81. Murphy, James.

In aimsir Emmet. [In Emmet’s Days]. Colm Ó Gaora d’aistrigh ó‘n mBéarla.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1937. Large Octavo. 332 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 !

82. Nexö, Martin Andersen / Hartmann, Jacob Wittmer (translator).

Days in the Sun.

New York, Coward -McCann, 1929. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 297 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. [Jacket Design signed T.L.] Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to dustjacket. Interior bright and clean.

83. Avantgarde Cover Art – Nezval, Vítêzslav / Tzara, Tristan / Babel, Isaak / Ježek, Jaroslav / Capek, Josef / Seifert, Jaroslav and others.

Collection of 27 stunning publications of the Czech Avantgarde, Czech Translations of French, Russian and German Literature and Poetry, Photomontage – Dustwrappers as well as wonderful czech avantgarde-typography of the 1930s and 1940s. The collection also includes seven (7) vintage, original scores of sheetmusic by the famous czechoslovakian avantgarde jazz musician, and composer Jaroslav Ježek.

Praze / Prague, Odeon / Olymp (and others), 1920 – 1990. Octavo. More than 1000 pages, some books with illustrations. Original softcover publications, often with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Some of the rare publications with some signs of wear, few publications with some loosened pages (ask for complete list). Overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

84. Nezval, Vítêzslav / Muziky / [Frantisek Muzika].

Edison. Básen o peti zpevech s doslovem Signál casu.

Prague, Fr. Borovy, 1940. Small Octavo. 65 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Octavo, 65pp. Second edition. A very good copy. Bookblock cleanly detached. Illustrated with an abstract design by Muziky [Frantisek Muzika].

85. Ovid.

Die erotischen Dichtungen. Deutsche Gesamtausgabe. Neu übertragen von Viktor von Marnitz. Mit Einführung von Karl Büchner.

Stuttgart, Alfred Kröner, 1958. Small-8°. XXIII, 324 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen. [Kröners Taschenbücher 263]

86. Pasternak, Boris.

Doktor Zhivago. [Rare Original Russian Edition]

Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1959. Thick Octavo. [iv], 567, [1] pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No jacket was issued for this book. In protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Second printing of the first authorized edition in Russian (preceded only by two CIA-sponsored, and virtually unobtainable, editions printed in Italy and distributed at the Brussels World Fair in the summer of 1958). Exlibris Janice Clark. Wonderful collectable !

87. Paz, Octavio.

Poemas (1935 – 1975) [Spanish Edition].

First edition / Primera edicion. Barcelona, Caracas, Mexico, Editorial Seix Barral , S.A, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 719 pages. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. There is a small library plate in the top right corner of the front free endpaper.

88. 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 !

89. Priestley, John Boynton ( J.B.) / Jaroslav Šváb.

Dálava.

Praze / Prague, Ant.Sveceny, (1938). Octavo. 420 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket, designed by Jaroslav Šváb in protective collector’s mylar. First edition. Signed by Priestley on title page. Half-leather with gilt lettering and illustration on spine. In publisher’s marbled boards in dust jacket. Few tiny wormholes to hinge. Jacket spine is torn and browned, else good. Inside near fine. Very Rare !

90. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Dve prazske povidky. [Zwei Prager Geschichten] Preklad Jan Löwenbach.

Erste tschechische Ausgabe. Praha / Prague, Nakladem J. Otty V Praze, 1908. Small Octavo. 123 Seiten. Hier liegen beide Einbandvarianten dieser seltenen Rilke – Erstausgabe vor. Original Hardcover und die Ausgabe in illustrierter Broschur. Beide Ausgaben in Mylar. First Czech translation of the “Zwei Prager Geschichten.” / Erste tschechische Ausgabe von Rilke’s “Zwei Prager Geschichten” / Das Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt der Hardcover-Ausgabe etwas angeraendert. / Very fresh binding ! Very good+, with some fraying to the brittle endpaper and titlepage. / Both binding-variations of this very rare Rilke publication / Signed by a preowner (not Rilke) on the cover of the softcover-edition.