4).

1411. [Constable, Archibald David].

The Farmer’s Magazine : A Periodical Work, Exclusively Devoted to Agriculture, And Rural Affairs.

Fourth Edition. Three Volumes [Volume I, II and III]. Edinburgh, Printed by D.Willison for Archibald Constable, 1802. Octavo (14 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Volume I: II, 489 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index and including 1 full-page illustration of a “Plough for Cleaning Turnips”/ Volume II: 484, V pages plus 1 page of Advertising of “Books Printed for Archibald Constable” plus 1 Extra-Large Fold-out “Table, or Mode of Cultivating the Farm, 1 full-page plate showcasing the “Advantage to be derived from streighting of Rivers”, 1 full-page plate showcasing different Grubs and Caterpillars, 1 full—page Diagram showing compositions of soil (Clay, Sand or Gravel, Calx, Moorish or Mossy Soil, Loam or Black Rich Earth) / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of Francis Duke of Bedford, 546 pages with 1 full-page “Plan of W. Hunter’s Feeding Byre at Eskmont” (with a Dung Court), 1 Text-Illustration showing “A Machine for Pounding Limestone”, 1 full-page plate showing the phenomenon of “Floating Land” – Farming next to a River, 1 Text-Illustration of “The Argyleshire Plough, invented by Alexander Campbell”, 1 extra-large fold-out plan of a Table showing Price-Developments of British Corn, Barley, Wheat, Peas, Bear, Bigg exported, 1 full-page plate showcasing the architectural structure of a Thrashing Mill Barn, 1 full-page plate showing the structure of sucessful Embankments. Hardcover / Original, decorative half- leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare in this original condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

1412. [Constable, Poussin/ Turner/ Claude/ Manet/ Raphael etc.] Morphet, Richard.

Encounters. New Art From Old.

London, The National Gallery Company Limited, 2000. 25.4cm x 26cm. 336 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1413. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.

1414. Conway, Susan.

Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones : Lan Na Court Textiles.

Bangkok, River Books, 2002. 22.2 cm x 28.8 cm. 281 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discoloration to margins of pages. Otherwise bright, clean and in excellent condition. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

1415. Conyers, Dorothea.

Old Andy. Author of “Sandy Married”.

Fourth Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1916. 11 cm x 16.5 cm. 253 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Pages tanned. Some foxing throughout. Smudging to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner’s names endpapers. Bar code sticker on rear endpaper.

1416. Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The Story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the rear cover. Fantastic, thorough publication.

1417. Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1418. Coogan, Tim Pat.

1916 – The Easter Rising.

London, Cassell, 2001. 26cm. 192 pages with numerous illustrations and facsimiles. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1419. Coogan, Tim Pat.

1916 – The mornings after : from the courts martial to the tribunals.

London, [England], Head of Zeus, 2015. 329 pages with illustrations, photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1420. Coogan, Tim Pat.

Disillusioned Decades – Ireland 1966-87.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1987. 22 cm. 258 pages with many illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1421. Cook, E.T.

Gardening For Beginners: A Handbook to the Garden.

Third edition. London, Country Life / George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 15 x 23.5cm. (7), 559 pages, with drawings and black and white plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and some mild foxing internally. Pre-owner’s name on half-title page. From the “Country Life Library” series.

1422. Cook, E.T.

Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens.

Second edition. London, George Newnes Ltd. / Country Life, 1908. 14.5 x 23cm. (14), 500 pages, with black and white plates throughout. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Slightly foxed, minor signs of shelf wear to spine, otherwise very good condition. From the ‘Country Life’ Library series.

1423. Cook, Michael L.

Responses To 101 Questions About Jesus.

New York / Mahwah, Paulist Press, 1993. 13.5 x 20.5cm. (10), 124 pages. Original softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

1424. Cook, Rose.

Everyday Festival.

First Edition. Fife, Happenstance, 2009. Octavo. 28 pages. Original Softcover pamphlet with cover image by Gillian Beaton. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1425. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

1426. 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.

1427. Cookson, William/ Dale, Peter (eds.).

Agenda. The State of Poetry. Volume 27, No. 3, Autumn 1989.

First Edition. London, Agenda and Editions Charitable Trust, 1989. 13,5 x 22 cm. 88 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1428. Cooper, Capt[ain] T.H.

A Practical Guide For The Light Infantry Officer : Comprising Valuable Extracts From All the Most Popular Works on the Subject ; With Further Original Information: And Illustrated by a Set of Plates, on an Entire New and Intelligible Plan ; Which Simplify Every Movement and Manoeuvre of Light Infantry. By Capt. T.H.Cooper (Half-Pay 56th Regiment, Infantry).

Original First Edition. London, Printed for T. Egerton at the Military Library, 1806. Octavo. XXIV, Errata Leaves [1], 98, 6 unnumbered pages (including Explanation of Plates and Index). With 14 (of 16) Fold-out-Plates and one which is missing a small strip (Plate 2). Also including the two additional Music – Plates with Four Pages of: 1.and 2.: Barrack Sounds / 3. Field Sounds [for the Trumpeter] as well as 4. Quick and Slow Marches [Buglers Trumpet Call / Setting the Watch / Shoulder Arms / Order Arms / Cease Firing / Incline to the Right / Form Indian Files / On Discovering the Enemy / The Enemy is Infantry & Cavalry / Call in the Advanced Guard / Call in the Skirmishers / etc. Hardcover / Original 19th century full leather Spine cracked but holding. Interior in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All the plates in very good condition with one missing. This is the very rare original edition and NOT a reproduction.

1429. Cooper, Duff.

Kennwort Unternehmen Heartbreak. Roman.

Erste Auflage. Berlin, Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1951. 12,5 x 20 cm. 205 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Leinen. Im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1430. Cooper, James Fenimore.

The Complete Works – Cambridge Scholars Classic Texts Edition [complete in 48 Volumes].

48 Volumes. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. Octavo. c.9500 pages in 48 Volumes. Original Softcover / Paperback Edition. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

1431. Cope, Sir Zachary.

The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen. With colour frontispiece illustration of the partial abdomen muscles, and 13 black and white illustrations throughout.

Twelfth Edition. London and others, Oxford University Press, 1963. 22.3cm x 14.5cm. (8) 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Exceptional condition.

1432. Copi, Irving.

Philosophy and Language.

The Review of Metaphysics, 1951. 8°. 10 pages. Softcover. Offprint from “The Review of Metaphysics” – 1951. Inscribed and signed by Copi: “For Hank – Irv.”.

1433. Copperwhite, Diana.

Eclipse of a Title. [With an introductory essay by Colm Toibin: “Choice as Chance”].

Skibbereen, West Cork Arts Centre, 2009. Quarto. 128 pages. Original Hardcover. No dustjacket ! Binding bumped but overall still in good condition with some clear signs of external wear.

1434. Coras Iompair Eireann.

Regulations for Train Signalling and General Instructions to Signalmen. To operate on and from 1st May 1979.

Dublin, Coras Iompair Eireann, 1979-1980. 15.8 cm x 21.6 cm. 203 pages plus 64-pages booklet. Original Plastic Hardcover bound with metal filing clips. Soft cover for the booklet, stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tear on the top hole on Page D39/D40. Edges are slightly rubbeed and tannned. Occational marks by previous owner throughout the book. An ephemera loosely inserted. (Amendant Notice) Additional booklet loosely inserted, “Additions and Amendments to Rule book 1967”. The booklet was issued in August 1980. Signed by previous owner on back of front cover, top of the booklet cover and back of the ephemera.

1435. Corbett, Jim.

My India.

Delhi / Bombay / a.o., Oxford University Press, 1989. 14 cm x 21 cm. 190 pages. One black and white map. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1436. Corbin, Alain.

Le Monde Retrouvé de Louis-Francois Pinagot – Sur les traces d’un inconnu 1798-1876.

Paris, Flammarion, 1998. 8°. 336 pages. Broché / Softcover. Bon état.

1437. Corbyn, T.N. [Theophilus N. Corbyn from Philadelphia].

The Compounder’s Pocket Remembrancer – A Treatise on the Manufacture of Liquors, Syrups, Cordials, Bitters, Acids, Colognes, Bay Rums, Extracts, Concentrated Essences, Liquor Flavors, Hair Dyes, Hair Oils, Hair Tonics, Tinctures, Segar Flavors, Pomades, Etc. Including Instructions for making Cider, Champagnes, Punch Essences, &c. Comprising many useful Receipts for Barbers, Bakers, Confectioners, Druggists, Segar Makers, Liquor Dealers, Grocers, Mineral Water Bottlers, Fruit Preservers, etc. etc. [with 738 Recipes].

Original First Edition. [Philadelphia], Published by the Author Theophilus Corbyn, [1888]. Duodecimo. 206 pages with 738 Recipes and a thorough Index [Cutout on titlepage has removed year pf printing but was verified through Bibliography]. Private Hardcover of the mid-20th century with the original bookblock. Bookblock loosened. Lower part of the titlepage missing. Needs repair but pages are in very good condition. Extremely Rare, early Philadelphia Recipe-Book for Drinks, Essences and Perfmues, Hair-Products etc. !

1438. Corcoran, Donal P.

Freedom to achieve Freedom – The Irish Free State 1922-1932.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, [2013]. 24 cm. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author !

1439. Cordingly, David.

Billy Ruffian-The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon. The Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836.

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. 16 cm x 24.2 cm. XII, 355 pages. With illustrations, maps and battleplans. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

1440. Cordus, Euricius / Brasavola, Antonio Musa / [Hieronymus Schreiber / Jerôme Schreiber]

Botanologicon (Euricii Cordi Simesusii Medici Botanologicon) – Angebunden / Bound with: Antonio Musa Brasavola – Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis usus est. Addita sunt Insuper Aristotelis problemata, quae ad stirpium genus, & oleracea pertinent.

Cologne (Köln) / Leyden (Lyon), Johann Gymnicus (Gymnich) / Johannes and Franciscus Frellon, 1534 / 1537. Octavo. Collation complete: I. Euricius Cordus – Botanologicon: Title with the woodcut device of Cologne-printer Johann Gymnicus, including his Motto, the first line of a Verse from the Aeneid by Virgil ‘Discite Iustitiam Moniti’, 183, [21] pp., 2 blank leaves. The titlepage of the Botanologicon bears the manuscript ownership-entry of Nuremberg’s Astronomer, Philosopher and Mathematician Hieronymus Schreiber [also called Jerôme Schreiber], student-friend of Euricius Cordus’ son Valerius Cordus in Wittenberg and later trustee of Valerius Cordus’ scholarly estate after Valerius Cordus’ premature death in Rome. Dated in the same hand on the titlepage also the entry ‘Anno 1539’, when Valerius Cordus matriculated at Wittenberg and Schreiber already had studied there since May 1532. With several contemporary manuscript annotations throughout both titles (the Botanologicon and Examen) / II. A. M. Brasavola – Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum: Title, [1], [‘Reverendissimo to Ioannes Argenterius’, 4 pp.], [‘Ad Illustris & Sereniss. (‘Epistola Nuncupatoria’) to the Duces of Ferrara’ 17 pp.], [Epigramma, 1 p.], [Examen & Aristotelis Problemata 542 pages, [Dedication to Franciscus Frellaeus, 2 pp.], [Index copiosissimus in Examen Omnium, 13 pp.], [1]. With several manuscript annotations. Original, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with some stronger signs of running to the corners, with partially bevelled edges and both of the original metal clasps intact. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in ink to upper spine and also to top of fore-edge. Very few pressed plants loosely inserted. Interior in excellent condition with some minor staining to very few pages only.

1441. [Cork – UCC] Queen’s College Cork.

Original Matriculation Card for the Faculty of Law – Class of Jurisprudence.

Printed in Cork, Queen’s College, 1860. 12,2 cm x 9,3 cm. 1 page. Original cardboard with beautiful 19th century typefont. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare original matriculation card of the 1860’s for Cork University / Queen’s College.

1442. [Cork – West Cork – North Cork – East Cork – South Cork] Power, Denis / Byrne, Elizabeth / Egan, Ursula / Lane, Sheila / Sleeman, Mary with Eamon Cotter and Judith Monk.

Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Four Volumes in a Five-Volume set (complete). Volume I: West Cork. Comprising the Baronies of Bear, Bantry, West Carbery (east and west), East Carbery (east and west), Ibane, & Barryroe and Kinalmeaky. Illustrated with 72 plates, 8 colour plates, and 31 maps. Bibliography. Indexes. / Volume II: East and South Cork. Comprising the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, Courceys, Imokilly, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinnatalloon & Kinsale. Illustrated with 104 plates, and 23 maps. / Volume III: Mid Cork – Comprising the Baronies of East Muskerry, West Muskerry & Barretts. Illustrated with 116 plates, 8 colour plates, and 15 maps. / Volume IV (in two Parts): North Cork – Part I and Part II: Comprising the Baronies of Fermoy, Duhallow, Condons and Clangibbon, Orrery and Kilmore and Kinnatalloon.

4 Volumes in 5 (complete set). Dublin, The Stationery Office, 1992-2000. 16cm x 24cm 478, 432, 489, 795 pages (Volume 4 is paginated continuosly). Original Hardcover with original dustjackets / Volume IV in slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1443. [Cork – West Cork / County Kerry History Pre-Famine] Nicholson, Asenath.

Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger or An Excursion through Ireland in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor.

First Edition. New York, Baker and Scribner, 1847. Small Octavo. XV, 456 pages plus 22 pages of a catalogue for the publisher Baker and Scribner in the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament to covers. Recently, professionally restored. Very good condition with the usual signs of some browning and foxing to this publication. From the library of Lathrop Josiah Tracy, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (1825-1897). With his name to the halftitle. A very rare and important book !

1444. [Cork – West Cork / Diocese of Ross & Cloyne] Cole, John Harding.

Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Comprising the Eventful Period in the Church’s History of the Forty Years from A.D. 1863, to the Present Time.

Cork, Guy and Company Limited, 1903. 8°. XVI, 347 pages. Original Hardcover (Green cloth with lettering on spine). Original 1903-Edition. Binding and endpaper with minor dampstain. Internally in very good condition. Very Rare !!

1445. [Cork – West Cork] O’Regan, Philip / O’Brien, Gerald / Byrne, Jim and many others.

Skibberen and District Historical Society. – Journal – Volumes 1-19 (complete set of the years 2005-2023). / Cumann Staire An Sciobairin is a Cheantar.

19 volumes. Skibbereen, 2005-2023. 8°. Volume I (2005): 162 pages / Volume II (2006): 159 pages / Volume III (2007): 109 pages / Volume IV (2008): 170 pages / Volume V (2009): 168 pages / Volume VI (2010): 182 pages / Volume VII (2011): 120 pages / Volume VIII (2012): 121 pages. / Volume IX (2013): 158 pages / Volume X (2014): 204 pages / Volume XI (2015): 242 pages / Volume XII (2016): 277 pages / Volume XIII (2017): 208 pages / Volume XIV (2018) 198 pages / Volume XV (2019) 180 pages / Volume XVI (2020) 197 pages / Volume XVII (2021) 170 pages / Volume XVIII (2022) 189 pages / Volume XIX (2023) 225pages // Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition.

1446. [Cork Print – 18th century] Robertson, William.

The History of America.

Volume I (of II) of the First Cork Edition [which had two Volumes in total]. Cork, Printed by Thomas White, opposite the Exchange, 1778. Octavo. XIX, [1], [6], 492 pages including 6 unnumbered pages of a List of Subscribers including the previous owner of the book: “Rev. John Meade”. Original Hardcover / Original full 18th-century-calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Name of John Meade on titlepage. Only Volume One of this very rare Cork print !

1447. [Corker, Ruth / Falkiner, Ruth (1693 – 1760) of St Stephen’s Green, Dublin] – Watts, Isaac.

Armorial Binding from the library of Ruth Corker with manuscript entries regarding the History of family-relations and marriage of Ruth Corker (born Falkiner) of St.Stephen’s Green in Dublin during the years 1693 – 1760. The armorial binding is containing the rare fifth edition of the important Prayer – Guide by english Theologian, Hymn-writer and Logician, Isaac Watts: “A Guide to Prayer : Or A Free and Rational Account of the Gift, Grace and Spirit of Prayer; With plain Directions how every Christian may attain them”.

The Fifth Edition. London, Printed for Emanuel Matthews, 1730. Small Octavo. [5], 156, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original, early 18th century full-leather with armorial embossing to both boards. New spine-label. Ruth Corker’s Library-stamp verso the titlepage. This used to be Ruth Corker’s mother’s book prior to her own and the name Mary Falkiner is written in ink on top of the Preface-page. Manuscript entry “Ruth Corker Her Book 1731” on halftitle with several entries informing on marriages and relationships within the Falkiner and Corker and Robinson – family added obviousy by a later relative (Ruth Robinson, who was married to Robert Robinson). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1448. Corkery, Daniel.

The Philosophy of the Gaelic League.

First Edition. [Ireland], Conradh na Gaeilge Ath Cliath, [c.1943]. Small Octavo. 14 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to cover. Rare pamphlet !

1449. Corkery, Simon.

Step by Step – The Golden Years of an Irish Emigrant.

Ifracombe, Stockwell, 1991. 22 cm. 170 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Corkery. Including a related newspaper-clipping with Corkery’s obituary.

1450. Cormack, Dr. David.

Team Spirit: People Working With People.

Eastbourne, MARC, 1987. 13 cm x 21.5 cm. 222 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1451. Cornelius, P.

Das Oldenburger Wesermarschrind. Herausgegeben vom Oldenburger Wesermarsch-Herdbuchverein. Mit 2 Karten, 1 farbigen und 6 schwarzen Tafeln und 68 Abbildungen im Text.

Hannover, M. & H. Schaper, 1908. 8°. VIII, 140 Seiten und Tafeln / Karten im Anhang. Hardcover / Dekorativer, illustrierter Jugendstilband / Art Noueau Binding. Traumhaft erhaltene Monographie in wunderschöner Jugendstilbindung. Nahezu keine Gebrauchsspuren. Äußerst selten in dieser Erhaltung. [Monographien landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere – Band VI].

1452. Cornford, F.M.

From Religion to Philosophy – A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation.

New York / Evanston, Harper & Row, 1957. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 275 pages. Original Softcover. Poor condition with obvious signs of external wear. Several annotations in pencil throughout book. from the library of philosopher Graham Parkes with his name on endpaper, dated Berkeley, 1977.

1453. Corngold, Stanley.

Complex Pleasure. Forms of Feeling in German Literature.

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1998. 8°. XVIII, 243 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

1454. Cornish, Sam.

Sometimes. Ten Poems.

First Edition. Cambridge, Pym-Randall Press, 1973. 13 x 21,5 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 20 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Numbered and signed by the author. Number 24 in a limited edition of 200, only 50 of which are signed and numbered.

1455. Corradi, Consuelo.

Metodo biografico come metodo ermeneutico Una rilettura de ‘Il contadino polacco’. [Signed / Inscribed]

Milan, Franco Angeli Libri, 1988. 14 x 22 cm. 272 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Consuelo Corradi on the endpaper.

1456. Corti, Maria.

Metodi e fantasmi.

First Edition. Milan, Feltrinelli Editore, 1969. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Critica e filologia – Studi e Manuali – 4].

1457. [Costain, Harold Haliday] Holme, Geoffrey (Editor).

The Studio – November 1939 – Vol.118 – No.560. [With a two-page-section on Hal Costain’s photographs for advertising].

London, The Studio, 1939. 21 cm x 29 cm. 224 Pages with additional advertising pages. Original Softcover. The wrapper detached ! Back cover slightly ripped. Otherwise in good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1458. [Costello, John A.] McCullagh, David:

The reluctant Taoiseach – A biography of John A. Costello. [With two lossely inserted newspaper-clippings with very interesting articles about Costello]

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2010. 24 cm. viii, 530 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1459. Costello, Mary.

Academy Street.

Edinburg / London, Canongate, 2014. 14 cm x 22cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1460. Cotter, Denis (ed.).

It Might Have Been Yesterday: A Bantry Anthology.

First Edition. Bantry, Bantry General Hospital Patient Comfort Fund, 2000. 13 x 20 cm. VI, 135 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

1461. Cotton, Henry / [Charles Patrick Ranke Graves].

My Swing [Inscribed and signed by Cotton to British journalist and Travel Writer, Charles Graves].

London, Country Life Limited. 1952. 22 cm x 14,5 cm. 144 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine. Inscribed and signed by author to Charles Graves. Rare !

1462. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. With 12 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name (R.G.Poole) on front endpaper.

1463. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland. Illustrated.

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. 15 cm x 22.7 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. 12 illustrations, including the frontispiece, on 8 plates. Hardcover/ Publisher’s original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cracks to valley between endpaper and half-title. Binding still good and firm. Original, armorial bookplate of Somerset Saunderson(depicting the coat-of-arms with the motto: “Je suis veillant”) on front paste-down. Annotation on pastedown, half-title, table of contents and table of illustrations. Several annotations on rear paste-down.

1464. Coughlan, Christopher.

Olde Cork – Historical – Theatrical – Commercial. Illustrated [The best Concise History of Cork City].

Cork, Feehan & Co., 1975. Small Octavo. 48, (4 unnumbered) pages. Illustrated Softcover. The spine of this small publication is usually broken, not this one ! Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

1465. Count Basie.

Blues by Basie. A Collection of Original Blues Compositions for Piano as Recorded and Played by Count Basie.

(Original, printed score). London, Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1943. Quarto. 23 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear. Pages 3 to 22 detached. Faint stamp on front cover.

1466. Count Basie.

Count Basie und seine Welterfolge.

(Original, printed score). Hamburg, Peer Musikverlag GmbH., 1960. Quarto. 23 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

1467. Count Basie.

Count Basie’s Piano Styles: Folio 2.

(Original, printed score). London, Bregman, Vocco & Conn. Ltd., 1941. Quarto. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

1468. [Counterculture] – Hall, John R.

The Ways Out: Utopian Communal Groups in an Age of Babylon.

First edition. London, Routledge, 1978. 15 x 23 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth. Very good, near fine, condition. Clean and tight copy. [International Library of Sociology].

1469. [Country-House Classic: A Stunning Shakespeare – Edition] – [Shakespeare, William] Irving, Henry / Marshall, Frank A.

The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by Sir Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall.

Fourteen Volumes (Complete Set). London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1907. 16.4 cm x 22.9 cm. Circa 3,657 pages. With Colour Frontipieces. With many hundred black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. With decorative gilt ornament and titles to spine and front boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor edgewear, discolouration to edges and minor foxing only. Binding strong. Clean and bright interiors. Front endpapers contain previous owner’s name. [The Henry Irving Shakespeare- Volume 1-14].

1470. Courrèges, André.

Changer La Vie. 23 Mai > 8 Juin 2008 – Parc André Citroën – Paris.

Paris, Unknown, 2008. 21 cm x 16,5 cm. 34 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1471. Couvée, M. M.

19th Century Album with 31 fantastic, large vintage photographs of Germany, Austria and Italy. Many of these early photographs are on Frankfurt am Main, but also Berlin, Heidelberg and classic travel – locations along the Rhine are included / Also interspersed are some other european destinations like Lugano, Venice and Salzburg (these all in colour). – All Photographs original Albumen Prints. / Album mit 31 grossformatigen, fantastischen, originalen Photographien von deutschen und europaeischen Stadtansichten des 19. Jahrhunderts, vorwiegend Frankfurt am Main [mit traumhaften und ungewoehnlichen Ansichten von Frankfurt und Sachsenhausen / Kaiserstrasse mit Strassenbahn / Rossmarkt / Goetheplatz / Alte Oper / Palmengarten / Wiesbaden – Kursaalplatz / Eschenheimer Turm / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal / Main mit Untermainbruecke und Angler mit zwei Jungen davor / aber auch Stadtansichten von Berlin (″Blick nach den Linden” in Farbe – in colour), Lugano (in Farbe – in colour), Boppard (in Farbe – in colour), Heidelberg (in Farbe – in colour), Salzburg, Königstein im Taunus (in Farbe – in colour), Remagen (in Farbe – in colour), Coblenz, Lahneck, Sooneck, Braubach und Marxburg, Wiesbaden, Bingen und Venedig (in Farbe – in colour)/

La Haye / Dresden, Couvée / Stengel & Co., c. 1895 – 1900. Quer Quart / Oblong Quarto. 31 large photographs mounted on cardboard. Original Hardcover / Exzellente Halblederausgabe mit vergoldetem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. / Album with gilt lettering. Ungewoehnlich gut erhaltenes Album mit phantastischen Aufnahmen die auch das buergerliche Leben mit eingefangen haben. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1472. Cow & Gate.

Motherhood – A Guide for Mothers.

Fifth Edition. Guildford, Cow & Gate House, 1938. Octavo. 270 pages with many illustrations and advertising [″Every Child whose portrait appears in this book was fed on Cow & Gate”]. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1473. Cowell, John.

Sligo Land of Yeats’ Desire. It’s History, Literature, Folklore and Landscape.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 192 pages with illustrations Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

1474. Cowell, John.

Sligo: Land of Yeats’ Desire.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1990. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 192 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1475. Cowley, Robert (Editor).

The Quarterly Journal of Military History. 44 issues (of which 11 issues are in softcover and 33 issues are in Hardcover. The collection includes: Volume IX (1997) (2 issues of 4) Volume X (1998) / Volume XI (1999) / Volume XIV (2002) (3 of 4 issues only)/ Volume XV (2003) / Volume XVI (2004) / Volume XVII (2005) / Volume XVIII (2006) / Volume XIX (2007) / Volume XX (2008) / Volume XXI (2009) / Volume XXII (2 issues of 4) / Volume XXIII (2010) (1 issue) /

New York, American Historical Publications, Inc., 1997 – 2010. Quarto. c. 4200 pages. Original Hardcover and some Softcover issues. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1476. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1477. [Cowper, William] Thomas, Gilbert.

William Cowper and the eighteenth century.

New and revised edition. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1948. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispice, 347 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard, with his Exlibris on the pastedown.

1478. Cox, Barry.

A Lifeboat Year. Wrecks, Rescues and Events From the History of the RNLI.

First Edition. Storrington, Historic Military Press, 2001. 20 cm x 20 cm. 165 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1479. Cox, C.B./ Dyson, A.E. (eds.).

Poetry 1967. Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement Number 8.

First Edition. Hull, The Critical Quarterly Society, 1967. 14 x 22 cm. 24 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1480. Cox, E.H.M. / Taylor, G.C.

Primulas for Garden & Greenhouse.

Oxford, Dulau, 1947. 12,5 cm x 18,5 cm. VII, 86 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1481. Cox, Gerard.

“Ordering Wood”. [With an Introduction by Peter Murray].

Cork, Crawford Municipal Gallery, 1988. 21 cm wide x 29.8 cm high. 16 pages with numerous illustrations in colour of wooden sculpture. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1482. Cox, Reginald H.W.

Military Badges of the British Empire 1914 – 18.

Chicago, The Standard Art Book Co., 1982. 21.5 cm x 30 cm. 363 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

1483. Cox, Ronald.

Engineering Ireland.

Cork, Collins Press 2006. 25.5 cm x 29.5 cm. XII, 371 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1484. Coyne, Kevin.

Domers: A Year At Notre Dame.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Viking, 1995. 15 x 23cm. 329 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition.

1485. Cracco, G. / S.Gasparri / B.Khader / F.Leoncini u.a.

Svolte epocali a confronto: Armando Salvatore – Islam, islamismo, democrazia: al di la della differenza / Bichara Khader – La religione come fattore geopolitico nello spazio mediterraneo / Giorgio Cracco – Spirito e potere – La memoria del Medioevo cristiano / Michele Luzzati – La rivoluzione commerciale e lo sviluppo dell’ economia medievale / Stefano Gasparri – Popoli etnie e regni nell’Europa medievale etc. etc.

Edizioni Concordia Sette, 2000. 8°. 248 pages. Softcover. Very good condition.

1486. Craffonara, Lois.

Die Dolomitenladiner.

Zweite Auflage. Eppan, Institut Ladin, 1990. 16,5 x 20 cm. Unpaginiert. Etwa 30 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1487. Craig, Gordon A.

Das Ende Preussens. Acht Porträts. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Karl Heinz Siber.

München, C.H. Beck, 1985. 14 x 21 cm. 140 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren am Einband.

1488. [Craig, James] Buckland, Patrick.

James Craig – Lord Craigavon.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1980. 19 cm. 143 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Gill’s Irish lives].

1489. Craig, James Humbert.

The Natural Talents of J.H. Craig – “The Peoples’ Artist”. Compiled and written by George A.Connell.

Belfast, The Arches Art Gallery, 1988. Oblong Quarto (30 cm wide x 22 cm high). 133 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolutely Mint condition in special collector’s mylar.

1490. Craig, Maurice.

Poems – Selected and Edited by Andrew Carpenter. With an Introductory Essay by Lucy Collins.

Signed / Limited Edition No.4/50. Dublin, Liberties Press, 2011. Octavo. 73 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and a small paper-fault to endpaper/pastedown.

1491. Cramer, Andreas Wilhelm.

Haus-Chronik meinen Anverwandten und Freunden zum Andenken gewidmet.

Erste Ausgabe. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, 1822. Octavo. 279 Seiten. Oreiginale Broschur. Bindung staerker berieben und beschaedigt. Mit zahlreichen Annotationen. Namen eines Vorbesitzers im Inneneckel [Ludwig Kruse, November 1902] und Hinweise auf Textstellen in der Goethe und die Kantische Philosophie erwaehnt wird.

1492. Cramer, René de.

Drapeaux, Bannieres – Souvenir de la ‘Vieille Flandre’ (Exposition Universelle et internationale de Gand 1913) / Vlaggen & Wimpels – Aandenken van “Oud-Vlaendren” (Wereldtentoonstelling van Gent 1913).: I – Drapeaux aux Armes des Villes de Flandre / II – Drapeaux aux Armes de Seigneurs / III. Drapeaux Représentant des Images Légendaires ou des Emblèmes / IV. Drapeaux et Bannières de Corporations / V. Drapeaux Portant les Types des Saints / VI. Drapeaux Reproduisant des Einseignes //

Bruxelles, Des Presses de la Soc. An. Belge D’Imprimerie, 1913. Folio. 12 Pages de texte, 40 Planches hors texte en couleurs (12 pages text and 40 plates with tipped in colour – plates of Tapestries, Souvenir – Wimpel etc.). Hardcover / Privately professionally bound. Frontcover of the original dustjacket pasted on the halftitle. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some mild dampstain to very few pieces of teh artwork and the outer margins of the endpapers and first pages of text only.

1493. Crane, Joan.

Guy Davenport: A Descriptive Bibliography 1947-1995. [Signed by Davenport]

Haverford, Green Shade, 1996. 8°. XX, 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Number 61 of only 100 signed copies (out of a total edition of 550).

1494. Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses / The Music by the earliest Masters. Engraved & Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

London / New York, Federick Warne and Co., c. 1877. Octavo. 56 pages. 11 full-page illustrations by Crane. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Pages detached. But all illustrations in very good condition. Cover stronger worn ! Inscribed: “Chrissie Begg – All good wishes for Christmas from Florence Miller”.

1495. Crane, Walter / Kearton, Richard / Kearton, Cherry / English, Douglas / Ward, John J. / Lockyer, J.S. / Irving, Henry / Fitzgerald, H. Purefoy.

The Nature Book – A Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and Beauties of the Open Air. Profusely illustrated with Photographs and numerous coloured plates by famous artists.

Three Volumes (complete). London / New York / Toronto / Melbourne, Cassell and Company, no year (c.1912). Quarto. 1128 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Hardcover / Spectacular binding with gilt lettering and ornament to covers. Binding signed; “K” within the illustration on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The magnificent gilted illustrations on cover in unusually excellent condition. Presentation copy from Anatomy Professor D.P. Fitzgerald, Professor of Anatomy UCC Cork, to his colleague Andrew Whelton (Cork City). A handwritten entry by D.P. Fitzgerald reads: “Bound in Nov.1913”.

1496. [Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

1497. Crawford Art Gallery [Cork].

[c]artography – Map – Making as Artform.

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Octavo. 61 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1498. [Crawford, Mabel] Anonymous.

Through Algeria.

London, Richard Bentley, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 362 pages. The frontispiece is a colour-lithograph of El Kantara. Attractive hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering and ornamental design on spine. Gilt lettering and richly decorative tooling on front board. Blind tooling on back board also. Pebbled boards. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cloth frayed at spine head and tail. Slight cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still very good and firm. Some foxing to endpapers. Interior very clean and bright. Some untrimmed pages. Handwritten message on front endpaper reads “A Prize gained by Louisea Mells for Progress in her French studies, Xmas. 1869. Magdalen House.” An extremely rare, rather scarce, early publication by an Irish Woman Traveller in Africa who also lived and helped through the Irish Famine and was not only an early Feminist but also one of the first members of the Suffragette Movement.

1499. Crawford, Mary / Unger, Rhoda.

Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology.

Third Edition. Boston, McGraw Hill, 2000. 18.8cm x 23.3cm. XXII, 666 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1500. Crawley, Tony.

Bébé: The Films of Brigitte Bardot.

London, LSP Books, 1975. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. Frontispiece.256 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover and spine. Minor discolouration to edges and endpaper. Otherwise clean, bright and binding strong.