4051. Shaw, [George] Bernard.

The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw.

London, Odhams Press, 1934. Large Octavo. VIII, 1219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Besides some minor foxxing to the edges this monumental publication is in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription to Naturalist Norman Hickin on the pastedown.

4052. Galsworthy, John.

The Man of Property. With an Introduction by Ivor Brown.

London / Glasgow, Collins, 1958. Octavo. Frontispiece-Portrait of John Galsworthy, 352 pages. Original Hardcover with the stunning, original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some minor frawying to the protected jacket only. Rare in this excellent condition.

4053. [O’Connor, Roger] Captain Rock.

Letters to His Majesty, King George the Fourth. [This is the Volume owned by the Conner – Family of Manch House and it bears the Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner].

London, Published by B. Steill, 1828. Small Octavo. 372 (of 378 pages with six pages missing from the Postscript). Hardcover / Private half – leather-binding. From the library of Daniel Conner & Henry Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner to pastedown. Two additional names written inside the book. The rarest publication by Roger O’Conner, who wrote under the pseudonym “Captain Rock”, in which much of his families history and its connection to Irish History is revealed. The publication is full of autobiographical detail on Roger O’Connor and his family and Biographical History of Nobility and minor Nobility during O’Connor’s time. Roger O’Connor explains in a form of a biographical Dictionary within the book the many different functions and historical details of Earls, Marquis’, Viscounts and other men of merit in Ireland at the time.

4054. [Gordon, Charles George] / [Chinese Gordon / Gordon Pasha / Gordon of Khartoum].

Life of General Gordon. By the Author of “Our Queen”, “New World Heroes” [that was Reginald Henry Barnes].

London, Walter Scott, 1885. Octavo. Pagination: Vintage Frontispiece-Portrait-Photograph, VIII, 369, (2) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare with the often missing vintage photograph !

4055. Hitching, Francis.

The World Atlas of Mysteries.

First Edition. London, Pan Books, 1978. 21,5 x 29 cm. 254 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

4056. [Aeschylus] Scholefield, Jacobus.

Aeschylus – recensuit Jacobus Scholefield, A.M. Coll. SS. Trin. Nuper Socius, et Graecarum Literarum Professor Regius.

Editio Secunda. Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Excudit Joannes Smith, 1830. Octavo. II,436 pages. Hardcover / original, 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of J. A. Ormerod B.N.C., with his Bookplate to the pastedown with the Motto: “Dedit Meliora Dabitque” [Ormerod died in 1864 and was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford]

4057. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Al-Hajri, Sa’id.

Stratigraphic palynology of the Paleozoic of Saudi Arabia. Results of a joint study between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Pal?eozo?ique (CIMP). Project co-ordinators and editors Sa’id Al-Hajri and Bernard Owens.

Manama, Bahrain, Gulf PetroLink, 2000. 231 pages with 40 plates / 62 illustrations (including maps in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor. [GeoArabia special publication ; 1].

4058. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Al-Hajri, Sa’id / Owens, Bernard.

Stratigraphic palynology of the Paleozoic of Saudi Arabia. Results of a joint study between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Pal?eozo?ique (CIMP). Project co-ordinators and editors Sa’id Al-Hajri and Bernard Owens.

Manama, Bahrain, Gulf PetroLink, 2000. 231 pages with 40 plates / 62 illustrations (including maps in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor. Inscribed and signed to Dave Naylor by his colleague Geoffrey Clayton (Trinity College Dublin). [GeoArabia special publication ; 1].

4059. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Kruit, Cornelis.

Sediments of the Rhone Delta – Grain size and Microfauna. [Including: Physiographic Map / Distribution Maps of Main Sediment and Fresh- and Brackish Water

‘s-Gravenhage, Mouton, 1955. 27 cm. 141 pages with 6 folded maps/tables in rear pocket. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor, with his name and year 1961 to titlepage.

4060. Ziegler, Peter A.

Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe. [Including the second Volume with 40 Maps].

Two Volumes (complete set). The Hague, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij B.V., 1982. Folio 130 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 portfolio (40 folded leaves : color maps, charts. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.