1101. Steiner, George.

Dissenters from the Book.

First Edition. Boston, Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 2001. 14 x 21.5 cm. VII; 24 Pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor external signs of wear. No text markings – very clean copy. [Delivered on the Occasion of the Twelfth Annual Bromsen Lecture. May 5, 2001.]

1102. Steiner, George.

The Uncommon Reader. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture One in the Ben Belitt Lectureship Series, October third, 1978.

LIMITED EDITION. Vermont, Bennigton College, 1978. 8°. 22 Pages. Original ice blue card wrappers, stapled (softcover). Excellent condition with minor external signs of wear. No text markings. [Offprint from: “The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature”]

1103. [English History Collection] – Burke, Thomas.

The Book of the Inn. Being Two Hundred Pictures of the English Inn from the earliest Times to the Coming of the Railway Hotel.

First Edition. London, Constable & Co Ltd., 1927. 18.8cm x 12.5cm. XV, 401 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. ExLibris of Hugh Mc Causland on pastedown.

1104. Fergusson, Gordon.

The Green Collars – The Tarporley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting History. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Includes Hunting Songs by R.E. Egerton Warburton and a Miscellany of Sporting Verse by Cheshire Authors.

London, Quiller Press, 1993. 29cm x 21.4cm. XX, 491 pages. With historic and modern illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1105. Crottet, Robert / Méndez, Enrique.

Lapland. Photographed by Enrique Méndez.

First Edition. Helsinki, Weilin+Göös, 1968. 23.7cm x 21.4cm. 31 pages of text plus 128 spectacular photographs of the Lapland regions. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1106. Aridjis, Homero.

The Lord of the Last Days. Translated by Betty Ferber.

First U.S. Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1995. 24.3cm x 16cm. 259 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1107. Mutis, Alvaro.

Maqroll. Three Novellas: The Snow of the Admiral / Ilona Comes with the Rain / Un Bel Morir. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.

First Edition of the Author’s First Book. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 24cm x 15.2cm. 289 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1108. Roa Bastos, Augusto.

I the Supreme. Translated by Helen Lane.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. 24cm x 16.5cm. 433 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1109. Hijuelos, Oscar.

Mr. Ives’ Christmas.

First American Edition. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. 24.2cm x 15cm. 248 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Oscar Hijuelos.

1110. Piñon, Nélida.

The Republic of Dreams. Translated from the Portuguese by Helen Lane.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 24.1cm x 16.7cm. 663 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1111. Alonso, Dámaso.

Poesía de la Edad Media y Poesía de Tipo Tradicional. Selección prólogo, notas y vocabulario.

Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, S.A., 1942. 24cm x 17cm. 588 páginas. Encuadernación cartoné. En buen estado, la encuadernación puede presentar signos de desgaste. La encuadernación del libro es ligeramente suelto.

1112. Aridjis, Homero.

Ojos de Otro Mirar: Poesía 1960-2001.

Primera edición. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2002. 22cm x 14.5cm. 882 páginas. Encuadernación cartoné. En muy buen estado, la encuadernación puede presentar signos de desgaste. From the library of Stasys Gostautas [author of Arte Lituano (1959) and Arte Colombiano (1960)] – with his bookplate/exlibris to pastedown; beautifully inscribed to Gostautas by Homero Aridjis on the titlepage.

1113. Arctic – Link, T.A. / Downing, J.A. / Raasch, G.O. / Byrne, A.W. / Wilson, D.W.R. / Reece, A.

Geological Map of the Arctic – Prepared by the First International Symposium on Arctic Geology sponsored by the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists (Calgary, Alberta – Canada). The Map includes also two inset – Maps like: 1. Generalized Tectonic Map of the Arctic / 2. Variation of the Magnetic Compass (degrees True) for 1955 /

Vintage Map in Colour-Lithography, printed / lithographed by the Copp Clark Publishing Co., Limited. Alberta (Canada), Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, 1960. 118 cm wide x 102 cm high. Besides a small area with some staining, this Map is in excellent, absolutely beautiful condition.

1114. Yukon / Canada – Anonymous.

Map of the Yukon showing the Shell Peel River Well Locations and the Vittrekwa River Land Block. Original Map with manuscript drawings by Dave Naylor regarding the Line of Section around the Caribou River, the Trail River, the Road River.

Vintage Map in Colour-Print. (Canada), no year (c.1965-1975. 29 cm wide x 26.8 cm high. Excellent condition.

1115. Canada – [Naylor, David (Dave) / G.E.Tebbutt].

The Geology of the West Mackenzie Coastal Area / The Mackenzie Delta, Arctic Canada Canada / Collection of Manuscript and Typescript Material as well as original proofs and notes for the publication by Naylor and Tebbutt, with handwritten annotations and a large collection of important geological Maps of Canada’s Geology, among which is also the stunning, enormous, hand-coloured Surface Geology-Map of the Norman Wells Area in the Mackenzie River Delta which measures 152 cm (width) x 106 cm (height) and which was published in 1965.

Vintage Maps in Colour-Print, Lithographs, Black-and-white etc. Including a large hand-coloured Map of the Norman Wells Area, accompanying the publication by Naylor and Tebbutt on the Expedition into the West Mackenzie Coastal Area. (Canada), (c.1968). Maps ranging from sizes A4 to Folio to 152 cm x 106 cm. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear. Very rare and special collection of a landmark – excursion into the Mackenzie Delta and Arctic Canada under the leadership of David (Dave) Naylor as Party Chief of the Field Crew, accompanied by Senior Geologists G.E.Tebbutt, D.J.McIntyre, D.Mason as well as Junior Geologists R.Procter, L.S.Eliuk, K.Dahlman, C.M.James, D.R.Ojakangas. The party planned to stay at Camp Sites in Inuvik but moved it to Shingle Point and from there to Norman Wells.

1116. Smith, Charles. United States [East Coast with Boston and Cape Cod] – Original, detailed, hand-coloured Map of the United States of America.

London, Cartographer: Charles Smith, 1808. 29 cm high x 37 wide plus Mount. Excellent condition.

1117. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John (*1946 –)

The Poet Michael Longley, photographed by John Minihan at the Listowel Writers-Week, County Kerry, 2018.

Original / Vintage black and white photograph on archival paper. Ireland, 2018. 35.5 cm wide x 38 cm high. From the library of John Minihan, with his blindstamped initials and copyright – stamp on the back. Signed and titled by John Minihan below the photograph and on the back.

1118. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Artist Francis Bacon photographed at the Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris, 1977, behind the Artist is Triptych One, 1976. Bacon was no Stranger to Paris, the city of Light, its where it all started for him as an Artist (Copyright John Minihan).

Rare, modern print of the 1977 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1119. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett, photographed from the back after directing his Masterpiece ‘Waiting for Godot’ at The Riverside Studios, Hammersmith – London, 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1120. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett looking at one of his books that featured drawings by the Paris Artist Avigdor Arikha – Riverside Studios, London 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1121. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett photographed at the Hyde Park Hotel, Room 604, London 1980. Beckett was in London to direct ‘Endgame’ at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith”.

Rare, modern print of the 1980 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1122. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Self-Portrait – Looking into a window on Rue de L’Odeon where James Joyce and Hemingway keep [sic] court at the bookshop known as Shakespeare and Co., On the occasion of the portrait. I had just left after photographing Samuel Beckett who was no stranger to the bookshop. Paris, 1985.”

Rare, modern print of the 1985 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1123. [John Minihan Collection] – [Higgins, Michael D.] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“President Michael D. Higgins pictured with his dog Bród at his Residence Áras an Uachtaráin. Dublin, Ireland, March 2017.”

Rare Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London / Skibbereen, 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

1124. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John / McCabe, Eugene.

Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1996. 25cm x 28cm. Introduction 20 pages / Photographs 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by John Minihan on titlepage.

1125. [English History Collection] – Aspinall, A. [Ed].

Mrs. Jordan and her Family: Being the Unpublished Letters of Mrs. Jordan and the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

First edition. London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1951. 16 x 25cm. (27), 295 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to dustjacket and mild foxing to edges. Pre-owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

1126. Cook, E.T.

Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens.

Second edition. London, George Newnes Ltd. / Country Life, 1908. 14.5 x 23cm. (14), 500 pages, with black and white plates throughout. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Slightly foxed, minor signs of shelf wear to spine, otherwise very good condition. From the ‘Country Life’ Library series.

1127. Earle, Mrs. C.W.

Pot-Pourri From A Surrey Garden / More Pot-Pourri From A Surrey Garden. With an appendix by Lady Constance Lytton.

Ninth Edition / Fourth Impression. Two Volumes together. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1897-1900. 14.5 x 21.5cm. Volume I: (12), 381 pages / Volume II: 453 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Some foxing to several pages, signs of shelf wear to spine. Bindings bumped, otherwise in very good condition with bookblocks firm.

1128. Cook, E.T.

Gardening For Beginners: A Handbook to the Garden.

Third edition. London, Country Life / George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 15 x 23.5cm. (7), 559 pages, with drawings and black and white plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and some mild foxing internally. Pre-owner’s name on half-title page. From the “Country Life Library” series.

1129. Jekyll, Gertrude.

Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur. With 71 illustrations from photographs by the author.

Twelfth Impression. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914. 14.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 286 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and corners.

1130. [English History Collection] – Morton, H.V.

In Search Of England / In Search Of Scotland / In Search Of Wales / In Scotland Again.

Four volumes. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929 / 1929 / 1936 / 1934. 13 x 19.5cm. 232 / 288 / 273 / 415 pages, with illustrations and maps. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of shelf wear and some stronger signs of foxing to edges. Wonderful set. [From the series “The Search Books”].

1131. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Stewart, Robert.

A Living From Lobsters.

Surrey, Fishing News Books Ltd., 1979. 14 x 21.5 cm. 67 pages, with 17 illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, including sunning to spine and front jacket. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. Some annotations inside.

1132. [English History Collection] – Macdonald, Nesta.

The History of the Pheasantry Chelsea 1766 – 1977.

First Edition. London, Phonapress Limited, 1977. 15cm x 21cm. 23, (4) pages. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by the author.