6501. Weimarer Republik.

Kleine Sammlung mit dreizehn (13) wichtigen Publikationen zum Thema Weimarer Republik. Die Sammlung enthält die folgenden Titel: 1. Renate Breipohl – Religiöser Sozialismus und bürgerliches Geschichtsbewußtsein zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Zürich, 1971. 285 pages. / 2. Günter Brakelmann – Evangelische Kirche in sozialen Konflikten der Weimarer Zeit. Das Beispiel des Ruhreisenstreits. Bochum, 1986. 136 Seiten. / 3. Christoph Führ – Zur Schulpolitik der Weimarer Republik. Darstellung und Quellen. Die Zusammenarbeit von Reich und Ländern im Reichsschulausschuß (1919-1923) und im Ausschuß für das Unterrichtswesen (1924-1933). Darstellung und Quellen. Weinheim, 1970. 371 pages. / 4. Karl Holl / Adolf Wild – Ein Demokrat kommentiert Weimar. Die Berichte Hellmut von Gerlachs an die Carnegie-Friedensstiftung in New York 1922-1930. Bremen, 1973. 268 Seiten / 5. Maser, Werner – Der Sturm auf die Republik. Frühgeschichte der NSDAP. Stuttgart, 1973. 524 Seiten / 6. Gossweiler, Kurt – Kapital, Reichswehr und NSDAP 1919-1924. Berlin, 1982. 616 Seiten. 35 Abbildungen. / 7. Nicholls, Anthony and Matthias, Erich – German Democracy and the Triumph of Hitler. Essays in Recent German History. London, 1971. 271 pages. / 8. Fischer, Kurt Gerhard – Politische Bildung in der Weimarer Republik. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Frankfurt, 1970. 190 Seiten. / 9. Holl, K. – Wette, W. – Pazifismus in der Weimarer Republik. Beiträge zur historischen Friedensforschung. Paderborn, 1981. 181 Seiten. / 10. Köhler, Henning – Adenauer und die Rheinische Republik. Der erste Anlauf 1918-1924. Opladen, 1986. 287 Seiten / 11. Hildemarie Dieckmann – Johannes Popitz. Entwicklung und Wirksamkeit in der Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Berlin, 1960. 157 Seiten. / 12. Hans-Hermann Hartwich – Arbeitsmarkt, Verbände und Staat 1918-1933. Die öffentliche Bindung unternehmerischer Funktionen in der Weimarer Republik. Mit einem Vorwort von Georg Kotowski. Berlin, 1967. 488 Seiten / 13. Fritz Berber – LOCARNO – Eine Dokumentensammlung. (Locarno-Vertrag). Mit einer Einleitung des Botschafters Joachim von Ribbentrop. Berlin, 1936. 408 Seiten //

Berlin (und andere Verlags-Orte), Junker und Duennhaupt (und andere Verlage), 1936 – 1986. 8°. c.2000 Seiten. Hardcover (gemischt mit einigen kartonierten Baenden). Alle Bände sind Bibliotheksexemplare in guten Zuständen aber mit den üblichen, teilweise unschönen Merkmalen (Stempel, Rückenschilder, ggfs. Stempel auf Schnitt).

6502. Greene, Graham.

The Honorary Consul. A Novel.

First American Edition. New York, Simon And Schuster, 1973. Octavo. 315 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6503. Bell, Don.

Bookspeak.

Signed / Limited edition of 120 copies. Francestown, Typographeum, 2000. 24,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6504. Butt, G.E.

My Travels in North West Rhodesia. Or a Missionary Journey of Sixteen Thousand Miles.

London, E. Dalton, no year. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 283 pages. 48 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some scratching, staining and discoloration to boards. Minor foxing to edges. Some spotting within. Interior is unmarked and sharp cornered. Binding still firm and strong.

6505. Creeley, Robert.

The Gold Diggers.

First Edition. [Palma de Mallorca], The Divers Press, 1954. Small Octavo. 141 pages plus the rare, loosely inserted Errata-Leaf. Original Softcover [French-fold jacket] with illustrated wrapper, designed by Rene Laubies. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The book was handset in Bodoni and Futura Types and Printed by Mossen Alcover in Palma de Mallorca, February, 1954.

6506. Gadda, Carlo Emilio.

Il Guerriero, L’Amazzone Lo Spirito Della Poesia Nel Verso Immortale Del Foscolo.

First Edition / Primera Edizione. Italy, Garzanti, 1967. 14.5 x 22 cm. 62 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6507. Karsten, Carl Johann Bernhard.

Über die Verbindung des Eisens mit Kohle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 33 Seiten (Seiten 49 – 82 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

6508. [Liddell Hart, Captain B.H. / Sir Basil Liddell Hart / Adrian John Liddell Hart]

Collection of seven (7) manuscript postcards; correspondence between Captain B.H.Liddell Hart and his son Adrian.

Namur / Stockholm / Panama / Gibraltar / Tarjeta, etc. 1950 – 1965. Small Oblong Octavo. 7 postcards. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Content of the postcards mainly of private nature (about travel etc.)

6509. Shuckford, Samuel.

The Sacred and Profane History of the World connected, Frome the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah. [Together with: “The Creation and Fall of Man” – “A Supplemental Discourse to the Preface of the First Volume of the Sacred and Prophane History of the World connected”].

The Third Edition. 3 Volumes (of 4). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1753. Octavo. LXIV,366, [10], LV, 461, [10], CXXXII, 295, [16] pages. Each Volume with its own Index. Includes two folded maps in Volume One: First Map: “A Plan of the present Chanels [sic] of the Rivers Hiddekel or Tigris and Euphrates exhibiting the Site of Moses Garden and River of Eden” / Second Map: “The Situation of the Land & Garden of Eden together with the Rivers of Paradise as they are imagined to have been Situate by some Writers who thought that the Garden of Eden was planted in that which was afterwards called the Holy Land”. Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with new spinelabels. All three Volumes are now in protective Mylar. with dustjacket. All Volumes with some damage to spine but all still firm and holding. Overall some faint staining and foxing only at very few locations because of the excellent paper-quality of this publication. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

6510. Starbuck,George.

Talking B.A. Blues; the Life and a Couple of Deaths of Ed Teashack; or, How I Discovered B.U., Met God, and became and International Figure. A rhyming fiction in seven chapters by George Starbuck.

First Edition. Roslindale, Pym-Randall, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 45 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. One of only 50 hardbound, signed copies. With the author’s signature on the edition page. Minimal signs of staining on the cover.

6511. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

6512. [de Valera, Éamon]

Collection of eleven (11) important publication on Éamon de Valera, including some interesting newspaper-clippings. The collection of books include: 1. Diarmaid Ferriter – Judging Dev – A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera / 2. Tim Pat Coogan – De Valera – Long Fellow, Long Shadow (Paperback Edition)/ 3. Ronan Fanning – Éamon de Valera – A Will to Power / 4. J.P.O’Connell and John A. Murphy – De Valera and his Times / 5. Owen Dudley Edwards – Éamon de Valera / 6. John Bowman – De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-1973 / 7. Joseph Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh – The Age of de Valera / 8. Kevin J. Browne – Éamon de Valera & The Banner Country. With a Foreword by Thomas P.O’Neill / 9. Kevin Boland – Up Dev ! / 10. T.Ryle Dwyer – De Valera’s Finest Hour (1932-1959) / 11. Proinsias Mac Aonghusa – Quotations from Éamon de Valera – With a Preface by Charles J. Haughey, TD / Two very interesting newspaper-clippings and a xeroxed pamphlet: “The Anglo-Irish Treaty and Mr.de Valera’s Alternative.

Dublin / Cork / Oxford, Mercier / Glendale / Oxford University Press / and others, c. 1982 – 2007. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Four Volumes in original Hardcover with dustjacket and several Volumes in orginal softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6513. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin [Violet Martin].

A Patrick’s Day Hunt. [Engraved & Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans].

Westminster [London], Archibald Constable & Co., no year [c.1902]. Oblong Folio. 47 pages with eight (8) plates in colour and several illustrations in black-and-white. Original, illustrated Hardcover, now in professional colloctor’s Mylar. Some of the plates with some minor staining, one plate cleanly detached. But all plates in wonderful and vibrant condition overall (see photographs).

6514. Abolitionism – Woolman, John.

Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes – Recommended to the Professors of Christianity of every Denomination. In: “A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Late of Mount Holly, in the Province of New Jersey, North America. To which are added, His works, containing his last Epistle and other Writings”.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed by R.M.Jackson, 1794. Octavo. XV, 464 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with original spine-label. Binding firm but rubbed with some minro damaged to the boards. Overall in very good condition.

6515. Buttimer, Neil / Rynne, Colin / Guerin, Helen.

The Heritage of Ireland – Natural, Man-Made and Cultural Heritage / Conservation and Interpretation / Business and Administration. Edited by Neil Buttimer, Colin Rynne, Helen Guerin.

Wilton, Collins Press, 2000. 28 cm. XIV, 713 pages with numerous illustrations and maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is the rare Hardcover-Edition !

6516. Gadda, Carlo Emilio.

Le meraviglie d’Italia – Gli anni.

First Edition / Primera Edizione. Turin, Einaudi, 1964. 14 x 22.5 cm. 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6517. [Hobbes, Thomas] Member of the Athenian Society [attributed to John Dunton].

The Athenian Oracle [Including: “An Elegy on the Death of the Honourable Robert Doyle” / “What think you of the Milky Way in Heaven ?” / “Who was the first Founder of Atheism ?” / “Whether Hobbs [sic] [Thomas Hobbes] or Lestrange [Roger Lestrange] is the better Christian ?” / “A Voluntary on the Nativity of our Blessed Lord: Christmas-Day 1692”]. Being an entire collection of all the valuable questions and answers in the old Athenian Mercuries : Intermix’d with many Cases in Divinity, History, Philosophy, Mathematicks [sic] [Mathematics], Love, Poetry, never before published : to which is added, an alphabetical table for the speedy finding of any questions.

The Third Edition Corrected. Volume I (of three Volumes). London, Printed for Andrew Bell, at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stocks-market, 1706. 12.7 cm x 20 cm. 568 pages, inlcuding two leaves of advertising for “Books printed for Andrew Bell”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with ornament to boards and recently rebacked spine. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing to front and rear pastedown and endpapers.

6518. Yoshida, Tetsuro.

Das japanische Wohnhaus.

Erste Ausgabe. Tübingen, Wasmuth, 1954. 4. 204 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Originaler Leinenband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Der Umschlag angeraendert und mit kleinen Einrissen. Mit kleinem, eingeklebten Geschenk-Schildchen auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Selten in dieser sehr guten Erhaltung mit dem originalen Umschlag.

6519. Armitage, Simon [translation].

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Illustrations by Diana Sudyka.

London, The Folio Society, 2008. 25.5 cm x 32 cm. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original slip case. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

6520. Bossert, Helmuth TH.

Pictura Decorativa. Esempi di Pittura Murale Decorativa dall’ Antichitá fino all Metá del Secolo XIX. 36 Pagine di testo e 120 tavole con 225 illustrazioni a colori.

Milano, Sperling & Kupfer Di H. Betz & CO. 1928. 31,5 cm x 25 cm. 35 pages plus 120 plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed. In protective mylar.

6521. Crelle, August Leopold.

Einige Bemerkungen über unbestimmte Gleichungen vom ersten Grade zwischen zwei ganzen Zahlen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 53 Seiten. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6522. [Marceau, Marcel] Pawlikowski – Cholewa, Harald von.

Le Mime Marcel Marceau.

Erster Band [Text in german – english – french – italian – spanish]. Hamburg, Johannes Maria Hoeppner, 1955. 4°. c. 120 pages with numerous black-and-white-photographs of Marcel Marceau. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

6523. The National Library.

Daniel O’ Connell. Facsimile Documents.

Dublin, Committee for Educational Services Based on the Institutions of Science and Art. 1978. 23.7 cm x 34.8 cm. 22 Facsimile Documents. With many black and white illustrations. Original Folder. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Folder is slightly worn. Leaf of folder no longer glued. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6524. Bell, W.D.M.

Karamojo Safari.

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XI, 298 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine / without the dustjacket. Design on front board. Mapped endpapers showing ‘Route of Author’s Safari Through Karamojo.’ Very good- condition. Signs of external wear. Boards and spine show significant fading and discoloration from wear. Binding is still firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean.

6525. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Über die Kotyttia und die Baptae.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 17 Seiten (Seiten 213 – 230 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

6526. Fellowes, P.F.M. / Blacker, L.V. Stewart. / Etherton, P.T. / Douglas adn Clydesdale, Marques.

First Over Everest – The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 [including the original set of 3D Glasses]. And An Account of the Filming of the Flight by Geoffrey Barkas, With 57 Illustrations from Photographs, Diagrams and Maps.

Fourth Edition. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, no year (c.1933). 16 cm x 23.5 cm. Photographic portrait frontispiece, XIX, 279 pages. 52 plates. One fold-out maps showing ‘the flight from Cairo to Purnea. Numerous diagrams and photographic plates with captioned tissued guards. A pair of 3D Glasses in rear pastedown pocket for viewing the Anaglyph on p.222. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind embossment on front board. Stained top edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded and slight rubbing and abrasion to heel. Small section cut out of front endpaper. Interior tanned but clean and unmarked.

6527. Lie, Jonas.

Familien paa Gilje. Interiør fra firtiaarene. Med tegninger af Erik Werenskiold.

København, Gyldendal Boghandels Forlag, 1903. 20.3 cm x 26.6 cm. 227 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Patterned boards and leather corners and spine, gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine rubbed. Only minor foxing to endpapers and half-title page. Edges tanned, minor foxing. Pre-owner ink stamp on half-title page (″A.Chr.Haugaard). From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6528. Rae, Colin.

Malaboch – or Notes from my Diary on the Boer Campaign of 1894 against the Chief Malaboch of Blaauwberg, District Zoutpansberg, South African Republic – To which is appended a synopsis of the Johannesburg crisis of 1896.

London / South Africa, Sampson Low, Marston and Company / J.C. Juta & Co, 1898. 15.5 cm x 23.2 cm. XIX, 248 pages. 53 illustrations. Fold-out map showing ‘the scene of war in Zoutpansberg.’ Modern, recent Hardcover [maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Parts of the original binding (spine and illustrated cover) pasted to pastedown and endpaper. Excellent condition besides the paper being a little brittle at the deckled edges and a minor tear to halftitle. Interior bright and unmarked. Binding firm and strong.

6529. [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Cherry, P. P.

The Western Reserve and Early Ohio.

Ohio, R. L. Fouse, 1921. 14 x 20 cm. 332 pages with 40 illustrations. Original blue cloth covered Hardcover-edition. Gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of logician Willard Van Orman Quine – with his ownership-stamp to the front free endpaper.

6530. Arp, R. / Barkman, A. / McRae, J.

The Philosophy of Ang Lee.

Kentucky, The University Press of Kentucky. 2013, 16 cm x 23.5 cm, 303 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Signed and inscribed to Parkes by James McRae.

6531. Bell, W.D.M.

The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter.

Second Edition. London, Neville Spearman & The Holland Press, 1958. 18 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 188 pages. 58 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Front board carries faint hint of staining. Some very occasional light spotting to an otherwise bright and clean interior with sharp corners.

6532. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Von den Aleuaden.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 41 Seiten (Seiten 171 – 212 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

6533. Eliot, T.S.

Milton. Annual Lecture on a Master Mind. Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy 1947.

Third Impression 1948. London, Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1948. 8°. 19 pages. Softcover / Original brochure. Spine with some minor splitting and minor tears to rear wrapper. Otherwise very good.

6534. [Raemaekers, Louis] Chesterton, G.K. and others.

The Land and Water Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons. [with at least three contributions by G.K.Chesterton].

Volume I [of II]. London, Land & Water, 1916. 23.8 cm x 30.8 cm. 319 pages. With many colour illustrations/cartoons. Each full-page cartoon has a caption by a eminent figure at the time. Original Hardcover with half-leather boards. Gilt title on spine with ruled decoration. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front endpaper contains gift-inscription to Erik Haugaard. Small closed tear to page 263. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6535. 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 !

6536. Fendall, C.P.

The East African Force 1915-1919. An Unofficial Record of its Creation and Fighting Career; Together with some account of the Civil and Military Administrative Conditions in East Africa before and during that Period.

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1921. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 288 pages. 21 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out sketch map near front showing East African campaign area. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor spotting. Some untrimmed pages. Minor closed tear to fold-out sketch map. Open tear to contents page. Interior otherwise bright and clean. Binding firm and strong and square. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

6537. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

6538. Jahn-Werner, Tara.

Dance. The Illustrated History of Dance in New Zealand. Foreword by Russell Kerr.

First Edition. Auckland, Random House, 2008. 23cm x 28cm. 312 pages. Illustrated throughout. 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.

6539. O’Hanlon, Feargal / South, Seán [Feargal Ó hAnnluain & Seán Sabhat].

Two vintage Memorial Plaques for the two IRA Volunteers Fergal O’Hanlon and Seán South, commemorating their deaths during a raid against a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on New Year’s Day, 1957.

Ireland, c.1957. 21 cm x 28 cm. Two plaques with lettering and story in gaelic ! Green and yellow plaques with ribbons in the colours of the irish flag. The plaque of Fergal O’Hanlon with some rubbing and slight damage. The plaque showing Seán South in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6540. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Grundzüge der Theorie der Sechsundsechskantner und Dreiunddreikantner, entwickelt aus den Dimensionszeichen für ihre Flächen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 47 Seiten (Seiten 217 – 264 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836) plus drei Tafeln im Anhang (davon zwei sehr grosse Falttafeln mit Formeln zu Kalkspat-Rhomboeder und eine Tafel mit Abbildungen). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6541. Singer, Isaac Bashevis.

The Penitent. [Signed] A Novel.

New York, Farrar- Straus – Giroux, 1983. 8°. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author Isaac Bashevis Singer on the front free endpaper: “Greetings – Isaac B. Singer”.

6542. Bottari, Giovanni.

Dialoghi Sopra Le Tre Arti Del Disegno.

Reggio, Per Pietro Fiaccadori, 1826. 17.3cm x 10.5cm. V, 203 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6543. Byrne, Donn.

Neart na cu-nimhe. Sean Mac Maolain a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

[Leagan Gaedhilge ar “The power of the Dog” a scriobh Donn Byrne]. Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig an tSolathair, 1940. Octavo. 761 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some missing pieces to lower front-corner and lower spine. Some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

6544. Hobley, C.W.

Bantu Beliefs and Magic. With a Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with some Reflections on East Africa After the War.

London, H. F. G. Witherby, 1922. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, 312 pages. 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and blind stamp on spine. Blind ruling to front board. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. This being the copy of Charles Marsh Beadnell, with his name on the front endpaper.

6545. [Moylan, General Stephen] Griffin, Martin I.J.

General Stephen Moylan.

Philadelphia, 1909. 16 cm x 24 cm. 142 pages. Original hardcover. Slightly damaged binding. A few loose pages. Contains some children’s drawings in pencil, and a note in ink describing where it was purchased in 1931.

6546. Rose, Gustav.

Über den Zusammenhang zwischen der Form und der elektrischen Polarität der Krystalle. Erste Abhandlung: Turmalin.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 32 Seiten plus zwei Tafeln im Anhang mit Abbildungen von gefundenen Turmalin-Formen in Brasilien, Arendal, Groenland, Schaitansk, Penig etc., klassifiziert nach schwarzer und brauner Farbe sowie gruener und rother Farbe (Seiten 215 – 247 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6547. Sibrand, Johann (d. J.) / Brandes, Daniel.

Juscinctorum Singulare quam adspirante summo numine decreto et autoritate magnifici Jctorum Ordinus in inclyta Universitate patria.

Rostochium / Rostock, Joh. Weppling, 1695. 8°. 40 Seiten. Softcover. Originale Titelbroschur. Die letzten drei Seiten mit Feuerschaden (minimaler Textverlust).

6548. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Neue Bestimmung einer Rhomboëderfläche am Kalkspath.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 7 Seiten und eine lithographische Tafel im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6549. Tollemache, Lionel A.

Old and Odd Memories.

London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 23cm x 15cm. 328 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of age-related wear including some mild foxing. Inscribed and signed by Lionel A. Tollemache on the endpaper: “To Winnie – Lionel A. Tollemache” / Further inscribed by the recipient ‘Winnie’ who passed on the book as gift: “…+ then to my two dear American friends, the Davenport Wests from Cousin Winnie”.

6550. Boucher Beug, Katherine.

TELEMACHUS and the Moonprints.

Cork, The Fenton Gallery, 2003. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 46 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight stains on covers.

6551. Byrne, Donn [Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne].

The Power of the Dog.

No.103 of a Limited Edition of only 516 copies. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no year [1929]. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 473 pages. Hardcover / Original quarter vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on endpaper from 1929: “Eva M. Clarke from O.W.L. – Christmas 1929”. Donn Byrne was owner of Coolmain Castle (near Kilbrittain) until his death in a car accident in 1929.

6552. Hobley, C.W.

Kenya – From Chartered Company to Crown Colony, Thirty Years of Exploration and Administration in British East Africa. Illustrated from Photographs. With a Foreword by W.G.A Ormsby Gore M.P (Late Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies).

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece. 256 pages. 19 monochrome images on 10 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is slightly sunned. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard to the frontispiece in near excellent condition.

6553. Kaufmann, Fritz (1891-1958).

Art and Phenomenology.

1940. 8°. 15 pages. Stapled Offprint from “Philosophical Essays”. Inscribed and monogrammed by Fritz Kaufmann: “In friendship and gratitude – FK”.

6554. Kroner, Richard.

Zweck und Gesetz in der Biologie. Eine logische Untersuchung.

Habilitationsschrift. Tübingen, Laupp, 1913. 8°. IV, 166 Seiten. Softcover / Broschur. Angestaubt. Obere Broschur am Rücken gelöst. Die letzten drei Seiten mit Knickspuren, sonst innen tadellos. SELTEN !

6555. Light, Michael.

Full Moon. [With an] Essay by Andrew Chaikin.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. 4°. 244 pages with photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6556. Ohashi, Ryosuke.

Kire – Das ‘Schöne’ in Japan. Philosophisch-ästhetische Reflexionen zu Geschichte und Moderne. [Widmungs-Exemplar].

Köln, Dumont Buchverlag, 1994. 25 cm x 19 cm. 171 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6557. Raftery, Barry.

Relics of Old Decency. Archaeological studies in later prehistory : Festschrift for Barry Raftery. Edited by Gabriel Cooney, Katharina Becker, John Coles, Michael Ryan and Susanne Sievers.

Dublin, Wordwell, 2009. 29 cm. XII, 560 pages with numerous illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), charts, plans. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

6558. Rose, Heinrich.

Über das Verhalten der wasserfreien Schwefelsäure gegen einige Chlormetalle und Salze, und über eine Verbindung derselben mit der wasserfreien schweflichen Säure.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 14 Seiten (Seiten 315 – 330 des Jahrgangsbandes der Akademie). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6559. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Über rechts und links gewundene Bergkrystalle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 18 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 205 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

6560. Younghusband, Ethel.

Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar. With Fifty-eight Illustrations from Photographs and a Map.

London, John Long, Limited, 1910. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 320 pages. 58 illustrations on 36 plates. Fold-out map showing “Uganda Railway and Surrounding Country” (from the East Coast to the Lake Victoria, Nyanza). Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece slightly frayed. Signs of foxing throughout. Otherwise in absolutely excellent condition internally. Especially the Binding very good and firm.

6561. Artaud, Antonin / Genet, Jean / Jouhandeau, Marcel / Tardieu, Jean / Vian, Boris.

L’Arbalète – Revue de Littérature. [Boris Vian – “Les Poissons Morts”]. Imprimée tous les six mois sur la presse à bras de Marc Barbezat. No. 12.

Lyon, Chez Marc Barbezat, 1947. 19.5 cm x 28 cm. 184 pages. Original Softcover. Stiff card covers with illustrated paper dust jacket. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to rear endpaper and inside cover only. Includes two loose sheets (broadsides) of advertising for further publications from the publishing house (Jean Genet’s Poems and Miracle de la Rose (sizeable praise from Jean-Paul Sartre included) and errata-leaf loosely inserted. Several pages untrimmed / unopened. [L’Arbalète (No. 12)].

6562. 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.

6563. Galbraith, John Kenneth.

Beyond the Marshall Plan – including A Joint Statement by Members of NPA’s Board of Trustees and Agriculture, Business, Labor and International Committees present at NPA’s annual joint meeting – January 31 and February 1, 1949 – and a report by John Kenneth Galbraith.

Planning Pamphlets, 1949. 8°. IV, 28 pages. Softcover. Original brochure – Planning Pamphlets No.67.

6564. James, G.P.R. [George Payne Rainsford James].

One in a Thousand; or, The Days of Henri Quatre.

London / Belfast, Simms and McIntyre, 1850. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16). 303 pages. Hardcover / 19th century, decorative half-leather with ornament and original spine-label. Vintage 19th-century bookseller-sticker from “″N. Massey, Cork” on front board. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Binding a little dusty but overall very good.

6565. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in 1880-1 / With A New Map of the South African Republic and Text of the Convention of 1884. [Including an extensive Appendix with a Glossary of Local Terms used in South Africa – The Transvaal Volksraad – Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic – Notices of the Boer Leaders etc.].

Second Edition. London, Abbott, Jones & Co., Limited, (1881). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Fold-out map near front showing South African Republic. Hardcover [publisher’s original khaki cloth] with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Blind ruling on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appendix unopened (uncut). Binding firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on half-title: “Miss McCracken – 19th Dec.1899”.

6566. Croce, Benedetto.

Nuovi Saggi sul Goethe.

First Edition / Primera Edizione. Bari, Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1934. 20cm x 12.7cm. XI, 189 pages. Original illustrated softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6567. Grand Lodge of Edinburgh.

The Constitution and Laws of the Grand Lodge of Antient [sic] Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland.

First Edition. Edinburgh, Grand Lodge of Edinburgh and Grand Secrertary, 1958. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. VI, 178 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt emblemata on the boards). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed: “Provincial Grand Secretary – 1st March, 1959”. This is an amended version, probably the copy of the Grand Secretary himself, in which clean, red highlighted corrections have been made by hand with printed errata leaves tipped in on three locations within the publication. Rare !

6568. Krueger, Paul / Mommsen, Theodor / [Aus der Bibliothek: Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim].

Corpus Iuris Civilis, Editio Stereotypa Sexta, Volumen Primum. Institutiones recognovit Paulus Krueger / Digesta recognovit Theodorus Mommsen.

Volumen Primum. Berlin, Weidmann, MDCCCCXIII (1893). 19.5 cm x 27.5 cm. XVI, XXXII, 882 pages. Original Hardcover. Half-binding in leather, marbled front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing of front free endpaper, front index pages, front page and back free endpaper and back index pages. From the library of Graf Erwin Ferdinand Karl Rochus von Schönborn-Buchheim.

6569. [Keane, John B.]

Playwright of the People – A Collection of Tributes to John B. Keane, 1928-2002.

Listowel, North Kerry Literary Trust, 2004. 14 cm x 22 cm. 205 pages. With numerous photographs and also including the often missing CD with recordings of John B. Keane talking about his life and influences. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With occasional markings in the text and a dedication to half title.

6570. Weiß, Michael Bastian.

Der Autor als Individuum – Die Wende zum Subjekt in Ästhetik und Kunst des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts.

Hildesheim/Zürich/New York, Olms, 2007. 8°. XVII, 453 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Noch in Folie eingeschweißt. Absolut neuwertig. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Europaea memoria : Reihe 1, Studien ; Bd. 52]

6571. Hatch, Frederick H. / Chalmers J.A.

The Gold Mines of the Rand – Being a Description of the Mining Industry of Witwatersrand South African Republic. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Second Edition. London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 18 cm x 26 cm. XVII, 306 pages. 79 in-text illustrations and 14 monochrome photographs. 2 fold-out maps in pocket of rear board showing the South Transvaal and Witwatersrand. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Abrasion to cloth at heel of spine. Binding is strong and firm. Interior of book is unmarked but shows some signs of foxing. Name of preowner on titlepage: “Alma Stewart Arnold” (?)

6572. [Lilly Library].

Notable Medical Books – From the Lilly Library – Indiana University.

Indianapolis, The Lilly Research Laboratories, 1976. Quarto. 275 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6573. Zaccaria, Francisco Antonio.

Bibliotheca Ritualis – Concinnatum opus a Francisco Antonio Zaccaria ac duos in tomos tributum quorum alter de illorum explanatoribus agit. / Tomus I: De libris ad sacros utriusque ecclesiae orientalis, et occidentalis ritus pertinentibus [The sacred books of the Rites of the two churches to the east , and the west] / Tomus II: De librorum ritualium explanatoribus [The books of Rituals explained] / Tomus III: Supplementa continens praemisso cl. viri Joannis Maldonati inedito de Caeremoniis tractatu ciu praeter adnotationes adcedit gemina editoris dissertatio. [Supplement].

High-Class-Reprint of the Rome – edition from 1776. New York, Burt Franklin, no year (c. 1970). Large Octavo. Volume I: LXXXIII, 364 pages / Volume II: XVI, 468 pages / Volume III: 16, CCCLXIV pages. Original Hardcover (Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6574. Kay, John.

Collection of three original engravings [portraits of english Judges] by scottish caricaturist and engraver John Kay.

[Edinburgh], [Hugh Paton], [c. 1838-1842]. 13 cm x 18 cm (Images) / 24 cm x 30 cm (mounts). 3 sheets, signed in the plate. All three portraits are beautifully framed. Price of this collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS courier.

6575. North, Marianne.

A Vision of Eden – The Life and Work of Marianne North. Preface by J. P. M. Brenan ; Foreword by Anthony Huxley ; Biographical note by Brenda E. Moon.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 26 cm. 240 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6576. Oifig an tSoláthair.

Oidhreacht 1916-1966.

Bilingual english and gaelic. Baile Átha Cliath, arna fhoilsiú ag Oifig an tSoláthair, [1966]. 25.3 cm. 21 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), facsimiles, portraits. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Some markings and annotations on one of the pages in the gaelic section.

6577. Perry, Charner.

Two offprints: 1. The Semantics of Political Science / 2. The Rationale of Political Discussion.

American Political Science Review / American Philosophical Association, 1950 – 1955. 8°. 9, 13 pages. Softcover. Both offprints in very good+ condition (1950-1955).

6578. Schlick, Moritz.

Causality in Contemporary Physics [Includes: “Indeterminateness of Nature and Freedom of the Will”]. Translated by D.Rynin (First published in “Die Naturwissenschaften,1931”).

Edinburgh, 1961. 8°. 21 pages. Softcover. Offprint form “The British Journal for The Philosophy of Science” – 1967.

6579. Feng Menglong.

The Sorcerer’s Revolt. Translated by Nathan Sturman.

Nathan Sturman (Publisher), 2008. 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 496 pages. Softcover. Extremely rare in bookform ! Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6580. Achmetsin, Ruslan / Kluge, Rolf-Dieter [Hrsg.].

Veränderungsprozesse in den Literaturen und Kulturen Osteuropas (der ehemaligen UdSSR[Russland]).

Tübingen, Slav. Seminar der Univ., 1997. 8°. 111 Seiten. Softcover. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Herausgebers Rolf-Dieter Kluge an die Romanistin Maria Moog-Grünewald. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. [Skripten des Slavischen Seminars der Universität Tübingen ; Nr. 31]

6581. Bellow, Saul [Ann Malamud].

More Die of Heartbreak.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 335 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Ann Malamud, with some annotations in her personal hand on a few pages. Loosely inserted a postcard from Psychoanalyst Stuart Feder to Ann Malamud from the year 1987.

6582. [Croker, John Wilson].

An Intercepted Letter from J- T-, Esq. – Writer at Canton, to his friend in Dublin, Ireland.

Fourth Edition. Dublin, Printed for M.N.Mahon, 109, Grafton Street, 1804. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). III, 42 pages. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

6583. Hattersley, C.W.

The Baganda at Home. With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda.

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1908. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 227 pages. 80 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and designs on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding firm and strong. Foxing to edges and interior. Interior unmarked.

6584. Kaye, d’Arcy.

Columbus. Engraved by Hellmuth Weissenborn.

No.40 of 200 copies of a signed, limited edition. London, The Acron Press, 1978. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. Frontispiece, 7 pages. Original hardcover with original millboard slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on the slipcase. Four engraved illustrations by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Signed by both, the writer and the engraver.

6585. Margolis, Joseph.

The Mode of Existence of a work of Art.

The Review of Metaphysics, 1958. 8°. 9 pages. Softcover. Offprint form “The Review of Metaphysics” – 1958.

6586. Various Authors: Lopez de Ayala, Pedro / Ruiz, Juan / Manrique, Gomez / Teresa de Jesus, Santa / Cruz, Juan de La, San / Quevedo Villegas, Francisco de / Machado, Antonio / Jiminez, Juan Ramon / Garcia Lorca, Federico / Lime, Jorge de etc.

Hispanic Notes & Monographs Series: Translations from Hispanic Poets [Poets from Cuba (Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda), Argentina (Bartolomoe Mitre / Martiniano Leguizamon / Leopoldo Lugones / Enrique Banchs / Rafael Alberto Arrieta / Alfonsina Storni / Oscar Bietti / Brazil (Jorge de Lima / Carlos Pezoa Velis / Gabriela Mistral) / Colombia (Jorge Isaacs / Jose Asuncion Silva / Guillermo Valencia / Luis Carlos Lopez / Costa Rica (Carlos Luis Saenz / Fernando Lujan) Mexico (Amado Nervo / Maria Enriqueta / Jaime Torres Bodet / Juana Ines de la Cruz / Joaquin Arcadio Pagaza / Francisco A de Icaza / etc.) / Nicaragua (Ruben Dario) , Peru (Manuel Gonzalez Prada / Jose Santos Chocano) / Uruguay (Fernan Silva Valdes / Emilio Oribe / Juana de Ibarbourou) / Venezuela (Rufino Blanco-Fombona) / Spain and Portugal (Juan Ruiz / Pedro Lopez de Ayala / Payo Gomez Charino / Auzias March / Garcilaso de la Vega / Juan Boscan / Santa Teresa de Jesus / Fernando de Herreira / Lope Felix de Vega Carpio / Tomas de Iriarte / Federico Garcia Lorca / Rafael Alberti / Manuel Altolaguirre / Adriano del Valle (Bullfight at Sevilla) / etc. etc. etc.].

New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1938. 14 cm x 19 cm. XVI, 271 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Scratches to outer cloth covering. Browning of page edges.

6587. Guinness, Géraldine.

Dans l’Orient lointain – Lettres de Géraldine Guinness Missionnaire en Chine (1888-1889). Traduites de l’anglais par Mlle Laure Armand et par le Traducteur-Editeur.

2 me Mille. Genève, chez le Traducteur-Editeur, 1893. Octavo. 218 pages. [Illustrated]. Hardcover / Original, publisher’s illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6588. Fuentes, Carlos.

The Hydra Head. [Signed] Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1978. 22 cm. 291 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Beautifully signed by Fuentes on the halftitle.

6589. Bourguignon, Paul-Henri.

En Écoutant Toone jouer le Bossu. Illustrations D’Edgard Tytgat.

Bruxelles, Éditeur R. Dupriez, (1944). 8°. 71 pp. Broché. [Bookblock slightly detached but overall excvellent / Bel exemplaire. Edition originale. Couverture et 12 dessins d’Edgard Tijtgat, mis en couleurs à la main au pochoir. Exemplaire No. 311 / 510 exemplaires (exemplaire sur Hollande Van Gelder). / Inscribed and signed by Paul-Henri Bourguignon on the endpaper in 1954.

6590. [Byron, Lord George Gordon] Marchand, Leslie A.

Byron’s Letters and Journals 1798-1824. Volume I – In My Hot Youth 1798-1810; Volume II – Famous in My Time 1810-1812; Volume III – Alas! The Love of Women 1813-1814; Volume IV – Wedlock’s the Devil 1814-1815; Volume V – So Late into the Night 1816-1817; Volume VI – The Flesh is Frail; Volume VII – Between Two Worlds 1820; Volume VIII – Born for Opposition 1821; Volume IX – In the Wind’s Eye 1821-1822; Volume X – A Heart for Every Fate 1822-1823; Volume XI – For Freedom’s Battle 1823-1824; Volume XII – The Trouble of an Index.

Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973-1982. 8°. c. 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjackets in protective collector’s mylar. 12 volumes (complete). The dustjackets slightly worn but unclipped. Pages 148 – 156 of volume 1 with very few small stains. Else near Fine or better condition.

6591. [Croker, John Wilson].

Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones, Esq. – On the Present State of the Irish Stage. Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions.

Dublin, Printed by Graisberry & Campbell and sold by all booksellers, 1805. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). XXX, 178 pages plus Errata-leaf. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. Tear in Errata-leaf professionally repaired. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

6592. Kruuse, Jens / Kjaer, Kristian.

Danmark i Digtning og Kunst.

København, Thaning og Appels, 1967. 18.8 cm x 27.4 cm. 245 pages. With 54 black and white illustrations, and 10 colour illustrations. Original Softcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket frayed. Minor foxing to endpapers. Deckled edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6593. Mérimée, Prosper / Ó Cadhlaigh, Cormac.

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

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

6594. Mühlbrecht, Otto.

Wegweiser durch die neuere Literatur der Staats- und Rechtswissenschaften (abgeschlossen am 1.Juli 1885).

Berlin, Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1886. 8°. XVI, 446 Seiten. Hardcover. Sensationelle, blindgeprägte Ganzleinenbindung (Verlagsbindung) mit juristischem Motto “Pro Rege Lege GreGe”. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar des Fachbereichs “Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt”; mit kleinem Signaturschildchen am Einband. Stempel auf und verso Titel. Nur ganz minimal stockfleckig und mit einigen Anstreichungen. Selten in diesem sehr guten Zustand.

6595. O’Kane, Bernard.

Die Schätze des Islam: Kostbarkeiten Aus Zwei Jahrtausenden.

[Königswinter], Tandem Verlag, 2008. 24 cm x 30.5 cm. 224 pages. With many colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

6596. Perry, Ralph Barton.

Economic Value and Moral Value.

First Edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, [1916]. Octavo. pages 443 – 485. Original, stapled offprint. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Staples a little rusty but not bleeding.

6597. Steevens, G.W.

From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War. Edited by Vernon Blackburn.

First edition. Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 13 x 19.5cm. (8), 180 pages, with a map of the Country round Ladysmith and a large fold-out map at the rear, illustrating the Seat of War in South Africa. Includes a 32 page publisher’s catalogue to rear. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition. Minor signs of external wear, including bumping to corner and small stain to front board. Front endpaper starting to tear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

6598. Lao She [Shu Qingchun].

The Drum Singers. [The rare english Translation]. Translated by Helena Kuo / Illustrated by Shi Guoliang.

Hong Kong, Joint Publishing Company (JPC), 1987. Octavo. XII, 254 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6599. [Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

6600. Weller, Henry Owen.

Kenya Without Prejudice. A Balanced, Critical Review of the Country and its People. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain.

London, East Africa, 1931. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece-Map of Kenya, XI, 162 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small notch on front board. Interior bright and clean.