1. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

2. Sahamuel Ortiz, Edison / Borja Gomez, Jaime Humberto / Mendoza de Riano, Consuelo / Mendoza Mendoza, Mauricio.

“ARTE SACRO HISTORIA” / ARTE SACRO 450 AÑOS. [Nueva Coleccion 450 Anos Arquidiocesis de Bogota: I – Angeles / II – Temas Antiguo Testamento / III – Temas Cristologicos / IV – Sagrada Familia / V – Vida de La Virgen / VI – Temas Mariologicos / VII – Santos / VIII – Temas Dogmaticos / IX – Retratos / X – Arte Modernos / XI – Muebles Y Objetos /

Bogota, Consuelo Mendoza Ediciones, 2012. Folio (24.7 cm x 34 cm high). 208 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with dustjacket in original slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. Akademii Nauk.

Cywilna Obrona Warszawy We Wrzesniu 1939 r. – Dokumenty, materialy prasowe, wspomnienia i relacje. [Warschau / Warsaw]

Warszawa, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1964. 8°. XXVI, 510 pages. Mit grosser Faltkarte / With large , folded map (48 cm wide x 56 cm high) of “Plan Wielkiej Warszawy in 1939 / Obrona Warszawy” [″Plan of Greater Warsaw in 1939 / With Defense – Action and Defense-Line of the “Defense of Warsaw” on the Plan]. Original cloth with dustjacket/ Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand.

4. St.Leger, Alicia.

Silver Sails & Silk.: Huguenots in Cork 1685 – 1850.

Cork, Cork Civic Trust Ltd., 1991. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 71 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Names of pre-owners on titlepage and endpaper. Extremely Rare publication !

5. Skeat, Rev. Walter W.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.

A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged [Fourth Edition]. Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1924. Quarto. XLIV, 780 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with signs of wear to the binding. A wonderful example of this beautifully typeset publication with spacious margins and a delight to use. From the personal library of William Spark (20 Blades Street, Lancaster), with his name and address in ink to endpaper.

6. Sotheby’s.

The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Part IV: Highly Important French Literature; Monaco, Oct 16 & 17, 1989. [With original Price-List].

Monaco, Sotheby’s, 1989. 21.3 cm x 27.7 cm. Unpaginated [approx 400 pages]. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to the binding and to front and rear endpapers. Minor discoloration to edges. Otherwise binding strong. Interior bright and clean. Contains Price-List of this auction !

7. Sachet, L’Abbé A.

Le pardon annuel de la Saint-Jean et de la Saint-Pierre à SAINT-JEAN DE LYON, 1392-1790. Saint-Jean du XIVe au XVIIIe siècle.

Tome premier et Tome second (complèt). Lyon, L’Imprimerie P. Grange & Cie., 1914. 4°. V, 592, 678 pp. Illustré. Softcover / Reliure originale (Broche). Bon état. Édition limitée. No. 273 / 300 Éxemplaires. // Original wrappers a little dusty. Interior in excellent condition. Numerous illustrations. No.273 of only 300 copies printed.

8. Macdonald, Alasdair / [Antony Miall].

Stowe – House and School.

First Edition. London, W.S. Cowell, 1951. 23 x 29 cm. 78 pages with several photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Original cloth / In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscribed with several signed dedications to the previous owner, Stowe – pupil Antony Miall, throughout the book. The dedications are written by several former classmates of the recipient of this monograph. The book deals with: The House at Stowe / The Family / The Gardens and Grounds / The First Lustre / Stowe in War and Peace / The Ten Years’ Grace // This book also comes with a publication by Anthony Miall (″Musical Bumps” by Anthony Miall – With Drawings by Ken Pyne).

9. Lehmann, Ernst A.

Auf Luftpatrouille und Weltfahrt. Erlebnisse eines Zeppelinfühers in Krieg und Frieden. Von Luftschiffkapitän Ernst A. Lehmann. Mit 67 Abbildungen. Herausgegeben von Leonhard Adelt.

Leipzig, Schmidt & Günther, 1936. 8°. 408 Seiten. With numerous Photographs (including of the “Hindenburg”). Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband mit dem ganz seltenen, illustrierten Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. Exlibris im Innendeckel.

10. [Anonymous]

La Logique ou l’Art de Raisonner. [Les trois principales operations de notre esprit / Des idees / Des jugemens et des propositions / Du raisonement / Du syllogisme / De diverses sortes de Sophismes / Sophismes d’amour-propre, d’interet, de passion, ou suggeres par l’imagination / Methode pratique pour former sa conscience par le moyen d’une Logique chretienne / Ou explication des regles qu’on a donnees dans la premiere / Combien la Logique est utile et necessaire / De la carte et distinction des idees, et de leur obscurite et confusion / etc. etc.]

Gand [Ghent], Imprimerie de J. Poelman, [ca. 1780]. 16.5 x 10 cm. 72 pages. Relié demi-cuir. [Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar – Lower spine slightly damaged]. État d’usage. Couverture, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Intérieur en bon état malgré quelques traces de rousseurs. Titre sur le dos décoré en doré. Ce livre est lié à une seconde publication.

11. [Horace / Horatius Flaccus Quintus] Fabrini, Giovanni Francesco.

L’Opere D’Oratio – Poeta Lirico Commentate da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine in Lingua Vulgare Toscana, con ordine, che’l Vulgare e Comento del Latino; et il Latino e Comento del Vulgare, ambedue le Lingue Dichiarandosi l’una con l’altra. Dinuouo in questa terza Editione da molti errori emendato.

[Third Edition]. In Venetia, Appresso Giovanni Battista Sessa & fratelli, 1581. Small Quarto (16 cm wide x 21 cm high). [4], 390 pages. Hardcover / Original Vellum in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Faded dampstain to a few pages in the rear. Titlepage professionally restored. Preowners name verso titlepage, signed in Ink as “Antonio Bartoly, 1793”.

12. Quintilian [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus].

M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri duodecim, Summa diligentia ad fidem vetustissimorum codicum recogniti, ac restituti. Novae huic Editioni adiecit Fabianarum Notarum Spicilegium Subcisivum Daniel Pareus Phil. Fil. Accesserum etiam Quintilianorum Declamationes. Cum Indice accuratissime.

Two Volumes (Parts) in One Volume (complete). London, Typis E.G. Impensis R. Whitakeri [Richard Whitaker], 1641. Octavo. Pagination: Part I: Titlepage, 722 pages plus 58 unnumbered pages of an Index / Part II [Eloquent Declamations]: 569 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original 17th century boards with modern spine bound to style of the 17th century. New endpapers. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

13. [Aeschylus] Scholefield, Jacobus.

Aeschylus – recensuit Jacobus Scholefield, A.M. Coll. SS. Trin. Nuper Socius, et Graecarum Literarum Professor Regius.

Editio Secunda. Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Excudit Joannes Smith, 1830. Octavo. II,436 pages. Hardcover / original, 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of J. A. Ormerod B.N.C., with his Bookplate to the pastedown with the Motto: “Dedit Meliora Dabitque” [Ormerod died in 1864 and was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford]

14. [Williams, E.].

An Introduction to the Latin Tongue, for the Use of Youth.

A New Edition, carefully revised and improved. Eton / London, Printed nand Sold by E.Williams, Successor to Mr.Pote / Sold also at the Eton Warehouse, London, 1816. Small-Octavo (10,5 cm x 17,5 cm). 190 pages plus two pages of “School Books printed by E.Williams, Successor to Mr.Pote, at Eton”. Hardcover / Original, private, early 19th century leather in protective Mylar. Leather with some defects. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown and several examples of Daniel Conner’s signatures and locations of study in pencil on endpapers and pastedown. With Daniel Conner’s rare library – stamp verso title-page (see image).

15. Süvern, Johann Wilhelm.

Über den Kunstcharacter des Tacitus.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 63 Seiten (Seiten 73 – 136 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). 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].

16. Strada, Famiano.

Famiani Stradae Prolusiones Academicae.

Oxonii [Oxford], E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Jac. Fletcher Bibliopolae, 1745. Small Octavo. Engraved titlepage, [11], 325, [21] pages. Hardcover / Contemporary full calf with blindstamped ornament tooled along spine. Binding stronger rubbed and upper spine slightly damaged; but the volume firm and in very good condition. Small cutout to endpaper. Smaller, faded dampstain from page 247 onwards. Dampstain to both endpapers. Text otherwise clean and bright ! Name of William L. Webb in ink on titlepage.

17. Plutarch [Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus] / Krebs, Johann Tobias (Editor).

Plutarchi Commentarius Quomodo Adolescens Poetas Audire. Debeat Graece et Latine ex Interpretatione Xylandri Secundis Curis Recensitus Emendatus et Multis Animadversionibus Novis Illustratus Opera Io. Tob. Krebsii Illustris Moldani Rectoris.

Lipsiae, Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch, 1779. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover 18th century full leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Bookplate to the front: “Scholae Reformatae Fridericianae – Francof. AD O. Sigilium Curatorum” [Frankfurt / Oder] and Bookplate to the rear for the student: Johann Jacob Braunmüller. The rare Krebs – Edition, in greek and latin. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to lower, outer margins only (Text not effected). Slight browning to preliminary papers and pastedowns only.

18. Plato – Doering, Fridericus / Döring, Friedrich.

De Legum Platonicarum Compositione [Translates: On the Composition of the Platonic Laws].

Leipzig, Robert Noske, 1907. 8°. 87 Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Minimal angerändert.

19. Major, J.R. [Head Master of King’s College School].

A Latin Grammar.

Fourth Edition. London, B.Fellowes, 1838. Small Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover / Full leather. Binding in poor condition. Rear endpaper missing. Front endpaper with tear. Drawings by a child to endpaper and pastedowns. A rare book !! Name of preowner (″Daniel Conner – 1839”) written on front board in ink. [Daniel Conner from Manch House, Bandon].

20. Holden, Constance W.

Hellas – Drawings by Constance W.Holden with Selections from the Greek Dramatists.

Limited Edition. Boston, Thomas Todd Company, 1969. Folio (32 cm x 41 cm). 62 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with tears. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

21. [Grierson, George and John]

[Sabbath – Servants – Burning Land – Impounding – Cattle Trespassing – Replevin] Sammelband / Collection of six Acts: 1. An Act for The better Observation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday [Sabbath]. Dublin, 1803. 22 pages / 2. An Act relating to Servants and Apprentices, Artificers and Day-Labourers. Dublin, 1831. 55 pages / 3. An Act to Repeal the several Laws for Recovery of small Sums due for Wages, in Ireland; and to make other Provisions for Recovery of such Wages. Dublin, 1830. 96 pages / 4. An Act to amend the 10° Charles I. for Impounding of Distresses in Ireland. Dublin, 1829. 22 pages / 5. An Act for preventing the Vexatious Impounding of Cattle for Trespass or Damage Feasant [Pheasant]. Dublin, 1829. 25 pages. / 6. An Act to provide for the Relief of Persons aggrieved by unlawful or excessive Distresses in Ireland. [An Act to show cause why Replevin should not be made] Dublin, 1830. 28 pages.

Dublin, G. and J. Grierson & His Majesty’s Printers, 1803-1831. Duodecimo. 22, 55, 96, 22, 25, 28 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full 19th century calf with gilt lettering on original, red spinelabel. Binding and interior in unusually excellent condition. Only a very small lesion (fraying) to the outer margins of three pages.

22. [Ginger, W. / Collingwood, Samuel].

Sammelband of Latin Grammar in Westminster School: The Sammelband includes: I. A Short Introduction to the Latin Grammar, for use of the Lower Forms in Westminster School (London / Westminster, Printed for W.Ginger, 1814; 40 pages) / II. Rudimentum Grammaticae Latinae Metricum, in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis. (Oxford, Excudebat Samuel Collingwood, sumptibus Gul. Ginger, Westmonasertiensem, 1815; 56 pages) / III. The Translation of the Latin Verse Grammar. For the Use of the Lower Forms in Westminster-School. (Oxford, Printed by Samuel Collingwood, for W.Ginger, 1815; 65 pages).

Oxford / London / Westminster, Ginger / Collingwood, 1814 – 1815. Small-Octavo (12,5 cm x 19 cm). 40, 56, 65 pages. Hardcover / Original, private, early 19th century leather in protective Mylar. Leather with some defects. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown and several examples of Daniel Conner’s signatures and locations of study in pencil on endpapers and pastedown.

23. Gerhard, Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard.

Archemoros und die Hesperiden.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 113 Seiten plus vier (4) wunderbare, lithographische Tafeln im Anhang (Seiten 253 – 366 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Nur die Tafeln etwas stockfleckig und Tafel IV mit kleinerem Schaden. 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 dem Jahre 1836].

24. Ellis, William [Provenance: William Splaine and N. Splaine – Bandon Grammar School 1840].

A Collection of English Exercises – Translated From the Writings of Cicero, For School-Boys to Re-Translate Into Latin; And Adapted to the Principal Rules in The Eton Syntax; With Occasional References to Other Grammars. Sixteenth Edition, in which the Translation has been carefully compared with the Original and Corrected and to which are prefixed, Rules for the Use of the Subjunctive Mood. [Including a Preface of Thomas Dix Hincks of Fermoy School, made to the eighth edition in 1818].

London, Longman & Co., 1839. Small Octavo (10,5 cm x 18 cm). XXVIII, 269, [3] pages. Hardcover / Original full eather with gilt ornament to spine. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Several manuscript entries by preowners of the William Splaine – Family in Bandon.

25. Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Orationes Quaedam Selectae cum Interpretatione et Notis quas in usum Serenissimi Delphini edidit P. Carolus Merouville, S.J. Quibus Praefigitur Vita Ciceronis per Annos Consulares Digesta. Huic Editioni Accesserunt Dialogi De Senectute et De Amicitia.

Editio Decima Quinta Emendatior. Dublini, Ex Officina Hibernica, 1812. Octavo. XXXI, 554 pages plus 14 unnumbered pages Index. Original Hardcover (full calf with gilt lettering on original spinelabel). Stronger Rubbed. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen.

26. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Von den Aleuaden.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 41 Seiten (Seiten 171 – 212 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). 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].

27. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Über die Kotyttia und die Baptae.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 17 Seiten (Seiten 213 – 230 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). 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].

28. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].

29. Bekker, Immanuel [August Emanuel].

Die Scholien zu Aeschines Rede gegen den Timarchos – aus Pariser Handschriften (Coislin. 249 = f und Reg. 3003 = m) berichtigt und vervollständiget.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 25 Seiten (Seiten 227 – 252 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). 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 dem Jahre 1836].

30. Anonymus [Cassius Longinus, Dionysius / [Pseudo-Longinus] / Schardam, Petro Joanne.

Dionysii Longini – “De Sublimitate Liber” [″On the Sublime”]– The Greek Text with Latin Translation and Schardam’s Philological Dissertation and Notes by George Millar / [Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius – Curante Georgio Miller, Collegii Dublinensis Olim Socio. (Including: Petro Joanne Schardam – “Dissertatio Philologica De Vita et Scriptis Longini”)].

Editio Altera. Dublin, D.Graisberry, 1820. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). V, 257, [30 unnumbered] pages, including “Index Vocum et Phrasium Memorabilium” / “Index Auctorum” / “Index Sectionum”. Plus a16-page-catalogue of “W.B.Kelly’s Scholastic and other Publications” bound at the rear. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Foxing Name of preowner on titlepage: “Geo. Sheehan – Cork”.

31. Knowles, James Sheridan / Willan Smith, Robert.

Virginius – A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. (SIGNED First Edition, 1820) / Bound together with: The Hunchback – A Play in Five Acts (Fourth Edition, 1832). [Presentation copy / Signed copy]

Two Volumes in One. London, Printed for James Ridgway, 1820. Octavo. Pagination: Virginius – 85, (3) pages / Hunchback – VIII, (2), 118 pages. Hardcover / Original, contemporary green cloth with original red morocco label to spine. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Stronger signs of foxing to “Virginius” but still in very good condition. Inscribed by James Sheridan Knowles to one Robert Willan Smith on the titlepage:″To Mr. Willan with the affectionate Respect + Gratitude of the Author”. Sheridan Knowles had a chance to be Willan’s successor but decided for a literary and acting career. / “The Hunchback” in excellent condition, also with inscription and signature of Knowles on the titlepage and with the ownership-inscription of Robert Willan Smith. Rare Cork related !

32. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Extremely Rare and even rarer in this condition !

33. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map of County Kerry in the 18th century: “The County of Kerry – To the Nobility and Gentry of this County this Map – Drawn from Actual Surveys is Inscribed by their most Obedient Servant – Charles Smith”.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 43,5 cm wide x 50 cm high. Sheet Size: 49,4 cm wide x 56 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

34. Gisborne, Rev. Thomas.

Sermons.

London, Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W.Davies in The Strand, 1802. Octavo. XV, 453 pages. [Layer with pages 23- 26 loosened but included]. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt ornament and original spine-label. Binding rough with stronger signs of rubbing and defects to the leather-covered – boards. But the binding is firm and holding. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

35. Riddell, Robert.

The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer. With fifty-eight plates and a Series of Card-Board Models.

London / Edinburgh / Glasgow, William Mackenzie, no year [c.1874]. Folio (28 cm x 35 cm). Frontispiece, 124 pages text and 58 plates [The Frontispiece counts as Plate 58]. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on board and reinforced, contemporary “workshop binding”. Good condition with signs of external wear. Inside a little dusty but firm and complete !!

36. Burns, Brian P.

“A Rising People” – The Brian P.Burns Collection of Irish Art. Edited by Robert Kohn.

Newtownabbey, Nicholson & Bass, 2017. Quarto (25.5 cm wide x 31 cm high). 255 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

37. Newlands, James.

The Carpenter And Joiner’s Assistant – Being A Comprehensive Treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing, with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing – Also, a course of instruction in practical geometry, geometrical lines, drawing, projection, and perspective – And an illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Plates and many hundred engravings on Wood.

London / Glasgow / Edinburgh, Blackie & Son, no.year [c.1869]. Folio (26 cm wide x 34 cm high). XIII, 291 pages text and 111 plates. Original 19th century publication with a stunning new binding, re-imagining the original 19th-century half-leather binding. In protective Mylar. Paper professionally repaired on the first XIII pages. Very good and firm condition with minor signs of external wear.

38. Viollet Le-Duc, Eugène.

Histoire d’un Hôtel de Ville et d’une Cathédrale. Texte et dessins par Viollet-le-Duc.

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, Editeurs, 1878. 25 cm x 16 cm. 284 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations. On the Frontispiece the Coat of Arms of Clusy in colour. Original Hardcover [blindstamped red boards with gilt lettering] In protective Mylar. Only minor signs of external wear (really only slightly rubbed and bumped). The tight binding in excellent condition. With gilt lettering on spine. In protective mylar.

39. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room scenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

40. [Sohn-Rethel, Alfred] / [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VI, Heft 1 [Volume VI, Issue 1].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1937. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. With some markings in pencil and one annotation [in pencil: “Marcuse – Befreiung des Tieres”] in the chapter by Max Horkheimer “The latest attack on metaphysics”.

41. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VII, Doppelheft 1/2 [Volume VII, Double-Issue 1/2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1938. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

42. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VII, Heft 3 [Volume VII, Issue 3].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1938. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

43. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VI, Heft 3 [Volume VI, Issue 3].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1937. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

44. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [from this Issue forward published as: “Studies in Philosophy and Social Science”]: Jahrgang VIII, Heft 3 [Volume VIII, Issue 3]

First Edition. New York (Morningside Heights), Published by The Institute of Social Research, 1940. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Former Library-Copy of the “New School Library” (stamped on August 26th, 1940). This, the first Issue of the Periodical in american exile, states as Director: Max Horkheimer, Assistant Director: FrederickPollock and as Members: Theodore W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin and others. All publications going forward were published in english or french.

45. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Studies in Philosophy and Social Science [Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung] Volume IX, Issue 2 [Jahrgang IX, Heft 2].

First Edition. New York (Morningside Heights), Published by The Institute of Social Research, 1941. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Former Library-Copy of the “Institute for Research in Social Science – File Copy”.

46. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Studies in Philosophy and Social Science [Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung] Volume IX, Issue 3 [Jahrgang IX, Heft 3].

First Edition. New York (Morningside Heights), Published by The Institute of Social Research, 1941. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

47. [Benjamin, Walter] / [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VIII, Doppelheft 1/2 [Volume VIII, Double-Issue 1/2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1939. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

48. [Benjamin, Walter] / [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang VI, Heft 2 [Volume VI, Issue 2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1937. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. With an annotation (and exclamation mark) in the chapter on Knut Hamsun (page 315).

49. [Sohn-Rethel, Alfred] / [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang V, Heft 3 [Volume V, Issue 3].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1936. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. With several pencil-markings and exclamation-markings in the segment of Philosophical reviews (pages 411 forward). Text-Markings include highlighting a book by Stomps on Heidegger’s Hermeneutics, a review of Benedetto Croce etc.

50. [Horkheimer, Max / Adorno, Theodor W.].

Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung [Studies in Philosophy and Social Science]: Jahrgang V, Heft 2 [Volume V, Issue 2].

First Edition. Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1936. Octavo (16.4 cm wide x 24.4 cm high). Softcover / Original Publisher’s wrappers. One of the Rare Volumes in original wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.