8081. Petrie, George / [Douglas Bland Hague Provenance].

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland – Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by M.H.Gill, 1845. Quarto (26 cm wide x 30 cm high). XIX, 521 pages with hundreds of text-illustrations on Round Towers and Antiquities in Ireland. Original Hardcover with original spine-label of the Royal Irish Academy. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Historian Douglas Bland Hague ( (1917-1990), with his library-stamp to the font free endpaper. [The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy – Volume XX].

8082. Garton, Robin.

British Printmakers – 1855-1955. A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives.

Special Collector’s Edition / Limited to 25 copies with Suite/3 prints. Devizes, Garton & Co, 1992. 26 cm x 32.5 cm. 326 pages. 585 illustrations. Hardcover / Publisher’s original quarter-leather with green buckram boards and raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. With original green-cloth slipcase. Including the additional folio-suite of 3 prints: 1. ‘Nude with Pillow’ woodcut by John Nash / 2. ‘Abstract Flower Design’ by Enid Marx / 3. ‘Old Tree’ by Reynolds Stone. Near fine condition. Very rare edition of a stunning volume, excellently presented.

8083. Mahon, Derek.

Against The Clock [Signed and Inscribed by Derek Mahon].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press (Gallery Books), 2018. 8°. 79 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. First Edition in MINT condition. Signed and Inscribed by Derek Mahon: “for Peter with best wishes – Derek, Dec. ‘18”.

8084. Mahon, Derek.

Red Sails [Signed by Derek Mahon].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press (Gallery Books), 2014. 8°. 95 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. First Edition in MINT condition. Signed by Derek Mahon. With a minor manuscript-correction of a Typo by Derek Mahon on page 83.

8085. [Cycling in Great Britain]

Collection of British Cycling and Touring Books and Maps. 1: J.G. Bartholomew, The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles / 2: Alexander Gross and F. Waite-Browne, The Premier Road Book of Great Britain / 3: ‘Cycles and Mopeds, Cycling Books of Maintenance / 4: Cycling Touring Club’s ‘Cycling’ [Know the Game Series] / 5: Cyclists’ Touring Club, ‘C.T.C. Handbook and Guide’ / 6: The Kuklos Annual and Handbook for Cyclists and other Roadfarers, 1925 / 7: Harold Briercliffe, Northern England / 8: Harold Briercliffe, Southern England, / 9: Philips New Series of County Maps – Surrey / 10: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of Dorset / 11: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of South Devon / 12: Bartholomew’s Reduced Survey Map of York and Scarborough / 13: ‘Cycling Map of the Midlands’ published by E.J. Larby / 14: Wincarins Motor & Cyclist Map of England (in Sixteen Sections)

14 volumes – 8 books, 4 Leporellos and 2 large fold-out maps. London, East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Cheltenham, George Newnes / Educational Productions Limited / Temple Press Limited / Daily News Ltd, 1923 – 1952. 10.5 cm x 15.2 cm – 12.7 cm x 18.5 cm – 20 cm x 13.7 cm – 10.3 cm x 19.5 cm. Circa. 1,100 pages. Numerous colour fold-out maps and in-text maps and tables. Hardcover and softcover. All items in very good condition with a mixture of minor and some stronger signs of wear.

8086. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

In Zululand With The British Throughout the War of 1879.

London, W. H. Allen 1880. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 343 pages. Illustrated throughout with portraits. Includes the vintage photograph of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (including tissue-guard), 3 fold-out plans. With the often missing large fold-out Military Map of Zulu Land and Adjacent Parts of Natal and Transvaal. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design on front board. First layer, with frontispiece, slightly detached. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean, with very minor spotting near front. Ink markings to first page of first chapter. Bookplate / Exlibris of Davenport House (Bridgnorth) to front pastedown with the printed motto “Audentes Fortuna Junat”. Extremely rare, rather scarce and even scarcer with the large folding-map included !

8087. Jasinski, René.

Original Manuscript of Jasinski’s work ‘Molière et le Misanthrope’ together with 4 pages of conclusion to the chapters with annotations and extensive corrections by Jasinski.

[Cambridge, Massachusetts], no year [c.1948-1949] Octavo. 94 pages of manuscript notes and chapters 1, 2 and 4 of the final work with the 4 pages of conclusions in an envelope titled “Professor Rene Jasinski – 25 Little Hall, Cambridge 38 – Massachusetts”. With the dedication page planned and outlined: “A ma soeur Cécile affectueusement – R.J.”. Softcover. The paper brittle and several of the pages held together by paperclips. Some of the pages with tears and stronger signs of fraying. The defining work that secured Jasinski a place at Harvard.

8088. Griffith, Sir William Brandforth.

Ordinances of the Gold Coast Colony, and the Rules and Orders Thereunder in Force 31st March, 1903; An Appendix Containg the Letters Patent; The Imperial Orders in Council, And Various Acts of Parliament in Force in the Colony, And an Index. Also The Ordinances, & c., In Force in Ashanti and the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. Prepared under the Authority of “The Reprint of the Statutes Ordinance, 1903” by Sir William Brandford Griffith, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony.

Original / First Edition. 2 Volumes (complete set). London, Stevens & Sons, Limited, 1903. 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm Volume 1: XLVI, 878 pages. Volume 2: 907 pages. Interleaved with blank pages throughout for later annotations / notes. Hardcover/ Original, brown half-leather with gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Massive, stunning set in overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (Leather-corner missing from front board bottom corner of Volume I). Minor gutter-split between front endpaper and half title of Volume I but binding still firm and strong. Binding of Volume II is very firm and strong. Boards are faded and carry minor stains. Board of Volume II has minor worming. Volume I carries occasional annotations. Some staining to edges of Volume I. Occasional inkstains and spotting to interiors but both volumes are sharp cornered, bright and for the most part clean. Very Rare, rather scarce original edition !

8089. [General Petroleum Exploration Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – BP (British Petroleum Co.) [N.L.Falcon – BP House – Ropemaker Street] / Robert A. Boulware / and many others.

Collection of twentyfive (25) important publications on the Geology and Oil / Gas Exploration of the World from the collection of Geologist William Daniel Gill. The collection is housed inside a Solander Box labelled “Petroleum General” and includes interesting clippings on″Diverse Strategies of State Oil Companies”, interesting offprints, pamphlets and also Development – Sheets with Diagrams sent by BP to W.D.Gill. Included are for example: 1. Robert A. Boulware – “Seismic Exploration For Stratigraphic Traps in Canada” with sheets with revised Figures sent by N.L.Falcon at BP – “Bioherm Reef Developments Shaded” / 2. Anny B. Coury – “Bibliography for a Map of Prospective Hydrocarbon Provinces in the World” (1979) / 3. Peter Fitzgerald Moore (Shell Canada Ltd.) – “The Use of Geological Models in prospecting for Stratigraphic Traps” / 4. Gill’s personal copies of publications from the 7th World Petroleum Congress in Mexico 1967 (With a photographic section of places at which Petroleum Congresses happened before) / 5. Linton, D.L. and Moseley, F. – “The Geological Ages” (1968) / 6. Heinz Beckmann – “Modern Methods of Pay Evaluation in Oil and Gasfields” (1964) / 7. Theodore A. Link – “Theory of Transgressive and Regressive Reef (Bioherm) Development and Origin of Oil” (1950) / and many more publications like these.

1950 – c. 1990. Octavo and Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8090. Dante Alighieri / Cockerell, Douglas / North, John William / Ashendene Press Circle /

Original Devotional Manuscript to Dante [La Divina Commedia / The Divine Comedy – Manoscritto dell’inizio del XX secolo della Divina Commedia di Dante – con strofe manoscritte da “L’Inferno / Inferno” – “Purgatorio” – “Il Paradiso / Paradiso”] – The Manuscript is titled: “Pictures Illustrating The Pilgrimage of the Divine Poet Through The Realms of Punishment of Penance and Peace” – Illuminated Devotional Manuscript of section of “L’Inferno / Inferno” – “Purgatorio” – “Il Paradiso / Paradiso” – with excerpts of Dante’s Divina Comedia, in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts. The manuscript is a strictly themed Dante Devotion and is of magical quality if one considers the fantastic, original calligraphy artwork, the composition of the manuscript and the coded meaning to the composer of this manuscript. The Folio – size manuscript is massive and has 216 pages, of which 109 pages are with illuminated, original watercolour-paintings in the style of the medieval masters, sometimes collages with watercolour and original etchings, engravings etc. The miniature paintings are juxtaposed with 105 vintage 19th century photographs of famous Italian Art – pieces that are somehow related to Dante’s world or have an allegorical assoziation. Besides the early photographs other juxtaposed artwork or integrated artwork to the illuminations are: an original watercolour depicting the dying Dante, a sensational copper-engraving, depicting an allegorical Dante-scenario, possibly referring to the Divine Comedy, a small photograph of the famous Michelino Fresco encapsulated in one of the illuminations, an artprint attributed “Burne-Jones”, two lithographs, a large steel-engraving, a smaller steel-engraving. Most of the photographs show allegorical sculpture or art by famous italian artists like Giotto, Carpaccio, Andrea Castagna, Luca delkla Robbia, Bellini, Titian, Dosso Dossi, Orgagna, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Angelico, Paul Veronese, Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bonifazio, Neri dei Bicci, Francesco Traini, Benozo Gozzoli, etc. etc. and other juxtaposed refer in code to Dante’s Divina Comedia or even depict himself in artform. The photographs also include some breathtaking 19th century Albumen prints of Verona, Lake Garda, Mantua and other Italian landscapes.

England, [Douglas Cockerell / John William North], no year [c.1910]. Folio (34 cm wide x 42.5 cm high). 216 pages. Hardcover / Binding in full green morocco with lettering and Dante’s head as bronze sculpture per inlet to front cover. Binding by Douglas Cockerell, signed “WHS”, during his directorship of W.H.Smith & Son (1905 – 1914). The manuscript is on excellent paper, watermarked O.W.P. & A.C.L. [O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd., established by English painter John William North (1842-1924) in 1895]. The binding rubbed and with some small damages, in need of some minor restoration but overall still very good. The interior, the paper and the artwork all in excellent condition besides one of the juxtaposed photographs (Filippina Lippo) removed from the manuscript with some residue of the photograph remaining and some of the photographs with some dogears and minimal discoloration. All the original artwork in spectacular and fresh condition. The manuscript is a spectacular find and the quality of its execution is of utmost interest for any lover of rare books, manuscripts and special bindings. The circle of Douglas Cockerell, his involvement in one of the most beautiful books ever printed: the Ashendene Press Dante, as well as Cockerell being the binder of this unique manuscript, the fantastic paper used for the manuscript by one of the idyllist movement’s central figures, John William North, and the wonderful Dante – theme of the manuscript with illuminated poetry from the Divine Comedy and the unique style of collage art, lets us rightfully dream that the anonymous composer of the manuscript was an important or at least peripheral member to either the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Ashendene Press or it was someone who worked in the style of the calligraphy schools that were inspired by William Morris or even earlier epigones like Owen Jones.