1251. Cuirtéis, Éamon.

Cuisle na hÉigse [The Fount of Poetry]. Cnuasacht Dan Do Ceapadh Le n-Ar Linn Féin. Éamon Cuirtéis do Chuinnigh [A Collection of Poetry composed during our time. Gathered by Éamon Cuirtéis].

Ath Cliath, Mártan Lester, Tta., 1920. 8°. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1252. Green, Alice Stopford.

The Making of Ireland and its undoing, 1200-1600.

Second Edition. Dublin / London, Maunsel and Company, 1920. Large Octavo. XXIV, 573 pages including a map of Ireland specially drawn to illustrate chapter I of the book. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine (Original blue publisher’s coth). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the private library of Seosamh Laoide (English: Joseph H. Lloyd, 1865–1939), known as “Mac Tíre na Páirce” (″Wolf of the Park”). With his name in gaeilge on the endpaper. Seosamh Laoide was an Irish language scholar was an Irish language scholar.

1253. Garrow-Green, G. (aka ‘Black Hackle’ of the Field and The Fishing Gazette).

Trout-Fishing in Brooks – Its Science and Art.

Second Impression. London, George Routledge & Sons, [c.1920]. Small Octavo. VII,136 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1254. Grierson, Prof. H.J.C.

Lord Byron: Arnold and Swinburne. Warton Lecture on English Poetry XI.

1st Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1920. 8°. 31 Pages. Original stapled wrappers (softcover). Good condition with minor external signs of wear – corners bumped, pages chipped. Some text markings. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. IX.]

1255. Avantgarde Cover Art – Nezval, Vítêzslav / Tzara, Tristan / Babel, Isaak / Ježek, Jaroslav / Capek, Josef / Seifert, Jaroslav and others.

Collection of 27 stunning publications of the Czech Avantgarde, Czech Translations of French, Russian and German Literature and Poetry, Photomontage – Dustwrappers as well as wonderful czech avantgarde-typography of the 1930s and 1940s. The collection also includes seven (7) vintage, original scores of sheetmusic by the famous czechoslovakian avantgarde jazz musician, and composer Jaroslav Ježek.

Praze / Prague, Odeon / Olymp (and others), 1920 – 1990. Octavo. More than 1000 pages, some books with illustrations. Original softcover publications, often with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Some of the rare publications with some signs of wear, few publications with some loosened pages (ask for complete list). Overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1256. Aymard, A.

Histoire de France. Cours Moyen.

Paris Librairie Hachette, 1920. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 189 pages. Couverture originale. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Couverture décolorée. Coins légèrement abîmés. [Cours Gauthier et Deschamps].

1257. Dale, Godfrey.

The Peoples of Zanzibar, Their Customs and Religious Beliefs.

Westminster, The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, 1920. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 124 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1258. Babcock, Louis L.

The Tarpon [The True First Issue of the First Edition / Inscribed, Signed and dated in March 1920].

Printed for Private Distribution. [Louis L.Babcock], 1920. Octavo. 62 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Spine damaged. Front board and first layer cleanly detached. Needs new binding. Softcover boards slightly frayed. Interior excellent. This is the Extremely Rare, inscribed and signed first edition, meant for private circulation only. Inscribed by Babcock to W.J.Duncan in Buffalo, New York: “Dear Mr.Duncan, please accept this little volume with my regards & good wishes – L.L.B. – Mch 20/20 – Louis L. Babcock – 802-826 Buffalo, N.Y.”.

1259. Original Earl 20th century German Expressionism in Original Woodcuts – Mann, Thomas.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

München, Phantasus-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. [4], 58, [3] Seiten. Mit elf (11) ganzseitigen Original-Bleischnitten und vier (4) kolorierten Bleischnitt-Initialen von Otto Nückel. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Einband minimal fleckig. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

1260. Pitman, Isaac.

New Course in Pitman’s Shorthand. New Era Edition.

London, Sir Issac Pitman & Sons, no year (c.1920-1945). 12,5 x 19 cm. 174 pages. Hardcover (Original publisher’s cloth). Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.