1501. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Smudging: To Smoke or to Protect Against Frost (as an Orchard) by Means of Smudge. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1972. 16 x 24 cm. 153 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condtion. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: ″ For my good friends Caryl & Clayton – the poems are the life/ the life is the poem – you have always embodied the Duende/ the spirit of the poem for me”. Signed by the author, both on the title page and on the edition page. Number 172 of 250 copies printed. Near fine.

1502. 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.

1503. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Collected Greed. Parts 1-13. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1984. 16 x 24 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – who know the meaning of friendship, who permit my greedy need for it, acceptionally, and to whom I turn for exceptional listening”. Number 164 of 200 copies numbered by the author. Near fine.

1504. Willius, Frederick A. / Dry, Thomas J.

A History of The Heart and The Circulation. [Includes wonderful portraits of important doctors / cardiologists].

First and only Edition. Philadelphia & London, W.B.Saunders Company, 1948. Octavo. 456 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Former library copy of the US Air Force. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1505. Fonagy, Ivan.

La ripetizione creativa – Ridondanze espressive nell’opera poetica. [Signed / Inscribed]

1982. Italy, Dedalo, 1982. 14 x 21 cm. 127 pages. Origiinal illustrated softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Ivan Fonagy on the endpaper.

1506. Ó Criomhthain, Tomás.

An tOileánach [The Islandman]. Scéal a bheatha féin a scríobh Tomás Ó Criomhthain. An Seabhac a chuir i n-eagar. [His own life story, written by Tomás Ó Criomhthain. Edited by An Seabhac].

Baile Átha Cliath, Clólucht an Tálbóidigh Teór., no year (c.1945). Octavo. 266 pages. Original Hardcover (without dustjacket). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of one Donal O’Callaghan (Donall Ó Ceallacháin). With some markings and handwritten annotations in the text by subsequent owner, Reverend P. Walsh.

1507. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

The Magellanic Clouds. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: “For Clayton & Caryl – friends in this galaxy”. Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. This is number 238 of 250. Minor discolorations on the cover.

1508. Willius, Frederick and Thomas J. Dry.

A History of the Heart and Circulation.

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders & Co., 1948. 15 cm x 24 cm. XVII, 456 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent – super condition of the rare edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner W.S.Chisholm on pastedown.

1509. Gunn, Edwin / E. and O.E.

Planning – The Architects Handbook – With an Additional Section on Farm Buildings by Edwin Gunn [Diagrams on Law Buildings (Police Stations and Court Houses) / Museums etc.].. Illustrated with 500 Diagrams.

London, Iliffe Technical Books, 1948. Folio (23.7 cm wide x 34.5 cm high). 434 pages with a full Index. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s half-cloth in protective Mylar. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely useful publication on the history of Farm Building design.

1510. [John Minihan Collection] – Agee, Chris.

Next to Nothing [Inscribed and signed by Chris Agee to irish photographer John Minihan].

Cambridge, Salt Publishing, 2008. 8°. 113 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and signed by Chris Agee to irish photographer John Minihan. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

1511. 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.

1512. 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.

1513. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Trilogy – Coins & Coffins. Discrepancies and Apparitions. The George Wahington Poems. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1974. 14 x 21 cm. 166 pages. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the autor’s dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – the moon obviously resided in her face. The Tissues were obviously saturated with milk. The feeling of polished stone established itself against her ears, and her cheek was rewound with metal tape. Living in the caves of her throat were pictures, not words. Her hand dound clay to squeeze into bowls. An object as white and soft as pork. An object as silent as pillows. She was as still as wet paper. The moon obviously resided in her face. And walked noiselessly to the sky each night.” Minimal discolorations on the dustjacket.

1514. Scott, Walter.

The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. In one complete volume. With all his introductions and notes also various readings, and the Editor’s notes.

Edinburgh, Robert Cadwell, 1850. 17 cm. 821 pages. Steel-engraving of Abbotsford (as frontispiece) and white and folded facsimile of Sir Walter Scott’s Handwriting (1810). Original illustrated hardcover/ Full red morocco prize binding (with Emblemata) for King Edward’s Free Grammar School in Birmingham (1852). Very good condition 1850 edition with only very minor signs of external wear. There is some rubbing to the spine, and some white marking on front page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

1515. Wakoski, Diane / [Clayton Eshleman].

Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands – New Poems by Diane Wakoski. [Association Copy] –

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1975. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. 85 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the front free endpaper: “For the Eshlemans – It is precision that defines beauty. Beauty is either contrast or subtleties, the unexpected or the inevitable.” Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket.

1516. Laffan, William.

Ancestral Interiors – Photographs of the Irish Country House by Patrick Prendergast. With a Foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin / Essay by William Laffan: “Ancestral Interiors” / Rural Ireland.

Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 2010. Quarto (21.5 cm x 24 cm). 135 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

1517. Ruttledge, Hugh.

Everest 1933.

Second Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 390 pages. 59 plates. 4 Maps, including 2 fold-out geological maps at rear showing ‘Drainage Areas of the Arun, Tista, and Ammu Chu’ and `Mount Everest and the group of Chomo Lungma’. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Professionally rebound and strengthened binding. New endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional faint foxing.

1518. [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].

1519. Laffan, William.

Irish Art at Castle Coole – The Familiar is Transformed. With a Foreword by S.B.Kennedy. Published by The Greylag Press for private circulation only !

One of 250 copies only. Enniskillen, Greylag Press, 2017. Quarto (21.5 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). Frontispiece, 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1520. [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].