111. Rausch, Friedrich.

Original, trilingual handbook with loosely inserted plates, showing the phonetics (position and look of tongue, lips and teeth-positions during speaking certain words) Handausgabe von Rausch’s Lauttafeln [Inclusive dem englischen “th”] – 26 lithographische Tafeln mit Lautbezeichnungen der Association Phonetique Internationale nach Vietor’s Lauttafeln. Zusätzlich mit einer deutschen Lauttafel (System Vietor) welche nach Lippenlauten, Zahnlauten, Gaumenlauten und Kehllauten trennt.

2. Auflage der verkleinerten Ausgabe. Marburg, N.G.Elwert / Association Phonetique International, [1913]. Octavo. 26 Tafeln in Postkartengröße, lose in originaler Verlags-Flügelmappe. Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand dieser seltenen Ausgabe / Tafel 1 rückseitig mit Bibliotheksstempel. Alle Tafeln vorderseitig mit zusätzlicher (verkehrter) Numerierung in Buntstift. / Reduced edition (pocket edition) of Friedrich Rausch’s phonetic plates, illustrating the speech sounds, including one plate for the digraph “th”.

112. Nai’an, Shi / Guanzhong, Luo.

Outlaws of The Marsh. Translated by Sidney Shapiro.

Three Volumes (complete set). Bejing, Foreign Languages Press, 1980. 13.6 cm x 20.2 cm / 13.6 cm x 21.2 cm Volume I (Modern softcover): pages 1 – 597 / Volume II (Original 1980 Hardcover-Edition): pages 561 – 1133 of the overall set. Black and white illustrations / Vol III (Original 980 Hardcover-Edition): pages 1135 – 1605 of the overall set. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar and one Softcover – Volume. All three volumes in very good+ condition. A substituted set with Volume I being a later edition in paperback ! Only very minor foxing to dustjackets and edging of Volume II and III. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

113. Yeats, William Butler / [George [Georgie] Yeats / Mrs. Eva Hempel / Eduard Hempel].

Pages from a Diary Written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty. [Signed / Inscribed by George Yeats to Mrs. [Eva] Hempel, wife of german ambassador to Ireland during World War II].

No.8 / 200 copies, of the original limited edition. Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1944 [September 1944]. Octavo. 58 pages. Original Hardcover. Inscribed by George Yeats on the front free endpaper: “Mrs. Hempel from George Yeats, April 1944”. This has to be of course “April 1945”. The impossibility of signing/inscribing a book in April 1944 if it was only published in September 1944 is easily explained with the classic everyday-mistake of still writing the previous year in the first few months of the following year. A stunning association. The signature and inscription is a solid match to George Yeats’ autographs in her later hand and William Butler Yeats and George Yeats were frequent visitors to the Hempel’s in Dublin. In addition, the low number of the edition (8/200) suggests this being one of the reference copies given to George Yeats, who contributed heavily to the volume and even added an explanatory note (in print) verso the titlepage. This copy is near fine, bound in the publisher’s quarter buckram over yellow, paper-covered boards. The books pages remained unopened. Eva Hempel’s husband Eduard Hempel is one of the most controversial figures in modern Irish history, excoriated by some as ‘Hitler’s man’, defended by others such as the country’s first President, Eamon De Valera. Certainly, Hempel presented William Butler Yeats in 1938 with a copy of ‘Germany Speaks’ whose inscription described an ‘unforgettable afternoon’ spent together by Yeats and Hempel. Eduard Hempel and his wife were accepted socialites in the Dublin world of World War II, famously receiving a condolence call by de Valera upon the death of Hitler. Eduard Hempel and his wife Eva were granted asylum in Ireland after world war II and stayed way beyond the end of World War II.

114. Brecht, Bertolt / [Eric Bentley / Maja Bentley (Translators)].

Parables for the Theater, Two Plays. The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. English Versions by Eric and Maja Bentley.

First Edition. Minneapolis / London, University of Minnesota Press / Oxford University Press, 1948. 22.3 cm x 14.5 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Rubbing to top and bottom of spine and to hardcover edges. Discoloration and foxing to enpapers and edges. Dustjacket in very poor condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

115. 18th century Illustrated Edition of Paradise Lost – Milton, John.

Paradise Lost – A Poem in Twelve Books. A New Edition, with Notes of various Authors, by Thomas Newton [Complete with two Portraits and 12 plates].

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S.Draper, 1749. Large Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). Pagination of Volume One: Frontispiece-Portrait of a young John Milton, [18 unnumbered pages of Dedication and Preface], LXI pages of “The Life of Milton”, [5 unnumbered pages of Homage in Verses by Samuel Barrow [Physician to Charles II. and admirer of Milton] and also the important poem on Milton’s Paradise Lost by Andrew Marvell [English Metaphysical Poet and Milton’s ‘Latin Secretary’], 16 pages of “A Critique upon the Paradise Lost – By Mr.Addison” [Joseph Addison], 459 pages with six (6) full-page engravings / Pagination of Volume Two: Frontispiece-Portrait of an elder John Milton (dated 1670), 444 pages including six (6) full-page engravings plus 132 unnumbered pages of Index. Hardcover / Modern, stunning half-leather bound to 18th-century style with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only a few signs of foxing. The paper in fantastic condition, illustrations and portraits impressive; wide margins make this a great collectable. A rare opportunity to acquire this important publication in a firm and beautiful binding. The exceptional restoration was done by an english master-bindery.

116. Milton, John.

Paradise Lost: Books I and II only.

London, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1898. 11 cm x 17 cm. Vol. I: 83 pages/ Vol. II: 93 pages. Original softcovers. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

117. Ratushinskaya, Irina.

Pencil Letter.

1st Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne / London / a.o., Bloodaxe Books / Hutchinson, 1988. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 89 pages. Five pages of facsimiles of original work. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collectors Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and dated by Irina Ratushinskaya in 1988 during her Residency at Northwestern University.

118. Rumohr, Theodor.

Peter Tordenskjold.

Copenhagen, A. Christiansens Forlag, C.1885. 19.7 cm x 28.9 cm. 546 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Half eather and marble boards. With gilt lettering and decorative spine. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to edges and boards. With marble front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Deckled edges decorated in green. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.

119. Trollope, Anthony.

Phineas Redux.

2 volumes. London, Ward, Lock and Co., no date [c.1884]. 17.4cm x 11.8cm. IV, 595 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

120. [Beatles, The] Sansom, Clive A. / Marchbank, Pearce / Coke, Jane.

Pocket Beatles Complete. [Easy to Read Arrangements of 184 Beatles Songs, Including a Complete Discogrpahy of British Record Releases].

London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Cologne, Wise Publications, 1979. 14 cm x 20 cm. 383 pages. Illustrated with eight black-and-white portrait photographs of The Beatles and one black-and-white group photograph (on inside front pastedown). Original Hardcover (yellow cloth with embossed black lettering on cover and spine). Designed by Peace Marchbank. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.