1211. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

1212. O’Shea, T.J. [Compiler & Editor].

Farming and Planting in British East Africa. A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and An Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects. Compiled and Edited by T.J.O’Shea.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co., 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 162 pages. With numerous, fantastic photographic illustrations by W.D.Young throughout the publication, showing a Sisal-Field [Agave sisalana], Power-Station for a group of Sisal Factories at Thika, Highland-Sheep Farm, Sheep Shearing / Photo of a sheep-herd on Lord Delamere’s Elmenteita Farm / Sheep Bred at Naivasha Government Farm / Wheat Growing at Njoro / A Gala Day at Government House etc. etc. With a large Fold-out map at rear showing ‘East-African Protectorate.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original, illustrated red cloth]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and scuff marks. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. Pastedowns and endpapers carry advertising for Cattle, Building Materials, Agricultural Machinery and other goods for settlers and farmers from Newland Tarlton and Co. of Nairobi and other companies.

1213. Scott, Cyril.

The Philosophy of Modernism. In its Connection with Music.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, No Date (c. 1917). 12 cm x 19 cm. 135 Pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Covers suffered damp damage. Spine discoloured by light. [The Music-Lober’s Library].

1214. Lucas, E.V.

A Wanderer in London. [Includes some wonderful chapters on: London and Piccadilly / Mayfair and the Georgians / St.James’s and Piccadilly East / Trafalgar Square and Great Englishmen / The National Gallery and the British Masters / The National Gallery II: Italian Schools / The Strand and Covent Garden / Fleet Street and the Law / St.Paul’s and the Charterhouse / Cheapside and the City Churches / The Tower and the Amphibians / Whitechapel and the Boro’ / The British Museum and Soho / Holborn and Bloomsbury / Chelsea and the River etc. etc.]. With sixteen Illustrations in colour by Nelson Dawson and Thirty-Six other illustrations.

Eighteenth Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1917. Octavo. XII, 276 pages plus 31 pages “Selection of Books published by Methuen and Co.”. Original Hardcover / Blue cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1215. [Masereel, Frans] Verhaeren, Émile / Uzanne, Octave.

Quinze Poèmes d’Émile Verhaeren. Illustrés de 57 Gravures sur Bois, Dessinees et Gravées par Frans Masereel et suivis d’un Souvenir a Verhaeren par Octave Uzanne.

Paris, Edtions Georges Cres & Cie, 1917. 4°. CIII pages. Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decorated boards. Boards with some stronger signs of wear. One of 1350 exemplaires sur papier anglais.

1216. Newbolt, Sir Henry.

Poetry and Time. [Warton Lecture on English Poetry IX].

1st Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1918. 8°. 17 Pages. Original stapled wrappers (softcover). Good condition with minor signs of wear – corners and edges bumped. No text markings. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. VIII.]

1217. Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Le Flaneur des Deux Rives.

Première Édition. Paris, Éditions la Sirene, 1918. 17.5 x 10 cm. 113 pages. Broché originale en relié demi-cuir rouge couverture rouge marbré. Bon état. Dos un peu frotté très légèrement craquelé, nom de l’auteur en dorés sur dos en cuir rouge. Intérieur en bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Exemplaire avec photographie de l’Auteur. Nom de l’ancien propriétaire inscrit á la plume sur la page de garde, Paris daté 1925. Edition originale avec le monogramme G A a la justification du tirage. / Original brochure bound in contemporary half leather. [Collection des Tracts.– No.2.]

1218. Beer-Hofmann, Richard / [Lewin, Leo] / [Zohn, Harry] Weiß, E.R. [Emil Rudolf Weiß].

Die Historie von König David. Ein Zyklus / Jaakobs Traum. Ein Vorspiel.

Berlin, S. Fischer, 1918. 15 cm x 23 cm. 170 Seiten mit einer Original-Radierung von Emil Rudolf Weiß [gedruckt von Carl Sabo, Berlin]. Original Hardcover. Deckled edges. / Originaler Pappband. Die Bindung mit starken Gebrauchsspuren. Muss neu gebunden werden. Innen sehr frisch und sauber. Eines von nur 100 signierten Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe. Aus der Bibliothek von Leo Lewin, mit seinem Exlibris, nach einem Entwurf von Max Slevogt, auf dem Innendeckel. Der Band stammt sus der Judaica-Sammlung von Harry Zohn. / Damage to spine. Bottom of spine is chipped. Interior is very good. One of only 100 signed copies of the special edition. Book plate / Exlibris of Leo Lewin, designed by Max Slevogt, to pastdown. The book comes from the Judaica-library of Harry Zohn.

1219. Schwerin, Claudius Frh. von.

Leges Saxonum und Lex Thuringorum.

Hannover/Leipzig, Hahn, 1918. 8°. 75 Seiten. Hardcover / Privates Halbleinen. Originalausgabe 1918. Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Georg Schnath, mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatzblatt. [Fontes juris Germanici antiqui in usum scholarum ex Monumentis Germaniae historia … ; editi. [4]]

1220. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Chapin, Theodore.

The Nelchina-Susitna Region Alaska [With Two large Folding Maps of the Region]. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with the two Maps, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1918. Octavo. 67 pages. With 10 illustrations and 4 figure diagrams. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 668].