671. Bok, Bart J / Bok, Priscilla, F.

The Milky Way. The Harvard Books on Astronomy.

Second Edition. Philadelphia / Tokyo, The Blakiston Company, 1946. 15 cm x 21.9 cm. VI, 224 pages. Frontispiece. Ninety-three illustrations and two large-scale photographic maps of the Milky Way. Rear pastedown contains two booklets, entitled ‘The Northern Milky Way’ and ‘The Southern Milky Way’, both from “The Milky Way” by Bart J. Bok and Priscilla F.Bok (1941). Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only foxing and discolouration to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Very light stain to upper internal pages. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Minor dampstain to rear centre of bookblock. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

672. Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1978. 22.3cm x 14.3cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

673. Boland, Bridget.

The Wild Geese. A Novel.

London / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1938. 19.5cm x 13cm. 264 pages, including a map showing A Part of the Baronies of Iveragh, Dunkerron & Glanerought in the County of Kerry. Original Hardcover (green cloth) without dustjacket. The binding with some darkening and slightly stained. Else in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Bridget Boland: “Going away present (alas) for the Goughs [British Actor Michael Gough] – from Bridget B.”

674. Boland, Gerry.

Watching Clouds.

First Edition. Tralee, Doghouse, 2011. Octavo. 60 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

675. Boldrini, Marcello.

Biometrica. Problemi della vita delle specie e degli individui.

Padua, Cedam, 1927. 8vo. Frontispiz (Portrait Giuseppe Olivia da Chioggia) XIII, 370 pp. Editione originale Italiano / Original italian edition. Former Library-copy of the university of Mannheim (discarded). Library stamps to titlepage.

676. Bolger, Fióna.

The Geometry of Love beween the Elements.

Arklow, PB Press, 2013. 12,5 cm x 19,5 cm. 59 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Signed by Author.

677. Bolgiani, Franco.

Mistica E Retorica.

Florence, Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1977. 18 x 25.5 cm. 258 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

678. Bolitho, Hector.

The Glorious Oyster – Its History, in Rome and Britain; what various writers and poets have said in its praise; together with chapters by Maurice Burton on the ‘Reproduction and Growth’ of oysters, ‘Their Enemies’, their ‘Anatomy and Physiology’, and their ‘Culture’, and a chapter on ‘Oysters, Raw and Cooked’ by W.A.Bentley. Illustrated with still life paintings from collections in England, Europe and America.

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1960. Octavo. Frontispiece, 174 pages with 17 illustrations (including Frontispiece). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

679. Bologna, Marco.

Notai ignoti. Frammenti notarili medioevali. Inventario a cura di Marco Bologna. Archivio di Stato di Genova.

Roma, Ministero per i beni Culturale e Ambientali, 1988. Gr.-8°. 404 Pages, 15 nn. Pages (Publisher’s Advertisement). Original Softcover. Very good condition. Small library stamp. (‘Ministero per i beni culturale e ambientali – Pubblicazioni degli Archivi di Stato’, Strumenti CIV).

680. Bolster, John / [Callanan, Jeremiah Joseph] / Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L.E.L.]/ Sloane, Hans.

Bolster’s Quarterly Magazine. Volume I. No. I (February, 1826) – Volume I. No. IV (November, 1826).

Cork, John Bolster, Patrick Street, 1826. Octavo. VIII, 394 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the boards and corners. Interior very good with only occasional signs of foxing. A very rare Cork publication with some extremely scarce, often anonymously published essays on local history, poetry etc. The publications signed with J.J.C. are by Corkonian Jeremiah Joseph Callanan. Name of 19th century preowner on endpaper: “Michael Higgins”.