1. Ovid.

Die erotischen Dichtungen. Deutsche Gesamtausgabe. Neu übertragen von Viktor von Marnitz. Mit Einführung von Karl Büchner.

Stuttgart, Alfred Kröner, 1958. Small-8°. XXIII, 324 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen. [Kröners Taschenbücher 263]

2. Smith, Charlotte.

Desmond – A Novel in Two Volumes.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, W. McKenzie, H.Colbert, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1792. Small-Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). VII, 276, 306 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

3. [Palme, Olof]

Fataburen – Nordiska Museets och Skansens Arsbok [signed and inscribed by former swedish prime minister Olof Palme to english theatre director Peter Ashmore: “To Peter – A Great Englishman and a true friend of Sweden – Your friend Olof Palme”].

1973. Octavo. 206 pages with several photographs. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. [Moore, John] / [Anonymous: “By the Author of Zeluco”].

Edward. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken From Life and Manners, Chiefly in England.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, W.Watson and Son, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1797. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 331, 376 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

5. 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.

6. Original Earl 20th century German Expressionism in Original Woodcuts – Mann, Thomas.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

München, Phantasus-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. [4], 58, [3] Seiten. Mit elf (11) ganzseitigen Original-Bleischnitten und vier (4) kolorierten Bleischnitt-Initialen von Otto Nückel. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Einband minimal fleckig. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

7. 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.

8. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Dve prazske povidky. [Zwei Prager Geschichten] Preklad Jan Löwenbach.

Erste tschechische Ausgabe. Praha / Prague, Nakladem J. Otty V Praze, 1908. Small Octavo. 123 Seiten. Hier liegen beide Einbandvarianten dieser seltenen Rilke – Erstausgabe vor. Original Hardcover und die Ausgabe in illustrierter Broschur. Beide Ausgaben in Mylar. First Czech translation of the “Zwei Prager Geschichten.” / Erste tschechische Ausgabe von Rilke’s “Zwei Prager Geschichten” / Das Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt der Hardcover-Ausgabe etwas angeraendert. / Very fresh rather stunning binding of the Hardcover-edition ! Very good+, with some fraying to the brittle endpaper and titlepage. / Both binding-variations of this very rare Rilke publication / Signed by a preowner (not Rilke) on the cover of the softcover-edition.

9. Paz, Octavio.

Poemas (1935 – 1975) [Spanish Edition].

First edition / Primera edicion. Barcelona, Caracas, Mexico, Editorial Seix Barral , S.A, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 719 pages. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. There is a small library plate in the top right corner of the front free endpaper.

10. Zilahy, Lajos

Two Prisoners.

New York, Giniger, 1968. 8°. 468 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Inscribed by Lajos Zilahy on titlepage: “To Judd and Jane Pollock with warmest regards – Lajos Zilahy”. [Great Novels and Memoirs of World War I – Volume 4]

11. [Thompson, Francis] Brégy, Katherine Marie Cornelia.

The Poets’ Chantry – [with essays on Francis Thompson, Coventry Patmore, Aubrey de Vere, William Habington, Robert Southwell, Richard Crashaw, Alice Meynell].

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd., [1912]. Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait of Francis Thompson, [viii], 182 pages with portraits. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The upper spine slightly damaged.

12. [Thompson, Francis] Agnes de la Gorce.

Francis Thompson. Translated from the French by H.F. Kynaston-Snell.

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1933. Octavo. Frontispiece – portrait of Francis Thompson, 184 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth) without dustjacket. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

13. Smorkaloff, Pamela Maria.

If I Could Write This in Fire – An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean. Edited by Pamela Maria Smorkaloff.

New York, The New Press, 1994. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. X, 374 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Book design by Acme Art, Inc. Jacket design by Brian Boyce. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Sinclair, Upton.

Depression Island.

First Edition. Pasadena, Published by the Author, 1935. 8°. 124 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with black lettering on spine and cover. Fine condition of this novel on the american Depression. Rare, but in this condition rather scarce.

15. Shapcott, Thomas W.

Selected Poems.

St.Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1978. 8°. 123 pages. Original Softcover. Very good + condition.

16. Lind, Jakov.

Travels to the Enu.

New York, St. Martin’s, 1982. Octavo. 125 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this brief satirical novel, Lind’s first novel to be composed in English. A fine copy in dust jacket. This copy signed and inscribed by Lind to American novelist Harold Brodkey.

17. Lind, Jakov.

The Trip to Jerusalem.

New York, Harper & Row, 1973. 8°. 64 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition. Fine. Signed / Inscribed by Lind.

18. Lind, Jakov.

Numbers.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. Octavo. 172 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First British edition of the second part of his autobiography. Inscribed / signed by Jakov Lind.

19. Le Clézio, Jean Marie Gustave.

The Book of Flights – An Adventure Story. (Translation of Le Livre des Fuites) Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

New York, Atheneum, 1972. 8°. 319 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in very good plus (rather better) condition. Rare FIRST American Edition. The jacket with few flaws but complete. The volume itself only with very few signs of use (a little bit of foxing to the edge). Slightly crooked but overall a wonderful collectible.

20. Kizaki, Satoko.

The Phoenix Tree and other stories. Translated by Carol A. Flath.

First Edition. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1990. 15 x 22 cm. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. [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 !

26. 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]

27. 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.

28. 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 !

29. 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).

30. 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 !

31. 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.

32. 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].

33. 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.

34. Yeats, W.B.

Drømmerier over barneår og ungdom. [First Danish Edition of “Reveries over Childhood and Youth”]. Oversat af Valdemar Rørdam.

København/Kristiania, Haase/Cammermeyer, 1924. Octavo. 180 pages. Original softcover / Publisher’s printed wrappers. The very fragile wrappers in unusually, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of former owner William Borberg on titlepage. Rare !

35. White, Patrick.

Riders in the Chariot. A Novel.

First British Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. 20.6cm x 13.8cm. 552 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition. The dustjacket illustration is taken from a painting by Sydney Nolan.

36. [Viereck, Peter] Setterlind, Bo.

Bo Setterlinds Dikter. I Urval Och Med Kommentarer. Teckningar Av Lars Wellton.

Stockholm, Bonniers Folkbibliotek, 1957. 19cm x 12cm. 119 (7) pages. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Bo Setterlind to american writer Peter Viereck: “Peter Viereck – Cordially – […] Setterlind – Stockholm, April 28, 1963”.

37. Shakespeare, William.

Collection of 9 interesting publications of literary criticism and history regarding William Shakespeare. The collection includes: 1. Brents Stirling – The Shakespeare Sonnet Order (1968) / 2. Katharine Cooke – A.C.Bradley and his influence in Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism (1972) / 3. Nichol Smith – Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Second Edition (1963) / 4. Walter Whiter – A Specimen of a commentary on Shakespeare – Being the text of the first (1794) edition revised by the author and never previously published. edited by Alan Over – Completed by Mary Bell (1967) / 5. Kenneth Muir – Shakespeare – The Comedies. A Collection of critical Essays. Edited by Kenneth Muir. Englewood Cliffs, 1965 / 6. Peter Quennell – Shakespeare the poet and his background (1963) / 7. S.C.Sen Gupta – Shakespeare’s Historical Plays (1964) / 8. Anne Righter – Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (1964) / 9. Bertrand Evans – Shakespeare’s Tragic Practice (Clarendon Press, 1979)//

Berkeley / Los Angeles and others, University of California Press (and other publishing houses), c. 1968 – 1975 8°. c. 2000 pages. All volumes in hardcover. All titles are former library copies with ugly red markings on edges and bindings. Inside very good. More images upon request.

38. Porter, Jane.

Flatha na h-Alban. – [Gaelic translation of “The Scottish Chiefs” [William Wallace]]. Domhnall Ó Grianna, translator.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Diolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, [1937]. Octavo. 546 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by VP (Victor Penney). 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. Nexö, Martin Andersen / Hartmann, Jacob Wittmer (translator).

Days in the Sun.

New York, Coward -McCann, 1929. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 297 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. [Jacket Design signed T.L.] Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to dustjacket. Interior bright and clean.

40. Murphy, James.

In aimsir Emmet. [In Emmet’s Days]. Colm Ó Gaora d’aistrigh ó‘n mBéarla.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1937. Large Octavo. 332 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 !

41. Mérimée, Prosper / Ó Cadhlaigh, Cormac.

Colomba. Prosper Mérimée do scríobh san bhfrainncis. Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh do chuir i ngaedhilg.

[Baile Atha Cliath], C.S. Ó Fallamhain, teo., i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1929. Octavo. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The rare dustjacket with a larger tear to lower front cover and in general some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

42. Mason, A.E.W. / Lang, Andrew.

An Minirtir O Ceallaigh (Parson Kelly).

Forbairt na Gaeilge by Niall O Domhnaill. Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1937. Octavo. 455 pages. Original Hardcover / original publisher’s orange cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior like new. Very Rare !

43. Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) / Ó Gríobhtha, Mícheál.

‘Sa Villa Róse. A.E.W. Mason do chéadscríobh ; Mícheál Ó Gríobhtha do chuir i nGaedhilg.

[Baile Átha Cliath], Ó Fallamhain i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1929. Octavo. 292 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 only some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

44. Marryat, Frederick.

Paisti na Nua-Fhoraoise – Children of the New Forest [Gaelic Edition]. Proinnsias O’Brogain d’aistrigh go Gaedhilg.

Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig diolta foillseachain rialtais, 1933. Octavo. 445 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 !

45. Malraux, André.

La Lutte avec L’Ange. / Les Noyers de l’Altenburg. Roman.

Édition Originale. Suisse, Éditions du Haut-Pays, 1943. 22 x 14 cm. 240 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire. Couverture un peu défraichie protégée avec jaquette protective en plastique transparente. Intérieur très propre. Exemplaire numéroté 277 tiré de 1436 sur volumineux vergé bouffant. / First edition of Malraux’s “The Walnut Trees of Altenberg” – the first volume of a projected cycle that was never continued. The first and last chapters, set in a German detention camp, which frame the story, are printed in red. Of a total edition of 1465 copies, No. 277 of 1436 on ordinary paper. Very good to near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers.

46. Kuryluk, Ewa.

Century 21 [First edition, with a manuscript postcard from Ewa Kuryluk to Brad Morrow, editor of Conjunctions, laid-in. Signed by Ewa Kuryluk].

Normal, IL, Dalkey Archive Press, 1992. Large Octavo. 340 pages with 24 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

47. Keightley, S. R. / [Keightley, Sir Samuel Robert (1859–1949)].

Lucht pící a’s sleagh – The Pikemen. Séamus Ó Ceallaigh do chuir Gaedhilg air.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 382 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by M.A.Keane. 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 !

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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 !