7841. Goldsmith, Oliver.

Viocáire Wakefield. Seán Ó Cíosáin do chuir i nGaedhilg.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1931. Octavo. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare edition of the Vicar of Wakefiels in gaelic (As-gaeilge) !

7842. McGee, Brian (Editor) / Coughlan, Stuart (Designer) / Cork City and County Archives Service.

Voice of the Many – Local archives from Cork 1914-1916.

Cork, Cork City and County Archives Service, 2016. Folio. XII, 177 pages with illustrations throughout the publication (in colour and black-and-white). Hardcover with dustjacket. Bookblock detached from the binding (like most of the Hardcover editions of this publication). Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is now an extremely rare and hard to find-publication !

7843. Frimet, Hillel / William Carlos Williams.

The Broken Promise and Other Poems. With an Open Letter to William Carlos Williams.

No.121 of a Limited Edition. New York, Survival Press, 1959. 15.3 cm x 22.4 cm. 62 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to edging, endpapers and pages. Signed by the author Hillel Frimet on half-title page. Errata-leaf loosely inserted. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his bookplate / Exlibris to front pastedown (Exlibris design by Brian Lalor).

7844. Browne, Major G. St. J. Orde.

The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya – A Description of the Manners & Customs of the Primitive & Interesting Tribes Dwelling on the Vast Southern Slopes of Mount Kenya & Their Fast Disappearing Native Methods of Life. With Many Illustrations & 2 Maps.

London, Seeley, Service & Co., 1925. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 284 pages. 27 monochrome photographs on 17 plates including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear showing “The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya.” Hardcover [publisher’s original amber cloth] with lettering on spine. Embossment to front board. Excellent, bright condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Minor foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered.

7845. Coras Iompair Eireann.

Regulations for Train Signalling and General Instructions to Signalmen. To operate on and from 1st May 1979.

Dublin, Coras Iompair Eireann, 1979-1980. 15.8 cm x 21.6 cm. 203 pages plus 64-pages booklet. Original Plastic Hardcover bound with metal filing clips. Soft cover for the booklet, stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tear on the top hole on Page D39/D40. Edges are slightly rubbeed and tannned. Occational marks by previous owner throughout the book. An ephemera loosely inserted. (Amendant Notice) Additional booklet loosely inserted, “Additions and Amendments to Rule book 1967”. The booklet was issued in August 1980. Signed by previous owner on back of front cover, top of the booklet cover and back of the ephemera.

7846. Wilson, Sarah [Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill].

South African Memories – Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Written at the Time. With a Photogravure of Lady Wilson.

London, Edward Arnold. 1909. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 331 pages. 20 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt letter and design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Tear to cloth at front hinge of spine but binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean and the bookblock tight and complete with all illustrations. Excellent Provenance: With tiny – bookplate: “The Times” – Book Club – Oxford Street, London.

7847. Blais, Marie-Claire.

La Belle Bête [Mad Shadows].

Paris, Flammarion, 1961. 12 cm x 18 cm. 183 pages. Original softcover in protective mylar. One of only five copies of the very rare first french edition. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. / Trente exemplaires sur velin chiffon des Papeteries de Lana dont vingt-cinq numerotes de 1 a 25 et cinq exemplaires numerotes de I a V. This is Exemplaire Numero I / V !!!

7848. Gombrich, E. H.

The Tradition of General Knowledge.

London, London School of Economics, 1962. Octavo. 23 pages. Softcover. Some minor signs of staining to cover. Inscribed and signed by E.H. Gombrich, then Director of the Warburg Institute. Very Rare !

7849. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

7850. [Ireland]

The Romantic Scenery of England, Ireland and Scotland.

[London], [T.T. & J. Tegg], [1833]. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 111 steelengravings / illustrations on 38 plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All steel engravings in beautiful condition with only a very faint dampstain to outer margins of the plates.