6981. [Halifax, 1st Marquess of] George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.

The Lady’s New-year’s Gift : Or, Advice to a Daughter. Under these following Heads, Viz. Religion, Husband, House and Family. Servants, Behaviour and Conversation, Friendships, Censure, Vanity and Affectation, Pride, Diversions, Dancing.

The Second Edition Corrected by the Original. London, Printed for Matthew Gillyflower in Westminster-Hall and James Partridge at Charing-Cross, 1688. Duodecimo (7 cm wide x 12.5 cm high). [II], 164 pages (collation complete). Hardcover / 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Very few pages with minor wormhole-damage only and some pages with some minor tears and fraying. The binding firm and with minor damage only. Some very few entries with ink by the pre-owner. Overall a very good condition with only minor signs of wear of this extremely rare and early edition of one of the rarest publications of advice on prudence and virtue, written by the Marquess of Halifax and published as an address to his daughter Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1677 – 1708). Later editions are more common but this 17th century publication is the nicest version of this book we have ever handled.

6982. Fry, Christopher.

The Lady’s Not For Burning. A Comedy.

Second Edition. London and others, Oxford University Press, 1969. 19.3cm x 13cm. 97 (6) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper with name of preowner in ballpen.

6983. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

6984. [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.

6985. Graham, Edward H.

The Land and Wildlife.

New York, Oxford University Press, 1947. 8°. XIII, 232 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6986. Baillie-Grohman, W.A.

The Land in the Mountains – Being an Account of the Past & Present of Tyrol, Its People and Its Castles. Illustrated with Eighty-Two Plates and Maps of Modern Tyrol and Ancient Raetia.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1907. 16 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 288 pages. Errata leaf opposite first page of Introduction. 2 colour maps within text. 80 illustrations in addition to frontispiece. Illustrations with captioned tissueguards. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. Gilt top edges. Deckled fore and tail edges. Good- condition. Board corners bumped and rubbed. Lengthy cracks to gutter to between rear pastedowns and endpapers with exposed cloth. Binding tender. Partially loose foxed frontispiece and tissueguard. Textblock still solid. Occasional foxing throughout. Interior unmarked.

6987. Smiles, Paul

The Land of the Black Buffalo.

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 164 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original yellow cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front pastedown and endpaper.

6988. The National Library of Ireland.

The Land War 1879-1903. Historical Documents.

Dublin, The National Library of Ireland, 1976. 21,5 x 29,5 cm. Unpaginated. Approximately 50 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. In protective Mylar.

6989. Everett, Nigel.

The Landlord’s Garden – Derreen Demesne, County Kerry.

Second and revised edition. Bantry, Hafod Press, 2005. 19 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece (John Powell’s survey of Nedeen and surroundings), 93 pages. Several black and white maps, drawings and photographs throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

6990. [Homer] Kirk, G.S.

The Language and Background of Homer – Some Recent Studies and Controversies. Selected and introduced by G.S.Kirk, Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Professor of Classics, Yale University.

Cambridge / New York, Heffer / Barnes & Noble, 1967. Octavo. XVI, 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.