5631. Pears, Iain.

The Dream of Scipio.

First Edition. New York, Riverhead Books, 2002. Octavo. 398 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Fine condition.

5632. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.

5633. Pearse, Padraic.

The Sovereign People. [With a new Introduction by Pádraig Ó Snodaigh protesting against Ireland’s entry into the EEC “To advocate joining the EEC is to advocate the submersion of Irish nationality in a political experiment…”].

Ath Cliath, Pabal Teoranta, 1972. Octavo. 19 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition.

5634. Pearse, Padraic / Mac Piarais, Pádraic.

Bhodaigh an Chóta Lachtna [″Adventure of the Churl of the Grey Coat” / “Tale of the Carle in the Drab Coat”].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1906. 8°. III, 72 pages. Original Softcover. Besides some fraying to the pages 19-23 in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

5635. Pearse, Pádraic H.

Plays – Poems – Stories.

Sixth Edition. Dublin/Cork/Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., [1924]. 8°. Portrait of Pearse as Frontispiz, XIX, 340, VIII pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowner’s name on endpaper (″Katie O’Shea”). [Collected Works of Pádraic H. Pearse].

5636. [Pearse, Patrick / Pearse, Pádraic] Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais.

An Mháthair agus sgéalta eile. [The Mother and Other Stories].

Second Edition with Vocabulary. Dun Dealgan [Dundalk], The Dundalgan Press [William Tempest], 1927. 19.5cm x 12.8cm. 95 pages with frontispiece and further beautiful illustrations throughout the publication. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition of the rare softcover-issue with only minor signs of external wear.

5637. Pearson, David.

The Gaia Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy and Ecologically Sound Home. Foreword by Kevin McCloud.

London, Gaia Books Limited, 1998. 21 cm x 24.5 cm. 304 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to page margins.

5638. Pearson, Michael.

Imagined Places – Journeys Into Literary America. With photographs by John Lawrence and Joel Mednick.

Jackson (Mississippi), London, University of Mississippi, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 323 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Front cover of dustjacket: detail from ‘Breaks the Blank Day’, a painting by Lynn Green Root. Author photo by Bob Firek. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5639. Pearson, Peter.

Dun Laoghaire: Kingstown.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1981. 18 cm x 25 cm. 176 pages indluding many photographs. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight yellowing of page edges and spotting on endpages. Clean inside with solid binding. [Urban Heritage Series 2]

5640. Peintner, Max.

Ewigkeit im Tagbau [″Eternity in the Open Pit” / An Artists Monograph on the impact of Industry to everyday Life and City and Landscape].

Linz, Neue Texte, 1977. 24,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 95 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Autors / signiert.