1. Bawden, Edward.

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

2. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

3. (Carraig Dubh) [Bunclody].

Faithche an Gholaisde Carraig Dubh – Baile Áta Cliat. [Official Race Card].

Reul, A Lúac, 1938. 8°. 12 pages (including wrapper). Softcover / Original Brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From a Mallow-collection.

4. Driscoll, Charles B.

Kansas Irish.

London and Glasgow, Art and Educational Publishers Ltd, 1946. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Signed name of preowner on front endpaper.

5. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

6. Greaves, C. Desmond.

The Irish Case against Partition [Full facts and programme of Action].

[London], Connolly Association, no year [ca. 1952]. 19 cm. 36 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce ! [A Connolly Association pamphlet].

7. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

8. [John Minihan Collection] – [Heaney, Seamus] Minihan, John.

First Day Cover of the commemorative stamp for Seamus Heaney. Signed by irish photographer John Minihan, whose portrait of Heaney was used for the stamp. The first day cover is illustrated with a quote from Heaney’s “Bogland”: “We have no prairies – To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to – Encroaching horizon…”

Dublin, Anpost, 2014. 19 cm x 13 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed and dated by John Minihan on August 28th, 2014.

9. [London Collection] – [Komarova, Natalie / Lemarchand, Louis / Fischer, Clifford C.] Stone, E.A. / Poulsen, M. / Bell, Major C.H. / Ramsden, Jas. H. / de Wynter, Ivon.

The London Casino Restaurant – Brochure. [Plaisirs de Paris / Montmartre a Minnit]

London, London Casino Restaurant, no year (c.1930). Quarto (21,5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages with numerous advertising and revue pictures. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd.

Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition. Official Guide & Catalogue.

Revised and brought up-to-date, July 1936 Edition. London, Madame Tussaud’s Ltd, 1936. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 80 Pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight damp stains on cover.

11. 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’.

12. [″Nudity is Expected”] – Graves, E.J.

The “Manor House” Club – Naturism in Perfect Comfort – Luxury Holiday Club for the Naturist / [Rare Nudist Ephemera]. Fantastic Pamphlet with plenty of interior photographs showcasing the Accommodation and also photographic imagery showing nudists playing Badminton and Tennis.

Clifford Manor [Newent / Gloucestershire], The Manor House, no year [c.1925]. Oblong – Octavo. 12 pages with photographs and text and loosely inserted a note for the availability of “The Club Taxi” Stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare !

13. Ó hUid, Tarlach.

Ar thóir mo shealbha. Le Tarlach Ó hUid.

Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta, [1960]. 22cm. 230 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The very rare dustjacket with some minor fraying and one tear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting piece of ephemera (Member Letter for “Comdhail Naisiunta na Gaeilge”).

14. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.

15. Rackham, Arthur.

His Life and Work [Advertising Leaflet for the important Biography on Rackham – Ephemera – Leaflet with short Biography on Rackham , small, printed photograph of Rackham and Order Form].

[London], William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. Slim Quarto (11.5 cm 24 cm). 4 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

16. Taibhdhearch na Gaillimhe [Galway Theatre].

Súgradh na mBláth le Mícheál Eoin Ó Súileabháin [The Playing of Flowers].

Sciúrtóir na Léirite, Proinnsias Mac Diarmada, no year (c.1928). 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

17. [Tallents House].

First Day Cover for “The Opening of Tallents House, Edinburgh”.

Edinburgh, Tallents House, 2001. 22 cm x 11.6 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

18. [Thomas, William Luson].

Ephemeral advertising sheet for Vol. XX. – No. 515 – of The Graphic – “An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper”. Four page – fold with advertising for Irish Linen, Kinahan Whisky, Collinson and Lock and the Brighton Season, Fry’s Cocoa Extract, Will’s Bird’s Eye Tobacco, Maple & Co. Furniture in Tottenham Road, London, Velveteens etc. etc.

London, The Graphic Office, 190 The Strand , 1879. 32 cm x 42 cm. 4 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.