4141. [Gibbings, Robert] Empson, Patience / Balston, Thomas.

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with some recollections by the Artist [Also included is some rare Ephemera: The Six-Page Original Advertising and Order-Leaflet for this publication].

First Edition. London, J.M.Dent & Sons, 1959. Quarto (213 cm wide x 28 cm high) Pagination: Colour-frontispiece on Japanese paper, XLIV, 355 pages [with over 1000 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and 16 pages of “Recollections by the Artist”]. Original Hardcover (Buckram) with the original publisher’s clear jacket with Red Lettering. A stunning, must-have publication in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4142. King, Linda / Sisson, Elaine.

Ireland, Design and Visual Culture: Negotiating Modernity, 1922-1992. Edited by Linda King and Elaine Sassoon.

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / School of Creative Arts IADT, 2011. Octavo (17 cm wide x 24 cm high). 312 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Unusually excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the most remarkable and one of the rarest books on Irish Design and Visual Culture.

4143. O’Gralbhain, Cairan et. al.

The Archive – Journal of the Cork Northside Folklore Project. Isis Thionascnamh Bealoidis Cheann-Thuaidh Chorcai. Issue 15.

Cork, The Cork Northside Folklore Project, 2011. 21 x 30 cm. 27 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

4144. Irish Society of Botanical Arts.

EireAnnach [Éireannach] – Celebrating Native Plants of Ireland. Botanical Art Worldwide 2018.

Dublin, ISBA, 2018. Quarto (21 cm wide x 29.5 cm high). 136 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent. close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

4145. [Justinian].

Corpus Juris Civilis. [The Blaeu – Edition from 1663-1664 with an interesting alteration in form of the most delicate addition of an alphabetized register to the pages and even more interesting a manuscript-dedication [annotation] from a Tutor to his pupil, as well as a manuscript evaluation of this edition and a loosely inserted piece of paper with legal notations].

Editio Nova. Prioribus correctior. Two Parts in One Volume (complete). Amsterdam & Leiden, Apud Ioannem Blaeu et Dan. Elzevirios / Apud Franciscum Hackium [Ludwig & Daniel Elzevier, Frans Hack], MDCLXIV [1663-1664]. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: (24), 1037 pages / Volume II: 820, (2) pages. Original Hardcover / Full Leather with rich gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and boards. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

4146. [Russell, Lord John / John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford].

Family – Bible of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, with his bookplate to the Pastedown / The Holy Bible – Containing The Old and New Testaments : Translated out of the Original Tongues : And With The Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty’s Special Command [The titlepage of the New Testament reads: “The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Translated out of the Original Greek : And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised”]. Appointed to be read in Churches.

Stereotype Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete). London, Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Straha, 1817. Small Octavo. 1119 pages [Old Testament] / 343 pages [New Testament]. Hardcover / Excellent, full green morocco, with rich gilt tooling and lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extraordinary little hand-bible of the 6th Duke of Bedford.

4147. [Molière] Petitot, M.

Oeuvres de Molière, Avec Un Commentaire Historique et Litteraire; Précédées du Tableau des Moeurs du dix-septième Siècle, et de la Vie de Moliére par M. Petitot.

Nouvelle Edition. 6 Volumes (complete). Paris, J.P.Aillard, 1823. Octavo (13.5 cm wide x 20 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Molière, LXXX, 426 (1), 494 (1), 526 (1), 516 (1), 579 (1), 454 (1) pages. Hardcover / Original full leather of the 19th century with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Bookplate to pastedown. Frontispiece – Portrait cleanly detached and loosely inserted. Very good condition of this set with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume.

4148. Sand, Georges.

La Mare Au Diable.

Éditions Du Centenaire. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, no year (c.1921-1922) / [1851 (Notice)]. Octavo. III, 217, (2) pages. Hardcover. Original half-leather with original dustjacket / brochure bound in. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some rubbing to binding. Minimal signs of foxing. Very firm !

4149. Jacobsen, Josephine.

The Human Climate [Inscribed].

First Edition. Baltimore (Maryland), Contemporary Poetry, 1953. Octavo. 39 pages plus Colophon. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of american writer Peter Viereck. Inscribed and signed by Jacobsen to Peter Viereck on the endpaper: “For Peter – with admiration for him + for his work – Josephine Jacobsen”.

4150. Robbe-Grillet, Alain / Underwood, J.A. (translator).

Topology of a Phantom City. Translated from the French by J.A. Underwood.

First Uk Edition. London, John Calder, 1978. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Private inscription on the endpaper. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear to the jacket.