441. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire] / [Publisher Blackie & Son – Publishing House in Glasgow].

Publisher’s original “Private Library” – Correction-Copy of “The Two Duchesses”, for the “Second Edition”, with necessary alterations and wishes for changes marked by the corrector / publisher in pencil. Comparisons between pages allow to see the changes in effect if one compares the first and second edition. [A sensational find] / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Excellent, very clean binding. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Publisher’s Copy” with the publisher’s library sticker and bookplate to pastedown: “Blackie & Son Limited – Private Library – Case Kd – Shelf 5” – Exlibris of Blackie & Son below the library-sticker.

442. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire].

The Two Duchesses – Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Presentation Copy of “The Two Duchesses” with Autograph / Manuscript – Letter by Vere Foster to his niece, Emily Albinia “Alba” Foster. With a stunning, unpublished, two-page manuscript letter, revealing several important details about the immediately favorable reviews and reception of the book “Two Duchesses” [″in the Daily Telegraph”] and Vere Foster’s disdain about some criticism from one J.Donohue [which led to an alteration in the second edition of the book]. Vere Foster is also expecting a review to appear in the “Athenaeum” but reports: “the Athenaeum has nothing yet”. Vere Foster apologizes to his niece for the delay in sending the book and explains that he had left 12 “parcels” with Blackie’s agent and gave instructions to send them, but a few days later found they had been “untouched”. One of the most important finds of Vere Foster – Material in recent years with no sign of similar material on offer in the past years on the international market.

443. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Copy Books: Lettering Plain and Ornamental.

London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1870). Oblong – Octavo (21 cm x 17 cm). 24 pages with typographical Alphabets in Italic, Roman, Egyptian, Engrossing, Old English, German [Fraktur], Old English Ornamented, German Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic [also Gaelic, “Gaeilge”], Children’s Alphabet, etc. Softcover. Some fraying to wrapper. A little dusty but overall very good.

444. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Landscape Painting for Beginners. Two Volumes (complete set): [Volume I: First Stage – Teaching the Use of One Colour – Ten Facsimiles of Original Studies in Sepia by J.Callow and Numerous Illustrations in Pencil with Full Instructions in Easy Language. / Second Stage – Teaching the Use of Seven Colours – Twenty Facsimiles of Original Drawings by J.Callow and Many Illustrations in Pencil. With Full Instructions in Easy Language].

London / Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1890). Octavo (19 cm x 24 cm). Volume I: 40 pages with tipped in plates. / Volume II: 76 pages with tipped-in plates plus 4 pages of a Bookseller-Catalogue by Blackie & Son, to the rear of the Volume, listing all of Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Books, Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books etc. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with colourful illustrations to the front covers. Unusuall excellent condition (see images).

445. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vintage 19th Century Vere Foster Pen Nib-Box – “The Vere Foster Finest Quality Steel Pens – The Best Pen for Schools – Medium Points”.

England, The Educational Co., Ltd. no year (c. 1880). 6 cm x 4 cm x 2,4 cm. Softcover. Overall very good with a minor dent to top.

446. [Foster, Vere] McNeill, Mary.

Vere Foster 1819-1900 – An Irish Benefactor.

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. Octavo (14,5 cm x 21,5 cm). 259 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

447. [Freke Family Provenance] / Castle Freke / Castlefreke / Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Milman, The Rev. H.H.

Sammelband: The Fall of Jerusalem – A Dramatic Poem (New Edition) / The Martyr of Antioch – A Dramatic Poem (First Edition) /

Three Volumes in One. London, John Murray, 1822. Octavo. VII, 167 pages / VII, 168 pages / IV, 162 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather in Mylar. Stunning, blind-stamped armorial binding of Trinity College Dublin: “Reg. Elizabeth Juxta Dublin Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis”. Gilt lettering and ornament, new spinelabel. With Premium Bookplate – Prize for “Jacobo Freke” in the year 1828. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only and a faded dampstain to the first 34 pages. Minor chip to spine. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the name of Henry Longfield Conner (Manch) to half-title and titlepage.

448. [Freke Family Provenance] / [Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Scott, Sir Walter.

Collection of Works by Sir Walter Scott. Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin, given to First Class Classics – Student [Literis Humanioribus] Jacobo Freke by Vice Provost Henry Wray (signed) between the years 1823 and 1828. The Collection includes: 1. Walter Scott – The Lay of the Last Minstrel – A Poem (The Twelth Edition, London, 1811) / 2. Walter Scott – The Lady of the Lake – A Poem (The Ninth Edition, Edinburgh, 1811 – Plays in the vicinity of Loch Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire / With Notes to the Cantos) / 3. Walter Scott – Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. (The Seventh Edition, Edinburgh, 1811) / 4. Walter Scott – Rokery – A Poem (The Third Edition, Edinburgh, 1813) / 5. Walter Scott – The Lord of the Isles – A Poem (The Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1815). With the handwritten entry on the first page: “The Freke Books were given to me by the last of his daughter’s Sidney – 1936” [Written by Henry Longfield Conner].

Five Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Printed for Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown and A.Constable and Co. Edinburgh; By James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh, 1811 – 1815. Octavo. 349, 433, 377, CXXVIII, 413, 443 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather in Mylar. Stunning, Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin: “Reg. Elizabeth Juxta Dublin Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis”. Bindings worn and slightly cracked but all holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

449. [Freke, Henry (Evolution / Evolutionist)] / [Freke Family Provenance] / Castle Freke / Castlefreke / “Algy” Freke [Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Lord Carbery and his wife Mary Carbery] / Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Poitevin, M.P.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française – Glossaire Raisonné de la langue écrite et parlée [Personal copy of evolutionist Henry Freke, with his signature to the titlepage, dated 1851 in Paris, possibly obtained during his studies at Trinity College Dublin, between getting his M.B. in 1845 and his M.D. in 1855].

Paris, Librairie de F. Chamerot, 1851. Quarto (18 cm x 25,5 cm). XVI, 1040 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards. Excellent, firm condition with some minor signs of wear only. Special edition: Signed by the editor M.P.Poitevin and publisher F.Chamerot. Provenance: Originally owned by early evolutionist Henry Freke [H.Freke], Paris, 1851 and passed on to extended family. From the library of Daniel Conner and Henry Longfield Conner (Connerville / Manch House who owned several Volumes of the Freke Family – Library, many with Armorial Bindings from Trinity College Dublin). With an important, further historical gift-inscription: “A.G.Freke, Kingstown, Nov. 1903 – given to me by aunt Mary [Carbery].” [this is Mary Carbery and Algernon (Algy) William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery from the family of Castle Freke, West Cork].

450. French, Tom (Editor).

A Meath Anthology. With an introduction by Patrick Duffy.

Navan, Meath County Council Library Service, 2010. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. 137 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Including a signed manuscript letter by the author.

451. Freshfield, Douglas W.

Below the Snow Line.

London, Bombay, Sydney, Constable and Company Limited, 1923. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. VII, 270 pages. 9 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to head and heel of front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to bookblock edges and on preliminary pages. Interior otherwise bright and clean. Name of preowner on front endpaper.

452. Friedberg, Maurice.

A Decade of Euphoria – Western Literature in Post-Stalin Russia, 1954-64.

Bloomington/London, Indiana University Press, 1977. 8°. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition.

453. Friel, Brian.

Philadelphia, Here I Come!

London, Faber and Faber, 1994 12,5 cm x 20 cm. 110 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clippings.

454. [Fuller, John / Delanty, Greg / Smith, Alex / Cooke, David / English, June / Caws, Ian etc.] McCarthy, Patricia ed.

Poems on Water.

First Edition. Mayfield, Agenda Editions, 2006. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes poems by Greg Delanty, Peter Abbs, June English and others. [Agenda Vol. 42, No 1. ]

455. Furey, Kieran.

The History House.

Published by author. 2008. 13 cm x 19,8 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Signed by the author.

456. Gabel, Joseph.

Idéologies II: Althussérisme et Stalinisme.

Paris, Éditions Anthropos, 1978. 167 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Annotation et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed and inscribed by Gabel to sociologist Kurth H. Wolff].

457. Gabel, Joseph.

La Fausse Conscience: Essai Sur La Reification.

Third Edition. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1962. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 272 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Y compris une lettre originale signée par l’auteur Joseph Gabel. [The letter says “Cher Ami” but it was addressed to Joseph Gabel’s friend, sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff. In the letter, Gabel is grateful for a newsletter on Herbert Marcuse, which Wolff had sent him. He also discusses Karl Mannheim etc.]. With few, but significant annotations by Wolff.

458. Galinou, Mireille (Editor) / Strong, Roy.

London’s Pride: The Glorious History of the Capital’s Gardens.

London, Anaya Publishers Ltd., 1990. 21 cm x 30 cm. 224 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with signs of external wear. Dampstain.

459. Gallagher, Katherine.

Circus-Apprentice.

First Edition. Todmorden, Arc, 2006. Octavo. 101 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

460. Galle, Fred C. / Dudley, Theodore R. (scientific Advisor) / Eisenbeiss, Gene K. (technical advisor).

Hollies: The Genus Ilex.

Portland, Oregon, Timber Press / Holly Society of America, 1997. 22 cm x 29 cm. 573 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.