201. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery / Lane, John Henry H.V.

19th century original british Passport for “Mr.John Henry H. V. Lane (British Subject) travelling on the continent”, signed in July of 1886 by later prime minister Archibald Philip, Earl of Roseberry, then Foreign Secretary under Gladstone during his brief third ministry.

London, Given at the Foreign Office, 1886. 27.7 cm x 38.2 cm. 1 sheet. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Fantastic and important document of british foreign office history.

202. Malaya / Japanese Occupation / Johore.

Stamp Collection: Vintage Booklet with 64 carefuly mounted, tipped-in stamps from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Johore.

Malaya, 1941 – 1942. Small Octavo. 7 pages of a special booklet (with 19 pages) filled with the rare occupation stamps during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All stamps mint ! The booklet with a manuscript note: “Collected by C. Hoskyns at Singapore in Oct. ‘45 (25th Inf. Div.)”.

203. [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.

204. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar [Nassereddin Shah Qajar, the King of Persia].

Two vintage photographs of the visit of the Shah to England in 1873. The Two photographs show: 1. Forerunners of Shah crossing Artillery Square” and 2. The Shah crossing Artillery Square”.

London / England, Artillery Square, 1873. 21.5 cm x 16 cm. 2 photograph sheets. Original Softcover. Both photographs frayed but in overall good condition. condition with only minor signs of external wear. Two extremely scarce and early photographs of a state visit under Queen Victoria.

205. Rider Haggard, H.

She – A History of Adventure.

Eighth Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Octavo. Double Frontispiece, [3], 317, 16 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor signs of foxing only. The last 16 pages of the book are an advertising catalogue for the publisher. Name of preowner on titlepage, “J.Brady, ‘88”.

206. Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Portrait Plaque of Caesar – DIVI IULI.

[Italy], c.1920. 43 cm x52 cm. Oval shaped Plaque. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

207. [Berkeley, Busby] Pike, Bob / Martin, Dave.

The Genius of Busby Berkeley [Buzz Berkeley].

[Reseda, California], CFS Books [a division of the creative film society], 1973. Folio. 194 pages with numerous photographs. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

208. [Berkeley, Busby] Thomas, Tony / Terry, Jim.

The Busby Berkeley Book. Foreword by Ruby Keeler.

Greenwich, Conn., New York Graphic Society, 1973. Folio. 192 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

209. Kessler, H.G. (Heinz Gerhard)

Food engineering and dairy technology.

Freising, A. Kessler, 1981. 25cm. XVII, 619 pages with diagrams and illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket slightly torn. Extremely rare, groundbreaking and important publication ! The definitive work on the subject !

210. British Electrical Development Association.

Electric motors and controls.

London, British Electrical Development Association, [1954]. 23 x 15 cm. 279 pages with numerous photographic plates, diagrams. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Electricity and productivity series. No.1].

211. British Electrical Development Association.

Process Integration and Instrumentation.

London, British Electrical Development Association, [1959]. 23 x 15 cm. 203 pages with numerous photographic plates, diagrams. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Electricity and productivity series. No.8].

212. Woodward, George Ratcliffe.

The Cowley Carol Book – For Christmas, Easter and Ascension-Tide.

Revised and enlarged edition. Oxford, A. R. Mowbray & Co, 1908. Large Octavo. 85 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper with diagonal fold. Wonderful and rare publication on special paper.

213. Brennan, Helen.

The Story of Irish Dance.

Dingle, Brandon, 2004. 22cm. 188 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

214. Carbery, Mary.

The Farm by Lough Gur – The Story of Mary Fogarty (Sissy O’Brien). With an Introduction by Shane Leslie and Decorations by Elizabeth Corsellis.

New Impression of the First Edition. London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co., 1942. Large Octavo. XIX, 282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

215. [Carbery, Mary] Kartoffel, Baron von.

The Germans in Cork – Being the Letters of His Excellency “The Baron von Kartoffel” (Military Governor of Cork in the Year 1918) and others.

First and only Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1918. Small Octavo. 112 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, the spine intact. Extremely rare publication written by Mary Carbery under the pseudonym “Baron von Kartoffel (Potatoe)”. An extraordinary spoof, long undetected as Mary Carbery’s invention and proven by a mention in an advertisement of her works in another of her books (The Farm by Lough Gur).

216. Eucalyptus – Turnbull, J.W. / Eldridge, K.G./Orme, R.K./ Walduck, T.G. / Potts, B.M. / Griffin, A.R. / Paton, D.M. / Harwood, C.E. / Destremau, D.X. and many others.

Colloque International sur les Eucalyptus Résistants au froid [International Conference on Eucalyptus Resistance to cold / frost]. [Includes for example: The natural environment of eucalyptus as the basis for selecting frost resistant species, Natural variation in Eucalyptus gunnii Hook F., Eucalyptus from Tasmania’s cold country, Physiology of frost resistance in eucalyptus etc. etc. etc. 26-30 septembre 1983 Bordeaux-France.

Nangis, 1983. 8°. 652 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

217. Drum, Brian.

The Yank Outsider – A Comedy in one Act.

First Edition. Dublin, James Duffy, 1970. Small Octavo. 39 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Wrappers slightly rough and stained. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

218. [Wadding, Luke] Flanagan, Rev. Urban.

Luke Wadding – An address delivered at University College Cork on 27th October, 1957.

Cork, University Press, 1957. Small Octavo. 19 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

219. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Krieger, Murray.

The Tragic Vision – Variations on a theme in literary interpretation.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. 22 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author Murray Krieger on the endpaper to sociologist Kurt Wolff and his wife Carla: “To Carla and Kurt – who have now learned that the existentialists are wrong – that what is dreadful may not, after all, be free – Affectionately, Murray”. With some annotations by Wolff.

220. Kramer, Peter D.

Listening to Prozac. A psychiatrist explores antidepressant drugs and the remaking of the self.

New York, Viking, 1993. 23 cm. XIX, 409 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

221. Twohig, Patrick J.

Green Tears for Hecuba: Ireland’s Fight for Freedom [Black & Tan War in Ireland].

Dublin, Gaelic Press Ltd., 1979. Octavo. 63 pages. With Illustrations. Original Softcover. Small stains on pages 36 and 37, otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

222. Grillparzer, Franz.

König Ottokar s Glück und Ende. Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen.

Erste Ausgabe. Wien, Wallishausser, 1825. Oktav. 190 Seiten. Originale Titelbroschur. Vordere Broschur sauber geloest. Kanten des Buchblocks stark mit Eselsohren. Vereinzelt fleckig. Zustand ist im Preis beruecksichtigt.

223. Dale, Alan.

Wanted: a Cook. Domestic dialogues.

First Edition. London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1905. Octavo. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Poor condition of the binding. The rear board detached. Spine damaged. Name and date diagonally through title. Presentation copy Inscribed on the halftitle: “With Alan Dale’s compliments”

224. Kherdian, David.

Six San Francisco Poets. [Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Gary Snyder / Philip Whalen / David Meltzer / Michael McClure / Brother Antoninus].

Fresno, Giligia Press, [1969]. 25 cm. 61 pages. With Illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by David Kherdian to Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard in Fresno in 1969.

225. [Däubler, Theodor]

Festalmanach Universitäts Ball 1928.

[Berlin], Fischer, 1928. Klein Oktav. 64 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen plus im Anhang: “Programm zum Universitätsball 1928 am 14.Februar in den Gesamtraeumen des Kroll-Etablissements”. Original Softcover. Schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe dieses sehr seltenen Almanachs mit Beitraegen und Illustrationen bedeutender Autoren der Weimarer Republik. Vordere Broschur und Buchblock sehr gut erhalten. Hintere Broschur lose mit stark angeraendertem und geloesetn Programm zum Ball. Alle Illustrationen in sehr guter Erhaltung. Beiliegende: Zwei originale Eintrittskarten zum Universitaetsball (Herrenkarte und Damenkarte) / Ausserdem beiliegend zwei originale Eintrittskarten zur Staatsoper am Platz der Republik in Berlin am selben Tag.

226. Corkery, Daniel.

The Philosophy of the Gaelic League.

First Edition. [Ireland], Conradh na Gaeilge Ath Cliath, [c.1943]. Small Octavo. 14 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to cover. Rare pamphlet !

227. Irish Book Bureau.

The Tri-Colour Song Book. [Including two pages with “Great 1916 Picture – showing the last stand of the heroes of Easter Week in the GPO just before evacuation with Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke and Joseph Plunkett].

Dublin, Irish Book Bureau, no year [c.1930]. Small Octavo. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Fragile with some minor damages only. Overall in good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

228. [Euripides] Lattimore, Richmond Alexander.

Iphigeneia in Tauris. Translated by Richmond Lattimore.

London, Oxford University Press, 1974. 25 cm. xiii, 88 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The endpaper slightly frayed. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of author Brian Scott-Mccarthy, with his name-stamp to endpaper. (The Greek tragedy in new translations.).

229. Stokes, William.

Ueber die Heilung der innern Krankheiten von dem Standpunkte der neuesten Erfahrung am Krankenbette. Vorlesungen, gehalten an der medizinischen Schule (Park-Street) zu Dublin von William Stokes M.D. Zweite, genau durchgesehene, verbesserte Auflage und vermehrt durch 1) mehrere interessante Abhandlungen von W. Stokes und 2) einige, praktisch sehr wichtige Vorlesungen von Dr. L. Graves in Dublin. Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr.Friedrich J. Behrend.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1839. 8°. VIII, 370 Seiten. Moderner Halbleinenband mit vergoldetem Rückentitel. Sehr gut erhaltenes, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar. Mit Kleinem Stempelchen verso dem Reihentitel. Gering stockfleckig. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzueglichsten und beruehmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes ueber Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshuelfe, bearbeitet und redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J.Behrend. Band II der Reihe].

230. Wandbrough, William Dyson.

The Portable Steam Engine: Its Construction and Management. A Practical Manual for owners and users of Steam Engines Generally.

First Edition. London, Crosby, Lockwood and Co., 1887. Small Octavo. Folded Frontispiece Illustration, XVI, 166 pages plus 7, 48, 15 pages of advertising. With 90 Illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor repair to the folded plate. Otherwise with very minor foxing only. Binding fully intact and firm. Rare !

231. Major, J.R. [Head Master of King’s College School].

A Latin Grammar.

Fourth Edition. London, B.Fellowes, 1838. Small Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover / Full leather. Binding in poor condition. Rear endpaper missing. Front endpaper with tear. Drawings by a child to endpaper and pastedowns. A rare book !! Name of preowner (″Daniel Conner – 1839”) written on front board in ink. [Daniel Conner from Manch House, Bandon].

232. [Jugendstil / Art Nouveau] Mathildenhöhe Hessisches Landesmuseum Kunsthalle.

Ein Dokument deutscher Kunst – Darmstadt. 1901-1976. Katalog der Ausstellung im Hessischen Landesmuseum Mathildenhöhe vom 22. Oktober 1976 bis 30. Januar 1977.

5 Baende (vollstaendig). Darmstadt, Roether, 1976. Quarto. XVI, 78, 207, 192, 232, 226 Seiten mit hunderten von Abbildungen, auch in Farbe. Originales Softcover. Neuwertig erhalten ! Wichtige Quelle zur Geschichte des Jugendstils und seine Anwendung in Buchkunst, Architektur und Design in Darmstadt und seiner Kuenstlerkolonie / Excellent, close to new condition. Important docuemnt for art nouveau movement, book art etc.

233. Ernst, Max.

“Das innere Gesicht” – Ausstellung Max Ernst – Die Sammlung de Menil / “Inside the Sight” – An Exhibition of Max Ernst Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Menil Family Collection – Circulated by the Institute for the Arts, Rice University.

Frankfurt / Houston (Texas), Frankfurter Kunstverein / Rice University, 1970. Quarto. 163 Seiten mit Illustrationen. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

234. Nakamura, Tamotsu.

Kunmin seion no sekai : ronbun senshu.

Sendai, Soei Shuppan, 1995. Octavo. 459 pages. Original Hardcover in slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

235. Xingjian, Gao.

L’Encre et la Lumière. [Ink and Light]

Limited Edition [One of only 222 copies, signed and numbered]. Voix, Jeanne Hyvrard, 1998. Duodecimo. 40 unnumbered pages with illustrations and poetry. Includes also the very fragile, folded illustration on fine, extra-thin paper. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication of the exiled nobel laureate from China.

236. McCormick, Michael.

Origins of the European Economy – Communications and Commerce A.D. 300-900.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 26 cm. xxviii, 1101 pages with illustrations, maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Name of preowner on endpaper. Few minor entries to rear endpaper. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and this edition more valuable because its dustjacket is in the protective Mylar that allows handling without losing the value of the expensive Volume.

237. Andersen, Hans Christian.

H.C.Andersen’s Drawings from Italy – With Texts from the Improvisatore.

Odense, Hans Christian Andersens Hus, no year [c.1980]. Small Octavo. 11 (of 12) postcards with drawings from Italy. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

238. Herbert, A.P.

Let there be Liberty. [A Speech delivered at Bath]

London, MacMillan and Co., 1940. Small Octavo. 32 pages. Original Softcover / Publisher’s Wrappers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight signs of foxing only. [MacMillan War Pamphlets – No.I].

239. Musaeus, Johann Karl August.

Legenden von Rübezahl, und andere Volksmärchen der Deutschen [Enthaelt: Fünf Rübezahl- Legenden, Die Nymphe des Brunnens, Rolands Knappen].

22. und. 23. Tausend. Koeln am Rhein, Hermann Schaffstein, ohne Jahr [c.1927]. 8”. 150 Seiten mit 4 Illustrationen nach Aquarellen. Originaler Halbleinenband mit dem sehr seltenen Originalschutzumschlag (Umschlag in Brodart). Aussergewoehnlich gut erhaltene Originalausgabe mit dem Schutzumschlag. Der Umschlag hat dafuer gesorgt, dass die Bindung nahezu neuwertig erhalten blieb. Kleinere Stockfleckchen am Schnitt. Kleiner Papierfehler im Bug der Publikation (nur auf den ersten 4 Seiten). Vorbesitzer hat in den 20er Jahren im vorderen Einbanddeckel und auf dem Vorsatzblatt ein Weihnachts-Preisraetsel eingeklebt !! [Schaffsteins Jugend- u. Volksbücher, 9].

240. Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis.

La Cité antique.

Paris/Paris, Albatros/Valmonde, 1982. 24 cm. 387 pages. Reliure originale / Softcover. Bon etat / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

241. Ewers, John K.

The Western Gateway – A History of Fremantle.

Second, Revised Edition. Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1971. Large Octavo. XXIII, 262 pages with many plates / illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation – copy, inscribed by the Mayor and City Manager of Fremantle as well as a former Grand Master of Western Australia and Grand Sire of Australasia.

242. Allsopp, Bruce / Clark, Ursula.

Historic Architecture of Northumberland.

Stocksfield, Oriel Press, 1969. Large Octavo. 96 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

243. Bolton, G. Douglas.

Yorkshire Revealed. With 68 photographs by the author.

Edinburgh / London, Oliver and Boyd, 1955. Large Octavo. XVI, 260 pages with illustrations and a folded map. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

244. Canetti, Elias.

Party in the Blitz – The English Years. Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann ; with an introduction by Jeremy Adler.

London, Harvill Press, 2005. 23 cm. 266 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover. Some very minor underlinings in pencil. Corners slightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

245. Brecht, Bertolt.

Die Stuecke von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band.

Sechste Auflage. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1987. Gross-Oktav. 1003 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. / Hardcover-Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in spezieller Brodart – Sammlerhuelle. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand.

246. [Glengarriff].

Glengarriff – Sacred Heart Church 1902-2002 – A centenary celebration.

Glengarriff, Leinster Reader, 2002. Octavo. 160 pages plus several photographic illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

247. [Hamsun, Knut] Hansen, Thorkild.

Processen mod Hamsun. [Signed by Thorkild Hansen]

3 Volumes (complete set). Denmark, Gyldendal, 1978. Large Octavo. 375, 157, 305 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. The complete set in the original slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the slipcase. Signed by Thorkild Hansen on the endpaper of the first Volume. The rare first edition of this groundbreaking biography of Norway’s most famous writer.

248. Cow & Gate.

Motherhood – A Guide for Mothers.

Fifth Edition. Guildford, Cow & Gate House, 1938. Octavo. 270 pages with many illustrations and advertising [″Every Child whose portrait appears in this book was fed on Cow & Gate”]. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

249. Michalczyk, John J.

The French Literary Filmmakers.

Philadelphia, Art Alliance Press, 1980. 25 cm. xiii, 187 pages. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover 9without dustjacket). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

250. Wetzstein, Hedda / Wolfinger, Margaret.

Aufruhr im Staedtchen – Eines Riesen Spaziergang. Märchen von Hedda Wetzstein / Bilder von Margaret Wolfinger.

Erste Ausgabe. Muenchen / Essllingen am Neckar, Verlag J.F. Schreiber, ohne Jahr [c.1936]. Quarto. 20 unnumerierte Seiten mit zahlreichen, wundervollen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover / Die originale Bindung in spezuillem Sammler-Umschlag von Brodart. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

251. Baetzmann, F.

Norge. Uddrag af ældre og nyere forfatteres skrifter.

First Edition / Original Edition. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1880. Large Octavo. V, 606, [2] pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth binding with gilt lettering and ornament. Binding stronger rubbed and bumped. Endpaper missing. Otherwise very good. RARE !!

252. Liberace.

LIBERACE – An autobiography.

First Edition. London and New York, W.H.Allen, 1973. Octavo. XII, 312 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original (price-clipped) dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare in this condition !

253. [Sinn Fein] O’Hegarty, P.S.

The Victory of Sinn Fein – How it won it and how it used it.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1924. Octavo. VIII, 218 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Modern Ireland in the Making]

254. [Emmet] Bodkin, M.McD.

True Man and Traitor or The Rising of Emmet.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1921. Small Octavo. VII, 315 pages. Original Hardcover with illustration and ornament to cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Paper fragile as usual with this publication. But this copy intact and without any damage to the bookblock !

255. Mitchell Henry, Robert.

The Evolution of Sinn Fein.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1920. Octavo. 284 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The author was the brother of irish artist Paul Henry. He was a friend of Countess Markievicz, Arthur Griffith and Douglas Hyde].

256. de Blacam, Hugh [Canon Sheehan / Daniel Corkery].

Gentle Ireland – An Account of a Christian Culture in History and Modern Life.

Second Printing of the First Edition. Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1935. Octavo. XI,181, [2] pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

257. Henley, Pauline.

Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland, 1928. Octavo. Frontispiece-Fold-Out-Map of Ireland, 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Pauline Henley on the endpaper: “With every good wish to a devoted lover of Ireland, Mlle. Etiennette Beuque. Pauline Henley – July 21st, 1928”. In his book: A ‘Manly Study’?: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949, N. Smith writes that Pauline Henley had previously corresponded with Etienne Beuque in the same year when Mlle. Beuque, a french writer on contemporary irish history, had asked her about Terence MacSwiney. This book must have travelled with her response to France. Excellent association copy !

258. Byrne, Donn.

Ireland – The Rock whence I was Heaven. Foreword by the Right Hon. T.P.O’Connor.

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1929. Octavo. Frontispiece Map of Ireland, 104 pages plus several historical photographs of Irelandand a section with advertising to the rear. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed on endpaper: “A Small Souvenir – In remembrance of your visit to Park Villas from G. McMahon”.

259. Griffin, Gerald.

The Collegians or The Colleen Bawn – A Tale of Garryowen.

London and Felling-on-Tyne, The Walter Scott Publishing Co., no year (c.1890). Octavo. Frontispiece, VII, 369 pages. Original publisher’s cloth / Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Late 19th century edition of this irish classic. [The Evergreen Library]

260. [Davitt, Michael] Cashman, D.B.

The Life of Michael Davitt – Founder of the National Land League – To which is added: “The Secret History of the Land League” by Michael Davitt.

Cameron & Ferguson Edition. London, R. & T. Washbourne, no year (c. 1920). Octavo. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

261. Gibbons, Floyd.

The Red Napoleon.

First Edition. New York, Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929. Octavo. 475 pages with several battle diagrams in the text as well as a fold-out plate opposite page 464 with a diagram of the decisive battle in the Caribbean. Original Hardcover (organge publisher’s cloth). Binding slightly stained but firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

262. Morgan, John.

Conservation of plastics. An introduction to their history, manufacture, deterioration, identification and care.

London, Plastics Historical Society, 1991. 23 cm. 55 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

263. Ryan-Smolin, Wanda.

King’s Inns portraits. Wanda Ryan-Smolin ; photography by John Kellett.

Dublin, [Council of King’s Inns], [1992]. 26cm. ix, 88 pages with numerous illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is a floor plan for the locations of the paintings during an exhibition.

264. Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany).

Plays of God and Men – The Tents of the Arabs / The Laughter of the Gods / The Queen’s Enemies / A Night at an Inn.

First Putnam Edition. New York / London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1923. Octavo. 207, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

265. Carbery, Mary / Grey, Edwin.

Hertfordshire Heritage – Ourselves and our Words.

First Edition. London, John Green & Co., 1948. Small Octavo. 158 pages. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

266. Kant, Immanuel.

A very important Bibliography of books by and about Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) including: I. Individual works by Kant / II. Collections, Selections, Letters and Collected Works editions by Kant / III. Biographies, Bibliographies and related Material / IV. Critical works on Kant / V. Portraits of Kant and Addenda. Bound copy of a bibliography and title-page catalogue of a private collection, compiled by a leading antiquarian bookshop in the 1990’s / (Unique xeroxed copy of a singular collection of important Kant publications).

Germany, c.1995. Quarto. Listing 406 titles on approximately 200 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition. The copies of titlepages of all original editions of Kant that are m,entioned in this bibliography are included in this volume.

267. Somerville-Large, Peter.

Irish Eccentrics – A Selection.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Octavo. VIII, 286 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

268. Hannon, Patrick.

Church, State, Morality and Law.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1992. 22 cm. 159 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping: “How should a Catholic Vote ?”

269. Murray, Patrick.

Oracles of God – The Roman Catholic Church and Irish politics, 1922-37.

Dublin, University College Dublin Press, 2000. 24 cm. [xi], 493 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping with a review of the book.

270. Inglis, Tom:

Moral monopoly – The rise and fall of the Catholic Church in modern Ireland.

Second edition. Dublin, University College Dublin Press, 1998. 24 cm. vii, 312 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, with several remarkable newspaper-clippings related to irish politics, constitution and History.

271. Meigs, Samantha A.:

Tradition and confessionalism, 1400-1690.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1997. 23 cm. XI, 209 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A fantastic, exceptional publication on this topic. [Early modern history series].

272. MacBride, Seán; Amnesty International. Irish Section; Association of Irish Jurists; Prisoners’ Rights Organization (Ireland):

Crime and punishment. [The Irish Penal System Commission Report / Police Custody: The Barra O Briain Report / Fr.Austin Flannery O.P. on the Death Penalty / Kevin White on the O Briain Report]. Edited by Seán Mac Bride.

Dublin, Ireland, Ward River Press in association with Amnesty International Irish Section, the Association of the Irish Jurists, the Prisoners Rights Organisation, 1982. 18 cm. 184 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Paperfacts ; 2].

273. Ireland.

The accession of Ireland to the European Communities. Laid by the Government before each House of the Oireachtas.

Dublin, Stationery Office, 1972. 21 cm. vi, 214 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Former library copy (discarded).

274. Keogh, Dermot.

Irish democracy and the Right to Freedom of Information [Including an essay by Fintan O’Toole: Questions and answers: Secrecy in Dáil Éireann (including a newspaper-clipping with an article by Fintan O’Toole on the topic of secrecy in the Dáil)].

Cork, UCC, 1995. Octavo. 161 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Ireland – A Journal of History and Society – Volume I, Number 1].

275. Bowers, Fergal.

The Work – An investigation into the history of Opus Dei and how it operates in Ireland today.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1989. 20 cm. iii, 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

276. Inglis, Tom.

Moral monopoly – The Catholic Church in modern Irish society.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1987. 22 cm. [xi], 251 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, including a newspaper-clipping related to the topic. Name of preowner on endpaper.

277. [O’Reilly, John Boyle] Kenneally, Ian.

From the earth, a cry – The story of John Boyle O’Reilly.

Cork, Collins Press, 2011. 22 cm. VI, 374 pages. With 16 pages of plates. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print. Very Rare now !

278. Simpson, Charles.

Animal and Bird Painting. The Outlook and Technique of the Artist. Illustrated by the Author and with reproductions of famous paintings.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1939. 14.5cm x 22cm. VII, 136 pages with 80 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some stronger signs of wear to the binding.

279. Fanning, Tim.

The Fethard-On-Sea Boycott.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. 234 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most remarkable newspaper-clippings related to this sectarian episode of irish history.

280. O’Reilly, Emily.

Masterminds of the Right.

Dublin, Attic Press, [1992]. 22cm. 160 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

281. Walsh, Pat.

The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2009. 20 cm. 223 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

282. Leslie, Shane.

The Irish Tangle for English Readers.

First Edition. London, MacDonald & Co., [1946]. Octavo. 254 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

283. Carstairs, Andrew McLaren.

A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe.

London, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 23 cm. 236 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket torn but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

284. Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the future – Why was Ireland so poor for so long ?

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2005. 20 cm. xii, 340 pages. Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

285. The Workers’ Party of Ireland.

Patterns of Betrayal – The Flight from Socialism / Papers and Viewpoints which set out “The Struggle for the Workers’ Party”.

Ireland, 1992. Octavo. 84 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

286. Gallagher, Michael.

The referendum Experience in Europe [including a newspaper-clipping: “Do Referenda have the vote of the people ?” by Theresa Reidy] Edited by Michael Gallagher and Pier Vincenzo Uleri.

Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996. 23cm. IX,263 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man.

287. Doolan, Brian.

Principles of Irish law.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1991. 24 cm. xxxiv,478 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

288. Ó Cinnéide, Barra.

The Case for Irish Enterprise.

Dublin, Enterprise Publications, 1986. Octavo. XVIII, 190 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

289. Barrington, T. J.

The Irish Administrative System.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. Octavo. X, 242 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

290. Clifford, Brendan.

Fianna Fáil, ‘The Irish Press’ and the decline of the Free State.

Millstreet, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2007. 21 cm. 172 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare !

291. [Reagan, Ronald] Houses of the Oireachtas.

Address by Ronald Reagan – President of the United States of America – Monday, 4 June 1984 [Joint Sitting of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Eireann on the Occasion of the Address by Ronald Reagan].

Dublin, 1984. Octavo. 22 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

292. Walsh, Dick.

Inside Fianna Fáil.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1986. 21cm (pbk). 161 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, including an important newspaper-clippings “Fianna Fail needs direction – any direction” by Charlie McCreevy. Name of preowner on endpaper.

293. Mouzelis, Nicos P.

Organisation and Bureaucracy. An analysis of modern theories.

New edition. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. 23 cm. xxxiv, 234 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man and with a stamp (discarded) from the Institute of Public Administration at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Name of preowner on endpaper. International library of sociology.

294. Cadogan, Tim (ed.).

Cork County Council 1899-1999. [With a chapter on Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa and the Cork County Council Clerkship]. A Centenary Souvenir.

Cork, Cork County Council, 1999. 17 x 24,5 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition.

295. Keogh, Dermot.

Ireland and the Vatican – The politics and diplomacy of church-state relations, 1922-1960.

Cork, Ireland, Cork University Press, 1995. 25 cm. xxvi, 410 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Very rare !

296. Larkin, Emmet J.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Fall of Parnell 1888-1891.

Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1979. 24cm. xxi,316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

297. Mullan, Don:

Speaking truth to power – The Dónal de Róiste affair. [With an interesting newspaper-clipping on the murder of pacifist Sheehy-Skeffington by Dara Redmond] With the assistance of Barry Whyte. Foreword by Jane Winter.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Currach Press, 2006. 22 cm. 368 pages. With 16 pages of plates with portraits and facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

298. Clump, Cyril C.

A catholic’s guide to social and political action.

Second Edition. Oxford, Catholic Social Guild, 1957. 8’. 128 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Rare !

299. Dunn, John.

Democracy: the unfinished journey, 508 BC to AD 1993.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993. 24 cm. xii,290 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

300. [Wolfe, Jasper] Ungoed-Thomas, Jasper.

Jasper Wolfe of Skibbereen.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. Octavo. XIV, 286 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition besides a minor tear to the rear jacket.