21. Müschen, G. B.

Die Behandlung des Obstbaumes nebst einer Anweisung zum Wein-, Hopfen- u. Kümmelbau. [Weinanbau / Hopfenanbau]. Mit 23 Abbildungen.

Neue Ausgabe. Schwerin / Berlin, C. Kürschner / Verlag der C. Kürschner’schen Buchhandlung / In Commission der Plahn’schen Buchhandlung (Louis Ritze), 1844. Octavo (12 cm x 19,7 cm). IV, 111 Seiten mit 23 Abbildungen auf 1 lithographischen Falt-Tafel im Anhang. Softcover / Schlichter Interimsumschlag der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand. Einige Seiten noch unaufgeschnitten. Gering stockfleckig. Sehr selten !

22. Anonymus [Cassius Longinus, Dionysius / [Pseudo-Longinus] / Schardam, Petro Joanne.

Dionysii Longini – “De Sublimitate Liber” [″On the Sublime”]– The Greek Text with Latin Translation and Schardam’s Philological Dissertation and Notes by George Millar / [Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius – Curante Georgio Miller, Collegii Dublinensis Olim Socio. (Including: Petro Joanne Schardam – “Dissertatio Philologica De Vita et Scriptis Longini”)].

Editio Altera. Dublin, D.Graisberry, 1820. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). V, 257, [30 unnumbered] pages, including “Index Vocum et Phrasium Memorabilium” / “Index Auctorum” / “Index Sectionum”. Plus a16-page-catalogue of “W.B.Kelly’s Scholastic and other Publications” bound at the rear. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Foxing Name of preowner on titlepage: “Geo. Sheehan – Cork”.

23. [Churchill, Sir Winston / Theodore Roosevelt / Herbert Hoover / Léon Blum / Sven Hedin / Alexej Tolstoi / Jules Romain and others].

Excentric Shampoo [Camouflage Resistance Pamphlet against Fascism and the November Pogrom and Kristallnacht in 1938 in Berlin – Germany]. This rare, original, german-language pamphlet, was deliberately published hidden in an envelope, disguised as a shampoo-sample and fabricated to have been published by the company “Lloyd Parfumerie” [Lloyd Perfumes].

[possibly London], Lloyd Parfumerie, [c.1938 / 1939]. Small Octavo (8,7 cm x 14,2 cm). 47 pages in vintage envelope. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. Holden, Constance W.

Hellas – Drawings by Constance W.Holden with Selections from the Greek Dramatists.

Limited Edition. Boston, Thomas Todd Company, 1969. Folio (32 cm x 41 cm). 62 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with tears. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. Overbury, Sir Thomas.

His Wife. – With Additions of New Characters and Many Other Wittie Conceits Never Before Printed. [With a manuscript inscription by a contemporary owner of the book [″Alexander Keith”] about Overbury going on an “Embassy to Muscovy” (Russia)]

The fifteenth Impression. London, Printed by R.E. for Robert Allot and are to be sold at the sign of the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632. Duodecimo (9,8 cm x 14,5 cm). 317 unnumbered pages (collated complete). 18th century Hardcover (full leather with gilted spinelabel ‘Overbury’). The binding professionally repaired. 18th century endpaper with handwritten notes in ink. Manuscript exlibris ‘Paul Exner ex libris 939’. Several contemporary ownership signatures within the book (for example Henry Grier, 12th of Apryll 1687). Titlepage professionally repaired. Wonderful example of this rare book.

26. [Lloyd, Sampson / Lloyds Bank / Lloyds of Birmingham] Sewel, William.

History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress Of the Christian People called Quakers, Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurences. [Provenance: Personal copy of the Brimingham Quaker – Family of Sampson Lloyd, iron manufacturers and founders of Lloyds Bank in England and Wales]. Written Originally in Low-Dutch by William Sewel, and by himself Translated into English. Now Revis’d and Publish’d, with some Amendments.

First English-language edition, following the low Dutch edition of 1717. London, Printed and Sold by Assigns of J.Sowle, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lomabrd -street, 1722. Folio (21 cm x 31 cm). [12], 723, [19] pages (including a thorough Index), plus 4 unnumbered pages of a catalogue of “Books Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowles”. Hardcover / Original, late 18th century leather with original spine-label and ornament to boards. Six raised bands; spine starting but still firm and holding. Overall very good condition. Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur Hofmann to pastedown. Excellent and interesting provenance this being one of the most important publications on Quaker – History and originating from one of the oldest and most influential Quaker – Families in England and Wales.

27. [Trattner]

Institutionum Grammaticarum Linguae Graecae Pars Altera Ad Usum Scholarum Austriacarum. Continens: Supplementa Grammatica, Chrestomathiam Graecam, Lexicon Hermeneutico-Analyticum.

Vienna, Trattnern, 1795. 18cm x 12cm. 546 pages plus Appendix with ″ Lexicon Hermeneutico-Analyticum” [120 unnumbered pages]. Original Hardcover in protective Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor external signs of wear. [Exemplar von Friedrich Georg Julius Heinrich Freiherr von Lasberg, mit seinem Besitzvermerk auf dem Vorsatzblatt].

28. Headlam, Maurice / [Arland Ussher].

Irish Reminiscences [Association – copy between Maurice Headlam and Arland Ussher, not only signed and inscribed in length by Maurice Headlam but also including two 4-page-manuscript letters by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher, reflecting on Ussher’s publication “The Face and Mind of Ireland”].

First edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1949. Octavo. Frontispiece – Photograph, 244 pages. Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed on endpaper. Two manuscript letters loosely inserted. Manuscript entry, correction/explanation/annotations by Maurice Headlam to Arland Ussher on page 166 and page 175.

29. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room secenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

30. Blair, Hugh.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Letters.

First Dublin Edition. In Three Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, Moncrieffe etc., 1783. Large Octavo (13,5 cm x 21 cm). Pagination: Volume I: 429 pages / Volume II: 444 pages / Volume III: 389 pages plus 34 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original full leather. Original Trinity College Dublin price-binding with supralibros on all boards (some in gilt) and three beautiful price-bookplates from Trinity College, awarded to Ricardo Meade, on the pastedowns. Some old wormhole-damage. Still overall very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

31. Maskerade / Ceremony of Dutch Students – Bos, Gerardus Johannes (1825 – 1898).

Maskerade gehouden door de leden van het Leidsche Studenten – Corps den 24sten Juni 1890, ter viering van den 315ste Verjaardag der Leidsche Hoogeschool, Voorstellende De intocht van Karel V binnen Nijmegen in 1546.

Original Lithographs. Leiden, P.Somerwil, 1890. Each Lithograph measures 36 cm wide x 25 cm high. Excellent condition. Lacks the title-page-sheet but all the 27 beautiful, coloured lithographic plates are complete.

32. Hamma, Fridolin.

Meisterwerke italienischer Geigenbaukunst. Ihre Beschreibung und bisher erzielte Preise / [Translates: “Masterpieces of italian Violin-Building – Their description and known prices so far (c.1932)”] [Mit Zugabe / Includes also: Fridolin Hamma: “Materialkenntnisse und Goldener Schnitt im Geigenbau” [Translates: “Materials and Golden Ratio in Violin-Building”]. With 217 Illustrations.

No.1029 of only 1200 copies ever printed / Eines von nur 1200 Exemplaren. Stuttgart, Hamma & Co., [1932]. Quarto (26 cm x 30 cm). [1], XIII, [1], 345 pages plus [2] / With 9 double-page plates showing Violins from all sides. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament wit Schutzumschlag im Originalschuber / Original quarter Vellum with original dustjacket in publisher’s Slipcase. Besides some minor signs of foxing to the endpaper in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Wenige Stock-Fleckchen auf dem Vorsatz.

33. Moncrieff, A.R. Hope / Mackenzie, Donal A. / Squire, Charles.

Myth and Legend in Literature and Art. Collection of six Volumes in breathtaking Arts and Crafts bindings of the Gresham Publishing Company: I. A.R.Moncrieff – Classic Myth and Legend. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome from famous Paintings & Statuary. / II. Charles Squire – Celtic Myth & Legend, Poetry and Romance. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome after Paintings by J.H.F.Bacon & other Artists (and with the section on “Finn and the Fenians”) / III. Donald A. Mackenzie – Indian Myth and Legend. With Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble and numerous monochrome Plates. / IV. Donal A. Mackenzie – Egyptian Myth and Legend – With Historical Narrative Notes on Race Problems, Comparative Beliefs etc. / V. A.R.Hope Moncrieff – Romance & Legend of Chivalry. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome from Drawings and Famous Paintings./ VI. Donal A. Mackenzie – Teutonic Myth and Legend. An Introduction to the Eddas & Sagas, Beowulf, The Nibelungenlied, etc. //

First Edition / Original Art Nouveau – Edition ! Six Volumes. London, Gresham Publishing Company, no year [c.1910]. Octavo. c.2500 pages with numerous illustrations and photographs (see images). Hardcover / Original, very decorative Art Nouveau / Arts and Crafts – Publisher’s Bindings (some signed E W / EWO) The most in-depth-publication of the early 20th century with many lesser known sagas and myths as well as some philosophical essays on mythology and paganism / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some very minor signs of foxing. Rare in this exceptional condition ! Perfect gift for the collector and lover of mythology !

34. Meijer, Bernhard / Leche, V. / Nyström, J.F. / Warburg, K. / Westrin, J.T.

Nordisk Familjebok. [Uggleupplagan / Owl Edition with Art Nouveau Binding] – Konversationslexikon och Realencyklopedi. Ny, reviderad och rikt illustrerad Upplaga.

33 Volumes plus 5 Volumes Supplement (38 Volumes in Total). Stockholm, Nordisk Familjebok Förlags Aktiebolag, 1904-1926. Large Octavo. c. 45000 columns with illustrations, photographs and also wonderful colour-illustrations. Original Hardcover in the rare art-nouveau owl-binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Volumes 1 – 37 in excellent condition with some minor injury to one upper hinge only. Some very few Volumes with some staining to the boards but the interior all very clean and fresh. Volume 5 of the Supplements (Volume 38 overall) needs to be repaired by a bookbinder (Spine broken). The price for this set includes free international shipping with DHL Express Courier ! (4-6 days delivery).

35. [Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

36. Bouteille, Hippoloyte / M. de Labatie. / Victor Cassien.

Ornithologie du Dauphiné ou Description des Oiseaux observés dans les départements de l’Isère, de la Drôme, des Hautes-Alpes et des contrées voisines, par Hippolyte Bouteille, pharmacien. Avec la collaboration de M. de Labatie. Ouvrage contenant 300 sujets Dessinés d’après Nature, par M.V. Cassien.

Edition originale (First and only Edition). Two Volumes (complete set). Grenoble, Hippolyte Bouteille (Imprimerie Dr. F. Allier), 1843. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 26 cm). Volume I: 416 pages / Volume II: 358 pages. Including 72 lithographies by Pegeron et un grand tableau synoptique dépliant en fin d’ouvrage. Original Hardcover / Original red half leather / demi-maroquin with gilt lettering on spine. Besides some mild foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The plates complete and in wonderful condition. Titlepage of Volume II with minor lesion. The plates show 300 different kind of birds in remarkable detail, after Victor Cassien, french lithographer, illustrator, painter and photographer.

37. [Paterson, Daniel] Mogg, Edward.

Paterson’s Roads [1831/1832 Edition (18th Edition)] – Being an entirely original and accurate Description of all the direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland. [Including an “Appendix to the Eighteenth Edition of Paterson’s Roads; being An Accurate Description of the Direct and Principal Cross roads communicating with the Improved Old Passage Ferry, across the River Severn, between Aust and Beachley, near Chepstow. Accompanied by a Map of the Banks of the Wye. To which are added, Course of the Chepstow Steam Packets; and An arranged Tour through Wales, with References to the pages in the Body of the Work, where connection with various lines of Road takes place.”]. The Eighteenth Edition. To which are added Topographical Sketches of the several Cities, Market Towns and remarkable Villages and descriptive accounts of the principal seats of the Nobility and Gentry, the Antiquities, Natural Curiosities and other Remarkable Objects throughout the Kingdom. The whole Remodelled, Augmented and Improved by the Addition of Numerous New Roads and New Admeasurements, and Arranged upon A Plan at once Novel, clear and intelligible, is deduced from the latest and best Authorities: Including a Table of the Heights of Mountains from the Grand Trigonometrical Survey of the Kingdom; Also a Table of the Population, From the Census of 1831; To which is annexed the Arrival and Departure of the Mail, together with the Rates of Postage and An Entirely New Set of Maps.

London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1831/1832. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Fontispiece – Fold-out-Map, 715 pages plus 44 pages of an Appendix. With twelve (12) Maps, including the frontipiece-map and full-page maps throughout the publication. Hardcover / Private half-leather of the early 20th century with gilt lettering on the spine. Some of the maps with visible reapirs but complete. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the so-called “Best Edition”.

38. Pearse, Pádraic H.

Plays – Poems – Stories.

Sixth Edition. Dublin/Cork/Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., [1924]. 8°. Portrait of Pearse as Frontispiz, XIX, 340, VIII pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowner’s name on endpaper (″Katie O’Shea”). [Collected Works of Pádraic H. Pearse].

39. [Morrison, John / Midleton / Castlemartyr] / [Prior, Matthew].

Poems on Several Occasions by the late Matthew Prior [Including “Memoirs of the Life of Mr.Prior” / Including: “Solomon on the Vanity of the World” / “An Ode Humbly Inscrib’d to the Queen, on the Glorious Success of her Majesty’s Arms, MDCCVI. Written in Imitation of Spenser’s Style” / “Alma, or the Progress of the Mind – In three Cantos” / “Downhall – A Ballad – To the Tune of King John and the Abbott of Canterbury” ].

First and Forurth Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J.R.Tonson and S.Draper and H.Linto / C.Hitch at the Red Lyon and J. Hodges at the Looking-Glass, 1754. Small-Octavo (10,5 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I [First Edition, printed by Tonson]: [11], 402, [3] pages with two title-pages/ Volume II: [Fourth Edition, printed by C. Hitch and J.Hodges], Frontispiece, LXXII, 356 pages with two full-page copper-engravings by van Gucht (plus engraved Frontispiece). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the name “John Morrison” on the titlepage of both Volumes [possibly the 18th century – Architect John Morrison from Midleton, with a connection to Castlemartyr]. These books came subsequently from, the Library of Daniel Conner, Connerville / Bandon / Manch House in which also a set of Buffon, from the library of Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge was included.

40. [Horaninow, Paul Fedorowitsch] Goraninow, Paulo / Gorjaninow, P. F.

Primae lineae systematis naturae, nexui naturali omnium evolutionique progressivae per nixus reascendentes superstructi.

St.Petersburg, K.Krajan, 1834. Octavo (13 cm x 20.5 cm). XIII, 142, XXI Seiten mit 1 lithographischen Tafel im Anhang (sauber gespalten aber mit geringem Textverlust). Softcover / Originale Interimsbroschur des 19.Jahrhunderts. Widmungsexemplar des russischen Botanikers Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow and die Muenchner Vereinigung von Pharmazeuten [″Unioni Pharmaceut. Monacensis”]. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Die Tafel mittig gespalten (ein Teil liegt lose bei). / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. The rare and often missing lithograph cleanly split with ninor text-loss. Very scarce !