1. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

2. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Calder and Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!

3. [Dufy, Raoul] Derys, Gaston.

Mon Docteur – Le Vin. Avec 19 Aquarelles de Raoul Dufy – Texte de Gaston Derys. [Préface du Maréchal Pétain] / Typographie de A. M. Cassandre.

Paris, Freres Draeger, 1936. Folio (26 cm wide x 32 cm high). 44 pages with 19 aquarelles. / 19 photolithographs of watercolors (18 in colors), plus 1 photolithograph of a drawing (wrappers). Original, illustrated Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. [Rosset, Barney / Minihan, John]

Remembering Samuel Beckett (Essay by Barney Rosset, juxtaposed to a printed photograph of Beckett by John Minihan, hugging Rosset in Paris on Beckett’s 80th birthday) – The page of this contribution inscribed and signed by Barney Rosset to irish photographer John Minihan: “To John Minihan – For the Pleasure of being with you for your photog. and your friendship – Barney Rosset 12/16/09”. In: Conjunctions: 53 – Not Even Past, Hybrid Histories, Bi- Annual Volumes of New Writing.

New York, Bard College, 2009. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 346 pages. Some black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by Barney Rosset to John Minihan (Excellent association).

5. [Zhizhong, Gu].

Creation of the Gods [″Investiture of the Gods”]. Translated by Gu Zhizhong.

Two Volumes (complete). Beijing (China), New World Press, 1992. Octavo (14 cm wide x 21.5 cm high). Volume I: 551 pages (with illustrations) / Volume II: 479 pages (with illustrations). Both Volumes in Original Hardcover with the beautiful, original dustjackets in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The Volumes seem to be unread ! A very rare set, nearly impossible to find in this well protected condition.

6. Biggers, Earl Derr.

Seven Keys to Baldpate.

First UK Edition. London, Mills & Boon, Limited, 1914. Octavo. 309 pages plus “A Catalogue of Books published by Mills & Boon Ltd.” with 22, [10] pages at the rear of the Volume. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bookblock slightly distrorted only. Very good, very firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Private inscription to half-title.

7. Bock, Alfred.

Deutsche Dichter in ihren Beziehungen zur Musik [Widmungsexemplar von Alfred Bock]. Klopstock – Wieland – Lessing – Schiller – Goethe – Herder – Jean Paul – Romantiker – Hoffmann – Lenau – Heine – Grillparzer.

Neue Ausgabe. Giessen, J.Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, 1900. Octavo. XI, 264 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler, sehr dekorativer Ganzleinenband mit wundervollen Jugendstil-Elementen. Nahezu neuwertige Erhaltung. Extrem seltenes Widmungsexemplar von Alfred Bock. Die Widmung liest sich: “Meinem Freund – Prof. Dr. H. Walther in aufrichtiger Gesinnung – G[iessen], May.18 – Der Verf[asser]”.”

8. Chalmers, Alexander.

A History of the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders, by Alex Chalmers, with a Series of Illustrated Engravings by J.Storey & J.Greig. / A History of the College Halls. And Public Buildings, attached to the University of Oxford. [With 31 plates / steel engravings (including frontispiece)].

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Oxford, Printed by Collingwood and Co., 1810. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Pagination: VolumeI: Frontispiece-Engraving of Oxford, engraved title-page, another title-page with a more explicit title, XVI, 260 pages / Volume II continues the pagination: Halftitle, Title, Pages 261 – 486 plus an Index (13 pages). plus 1 page (List of Plates). Original, very decorative, early 19th century full leather with gilt ornament to boards and masterfully rebacked spine with spine-labels. A superior copy of this often deranged and broken publication. A stunning example of british bindery-craftsmanship and with only minor signs of browning and foxing. The best example of this work we have ever seen. Firm, possible to be handled without fear of breaking, the leather smooth. A perfect gift !

9. Chang, Kang-I Sun / Owen, Stephen.

The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature [Volume I “To 1375” and Volume II “From 1375”]. Edited by Kang-I Sun Chang and Stephen Owen.

Two Volumes (complete set). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010. Octavo (16 cm wide x 23 cm high). Volume I: XXXII, 711 pages / Volume II: XXXI, 793 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Both Volumes in absolutely excellent, clen, firm, close to new condition.

10. Cubillo De Aragon, Don Alvaro.

Comedias Escogidas. [Tomo Primero].

First Edition. Madrid, Con Licencia, 1826. 10.5 x 16 cm. 424 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt text on spine. Faded dampstain throughout. Bookblock slightly separating from binding. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Dubuffet, Jean.

La botte à nique.

Genève, Albert Skira, 1973. Slim Fpolio Box with Oxtcavo Volume and Slim-Folio Screen-print separate. 112 pages (collation complèt) plus une sérigraphie (Silkscreen: ‘Quatre Figures’) dans une chemise séparée. Original Hardcover in original box with additional folder for the silkscreen. Complete, a fantastic publication ! Some signs of foxing ! Otherwsie in EXCELLENT condition with only minor signs of wear and including the often missing screen-print in the separate chemise. / Edition originale, Exemplaire No.38 des 165 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d’Arches. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de sa sérigraphie présentée sous une chemise à part.

12. Edwards, Gregory J.

The Book of The International Film Poster.

London, Tiger Books International, 1988. Quarto (21.7 cm wide x 30 cm high). 224 pages with Illustrations of Film-Posters throughout the volume (mainly in colour). Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. 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 !

14. Forster, E.M.

Howards End.

True First edition, first printing with four pages of advertising to the rear. London, Edward Arnold, 1910. 13 cm x 20 cm. 343 pages. Original Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper in ink. Binding firm, endpapers firm. Spine slightly faded and rear cover with some light blemishes only. Gilt excellent. Only very minor signs of foxing. Very Scarce !

15. Gill, Eric.

Autobiography / Quod ore sumpsimus.

Tenth Impression . London, Jonathan Cape, 1944. Octavo. Frontispiece-Self-Portrait of Eric Gill, 283 pages. With eight Illustrations (including the Frontispiece). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, firm condition, with the rare dustjacket showing some minro fraying. Occasional foxing only. An excellent version of this classic.

16. Harraden, Beatrice.

Ships that Pass in the Night.

Copyright Edition. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894. 11 cm x 16 cm. 263 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition. vol. 2968].

17. Heaney, Seamus.

Seeing Things [Signed by Seamus Heaney and with a Beautiful, lengthy Inscription]. With the printed Dedication “For Derek Mahon”.

Second Edition. London, faber and faber, 1991. Octavo. 113 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and beautifully inscribed: “To Christian Tischhauser – with admiration for your commitment to The West Cork Music Festival – Seamus Heaney – 26 June 1996”.

18. Kang-Hu, Kiang / Witter Bynner (Translator).

The Jade Mountain: A Chinese Anthology – Being Three Hundred Poems of the T’ang Dynasty (618-906). Translated by Witter Bynner from the Texts of Kiang Kang-Hu.

Seventh Printing. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Octavo. 300 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The rare dustjacket slightly sunned and a bit frayed but now in protective Mylar. The book in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Very rare in this condition.

19. Kavanagh, Patrick.

A Soul For Sale. Poems by Patrick Kavanagh.

First Edition. London, MacMillan & Co.Ltd., 1947. Octavo. 54 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket frayed and with some loss. As often with this book, some foxing to book and dustjacket.

20. Makoto, Ooka / Fitzsimmons, Thomas.

A Play of Mirrors – Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan [Yoshioka Minoru / Tamura Ryuichi / Iijima Koichi / Tada Chimako / Ooka Makoto / Tanikawa Shuntaro / Shiraishi Kazuko / Yoshimasu Gozo].

Rochester (Michigan), Oakland University / Katydid Books, 1987. Quarto. 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Besides some foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

21. Milosz, Czeslaw.

The Seizure of Power [Signed – Uncorrected Proof]. Translated by Celina Wieniewska.

Unrevised, Uncorrected Proof. New York, Farrar – Straus – Giroux, 1982. Octavo. 245 pages. Original Softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare, signed version of this uncorrected Proof with Milosz’s signature on the titlepage.

22. Natsume, Soseki.

Collection of Five Rare Natsume-Publications from the Tuttle Classics Series. The collection includes: 1. Soseki Natsume – “The 210th Day – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002) / 2. Soseki Natsume – “My Individualism and The Philosophical Foundations of Literature” – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu and Introduced by Inger Brody (2004) / 3. Soseki Natsume – Inside My Glass Doors – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002) / 4. Soseki Natsume – The Heredity of Taste – Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu and Introduced by Stephen W. Kohl (2004) / 5. Soseki Natsume – Spring Miscellany and London Essays Translated by Sammy I. Tsunematsu (2002).

Boston, Tuttle Publishing, 2002-2004. Octavo. Original, illustrated Softvover-Volumes. All five Volumes in excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. O’Flaherty, Liam.

The Wild Swan and other Stories. By Liam O’Flaherty with a Frontispiece by P.V.Moon and a Foreword by Rhys Davies. Being No.10 of the Furnival Books.

London, William Jackson (Books) Ltd. [Joiner & Steele], 1932. Octavo (16.3 cm wide x 25.4 cm high). Frontispiece-Woodcut, 60 pages. Original Hardcover (Buckram). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed by Liam O’Flaherty.

24. Pierre, Frédéric.

“Meme les Dieux ont ami de toi” [With five (5) original and signed erotic, colour-engravings]. 5 gravures érotiques par Frédéric Pierre.

1991. Quarto (25 cm wide x 30 cm high). Six sheets of folded velin of which the first sheet is the title and introductory Poems “The Fruit of your Body” and the following five sheets are the original erotic gravures, titled, limited and signed by the artist Frédéric Pierre. Hardcover / Original blue clamshell-box, housing the artwork. Excellent, as new condition. No.18 of only 21 copies, signed by the artist. EXTREMELY Rare !!!

25. Pierre, Frédéric.

Du Coin De L’Oeil La Pleine Lune. [With thirteen (13) stunning, original and signed erotic, colour-engravings]. Gravé et imprimé par Frédéric Pierre à l’atelier de l’été Juin – Septembre 1991. Texte par A. Kallur / C. Aldridge / F. Pierre.

Henley-on-Thames / Stockholm, Published by Artwenty, September 1991. Folio (31.3 cm wide x 41.4 cm high). (3), 27, (1) sheets of finest BFK Rives Velin Paper with deckled edges. Hardcover / Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on board. Excellent, as new condition. No.10 of only 21 copies, signed by the artist. The entire edition of this artist-book comprised of 28 copies of which 7 copies were numbered in roman numerals from I – VII and accompanied by an original, unique and signed engraving [please enquire for one of the roman numbered editions]. This is one of the 21 copies without the additional engraving. EXTREMELY Rare !!!

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Self, Will.

The Quantity Theory of Insanity.

London, Bloomsbury, 1991. 19.8cm x 12.7cm. (8) 211 pages. Original illustrated softcover (Paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Titlepage signed by the Will Self.

29. 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.

30. [Melancholy and Solitude in the 18th century] – Zimmermann, Johann Georg [Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann].

Ueber die Einsamkeit [On Solitude].

4 Baende (komplett). Frankfurt und Leipzig, [ohne Verlagsangabe], 1785. Klein-Oktav. XL, 328, [8 nn.], XL, 442, [12 nn.], XVI, 430, [6 nn.], XXXII, 416, [8 nn.] Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder des 18.Jahrhunderts. Alle Baende in sehr guter Erhaltung bis auf einen kleinen Schaden am oberen Kapital des 3.Bandes. Durchgehend minimal stockfleckig. Restaurierte Wurmspur auf einigen Seiten des 3.Bandes. Wahrscheinlich ein zeitgenoessischer Raubdruck dieser bedeutenden Publikation ueber die Melancholie.