1. Conner, Daniel / [Daniel Conner Library (Connerville / Manch House / Bandon)].

On offer here is a large 18th / 19th century Country House Library from an Irish Country-House-Estate. 200 important and meaningful publications (comprising roughly 500 Volumes), from the stunning 18th & 19th century Irish Country House – Library of Daniel Conner – Alumni of Magdalen College / Oxford University. Daniel Conner and his extended family and relations, resided at Manch House, Dunmanway, West Cork (19th century) as well as in Connerville, Bandon (18th century). [To see each title in this Library photographed and described comprehensively – Please go to our website-section: “Libraries & Collections”]. Inanna Rare Books offers here the professionally documented, c. 200 titles in roughly 500 Volumes, many of them professionally restored and rebound to style by british and german bookbinders. The building and rebuilding of the Conner library is ongoing. Many of the important titles are already listed and photographed in detail on our website (www.inannararebooks.com). This is an unusual possibility to acquire a meaningful, historical Library with publications not only on General History, Classical Literature and Philosophy of Greece and Rome but also Landmark Publications in Philosophy, Economics, Religion, Travel, Irish and English History, Americana, Irish & British History and Constitutional Relations, Legal History and Law Publications of Ireland and England, Poetry and Literature of Women in Literature of 18th and 19th century England, Ireland and Continental Europe. The Conner Library reflects the 18th century enlightenment as well as the 19th century fashion of solitary education in a Country House Library on topics like Literature and Art, History and Travel etc. etc.

200 Titles in c. 500 Volumes. Manch / Bandon, c.1750 – 1880. Octavo. Original Hardcover Volumes or original wrappers. The overall condition of these books is very good or even better, mainly restored and professionally repaired, with some Volumes still at the bookbindery and in process of repair and restoration. The Library will be delivered per International Courier UPS.

2. [Kames] Henry Home, Lord Kames.

Elements of Criticism.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes [complete]. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, 1762. Small Octavo (11.2 cm wide x 17.8 cm high). Volume I: VIII, 390 pages / Volume II: 387 pages plus 29 pages of an Index plus 4 pages of Advertising for 18th-century Irish printer and Bookseller, Sarah Cotter: “Books Publish’d by Sarah Cotter in Skinner-Row”. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Name of preowner John Morrison on titlepages [possibly the 18th century – Architect John Morrison from Midleton, with a connection to Castlemartyr]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare, even scarce irish edition of this important publication of the Scottish Aesthetic Movement: “In the popular book Elements of Criticism (1762) Home interrogated the notion of fixed or arbitrary rules of literary composition, and endeavoured to establish a new theory based on the principles of human nature. The late eighteenth-century tradition of sentimental writing was associated with his notion that “the genuine rules of criticism are all of them derived from the human heart.” Neil Rhodes has argued that Lord Kames played a significant role in the development of English as an academic discipline in the Scottish Universities” (Wikipedia).

3. Baschin, Otto.

Bibliotheca Geographica [Ten Volumes covering the Years 1900 – 1910, being Volumes V (1900) – XV (1910)] – Provenance: From the famous Alpine Club in their stunning Buckram-Bindings with “Alpine-Club-Signet”. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft fuer Erdkunde zu Berlin.

Multi-Language-Edition (each publication listed in their original language). [10 Volumes bound in 8 Volumes]. Berlin, Kühl, 1900-1910. Octavo. c.4000 pages. Hardcover / Original Library-Bindings of the Alpine-Club in London with gilt lettering and gilt signet to spines. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Withdrawn from the Alpine-Club Library. Extremely Rare Set, mainly unopened pages !

4. Jones, Stephen.

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a brief account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons and remarkable characters in every age and nation.

Fourth edition (corrected). London, Robinson / Longman and Rees / Wallis, 1802. 8.5 x 13.5cm. Unpaginated. Hardcover / Contemporary, full morocco with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on board edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Very minor signs of wear to spine and corners, otherwise excellent condition. Binding solid and text clear and bright. Previous owner’s name on title page: “Susan Courteney, died 10 June 1808”.

5. Morgan, Charles.

The House of Macmillan (1843-1943).

London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. 13 cm x 19 cm. XII, 247 pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Signed and inscribed by David and Harold Macmillan to David Roy.

6. [Gross, Anthony] Mary and Peter Gross (Editors).

Anthony Gross – Edited and with an Introduction by Mary and Peter Gross. With Texts by Sebastian Carter, David Curtis, Richard Morphet, Graham Reynolds, Angela Weight. [Richard Morphet: The Paintings / Graham Reynolds: The Prints / Angela Weight – The War Years / Sebastian Carter: The Book Illustrations / David Curtis: The Animated Films / Works in Public Collections – With a thorough Bibliography of “Books Illustrated by Anthony Gross” / “Book Covers and Jackets Illustrated by Anthony Gross” / “Published and Unpublished Writings of Anthony Gross” / “Secondary Works”].

Aldershot, Scolar Press / Ashgate Publishing Co., 1992. Quarto (22.3 cm wide x 27.2 cm high). Frontispiece – Portrait of Anthony Gross, 143 pages with XXXII Colour-Plates and 81 Black-and-White-Illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

7. Medical Illustration in Dermatology – Goldschmid, Edgar / [Georges Sarton].

Entwicklung und Bibliographie der Pathologisch-Anatomischen Abbildung. [Mit Autograph: TLS – Mit einem zweiseitigen Brief an Dr.Krieg in Wien, der von Goldschmid den Entwurf eines Nekrologs zu Georges Sarton erhofft hatte und diesen in Form dieses Briefs bekommt (von Goldschmid voll signiert) / Typed Letter (two pages, signed) by Edgar Goldschmid; the letter being a draft of an obituary on Georges Sarton (in german)].

Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. Quarto (25 cm x 31 cm). 301 Seiten text plus 44 fantastisch-farbige Tafeln in Lichtdruck mit den original-bedruckten Schutzfolien / 301 pages plus 44 fantastic colour-plates with their original tissue-guards. Originales Ganzleinen des Hiersemann-Verlags / Original publisher’s cloth. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Offensichtlich Handexemplar von Dr.Krieg (Wien) mit Anmerkungen in Bleistift auf dem Vorsatz (″Bei G[oldschmid] zufragen”) und gelegentlich im Text mit Korrekturen und Anmerkungen neben den von Goldschmid verfassten Bibliographien, moeglicherweise fuer eine nie erschienene zweite Auflage. / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely important landmark-publication in medicine, focusing on the importance of colour-illustration in dermatological diagnostics. This being the personal copy of Dr.Krieg (Vienna), with some annotations in pencil, reflecting questions and additional suggestions to some of the bibliographical entries, possibly for a second edition of the work.

8. [Gross, Anthony].

The Very Rich Hours of Le Boulvé. [No.22 of only 120 copies, signed and numbered by Anthony Gross] Written and Illustrated with twenty-six (26) etchings and engravings on copper by Anthony Gross. With a Foreword by David Garnett.

[London], The Rampant Lion Press, 1980. Folio (26 cm wide x 33.4 cm high). Etched double-page title, 110 (1) pages. With 26 full-page-Etchings with original tissue-guards in place. Hardcover / Original tan morocco-backed cloth in original slipcase. Gilt lettering on spine. Excellent, Fine condition / As New with only minor signs of wear.

9. Hansard, Luke.

The Auto-Biography of Luke Hansard. Printer to the Houe 1752-1828. Edited with an Introduction by Robin Meyers.

London, Printing Historical Society, 1991. 16 cm x 25 cm. 95 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Middleton, Bernard C.

Recollections. A life in bookbinding. With a Foreword by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe.

First Edition. New Castle / London, Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2000. 18.5 cm (wide) x 26.2 cm (high). XII, 126 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.