1. Aarts, Johannes Josephus (1871 – 1934).

“Bedelaar” [″Bettler” / “Beggar”].

Rare, antique, vintage, original Lithograph by the dutch artist Johannes Josephus Aarts, showing the scene of an invalid beggar entering a Hamlet of farmers and asking for alms. Striking and beautiful scene in the typical earthy, nature-embedded, strong depiction by Aarts; full of character and gripping through the magnified presence of Aarts subjects, which are “in your face”. Signed in pencil by Johannes Josephus Aarts. [Fine Art-Paper watermarked “TRCHES”]. [Amsterdam], Roeloffzen, Hübner und van Santen, 1903. Size of the framed Picture: 63 cm wide x 53 cm high. Size of the Sheet : 49 cm wide x 41 cm high (the image itself: 22 cm x 30 cm). Excellent condition, beautifully framed. The price for this signed and rare lithograph includes free international courier shipping per UPS Express.

2. Aichhorn, Dr.Sigmund.

Verzeichniss jener Pflanzen, welche im botanischen Garten des steierm. ständ. Joanneums auf dem der Realschule zugewiesenen Antheil gezogen werden.

Gratz [sic] [Graz], Bei Damian und Sorge, 1847. Octavo (14 cm x 22 cm). 24 Seiten. Softcover / Dekorativ bedruckter Originalumschlag des 19.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand. Sehr selten !

3. Aiken, Henry David / [Hans Jonas] / Quine, W.V.O.

Typed letter, signed by German-born, American Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, loosely inserted in Henry David Aiken’s pamphlet “God and Evil: A Study of Some Relations Between Faith and Morals”. The Essay by Aiken is inscribed and signed by Aiken in a sarcastic manner: “To God, from one of his congregation – Shem”. In the letter, Jonas reflects on two pages on an evening with Henry David Aiken and his then wife Lillian Woodworth. In his letter to Aiken, Hans Jonas reports back to Aiken after reading his essay [″God and Evil”] and calls it “a beautiful piece of work – in style and content worthy of your “master” who wrote on natural theology….”. Jonas goes on encouraging Aiken: “you are also dead wrong n not publishing a collection of your essays in ethical theory. If your pal Quine can do it “from a logical point of you [sic]”, so can you “from a moral point of view”. Jonas also mentions “that it is worth writing about the ancient problem opf a theodicy in a contemporary context”. [The Essay is n Offprint from Ethics, An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Volume LXVIII, No. 2].

New York / Washington, DC, 1958. 16,8 x 24 cm. 21 pages (pages 77-97 of the Journal) plus two page-letter (on one leaf), signed by Hans Jonas Original Offprint / Original TLS (Typed letter signed). Very good+ condition. Stapled. Only minimal signs of staining. The letter also discusses a Reference for one “Ed Sayles” and Jonas suggest that Aiken writes “casual but fairly strong” to Howard R. Bartlett, professor of history and head of the Department of Humanities at MIT.

4. [Anacharsis the Younger] Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques / [Barbie du Bocage].

Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Aera. [With the large Fold-out-Map of Greece and the Grecian Islands by Barbie di Bocage (August 1788)]. Translated from the French. In Five Volumes, The Fifth contains Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, illustrative of the Geography and Antiquities of Ancient Greece.

Third Edition. Dublin, Printed by and for M. Mills, 1795. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XVI, 391 pages / Volume II: IV, 468 pages / Volume III: IV, 475 pages / Volume IV: VII, 487 pages / Fifth Volume [″Maps, Plans, Views and Coins illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger”], 31 Illustrations, Plans or Maps (complete / some folded). Hardcover / Original late 18th/early 19th century full-leather-Volumes with original spinelabels. Besides the bindings with some minor damages and some rubbing all Volumes firm and complete. The Volume with Plans and Maps in excellent condition with minir tear to the Margins of the Plan of the Academy only. Overall in very good condition with signs of external wear. From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his ExLibris to pastedown. A spectacular set with all the 31 Plans and Maps and Illustrations in magnificent (!) condition.

5. 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”.

6. Barry, Tom / Hayes Katty / Leslie Mary de Barra (née Price) / [Cumann na mBan]/ West Cork Flying Column / [Kilmichael Ambush] / Pope John Paul II.

Wonderful collection of original, signed manuscript Letters by Tom Barry and his wife Leslie de Barra, addressed to Rosscarbery Woman Katty Hayes, a fellow member Cumann na mBan [The Irishwomen’s Council], together with a rare and important local History – Pamphlet on Rosscarbery by Katty Hayes, titled: “Ross of the Pilgrims” (signed and inscribed by Katty Hayes in 1977 the pamphlet includes wonderful oral history accounts put in writing by Ms.Hayes; about Coppinger’s Court, Lord Carbery in Castlefreke, Cregane House, History of the Convent of Mercy in Rosscarbery, Father John Power, Names of local landlords in the area etc.). The collection also comes with a rare vintage photograph of Katty Hayes, surrounded by some unidentified fellow members of The Irish Women’s Council [Cumann na mBan] and other Irish Republican Organizations (all wearing their medals). The collection also includes three Appreciation-Letters which Miss Hayes received back from the Vatican in the years 1969, 1977 and 1988. Miss Hayes had written to the Pontifex Paul VI as well as to Pope John Paul II and received Blessings and thanks for her Christmas – wishes to the Holy Father.

Rosscarbery (West Cork), 1969 – 1980. Octavo. Two Manuscript Letters (One signed by Tom Barry and one signed by Leslie Price) / Three Letters from Assessors of the Pope / One vintage Black and white photograph / One pamphlet called “Ross of the Pilgrims” with 51 pages of local History, forgotten Poems and songs and stories by Katty Hayes about Tom Barry and his family – relations in Rosscarbery, his friendship to Michael Collins and the local Rosscarbery community etc. etc. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare little archive with Blessings from two Popes; bought from the family Archive of Katty Hayes.

7. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. [Boyle Bernard, Richard (Dean of Leighlin)] Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Buffon’s Natural History, Abridged – Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street, 1792. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Volume I: Frontispice [″Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist”], Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius], XXXVII, Errata-Leaf, 353 pages / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of fowling at the steep cliffs of St.Kilda)], 494 pages including a thorough Index. With 106 [of 107 Plates] spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes. Hardcover / One Volume rebound to style and one Volume in its original 18th century full leather. Original bookplate / Exlibris of Dean Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge to pastedown of Volume I. Both Volumes now housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

11. Britton, John.

The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections and Details, of [Various] Ancient English Edifices: With historical and descriptive accounts of Each. [Including the rare Volume V: “Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England – Embracing “A Critical Inquiry into the Rise, Progress and Perfection of this Species of Architecture; Also Eighty-six Plates of Plans, Sections, Elevations and Views with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice and Subject; an Alphabetical List of Architects of the Middle Ages and Chronological Lists of Ancient Churches, Sepulchral Monuments, Pulpits, Fonts, Stone Crosses, etc. – A Dictionary of Architectural Terms and copious Indexes].

First Edition. Five Volumes [complete set]. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; J.Taylor, Architectural Library and the Author, 1807 – 1835. Quarto (24 cm x 30 cm). Complete with 278 plates. Original Hardcover (Volume I professionally rebound, Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5, professionally repaired. All Volumes in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very few plates with faded dampstain to outer margins. An extraordinary set of architectural scenery in high-quality engravings.

12. Brockbank, Oliver.

Diary of a Journey through the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia in 1914. [Probably the author’s own copy with underlining, replacement-suggestions of paragraphs and annotations with penciled manuscript-corrections throughout the book and additions in red ink / Also two additional photographs of the journey mounted onto the front and rear pastedown].

London, Private, 1916, 14 cm x 21 cm. 78 pages. 16 sepia plates and external fold-out map. Original Hardcover. Cloth bound with gilt debossed lettering to cover. Deckled egdes. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. Map detached from binding.

13. Bronn, Heinrich Georg.

De Formis Plantarum Leguminosarum – Primitivis et Derivatis. [Originale, gedruckte Dissertation des spaeteren Darwin – uebersetzers].

Heidelberg, Carl Groos, 1822 Octavo. 140 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Rueckenschildchen etwas beschaedigt. 1 Lage lose. Sonst sehr guter Zustand mit der oft fehlenden Falttafel. / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. 1 layer of pages cleanly detached. Otherwise excellent and including the often missing, multiple folding plate.

14. Buc’hoz, Pierre-Joseph.

The Toilet of Flora; or, A Collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing: Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes [Perfume] and Sweet-Scented Waters with Receipts for Cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the Skin, give Force to Beauty, and take off the Appearance of Old Age and Decay. For the use of the Ladies [With a Supplement on “Different Ways of Preparing Snuff”].

A New Edition improved. London, Printed for J.Murray, 1779. Small Octavo (11 cm x 17,5 cm). Frontispiece, [22 unnumbered], 252 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Mylar. Spine slightly discoloured with some cracks and defects but overall the poublication firm and tight, endpapers stabilized. Interior in excellent, bright condition.

15. Cary, John.

Cary’s New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales: With Many of the Principal Roads in Scotland. From an Actual Admeasurement by John Cary: Made by Command of his Majesty’s Postmaster General for official purposes: Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker Esq., Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. [Including an advertising for Cary’s New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes (with Illustrations of Globes)]. [Subtitle:] This work shows the immediate Route from the Metropolis [London] to all parts of England and Wales: And from Town to Town in every direction, distinguishing also the Cities, Market, Borough and Corporate Towns: And those at which the Assizes are held and gives the time of the Mails, Arrival and Departure from each, Describes the Line of the Navigable Canals and the Course of the Rivers passed over, The Number of Houses and Inhabitants contained in each Town, And those Inns which supply Post Horses and Carriages. Also The Inn’s throughout the Metropolis [London] from which the Mail and Stagecoaches go, their time of departure & the Route they seveerally take. The Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Seats situate near the Roads, A List of the Packet Boats and their time of sailing. Copious Indexes. Maps of the Lot Wight Environs of London, Bath, Brighton, Margate & Cheltenham & a Large Map of England and Wales peculiarly adapted to the Work. – [An Advertisement juxtaposed to the titlepage reads: “This Edition contains the Routes to upwards of Nine Thousand Places, which have never been given in any work of a similar Description; being a complete Directory to every Parish situate out of the Line of the Direct and Cross Roads throughout England and Wales”].

Seventh Edition, with Improvements [complete with all maps as called for]. London, Printed for J. Cary, 1817. Octavo. Pagination: [1], 647 pages plus 7 maps / Detailed pagination see here: [1], Title, Large Folding Map, [121], 6 folded Maps, [526] pages. Modern, recent Hardcover / Very decorative half-leather with marbled-paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on new sppine-label. New endpapers. Protective Mylar. Only the large folding map with a inor tear (one part of the map deliberately bound separate (geniously folding out to meet th erest of the map). Interior text and maps all in excellent, unusually clean condition !!

16. [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.

17. Congo / Kongo – Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909) – King of the Belgians and Owner / Absolute Ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

Collection of four very important and meaningful manuscript letters by Leopold II to his administrator and Foreign Minister of the Congo – Free-State, Baron Adolphe de Cuvelier (1860-1931) with a total of 16 pages filled with Leopold’s instructions on pressing issues regarding a warning about an imminent visit by the Rector of the Mill-Hill Missionaries [probably Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan (1832 – 1903)] and Leopold’s qualification of the visit of being detrimental to the Congo Free State (″ne travaillent pas pour l’État”). Leopold continues in another letter to talk about the hostile positions of english officials (consuls) and missionaries (″que les consuls anglais et les missionnaires anglais se conduisent bien mal envers l’État”). Interestingly, Leopold also touches on the nuisance of the german press criticizing Belgian Railway Lines and he is of the opinion that this is all happening in order to force the german parliament [″Reichstag”] to finance the building of the Tanganyika Railway [between Dar es Salaam and Kigoma]: (″cherche à effrayer l’opinion [en] Allemagne à propos de mes chemins de fer afin d’obtenir du Reichstag des fonds pour la ligne allemande vers le Tanganika”.

16 pages of MLS, Manuscript Letters (signed) on 10 leaves of Leopold’s official stationery “Château de Laeken” and “Palais de Bruxelles”. Laeken / Brussels, Château de Laeken [Palace of Laeken], 1901 – 1906. The leaves with different sizes (13,5 cm x 9 cm) and (18 cm x 11,5 cm). Excellent condition. Unsigned. Tremendously rare to find original letters by Leopold II on the open market in which the Colonial Free State and the protection against inquisitive visitors is discussed in such clear and instructive fashion. Leopold’s correspondence with Adolphe de Cuvelier shows how he is very much trying to still protect and influence the narrative of his Colonial Slavery Outpost even in the final years of his life.

18. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. [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 !

20. Dickens, Charles.

Collection of six First Editions, all bound uniformely around 1850 and all in their original state. A stunning set with nearly all of the books in their First state of First Edition printing and with all plates complete. The collection includes: Bleak House / Little Dorrit / Nicholas Nickleby / Martin Chuzzlewit / Dombey and Son / David Copperfield. A very rare occasion in which a contemporary 19th-century lover of Dickens’ Literature had all Novels in their first edition bound to his/her liking. The mid-19th-century bindings beautiful in their simplicity and uniform style.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839 – 1857. Octavo. Hardcover / Mid-19th-century Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Original marbled endpapers. Very good condition with only few layers and illustrations loosened and the usual tanning to the illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [The David Copperfield Volume has a defect (see detailed description below)]. Perfect collection of first editions to start a Dickens-Collection in contemporary, 19th-century bindings.

21. Doves / Tauben – Bungartz, Jean (1854 – 1934).

Collection of eight (8) original, large colour-lithographs depicting 46 Doves (Tauben).

Antique, vintage and original prints from the very rare dutch Bird-Book: “De Vogelwereld – Handboek voor Liefhebbers van Kamer- en Parkvogels. Met driehonderd afbeeldingen in Chromolithographie.” [Groningen], J.B.Wolters, 1886. Actual image of the Groups of Doves on each sheet measures: 32 cm wide x 20 cm. Sheet with the lithographic image measures: 37 cm wide x 28 cm high. Excellent, extremely clean condition with every one of the eight (8) lithographs beautifully protected in a mount, ready to be archived or framed. The price for the collection includes free international courier shipping per UPS Express.

22. Ellis, William [Provenance: William Splaine and N. Splaine – Bandon Grammar School 1840].

A Collection of English Exercises – Translated From the Writings of Cicero, For School-Boys to Re-Translate Into Latin; And Adapted to the Principal Rules in The Eton Syntax; With Occasional References to Other Grammars. Sixteenth Edition, in which the Translation has been carefully compared with the Original and Corrected and to which are prefixed, Rules for the Use of the Subjunctive Mood. [Including a Preface of Thomas Dix Hincks of Fermoy School, made to the eighth edition in 1818].

London, Longman & Co., 1839. Small Octavo (10,5 cm x 18 cm). XXVIII, 269, [3] pages. Hardcover / Original full eather with gilt ornament to spine. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Several manuscript entries by preowners of the William Splaine – Family in Bandon.

23. Florence / Pisa – Carocci, G. et al.

Collection of six stunning, early 19th-century gouache-aquatints of Florence and Pisa including a rare segment showing a Funerary Procession in front of Giotto’s Campanile, part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. These very able and fantastically hand-coloured, original artworks, represent the peak of high-quality souvenirs for the European Traveller on their Grand Tour. [Loggia dei Lanzi / Cattedrale di Firenze / Piazza S. Trinita / Campanile Della Cattedrale di Firenze / Ponte S. Trinita / Campanile Di Pisa].

Original Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence / Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate Sizes vary: 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Original Gouache-Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence/Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate-Sizes vary: c. 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: c. 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Besides some smaller damages to the Ponte S. Trinita-artwork in very good, actually stunning, condition. Clean, crisp and brightly coloured. All of these artworks are beautifully framed and the price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS – courier.

24. Gaugain, Mrs. [Jane].

The Lady’s Assistant in Knitting, Netting, And Crochet Work; With an Appendix Containing Directions and Remarks for Working in Embroidery or Worsted Work, Raised Cut Work, Tatting, &c. Illustrated by upward of forty coloured Patterns. Volume II.

Original Edition. Edinburgh / London, Published by I.L.Gaugain and Ackermann & Co., 1843. Oblong Octavo (17 cm x 10,8 cm). Titlepage, 8 handcoloured plates with 46 single illustrations of patterns, instructive hand-movements etc. by the author Jane Gaugain, Dedication-page by Jane Gaugain to Lady Henrietta Fergusson, 422 pages with peface, Index of Signs and 185 instructions. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Binding firm with endpaper slightly detached but the whole book overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All plates present with beautiful, original 19th century hand-colouring.

25. Gother, John.

A Papist Mis-represented and Represented Or, A two-fold character of Popery. The one containing a sum of the superstitions, idolatries, cruelties, treacheries and wicked principles of that popery which hath disturbed this nation above 200 years; filled it with fears and jealousies, and deserves the hatred of all good Christians. / The other laying open that Popery, which the papists own and prosess; with the chief articles of their faith, and some of the principal grounds and reasons, which hold them in that religion. By Mr. John Gother. To which is prefixed, The Life of the Author.

Dublin, Printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, 1792. Small – Octavo (12 cm x 19,6 cm). 219, [1], [2] pages. Hardcover / Modern, recent, very decorative half leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. Gilt lettering on new spine-label. Protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The paper with some staining and some annotations made in the mid 19th century in ink. Former owner was one Thomas Teeling from Wigan, with his ownership entry and a comment about a Mr.John Young having dated the book the first day of November, 1841 in Wgan, Lancashire. Longer entry by Mr. John Young in the rear of the book on two endpapers.

26. 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.

27. 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].

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. Hirakawa, Akira.

Stone Rubbing I & Stone Rubbing II.

2 volumes (Complete Set). No place [Tokyo], No Publisher [Toho Shobo], No Year [1968]. 21.8 cm x 30 cm. Two original paper folders with together 24 original prints (12 prints in each folder). Original Softcover (Folder). Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both Folders have some minor wear. All prints in very good condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

30. Hofgärtner Wendland / Hofgärtner Tatter / Hofgärtner Bayer.

Verzeichniss der aus den Königlichen Gärten zu Herrenhausen bei Hannover verkäuflich abzugebenden Pflanzen, Bäume und Gesträuche.

Hannover, Klindworth’s Hof-Druckerei, 1878. Octavo (14 cm x 21.7 cm). 32 Seiten. Softcover / Dekorativ bedruckter Originalumschlag des 19.Jahrhunderts. Umschlag mit kleinerem Ausriß (c.3 x 2 cm). Etwas angerändert. Sehr selten !

31. 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.

32. Holme, Randle [Randle Holme III (1627–1700)] / [Provenance: Thomas Pennant].

The Academy of Armory, or, A Storehouse of Armory and Blazon. Containing the several variety of Created Beings, and how born in Coats of Arms, both Foreign and Domestick. With the instruments used in all Trades and Sciences, together with their Terms of Art. Also the Etymologies, Definitions, and Historical Observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern Language. Very usefel [sic] for all Gentlemen, Scholars, Divines, and all such as Desire any Knowledge in Arts and Sciences. By Randle Holme, of the City of Chester, Gentleman Sewer in Extraordinary to his late Majesty King Charles 2. And sometimes Deputy for the Kings of Arms. [With 48 Plates, showing hundreds of symbols].

First Edition. Chester, Printed for the Author, 1688. Folio (24 cm x 35 cm). Pagination: Engraved Titlepage by P. Edwards, Printed Titlepage, [10 unnumbered], [Book I]: 107, [9 unnumbered] pages / Book II: [1], 488 pages / Book III: [1], 501, [1 unnumbered] pages / Plus [Bound with the rare Index]: “Index of the Names of Persons contained in the Academy of Armory and Blazon by Randle Holme. Printed at Chester in One Volume, Folio, 1688”. London, McMillan / Robert Triphook, 1821. Pagination: [1], 46 pages. Hardcover / Modern Masterbinding with original endpapers bound in, bearing all the original ExLibris of previous owners. Stunning, modern half-leather with marbled-paper-covered Boards and gilt lettering on spine. All edges in original gilt. In protective Mylar. Provenance: From the library of welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Historically inherited from Thomas Pennant’s father, David Pennant of Bighton, who received it as gift from Randle Holme. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. See original, tipped-in, sales-note from AUctioneer “Henry Young and Sons Ltd.”. See also extensive images on our company’s web site. An extremely rare book, purchased as Duplicate from the Historical Library of the Athenaeum in Liverpool, with an ExLibris of the “Public Libraries of Liverpool” decommissioned from the “Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire”, formerly presented with an original ExLibris from “Jacob Kendrick of Warrington” (with his original ExLibris). Titlepage by Edwards cropped and pasted on stronger paper. Original titlepage cropped and pasted on normal paper (these two defects were already indentified by auctioneer Henry Young & Sons” and are clear markers of this being the original Randle Holme-Pennant-copy. Contents-page slightly frayed only. Corner of one page in the contents section torn. An extremely scarce publication, especially with the addition of the later published Index of Names. Interior in excellent condition.

33. [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 !

34. Jerome, Jerome K.

Three Men in a Boat – (To say nothing of the Dog). Illustrations by A. Frederics.

First Edition, second state, with “11 Quay Street” on titlepage. Bristol/ London, J.W. Arrowsmith / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Limited, 1889. 8°. 315 Pages plus three nn. pages (Publisher’s Advertisement). Hardcover / Original, publisher’s illustrated cloth with gilt lettering on the Spine. Professionally repaired and strengthened binding in prtective Mylar. Private gift-inscription to mirror of title-page. Minor fraying to last page of text. Rare in this condition with minor staining only and all illustrations in beautiful condition.

35. Johnson, Samuel.

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the names of the writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author Samuel Johnson A.M. To which is prefixed, An English Grammar. To this edition are added, A History of the English Language, The Author’s Preface to the Folio and a considerable Number of Words, none of which are contained in the London Octavo.

Dublin, Printed by W.G.Jones, for Thomas Ewing, in Dame-Street, 1768. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). 1026 unnumbered pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century leather with new spine-label. In protective Mylar. Binding with some rubbing and minor defects to the leather. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of John & Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with the name of John Meade on the titlepage.

36. Klesius [Clesius], Johann Jakob / [Heinrich Hugo Cöntgen].

Anleitung bestäubte Insekten zu sammlen [sic], für diejenige, welche erst zu sammlen angefangen, in drey Theilen.

[Zweite Ausgabe]. Koblenz, Verlegt von J.K.Huber, 1784. Oktav (11 cm x 18 cm). 70 Seiten mit 12 gefalteten Kupfertafeln von Heinrich Hugo Cöntgen. Hardcover / Originaler, schlichter Pappband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Die Bindung berieben und bestossen. Der Buchblock und die Tafeln jedoch komplett, sauber und in sehr gutem Zustand. Das Buch ist sehr selten aber noch seltener in dieser Vollstaendigkeit und Erhaltung. Aus der Bibliothek von Peter Josef Bohlen (1825) und Bernhard Cremer (1948) mit privaten Besitzvermerken auf dem Innendeckel und Vorsatzblatt / Binding rubbed but interior in excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very scarce !

37. 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.

38. Ligon, Richard.

A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes [sic] / [Barbados]. Illustrated with a Map of the Island [missing], as also the Principal Trees and Plants there, set forth in their due Proportions and Shapes, drawn out by their several and respective Scales. Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar, with the Plots of the several Houses, Rooms, and other places, that are used in the whole process of Sugar-making; viz. the Grinding-house, Still-house, and Furnaces; All cut in Copper.

[Second Edition]. London, Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker, at his Shop at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange, and Thomas Guy at the corner Shop of Little Lumbard-street and Cornhill, 1673. Small-Folio (19 cm x 29 cm). [II], 122 pages plus an unnumbered Index-page (bound, according to instructions for the bookbinder after page 84), lacking the Fold-out-Map of Barbados but including all six illustrations of Plants, as well as the three diagrams of Houses and Production-Rooms for Sugar. 19th-century Hardcover (half-leather with gilt lettering on spine). Condition of Binding: Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the binding / Condition of bookblock: Original, front free endpaper was preserved and bound in. Rear endpaper missing. The original endpaper includes two historical ownership-signatures in ink (c.17th or early 18th century) as well as several annotations in ink and pencil. The previous owners seem to have been one Richard Gardner and there is an additional notation verso which reads: “E[x] Libris Richmondi Garnays [or Garneys]”. Some ink-annotations or corrections throughout the book. Signs of old bookworm – damage and very few abrasions due to fire-sparks (few pages effected only). Some plates with professional repairs, some tears. Some professional paper-repairs and re-enforcements to title-page and Content-Page. All the described flaws sound worse than they really appear. All plant-plates in strong impresion. A scarce publication ! From the library of Rev. William Andrew Lamb, Kilcoleman Park, County Cork.

39. [Linné, Carl von] / Giseke, P. D.

Caroli a Linné Termini botanici classium methodi sexualis generumque plantarum characteres compendiosi. Recudi cum interpretatione Germanica.

Editioni huic alteri accesserunt fragmenta ordinum naturalium Linnaei. Hamburg, B. Ch. Herold Wwe. [Ch.Heroldi Viduae], 1782. Octavo (13 cm x 19.5 cm). [10], 396 Seiten mit zwei gefalteten Tabellen. Hardcover / Originaler, dekorativer Halblederband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very scarce !

40. [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.

41. Lonicerus, Johann Daniel [Marburg / Basel].

Decades sex positionum medicarum de Angina Exquisita, Deo Dante, Nobilissimo Gratio-sissimoq Medica Facultatis legio permittente, Pro Laurea consequenda Medica in alma Rauracorum Academia [University of Basel], Publicae censurae subiiciet Ioh. Daniel Lonicerus Catto-Marpurgensis, Ad diem [2.] Julii, Anno MDCXXVIII. [Sixty Theses on Angina Exquisita].

Basileae / [Basel], Johan Jacob Genathi [Johann Jacob Genathius], 1628. Octavo (14 cm x 18 cm). [12] unnumbered Leaves (60 Theses / complete including title). Bound with an unidentified, additional Medical pamphlet on pharmaceutical questions regarding intestinal problems, listing CXLVI Theses on 5 unnumbered Leaves (Titlepage and A, A1 of this additional pamphlet are missing / Available are Theses LXIII – CXLVI). Modern Hardcover with original pamphlet bound in. Paper professionally restored in several locations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce, early cardiology-publication on Angina.

42. [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Wilde, Oscar. [1899-1978].

The importance of Being Oscar – An Entertainment on the Life and Works of Oscar Wilde. Micheál Mac Liammoír in The Edwards-Mac Liammoír Dublin-Gate Theater Production.

Original, Vintage Vinyl in original sleeve – SIGNED and inscribed by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover. USA, Columbia Masterworks, c. 1971. OL 5690 / Very good- condition of Sleeve and Record with signs signs of wear to the sleeve / Sleeve VG –(with some bumping) / Record NM – (Near Mint minus). Rare signed and inscribed record by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover.

43. Marburg an der Lahn – Becker, Peter (1828 Frankfurt am Main – 1904 Soest).

Skizzenbuch mit 22 Bleistiftzeichnungen von Koblenz und Marburg auf 21 Blatt.

Marburg / Koblenz, c.1880 – 1890. Quer Oktav (25 cm x 16 cm). Einige Blatt lose in dem Original Skizzenblock aus Leinen. Alle Zeichnungen mit Nachlass-Stempel von Peter Becker.

44. 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.

45. 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 ! (2-4 days delivery).

46. Meteorology – Anonymus –

Two Vintage, 19th century manuscript – Map – diagrams regarding Meteorology: I. “Diagram of the Winds” / II. “Curves of the mean daily variations of the Temperatures of the Air and Dew Point, shewing [sic] the greater amount of Refrigeration during the day needed to cause Dew”.

Ink on Paper. [Britain], c.1850. 24 cm wide x 30.5 cm high. Very good condition. Some mild browning. From a wonderful collection of maps at South Shields Library (tiny library stamps).

47. Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett – photographed in Room 604 at The Hyde Park Hotel in London, 1980. [Artist Proof] !

Rare, modern print of the 1989 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2010. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From his personal Archive. Marked as A/P (Artist Proof) by John Minihan.

48. Minihan, John / Heaney, Seamus.

Original photograph of Seamus Heaney at his 70th birthday in his home in Dublin, in the year 2009 / Titled and Signed by John Minihan in 2014 / The vintage photograph is here framed together with the original commemoration Stamp and signed First Day Cover of Anpost [The photograph was used as a Template for the creation of the Anpost Stamp in 2014].

Vintage Photograph on archival paper / Vintage First Day Cover with extra signature by John Minihan. Dublin, 2014. Image of the Photograph: 16 cm x 24 cm / First Day Cover: 18 cm x 12 cm. Overall Framed Size: 79 cm wide x 53,5 cm high. From the personal library of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan. Beautifully framed (see multiple images on our website). Our company knows of an edition of four photographs and signed First Day Covers, which we bought from John Minihan in 2014 and which he signed in 2014. Later, signed First Day Covers are circulating and we have some of those in our archive for sale. But since John Minihan has sold the rights to most of his iconic images to UCC in Cork, none of the photographs are reprinted by the photographer and that makes this combination of the signed Seamus Heaney photograph, combined with the First Day Cover, signed actually on August 28th of 2014, very scarce. We have an edition of 3 (three) left. One is part of the “John Minihan Photography Collection”, which we are selling on our website (see under “Libraries & Collections”) and two are for sale on the free international market. The here offered, beautifully framed version, is one of these two. The price includes free shipping as a framed version within Ireland / The price includes free international shipping per UPS Courier but only unframed (we pay for framing in your home-country) !

49. [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.

50. 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 !