4431. Le Brocquy, Louis.

Personal copies of an early set of 18 photographs [contacts] of works by Louis le Brocquy, mostly titled and annotated / explained by Louis le Brocquy himself verso. Some of the photographs refer to very early works of Louis le Brocquy. Some have no entries by le Brocquy verso, some have quite extensive manuscript-information in Louis le Brocquy’s hand like “Sold to:…..” etc. etc. / Also included is an original, very early exhibition catalogue (Louis le Brocquy’s personal copy of the catalogue) for an exhibition in Mayfair/″Gimpel Fils” – November 1959. The catalogue has several annotations and underlinings in Louis le Brocquy’s hand and included are most of the original photographs of works le Brocquy selected for the printing of the catalogue.

Loandon / Mayfair, Gimpel Fils, 1959. Octavo. 12 pages plus four photographs directly related to the exhibition catalogue / 18 photographs of earlier works. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning, really original set of interesting ephemera from the artist’s personal collection, given to his friend John Montague. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

4432. Le Brocquy, Louis.

The Head Image.

Kinsale, Gandon Editions, 1996. 24 cm wide x 30 cm high. Frontispiece, 183 pages with fantastic illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very rare in this Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

4433. Le Clerc, M.E.

Mistress Beatrice Cope or Passages in the Life of a Jacobites Daughter.

London, Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. No date (c.1900). 13 cm x 19 cm. 335 pages. Original hardcover Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some wear along cover-edges. Browning and spotting of page-edges. Binding slightly strained in places but intact. Clean inside.

4434. [Le Clezio, J.M.G.] Martin, Bronwen.

The Search for Gold – Space and Meaning in J.M.G.Le Clezio.

Dublin, Philomel Productions, 1995. Small Quarto (19.5 cm x 21.5 cm). 214 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !!

4435. Le Clézio, Jean Marie Gustave.

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

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

4436. Le Fanu, W.R.

Seventy Years of Irish Life – Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences.

Popular Edition – Third Impression. London, Edward Arnold, [1914]. 8°. VIII, 325 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition on poor paper-quality with signs of spotting and external wear. Page 75 torn. Name of preowner’s from the Conner-Family at Manch – Dunmanway on endpaper together with an entry: “John J. Sheridan – 1924 – IRA”. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

4437. Le Goff, Jacques:

Wucherzins und Höllenqualen. Ökonomie und Religion im Mittelalter.

Stuttgart, Klett-Cotta, 1988. 22 cm. 119 Seiten. Hardcover / Pappband. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Stempeln und Schildchen. Bis auf die teilweise unschönen Markierungen als Bibliotheksexemplar, in guter Erhaltung. KEINE Anstreichungen.

4438. [Le Harivel, Adrian (Editor)].

Irish Watercolours and Drawings. [Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, 20 August – 29 September, 1991].

Dublin, The National Gallery of Ireland, 1991. Quarto (22.5 cm x 29 cm wide). 176 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

4439. Leake, Chauncey D.

Some Founders of Physiology – Contributors to the Growth of Functional Biology.

Washington D.C., International Union of Physiological Sciences / American Physiological Society, 1956. 8°. X, 122 pages with illustrations (portraits of Physiologists). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4440. Leamy, Edmund.

Irish Fairy Tales.

Cork / Dublin, Mercier Press, 1978. 11 x 18cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Poor condition !! Front jacket detached, otherwise good condition. Needs repair. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. Rare Book !