1. [100 Years Buddenbrooks in America] Mann, Thomas.

Buddenbrooks. [First American Edition in stunning condition with an amazing, signed Letter by Thomas Mann, thanking an admirer for reflecting on reading his masterpiece “Buddenbrooks”. Signed on 21st of June 1940, on personalized stationery of Thomas Mann from Princeton, New Jersey, Mann wrote: “Thank you for writing to me and for telling me that you liked ‘Buddenbrooks’ when you read it recently at Colby College. It gave me pleasure, too, to know that you heard my daughter Erika lecture and had ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ yourself. With all good wishes, yours sincerely. Thomas Mann” ]. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter [American Translator Mrs. Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter].

Two Volumes (complete set). New York, Knopf, 1924. Octavo. 389, 359 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original dustjackets in breathtaking condition (now in protective collector’s Mylar). Unusually Fine condition with the meaningful letter by Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann.

2. 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.

3. Aksyonov, Vassilii Pavlovich.

The Burn. A novel in three books (Late Sixties – Early Seventies). Translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny.

New York, Random House, 1984. 528 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. First US edition of “Ozhog” – this portrait of life during the Kruschev years, whose publication in Italy forced Aksyonov to emigrate in 1980. Probably his major work to date. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Aksyonov on the front free endpaper.

4. Aksyonov, Vassilii Pavlovich.

The Burn. A novel in three books (Late Sixties – Early Seventies). Translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny.

New York, Random House, 1984. 8°. 528 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed / signed by Aksyonov and translator Michael Glenny in the year of publication. First US edition of “Ozhog” – this portrait of life during the Kruschev years, whose publication in Italy forced Aksyonov to emigrate in 1980. Probably his major work to date. Near fine in like dust jacket with light wear and a short edge-tear to spinal extremities.

5. Alexis, Wilibald (d.i. W. Häring).

Der Werwolf. Vaterländischer Roman.

Leipzig, Reclam, [1900]. 8°. 479 Seiten. Softcover. Originale , dekorative Broschur. Minimal angerändert. Oberes Kapital nur am Ansatz des Rueckens etwas stärker bestossen. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek ; Nr 4301-4304. 80 Pfennig].

6. Amado, Jorge / Borges, Jorge Luis / Garcia Marquez, Gabriel / Allende, Isabel / Vargas Llosa, Mario / Anderson-Imbert, Enrique / Benitez, Antonio / Torres Bodet, Jaime / Guillen, Nicolas / Reyes, Alfonso / Ocampo, Maria Luisa / Puig, Manuel / Lezama Lima, Jose / Valenzuela, Luisa / Ignacio Taibo II, Ignacio / and many others.

Amazing Collection with more than 400 Volumes of rare, out-of-print and often signed or inscribed books of 20th century Latin American Literature, with first editions, signed editions by writers from Cuba, Argentinia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia and also some authors from Spain and Portugal. Each publication within the collection is beautifully photographed. The collection includes signed and inscribed books by nearly all major authors associated with Magical Realism. Some are excellent association copies.

La Habana / New York / Buenos Aires / Madrid / Paris / London / Boston / and others, c.1923 – 1999. Octavo. More than 50000 pages. Hardcover and Softcover, mostly in original dustjackets or printed wrappers in Mylar. Very good condition. The price for the collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Express Saver (3 -4 working days).

7. Anwar, Chairil.

Selected Poems. Translated by Burton Raffel and Nurdin Salam.

New York, New Directions, ca. 1962. 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

8. Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Le Flaneur des Deux Rives.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions la Sirene, 1918. 17.5 x 10 cm. 113 pages. Broché originale en relié demi-cuir rouge couverture rouge marbré. Bon état. Dos un peu frotté très légèrement craquelé, nom de l’auteur en dorés sur dos en cuir rouge. Intérieur en bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Exemplaire avec photographie de l’Auteur. Nom de l’ancien propriétaire inscrit á la plume sur la page de garde, Paris daté 1925. Edition originale avec le monogramme G A a la justification du tirage. / Original brochure bound in contemporary half leather. [Collection des Tracts.– No.2.]

9. [Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including “The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp” / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave” / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

10. Aragon, Louis.

Le Paysan de Paris.

Premiére éditions. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1926. 19 x 12 cm. 252 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Trés Bon exemplaire. Intérieur propre malgré de légéres rousseurs éparses. Exemplaire numéroté: 286, un des 900 ouvrage déstinés aux Amis de l’édition originale in-octavo couronne sur papier vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. / One of the great works by this co-founder of surrealism, a prose poem which created a “modern mythology, revealing the wonders of city life and celebrating the fusion of imagination and reality in a virtuoso style.” One of 900 copies for amis de l’edition in a total first printing of 1053 copies. A very good+ copy with some dark shelf residues to bottom edge.

11. Atwood, Margaret.

Collection of four important association copies of poetry by Margaret Atwood (plus two signed Novels), given to her friend Jerome Hamilton Buckley, influential Professor of English Literature. All four association copies in first edition and all beautifully inscribed. The Novel only signed. The collection includes: 1. The Animals in that Country (1968 / Hardcover) [Signed and with the printed dedication “For J.” and a personal inscription on the halftitle to Jerome Buckley] / 2. The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 3. You are Happy (1973 / Hardcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 4. Murder in the Dark – Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed]. / 5. The collection also includes a signed copy of Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” (1993 / Softcover) / 6. The collection also includes a signed and inscribed copy of “The Tent” (signed as “Margaret Atwood”).

Toronto / New York, Oxford University Press / Harper & Row / Coach House Press / Doubleday, 1968 – 1993. Octavo. 69, 64, 96, 62, 466, 155 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover – publications with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. All inscriptions beautifully signed as Peggy or Peggy A. or in one case even Peggy Atwood.

12. Atwood, Margaret.

Murder in the Dark. Short Fictions and Prose Poems.

First Edition. Toronto, Coach House Press, 1983. 12,5 x 21 cm.` 62 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy: Inscribed and signed by Margaret Atwood to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page in 1983. Very clean and tight copy with only minimal signs of wear to the spine.

13. Atwood, Margaret.

The Animals in That Country.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1968. 13 x 22 cm. 69 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy, inscribed by Margaret Atwood to Jerry Buckley and his wife on the half title. One of the earliest dedications from Atwood to Jerry Buckley (1968).

14. Atwood, Margaret.

The Journals of Susanna Moodie. Poems by Margaret Atwood.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1970. 12,5 x 21,5 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with one of the first dedications by Margaret Atwood to later life-long-friends Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page. The dedication still very formal and emancipation from the law of coverture has not yet set in. Atwood addresses Buckley’s wife in her inscription as “Mrs. J.H.Buckley”: “For Dr. and Mrs. J.H.Buckley – with best wishes – Peggy Atwood – March 1970” / Very clean and tight copy with slight discoloration of the cover only.

15. Atwood, Margaret.

The Robber Bride. [SIGNED – Advanced Reading Copy]

New York, Nan A. Talese / Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1993. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 560 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Margaret Atwood in green ink.

16. Atwood, Margaret.

The Tent. [Signed]

First British Edition. London, Bloomsbury, 2006. 13 x 18,5 cm. 155 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. With a signed dedication by Margaret Atwood on the title page. Contains two newspaper-clippings / reviews.

17. Atwood, Margaret.

You Are Happy.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. 14 x 21 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with blue cloth spine and orange paper-covered boards. With original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy, inscribed by Margaret Atwood’s to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the half title.

18. Aucher, Father Paschal.

A Dictionary – English and Armenian. By Father Paschal Aucher with the assistance of John Brand Esq.

Second Edition. Venice, Printed at the Press of the Armenian Academy of S. Lazarus, 1868. Large Octavo. 813 pages. Hardcover / Original quarter leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare armenian dictionary of the 19th century. Scarce in this very good condition !

19. Avantgarde Cover Art – Nezval, Vítêzslav / Tzara, Tristan / Babel, Isaak / Ježek, Jaroslav / Capek, Josef / Seifert, Jaroslav and others.

Collection of 27 stunning publications of the Czech Avantgarde, Czech Translations of French, Russian and German Literature and Poetry, Photomontage – Dustwrappers as well as wonderful czech avantgarde-typography of the 1930s and 1940s. The collection also includes seven (7) vintage, original scores of sheetmusic by the famous czechoslovakian avantgarde jazz musician, and composer Jaroslav Ježek.

Praze / Prague, Odeon / Olymp (and others), 1920 – 1990. Octavo. More than 1000 pages, some books with illustrations. Original softcover publications, often with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Some of the rare publications with some signs of wear, few publications with some loosened pages (ask for complete list). Overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. Avantgarde Cover Art – Wierzynski, Kazimierz / Konwicki, Tadeusz / Maurer, Jadwiga / Lem, Stanislav / Janta, Aleksander and others.

Collection of 12 rare publications of polish 20th century literature. Some publications printed in exile, some with early 20th century typographic cover-art.

Londyn / Warsaw etc., Czytelnik and others, 1953-1977. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover edition, often with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some editions signed. Please ask for a full list.

21. [Benjamin, Walter] Baudelaire, Charles.

Tableaux Parisiens. Deutsche Übertragung mit einem Vorwort über “Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers” von Walter Benjamin. [Extremely scarce publication with the excellent 10-page-essay by Walter Benjamin on “The Duty of Translation / The Duty of the Translator” [″Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers”].

Erste Ausgabe [1 von 500 Exemplaren der Originalausgabe] / First Edition. Heidelberg, Richard Weissbach, 1923. Quarto (20.5 cm x 28 cm). XVII, 67, [3] Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler Verlagseinband mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug und originalem Titelschild. Ruecken fehlt. Kanten angeplatzt. Oberer, hinterer Einbanddeckel mit Schaden. Der Buchblock selbst tadellos und wunderbar erhalten. Selten ! [Die Drucke des Argonautenkreises – Der fünfte Druck].

22. Blight, John.

Pageantry for a Lost Empire.

Brisbane, Nelson, 1977. 8°. 144 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition. Rare !

23. Brown, Lyn Ingoldsby.

Late Summer. Poems.

Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1970. 8°. 37 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good + condition. One of 300 copies (this copy not numbered).

24. Buchan, John.

Midwinter. Tomás Ó Gallchobhair d’aistrigh ón mBéarla.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1937. Octavo. xiii, 314 pages. Original Hardcover. The Volume in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

25. Burian, Emil František / Zdenek Rossmann.

Atomovy mir. Obalka a graficka osnova Zdenka Rossmanna [Zdenek Rossmann].

Prague, Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1950. Octavo. 99 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Zdenek Rossmann, in protective collector’s mylar. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers. Excellent, near fine condition.

26. [Byron, Lord George Gordon] Marchand, Leslie A.

Byron’s Letters and Journals 1798-1824. Volume I – In My Hot Youth 1798-1810; Volume II – Famous in My Time 1810-1812; Volume III – Alas! The Love of Women 1813-1814; Volume IV – Wedlock’s the Devil 1814-1815; Volume V – So Late into the Night 1816-1817; Volume VI – The Flesh is Frail; Volume VII – Between Two Worlds 1820; Volume VIII – Born for Opposition 1821; Volume IX – In the Wind’s Eye 1821-1822; Volume X – A Heart for Every Fate 1822-1823; Volume XI – For Freedom’s Battle 1823-1824; Volume XII – The Trouble of an Index.

Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973-1982. 8°. c. 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjackets in protective collector’s mylar. 12 volumes (complete). The dustjackets slightly worn but unclipped. Pages 148 – 156 of volume 1 with very few small stains. Else near Fine or better condition.

27. Cabral de Vasconcelos, Paulino António.

Poesias de Paulino Cabral de Vasconcelos, Abade de Jazente.

Porto, Na Officina de Antonio Avvarez Ribeiro, 1786. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15 cm). [4], 245 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with new spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Last four pages with minor evidence of a faded dampstain (only peripheral). Extremely rare publication. A second Volume was published one year later, in 1787, but the first Volume is complete in itself. Contemporary drawing and name (″Brodrick”) on rear pastedown.

28. Carnegie, James.

Wages Paid.

Cuba, Casa De Las Américas, 1976. 12 cm x 19 cm. 104 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing and some slight discolouration evident on covers, endpapers and some of the centre pages.

29. Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: “The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra” and an “Advertisement concerning the Plates”].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

30. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed / Bowles, Paul (Recorded and Translated by).

A Life Full of Holes. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1964. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 310 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles on the halftitle.

31. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) / Ó Liatháin, Séan.

Saontacht an Athar De Brún – The Innocence of Father Brown. Seán Ó Liatháin d’aistrigh ón mBéarla.

First gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath [i.e. Dublin], Oifig díolta foillseacháin rialtais, [1937]. Octavo. [6], 335, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

32. Collins, Wilkie.

An Ré-Sheod – “The Moonstone” [Gaelic Edition with the rare dustjacket]. Ar n-a thionntódh go Gaedhilg do Mhícheál O Gríobhtha.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1933. Octavo. 591 pages. Original Hardcover with the very scarce original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying and two closed tears but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare with the dustjacket !

33. Conrad, Joseph.

An Máirnéalach Dubh – The Nigger of the “Narcissus”. Joseph Conrad do scríobh sa Bhéarla bhunaidh; Seosamh Mac Grianna d’aistrigh go Gaedhilg.

[First gaelic edition]. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1933. 19 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying and a closed tear but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. One of the rarest titles of world-literature translated into gaelic. Extremely Rare with the dustjacket by Austin Molloy !

34. Cullum, Ridgwell [Sidney Groves Burghard] / Ó Neachtain, Eoghan.

Únága – “The Heart of Unaga”. Do scríobh Ridgwell Cullum. Eoghan Ó Neachtain d’aistrigh go gaedhilg. Ar n-a fhoillsiu le cead an phríomh-úghdair.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig díolta foillseacháin rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 364 pages. Original Hardcover with the extremely rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

35. Domin, Hilde.

Wozu Lyrik heute. Dichtung und Leser in der gesteuerten Gesellschaft.

München, Piper, 1981. 8°. 196 S. Softcover / Kartoniert. 4.Auflage, 1981. Von Hilde Domin auf dem Vorsatz SIGNIERT. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Serie Piper ; 65]

36. 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.

37. Dymov, Osip [Yosif (Osip) Isidorovich Perelman] / Capek, Josef.

Bezici od Krize Velky Clovek / Bežící od kríže. Velký clovek : Román. [Unlike the Great People’s Crisis].

Praze / Prague, Aventinum, 1927. Octavo. 243 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Josef Capek in protective collector’s mylar. First edition in printed wrappers. Excellent condition. [Romanova knihovna Aventina, XLII].

38. Eliot, George.

Silas Marner. Aindrias Ó Baoghill a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

First Gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1938. Octavo. 300 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

39. Fallada, Hans / Šváb, Jaroslav.

Obcánku, a co ted ? / [Little Man, what now ?] / [Erste tschechische Ausgabe von “Kleiner Mann was nun ?] Roman. [Z nemciny prelozil Josef Vrbata. Treti vydani Typografickou upravu, onbalku a vazbu navrhl Jaroslav Svab Vytiskla “Osveta”, spolecnost s o.r. ve Valasskem Mezirici pro makladatele Josef Hampla v Celakovicich roku 1936].

Celakovicich / Celákovice, Nakladartel Josef Hampl Knihkupec, 1936. Octavo. 301 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by typographer Jaroslav Šváb, in protective collector’s mylar. First czech edition in publisher’s printed wrappers. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Uncut pages. Extremely scarce publication of Hans Fallada’s “Little Man, what now ?” / “Kleiner Mann, was nun ?”. Extremely Rare / Scarce !!

40. [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 !

41. Gilbert, Kevin.

People are Legends – Aboriginal Poems.

St.Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1978. 8°. 70 pages. Softcover-Edition. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

42. Godsiff, Patricia.

Inside – Looking Out. Selected Poems.

Wellington / Auckland / Sydney, A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1964. 8°. 48 pages. Softcover. Wrappers slightly stained and with one tiny whole. Else in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Patricia Godsiff. Very Rare.

43. Grass, Günter.

Local Anaesthetic. Translated by Ralph Manheim.

New York, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book / Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. Octavo. 284 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First US edition of this novel narrated from a dentist’s chair. Fine in dust jacket with review slip laid in. Signed by Grass. Dustjacket Illustration after a painting by the author.

44. Hall, Rodney.

Black Bagatelles.

St.Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1978. 8°. 85 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. Hauser, Otto [Maeterlinck, Maurice u.a.]

Die belgische Lyrik von 1880-1900. Eine Studie und Übersetzungen von Otto Hauser.

Großenhain, Baumert & Ronge, 1902. 8°. 152, (2) Seiten. Original Hardcover. Originaler Jugendstileinband mit vergoldetem Vorderdeckelemblem. Außergewöhnlich guter Zustand dieser äußerst seltenen Anthologie.

46. Higham, Charles.

The Voyage to Brindisi and other Poems 1966-1969.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1970. 8°. 75 pages. Original cloth with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

47. Hostovsky, Egon / Teige, Karel.

Ukryt (The Hideout).

Praze / Prague, Melantrich, 1946. Octavo. 130 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Karel Teige, in protective collector’s mylar. Original first czech edition of the novel translated as “The Hideout”. The work, which owes something to Graham Greene, was first published in the United States in the previous year. Original wrappers detached – Typography designed by Karel Teige. Bookblock cleanly detached / Text darkened, but a very good copy. Inscribed / Signed by Hostovsky in New York.

48. 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.

49. Janta, Aleksander.

Linia Podzialu. Wstep napsial Artur Marya Swinarski.

Londyn, Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy, 1963. 8°. 40 pages. Softcover in protective Mylar. One corner bumped. Very good+ condition. No. 423 of the limited edition. Inscribed / Signed by Aleksander Janta to Rennie Silver.

50. Kayser, Rudolf / [Ilse Löwenthal-Einstein Kayser / Zohn, Harry / Eva Urgiss-Kayser / Walter ?]

Ilse – Ein Requiem – Signed and inscribed by Rudolf Kayser: “Für Walter zur Erinnerung an uns beide ! – Rudolf Kayser” – [From the library and collection of Harry Zohn with TLS loosely inserted: Typed Letter – signed by Eva Urgiss and addressed to Harry Zohn in New York, 1967. The amazing letter refers to Harry Zohn having alerted her to have found this book in the Rare Book Catalogue of Rare Book Dealer Rosenthal (possibly Bernard & Ruth Rosenthal) and Eva Urgiss is outraged about the fact that this very personal, only privately printed publication, which was only handed out to very few close friends, would have been sold to a rare book dealer and this rare bookdealer having the audacity to offer the book for sale. Eva Urgiss continues to speculate that she knows only of three Walter’s who could have been the recipients and she will investigate. She expresses how happy she is that Harry Zohn has purchased the book.]

[Holland], Privatdruck, 1936. Duodecimo (11 cm x 15 cm). 56 pages. Original Hardcover,professionally restored with new endpapers. Excellent condition in protective Mylar. Beautifully signed and inscribed. Unbelievably rare exile-publication.