7201. Müller, Peter.

Disputatio Iuridica De Bonis Parochialibus. Von Pfarr-Gütern / Quam in illustri Academia Salana.

Jena, Georg Heinrich Müller, 1690. 8°. 30 nn. Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Vollständig erhaltene Originalausgabe. Durchgehender Knick. Etwas angestaubt. Durchgehender, kleiner Braunfleck im Rand. Sehr seltene Publikation des bedeutenden Juristen und Mitglieds der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft, Peter Müller (Jena / 17.Jahrhundert). Der Erstdruck des Werks erfolgte in Jena in 1687. Es handelt sich hier um die zweite Ausgabe. Eine dritte Auflage erschien in Wittenberg, 1743.

7202. Ó Dónaill, Niall.

Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla / (Irish-English Dictionary). Eagarthóir Comhairleach (consulting editor): Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Baile Atha Cliath, 1977. Octavo (17 cm wide x 24 cm high). XII, 1309 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7203. Seton-Thompson, Ernest.

Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds and Three Birds.

First edition, first impression. London, David Nutt, 1901. 14.5 x 20.5cm. 360 pages, with over 200 drawings. Original embossed hardcover with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Spine slightly faded only. Very sturdy, firm condition.

7204. [Anonymous].

Guide to Killarney and Glengariff. With a Map and Six Plates.

New Edition, revised and corrected. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1835. 11 cm x 17 cm. Frontispiece, [4], 130 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with spinelabel and label on frontcover. Some staining to the binding but otherwise firm and with the original endpapers intact. Interior in very good condition besides some pages and illustrations being a little dusty. Few illustrations with faded dampstain. Rare and early publication for the tourist in 19th century Ireland. With name of prewoner in ink on titlepage: “Robert Morrison, Shanakiel, Cork”.

7205. Finzi, Sergio.

Lavoro dell’inconscio e comunismo. [Signed / Inscribed]

Bari, Dedalo Libri, 1975. 21cm x 13.8cm. 291 (6) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Sergio Finzi on the endpaper.

7206. Bawden, Edward / [The Curwen Press].

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

7207. Lloyd, A.B.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 146 Illustrations and Maps.

Second Popular Impression (Limited to 1500 copies). London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 15 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XXIV, 385 pages. One fold-out map of Toro and Aruwimi districts within interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral and lettering on front board. Good+ condition. Signs of external wear. Bumps to corners. Some staining to front board with small cloth tear evident also. Spine ends rubbed. Valley between front pastedown and endpaper slightly cracked. Binding overall a little shaky but still firm and strong. Roughness to cut edges. Slight tears at edge of fold-out map. Some untrimmed pages. Interior mostly bright and clean.

7208. Malouf, David.

Remembering Babylon.

Uncorrected Bound Galley Copy. New York, Pantheon Books, 1993. 14 x 21cm. 202 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

7209. Waters, Frank.

Masked Gods – Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism.

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1950. 18 x 26 cm. 438 pages, including illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author.

7210. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spotting to the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

7211. Greaves, C. Desmond.

The Irish Case against Partition [Full facts and programme of Action].

[London], Connolly Association, no year [ca. 1952]. 19 cm. 36 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce ! [A Connolly Association pamphlet].

7212. Japanese Sword Craftsmanship – Tokyo National Museum.

The Japanese Sword – Iron Craftsmanship and the Warrior Spirit. Special Exhibition.

Tokyo, Tokyo National Museum, 1997. 22.5 x 29 cm. XXII, 356 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Very rare.

7213. Malraux, André.

La Lutte avec L’Ange. / Les Noyers de l’Altenburg. Roman.

Édition Originale. Suisse, Éditions du Haut-Pays, 1943. 22 x 14 cm. 240 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire. Couverture un peu défraichie protégée avec jaquette protective en plastique transparente. Intérieur très propre. Exemplaire numéroté 277 tiré de 1436 sur volumineux vergé bouffant. / First edition of Malraux’s “The Walnut Trees of Altenberg” – the first volume of a projected cycle that was never continued. The first and last chapters, set in a German detention camp, which frame the story, are printed in red. Of a total edition of 1465 copies, No. 277 of 1436 on ordinary paper. Very good to near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers.

7214. Vakil, C.N. / Cirvante, V.R. / Brahmananda, P.R. / Desai, T.M.

Economic Consequences of Divided India. A study of the Economy of India and Pakistan.

Bombay, Vora & Co. Publishers, 1950. Gr.-8°. XV, 555 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent collector’s condition with the rare dustjacket ! Some minor signs of foxing. Dustjacket in excellent condition. Early review slip from publishers attached to the titlepage. A magnificent copy of this rare book !

7215. South, Robert.

Twelve sermons preached upon several occasions. By Robert South, D.D. late Prebendary of Westminster and Canon of Christ-Church, Oxon &c. – Printed from his original manuscripts, prepared fro the Press by himself and published by his special direction and appointment / [Including for example: “The Virtuous Education of Youth, the surest way, if not sole way to an Happy and Honourable Old Age in a Discourse upon Proverbs XXII, Vers 6, with the author’s advertisement to the Reader – Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it” / “The False Methods of Governing and Establishing the Church of England exploded, &c. in a Discourse upon Galatians II, 5” / “A Sermon preached before the University at St. Mary’s Church in Oxford on an Act-Sunday” / “A Sermon preached at Westminster – Abbey on the Fifth of November , 1663” etc.]

Volume V. London, J. Bowyer, 1717. 12 cm x 19 cm. (12), 564 pages. Original hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Excellent paper quality. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

7216. Wright, Charles / McLellan, Leigh.

Dead Color. Poems.

San Francisco, The Meadow Press, 1980. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages. Original green wrappers (Softcover). First edition. One of an edition of only 285. Signed by Charles Wright and Leigh McLellan in pencil. French-folded pages, With four woodcut illustrations by Leigh McLellan. Fine.

7217. Dickason, G.B.

Irish Settlers to the Cape – History of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour [and Passage West].

Cape Town, A.A.Nalkema / Cape Town, 1973. Octavo. 113 pages with numerous photographic illustrations. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7218. Müller-Hauck, Dr. Janni (Editor).

4. documenta / Documenta 4. Internationale Ausstellung 27.Juni bis 6.Oktober 1968 Kassel. Galerie Schöne Aussicht. Museum Fridericianum Friedrichplatz. Orangerie Karlsaue.

Kassel, Documenta, 1968. 27,5 cm x 22,5 cm. Volume I: 328 Seiten, Volume II: 160 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Zwei Baende vollstaendig ! / Two Volumes (complete). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

7219. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, No date (1988). 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 81 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to fellow poet Jane Cooper.

7220. Baxter, Michael Paget [Author of “The Coming Battle”].

Louis Napoleon, the Destined Monarch of the World, and Future Personal Antichrist, Foreshown in Prophecy to Confirm a Seven Years’ Covenant with the Jews about seven years before the Millenium, and (after the Resurrection and Ascension of the Wise Virgins has taken place two years and from four to six weeks after the covenant), subsequently to become completely supreme over England and most of America and all Christendom, and fiercely to persecute Christians during the latter half of the seven years, until he finally perishes at the descent of Christ, at the end of the War of Armageddon, about or soon after 1873. Including an Examination of the Views of the Revs. G.S.Faber, Edward irving, E. Bickersteth, T. Birks, C. Maitland, D. Mc Causland, J.H.Frere, Sir E. Denny, Major Phillips, Judge Strange, Dr. Tregelles, etc.

Ninth Thousand. London, William Macintosh, 1865. Small Octavo. XIX, 383 pages. With Nine Diagrams and Two Maps. Hardcover / Original, publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Binding a little dusty and rubbed but firm and the publication overall in very condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7221. Charry Lara, Fernando.

Nocturnos y Otros Sueños. Prólogo de Vicente Aleixandre. Ilustraciones de Fernando Botero.

Bogotá, El Áncora Editores, 1991. 33,5 cm x 25 cm. 125 pages. With colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / signed by author.

7222. Gandert, Gero.

Der Film der Weimarer Republik – 1929. Ein Handbuch der zeitgenössischen Kritik (Deutsch / German).[Film in the Weimar Republic] Im Auftrag der Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek herausgegeben von Gero Gandert.

Berlin, New York, Walter de Gruyter, 1993. 20 cm x 27 cm. XXVII, 916 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in slipcase. Dustjacket photograph – Louise Brooks in ‘Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen’. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7223. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

7224. Wright, Noel.

Glimpses of South Africa. Containing Sixteen Pages of Illustrations From Photographs by the Authors.

London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 246 pages. 31 monochrome photographs. One fold-out map of Cape of Good Hope Peninsula at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Occasional spotting to some pages. Interior bright and clean otherwise.

7225. Fischer, Ernst Gottfried.

[Monochord] Versuche über die Schwingungen gespannter Saiten, besonders zur Bestimmung eines sichern Maßstabes für die Stimmung .

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 28 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 215 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823), plus ein grossformatiger, gefalteter Kupferstich, welcher ein “Monochord” [Kanon / Sonometer] von zwei Seiten darstellt (Untertitel: “Monochord – zu genauen Versuchen über die Schwingungen der Saiten”). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

7226. [Gandon, Yves] Sauvage, Marcel.

Premier Manifeste du Vitalisme.

Paris, Debresse, 1939. Small Octavo. 48 pages. Original Softcover / Broche. Avec une dedication de l’auteur á Yves Gandon / Inscribed by Marcel Sauvage to Yves Gandon. The first statement of the Vitalist group, whose members included Vlaminck.

7227. Kaye, d’Arcy.

Columbus. Engraved by Hellmuth Weissenborn.

No.40 of 200 copies of a signed, limited edition. London, The Acron Press, 1978. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. Frontispiece, 7 pages. Original hardcover with original millboard slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on the slipcase. Four engraved illustrations by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Signed by both, the writer and the engraver.

7228. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

7229. Wright, Rev. G.N.

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a Large Map of the County [the large map is missing].

Original, true first edition from 1822. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, [1],159, [7] pages. With 4 [of 5] illustrations, including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover of the early 19th century. Binding in poor condition. Illustrations slightly stained only. First layer of the bookblock slightly detached. Even though the large folding map and one of the iillustrations is missing , a rare and important, early tourguide through Wicklow with romantic descriptions of Bray, Glendalough,Luggelaw etc.

7230. Palace Museum.

50 Selected Gems of Cultural Relics – newly collected in the Palace Museum in the last fifty years.

Beijing, Forbidden City Publishing House, 1999. 4°. 361 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition. Extremely Rare publication.

7231. Crookes, William.

Diamonds [Kimberley and Its Diamond Mines]. With 24 Illustrations.

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1909. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 145 pages. 24 monchrome photographs on 24 plates, including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Blindstamped design to front board. Blind stamp of ‘Harper’s Library of Living Thought’ embossed on back board. Deckled edging. Gilt top-edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Staining to front board. Interior bright and clean. [Harper’s Library of Living Thought].

7232. Hole, Dean Samuel Reynolds / [Mudie, Charles Edward / Bookbinder London]

The Memories of Dean Hole.

Fifth Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1893. Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, 377 pages with 9 illustrations (including frontispiece). Hardcover / Original quarter red morocco with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Stunning binding with marbled paper-covered-boards and marbled edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Special Binding “Bound by Modie” / Boobindery of Modie’s in London. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marbled endpapers uniform with marbled edges and paper-covered-boards. With blind-stamped name: “Fort Robert – Ballineen – Co. Cork”.

7233. Keane, A.H.

The Gold of Ophir. Whence brought and by Whom ?

London, Edawrd Stanford, 1901. 14 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 244 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean. Rare !

7234. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

7235. Beatty, Bertha (nee Creagh).

Kerry Memories. [together with a MLS manuscript letter signed by Maude Isabel Buxton, about the author Bertha Beatty – Letter on stationery of Tockenham Manor].

First Edition. Dawlish (Devon), The Channing Press, 1939. Small Octavo. 59 pages. Hardcover / Private green cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

7236. Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.

Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.

Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]

7237. [Jefferies, Richard] Miller, George / Matthews, Hugoe.

Richard Jefferies – A Bibliographical Study.

Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1993. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece of Richard Jefferies, XXVII, 787 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare in this condition. A wonderful and important publication on the publication-history of a tragic writer.

7238. Mérimée, Prosper / Ó Cadhlaigh, Cormac.

Colomba. Prosper Mérimée do scríobh san bhfrainncis. Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh do chuir i ngaedhilg.

[Baile Atha Cliath], C.S. Ó Fallamhain, teo., i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1929. Octavo. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The rare dustjacket with a larger tear to lower front cover and in general some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7239. Ricœur, Paul.

Philosophie de la Volonté. Le Volontaire et l’Involontaire.

Paris, Aubier – Editions Montaigne, 1949. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. 464 pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. / Original softcover in protective Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Reliure fragile. / Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Fragile binding. [Philosophie de l’Esprit]

7240. [Crouwel, Wim] Klasema Art.

Focus Paris.

Wouwse Plantage, Klasema Art, 2001. 31 cm x 24,5 cm. 319 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar with a handwritten letter by the publisher. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare!

7241. Ó Haodha, Séamus.

Uighneas. [Uaigneas – Verse]

First Edition. Baile-Átha-Cliath, [1928]. 8vo. 32 pages. Original softcover wrapper. Some stronger signs of foxing. Some dogears. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare first edition of this poetry book !

7242. Taylor, Peter.

The Old Forest and Other Stories.

First Edition [First Impression]. New York, The Dial Press, 1985. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 358 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7243. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

7244. Merker, M.

Die Masai [Maasai] – Ethnographische Monographie eines ostafrikanischen Semitenvolkes. Mit 89 Figuren, 6 Tafeln, 61 Abbildungen und einer Uebersichtskarte [Allgemeine Uebersichtskarte der Wohngebiete des Massaivolkes (heutiges Maasai Mara vormals Olbruggo, Loita, Kisongo) /.

Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1904. Quart. XVI, 421, [2] Seiten plus 6 Tafeln (davon zwei farbige Tafeln und eine farbige Faltkarte) im Anhang. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleinen mit dekorativer und vergoldeter Beschriftung auf dem Einbanddeckel und Ruecken. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar des Geographischen Instituts Mannheim. Mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk von Otto Hug, Fringa, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Mai 1906.

7245. Porter, Eliot.

Baja California and the Geography of Hope. With Lines from Octavio Paz. Text by Joseph Wood Krutch. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Foreword by David Brower.

First Edition. San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1967. 35cm x 27cm. 170, (1) pages with 73 breathtaking colour-plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket.

7246. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) / Ó Liatháin, Séan.

Saontacht an Athar De Brún – The Innocence of Father Brown. Seán Ó Liatháin d’aistrigh ón mBéarla.

First gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath [i.e. Dublin], Oifig díolta foillseacháin rialtais, [1937]. Octavo. [6], 335, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7247. Porter, Jane.

Flatha na h-Alban. – [Gaelic translation of “The Scottish Chiefs” [William Wallace]]. Domhnall Ó Grianna, translator.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Diolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, [1937]. Octavo. 546 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by VP (Victor Penney). The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7248. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

7249. [English History Collection] – Anonymous [Frederick Corbin Lukis] [Naturalist / Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Rambles among the Channel Islands. By a Naturalist.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no year [c. 1855]. 18 cm. Frontispiece – engraving of the Rocks at Moulin Huet (Guernsey), VIII, 386 pages with many illustrations (wood engravings) of Harbour at St.Peter Port, Guernsey / St.Sampson’s Harbour / St.Helier Harbour, Jersey / Rocks at Greve de Lecq, Jersey, St.Brelade’s Bay etc. etc. Hardcover / Original decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed wiith a private giftinscription on endpaper: “To my Darling Agnes on her Birthday from her loving Father [?], 5th August 1869”.

7250. Heard, Vida / Faull, Lesley.

Cookery in Southern Africa. [With a racist chapter called: “Our colourful People – How they have influenced our cooking” – “Cape Coloureds (half-Castes)” – Bantu Food and Eating Customs / The Cape Malays / African Spinach / Utshwala – Traditional Beer as made in Swaziland / Chicken Buriyani / Indian Pastry / Rice with Dahl etc.] Traditional and Today.

(Cape Town), Books of Africa, 1970. 23 cm. 547 pages with numerous illustrations. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7251. Jeffreys, Sir Harold / [Norman Robert Campbell].

Original Offprint – Review by British Mathematician and Astronomer, Sir Harold Jeffreys, on two books on Relativity and Physics by Norman Robert Campbell: “Physics, the Elements” and “Modern Electrical Theory – Chapter XVI: “Relativity”.

Philosophical Magazine, 1923, Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

7252. Ridderstrale, Jonas/ Nordstrom, Kjell A.

Karaoke Capitalism. Management for Mankind.

Sweden, Bookhouse Publishing, 2003. 20.9cm x 17.3cm. 324 (2) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper signed by the author Kjell A. Nordstrom.

7253. Crozier, Bob / Society of Illustrators.

Illustrators XII (12) – The Twelfth Annual of American Illustration. The Twelfth Annual Exhibition of American Illustration. Edited and designed by Bob Crozier.

New York, Hastings House, Publishers, Inc., 1971. Folio. c. 400 unnumbered pages with 504 graphical contributions from various artists (in colour as well as in black-and-white). Including an Index. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Cover Art (dustjacket and pastedwon art) by Bernie Fuchs. Absolutely excellent (FINE) condition.

7254. Greene, Graham.

The Honorary Consul. A Novel.

First American Edition. New York, Simon And Schuster, 1973. Octavo. 315 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7255. Hollo, Anselm.

The Man in the Treetop Hat. Illustrations by Barry Hall.

One of only 100 copies signed by Hollo and Hall. London, Turret Books, 1968. 26 cm. 40 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in original glassine wrapper. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7256. Ó Liatháin, Annraoi.

Cois Móire – úna nÍ mhaoileeóin a rinne an Líníocht. [A miscellany of local history and tradition, local toponymy and other interesting information concerning Baronies of Cois Móire]

Teoranta, 1964. Small Octavo. 174 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare !

7257. Rider Haggard, H.

She – A History of Adventure.

Eighth Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Octavo. Double Frontispiece, [3], 317, 16 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor signs of foxing only. The last 16 pages of the book are an advertising catalogue for the publisher. Name of preowner on titlepage, “J.Brady, ‘88”.

7258. Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

7259. Anonymus [Roorbach, Orville A.]

Northern Regions, or a Relation of Uncle Richard’s Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage and an Account of the Overland Journies of other Enterprizing Travellers.

London, J. Harris, 1825. 17.4cm x 11.1cm. XII, 315 pages. With 11 [of 12] beautiful full-page-plates, (each with two engravings) and a fold-out map of the arctic regions from 1825. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Binding a little distorted. The cover-illustration faded. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The fold-out map is cleanly torn (now in two parts).

7260. Cruikshank, William.

The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. The Second Edition – Considerably Enlarged, and Illustrated with Additional Plates.

Special reprint edition of London, G. Nicol, 1790. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. 18 cm x 23.3 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 5 plates including 2 fold-out anatomical illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Ornate gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Green silken ribbon as bookmarker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris / Bookplate of preowner on front pastedown. Additional bookplate on front endpaper stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

7261. Shakespeare, William.

Collection of 9 interesting publications of literary criticism and history regarding William Shakespeare. The collection includes: 1. Brents Stirling – The Shakespeare Sonnet Order (1968) / 2. Katharine Cooke – A.C.Bradley and his influence in Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism (1972) / 3. Nichol Smith – Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Second Edition (1963) / 4. Walter Whiter – A Specimen of a commentary on Shakespeare – Being the text of the first (1794) edition revised by the author and never previously published. edited by Alan Over – Completed by Mary Bell (1967) / 5. Kenneth Muir – Shakespeare – The Comedies. A Collection of critical Essays. Edited by Kenneth Muir. Englewood Cliffs, 1965 / 6. Peter Quennell – Shakespeare the poet and his background (1963) / 7. S.C.Sen Gupta – Shakespeare’s Historical Plays (1964) / 8. Anne Righter – Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (1964) / 9. Bertrand Evans – Shakespeare’s Tragic Practice (Clarendon Press, 1979)//

Berkeley / Los Angeles and others, University of California Press (and other publishing houses), c. 1968 – 1975 8°. c. 2000 pages. All volumes in hardcover. All titles are former library copies with ugly red markings on edges and bindings. Inside very good. More images upon request.

7262. Rieff, Philip.

Two offprints: 1. History, Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences (1953) / 2. The Authority of the Past – Sickness and Society in Freud’s Thought (1954) //

Social Research, 1953 – 1954. 8°. 13, 23 pages. Softcover. Stapled. Only slightly stained. Rare !

7263. Weber, Carmen Sylvia [Hrsg.]/Ungerer, Tomi [Ill.].

Tomi Ungerer, EKLIPS. Neues für die Augen von 1960 bis 2010. [Katalog zur Ausstellung Tomi Ungerer in der Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, 13. Mai bis 19. September 2010].

Künzelsau, Swiridoff, 2010. 8°. 351 Seiten. Überwiegend Illustrationen. Original Hardcover with dustjacket / Originaler Ganzleinenband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed in his calligraphic hand by Tomi Ungerer. / Von Tomi Ungerer auf dem Zwischentitel kalligraphisch signiert.

7264. [Dietzsch, Barbara Regina] Ludwig, Heidrun.

Nürnberger Naturgeschichtliche Malerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.

Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken Presse, 1998. 21 cm x 28,5 cm. 462 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand.

7265. Greer, Germaine.

De Jongen. [The Rare Dutch Edition of “The Beautiful Boy” by Germaine Greer].

Dutch Edition. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 2003. 28,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 256 pagina’s / pages. Originele Hardcover met stofomslag. Met een mylar beschermlaag / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7266. Hecht, Anthony.

The Venetian Vespers. [SIGNED – Limited Edition]. Etchings by Dimitri Hadzi.

First Edition. Boston, David R. Godine, 1979. 14 cm x 24.3 cm. Frontispiece. 25 pages. With black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to dustjacket only. Otherwise bright and clean. One hundred and sixty-five copies were designed and printed at Warwick Press, Easthampton, Massachusetts, by Carol J. Blinn. The type is Dante, composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler, Boston, and the paper is Falloden Ivory Laid. R.E. Townsend, Inc., Boston, printed the etchings on Rives Lightweight. The binding is by Gray Parrot, Hancock, Maine, with paste paper by Carol J.Blinn. Fifteen copied are hors de commerce. This is copy number 96. SIGNED by author on rear endpaper.

7267. [Yama-to-Keikoku]

Yama-to-Keikoku.

12 issues (bound in two Volumes) Tokyo, Yama-to-Keikokusha, no year. Octavo. 245 pages (Vol. 38-39) and 792 pages (Vol.169-178). Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean interior lightly tanned throughout. Former Library copy. Alpine Club Library stamps on preliminary pages.

7268. Fitzgerald, Robert / [Peter Viereck].

In the Rose of Time. Poems 1931-1956. [Association Copy] –

New York, New Directions Book, 1956. 8°. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and signed by Fitzgerald to fellow poet Peter Viereck and his family on the front free endpaper.

7269. Greer, Germaine.

Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED]

New York, Harper & Row, 1984. 23.6cm x 16.3cm. 541 pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Germaine Greer to the translator, Bill Weaver: “For Bill, with Love – Germaine Greer”.

7270. Greger, Debora / [Jane Cooper].

Movable Islands.

New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1980. 22.3cm x 14.8cm. xii, 63 (3) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Halftitle inscribed by the author to Jane Cooper: “to Jane, on her island (Manhattan) – fondly, Debora”.

7271. Kuryluk, Ewa.

Century 21 [First edition, with a manuscript postcard from Ewa Kuryluk to Brad Morrow, editor of Conjunctions, laid-in. Signed by Ewa Kuryluk].

Normal, IL, Dalkey Archive Press, 1992. Large Octavo. 340 pages with 24 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

7272. [English History Collection] – Brooke-Hunt, Violet.

The Story of Westminster Abbey. [Prize – Binding / Stunning Victorian Leather Binding by Relfe Brothers Ltd. London for the Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne Minster with exceptional gilted emblemata to frontcover: “Gubernato Libere Scole Grammatice in Winborne MinsterSigillum Commune – Elizabeth Regine Anno 1563”].

Twelfth Thousand. London, James Nisbet & Co, No date (1902). 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. IX, 356 pages, including photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover full morocco in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation inscription by Rev. J.M.J.Hetcher to J. Cutler [Small stamp: “Tilley’s Library Wimbourne” to endpaper].

7273. Van Halem, Ludo [editor].

CoBrA – The colour of freedom. The Schiedam Collection.

Rotterdam, NAi Publishers, c 2006. 22 cm x 28 cm. 375 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7274. Tennent, Sir J. Emerson.

The Story of the Guns.

First Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864. 8°. XXII, 364 pages with 33 illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Good + condition with stronger signs of external wear (some staining). The binding is still firm and strong but the first five and the last 4 pages show some waterstaining. This copy would have not made it into our catalogue if Ray Riling would not recommend it and it would not be extremely scarce and rare due to the inscription of the author to Sir Henry Josias Stracey, 5th Baronet and British 19th century Conservative Politician (portrayed in Vanity Fair magazine in 1875).

7275. Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Le Flaneur des Deux Rives.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions la Sirene, 1918. 17.5 x 10 cm. 113 pages. Broché originale en relié demi-cuir rouge couverture rouge marbré. Bon état. Dos un peu frotté très légèrement craquelé, nom de l’auteur en dorés sur dos en cuir rouge. Intérieur en bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Exemplaire avec photographie de l’Auteur. Nom de l’ancien propriétaire inscrit á la plume sur la page de garde, Paris daté 1925. Edition originale avec le monogramme G A a la justification du tirage. / Original brochure bound in contemporary half leather. [Collection des Tracts.– No.2.]

7276. Fitzpatrick, William J. [John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell, Chief Justice].

Curious Family History; or, Ireland Before the Union: Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s unpublished Diary. A Diary to the Sham Squire and the Information of 1798.

Sixth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, 1880. Small Octavo. XXIV, VIII, 268 pages plus a 16 – page ‘Catalogue of Standard Works’ for James Duffy & Co. Hardcover / original decorative cloth with art nouveau ornament and gilt lettering on spine. Binding with some stronger staining but still in good condition. Interior very good with only minor signs of foxing.

7277. Chlumsky, Milan.

Das Heidelberger Schloss in der Fotografie vor 1900 [The Castle of Heidelberg in 19th century photographs].

Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 1990. 4°. 139 pages with numerous black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

7278. Keightley, S. R. / [Keightley, Sir Samuel Robert (1859–1949)].

Lucht pící a’s sleagh – The Pikemen. Séamus Ó Ceallaigh do chuir Gaedhilg air.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 382 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by M.A.Keane. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7279. Ó Muirthile, Liam.

An Colm Bán – La blanche colombe. [Signed and inscribed by the author]

Baile Átha Cliath, Cois Life Teoranta, [2014]. 22 cm. 265 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

7280. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

7281. Rifbjerg, Klaus.

Udenfor har vinden lagt sig. Prosadigte. Med 5 linoleumssnit af Arne Haugen Sørensen.

København, Brøndum, 1984. 21.9 cm x 24.3 cm. 42 pages. Illustrated with five coloured linoleum sections by Arne Haugen Sørensen. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

7282. Flanagan, Very Rev. Canon.

A History of the Church in England (Vol. I & Vol II). From the Earliest Period, to the Re-establishment of The Hierarchy in 1850.

In Two Volumes (complete set). London, Charles Dolman, 1857. 15 cm x 23 cm. Pagination: Volume I: – XX, 633 pages / Volume II – X, 549 pages. Both volumes in original hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Errata-leaf included in Volume I. Some untrimmed pages in Volume II. Both volumes in good condition with signs of external wear. Spines sunned. Foxing throughout both. Tanning to intial and last few pages only in volume I and more extensive in volume II.

7283. Sprague de Camp, L.

The Continent Makers and other Tales of the Viagens. [Destination: Future Shock. One of the Great Mind-Blowing SF Flights of all time !] With a Foreword by Isaac Asimov.

The New American Library, 1971. 8°. 255 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed by the author on the titlepage.

7284. Van Someren, Vernon D.

A Bird Watcher In Kenya.

First Edition. Edinburgh/London, Oliver and Boyd, 1958. 16cm x 23cm. XVI, 270 pages. With 32 full-page illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor wear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition. Private gift inscription and a nametag of the previous owner on the front free endpaper.

7285. [Yeats, Jack B.] Rosenthal, T.G.

The Art of Jack B.Yeats. Chronology, List of Exhibitions, Bibliography and Notes on the Plates by Hilary Pyle.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1993. Folio. Frontispiece, XI, 308 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Small giftinscription to endpaper.

7286. Borges, Jorge Luis.

La Rosa Profunda.

Buenos Aires, Emece Editores, 1975. 18 cm x 23 cm. 162 pages. Original softcover with original Banderole laid in. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Slightly peeling laminate at edges of cover. Binding of endpapers is fragile.

7287. [Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 – 1945.

Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as “Smyth Report” on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127.

7288. Riling, Ray.

Guns and Shooting – a selected chronological bibliography. Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of explosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport, for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark, as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler’s library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting.prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target.

New York, Greenberg (A Gun Room Library Book), 1951. 16 cm x 24 cm. XVIII, 434 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear to the jacket only. The jacket with some fraying and tears but well concealed by the protective Mylar jacket. Excellent publication !

7289. Tennyson, Hallam / [James Mackenzie Maclean Provenance]

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Two Volumes]

Two Volumes (complete set). New York, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. 15 cm x 23.9 cm. Pagination: Volume I: XXIV, 516 pages. Black and white frontispiece and twelve illustrations / Volume II: VI, 551 pages including a thorough Index. Black and white frontispiece and ten illustrations. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Both volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor rubbing to both spines. Deckled edges. Binding strong. Tissue-guards for illustrations and therefore the illustrations and portraits with some browning. From the library of british journalist and conservative politician James Mackenzie Maclean. Both volumes contain his Exlibris “J.M. MacLean”.

7290. Borges, Jorge Luis.

Obra Poética 1923-1964. [Selected Poems 1923-1964].

Special illustrated edition to celebrate the publisher’s 25th anniversary. Buenos Aires, Emecé Editores, 1964. 15cm x 20.5cm. 281 pages. Original softcover. Deckled edges. Wrapper slightly detaching. Otherwise in very good condition with some signs of external wear to spine and edges. Some annotations by pre-owner.

7291. Byrne, Donn [Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne].

The Power of the Dog.

No.103 of a Limited Edition of only 516 copies. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no year [1929]. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 473 pages. Hardcover / Original quarter vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on endpaper from 1929: “Eva M. Clarke from O.W.L. – Christmas 1929”. Donn Byrne was owner of Coolmain Castle (near Kilbrittain) until his death in a car accident in 1929.

7292. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.

7293. Altenberg, Peter / [ExLibris Jungmann – “Schzrieger – 1921”]

Mein Lebensabend [Mit privater Widmung aus dem Peter Altenberg-Kreis von Walter Piesen an “Idl” [Jungmann] / Mit fantastischem Exlibris welches Klimt- und Sezessions-Elemente verwendet].

Erste Auflage. Berlin, S. Fischer Verlg, 1919. 12 x 18,5 cm. 364 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit einem Foto des Autors als Frontispiz.

7294. [Greaves Jr., Percy L. / Bettina Bien Greaves] Petro, Sylvester.

Labor Policy of the Free Society [Association copy – This being the copy of Bettina Bien Greaves, with her full signature to the endpaper, markings in the text and mention of “Percy’s reviews [of the book] in the Christian Economist in 1957].

First Edition, with the printed dedication to Ludwg von Mises. New York, Ronald Press, 1957. Octavo. 339 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket frayed, Very good condition with minor signs of wear to the Volume itself.

7295. Salinger, J.D.

Der Mann im Roggen. Roman. Deutsch von Irene Muehlon.

Erste deutsche Auflage. [First German Edition of “The Catcher in the Rye”]. Zürich, Diana Verlag, 1954. 14 x 21 cm. 290 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolut “Sehr guter Zustand” mit nahezu tadellos erhaltenem Schutzumschlag (in Mylar) mit nur ganz wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Der Band selbst in exzellenter Erhaltung mit nur einigen Stockfleckchen auf dem oberen Schnitt. Innen sehr sauber. In dieser Erhaltung ein nahezu unauffindbares Sammler-Exemplar dieses seltenen Buchs !

7296. Cabral de Vasconcelos, Paulino António.

Poesias de Paulino Cabral de Vasconcelos, Abade de Jazente.

Porto, Na Officina de Antonio Avvarez Ribeiro, 1786. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15 cm). [4], 245 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with new spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Last four pages with minor evidence of a faded dampstain (only peripheral). Extremely rare publication. A second Volume was published one year later, in 1787, but the first Volume is complete in itself. Contemporary drawing and name (″Brodrick”) on rear pastedown.

7297. [Saunders, Richard] Rider, Cardanus.

Rider’s British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord 1799. Being the Third after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain’s Monarchy. With notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, High Roads and Tables for many necessary uses. Compiled for the Country’s Benefit by Cardanus Rider. [With: “The Arms of the Peers, Peeresses &c. of England, Scotland & Ireland the Insignia of the Different Orders of Knighthood with the Baronets of Great Britain and the Dates of their Creations” [With: “Heraldry in Miniature” / Including a small section to the end of the publication with “British Governments in America and the West-Indies with Upper Canada – Lower Canada – Cape Breton – Virgin Island – Montserrat – Grenada – Jamaica – Leeward Islands – Barbados [Barbadoes]” etc.]. [ With a section on “Peers, Peeresses and Bishops of Ireland – That are Not Peers of England”].

London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1799. Slim-Octavo (9,5 cm x 16 cm). Collation complete with parts of the book interleaved: 60, XXXVI, [122 + 4 misbound planches with coats of arms, pagination incorrect but all plates available that are called for], plus 321 pages [House of Peers of Great Britain with misprinted pagination to the beginning of the 321 pages]. Original Hardcover / 18th century or early 19th century red leather. Stronger rubbed but firm and intact binding. Interior with tear to page 15/16, some minor foxing and browning only, some writing to interleaved pages in a child’s hand. All plates with Heraldic Bearings, Coat of Arms, Emblemata, Badges etc. included. Here the rare 1799 publication with over 500 examples of Heraldry of Ireland, Scotland and England. Includes Irish Earls, Irish Barons, Irish Archbishops, Irish Viscounts, etc. [Coat of Arms of Fingal, Glandore, Lisburne, Winterton, Arran, Barrymore, Marq. Donegall, Clanricarde, Fife, Lowth, Upper Ossory etc. etc.]

7298. Kenmare, Valentine Edward Charles Browne / The Irish Manuscripts Commission.

The Kenmare Manuscripts. Edited by Edward MacLysaght.

Dublin, Stationery Office, 1942. Slim Quarto (17 cm x 25 cm). XIV pages, 1 leaf, 517 pages, 1 leaf. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. An extremely scarce publication.

7299. [Horaninow, Paul Fedorowitsch] Goraninow, Paulo / Gorjaninow, P. F.

Primae lineae systematis naturae, nexui naturali omnium evolutionique progressivae per nixus reascendentes superstructi.

St.Petersburg, K.Krajan, 1834. Octavo (13 cm x 20.5 cm). XIII, 142, XXI Seiten mit 1 lithographischen Tafel im Anhang (sauber gespalten aber mit geringem Textverlust). Softcover / Originale Interimsbroschur des 19.Jahrhunderts. Widmungsexemplar des russischen Botanikers Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow and die Muenchner Vereinigung von Pharmazeuten [″Unioni Pharmaceut. Monacensis”]. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Die Tafel mittig gespalten (ein Teil liegt lose bei). / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. The rare and often missing lithograph cleanly split with ninor text-loss. Very scarce !

7300. Langer, Susanne K.

Philosophy in a New Key. A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art. [Including a Typescript of a letter to Susanne K. Langer, written by Philosopher Henry David Aiken to her in the year 164 while at Connecticut College: “Dear Mrs. Langer, i am writing on behalf of the Department of Philosophy to invite you to participate in a Memorial Meeting for Harry Sheffer…..we very much hope, Ms.Langer, that you will be able to say something about the philosophical implications of Harry Sheffer’s thought and to indicate if possible its influence upon recent philosophy including your own…”]. [The book with the printed dedication by Langer: “To Alfred North Whitehead – my great Teacher and Friend”].

First Edition. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1942. 22.8cm x 16cm. xiv, 313 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare dust-jacket with minor abrasions and some fraying. The jacket with a faded dampstain. Tiny tear to spine of jacket. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken with some minor annotations and markings in pencil.