8291. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung. [Erstausgabe mit dem seltenen, angebundenen Zusatz: “Verbesserungen und Zusaetze zur ersten Ausgabe der Abhandlung vom Besitz von D. Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Professor der Rechte zu Marburg. Aus der zweiten Ausgabe besonders abgedruckt / The First Edition with the rare Appendix].

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Gießen, bey Heyer, 1803. Oktav. XXXII, 495 Seiten plus Errata [Berichtigungen und Zusaetze] / Paginierung der angebundenen Abhandlung: 115 Seiten. Hardcover / Private, sehr dekorative, moderne Halblederbindung. Sehr guter Zustand. Extrem selten mit dem Anhang.

8292. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

8293. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett – photographed in Room 604 at The Hyde Park Hotel in London, 1980. [Artist Proof] !

Rare, modern print of the 1989 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2010. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From his personal Archive. Marked as A/P (Artist Proof) by John Minihan.

8294. [Naylor, Dave].

Geological Survey of Ireland – Collection of Four Large bespoke Solander Boxes with Map Report Series of Ireland and an additional abundance of Surveys, Maps and Essays on the Geology of Ireland as well as specialist publications, Bibliographies, Pamphlets and Data Sheets on several regions within Ireland. [See List].

Dublin / Cork and others, c.1960 – 2000. Quarto. Hardcover Boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8295. [Kings Bromley Manor].

Collection of two very rare original Albumen Print Photoalbums wih original photographs of Kings Bromley Manor, Kings Bromley Farm, Lichfield, parts of the Lane Family, places the Lane – Family visited etc. etc.

Lichfield (Staffordshire, England), no year (ca.1890-1910). Folio / Quarto. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8296. [Freke Family Provenance] / [Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Scott, Sir Walter.

Collection of Works by Sir Walter Scott. Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin, given to First Class Classics – Student [Literis Humanioribus] Jacobo Freke by Vice Provost Henry Wray (signed) between the years 1823 and 1828. The Collection includes: 1. Walter Scott – The Lay of the Last Minstrel – A Poem (The Twelth Edition, London, 1811) / 2. Walter Scott – The Lady of the Lake – A Poem (The Ninth Edition, Edinburgh, 1811 – Plays in the vicinity of Loch Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire / With Notes to the Cantos) / 3. Walter Scott – Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. (The Seventh Edition, Edinburgh, 1811) / 4. Walter Scott – Rokery – A Poem (The Third Edition, Edinburgh, 1813) / 5. Walter Scott – The Lord of the Isles – A Poem (The Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1815). With the handwritten entry on the first page: “The Freke Books were given to me by the last of his daughter’s Sidney – 1936” [Written by Henry Longfield Conner].

Five Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Printed for Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown and A.Constable and Co. Edinburgh; By James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh, 1811 – 1815. Octavo. 349, 433, 377, CXXVIII, 413, 443 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather in Mylar. Stunning, Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin: “Reg. Elizabeth Juxta Dublin Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis”. Bindings worn and slightly cracked but all holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

8297. [Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

8298. Svenska Turistföreningen / [ edited by Boheman, Mauritz / Melander, Richard / Berg, Gustaf Ruben Gustafsson / Boheman, Ezaline / Fries, Carl].

Svenska Turistföreningens Årsskrift. [Nature perception and tourist life / Tourism and its Influence on Environment and many other topics on Ecology, Nature, Climate and Environmental Impacts in Sweden].

43 volumes. Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1889, 1891-2, 1893-1914, 1916-1923, 1929-1940. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Circa 17,500 pages. (1889) 256 pages; (1891-2) 403 pages; (1893) 304 pages; (1894-5) 169 pages;(1894) 387 pages; (1895) 474 pages; (1896) 309 pages; (1897) 368 pages; (1898) 444 pages; (1899) 443 pages; (1900) 422 pages; (1901) 461 pages; (1902) 447 pages; (1903) 447 pages; (1904) 463 pages; (1905) 439 pages; (1906) 402 pages; (1907) 446 pages; (1908) 438 pages; (1909) 493 pages; (1910) 462 pages; (1911) 415 pages; (1912) 407 pages; (1913) 404 pages; (1914) 441 pages; (1916) 450 pages; (1917) 382 pages; (1918) 381 pages; (1919) 341 pages; (1920-21) 783 pages; (1922) 397 pages; (1923) 398 pages; (1929) 354 pages; (1930) 366 pages; (1931) 366 pages; (1932) 376 pages; (1933) 387 pages; (1934) 407 pages; (1935) 438 pages; (1936) 395 pages; (1938) 399 pages; (1939) 383 pages; (1940) 395 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs throughout. 32 volumes in original Hardcover [Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine]. Gilt embossment of Alpine Club Insignia on spine / Also: 12 of the volumes are original Softcovers with decoratively illustrated wrappers. Gilt top edge to the Volume covering the year 1900. Very good condition generally with only minor signs of external wear. Hardcovers- Externally, very smart with occasional very minor rubbing to the head and tail. Text block with dust-toned edges. Interior crisp and sharp cornered for the most part. Occasional foxing and some tanning throughout. Interiors unmarked. Volume for 1894-5 shows significant darkening to interior. Volumes for 1907 and 1917 show damp staining and damage to interior. Softcovers – Externally, very smart with occasional very minor rubbing to the head and tail and to corners. Interiors clean and bright. 1929 Volume, open tear to top corner of front board. Volumes for 1935 and 1937 show slight tears to spine but binding still firm and strong. Volume for1937 has detached front board and loose leaves near front. Former library copies – volumes carry subtle stamp of the Alpine Club on the preliminary pages.

8299. Vaihinger, Hans / Bode, Wilhelm / Vlach, Milo.

Sammlung bedeutender Ausgaben des Philosophen Hans Vaihinger mit signierten Widmungsexemplaren an den Wiener Philosophen und Vaihinger-Spezialisten Milo Vlach, Kunsthistoriker Wilhelm Bode, signierte Sonderdrucke, ein signierter Brief / (mit zwei Dubletten). Die Sammlung enthält die erste und dritte Auflage seines Hauptwerks sowie einen Neudruck der 9./10. Auflage von 1927: 1. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. System der theoretischen, praktischen und religiösen Fiktionen der Menschheit auf Grund eines idealistischen Positivismus. Mit einem Anhang über Kant und Nietzsche. Erste Ausgabe. XXXV,804 Seiten. Berlin, 1911. Blaues Halbleinen. / 2. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. Dritte, durchgesehene Auflage. XXXIX, 804 Seiten. Leipzig, Felix Meiner, 1918. Dekoratives Halbpergament / 3. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. Neudruck der 9./10. Auflage, 1927 (1986 Scientia). Gelbes Leinen. / 4. Der Atheismusstreit gegn die Philosophie des Als Ob und das Kantische System. Berlin, 1916. Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 5. Der Atheismusstreit gegn die Philosophie des Als Ob und das Kantische System. Berlin, 1916. Signiert: “Primum vivere deinde philosophari – Halle, d. 1.Juli 1921 – Vaihinger” / 6. Pessimismus und Optimismus vom Kantschen Standpunkt aus. Berlin, 1924. Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 7. Wie Kant beinahe geheiratet hätte – Kulturhistorische Novelle von August Stricker. Mit einem Vorwort neu herausgegeben von Hans Vaihinger. Leipzig, 1924. Widmung: “Herrn Dr.Milo Vlach in Wien mit den herzlichsten Grüssen – Halle a/S. im Jan.25 – Vaihinger” / 8. Nietzsche als Philosoph. Feldausgabe. Berlin, 1916 – Widmung: “Herrn Doktorand Miloslav Vlach in Wien mit freundlichem Gruss von H. Vaihinger” / 9. Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ? – Widmung: “Freundlichen Gruss, heute, am 100.Geburtstag von Friedrich Albert Lange, dem Vorkämpfer religiöser Selbstbehauptung – Halle, 28.IX.28 – Vaihinger” / 10. Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ? – Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 11. Wie die Philosophie des Als Ob entstand. Leipzig, Felix Meiner, 1921. Widmung: “Herrn Dr.Wilhelm Bode in Weimar, dem echten Vertreter der Lebenskunst Goethes, des Vorkämpfers für die ästhetische Illusionstheorie und für den religiösen Symbolismus. Zum 30. März 1922 – Vaihinger” / 12. Nietzsche als Philosoph. Langensalza, 1930. Widmung: “Herrn und Frau Obersekretär Barkhaus mit herzlichen Weihnachtswünschen, überreicht von H. Vaihinger – Halle a/S. im Dezember 1930.” / 13. Zweiseitiger Brief (Schreibmaschine) auf Vaihingers persönlichem Briefpapier, datiert Hale, 16.Dezember 1925. An einen “Herrn Stifts-Repetent Kraus” [Repetent an Vaihingers alter Schule – dem Evangelischen Stift in Tübingen.] Kraus hatte wohl eine philosophische Arbeitsgruppe von sieben Schülern und Vaihinger’s “Philosophie des Als Ob” muss Gegenstand der Arbeitsgruppe gewesen sein und Kraus hat aus diesem Grund mit Vaihinger kontakt aufgenommen. In der ausführlichen Art Vaihingers erwähnt dieser in seiner Antwort an Kraus den Einfluss von Otto Ritschl auf die Entstehung der “Philosophie des Als Ob”, er erwähnt auch Wobbermin in Göttingen und schreibt weiterhin: “als ehemaliger Stiftler betrachte ich es als eine Ehre, wenn im Stifte auch die “Philosophie des Als Ob” dadurch Anerkennung findet, dass man sich dort mit den von mir aufgeworfenen Theorien beschäftigt”.

Leipzig / Berlin / Halle etc., 1911 – 1930. Octavo. c. 2000 Seiten. Hardcover / Softcover. Die Sammlung generell in sehr gutem Zustand mit diesen Ausnahmen: Kleiner Wasserschaden an “Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ?” und “Pessimismus und Optimismus”. Eine Ausgabe des “Atheismusstreits” Papier etwas brüchig. / Anstreichungen und Anmerkungen in der Erstausgabe der “Philosophie des Als Ob”. Vorsatzblatt der Halbpergamentausgabe fehlt. Eine seltene Sammlung !!

8300. Arbuthnot, John / [Daniel Conner Library].

Tables of Antient Coins, Weights and Measures – Explained And Exemplified in Several Dissertations [Including sections like: “The Grecian Manner of reckoning Sums of Money by Drachmae, Minae and Talenta” / “A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians” / Including “Of the Jewish Coins in which their weights are likewise considered”]. The Second Edition – To which is added, An Appendix, containing Observations on Dr.Arbuthnot’s Dissertations on Coins, Weights and Measures by Benjamin Langwith.

London, Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; A.Millar, in the Strand; and J.Whiston and B.White, in Fleet-Street, 1754. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). Collation [complete as called for by Index]: Title, 11 unnumbered pages, 327 pages plus 18 plates (partly folded) with Weights, Measures and Values of Several Foreign Coins explained. Original 18th-century binding, recently rebacked in 18th-century-style by two english master-bookbinders. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper with faded dampstain. Only very minor signs of foxing. Some minor wormhole – damage to the inner margins but not effecting the text. Wide margins. Extremely Rare Publication, now beautifully restored ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.