3881. Skeat, Rev. Walter W.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.

A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged [Fourth Edition]. Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1924. Quarto. XLIV, 780 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful of this beautifully typeset publication with spacious margins and a delight to use. From the personal library of William Spark (20 Blades Street, Lancaster), with his name and address in ink to endpaper.

3882. Vaughan Williams, Ralph.

Folk Songs of the Four Seasons – A Cantata for Women’s Voices with Orchestral or Pianoforte Accompaniment. Vocal Score.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1950. Octavo. 81 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3883. 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).

3884. Barr, Pat.

The Coming of the Barbarians – A story of Western settlement in Japan 1853-1870.

London, Macmillan, 1967. Octavo. 236 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Reader’s Union Edition].

3885. [Daniel Conner Library (Manch House)] – [Ossian] McPherson, James.

The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James MacPherson, Esq. With The Translator’s Dissertations on the Era and Poems of Ossian ; Dr.Blair’s Critical Dissertation; And An Inquiry into the Genuineness of These Poems, Written Expressly for this Edition, by the Rev. Alex[ander] Stewart.

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, High-Street, no year [c.1820]. Duodecimo. Frontispice and engraved Titlepage, VIII, 590, 2 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding slightly shaky but still holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name in ink to endpaper.

3886. Keene, Donald.

A History of Japanese Literature [Four Volume Set Complete]: Volume I: Seeds in the Heart – Japanese Literature ifrom the Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century / Volume II: World Within Walls – Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867 / Volume III: Dawn to the West – Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Fiction) / Volume IV: Dawn to the West – Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism) // With a New Preface by the Author.

Four Volumes (complete). New York, Columbia University Press, 1999. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XII, 1265 pages / Volume II: XV, 606 pages / Volume III: XIII, 1329 pages / Volume IV: XV, 687 pages. Original Softcover in especially applied proective sleeves. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Unusual in this complete set and in this excellent condition.

3887. [Earl of Shannon] Irving, Washington.

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. [From the library of the Earl of Shannon Earl of Shannon [Richard Boyle], with his armorial Bookplate].

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1831. Small Octavo. Frontispice – Engraving (Convent of La Rabida), XVIII, 337, [1] pages. Map missing ! Hardcover / original half leather of the early 19th century, with original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The armorial bookplate of the Earl of Shannon to the pastedown.

3888. Beil, H.A.

De Practische Imker – Geïllustreerd Maandblad voor de Reform-Bijenteelt.

[Holland], Bureau af “De Practische Imker”, 1906-1907. Quarto. Four Issues (4 Hefte): 1. December 1906 – Proefnummer (December 1906) / 2. Januari 1904 – No.1 / 3. Februari 1907 – No.2 / 4. Maart 1907 – No.3 // Illustrated Softcover. Britte, poor condition of this extremely rare little periodical about beekeeping in the early 20th century.

3889. Maassen, Iwein.

An Bord ! – Die interessantesten Kreuzfahrten der Welt. Aus dem Englischen von Walter Spiegl.

München, F.A. Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2007. 22 x 29 cm. 256 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Terra Magica].

3890. Mac Gréil, Mícheál.

Prejudice and Tolerance in Ireland. Based on a national survey of intergroup attitudes in the Republic of Ireland.

Dublin, College of Industrial Relations, 1977. Large Octavo. XXIV, 634 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Exceptional condition.