7101. [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.

7102. Rumohr, Theodor.

Peter Tordenskjold.

Copenhagen, A. Christiansens Forlag, C.1885. 19.7 cm x 28.9 cm. 546 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Half eather and marble boards. With gilt lettering and decorative spine. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to edges and boards. With marble front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Deckled edges decorated in green. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.

7103. Carnochan, F.G.[Frederic Grosvenor] / Adamson, Hans Christian.

The Empire of Snakes.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 256 pages. 26 illustrations. Discreet colour map attached near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Spine and boards faded. Interior bright and clean with occasional spotting. Annotations on pastedowns and throughout the book. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

7104. Defoe, Daniel.

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jack.

Reprint from the First Edition [Limited Edition of only 775 copies]. London / Bombay / Sydney, Constable & Company, 1923. Large Octavo. IX, 389 pages. Hardcover / Original full morocco on four raised bands with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Excellent, remarkable binding in wonderful condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor browning and foxing to the paper only. From the library of Hans Christian Andersen-translator, Erik Haugaard, with his bookplate to pastedown. A rare book !!

7105. Edwards, Jorge.

Persona Non Grata. [Spanish Edition]

First Edition / Primera edicion. Barcelona, Barral Editores, 1973. 20 cm. 478 pages. Original Softcover with original advertising band in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7106. [Pieck, Anton]. Van Eysselsteijn, Ben. Vogelesang, Hans.

Anton Pieck – Zyn Leven, Zyn Werk.

Nieuwe, uitgebreide editie / Vierde Druk Amsterdam & Brussels, Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1981. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 273 pages with many illustrations in colour and black-and-white. Original Softcover with gilt-decoration. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent publication.

7107. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / P.Gemzøe lith. / E.Bærentzen.

Portrait of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. 17 cm x 26 cm. 1 page portrait together with two pages of biographical information of Schweigaard by J.B.Halvorsen. Softcover. The rare, original, lithographic portrait in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. No foxing !

7108. Bruck, Edith.

Le Sacre Nozze. [Signed / Inscribed] Romanzo.

First Edition. Milan, Longanesi & C, 1969. 13 x 19 cm. 273 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Name of preowner on endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Edith Bruck to american poet and translator Ruth Feldman.

7109. [Cork – West Cork / Diocese of Ross & Cloyne] Cole, John Harding.

Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Comprising the Eventful Period in the Church’s History of the Forty Years from A.D. 1863, to the Present Time.

Cork, Guy and Company Limited, 1903. 8°. XVI, 347 pages. Original Hardcover (Green cloth with lettering on spine). Original 1903-Edition. Binding and endpaper with minor dampstain. Internally in very good condition. Very Rare !!

7110. [Defoe, Daniel] Ó Murchadha, Tadhg (″Seandún”)

Eachtra Robinson Crúsó. Tadhg Ó Murchadha (″Seandún”) do chuir i nGaedhilg as an Saxbhéarla bunaidh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1915. Small Octavo. 288 pages (5 pages of the Notes/ English Glossary at the end of the book are missing). Recent, modern Hardcover binding with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Annotations throughout. New endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

7111. Edwards, Neville.

The Transvaal in War and Peace. With Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, H. Virtue and Company, 1900. 221.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 384 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Large gilt lettering and image of mounted trooper on front board. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corner boards only slightly bumped. Interior bright and clean. Prize bookplate of Tonbridge Castle School (dated April 1900) on front pastedown.

7112. Fry, Christopher.

Autographed Manuscript Dialogue from “Venus Observed” – One full – page manuscript, signed.

England, c. 1990. Octavo. 1 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7113. Himmelwright, A.L.A.

The Pistol and Revolver.

New York, J.J.Little & Co., 1908. 8°. 157 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration spine and frontcover). The book in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very few handwritten notes in the rear. Absolutely rare hardcover edition.

7114. [Sudan] Ribière, Jean- Pierre.

Le Soudan au fils des jours.

Paris, EDIFRA, 1990. 31 x 25 cm. 116 pages with a map and several photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7115. Allende, Isabel / Peden, Margaret Sayers.

Of Love and Shadows.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1987. 15 cm x 22 cm. 274 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by Isabel Allende on the endpaper !

7116. Bruck, Edith.

Lettera alla madre. [Signed / Inscribed]

First Edition. Italy, Garzanti, 1988. 13 x 20 cm. 187 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Edith Bruck to american poet and translator Ruth Feldman.

7117. [Pieck, Anton]. Vogelesang, Hans.

Anton Pieck als Illustrator.

Dutch Edition. Amsterdam, Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1984. 20 cm x 26 cm. 224 pages with over 100 full-page illustrations in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7118. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] Hertzberg, Ebbe.

Professor Schweigaard I Hans Offentlige Virksomhed (1832 – 1870). Af Ebbe Hertzberg.

Kristiania / [Christiania] / [Oslo], Forlagt af Alb. Cammermeyer, 1883. Octavo. 154, [2] pages. Hardcover / Absolutely beautiful and decorative Pre-Art-Nouveau-Binding with original label from “N.Titlestad Bogbinder in Toldbodgaden 27, Kristiania”. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Aage S. Blackstad, with his tiny ownership-stamp to endpaper.

7119. [All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference].

Ireland’s Right to Unity – The Case Stated by the All-Party, Anti-Partition Conference, Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland.

Second Edition. [Dublin], All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference, 1949. 18.5 cm wide x 24.2 cm high. 16 pages plus the rare and often missing ephemeral leaflet “Request by Mansion House Conference” (see image). Stapled, original, illustrated softcover. Some creasing and the staples slightly rusted. But overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition pamphlet, produced for circulation among friends in Ireland and abroad.

7120. Bruck, Edith.

Mio splendido disastro. [Signed / Inscribed]

First Edition. Milan, Bompiani, 1979. 12 x 21 cm. 164 pages. Original illustrated softcover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Edith Bruck to american poet and translator Ruth Feldman.