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 !