1. Porter, William Henry [Irish Surgeon (1790-1861)].

Observations on the Surgical Pathology and Treatment of Aneurism – Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on That Disease – Delivered in the School of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland During the Session, 1839-40. Part I [possibly all which was ever published because we could only establish Part I in Worldwide Libraries].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Joshua Porter, 72, Grafton-Street, no year (c.1840). Octavo (15 cm wide x 23.3 cm high). XV, 214 pages. Original Hardcover with rebacked spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Frome the library of irish cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

2. Miró, Joan / Sam Hunter [Introduction].

Joan Miró – His Graphic Work. Introduction by Sam Hunter – With 79 Gravure Illustrations and 14 Color Plates [Includes Two original Lithographs].

First Edition. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1958. Quarto (28 cm wide x 32.7 cm high). XXXV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover with the beautiful, original, illustrated dustjacket. With publisher’s paper-band loosely inserted and in original slipcase. Very Minor signs of removed sellotape to binding and dustjacket only. A very firm and clean copy of this important catalogue raissonee in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the wonderful photograph of Miro, flanked by apprentices, in his studio.

3. [Sainsbury, Hester Margaret (Illustrator)] / Morand, Paul.

Earth Girdled. With Eight Woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury. Translated from the French ‘Rien que le Terre’ by Charles Emile Roche.

London, Alfred A. Knoff, 1928. 14.5 cm x 22.6 cm. 172 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket has minor edgewear. Minor rubbing to edges. Minor tanning to edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise bright and clean. Binding strong.

4. Rennert, Jack.

100 Jahre Circus Plakate. [Translates: “100 Years of Circus Advertising Posters”].

Zurich / Stuttgart, Werner Classen Verlag, 1975. Folio. (28 cm wide x 41 cm). 112 pages with illustrations throughout the Volume. Original softcover. Spine damaged with the pages and illustrations loosened.

5. [Haden, Sir Francis Seymour] / Salaman, Malcolm C.

Modern Masters of Etching Sir Francis Seymour Haden P.R.E.. Introduction By Malcolm C. Salaman.

London, The Studio, 1926. 30.5 cm x 25 cm. 9 pages of introduction. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in etching. Protected by tissue guards. Original hardcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear to the cover. Clean inside with all illustrations protected and in very good condition.

6. Tytler, Alexander Fraser [Lord Woodhouselee].

The Cities of The Modern World from the Fall of Rome to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century [This publication has its own titlepage and seems like an entirely independent work by Tytler but it is in fact Volumes IV, V and VI of his “Universal History”, obviously marketed by Ward, Lock and Co. with a new titlepage]. By the Late Hon. Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, Senator of the College of Justice and Lord Commissioner of Justiciary in Scotland and formerly Professor of Civil History and Greek and Roman Antiquities in the University of Edinburgh.

Three Volumes in One (complete only according to titlepage). London / New York, Ward, Lock and Co., no year (c.1880). Small Octavo (11 cm wide x 15.3 cm high). Volume I: 303 pages / Volume II: 336 pages / Volume III: 346 pages. Hardcover / Private Hardcover of the late 19th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Few pages with fraying and some paper-loss. This is an extremely scarce publication ! No copy for sale on the international market during cataloging.

7. Mirò, Joan / Dupin, Jacques / Eluard, Paul / Char, René / Prévert, Jacques / Queneau, Raymond.

Exhibition Catalogue “Fondation Maeght 1968 – Saint Paul 06” [With four original colour Lithographs: 1. Cover / 2. One original single-page Lithograph in colour and 3./4.: One Double-Page Lithograph in colour by Joan Mirò].

Saint Paul, Fondation Maeght, 1968. Small Quarto (19.7 cm wide x 22.6 cm high). 212 colour reproductions. Original, illustrated Softcover – Edition with original cover-art by Miro. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minro foxing and fingerstaining to edge. Otherwise excellent.

8. Pritchett, V.S. / Evelyn Hofer (Photographer).

DUBLIN – A Portrait. Photographs by Evelyn Hofer.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). 99 pages with 16 pages of photographs in full colour and 78 photographs in monochrome gravure. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some minor tears to dustjacket, now in protective sleeve, but else in unusually very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A fantastic publication.

9. Farkas, Lidia / Poharnok, Zoltan / Shires, Frances (Translator).

Sly Mike: A Hungarian Story – With ten original, coloured etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. English Translation by Frances Shires.

No.115 of a signed, limited Edition of 250 copies. Budapest, Published by Dr.George Vajna & Co., (1937). Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 44 unnumbered pages (inlcuding the etchings). The book is signed by both artists, Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Hardcover / Original, embroidered binding. Some foxing to binding but the endpapers intact and the binding in overall very good condition. All etchings in excellent condition. A wonderful, rare example of a very rare book !

10. [Scully, Sean] – Klüser, Bernd [Gallery Bernd Klüser].

SEAN SCULLY – The Beauty of the Real. Katalog zur Ausstellng von Sean Scully in der Galerie Bernd Klüser, Dezember 1995 bis Januar 1996.

First Edition / One of only 1000 copies. [Munich], Galerie Bernd Klüser, 1995. Octvao (15.5 cm wide x 20.5 cm high). 83 pages with wonderful illustrtations of Scully’s works (including one fold-out image). Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.