Nicolson, Nigel / [ Vita Sackville-West].

Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson].

New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Meier-Seethaler, Carola.

Ursprünge und Befreiungen. Eine dissidente Kulturtheorie.

Zürich, Arche, 1988. 8°. 561 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover / Originaler Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen.

Mead, Margaret.

Some Personal Views. Edited by Rhoda Metraux.

London and others, Angus and Robertson, 1979. Octavo. 286 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in Mylar. Binding slightly stained. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

McKenna, Rev L.

The Church and the Working Women.

Dublin, Office of the “Irish Messenger”, 1913-14. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 60 Pages. Original softcover. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Fragile binding. Slight stains on covers. [Social Action Series].

Martz, Sandra Hademan (Editor).

I am becoming the woman I’ve wanted.

Watsonville, CA, Papier-Mache Press, 1994. 18 x 24 cm. XVI, 218 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. The dustjacket stronger frayed. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Giftinscription to endpaper.

Madhi, Louise Carus/ Foster, Steven/ Little, Meredith [eds.].

Betwixt & Between. Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation.

First edition. La Salle, Open Court, 1987. 15 cm x 23 cm. XV, 498, (17) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Signed / Inscribed / With Louise C. Madhi’s signature and dedication to Kruger on the half title and Kruger’s markings and annotations in the text. [The Reality of the Psyche Series].

Lily Tuck.

Interviewing Matisse or The Woman Who Died Standing Up.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1991. 15 cm x 22 cm. 148 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and deckled edges. Jacket Design by Chip Kidd. Author photograph by Bill Hayward. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lawrence, Mary Chipman.

The Captain’s Best Mate – The Journal of Mary Chipman Lawrence on the Whaler ‘Addison’ 1856-1860. Edited by Stanton Garner.

Hanover and London Published by Brown University Press by University Press of New England. 1986. 15 cm x 23 cm. XXI, 311 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with a reproduction of the Title Page of Mary Lawrence’s journal and a further four black-and-white photographs . Nine maps drawn by Sam H. Bryan, Marblehead, Massachusetts. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Laslett, Barbara.

History and Theory – Feminist research, Debates, Contestations.

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1997. 24 cm. VI, 474 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

King, Laurie R.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women.

New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1995. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. VIII, 326 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by the author on title page. [A Thomas Dunne Book / The Mary Russell Series (No.2 of 15)]

[Kennedy, Jackie] Keogh, Pamela Clarke.

Jackie Style.

London, Aurum Press, 2001. 19 cm x 26 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Huggan, Isabel.

The Elizabeth Stories.

New York, Viking, 1987. 14 cm x 21 cm. 184 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled fore edge.

Hildegard of Bingen.

Selected Writings by Hildegard of Bingen, translated with an introduction and notes by Mark Atherton.

London, Penguin Books, 2001. 13 x 19.5cm. (58), 253 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Penguin Classics].

Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne in Town.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. Small Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding fragile. Two pages damaged with tear. Rare !

Hamilton, Jane.

The Book of Ruth.

Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. 14.5 cm x 21.6 cm. 328 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to edging and very minor foxing to spine/ hardcover. Very intact dustjacket with no wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Grahn, Judy.

The Work of a Common Woman. With an introduction by Adrienne Rich.

New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1980.q 20.2cm x 13.3cm. 158 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Gilbert, Harriett.

The Sexual Imagination from Acker to Zola – A Feminist Companion.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1993. 24.5cm x 18.7cm. XI, 290 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very minor dampstain to edge.

[Frame, Janet], Alley, Elizabeth

The Inward Sun – Celebrating the Life and Work of Janet Frame. Selected and Edited by Elizabeth Alley.

Wellington, New Zealand, Daphe Brasell Associates Press, 1994. 14 cm x 22 cm. 214 pages. One black and white portrait photograph of Janet Frame by Jane Ussher on frontispiece. Softcover. Designed by Margaret Cochran. Edited by Ruth Munro. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print !

Frame, Janet.

The Carpathians.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 196 pages. Dustjacket designed by AB3 Design with an illustration by Dulce Tobin. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Dimitrakaki, Angela / Skelton, Pam / Tralla, Mare (Editors).

Private Views. Spaces and gender in contemporary art from britain and estonia.

London, Women’s Art Library, 2000. 25 cm x 21 cm. 122 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Diehl, Margaret.

Men.

First Edition. New York, Soho, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Diderot, Denis.

The Nun. Translated and with an Introduction by Leonard Tancok. Lithographs by Charles Mozley.

London, The Folio Society, 1972. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 168 pages. With 7 illustrations. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and ornaments to boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded.

Davies, Ross.

Women and Work.

London, Hutchinson of London, 1975. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 191 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cullen, Mary / Luddy, Maria [Editors].

Female activists – Irish women and change 1900-1960. [Mary Galway / Louie bennett / Kathleen Lynn / Hanna Sheehy Skeffington / Margaret Cousins / Helena Molony / Rosamond Jacob]

Dublin, Woodfield Press, 2001. 23 cm. 206 pages with several portrait illustrations. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print !

Crawford, Mary / Unger, Rhoda.

Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology.

Third Edition. Boston, McGraw Hill, 2000. 18.8cm x 23.3cm. XXII, 666 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Brooke, Elisabeth.

A Woman’s Book of Shadows. Witchcraft: A Celebration.

London, The Women’s Press LTD., 1993. 8°. 254 pages including index. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Atwood, Margaret] Buhler Roth, Verena.

Wilderness and the Natural Environment – Margaret Atwood’s Recycling of a Canadian Theme.

Tubigen, Francke Verlag, 1998. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 206 pages. Original Hardcover with a cover photograph by Tom Thomson ‘Pine Treee’ (Oil on Panel, Art Gallery of Ontario). Important: A few pencil annotations in text. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten – Swiss Studies in English].

Alazard, Jean.

The Florentine Portrait.

First Schocken Edition. New York, Schocken Books, 1968. 13.5cm x 20cm. 235 pages with 63 illustrations. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

[Akhmatova, Anna] Feinstein, Elaine.

Anna of all the Russias: The Life of Anna Akhmatova.

First paperback edition. London, Phoenix, 2006. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (14), 322 pages, with black and white photograph plates. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Previous owner’s name on page I.

Achmatowa, Anna.

Ich lebe aus dem Mond, du aus der Sonne – Liebes-Gedichte / Hundert Gedichte über die Liebe. Aus dem Russischen von Alexander Nitzberg Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Olaf Irlenkauser.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp Verlag, 2000. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 118 pages. Cover image – drawing by Amedeo Modigliani. Image on back flap – photograph of Anna Akmatova in 1910. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Abu Taleb Tabrizi / Abu Taleb Isfahani / Mirza Abu Taleb Khan.

The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by himself, in the Persian language. [With an Appendix: ‘Author’s Vindication of the Liberties of the Asiatic Women’]. Translated by Charles Stewart, Esq.

First and only Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. Octavo. Frontispice-Portrait with original tissue-guard, VIII, (8), 320, 418 pages. Hardcover / Beautifully restored bindings by english master binders in stunning modern half-morocco with the original spine-labels applied. Original endpapers and pastedowns with the original bookplates / Exlibris preserved. Excellent condition with some browing and ghosting to the pages, as usual with this set. Name of historical preowner Richard Meade in ink on titlepages. Rare in this very amazing restored condition.

Calabrella, Catherine [Ball] Baroness de.

Evenings at Haddon Hall, a series of Romantic Tales of the Olden Time. With illustrations by George Cattermole.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1853. 8°. VIII, 432 pages with 24 steel-engravings by George Cattermole. Original full calf. Spine faded and lettering slightly damaged. Very firm binding. Internally the text bright and very clean. The plates with some foxing. Private inscription from 1856 on the endpaper. Overall in very good condition. Rare.

Roberts, Peter.

The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, An Account of some Traditions, Customs and Superstitions of Wales with observations as to their Origins etc. [With a section: “Mry Thomas the fasting woman – near Dolgelley”]. Illustrated with Copper – Plates (Coloured from Nature).

London, E.Williams, 1815. Octavo. VIII, 3536, (1) pages with 10 illustrations of which 9 are handcoloured. Original Hardcover / Vintage 19th century Bayntun Binding (Bayntun-Riviere,Bath). In full red morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Boards a little shaky. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Millet, Kate.

The Basement – Meditations on a Human Sacrifice.

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1979. 8°. 341 pages plus 10 pages with photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Small tear to rear dustjacketflap. Remainder mark on the bottom edge. Signed by Kate Millet on the front free endpaper.

Greenaway, Kate.

Original Friendship Album / Album Amicorum with 4 colour-lithographs.

[London], ca. 1880. Oblong-12°. / Miniature Children’s Book (11 cm long x 7,3 cm high). 28 pages with 4 colour lithographs. Illustrated Hardcover. First page and two illustrations cleanly detached. Several entries of children in this friendship-album. The illustrated binding in very good condition. A Kate Greeneway Album Amicorum is extremely rare in any condition !

[Westmacott, C.M.] / [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu].

The Gazette of Fashion, and Magazine of The Fine Arts and Belle Lettres, dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of York [With the rare Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and an early case of “Musical Copyright” discussed on page 137]. Published in weekly, monthly and wuarterly parts. Composed of Original Papers and Music, with Reviews of Literature in General. Illustrated with numerous Engravings, Portraits of Eminent Persons and Subjects connected with Fashion and the Fine Arts.

Two Parts in one Volume (First half year from January to July, 1822). London, Published for C.M.Westmacott, by Hoffmann, 1822. Quarto (20 cm x 27 cm). Portrait-Frontispiece, 214, Portrait Frontispiece, 208 pages plus Index for both quarterly parts with listing of all engravings, scores of original pieces of music, portraits, engravings of the latest, “newest” Parisian Costumes etc. Original Hardcover / 19th – century half leather with gilt lettering on spine. With 11 instead of 23 full-page illustrations of which some included are not called for and others seem to have never been part of the collection. Some minor signs of wear only, a few very faint signs of foxing, a little dusty endpapers but especially the text and illustrations all in generally very good or even better condition with some minor signs of wear only. Extremely Rare !

Tyler, Anne.

Tumble Tower. Pictures by Mitra Modarressi.

New York, Orchard Books, 1993. 26.5cm x 22.5cm. 29 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author and the illustrator.

Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and covers slightly stained. Minor stain on title and frontispiece.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.

Later Edition with red lettering on cover. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1930]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to the bottom of pages 10/11. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Story of Miss Moppet.

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1918]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 34 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, priceclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 5/net). Binding firm ! Excellent condition of the Volume itself with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper. “The Town Mouse” present in the listing of Potter publications on the endpaper, which dates this edition at 1918. The jacket with some minor wear only.

Palmer, Alice Freeman.

Manuscript Letter, signed (MLS) by Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator, President of Wellesley College, Dean of Women at then newly founded University of Chicago and most importantly, Advocate for College Education for Women. The letter, written in Cambridge, Mass. on March 16th, 1899 comes in its original envelope and is a wonderful example for her caring personality not only for women’s education but also for a mother’s anxiety who was worried about her son’s education and who found the courage to write to Alice Freeman Palmer and ask for her help. The six-page-manuscript-letter is addressed to a Mrs. Richmond in Adams, Massachusetts. Alice Freeman Palmer responds to Mrs. Richmond’s worries that her son may not be able to afford a second year at Harvard University. Alice Freeman Palmer writes: “My dear Mrs. Richmond, I have read your letter with the warmest interest and have discussed the possibilities with my husband, who is a Professor in Harvard. He has seen the Dean in confidence and they will do all they can to secure some Price Greenleaf Aid for your son for next year – as much as possible. Dean Briggs will send a blank to your son which he should fill out and return. I think the decision is mde here in June and then you will know how much you can reky on from that source. If your son decides to return to Harvard, my husband wil secure one hundred and fifty dollars in addition, to pay his tuition from a fund which he has for students whom he wishes to help; so that he can have any Greenleaf aid he receives & use in addition to his tuition bills. For how much can he get on in Cambridge ? We will do all we can to secure him work and as will the Dean but we cannot be sure there are as many students applying for the same thing. We hope he will get $ 250 from the Gren Leaf Fund. If he does and has 150.00 for his tuition, would it not be wise for him to come, hoping that you might do a little for him, and might get some work from time to time and live very economically, and so get through the year. He must do such good work in his sophomore year that he can stand a chance for a scholarship at the end, and I should think that would be likely. I hope very heartily that he can return to Harvard and you may be sure that we will help him in any way we can. He must come and see us at once and let me know how we can assist him. We shall hold your letter in strict confidence you may know. You can trust the Dean absolutely and his help is essential in getting your son the aid he needs; for the numbers who need aid quite as sorely are many more than the means to aid them. But your letter has made me feel that a boy as Frailed as yours deserves the chances to finish his college course, and I hope he can find a way to the next three years without any more delay. Let us hope too that your husbands business will improve, and your anxieties be removed and the other boys find their way after too ! Sincerley Yours, Alice Freeman Palmer”. [The Letter was loosely inserted in to an edition of George Herbert Palmer’s publication: “The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer”. The book is part of this collection.

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Cambridge,, 1908. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 349, [3] pages with 6-page Autographed letter signed (ALS), loosely inserted. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

North, Marianne.

A Vision of Eden – The Life and Work of Marianne North. Preface by J. P. M. Brenan ; Foreword by Anthony Huxley ; Biographical note by Brenda E. Moon.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 26 cm. 240 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

Morphy, Countess [Hincks, Marcelle Azra].

English Recipes – Including the Traditional Dishes of Scotland, Ireland & Wales. [Including loosely inserted a Recipe for “Danish Pastries” and “Savarin a la Pompadour”].

New York, Herbert Joseph Ltd. for Selfridge & Co. Limited, 1935. 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 224 pages. Modern Hardcover / Recently rebound in modern cloth with new endpapers. Bookblock firm but with some foxing and occasional staining. Otherwise in very good, now firm and restored condition.

Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

Faguet, Émile.

Le Féminisme.

Paris, Société Francaise d’Imprimerie et de Libraire, 1910. 18 x 12 cm. 380 pages. Hardcover / Relié demi-cuir marron. Bel exemplaire. Couverture défraîchie, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Rousseurs et jaunissement sur tranches. Intérieur bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Titre et auteur en dorés sur dos á cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés. Belles gardes de papier marbré.

Dykeman, Wilma.

The French Broad [Signed]. Edited by Carl Cramer as planned and started by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Illustrated by Constance Lindsay Skinner.

First Edition of Wilma Dykeman’s first book ! New York / Toronto, Rinehart & Company Inc., 1955. Octavo. X, 371 pages. With a double-page map of the area in which “The French Broad River” flows. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Very rare in this signed version. [Rivers of America].

[Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) / 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) / 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966).

Naas, The Furrow / Leinster Leader, 1951 – 1969. Octavo. 56 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2200 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mairin Allen, Anna Dundurs etc.

Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review” – Irish Quarterly Scholarly Journal, historically published since the year 1912 by The Educational Company of Ireland / The Talbot Press / Messenger Publications for the Jesuits of Ireland. A Collection of momentarily 53 issues plus Index (1912-1961) of the Journal, including currently one identified issue with an Alice Curtayne – publication: 1. “Dante” – (In: “Studies” Summer/Autumn – Issue 1965).

Dublin, The Educational Company of Ireland / The Talbot Press, 1912 – 1969. Octavo. 53 Issues plus Index, with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2800 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some issues with some stronger signs of wear but the majority of issues in firm and excellent condition. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of this periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mary M. Macken, Pamela Reilly, Helen Landreth, Eleanor Knott, Ethna Kavanagh, Lorna Reynolds, etc.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spottingto the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

Potter, Beatrix.

Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes.

Third Printing – with “Ltd.” added to the publisher’s name. London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1919/1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 49 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 3/6). Binding firm ! Frontispiece cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket with some larger tear to the rear, some spotting and fraying (childrens drawing on the inside of the jacket).

Norton, Rictor.

Gothic Readings. The First Wave, 1764-1840. Edited by Rictor Norton.

London ; New York, Leicester University Press, 2000. 24 cm. XIII, 369 pages with 9 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Continuum studies in Gothic fiction].

Menzies, Mrs. Stephen [editor].

The Traveller’s Guide from Death to Life.

London / Liverpool, S.W. Partridge & Co. / British Gospel Book Association, no year (c.1880). 18.5 cm x 25 cm. 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red pebbled-finished cloth]. Gilt stamped device with title and black tooled borders on front board. Blind border tooling to rear board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faded cloth at spine. Binding still firm and solid. Sharp cornered interior clean and bright. Tricoloured Bookplate carrying “Sin, Subsitution, Salvation” and similiarly themed quotes. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Loosely inserted ephemera: Maroon-coloured Recognition card of ‘Mrs Mary Maynard’ for the Young Women’s Christian Association with Biblical quotes dated ‘July 1885’.

Mauriac, Francois.

Saint Margaret of Cortona. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman.

New York, Philosophical Library, 1948. 13.8 cm x 20.5 cm. IX, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light rubbing to upper and lower spine. Discoloration to edges, endpapers, front and rear pastedowns. Dustjacket chipped. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Margaret, Queen of Navarre.

The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Translated from the French with a Memoir of the Author by Walter K. Kelly.

Two Volumes in one (complete set). London, Published for the Trade, no date [c.1918]. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Margaret, Volume I – 183 pages / Volume II – 245 pages. Illustrated throughout the two volumes. Original Hardcover. Binding a little shaky. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne Cinema Star.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1929. Small Octavo. 62 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding firm but spine gone. One page slightly dogeared. A few minor stains. Rare !

Gregory, Lady.

A Book of Saints and Wonders put down here by Lady Gregory according to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland.

Identical Reprint of the Original Dun Emer Press Edition from 1906. Shannon, Irish University Press, 1971. 16cm x 24cm 34 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Tiny inkstride on the front free endpaper. Name of preowner in ink on halftitle.

Freundt, Lise.

Investigation of Women admitted to Hospital with Abortion.

Copenhagen, Munksgaard, 1973. 8°. 221 pages. Softcover. Paperback. Inscribed / Signed by Lise Freundt to Erik Strömgren.

Crockett, S.R.

Sweetheart Travellers – A Child’s Book for Children, For Women, And for Men. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.

Third Edition. London, Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1896. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 305 pages. 69 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original patterned green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Spine and front board carry inlaid pictorial images. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Minor abrasions in gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong.

Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente; Brown, Irving Henry.

The Enemies Of Women. (Los enemigos de la mujer). Translated from the Spanish by Irving Brown.

New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, 1920. 13 x 20 cm. 547 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Erik Christian Haugaard – the danish writer and translator of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. With his beautiful exlibris to the pastedown.

Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Preston Macgoun, Hannah C.] Brown, John.

Pet Marjorie – A Story of Child Life Fifty Years ago. Illustrated by Hannah C.Preston Macgoun.

London / Edinburgh, T.N.Foulis, 1907. Small Octavo. 101, (4) pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Upper spine with small damge. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a personal inscription: “To Maisie, with Love from M. MacBean – Chalmers Hospital – Edinburgh, 25.VII. 08”.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice [with vintage Ephemera advertising leaflet on Beatrix Potter “Jig-Saw Puzzles” / “Peter Rabbit’s Bookshel” etc.]

[1904 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1904. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 (2) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding shaky with interior bookblock slightly broken (no effect on the outer spine) ! Pages slightly loosened. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent ! The loosely inserted advertising leaflet with a clean tear that separates one part of the leaflet.

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1942]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 111 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to lower frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent !

Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

[Sackville-West / Jekyll, Gertrude / Bowles, E.A. / Beales, Peter and many others]

Collection of 80 books on Garden History & Garden Design, mainly from the collection of Ann Geneva. The collection includes not only classics from Vita Sackville-West or Gertrude Jekyll but also some fantastic publications on the Social History of Gardens, Design of Period Gardens, History of Ancient Roman Gardens etc. etc.

London and others, Michael Joseph / Longmans, Green and many others, c.1906 – 2004. Octavo. More than 5000 pages with numerous illustrations and plans. Original Hardcover and Softcover-Bindings, ften with their illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Please ask for a full list with details and photographs of the books included in this collection]. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

[Riddell, Charlotte Elizabeth] / [Riddell, William Easton].

A Bright Sunset – Or, Recollections of the Last Days of a Young Scottish Football Player. With introductory Note by J.H.Wilson.

First Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1884. Small Octavo. Pagination: Original portrait photograph of William Easton Riddell as Frontispiece, VI, (2), 142 pages with two wood-engravings (″Toward Point” and “Up the Kyles in the Ariel”). Original, beautifully illustrated Hardcover with a football-scene on the front board, gilt lettering and floral elements. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare first edition with the original photograph of William Easton Riddell. Private giftinscription on the front free endpaper.

[Lane Lady Fisher, Jane / Charles II] Blount, Thomas.

Boscobel: or The compleat history of His Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester, which was fought 3 Sept. 1651. Illustrated with a Plan of the City (here missing) and a View of Boscobel House [And an added 19th century original watercolour of Boscobel House by H.D.S.Leaken “Boscobel, Friday, July 24th 1896”].

Worcester, Elias Andrews, 1769. Small Octavo. IV, 93, pages plus 3 unnumbered pages Advertisement for books printed for and sold by S. Gamidge. Hardcover / 19th century halfleather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Beatty, Bertha (nee Creagh).

Kerry Memories. [together with a MLS manuscript letter signed by Maude Isabel Buxton, about the author Bertha Beatty – Letter on stationery of Tockenham Manor].

First Edition. Dawlish (Devon), The Channing Press, 1939. Small Octavo. 59 pages. Hardcover / Private green cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

Snyder, Gary.

Back on the Fire – Essays.

California, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by author Gary Snyder on the titlepage. Rare !

Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

Duras, Claire Duchesse de.

Ourika.

Édition Originale. Paris, Chez Ladvocat, 1824. 18 x 11 cm. 172 pages. Relié plein cuir vert / Beautiful contemporary Hardcover. Intérieur bon état malgré légéres rousseurs éparses. Couverture défraichie et tachée. Provenance: Exlibris: A Debidour (Élie Louis Marie Marc Antonin Debidour) / Premiere edition dans le commerce après la rare édition originale publiée entre 25 et 40 exemplaires en décembre 1823 par l’Imprimerie royale pour les amis de l’auteur. Ce court récit fut rapidement écrit en 1820 lors d’une retraite de convalescence. Sollicitée par Chateaubriand, ami de la Duchesse de Duras depuis 1809, qui avait parti- culièrement aprécier le texte, l’auteur se décida à publier l’ouvrage anonymement. L’histoire de cette jeune sénégalaise, éduquée en France se rendant compte à l’âge de 12 ans des préjudices liés à sa couleur de peau, est considérée comme le premier roman de la littérature française à aborder les problèmes de racisme. / First published edition, following a private printing of 25 copies. A very good+ copy in contemporary paper-covered boards. An anonymously published novel by a French woman who was a close friend of Chateaubriand and who established a well-known salon in London. Her work has been compared to that of Richardson and Rousseau for obvious reasons, but she is perhaps more relevantly understood in the context of the early 19th-century French women’s writing that has only rather recently become a subject of study. Based on the true story of a Sengalese servan, unaware of her race until she overhears talk of it among the French family for whom she works, and thus begins her life as a black woman. In large part the tale recounts her hopeless love for a white man and her eventual retreat to a convent. This is the first European novel featuring a black female protagonist, and according to John Fowles who at least in part based his own The French Lieutenant’s Woman on the work, the first attempt by a European to enter the mind of a black character. An attractive copy of this cultural landmark.

De Ségur, Vicomte J. A.

Les Femmes – Leur Condition et Leur Influence dans L’Ordre Social chez différents peuples anciens et modernes. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée de l’influence des Femmes sous l’Empire, et de notes historiques, par M. Ch. N***.

Edition originale. Paris, Raymond Libraire, 1820. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 474 pages/ 445 pages avec 2 gravures originale. Relié demi-cuir. Excellent condition !! Tome 1 et 2 (complet). Nouvelle Édition. Paris, 1820. 2 gravures. Bel exemplaire. Couverture et tranches de couverture un peu frottées. Intérieur bon état malgré quelques rousseurs éparses. Titre, Auteur et tomaison en dorés sur dos en cuir marron orné de fleurons. Exlibris Franco Crainz.

Zoomers-Vermeer, J.P. / [Langeler, Freddie]

Joosje uit de Heidehut. [With Illustrations by Freddie Langeler].

Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf’s Uitgevers-Maatschappij, c.1928. 17 cm x 24 cm. 252 pages with 2 plates of balck and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbed and discoloration on cover. Minor stains and rubbed throughout the book. Spine is slightly worn but binding is very firm. Name of the previous owner on half-title page. Dutch edition. First page of bookplate is coloured by pre-owner in colour pencil. The book includes wonderful, rare illustrations by dutch women illustrator Freddie Langeler.

Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

Kok, Truida.

De Vlierkamp. Geillustreed door Miep de Feijter.

Alkmaar, N.V. Gebr. Kluitman, c.1930. 15 cm x 23.2 cm. 202 pages. No illustration inside. Original Illustrated Hardcover. Binding a little shaky ! Still good condition of the binding. Noticeable wear and damage to the spine. Lines in pen and a few stains on the title page. Interior is very clean. Inscribed by pre-owners on title page. Pre-owners name on the endpaper. Dutch Edition.

Des Salles, Héloïse.

The Adventures of Jonathan Seal. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. Large Octavo. 55 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Héloïse Des Salles on the halftitle. Rare !

Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Capuchin Annual”. A collection of essays, contributed by Alice Curtayne to one of Ireland’s most important Periodicals of the 20th century. The collection includes the early 1931 issue with the beautiful portrait of youthful Alice Curtayne. While the collection is still growing, unknown essays and contributions of her are surfacing [Please offer interesting material, letters, signed books etc.]. The Capuchin Annual – Collection of Alice Curtayne Material includes at the moment: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931) – A Study of St.Anthony the Preacher” [in: “The Capuchin Annual for the year 1931” / Including the early Curtayne-Portrait and three text-illustrations] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints”: “The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” – (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King]).

Dublin, The Father Mathew Record Office, 1930 / 1945. Octavo (18 cm x 25 cm). Pagination for the Curtayne – contribution in Capuchin Annual 1931 [Second Year of Publication of the Annual]: 8 pages (pages 18 – 25) / Pagination for the Curtayne – contribution in Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 [Sixteenth Year of Publication of the Annual]: 9 pages (pages 269 – 277) plus Frontispiece and 4 further full-page-illustrations of Saints in color by the Risteárd Ó Cionga [Richard King]. Original illustrated Softcover. Good condition with some signs of wear (fraying to cover).

[Greenaway, Kate] Harte, Bret.

The Queen of The Pirate Isle. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.

Re-issue of the original 1886-edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1955. 16 cm x 22.2 cm. VIII, 64 pages. With colour frontispiece and twenty-seven colour text illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With some tears and fraying to dustjacket. Only minor foxing to dustjacket and occasionally within the text. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.