1. Carstairs, Andrew McLaren.

A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe.

London, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 23 cm. 236 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket torn but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

2. Hobley, C.W.

Bantu Beliefs and Magic. With a Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with some Reflections on East Africa After the War.

London, H. F. G. Witherby, 1922. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, 312 pages. 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and blind stamp on spine. Blind ruling to front board. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. This being the copy of Charles Marsh Beadnell, with his name on the front endpaper.

3. Hayashi, Tadayuki/ Jukes, Geoffrey (eds.)

Building Nation, State and Regime: Some Post-Communist Examples.

Sapporo, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, 1997. 19 x 26 cm. 131 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of wear. [Occasional Papers on Changes in the Slavic-Eurasian World – No. 23].

4. Sola Pool, Ithiel de (ed.) / [Klaus von Beyme]

Contemporary Political Science. Toward Empirical Theory.

London, McGraw-Hill, 1967. 15 x 21 cm. 276 pages. Hardcover. From the political scientist Klaus von Beyme’s collection (signature on front fly). With some pencil underlininga dn loosely inserted notes by von Beyme. Very good condition. / Arbeitsexemplar des Politikwissenschaftlers Klaus von Beyme.

5. Bendix, Reinhard.

Nation-Building and Citizenship. Studies of our Changing Social Order.

New Enlarged Edition Berkeley University of California Press; 1977. 14 x 21 cm. 449 pages. Softcover. From the collection of political scientist Klaus von Beyme (his name on endpaper). Very good condition with very few clean markings inside.

6. [Select Committee on Kafir Tribes / Henry Labouchere] [Freeman, Joseph John (J.J.) and others].

Report from the Select Committee on the ‘Kafir Tribes’ – Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index.

London, House of Commons, 1851. 15.5 cm25.5 cm. X, 607 pages with two manuscript pages preceding the printed report. The manuscript pages title and detail the content and are bearing in pencil the name “J.J.Freeman” [Reverend Joseph John Freeman was one of the people who were called in to give evidence]. Hardcover / Late 20th – century navy half-leather with gilt lettering on maroon spinelabel with raised bands. Marbled paper-covered boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very clean and bright. Bookstamp of the ‘Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom’ on endpapers, titlepage and preliminary pages. Inked titling to endpapers.

7. [Glaciologie / Glaciology] Gaurier, Ludovic / Ministère de l’Agriculture.

Service des Grandes Forces Hydrauliques. [Region des Alpes / Glacier de Gébroulaz / Observations Glaciaires dans les Pyrénées / Renseignements Historiques sur les Glaciers: Le Massif du Mont-Blanc etc. / Glacier de la Breche de Roland / Glaciers de Gavarnie etc.]

18 volumes. [Paris], Ministère de l’Agriculture, 1911-1920. 19 cm x 29 cm. 1746 pages. Nombreuses cartes dépliantes, graphiques, tableaux et graphiques / Numerous fold-out maps, charts, tables and graphs. Hardcovers and softcovers [publisher’s original] green cloth boards with gilt lettering on title label on spine. Slip-case with lettering to both boards and spine. / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interiors sunned but otherwise bright and clean.

8. Blakemore, Ken.

Social Policy – An Introduction.

Second Edition. Buckingham / Philadelphia, Open University Press, 2003. 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XVIII, 295 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns only. Internal pages clean and bright.

9. Gallagher, Michael.

The referendum Experience in Europe [including a newspaper-clipping: “Do Referenda have the vote of the people ?” by Theresa Reidy] Edited by Michael Gallagher and Pier Vincenzo Uleri.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996. 23cm. IX,263 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man.

10. Ellis, Alfred Burdon.

The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher’s original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior.