3801. Howe, Irving.

The Critical Point, On Literature And Culture.

New York, Horizon Press, 1973. 24cm x 16cm. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3802. Whitehead, Alfred North.

Symbolism – Its Meaning and Effect / Barbour-Page Lectures – University of Virginia 1927. [First Edition: 1927 / Reissued 1958 / This edition here: “Reset Line-for-Line and republished in 1985].

New York, Fordham University Press, 1985. Octavo. VIII, 88 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of german philosopher, Manfred Walther, with his ownership-stamp to endpaper. A very clean version of this book.

3803. Evans-Freke, John [Lord Carbery] / Castle Freke [Rathbarry] / Castlefreke Library Bookplate.

Collection of Books and Art with a relation to Castle Freke. Some of the books being from the historical library of Castle Freke with the original Exlibris / Bookplate / Some of the books from the libraries and private collections of relatives to the Freke Family / Some of the books by famous writer Mary Carbery, wife of Algernon [″Algy”] William George Evans-Freke, 9th Baron Carbery of Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland, until his death in 1898. At least one book with direct connections to “Algy” Evans-Freke and Mary Carbery.

Ireland, 1811 – c. 1950 Octavo. Hardcover Editions. Find detailed descriptions and many photographs on all these titles on our website under “Library & Collections” [Castle Freke Collection”].

3804. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire].

The Two Duchesses – Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Presentation Copy of “The Two Duchesses” with Autograph / Manuscript – Letter by Vere Foster to his niece, Emily Albinia “Alba” Foster. With a stunning, unpublished, two-page manuscript letter, revealing several important details about the immediately favorable reviews and reception of the book “Two Duchesses” [″in the Daily Telegraph”] and Vere Foster’s disdain about some criticism from one J.Donohue [which led to an alteration in the second edition of the book]. Vere Foster is also expecting a review to appear in the “Athenaeum” but reports: “the Athenaeum has nothing yet”. Vere Foster apologizes to his niece for the delay in sending the book and explains that he had left 12 “parcels” with Blackie’s agent and gave instructions to send them, but a few days later found they had been “untouched”. One of the most important finds of Vere Foster – Material in recent years with no sign of similar material on offer in the past years on the international market.

3805. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Landscape Painting for Beginners. Two Volumes (complete set): [Volume I: First Stage – Teaching the Use of One Colour – Ten Facsimiles of Original Studies in Sepia by J.Callow and Numerous Illustrations in Pencil with Full Instructions in Easy Language. / Second Stage – Teaching the Use of Seven Colours – Twenty Facsimiles of Original Drawings by J.Callow and Many Illustrations in Pencil. With Full Instructions in Easy Language].

London / Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1890). Octavo (19 cm x 24 cm). Volume I: 40 pages with tipped in plates. / Volume II: 76 pages with tipped-in plates plus 4 pages of a Bookseller-Catalogue by Blackie & Son, to the rear of the Volume, listing all of Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Books, Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books etc. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with colourful illustrations to the front covers. Unusuall excellent condition (see images).

3806. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Copy Books: Lettering Plain and Ornamental.

London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1870). Oblong – Octavo (21 cm x 17 cm). 24 pages with typographical Alphabets in Italic, Roman, Egyptian, Engrossing, Old English, German [Fraktur], Old English Ornamented, German Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic [also Gaelic, “Gaeilge”], Children’s Alphabet, etc. Softcover. Some fraying to wrapper. A little dusty but overall very good.

3807. [Foster, Vere / Sir Augustus Foster] Beauvoisins, Joseph Eugène.

Notice sur la cour du Grand Seigneur, son Sérail, son Harem, la Famille de Sang Impérial, sa Maison militaire, et ses Ministres [Personal copy of irish educationalist and philanthropist, Vere Foster, a gift from his father, Sir Augustus Foster, possibly only inscribed in a secretarial hand, on the titlepage].

Seconde édition. Paris, Chez Gabriel Warée, Libraire, quai Voltaire, 1807. Octavo (13 cm x 19,5 cm). 110 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with original spine-label and ornament to spine. Binding rubbed and bumped. Old stamp “de la Calmette” on titlepage. The inscription reads: “Vere Henry Foster from Sir A.F. – London, 1845”.

3808. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vintage 19th Century Vere Foster Pen Nib-Box – “The Vere Foster Finest Quality Steel Pens – The Best Pen for Schools – Medium Points”.

England, The Educational Co., Ltd. no year (c. 1880). 6 cm x 4 cm x 2,4 cm. Softcover. Overall very good with a minor dent to top.

3809. [Foster, Vere] Colgan, Brendan.

Vere Foster – English Gentleman, Irish Champion 1819 – 1900.

Belfast, Fountain Publishing, 2001. Octavo (17 cm x 21 cm). XV, 125 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

3810. [Foster, Vere] McNeill, Mary.

Vere Foster 1819-1900 – An Irish Benefactor.

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. Octavo (14,5 cm x 21,5 cm). 259 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

3811. [Wolff, Kurt] Sorokin, Pitirim.

Fads and Foibles in Modern Sociology.

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1956. Large Octavo. 357 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards, lacking dust jacket. Dust jacket material has been pasted to the inside of the front cover. First English edition. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his ownership signature to the front blank.

3812. [Wolff, Kurt] Sharp, Gene.

Making Europe Unconquerable: The Potential of Civilian-based Deterrence and Defense. Foreword by George F. Kennan.

Cambridge, Ballinger Publishing Company, 1985. Octavo. 190 pages. Original Softcover. Near fine copy in publisher’s printed wrappers. Inscribed by Sharp on the half title page: “To Kurt & Carla, Love. Gene. 30, January, 1987.”.

3813. [Wolff, Kurt] Slater, Philip.

Microcosm: Structural, Psychological and Religious Evolution in Groups.

New York, John Wiley, 1966. Octavo. 266 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Prof. Wolff on the front free endpaper: “To Kurt with warm regards, Phil.”.

3814. [Wolff, Kurt] Levin, David Michael.

Reason and Evidence in Husserl’s Phenomenology.

Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1970. Octavo. 232 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, with is name on endpaper.

3815. [Wolff, Kurt] [Merton, Robert K. / Kellner, Hansfried / Berger, Peter L.].

Sociology Reinterpeted – An Essay on Method and Vocation [Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy of his and Peter Berger’s own publication but including a Xerox of a personal letter of praise for the book, with xeroxed signature by Robert K. Merton, “founding father of modern sociology”, directed at Loretta A. Barrett from Doubleday].

Garden City, New York, Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1981. Octavo. 183 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition. From the library of Hansfried Kellner, injected into the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, by Inanna Rare Books, together with Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy (with annotations) of Kurt Heinrich Wolff’s book “Sociology of Georg Simmel”).

3816. [Wolff, Kurt] / [Kellner, Hansfried].

The Sociology of Georg Simmel. [Personal, annotated copy of german sociologist Hansfried Kellner]. Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Kurt H.Wolff.

Glencoe (Illinois), The Free Press, 1950. Octavo. LXIV, 445 pages. Hardcover / Former library copy. Slightly stained, with some very interesting annotations and highlightings by german sociologist Hansfried Kellner, who not only owned Kurt Wolff’s publication but applied some interesting markings and highlightings within the text. From the library of Hansfried Kellner, injected into the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, by Inanna Rare Books, together with Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy (with annotations) of Peter L. Berger’s and Hansfried Kellner’s book “Sociology Reinterpreted”.

3817. [John Minihan Collection] – Beaton, Cecil.

Time Exposure. With Commentary and Captions by Peter Quennell.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1941. 22.5cm x 17cm. VIII, 136 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

3818. Uris, Leon.

Exodus. Illustrated by Harlan M. Karkovitz.

Signed Limited Edition. Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1977. 16 cm x 25,5 cm. 720 Pages. Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament. Gilt edges. Beautifully singed by Leon Uris. Small smudge to the fore-edge of the book. Otherwise in excellent condition. Enclosed is a little pamphlet: “Note from the Editors”.

3819. De Lamartine, Alphonse.

Storia della Rivoluzione Francese dell’anno 1848. Tradotta in volgare italiano da Luigi Toccagni.

First Edition. Three volumes / Tre volumi (complete set). Milano, Per Borroni e Scotti, 1849. 12 cm x 18 cm. Volume 1: Antiporta, 257 pagine. Volume 2: Antiporta, 221 pagine. Volume 3: Antiporta, 217 pagine. Brossurato, legatura editoriale coeva verde, autore e titolo impressi sul dorso. Sulla copertina del primo volume sono impressi titolo, autore e un ritratto di Adolfo Thiers. L’antiporta del primo volume abbiamo il ritratto di A. De Lamartine. Sulla copertina del secondo volume sono impressi titolo, autore e un ritratto di Guizot. Sull’antiporta del secondo volume abbiamo il ritratto di Luigi Filippo D’Orleans. Sulla copertina del terzo volume e’ impresso titolo e autore senza alcuna immagine. Sull’antiporta del terzo volume abbiamo il ritratto di Eugenio Cavaignac. Condizioni accettabili, il libro presenta segni di usura dati dal tempo. La struttura e’ fragile ma maneggevole .

3820. Watts-Dunton, Theodore.

Aylwin. With two appendices, one containing a note on the character of D’Arcy; The other a key to the story reprinted from notes and queries.

Edinburgh, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1914. 10 cm x 15,5 cm. Frontispiece, XXIII, 510 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to board. [The World’s Classic]

3821. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan.

The Maracot Deep. With an Introduction by John Dickson Carr.

New York, Modern Promotions / Unisystems Inc., No Date (c.1965). 11 cm x 18,5 cm. 156 pages. Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3822. O’Driscoll, Dennis.

Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams. Selected Prose Writings.

Oldcastle, County Meath, The Gallery Press, 2001. 14.5cm x 22cm. 360 pages. Hardcover/ Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor tear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

3823. Van Someren, Vernon D.

A Bird Watcher In Kenya.

First Edition. Edinburgh/London, Oliver and Boyd, 1958. 16cm x 23cm. XVI, 270 pages. With 32 full-page illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor wear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition. Private gift inscription and a nametag of the previous owner on the front free endpaper.

3824. King, Alexander.

May This House Be Safe From Tigers.

First Edition. Kingswood, Surrey, The Windmill Press Ltd., 1960. 15cm x 22cm. VIII, 374 pages. 23 illustrations by the author. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjucket in protective Mylar. Foxing to the edges. Minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket and a ball pen mark on the front of the DJ. Otherwise in very good condition. Especially the rare dustjacket in excellent condition !

3825. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Kenner, Hugh.

A Reader’s Guide to Samuel Beckett.

Second Impression of First Syracuse University Press Edition. Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, 2000. 14cm x 20,5cm. 208 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

3826. Wells III, Stuart W.

The Science Fiction and Heroic Fantasy Author Index.

Duluth, Minnesota, Purple Unicorn Books, 1978. 15cm x 22,5cm. XXI, 186 pages. Original Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. First Edition. No. 39 of 300 copies of a limited edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author and the designer on the limitation page.

3827. Briggs, Katharine Mary.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas. Illustrated throughout with Lino Cuts, Hand Set in Cloister Type, and Printed by Winifred Briggs.

Dunkeld, Perthshire, Capricornus, No Printed Date [1952]. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 23 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. No. 2 of a signed limited edition of only 247 copies. Additionally, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3828. Celtic Society, Kingship and Customary Law – Dillon, Myles.

Celts & Aryans. / Survivals of Indo-European Speech and Society.

First Edition. Calcutta, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1975. 15 cm x 21,5 cm. XXIII, 153 pages [24] plates. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Private gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to the dustjacket. Extremely Rare !

3829. Alpha of the Plough, [that is Alfred George Gardiner].

Leaves In The Wind. With illustrations by Clive Gardiner.

First Edition. London / Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1918. 12 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 270 pages, 85 illustrations. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Private gift inscription on half-title. Spine faded, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Illustrated front and rear endpaper.

3830. Sánchez Alonso, B.

Fuentes de la Historia Española e Hispanoamericana. Ensayo De Bibliografía Sistemática De Impresos y Manuscritos Que Ilustran La Historia Política De España y Sus Antiguas Provincias De Ultramar.

Madrid, Publicaciones de la Revista de Filología Española, 1952. 15 cm x 20,5 cm. 678, 508, 736 págos. Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 3 tomos (complete). Tercera Edicion. Corregida y Puesta al Dia. Includes “Lineas Omitidas”. Very good condition.

3831. Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe / François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois.

Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee d’un Avertissement, d’un Discours preliminaire, d’un Critique, avec des Notes, & de la Retractation de l’Auteur. [Ensemble avec: Lettre ¡a Madame la Comtesse D***. Pour servir de Supplément à l’amusement Philosophique sure le langage des Bétes. [par François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois]

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, [1750]. 10,5 cm x 17,5 cm. XLVI, 134 pages, (50) pages, [4] pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover – Original full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The volume is now in protective Mylar. Minor wear. Spine slighty starting. Otherwise in excellent and firm condition.

3832. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

Escape On Venus. Wanderers on a world of weird people and uncanny kingdoms.

New York, Ace Books Inc., [c.1969]. 10,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 254 pages. Original illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All page edges orange. Cover art and title page illustration by Roy Krenkel Jr. [Venus Series]

3833. Thorp, Thomas.

Catalogue Of Old Books On The Topography, Archaeology, Genealogy And Heraldry Of Great Britian And Ireland. Cat. No. 415.

Guildford, Thomas Thorp, 1931. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. 163 pages. Original Softcover. Cover with crease. Ball- pen mark on the front cover, otherwise in very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3834. Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.

Catalogue Of Children’s Books Drawings And Juvenilia. No. 6 of 1977/78. (including the list of estimates). / The Property of J.R.Bailey / A. Bancroft / Mrs. R. Woodhead / Mrs. J.Hancock / Commander P.L.Johns.

London, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1977. 15,5 cm x 24,5 cm. 138 pages, [16] plates. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3835. De Bourdeille, Messire Pierre.

Memoires De Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantome, Contenans Les Vies de Dames Galantes de fon temps.

Volume I et II en un volume. Amsterdam, Chez Jean de la Tourterelle, M.DC.LXXXIX [1689]. 8,5 cm x 14 cm. 358 pages, 408 pages. Hardcover / Original vellum. A tear to bottom of spine, some foxing to page edges, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookplate to pastedown.

3836. De Ségur, Vicomte J. A.

Les Femmes – Leur Condition et Leur Influence dans L’Ordre Social chez différents peuples anciens et modernes [Avec un chapitre “Les Grecs”]. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée de l’influence des Femmes sous l’Empire, et de notes historiques, par M. Ch. N***.

Edition originale. Paris, Raymond Libraire, 1820. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 474 pages/ 445 pages avec 2 gravures originale. Relié demi-cuir. Excellent condition !! Tome 1 et 2 (complet). Nouvelle Édition. Paris, 1820. 2 gravures. Bel exemplaire. Couverture et tranches de couverture un peu frottées. Intérieur bon état malgré quelques rousseurs éparses. Titre, Auteur et tomaison en dorés sur dos en cuir marron orné de fleurons. Exlibris Franco Crainz.

3837. La Varende, Jean de.

La Dernière Fête.

Paris, Flammarion, 1953. 13,5 cm x 19 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Half leather binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed by Jean de la Varende on half title / Avec dedicace de l’auteur: “Pour Gerard Argenton, amicalmend – La Varende”. No. 14 / 20 exemplaires sur papier fil d’Arches. Exlibris / Bookplate of Baron de Mélogue. Top edge gilt. Excellent condition !

3838. [Emerson, George Waldo] Brydges, Sir S. Egerton.

Censura Literaria. Containing Titles, Abstracts and Opinions of Old English Books. With Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities. With the articles classed in chronological order under their separate heads.

Second Edition. 7 of 10 volumes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10. (Incomplete). London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. 16 cm x 24 cm. Vol. 1: VIII, LXIII, 432 pages. / Vol. 2: VIII, 450 pages. / Vol. 3: VII, 434 pages. / Vol. 4: VII, 435 pages. / Vol. 6: VIII, 416 pages. / Vol. 8: VIII, 411 pages. / Vol. 10: VIII, 580 pages. Original Hardcover. Volume 1 has dampstaining on boards, front board detached. Volume 8 has small dampstain on front board. All volumes with stronger rubbing, fading on boards, otherwise good condition with content intact.

3839. Keller, Gottfried.

Der grüne Heinrich. Roman von Gottfried Keller. Nach der ersten Fallung von 1854-55. In vier Bänden.

Stuttgart / Berlin, J.G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1913. 16 cm x 21 cm. 4 Bände – 179, 206, 163, 222 Seiten. Hardcover / Blindgepraegtes Ganzleder mit Buchschmuck nach F. W. Kleukens / Kopfgoldschnitt. Nr. 540 von 1250 Exemplaren einer limitierten Ausgabe auf van Geldern-Bütten. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen, äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren (minimal berieben und bestossen). Die Ausgabe in dieser Erhaltung selten.

3840. Wilson, H. W. [and Hammerton, J. A.].

The Great War – Volume I: Opening Moves / Volume II: Digging In / Volume III: Deadlock / Volume IV: Carnage / Volume V: Continuing Struggle / Volume VI: Victory At Last. The Illustrated History of the First World War.

Reprinted 1999 from the 1914 & 1915 editions. 6 Volumes (Complete). Croatia, Trident Press International, 1999. 25,5 cm x 33 cm. Pagination: 452 pages; 448 pages; 560 pages; 560 pages; 624 pages; 596 pages. Hardcover / Original black cloth binding with original illustrated, unclipped dustjackets in protective Mylar. Slight foxing, staining to top and fore-edges, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Silver lettering and ornament to spine and front board.

3841. [Hughes, T.Jones] Smyth, William J. / Whelan Kevin.

Common Ground – Essays on the Historical Geography of Ireland: presented to T. Jones Hughes.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1988. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 332 pages, [36] figures, [13] plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Pencil underlining on pages XIV and XV, otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3842. Hayward, Richard.

Munster and the City of Cork. With pencil drawings by Raymond Piper.

London, Pheonix House, 1964. 18 cm x 26 cm. XIV, 354 pages, 120 half-tone illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Price-clipped dustjacket. Otherwise in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private gift-inscription (not by author).

3843. Disraeli, Benjamin.

Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance. With an Introduction by Philip Guedalla.

Volume four of twelve (Incomplete). London, Peter Davies, 1927. 16 cm x 23,5 cm. XI, 364 pages. Hardcover / Original black cloth with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Blind stamp on front cover with gilt ornaments and lettering on spine. Exlibris / Bookplate of Peter Tiarks Ede on front pastedown. Chipping to dustjacket, otherwise in good condition with some signs of external wear. The Bradenham Edition.

3844. Davies, Martin.

Prisoners of Society: Attitudes and after-care.

London / Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm. XII, 204 pages, (14) pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3845. Stoker, Bram.

The Mystery of the Sea.

Chichester, Chichester Institute of Higher Education, 1998. 13 cm x 20 cm. XIV, 300 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3846. Hughes, Ted.

The Dreamfighter, and Other Creation Tales.

Volume three (of three). London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1995. 12,5 cm x 20 cm. 150 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Creation Tales.

3847. Camões, Luís Vaz de.

The Lusíads. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Landeg White.

Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. XXVIII, 258 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3848. [Stuttgart] Koegler, Horst.

Stuttgart Ballet. Text by Horst Koegler. Photographs by Leslie E. Spatt.

Bilingual Edition (German and English). London, Dance Books Ltd, 1978. 27.5cm x 29cm. 126 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

3849. Bi-centennial Committee, Ratheniska.

Ratheniska. Our Place and People 1800-2000. Various Aspects of our Community: Spiritual, Social, Educational, Recreational, Occupational. Drawings for cover by Ellen Morrin, Loughteague.

Ratheniska, Bi-centennial Committee, 2000. 15 x 21 cm. 238 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3850. Rafroidi, Patrick et al (eds.).

Etudes Irlandaises. No. XII-2 Nouvelle Series. Decembre 1987.

Marquillies, L’Aide des Relations Culturelles D’Irlande, 1987. 16 x 24 cm. 314 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3851. Demps, Laurenz.

Der Schlesische Bahnhof in Berlin. Ein Kapitel preussischer Eisenbahngeschichte. Mit zahlreichen Bildern und Photographien.

Erste Auflage. Berlin, Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991. 25 x 28 cm. 288 Seiten. Original Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

3852. Benders, Raymond J./ Oettermann, Stephan (Hrsg.).

Friedrich Nietzsche – Chronik in Bildern und Texten.

Erste Auflage. München, Deutscher Taschebuchverlag, 2000. 21 x 28 cm. 855 Seiten. Original Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Stiftung Weimarer Klassik bei Hanser]

3853. Sotheby’s.

Fine Americana. Including Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, Stoneware and Redware, Silver, Gold and Portrait Miniatures.

First Edition. New York, Sotheby’s, 1991. 21,5 x 27 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 150 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3854. Litchfield, Frederick.

Illustrated History of Furniture. [With Chapters on Japanese Furniture and Early Machine-Made Furniture as well as an Appendix with Names of Furniture-Artists and Furniture Manufacturers]. From the Earliest to the Present Time. With numerous illustrations.

Third Edition. London, Truslove & Hanson, 1893. 21 x 29 cm. XX, 280 pages with many illustrations throughout the text. Original Hardcover. Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear (Upper spine with minor damage). From the library of furniture-historian Claudia Kinmonth. The free front endpaper is detached and loosely inserted.

3855. Gill, Brendan.

Here at The New Yorker.

New York, Random House, 1975. 17 x 24 cm. 406 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket (the dustjacket in special Brodart – Cover). Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3856. Spottiswoode, Raymond.

A Grammar of the Film. An Analysis of Film Technique.

Second Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1955. 14 x 21 cm. 326 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Rare publication.

3857. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Simply Hell let Loose. Stories of Australians at War.

First Edition. Sydney, ABC Books, 2002. 18 x 24,5 cm. IX,234 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3858. Faber, Doris/ Faber, Harold.

The Birth of a Nation. The Early Years of the United States.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scibner’s Sons, 1989. 15 x 22 cm. VIII,197 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3859. Wedgwood, C.V.

Velvet Studies.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. 14 x 21 cm. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Linen. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3860. Kainbacher, Paul.

Die Erforschung Afrikas. Die Afrika-Literatur über Geographie und Reisen 1500 – 1945 ; Eine Bibliographie von A – Z.

Baden, Trostgasse 11-13/Haus 7, P. Kainbacher, 2002. 4°. 471 Seiten. Hardcover. 3., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, 2002. Neuwertig. Leinen.

3861. O’Shea, Brendan (ed.).

In the Service of Peace. Memoirs of Lebanon. From the Pages of An Cosantoir.

First Edition. Dublin, Mercier Press, 2001. 14 x 21,5 cm. 224 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3862. Guiney, David.

The Friendly Olympics.

First Edition. Dublin, PR Books, 1982. 12x 18 cm. 215 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3863. Suters, Everett T.

The Unnatural Act of Management.

First Edition. Atlanta, Curry Publishing. 1989. 16 x 24 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3864. Galbraith, Evan G.

Ambassador in Paris. The Reagan Years.

Introduction by William F. Buckley, Jr. Washington D.C., Regnery Gateway, 1987. 16x 24 cm. XV,160 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.

3865. Kearney, Richard.

Poetics of Imaging. From Husserl to Lyotard.

First Edition. London, Harper Collins, 1991. 15 x 22 cm. XIII, 234 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. [Problems of Modern European Thought]

3866. [English History Collection] – Ruddick, James.

Lord Lucan. What Really Happened.

First Edition. London, Headline Book Publishing, 1994. 15,5 x 23,5 cm. IX, 214 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3867. Andersson, Ingvar/ Weibull, Jörgen.

Swedish History in Brief.

Third, revised edition. Stockholm, The Swedish Institute, 1985. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3868. Taylor, John.

Circus of Ambition. The Culture of Wealth and Power in the Eighties.

New York, Warner Books, 1989. 16 x 23,5 cm. X, 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

3869. Runze, Marianne (aus Berlin).

Lebenshaltungen unehelicher Mütter. Dargestellt an ihrer Beziehung zum Kind.

Berlin, 1937. 8°. 62 Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Stempel.

3870. [Shakespeare, William] Estok, Simon C.

Ecocriticsm and Shakespeare – Reading Ecophobia.

First Edition. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. X, 182 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. [Literatures, Cultures and the Environment].

3871. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Aubert, L.M.B.

Anton Martin Schweigaards Barndom og Ungdom, 1808-1835: Breve og Erindringer. [Letters in norwegian (″Trine″and german (″Til Pastor Koeppen”). With an Appendix with 10 chapters / Med Bilag – Including explanatory sections on Schweigaard’s earliest publications, like for example: “De la Philosophie Allemande”, Schweigaards Examination ved den juridiske Embedsexamens mudtlige Prove – 21de December 1831 / “Uddrag af Schweigaards Afhandling “De l’etat civil des femmes selon le droit de la Norvege et du Danemark” / etc.]. Udgivet af L.M.B.Aubert. Med Schweigaards Portraet og Tre Facsimiler [Breve].

Kristiania / [Christiania] / [Oslo], Mallings Boghandels Forlag, 1883. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait of Schweigaard by J.S. Welhaven & J.Nordhagen, XC, 222 pages plus two pages with three (3) facsimile – autograph – letters by Anton Schweigaard; including 2 Stamtavle with Genalogy of the Schweigaard – Family (from Lars Dahl (1625-1635) to Anton Martin Schweigaard). Softcover. Former library – copy from the “Historisches Seminar der Universitaet Kiel”. Portrait loosened. Name of preowner: Sigurd Gulbrandsen on endpaper.

3872. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Lund, Carl.

A.M.Schweigaard – Som Stortingspolitiker.

Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, 1958. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait of Schweigaard, 398 pages with Index. Softcover / Original publisher’s, decorative wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Former copy of Hans Lindgrund (?), with his name on endpaper.

3873. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Hertzberg, Ebbe.

Professor Schweigaard I Hans Offentlige Virksomhed (1832 – 1870). Af Ebbe Hertzberg.

Kristiania / [Christiania] / [Oslo], Forlagt af Alb. Cammermeyer, 1883. Octavo. 154, [2] pages. Hardcover / Absolutely beautiful and decorative Pre-Art-Nouveau-Binding with original label from “N.Titlestad Bogbinder in Toldbodgaden 27, Kristiania”. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Aage S. Blackstad, with his tiny ownership-stamp to endpaper.

3874. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / P.Gemzøe lith. / E.Bærentzen.

Portrait of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. 17 cm x 26 cm. 1 page portrait together with two pages of biographical information of Schweigaard by J.B.Halvorsen. Softcover. The rare, original, lithographic portrait in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. No foxing !

3875. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / Middelthun, Julius Olavus.

Original Photograph / Vintage Albumen Print from c. 1885 / 1890, of the recently erected Statue / Sculpture [Bronze] of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. The rare photograph shows the statue at its original location, with locals walking in front. The sculptor of Schweigaard’s Statue was nowegian sculptor and educator Julius Olavus Middelthun, who taught among others, Edvard Munch at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania (Tegneskolen i Kristiania). Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], [Middelthun], c.1885 – 1890. 8 cm x 5,7 cm. 1 Albumen Print, mounted on card and titled in manuscript hand: “Christiania – Université – Statue de Schweigaard”. Softcover. The rare, original photograph comes from a french travellers album and is in excellent condition.

3876. [Wheeler, R.E.M. / Piggott, Stuart / Childe, V. Gordon / Kramrisch, Stella / Cookson, M.B. / Ghosh, A. / Krishna Deva / Krishnaswamy, V.D. / Naqvi, S.A.A. / Agravala, V.S. / Chakravarti, N.P.].

ANCIENT INDIA – Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India – Number 2-5 (1946-1949).

5 volumes in 4. (Includes the double-number 1947-1948). Calcutta, The Baptist Mission Press, 1946-1949. Quarto (21,5 cm x 27,5 cm). Volume 2 (July 1946): 137 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 3 (January 1947): 150 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 4 (Double Number): 321 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 5: 113 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps. Original Softcover. Good condition with signs of wear only to the wrappers – Inside very good.

3877. O’Casey, Sean.

Three Volumes of Sean O’Casey’s famous Autobiography: I. I Knock at the Door – Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me (Rare Second Edition, Printed in the year of the First Edition, 1939) / III. Drums under the Windows (First Edition 1945) / VI. Sunset and Evening Star (First Edition, 1954).

Three Volumes (of Six). London, MacMillan & Co., 1939 – 1954. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Volume I (″I Knock at the Door”): includes a fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “Mrs.Susan Casside in a Gala Dress”, VII, 268, [3] pages / Volume III (″Drums under My Window”): includes a Frontispiece-Photograph of “The Rev.E.M.Griffin”, 339, [2] pages / Volume VI (″Sunset and Evening Star”: includes a very fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “The O’Casey’s” [Niall O’Casey, Breon O’Casey, Sean O’Casey, Shivawn [Shivaun] O’Casey, Eileen O’Casey], VII, 311, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. All three Volumes in their original state with the original dustjackets frayed but still very good. Volume I and III with two excellent Bookplates / Giftnote to dustjacket of Volume I; Giftnote to endpaper of Volume VI. Exlibris to pastedown “The Vernons” with artwork from artist H. Cutler” .

3878. [Building News].

The Building News and Engineering Journal – Six Volumes bound in Five – With c. 600 original, stunning Lithographs of Architectural Buildings and Designs [Volume XIV (which is the complete Year 1867, January to December, but erroneously says 1868 on spine) / Volume XXII and Volume XXIII (which is the complete Year 1872, January to December) PLUS: Three Volumes with hundreds of plates / illustrations for the years 1873, 1877 and 1878. Being the very rare Illustrations / Plates – Volumes only (no text) for 1873: Volume The Twenty-Fourth / Volume Twenty-Fifth and 1877: Volume The Thirty-Second / Volume The Thirty-Third and 1878: Volume The Thirty-Fourth and Volume The Thirty-Fifth.

London, Office for Publication and Advertisements, 1868 / 1872 / 1873 / 1877 / 1878. (23 cm x 32.5 cm). All Five Volumes together contain c. 600 stunning lithographs / plates of which c. 180 are large, double-page-plates. [c. 60 plates missing or defect.] Original Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Overall very firm and in very good condition of the five volumes with occasional pages missing or some illustrations torn (see detailed descriptions of pagination). The 1873 Volume excellent. The Volumes 1877 and 1878 with some stronger fraying and dampstain-damage to the corners (Illustrations NOT effected). The price for these 5 heavy Volumes includes international free UPS Express shipping.

3879. Riddell, Robert.

The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer. With fifty-eight plates and a Series of Card-Board Models.

London / Edinburgh / Glasgow, William Mackenzie, no year [c.1874]. Folio (28 cm x 35 cm). Frontispiece, 124 pages text and 58 plates [The Frontispiece counts as Plate 58]. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on board and reinforced, contemporary “workshop binding”. Good condition with signs of external wear. Inside a little dusty but firm and complete !!

3880. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire] / [Publisher Blackie & Son – Publishing House in Glasgow].

Publisher’s original “Private Library” – Correction-Copy of “The Two Duchesses”, for the “Second Edition”, with necessary alterations and wishes for changes marked by the corrector / publisher in pencil. Comparisons between pages allow to see the changes in effect if one compares the first and second edition. [A sensational find] / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. First Edition. With 17 illustrations.

London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (16 cm x 22,5 cm). XII, 497 pages with 16 full-page-illustrations and one small vignette, showing the Two Duchesses in cordial embrace. Hardcover / Original, green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and armorial supralibro to cover with the Motto of the “British chivalric Order of the Garter”: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” [″shame on anyone who thinks evil of it”]. Excellent, very clean binding. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Publisher’s Copy” with the publisher’s library sticker and bookplate to pastedown: “Blackie & Son Limited – Private Library – Case Kd – Shelf 5” – Exlibris of Blackie & Son below the library-sticker.

3881. [Joyce, James].

Collection of interesting and important publications by and on James Joyce. Including a portrait of Joyce, First editions and essential Textversions of his Masterpieces and literary criticism etc. etc. [Please enquire for access to excellent photographs and descriptions to each title, included in this collection]. The collection includes: 1. Ulysses [The Corrected Text]. The Corrected Text – Edited by Hans Walter Gabler with Wolfhard Steppe and Claus Melchior and with a New Preface by Richard Ellmann. Corrected Edition of the critical and synoptic edition from 1984. / 2. Ulysses [A Reader’s Edition]. Edited by Danis Rose. Completely revised edition. / 3. McHugh, Roland. Annotations to Finnegans Wake. / 4. The Restored Finnegans Wake. Edited and with a Preface and Afterword by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon. Note by Seamus Deane. / 5. Ellmann, Richard. James Joyce. New and Revised Edition [The First Revision of the 1959 Classic]. / 6. Ellmann, Richard. Selected Letters of James Joyce. / 7. Joyce, James. Chamber Music. / 8. Eco, Umberto. The Middle Ages of James Joyce – The Aesthetics of Chaosmos. Translated from the Italian by Ellen Esrock. / 9. Freund, Gisèle. Three Days with Joyce – Photographs by Gisèle Freund. Preface by Richard Ellmann. / 10. Bowker, Gordon. James Joyce – A Biography. / 11. James Joyce – Poems and Shorter Writings – Including ‘Epiphanies’, ‘Giacomo Joyce’ and ‘A Portrait of the Artist’. Edited by Richard Ellmann, A Walton Litz and John Whittier-Ferguson. / 12. [Joyce, James] Synge, John Millington. Riders to the Sea. La Cavalcata al Mare. Italian translation James Joyce and Nicolo Vidacovich. Introduction and Notes Dario Calimani. / 13. [Joyce, James] Krewani, Angela [Hrsg.]. Artefacts, artefictions. crossovers between contemporary literatures, media, arts and architectures = Artefakte, Artefiktionen ; for Christian W. Thomsen on the occasion of his 60th birthday [Including articles on Joyce: Kurt Otten – James Joyce and the Rise of Early Modernism in English Literature / Ralf Schnell – Beuys and Joyce]. Articles in english and german. / 14. Gilbert, Stuart. James Joyce’s Ulysses. A Study. / 15. [Joyce, James] Beach, Sylvia / Laughlin, James (Introduction). Shakespeare and Company. New Edition. Lincoln, 1991. / Joyce, James. Pomes Penyeach. London, Faber & Faber, 1952. / 16. Joyce, James. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies – A Fragment from Work in Progress. [The Initial Letter, Tail-Piece and Cover were specially designed by the author’s daughter, Miss Lucia Joyce]. No. 564 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. The Hague / New York, The Servire Press / Gotham Book Mart, 1934. /

London and other places, Penguin / Picador / Oxford University Press / etc., 1975 – 1997. Octavo. More than 2000 pages. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The price of the collection includes free international shipping per UPS Express.

3882. Aiken, Henry David / John Rawls / Donald Davidson / Rudolf Carnap / Roderick M. Chisholm / Nelson Goodman / Raphael Demos and others.

Collection of manuscript material, offprints, association-copies and books from the library and personal collection of Professor Henry David Aiken, American Philosopher, specialist on Analytic Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics and Education at the Universities of Columbia, Harvard, Michigan and Brandeis. The collection reflects Aiken’s deep connections to the important postwar-period of great thinkers at American Universities like Harvard and Brandeis. Aiken was friends with John Rawls, Raphael Demos, Daniel Bell, Arnold Kaufman, Stephen Toulmin, Israel Scheffler. Aiken’s “Beloved teacher” and mentor was Ralph Barton Perry (see his dedication in “Predicament of the University”). More importantly, Aiken was accepted as scholar and friend around important thinkers like Willard Van Orman Quine, Alfred North Whitehead, Robert Nozick and John Rawls. The collection includes first edition offprints from nearly all of these mentioned, including the rare first appearance of John Rawls’ “Justice as Fairness” in its original wrappers-issue from 1957 [See on our website images under “Libraries & Collections”]. The collection also includes materials previously inscribed and gifted to fellow philosophers in Aiken’s circle of friends, now reunited with this Archive. [Please enquire for access to excellent photographs and descriptions to each title, included in this collection]. The collection includes for example the Proof of Aiken’s publication “The Predicament of the University” [Working-Title: “The Future of the University”] – This title is of great interest alone, with Aiken’s annotations. Also included is the first edition of Aiken’s personal copy of his Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: “Hegel’s Philosophy of Fine Art – A Study with special reference to the Theory of Tragedy”. Among the collection are roughly 200 offprints, often with dedications and inscriptions to colleagues. [Each title is listed in detail, with images, on our website under “Libraries & Collections” (click on “Henry D. Aiken Collection”).

Harvard / Brandeis / Cambridge (Mass.) etc., c. 1935 – 1975. Octavo & Quarto. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3883. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Benjamin, Walter] Haas, Willy / [Stefan Zweig / Heinrich Mann / Thomas Mann / etc.].

Die literarische Welt. [Mit zahlreichen Erstdrucken von Essays und Rezensionen von Walter Benjamin: “Die Technik des Schriftstellers in dreizehn Thesen” / Walter Benjamin – “Skandal im Théatre-Français” / Buch-Chronik der Woche von Walter Benjamin: “C.A.Bernoulli – Johann Jakob Bachofen und das Natursymbol” / Walter Benjamin – “J.P.Hebel – Ein Bilderrätsel zum 100.Todestag des Dichters” / Buch-Chronik der Woche von Walter Benjamin: “Franz Hessel” / Walter Benjamin – “Der Kaufmann im Dichter” / Walter Benjamin – “Aussicht ins Kinderbuch” (mit Abbildungen von Titeln aus der Sammlung Benjamin) / Walter Benjamin – “Noch ein Paar Neue Kinderreime” / Walter Benjamin – “Kinder” [I.Karussellfahrendes Kind / II. Zu Spaet gekommenes Kind / III. Verstecktes Kind”] / Titelseite als Kalenderblatt mit Karikatur-Portraits von Mitarbeitern der “Literarischen Welt”: u.a. Walter Benjamin, Walter Mehring, Willy Haas u.v.a. “Zum Neuen Jahr lasst Blumen sprechen” / “Wandkalender der “Literarischen Welt” fuer 1927 – Verse von Walter Benjamin / Zeichnungen von Rudolf Grossmann / Walter Benjamin – “Der Regisseur Meyerhold – In Moskau erledigt ?” – “Ein literarisches Gericht wegen der Inszenierung von Gogols ‘Revisor’” / Walter Benjamin – “Zur Lage der Russischen Filmkunst” / Walter Benjamin und Oscar A.H.Schmitz – “Eine Diskussion ueber russische Filmkunst und kollektivistische Kunst ueberhaupt” [Schmitz eroeffnet die Diskussion mit “Potemkinfilm und Tendenzkunst” – Walter Benjamin antwortet daraufhin dem “Bildungsphilister” Schmitz mit einer Polemik].

First Edition. Two Volumes with 94 Issues in total (31 issues in duplicate / 31 Hefte doppelt). Berlin, Ernst Rowohlt, 1925 – 1927. Folio. Pagninierung / Pagination of both Volumes: Volume I: The following 42 issues available in this collection are: 1. Jahrgang / Annual (1925): Nr. 2 und Nr. 4 / 2. Jahrgang (1926): Nr. 14, 19, Nr. 36 – Nr. 52 (17 Issues) / 3. Jahrgang / Annual (1927): Nr. 1-21 [Each issues with 8 pages with illustrations] / [Jedes Heft mit 8 Seiten incl. Abbildungen] / Volume II: 3. Complete Third Annual of 52 Issues for 1927): Kompletter 3. Jahrgang: Nummer 1-52. [Each issues with 8 pages with illustrations]. Illustrations in original woodcut-textillustrations are by Rudolf Großmann (several), Lili Réthi, B. F. Dolbin (several), Frans Masereel (several), George Grosz (Kinderzeichnungen), Renée Sintenis, Alfred Kubin, Max Beckmann, Man Ray and others. Hardcover (original title-wrappers inside a privately printed half-cloth binding) / Hardcover / Privater Halbleinenband der 20er Jahre. Small cutout to page 5 of Issue 2 (Advertising ? 8.4 x 14.5 cm) / (1 cm-tear to outer margin of all issues in Volume one – text not effected) / Titlepage of Issue 49, IInd Annual (1926), missing. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. While it would usually be desirable to have these issues in their original, unbound form, these two privately bound Volumes are actually a blessing and led to these issues to be preserved in unusually excellent condition. A Rare run of this peridocal, with a provenance of one “Frl. Nippoldt” (Miss Nippoldt), Weissenburgstr. 17 / Kleiner Ausschnitt auf Seite 5 der Nummer 2 von 1925 (Werbung) / (1 cm Einriss in den Rand der Nummern von Band 1 – Text nicht betroffen) / Titelblatt der Nummer 49 des II.Jahrgangs (1926) fehlt / Sonst sehr gut erhalten. Auch wenn eine ungebundene Broschur-Version dieser seltenen Zeitschrift einer Privatbindung normalerweise vorzuziehen ist, so ist in diesem Fall die Wahl der Bindung sehr gelungen und man ist fast dankbar wie gut die einzelnen Ausgaben dadurch erhalten wurden. Einige der Ausgaben haben einen alten Besitzvermerk: “Frl. Nippoldt” – “Weissenburgstr.17”, sowie gelegentliche, interessante Kommentare und Annotationen im Text (mit Bleistift)”.

3884. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [With a large amount of ephemera, newspaper-clippings with reports on the auction, admission-tickets etc.]. With chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

3885. [Otto, Louis-Guillaume, Comte de Mosley] Moshamm, Franz Xaver von [d.i. Franz Xaver von Moshammer, Ritter von Mosham].

Europäisches Gesandschaftsrecht [European Law for Emissaries / Ambassadors / Minister Plenipotentiary / Histoire du Droit de Corps Diplomatique Européennes] / [Provenience: From the library of Germano-French Diplomat, Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy, with his Exlibris / Bookplate].

Landshut, Franz Seraph Hagen, 1805. Octavo. [2], VIII, 467 Seiten. Hardcover / Dekoratives Maroquin des frühen 19.Jahrhunderts, mit floraler Rückenvergoldung. Wunderbare Ausgabe in sehr guter Erhaltung mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar aus der Bibliothek der ‘Académie Diplomatique Internationale’ in Paris. Durchgehend stockfleckig. Von grosser Seltenheit und mit sehr interessanter Provenienz. Das Buch stammt aus der Privatbibliothek des französischen Diplomaten, Louis-Guillaume Otto, Comte de Mosloy, Schüler des bedeutenden Rechtslehrer’s Christoph Wilhelm Koch (1737-1813), der als der letzte Rechtslehrer der alten Straßburger Hochschule gilt. Louis-Guillaume Otto wird in biographischen Quellen als Deutsch-Franzoesischer Diplomat benannt und hat sich zur Zeit der Publikation des vorliegenden Werks von Moshammer, am Bayrischen Hofe in Muenchen als Gesandter Napoleon’s befunden, wo Otto’s Wirken grossen Eindruck auf Napoleon ausuebte und zu seiner Befoerderung und spaeteren Berufung als Botschafter Frankreich’s am Wiener Hof (1810) fuehrte. In Wien erlangte Otto grosse Bedeutung fuer Napoleon indem er fuer Ihn die Hochzeit mit Marie-Louise von Österreich verhandelte. Historisch belegt ist auch Otto’s Bekanntschaft mit Metternich, welcher ebenfalls Schüler von Christoph Wilhelm Koch war. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die Ausgabe des hier vorliegenden Gesandtschaftsrechts von grosser historischer Bedeutung, da Provenienz und Funktion des Buchtitels nicht nur im direkten Zusammenhang mit der juristischen Ausbildung von Otto und Moshamm sondern auch mit Otto’s Berufung als Gesandter, Diplomat und Botschafter unter Napoleon in Verbindung steht.

3886. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter / Rang, Florens Christian / Rosenzweig, Franz.

Collection of interesting and important publications on and by Walter Benjamin, one of the most influential philosophers and aesthetic influencers of the 20th century. While the collection already contains a number of important publications, literary criticism and even a signed and annotated working-copy of Franz Rosenzweig’s “Stern der Erlösung” by Benjamin’s friend Florens Christian Rang, the collection is a work in progress and we invite offers from collectors and dealers. You can see detailed photography and descriptions in our section “Libraries & Collections”. So far the collection includes: 1. A stunning set of “Die Literarische Welt”, with many first edition articles by Benjamin and his contemporaries. Two Volumes with 94 Issues in total (31 issues in duplicate / 31 Hefte doppelt). Berlin, Ernst Rowohlt, 1925 – 1927. This original set of the early and fragile periodical with an abundance of essays, articles and reviews by Benjamin, are some of the finest examples of Benjamin’s exciting and versatile voice, forward and opinionated reflections on film and literature etc. / 2. Fantastic Collection of eight [pristine] Volumes of Philosophical Writings and Biographical Works by and on Walter Benjamin [I.Walter Benjamin – Selected Writings. Volume I (1913-1926), Volume II (1927-1934), Volume III (1935-1938) and Volume IV (1938-1940) – Translated by Rodney Livingstone and others – Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W.Jennings, Howard Eiland and Gary Smith / V. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin (1910-1940) – Edited and Annotated by Gershom Scholem and Theodor W.Adorno – Translated by Manfred R.Jacobson and Evelyn M. Jacobson / VI. Walter Benjamin – Early Writings (1910 – 1917) – Translated by Howard Eiland and Others / VII. Theodor W. Adorno & Walter Benjamin – The Complete Correspondence (1928 – 1940) / VIII. Walter Benjamin – The Arcades Project – Translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin] / 3.[Benjamin, Walter] Baudelaire, Charles. Tableaux Parisiens. Deutsche Übertragung mit einem Vorwort über “Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers” von Walter Benjamin. / 4. Doderer, Klaus – Walter Benjamin und die Kinderliteratur. Aspekte der Kinderkulter in den zwanziger Jahren / 5. Berger, Willy R. – Walter Benjamin als Übersetzer Baudelaires [Aufsatz in: Teilnahme und Spiegelung. Festschrift für Horst Rüdiger] / Missac, Pierre. Walter Benjamin’s Passages. / 6. [Benjamin, Walter] Leinweber, J. Walter Benjamin – Sammlung J. Leinweber. [Mit einem Vorwort von Iring Fetscher]. Marburg, Antiquariat Dr. Jörg Leinweber, 1996. / 7. Walter Benjamin, Neuester Orbis Pictus oder Die Welt in Bildern für fromme Kinder. Aus der Sammlung von Walter Benjamin. Faksimiledruck im Inselverlag. / 8. [Rang, Florens Christian / Benjamin, Walter] Rosenzweig, Franz. Der Stern der Erlösung [Hand-Exemplar / Arbeitsexemplar des Walter Benjamin-Freundes “Florens Christian Rang”. Voll signiert von Rang auf dem Titelblatt. Besitzvermerk Rang’s in Tinte. Mit interessanten Text-Markierungen Rang’s in Buntstift und Bleistift, sowie zwei Annotationen zu Text-Verweisen im hinteren Einbanddeckel. Bedeutender Fund für die Florens Christian Rang-Forschung da Walter Benjamin beide, Franz Rosenzweig und Florens Christian Rang in einem Atemzug als bedeutende Kämpfer “gegen die Idolatrie des Geistes” nennt. Die Anstreichungen in Rosenzweig’s Werk bestätigen Benjamin’s Auffassung da Sie uns erlauben Rang’s Wandlung vom Nationalisten zum politisch moderat eingestellten Konservativen teilweise nachvollziehen zu koennen. Die Publikation Rosenzweigs fällt ausserdem in die kritische Phase von Rang’s Wandlung. Die “Deutsche Bauhütte”, Rang’s publizistisches Testament seiner Entfernung vom Nationalismus, erscheint nur drei Jahre später./ Association-copy with extremely interesting text-markings and some annotations to rear pastedown by Walter Benjamin’s friend, “Florens Christian Rang”/ Of utmost interest for the evaluation of Rang’s development from nationalist to empathetic centrist. Benjamin famously mentions both, Florens Christian Rang and Franz Rosenzweig as equally important influences for his Generation in “fighting the Idolatry of the Spirit/Mind”. This makes Rang’s personal copy of Rosenzweig’s masterpiece an enormously interesting find; possibly even a key to Rang’s ideological and religious transformation]. Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, J.Kauffmann Verlag, 1921. / 9. [Benjamin, Walter] – Walter Benjamin’s Archive – Images – Texts – Signs. Translated by Esther Leslie. Edited by Ursula Marx – Gudrun Schwarz – Michael Schwarz – Erdmut Wizisla. / 10. Walter Benjamin – Angelus Novus. Mit 4 ganzseitigen Holzschnitten von Gisela Oberbeck. Signierte, limitierte Auflage von nur 90 Exemplaren. / 11. Hans Puttnies & Gary Smith – Benjaminiana. /

Berlin and others, 1923 – 1980. Octavo. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3887. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Benjamin, Walter] Leinweber, J.

Walter Benjamin – Sammlung J. Leinweber. [Mit einem Vorwort von Iring Fetscher].

Marburg, Antiquariat Dr. Jörg Leinweber, 1996. Quarto (21 cm x 29,7 cm). [2], Portrait-Frontispiz, 457, [3] Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen von faksimilierten Briefen Benjamins, Buchtiteln etc. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

3888. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Rang, Florens Christian / Benjamin, Walter] Rosenzweig, Franz.

Der Stern der Erlösung [Personal copy of Walter Benjamin’s friend “Florens Christian Rang” / Persönliches Exemplar aus der Bibliothek des Walter Benjamin-Freundes “Florens Christian Rang”. Voll signiert von Rang auf dem Titelblatt. Besitzvermerk von Florens Christian Rang in Tinte. Mit sehr interessanten Text-Markierungen in Buntstift und Bleistift, sowie zwei Annotationen zu Text-Verweisen im hinteren Einbanddeckel [hier kann nicht einwandfrei gesagt werden ob alle Anstreichungen von Rang sind da es zwei Formen von Anstreichungen gibt / Rang selbst hat nachweislich auch mit Buntstift markiert]. Die Handschrift mit dem Textverweis im Innendeckel deckt sich nicht mit online verfuegbaren Schriftproben Rang’s (siehe Abbildungen auf der Webseite des Florens Christian Rang Archivs)]. Bedeutender Fund für die Florens Christian Rang-Forschung da Walter Benjamin beide, Franz Rosenzweig und Florens Christian Rang, in seinem Essay, “Privilegiertes Denken – Zu Theodor Haeckers Vergil”, in einem Atemzug als bedeutende Kämpfer “gegen die Idolatrie des Geistes” nennt. Leider wird Benjamin’s Erwähnung von Rosenzweig und Rang oft nur verkürzt zitiert obwohl Benjamin in seinem Essay [1932] zu Haecker’s Vergil-Polemik noch einen Schritt weitergeht und die Bedeutung von entschärfenden, informierten und kompetenten Stimmen wie Rosenzweig und Rang hervorhebt. Benjamin schreibt in der wichtigen Passage: “Es ist nicht unsere Schuld, wenn der Verfasser [Haecker] das realpolitische Äquivalent seiner »Idee des Men­schen« in so peinliche Nähe rückt: jenes, im drastischen Sinne privilegierte, Verständnis der nichtabendländischen Völker, welches gekennzeichnet ist durch das Ineinanderwirken von Ausbeutung und Mission. So pflegt nun einmal die Kontrebande auszuschauen, die in das Musselin des reinen Geistes gewickelt, die Reisenden nach Wolkenkuckucksheim mit sich führen. Am allerwenigsten sollte die Theologie ein solches Wolkenkuckucksheim sein. Es sind denn auch in der Tat theologische Denker gewesen, die gerade in unserer Generation erschienen, um den Kampf gegen die Idolatrie des Geistes aufzunehmen: der Jude Franz Rosenzweig von der Sprache, der Protestant Florens Christian Rang von der Politik her. Nun hält allerdings auch Haecker sich für einen Sprachdenker so gut wie er ein Politiker ist, wennschon er vielleicht vorzieht, nicht dafür zu gelten. Aber das eben schließt ihn aus der Reihe der echten theologischen Denker aus, daß er die Philosophie der Sprache wie der Politik vom Geiste aus handhaben zu können meint, ohne weder mit der Philologie noch mit der Ökonomie näher sich einzulassen. Freilich – und so erst rückt der Sachverhalt ins rechte Licht – bei Rosenzweig und vollends bei Rang handelt es sich um häretisch gestimmte Männer, denen es nichts Unmögliches ist, die Tradition auf ihrem eigenen Rücken zu befördern, statt sie seßhaft zu verwalten.” Die zahlreichen und sehr aufschlussreichen Anstreichungen in Rosenzweig’s Werk, bestätigen Benjamin’s Auffassung, da Sie uns erlauben Rang’s Transformierung vom Nationalisten zum politisch moderat eingestellten Konservativen, teilweise nachvollziehen zu können. Die Publikation Rosenzweigs fällt ausserdem in die kritische Phase von Rang’s Wandlung. Die “Deutsche Bauhütte”, Rang’s publizistisches Testament seiner Entfernung vom Nationalismus, erschien nur drei Jahre später. Die vorliegende Ausgabe ist eindrucksvoller Nachweis für die immer neue Bereitschaft Rangs zur völligen Aufgabe seiner Ideale und zur Offenheit gegenüber einem philosophischen und politischen Erweckungserlebnisses, begonnen mit der Abkehr vom Christentum und vollzogen mit der Lektüre des Magnum Opus eines jüdischen Philosophen dessen Werk er mit seinem Besitzeintrag für sich ganz privat legitimiert. Zum Zeitpunkt der Lektüre von Rosenzweig’s “Stern der Erlösung”, hatte Rang bereits durch Mitarbeit im Forte-Kreis seine wilhelminischen “Phantasmagorien einer preussischen Religion” [Christine Holste – “Der Forte-Kreis 910 – 1915”] abgelegt und war durch solch disperaten Kontakte wie zu Martin Buber und Gustav Landauer ein Kandidat für eben jene Evolution die Benjamin in ihm spüren musste. Benjamin, der Rang nicht nur persönlich kannte sondern ihn auch “erkannte”, schrieb an Scholem, dass er „seltsamerweise […] diesem Mann, ebenso wie seine Unterstützung und Bestätigung, das zu danken vermochte und danken mußte, was ich von deutscher Bildung Wesentlichstes in mich aufgenommen habe. Denn nicht nur, daß in diesem Bereiche die Hauptgegenstände unserer beharrlichen Betrachtung fast sämtlich dieselben waren – das Leben, das in diesen großen Gegenständen lebt, habe ich menschlich ganz allein in ihm lebendig gesehen, ausbrechend mit desto mehr vulkanischer Gewaltsamkeit, als es unter der Kruste des übrigen Deutschland erstarrt lag. Wenn ich mit ihm sprach, war nicht sowohl Harmonie in unsern Gedanken, als daß ich, wetterfest und athletisch, an dem unmöglichen, zerrissenen Massiv der seinigen mich versuchte und oft genug eine Zinne mit weitem Ausblick auf eigne unerschlossne Gedankenbereiche gewann. Sein Geist war von Wahnsinn durchzogen wie ein Massiv von Schluchten. Aber durch die Moralität dieses Mannes gewann Wahnsinn keine Macht über ihn.” / Of utmost interest for the evaluation of Rang’s development from nationalist to empathetic centrist. Benjamin famously mentions both, Florens Christian Rang and Franz Rosenzweig as equally important influences for his Generation in “fighting the Idolatry of the Spirit/Mind”. This makes Rang’s personal copy of Rosenzweig’s masterpiece an enormously interesting find; possibly even a key to Rang’s ideological and religious transformation].

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, J.Kauffmann Verlag, 1921. Oktav (16 cm x 22,5 cm). 532, [2] Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Verlagseinband mit illustriertem und beschriftetem Einbanddeckel. Die seltene Publikation, aus der Bibliothek von Florens Christian Rang, wurde mit einem neuen Einbandrücken versehen und das originale Rückenschildchen wurde neu aufgezogen. Die Bindung ist firm, die originalen Vorsatzblätter wurden erhalten. Das sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Papier der Publikation, hier generell in aussergewöhnlich guter Erhaltung; allerdings mit einigen kleineren Schäden: Kleine Einrisse ohne Textverlust auf den Seiten 7-8 / Sehr feine Einrisse ohne Textverlust auf den Seiten 207 – 210 / Unschöne Ausrisse mit nur geringem Textverlust am Rand der Seiten 409 – 414.

3889. Furneaux, L.R.

Rossall School Register 1844-1923.

Sixth Edition. Fleetwood, Rossall School, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. XVI, 426 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3890. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Walter Benjamin’s Archive – Images, Texts, Signs. Translated by Esther Leslie. Edited by Ursula Marx – Gudrun Schwarz – Michael Schwarz – Erdmut Wizisla.

London / New York, Verso, 2015. Octavo. [c. 320] pages with illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

3891. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Angelus Novus. Mit 4 ganzseitigen Holzschnitten von Gisela Oberbeck.

Limitierter Privatdruck in nur 90 signierten Exemplaren. München, Handsatzwerkstatt Fliegenkopf, 1992. 24,5 cm x 25 cm. 8 nn. Blatt mit 4 ganzseitigen, dramatischen Holzschnitten. Original Softcover / Blockbuchform mit handgebundenem Wellpappen-Umschlag der interessanterweise die Vergänglichkeit des Themas symbolisiert. Sehr guter Zustand. Signiert / Mit persoenlicher Widmung der Kuenstlerin. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

3892. Anonymus.

Les Mille et un Tyrans.

No mentioning of place of print, no printer, no year [ca.1791]. 8°. 54 pages. Softcover / Disbound from Sammelband. Bon etat. No wrappers.

3893. Constant, Benjamin.

Des Motifs Qui Ont Dicte Le Nouveau Projet De Loi Sur Les Elections.

Paris, Chez Béchet, 1820. 8°. IV, (2), 74, (2) pp. Softcover / Broche. Bon etat. / Unbound ! This is the original edition. It was part of a collection of pamphlets bound together with publications by Antoine Français de Nantes etc.

3894. [Platon] / [Victor Cousin].

Lysis, ou de L’Amitié – Argument Philosophique.

[Paris], [Bossanges Freres], no year [c.1827]. 8°. 33 pp. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. [Extracted from Victor Cousin’s: “Oeuvres de Platon, Volume 4”.

3895. [Arminia Burschenschaft Marburg an der Lahn] Mauß, Wilhelm (Hofphotograph).

Burschenschaft Arminia. 65 jähriges Stiftungsfest 1925 [26 Originale Photographien].

Marburg an der Lahn, Hofphotograph Wilhelm Mauß, 1925. Mappe: Quer-Folio (34,5 cm x 27 cm) / Original-Photos: 30 cm x 24 cm. 26 originale Photographien plus das oft fehlende, vom Verlag beigelegte “Namen-Verzeichnis”, Schluessel zu den dargestellten Mitgliedern der Burschenschaft. Die Mappe enthaelt auch das wunderbare Photo des Verbindungshauses. Original Softcover / Originale Verlags-Mappe mit Titel auf dem vorderen Einbanddeckel. In exzellentem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren an der Mappe und kleiner Läsur am äussersten Rand des Photos welches das Verbindungshaus zeigt (Abbildung nicht betroffen). Diese Mappe ist von grosser Seltenheit !

3896. Lunn, Arnold.

The Story of Ski-ing. Special Edition for Members of the Ski Club of Great Britain.

First Edition. London, Eyer & Spottiswoode, 1952. 14,5 x 22 cm. XI, 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3897. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Eine Kommunistische Paedagogik: Spielzeug und Spielen – Programm eines Proletarischen Kindertheaters – Baustelle + Diskussion + Anhang.

Raubdruck mit allen Merkmalen der Erstausgabe dieses Raubdrucks. Berlin, Zentralrat der sozialistischen Kinderläden, 1969. Octavo. 93 Seiten. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear / Guter Zustand mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit einigen Anstreichungen im Text. (Anleitung für eine revolutionäre Erziehung, herausgegeben vom Zentralrat der sozialistischen Kinderläden West-Berlin, Nr. 2).

3898. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [This is not only the Full Catalogue but it also comes with a second Volume, a special, shorter version of an auction-sale-brochure, an excerpt of the full sale, designed for the majority of visitors on the day. This rather fragile pamphlet rarely survived; it included several images of artwork but also plenty of excellent photographs of the rooms at Inisfada]. The full, bound catalogue contained chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout Plus: Special pamphlet for the sale with 4 pages of introductory text and 16 pages of photographs plus a loosely inserted sheet with “Sizes of The Four Gothic Tapestries”. Original Hardcover for the Catalogue / Original Softcover for the additional sales-prospect. The special sales-prospect which comes with the full catalogue, detached from wrapper, else excellent. The full catalogue in excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

3899. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Benjamin, Walter] Holz, Detlef.

Deutsche Menschen – Eine Folge von Briefen [Umschlag-Titel: “Deutsche Menschen: Von Ehre ohne Ruhm – Von Größe ohne Glanz – Von Würde ohne Sold”]. Auswahl und Einleitungen von Detlef Holz.

2. Auflage. Luzern, Vita Nova Verlag, 1937. Octavo. 116 Seiten. Original Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Die Bindung, besonders die Broschur, in aussergewöhnlich guter und frischer Erhaltung. Der Buchblock, wie so oft, mit einigen starken Stockflecken zu Beginn und am Schnitt. Grossteil des Texts ist ganz sauber.

3900. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] / [Minihan, John] – Wakeman, John and Hilary.

The Shop – A Magazine of Poetry – Issue number 8 / Spring 2002 [Specially signed John Minihan – Samuel Beckett – Issue with cover illustration bearing the rare color-photograph of Samuel Becket by John Minihan showing Beckett in his Hyde Park Hotel-Room in London, 1980. Also included in this issue is a black-and-white photograph of Beckett, printed opposite David Wheatley’s essay “Beckett’s Last Word”].

Dublin, THE SHOP, 2002. 20,5 cm x 24 cm. 77 pages with illustrations by Hammond Journeaux, Mary Norman, Joakim Saeflund, Rody Treacy and photographs by John Minihan Original, illustrated Softcover. Signed by John Minihan on the cover. Rare !