1351. Chisholm, Roderick M. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of six (6) first edition offprints by and on Roderick M. Chisholm, all from the library of his friend and colleague Henry David Aiken, most of them signed and inscribed by Chisholm and one signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: 1. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Reichenbach on Observing and Perceiving” / 2. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Philosophers and Ordinary Language” / 3. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Contrary-To-Fact Conditional” / 4. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Defeat of Good and Evil” / 5. Roderick M. Chisholm – ″Sentences about Believing” / 6. Roderick Firth – “Chisholm and the Ethics of Belief” [signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: “Henry – with best regards – Rod”].

Harvard / Brown University, 1946 – 1969. 8°. c. 80 pages. Original Offprints / Stapled. All offprints in very good+ – near fine condition.

1352. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [Eastern Europe with Ukraine / Bulgaria / Poland / Romania / Azerbaijan etc.] Naylor, David (Dave).

Collection of six (6) large Solander-Boxes on Eastern Europe (of which we list in detail here only Box III) with Printed and some manuscript Materials from the private Reference- library of Geologist Prof.David (Dave) Naylor regarding evaluation of Petroleum Deposits, Gas Deposits in “Eastern Europe” – Maps and Charts and offprints, rare publications of the former DDR (German Democratic Republic) on “Tectonic Regime of Molasse Epochs in Central and South-East Europe and some regions of U.S.S.R.”, copied articles and original offprints of colleagues of Dave Naylor, like N.Grigoras, who wrote about the Geology of Petroleum Deposits in Romania. See a list of all items included in six large boxes with rare materials from the private collection of Dave Naylor.

Potsdam / Mexico / etc., c.1982 – 1990. Quarto. c. 1200 pages plus maps. Hardcover Boxes / Six (6) bespoke made Boxes for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1353. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [Eastern Europe with Crimea / Poland / Romania] Naylor, David (Dave).

Collection of six (6) large Solander-Boxes on Eastern Europe (of which we list in detail here only Boxes I and II below) with Printed and some manuscript Materials from the private Reference- library of Geologist Prof.David (Dave) Naylor regarding evaluation of Petroleum Deposits, Gas Deposits in “Eastern Europe” – Maps and Charts and offprints, rare publications of the former DDR (German Democratic Republic) on “Tectonic Regime of Molasse Epochs in Central and South-East Europe and some regions of U.S.S.R.”, copied articles and original offprints of colleagues of Dave Naylor, like N.Grigoras, who wrote about the Geology of Petroleum Deposits in Romania. See a list of all items included in six large boxes with rare materials from the private collection of Dave Naylor.

Potsdam / Mexico / etc., c.1982 – 1990. Quarto. c. 1200 pages plus maps. Hardcover Boxes / Six (6) bespoke made Boxes for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1354. [Romania / Carpathian Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Grigorias, N. / Constantinescu, N. / Sandulescu, Mircea / Murgeanu, G. / Patruy, I. / Popescu, M. / Manolescu, G. / Soare, E. / Patrulius, D. / Petrisor, I. / Pauliuc, S. / Costea, I. / Danet, T. / Boncev, Ekim.

Collection of sixteen (16) important publications on the Geology of Romania and the Carpathian Region from the William Daniel Gill Collection. The collection includes the following publications (all first editions): 1. N. Grigoras and N. Constantinescu – “Geological Activity for Oil and Gas in the Socialist Republic of Rumania” (1969) / 2. N. Grigoras and I. Patrut and M.Popescu – Contributi La Cunoasterea Evolutiei Geologice A Platformei Moesice De Pe Teritoriul R.P.R. (1961) / 3. N. Grigoras – “Rolul Depresiunilor Premontane In Formarea Rocilor Bitumoase Din R.P.R.” (1957) / 4. N.Grigoras – “Consideratii Privind Legile De Raspindire Ale Zacamintelor De Petrol Si Gaze Din R.P.R” (1961) / 5. N.Grigoras and S.Pauliuc and I. Costea – “Date Noi Privind Faciesurile Paleogenului Dintre Vaile Oituz Si Bistrita” (1966) / 6. N.Grigoras and S.Pauliuc and I.Costea – “Noi Contributii Privind Depozitele Paleogene Dintre Vaile Zabala Si Oituz” (1964) / 7. N.Grigoras and S.Pauliuc and I. Costea – “Date Noi Privind Depozitele Paleogene Dintre Valea Putnei Si Valea Buzaului” (1963) / 8. N.Grigoras and T. Danet – “Contributi La Cunoasterea Sisturilor Verzi Dobrogene” (1961) / 9. N.Grigoras – “Contributiuni La Cunoasterea Geologie Reg.Craiova – Caracal”(1961) / 10. N.Grigoras – “Geologie des Cisements de Petrole et de Gaz en Roumanie” (1966) – Inscribed and signed by N.Grigoras / 11. Ekim Boncev – “Probleme der Lineamenttekonik im oestlichen Teil der Balkanhalbinsel” (1965) / 12. G.Manolescu and E.Soare – “Unity of the Nature of the Relative Permeability Curves in Relation with The Different Wetting Fluid Phases of a Porous Medium and Possibility of their Analytical Expression” (1962) / 13. D.Patrulius – “Olistolitele Masivului Bucegi” (1963) – Inscribed and signed by Dan Patrulius to William Daniel Gill / 14. Mircea Sandulescu – “Stratigrafia Si Tectonica Molasei Micocene Din Regiunea Valea Mare – Berzunt – Onesti”(1959) / 15. M.Sandulescu – “La Structure de la Zone Cristallino-Mesozoique de L’Interieur de la Courbure des Carpathes” (1965) / 16. Geological Map of Poland – “Harta Geologica” Scara 1:200.000 – No.36. “Ploiesti” Nota explicativa de: M. Sandulescu et. al. (1968) /

1957 – 1969. Octavo and Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Many publications inscribed and signed.

1355. [Poland Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Birecki, Tadeusz / Cizancourt, Henry De / Dzulynski, Stanislaw / Radomski, Andrzej / Smith, Alec J. / Kinle, J. / Tokarski, Adam / Sokolowski, J.

Collection of ten (10) important publications on the Geology of Poland from the William Daniel Gill Collection. The collection includes the following publications (all first editions): 1. J.Sokolowski and A.Tokarski – “The Present State of Oil and Gas Geological Prospection in Poland” (1969) (together with a large colourful Tectonic Map of Poland: “Mapa Tektoniczna Polski” (Map is from 1974)) / 2. Adam Tokarski – “O stratygrafii salinarnego retu monokliny przedsudeckiej” (1965) / 3. Stanislaw Dzulynski – “O Zagadkowych Hieroglifach Na Gornych Powierzchniach Piaskowcow Beloweskich” [Translates: “Problematic hieroglyphs of probable organic origin from the Beloveza beds (Western Carpathians)] (1957) / 4. Stanislaw Dzulynski and Andrzej Radomski – “Pochodzenie sladow wleczenia na tle teorii pradow zawiesinowych” (1955) / 5. Stanislaw Dzulynski and Alec J.Smyth – “Flysch Facies” (english) – Inscribed and signed by Smith (1964) / 6. Stanislaw Dzulynski and Andrzej Radomski – “Zagadnienie Zyl Klastycznych w Osadach Fliszowych Na Tle Sedymetacji Fliszu Karpackiego” (Translates: “Clastik dikes in the Carpathian Flysch” / with an english section in the publication) (1957) / 7. Henry de Cizancourt – “Geology of Oil Fields of Polish Carpathian Mountains” (1931) / 8. Tadeusz Birecki – “Budowa Geologiczna Synkliny Bobowej” (1964) / 9. Julian Sokolowski – “Rola Halokinezy W Rozwoju Osadow Mezozoicznych I Kenozoicznych Struktury Mogilna I Synklinorium Mogilensko-Lodzkiego” [Translates: “The Role of Halokinesis in the Development of Mesozoic And Cainozoic Deposits of the Mogilno Structure and of the Mogilno-Lodz Synclinorum” – with 16 figures and 2 plates] (1966) / 10. Adam Tokarski – Udzial wapienia muszlowego w budowie Przedgorza Karpat (1965) /

1931 – 1969. Octavo and Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Many publications inscribed and signed.

1356. [Partition / Tuairim Pamphlets] Barrington, Donal / Gibson, Norman.

Collection of the two rarest early Tuairim Pamphlets: 1. Donal Barrington – Uniting Ireland (Tuairim Pamphlet No.1) / 2. Norman Gibson – Partition Today – A Northern Viewpoint (Tuairim Pamphlet No.2).

Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1958. Octavo. 24, 12 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor dogears and a small lesion to the cover of Pamphlet 1. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1357. Weimarer Republik.

Collection of thirteen (13) Publications on the History of the Weimar Republic and the transition into the Third Reich (12 german Publications, 1 english publication) / Kleine Sammlung mit dreizehn (13) wichtigen Publikationen zum Thema Weimarer Republik. Die Sammlung enthält die folgenden Titel: 1. Renate Breipohl – Religiöser Sozialismus und bürgerliches Geschichtsbewußtsein zur Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Zürich, 1971. 285 pages. / 2. Günter Brakelmann – Evangelische Kirche in sozialen Konflikten der Weimarer Zeit. Das Beispiel des Ruhreisenstreits. Bochum, 1986. 136 Seiten. / 3. Christoph Führ – Zur Schulpolitik der Weimarer Republik. Darstellung und Quellen. Die Zusammenarbeit von Reich und Ländern im Reichsschulausschuß (1919-1923) und im Ausschuß für das Unterrichtswesen (1924-1933). Darstellung und Quellen. Weinheim, 1970. 371 pages. / 4. Karl Holl / Adolf Wild – Ein Demokrat kommentiert Weimar. Die Berichte Hellmut von Gerlachs an die Carnegie-Friedensstiftung in New York 1922-1930. Bremen, 1973. 268 Seiten / 5. Maser, Werner – Der Sturm auf die Republik. Frühgeschichte der NSDAP. Stuttgart, 1973. 524 Seiten / 6. Gossweiler, Kurt – Kapital, Reichswehr und NSDAP 1919-1924. Berlin, 1982. 616 Seiten. 35 Abbildungen. / 7. Nicholls, Anthony and Matthias, Erich – German Democracy and the Triumph of Hitler. Essays in Recent German History. London, 1971. 271 pages. / 8. Fischer, Kurt Gerhard – Politische Bildung in der Weimarer Republik. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Grundsatzreferate der “Staatsbürgerlichen Woche” 1923. Frankfurt, 1970. 190 Seiten. / 9. Holl, K. – Wette, W. – Pazifismus in der Weimarer Republik. Beiträge zur historischen Friedensforschung. Paderborn, 1981. 181 Seiten. / 10. Köhler, Henning – Adenauer und die Rheinische Republik. Der erste Anlauf 1918-1924. Opladen, 1986. 287 Seiten / 11. Hildemarie Dieckmann – Johannes Popitz. Entwicklung und Wirksamkeit in der Zeit der Weimarer Republik. Berlin, 1960. 157 Seiten. / 12. Hans-Hermann Hartwich – Arbeitsmarkt, Verbände und Staat 1918-1933. Die öffentliche Bindung unternehmerischer Funktionen in der Weimarer Republik. Mit einem Vorwort von Georg Kotowski. Berlin, 1967. 488 Seiten / 13. Fritz Berber – LOCARNO – Eine Dokumentensammlung. (Locarno-Vertrag). Mit einer Einleitung des Botschafters Joachim von Ribbentrop. Berlin, 1936. 408 Seiten //

Berlin (und andere Verlags-Orte), Junker und Duennhaupt (und andere Verlage), 1936 – 1986. 8°. c.2000 pages. Mix of Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. All Volumes are former Library-copies with the usual markings / Alle Bände sind Bibliotheksexemplare in guten Zuständen aber mit den üblichen, teilweise unschönen Merkmalen (Stempel, Rückenschilder, ggfs. Stempel auf Schnitt).

1358. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie. / [Paris during the World Exhibition in the Year 1900]

Collection of thirtyfour (34) original photographic glass-slides, allowing us to imagine the surroundings of Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project” and the Genesis of his Idea of “Paris as the Capital of the 19th Century”. While the Glass-Slides are NOT from Benjamin’s library or from one of his friends collections, they are contemporary artefacts which allow us to Timetravel into the Paris of Benjamin’s “Arcades” and illustrate Benjamin’s creation of the six sections of his “Arcades Project”: “Fourier, or the Arcades” ; “Daguerre, or the Panoramas”; “Grandville, or the World Exhibitions” ; “Louis-Philippe, or the Interior”; “Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris”; “Hausmann, or the Barricades”. The slides were produced by Parisien Radio-Brom manufacturer of photographic plates and papers, “Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie”. The fantastic slides all produced around the time of the 1900 Paris Exposition (World’s Fair), known in french as “Exposition Universelle” in Paris. Included are photographic plates of the “Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt” at the “Place du Chatelet”, “Le Louvre”, “Paris – Buttes-Chaumont – Le Lac & Le Belvedere”, “Avenue de L’Opera”, “Place de Victoires”, “Gare St.Lazare – Rue de Rome”, L’Institut pris du pont des Arts”, “Gare Montsouris”, “Monument de Pasteur – Avenue de Breteuil”, “La Seine et L’Hotel de Ville”, “Pont au Change”, “Les Tuileries – avec “Charmeur d’Oiseaux”, “Le Conseil d’Etat”, “Avenue des Champs Elysees”, “Palais de Justice, Boulevard du Palais”, “Pont ALexandre III”, “Square d’Anvers”, “Grand Palais”, “Fontaine de Carpeaux”, “Jardin des Plantes” “Galerie de la Plaeontologie”, “Place du Carrousel – Arc de Triomphe”, “De Notre Dame sur l’Hotel Dieu – Tour St.Jacques – Sacre Coeur”, etc. Also included are some private images of family, picnic in the forests etc.

Paris, Exposition Universelle of 1900 / Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie., [c.1900]. 10.7 cm x 4.4 cm. 34 slides in three boxes (one of the boxes labelled: “Diapositifs de Verascope Richard”. Original Hardcover Boxes with glass-slides. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

1359. [Political Science / Political Theory and Government / Policy Process / European Union / Government and Politics]

Collection of thirtysix (36) publications on Political Science and Social Thought with an emphasis on the European Union, the European Community and Policy making. The collection includes: 1. Seamus O Tuama – Critical Turns in Critical Theory – New Directions in Social and Political Thought – Festschrift for Piet Strydom (Signed and inscribed by Seamus O Tuama) / 2. Andrew Heywood – Political Ideologies – An Introduction / 3. John Dunn – Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future / 4. Ian Shapiro – The Moral Foundations of Politics / 5. Michael Hill – The Policy Process – A Reader (Second Edition) / 6. D.D.Raphael – Problems of Political Philosophy (Revised Edition) / 7. Bernard Crick and Tom Crick – What is Politics ? / 8. Vernon Bogdanor – The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Science / 9. Gabriel A. Almond and G.Bingham Powell, Jr. – Comparative Politics / 10. Charles E. Lindblom – The Policy Making Process (second edition) / 11. Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland – The Politics of Education / 12. Brian Chapman – The Profession of Government / 13. Christopher Ham and Michael Hill – The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist State / 14. David Braybrooke & Charles E. Lindblom – A Strategy of Decision – Policy Evaluation as a Social Process / 15. Peter Harris – Foundations of Political Science (second edition) / 16. J. Denis Derbyshire – Spotlight on World Political Systems / 17. W.I.Jenkins – Policy Analysis – A Political and Organizational Perspective / 18. Andrew Heywood – Political Ideas and Concepts – An Introduction / 19. Peter Saunders – Urban Politics – A Sociological Interpretation / 20. Patrick Rivers – Politics by Pressure / 21. Andrew Heywood – Key Concepts in Politics / 22. Martin J. Smith – Pressure Politics / 23. Stephen C. Young – The Politics of the Environment / 24. Jean Blondel – Comparative Government / 25. The German Bundesrat / 26. The German Bundestag / 27. Richard Owen and Michael Dynes – Guide to the Single European Market / 28. C.C.Schweitzer and others – Politics and Government in the Federal Republic of Germany, Basic Documents / 29. Treaty on European Union / 30. Treaties establishing the european communities / 31. Neill Nugent – The Government and Politics of the European Union / 32. The Government and Politics of France / 33. Lasok, D. and J.W.Bridge – Introduction to the Law and Institutions of the European Communities (Second Edition) / 33. Juliet Lodge – The European Community and the Challenge of the Future / 34. Gallagher – Representative Government in Modern Europe – Institutions, Parties and Governments (Second Edition) / 35. A.A.Scott – European Studies / 36. M.Donald Hancock – Politics in Western Europe /

Yale / London / and others, MacMillan / and others, c. 1960 – c. 2000. Octavo. More than 3000 pages. Original Softcover and Hardcover bindings. All Volumes with signs of external wear but overall in very good condition. In addition the collection also includes a few publications on Administration Policy. From the library of an irish Councilman and University lecturer.

1360. [Kuwait Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Fox, A.F. / R.M.S.Owen / Sami N.Nasr.

Collection of three (3) important publications on the Geology and Oil / Gas Exploration of Kuwait from the collection of Geologist William Daniel Gill. The collection includes: 1.A.F.Fox – “Some Problems of Petroleum Geology in Kuwait” (1959) / 2. A.F.Fox – “The Development of the South-East Kuwait Oilfields” (1961) / 3. R.M.S.Owen and Sami N.Nasr – “Stratigraphy of the Kuwait-Basra Area” (1958).

1958-1961. Octavo and Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1361. [Russia – Soviet Union/ Caucasus Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – King, Robert E.

Collection of three (3) important publications on the Geology and Oil / Gas Exploration of Russia and the Caucasus, from the collection of Geologist William Daniel Gill. The collection includes: 1. Robert E. King – “Oil and Gas Exploration and Production inthe Soviet Union” (1969) / 2. Felix Oswald – “Explanatory Notes To Accompany The Geological Map of the Caucasus” (London, 1914) / 3. S.I.Tomkeieff – “The Progress of Geology in the USSR” (Read at Liverpool, 1st January, 1960) /

1914-1969. 52 cm wide x 41 cm high. 1 page. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1362. George VI. / Edward VIII. / Queen Elizabeth.

Collection of three important vintage magazines on: 1. The Illustrated London News – No. 5096 – Volume 189: ‘Accession Number’ and ‘The Abdication of King Edward VIII.’ / 2. The Illustrated London News No.5116 – Volume 190: Coronation Week Double Number – ‘The Presentation Plate of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’ / 3. The Illustrated London News – No. 5117 – Volume 190: Original Coronation Ceremony Number.

Three Volumes. London, Publishing Office of “The Illustrated London News”, 1936 – 1937. Folio. 61, XVI, 79, XXIV, 71 pages with hundreds of illustrations (many in colour) throughout all three editions. Original, illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare set !

1363. Kay, John.

Collection of three original engravings [portraits of english Judges] by scottish caricaturist and engraver John Kay.

[Edinburgh], [Hugh Paton], [c. 1838-1842]. 13 cm x 18 cm (Images) / 24 cm x 30 cm (mounts). 3 sheets, signed in the plate. All three portraits are beautifully framed. Price of this collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS courier.

1364. Sheehan, [Canon] Rev. P.A.

Collection of three publications by Canon Sheehan: 1. “Miriam Lucas” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1924) / 2.″The Queen’s Fillet” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1919) / 3. “Luke Delmege” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1924).

26th edition. New York / Toronto / Bombay / Calcutta / Glasgow, Longmans, Green and Co., 1919-1924. Octavo. 470, 376, 580 pages. Original Publisher’s Hardcover. All three Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1365. Quine, Willard Van Orman / Christensen, Niels E.

Collection of twelve (12) offprints from Quine’s personal library. The collection includes twelve essays in original offprints by Quine plus one edition of ‘Philosophical Studies’ signed and inscribed to Quine by his Danish student Niels E. Christensen [″To Professor Quine, my teacher in logic, from yours – Niels E. Christensen”] / The collection includes the following titles: 1. Peano as Logician (1987) / 2. A way to simplify truth functions (1955) / 3. Existence and Quantification (1968) / 4. Alcance y lenguaje de la ciencia (1973) / 5. Indeterminacy Without Tears (1994) / 6. Assuming Objects (1994) / 7. Carnap e la Verita Logica (1957) / 8. The Flowering of Thought in Language (1997) / 9. Paradoxes of Plenty / 10. In appogio della definizione implicita (1964) / 11. Free Logic, Description and Virtual Classes (1997) / 12. On Relations as Coextensive with Classes [comes with a vintage, printed bibliography of Quine’s publications] / 13. Niels E. Christensen (University of Copenhagen) – Further Comments of Two-Valued Logic – Inscribed by Christensen to Quine (1957).

1955 – 1997. Octavo. Original stapled offprints. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1366. [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.

1367. [Himalaya / Darjeeling].

Collection of two (2) 19th century photographs of traditional tourist locations in Darjeeling / India. Included are: 1. View of the Himalaya from Plateau in Darjeeling / 2. The Loop at Agony Point Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway.

Darjeeling, c.1890. 20 cm x 15.7 cm. 2 Photographs, possibly produced by british photographers Samuel Bourne & Charles Shepherd. Original Prints on paper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interestingly: People in India can see the Himalayas for the first time in ‘decades,’ as the lockdown during the Covid-19-Pandemic eases air pollution. The view in this historical 19th-century-photograph is a reminder of Nature’s need to breath.

1368. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – [Middle East Collection with Kuwait / Iran (Persia) / Yemen / Jordan] Naylor, David (Dave).

Collection of two (2) large boxes with rare and sometimes inscribed, Printed Materials and very rare Geological Surveys with Maps (for example it includes the very rare Geological Survey of Iran) from the private Reference- library of Geologist Prof. David (Dave) Naylor regarding Kuwait, Iraq (near Basrah), Lebanon, Jordan (Halat Ammar and Al Mudawwara), Jordan in general, Arava Valley (Dead Sea). See a full list of the contents below. These materials are all publications, sometimes official government papers or maps or academic publications from fellow geologists as well as for example official publications of talks given for OAPEC. All publications are revolving around the evaluation of Petroleum Deposits, Petroleum Geology and Stratigraphy or Hydrocarbon in the “Near and Middle East” – Maps and Charts and offprints, all of them rare publications and some only reprinted for private circulation. The focus of the publications ranges from very scientific-geological (″The Fauna of some Recent Marine Deposits near Basrah, Iraq”) to actual problems of prospecting (″Some Problems of Petroleum Geology in Kuwait”). These two boxes are only the Middle East Section of the David Naylor Collection (see all the Materials we own from the David Naylor-Reference library on our website). The collection also includes books related to the region (inquire for separate list).

Amman (Jordan) / Kuwait / Mexico / Potsdam, etc., c.1958 – 2011. Quarto. c. 1200 pages plus maps. Hardcover Boxes / Two bespoke made Boxes for the private reference library of Geologist David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

1369. [Markievicz, Constance]

Collection of two important biographies on Constance Markievicz including two interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on Markievivz. The books in the collection are: 1. Anne Marreco – The Rebel Countess – The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz / 2. Diana Norman – Terrible Beauty: Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927.

London / Dublin, Phoenix Press / Poolbeg, 1988 / 2000. Octavo. 330 / 320 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1370. [Hyde, Douglas]

Collection of two important publications on Douglas Hyde, including five very interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on Douglas Hyde. The two books are: 1.Janet Egleson Dunleavy and Gareth W. Dunleavy – Douglas Hyde – A Maker of Modern Ireland / 2. Brian Murphy – Forgotten Patriot – Douglas Hyde & The Foundation of the Irish Presidency.

Berkeley / Oxford / Cork, University of California Press / Collins, 1991 – 2016. Octavo. XIII, 462, VII, 320 pages. The publication by Dunleavy in original Hardcover with dustjacket / The publication by Murphy in original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The newspaper-clippings neatly folded inside the Dunleavy publication.

1371. [McQuaid, John Charles].

Collection of two publications on John Charles McQuaid. The collection includes: 1.John Cooney – John Charles McQuaid – Ruler of Catholic Ireland / 2. Clara Cullen & Margaret O hOgartaigh – His Grace is Displeased – Selected Correspondence of John Charles McQuaid /

Dublin, O’Brien Press / Merrion, 1999 – 2013. Octavo. 526, 280 pages. One Volume in softcover, the other in its original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings with articles related to McQuaid.

1372. [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.

1373. Viereck, Peter.

Collection of very interesting offprints, pamphlets and reviews by Peter Viereck and on Peter Viereck (all from Peter Viereck’s personal library). The Collection includes: 1. “Peter Viereck – Profile” – Article by E.V. Griffith in “Poetry Now”, Vol, VI, No. 2 [Issue 32] – With three excellent photographs of Viereck, shown throughout the article. Griffith discusses Viereck’s genesis as a writer, his time in Harvard and his important contribution to conservatism etc. / 2. Peter Viereck – “The Last Decade in Poetry- New Dilemmas and New Solutions” (In this 1954 – Offprint from “Literature in the Modern World”, Nashville, George Peabody College for Teachers, Viereck discusses Wallace Stevens (″Wallace Stevens’ is the sorcery of surfaces. For this he pays a price: the sacrifice of deep feeleing″and Robert Lowell) / 3. Peter Viereck – “Decorum and Terror: Homage to Goethe and Hart Crane” – Original Offprint from “Essays in Criticism”, with a manuscript correction by Viereck / 4. Peter Viereck – “New Views on Metternich” (Offprint from “The Review of Politics”) / 5. Peter Viereck – “The Rootless ‘Roots’: Defects in the New Conservatism (Original Offprint from “″The Antioch Review”, Summer 1955, issue) / 6. Galleyproof Review for NY Times Sunday Book section of Russell Kirk, by Peter Viereck – With two manuscript notes on the Galley by Peter Viereck to american philosoper and Leo Strauss admirer, Harvey Mansfield: “Harvey, many thanks for your piece on Spitzer + Auerbach which meant a lot to me (I’d known Spitzer). Warm regards to both of you – Peter” and a second manuscript entry by Viereck: “Saw Brodsky …..Finishing a new book…poems – Peter” [Mansfield and Viereck must have sent the Galley back and forth between each other]. / 7. Peter Viereck – “First Advance Reviews on “McCarthy and the Communists” by James Rorty and Moshe Decter – With a highlighting of the review-citation of Peter Viereck’s opinion “All conservative and liberals reading this irrefutable indictment of McCarthy’s methods should unite to conserve our traditional Constitutional framework against subversion by McCarthyism as well as by Communism” / 8. “Peter Viereck – A List of his principal works” / 9. Peter Viereck – “Unlaughing and Untragic” – (Original Offprint from “American Quarterly” with some markings by Viereck, ticking off each paragraph) / 9. Peter Viereck – “Reply to a critique of one of Viereck’s publications” / 10. Peter Viereck – “Ogling through Ice: The Sullen Lyricism of Georg Heym” [Original Offprint from “Books abroad”, April 1971, 11 pages – Including Peter Viereck’s Translation of Georg Heym’s poem “Letze Wache” (″Final Vigil”)] / 11. Original Book Review by Jacques Barzun of Peter Viereck’s Masterpiece: “Metapolitics – From the Romantics to Hitler” – Original Offprint from “Journal of the History of Ideas, January 1942, Vol. VIII., No.1” – Including Peter Viereck’s Reply to Barzun’s “passionate” Review, calling Viereck’s book “an ardent attempt to psycho-analyze the religion of the Nazis”. 6 pages/

Notre Dame / New York and others, 1951 – c. 1955 Octavo. Original Offprints and loose pages etc. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Peter Viereck.

1374. [Freke Family Provenance] / [Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / 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.

1375. Kumagai, Kaisaku / Nakano, Teiichiro / Ishikawa, Akira.

Collection on Japanese Law / Sammelband mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken von japanischen Rechtsprofessoren. Der Sammelband enthält: 1. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Teiichiro Nakano. (3 Seiten) / 2. Teiichiro Nakano – Rationalisierung der Justiz. (5 Seiten) / 3. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Akira Ishikawa. (6 Seiten) / 4. Akira Ishikawa – Die Rolle der Rechstanwaltskammer in der Reform des japanischen Justizwesens. (9 Seiten) / 5. Kaisaku Kumagai – Establishment of Theory of Japanese Law History. (20 Seiten) / 6. Kaisaku Kumagai – Le Nom de la Femme Mariée das l’Histoire Légale du Japon. (11 Seiten) / 7. Ichiro Kobashi – Japanische Rechtssprechung und Wechseltheorien. (11 Seiten) / 8. Kaisaku Kumagai – On historical conditions of the Japanese Civil Codification. (10 Seiten – Widmungsexemplar mit handschriftlicher Widmung (signiert) von Kaisaku Kumagai an Professor Wilhelm Wegener) //

Osaka / Stuttgart, Osaka University Law Review / Schaeffer Verlag, 1953-1990. 8°. Privater, neuwertiger Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Wegener.

1376. Prichard, Michael.

Collins Encyclopedia of Fishing in the British Isles.

Glasgow/ London, William Collins Sons, 1977. 12 x 12 cm. 256 pages. With photographs and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1377. Adolph, Anthony.

Collins tracing your family history.

New edition. London, Collins, 2008. Quarto. 320 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only to the jacket.

1378. Eucalyptus – Turnbull, J.W. / Eldridge, K.G./Orme, R.K./ Walduck, T.G. / Potts, B.M. / Griffin, A.R. / Paton, D.M. / Harwood, C.E. / Destremau, D.X. and many others.

Colloque International sur les Eucalyptus Résistants au froid [International Conference on Eucalyptus Resistance to cold / frost]. [Includes for example: The natural environment of eucalyptus as the basis for selecting frost resistant species, Natural variation in Eucalyptus gunnii Hook F., Eucalyptus from Tasmania’s cold country, Physiology of frost resistance in eucalyptus etc. etc. etc. 26-30 septembre 1983 Bordeaux-France.

Nangis, 1983. 8°. 652 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

1379. Mérimée, Prosper / Ó Cadhlaigh, Cormac.

Colomba. Prosper Mérimée do scríobh san bhfrainncis. Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh do chuir i ngaedhilg.

[Baile Atha Cliath], C.S. Ó Fallamhain, teo., i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1929. Octavo. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The rare dustjacket with a larger tear to lower front cover and in general some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

1380. Wight, Thomas.

Colophon Woodcut: “Welcom The Wight That Bringeth Such Light” – Titled in a tablet: ‘Imprinted at London by T. East for Iohn Wight [In lilac ink below this line is also the name ‘W. Shawe’]. Wight’s effigy holds ‘Scientia’ and flanking him are ‘Rhetorica’ and ‘Gramatica’.

London, T.East for Iohn Wight, 1584. 17 cm x 11.8 cm. 1 sheet. Mounted on 19th century paper. Very good condition with only minor signs of a faded dampstain.

1381. McVeigh, Patrick.

Colour in Design and The Psychological Effects It Has On People.

Limerick, Thomond College of Education, 1990. 20.8 cm x 29.3 cm. 49 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor stains to cover.

1382. Mamak, Alexander.

Colour, Culture & Conflict – A Study of Pluralism in Fiji.

Australia, Pergamon Press, 1978. 8°. XI, 203 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of wear to the cover.

1383. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

1384. [Conder, Josiah].

Columbia, Peru-Chile / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Two Volumes. London, Printed for James Duncan, 1825 / 1829. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Volume I: IV, 356 pages / Volume II: IV, 360 pages. With two fold-out maps and 6 black and white engravings showing: 1. Map of Columbia / 2. Map of Peru / 3. Chimborazo / 4. Passage of the Quindiu / 5. Raft on the River Guayaquil / 6. Lima / 7. View from L’Angostura De Paine / 8. Crossing The Cordillera. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Minor foxing. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 27-28].

1385. Kaye, d’Arcy.

Columbus. Engraved by Hellmuth Weissenborn.

No.40 of 200 copies of a signed, limited edition. London, The Acron Press, 1978. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. Frontispiece, 7 pages. Original hardcover with original millboard slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on the slipcase. Four engraved illustrations by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Signed by both, the writer and the engraver.

1386. Valkenburg, Aibhistín [Aquinas, St. Thomas of].

Colún Eibhir [Granite Column]. Saol agus Saothar Naomh Tomás Acuín [The life and work of Saint Thomas of Aquinas].

First Edition. Dublin, FÁS, 1963. Octavo. 99 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1387. O’Flynn, Silvester.

Come and see – Lectio Divina with John’s Gospel.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Columba Press, 1999. 22 cm. 176 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1388. Arnold, Richard.

Come Shooting With Me.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1953. 16 x 24 cm. 152 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1389. Cubillo De Aragon, Don Alvaro.

Comedias Escogidas. [Tomo Primero].

First Edition. Madrid, Con Licencia, 1826. 10.5 x 16 cm. 424 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt text on spine. Faded dampstain throughout. Bookblock slightly separating from binding. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1390. Pulman, E.W.

Comfortable Furniture – A Study of the methods which have been used to provide comfort from the earliest times to the present day, with particular reference to upholstering.

[England], Loughborough College, 1950. Quarto. Frontispiece photograph of 17th century Bedstead, 76 pages with 25 photographs of historical furniture design, embroidered bed valance, armchairs etc. Hardcover / Half cloth in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very unusual and thorough thesis on comfort, convenience and luxury in upholstering – in history and modern design. With extensive images and thorough research.

1391. Ó Broin, Leon.

Comhcheilg sa Chaisleán. [With illustrations, including portraits and facsimiles, and a bibliography.].

Baile Átha Cliath, 1963. Octavo. 191 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1392. Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig:

Comhghuaillithe na réabhlóide 1913-1916. Pádraig Ó Snodaigh.

Dara h-eagrán. Binn Éadair, BÁC, Coiscéim, 2016. 22 cm. 204 pages. Illystrated. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Leabhair thaighde ; 14 ú himleabhar].

1393. Stamp, Terence.

Coming Attractions.

London, Bloomsbury, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 216 pages. With 31 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new. Interior very bright and clean.

1394. Ondaatje, Michael.

Coming through slaughter.

First UK Edition. London, Boyars, 1979. 13 x 20 cm. 156 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lengthy, private giftinscription (not by Ondaatje) to endpaper.

1395. De Rossi, Giovanni Gherardo / [Giovan Gherardo de Rossi].

Commedie.

[Seconda Edizione]. 4 Volumes in 2 (complete set). Prato, Fratelli Giachetti, 1826. Octavo. Tomo Primo: XIX, 291, [1] pages / Tomo Secondo: 314, [2] pages / Tomo Terzo: 328, [2] pages / Tomo Quattro: 251, [1] pages. Original, wonderful and decorative vellum bindings. With new spinelabels. Very Rare, original edition of the second edition of de Rossi’s comedies.

1396. Calvin, Johannes / Feld, Helmut.

Commentarii in secundam Pauli Epistolam ad Corinthios. Editit Helmut Feld.

Genève, Librairie Droz, 1994. 8°. LX, 247 pages. Hardcover / Modern full cloth. Excellent, close to new condition. [Ioannis Calvini – Opera Omnia – Series II – Opera Exegetica Veteris et Novi Testamenti – Volume XV]

1397. Apuleius – Hildebrand, Gustav Friedrich.

Commentationis De Vita et Scriptis Appuleii Epitome.

Halle, Ploetz, 1835. 8°. 30, 2 nn. Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Gute Erhaltung bis auf einige Knicke und eine Abreibespur an der Heftung.

1398. Metropolitan College.

Commercial Geography. Course 32Q.

St Albans, Metropolitan College, No Date. 20 cm x 32.5 cm. Unnumered pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight damp stains on some pages.

1399. [Hughes, T.Jones] Smyth, William J. / Whelan Kevin.

Common Ground – Essays on the Historical Geography of Ireland: presented to T. Jones Hughes.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1988. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 332 pages, [36] figures, [13] plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Pencil underlining on pages XIV and XV, otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1400. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.