961. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

962. Burgess, Graham/ Pedersen, Steffen.

The Queen’s Gambit for the Attacking Player.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1995. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. 176 pages. Original softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

963. [Burke, Edmund].

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. With an Introductory Discourse concerning Taset, and several other Additions.

A New Edition. London, Printed for J.Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1787. Octavo. IX, [7 unnumbered], 342 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with original, red spine-label. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Spine cracked but still firm and holding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

964. Burke, Gerald L.

The Making of Dutch Towns – A Study in Urban Development from the Tenth to the Seventeenth Centuries. [with interesting chapters and maps e.g. “Trade Routes circa 1450”]. Foreword by Sir William Holford.

First Edition. London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd. 1956. 19cm x 25cm. 176 pages, with 99 illustrations. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

965. Burke, Helen.

The Royal Hospital Donnybrook. A Heritage of Caring 1743-1993.

Dublin, The Royal Hospital Donnybrook, 1993. 16,5 cm x 24 cm. 378 pages. Original Softcover. With many black-and-white photographs. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slight fold to front cover.

966. Burke, James Lee.

To The Bright and Shining Sun.

Missoula, Dennis McMillan Publications, 1989. 14 cm x 20 cm. 241 pages. Original softcover. Good condition only with signs of wear and some minor staining to the endpaper and titlepage. Contains inscription by previous owner.

967. Burke, Kenneth.

Shakespearean Persuasion.

Yellow Springs, Ohio, The Antioch Press, 1964. Octavo. 36 pages. Softcover. Offprint. Very good. Reprinted from the Antioch Review, Spring 1964.

968. Burke, Peter.

Offene Geschichte. Die Schule der Annales.

Berlin, Wagenbach, 1991. 8°. 138 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Besitzvermerk und Inventarnummer auf Titel und verso Titel. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

969. Burland, Cottie.

North American Indian Mythology.

London, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., 1965. 21 x 28.5cm. 153 pages, with text illustrations throughout and 26 colour plates. Original clothbound hardcover. Some signs of external wear including fading, bumping and staining. Internally in excellent condition other than minor text annotations.

970. Burn, Robert.

The Works of Robert Burns ; With An Account of his Life, And A Criticism on his Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry.

The Seventh Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies and W.Creech at Edinburgh, by J.McCreery, Black-Horse-Court, Fleet-Street, 1813. Octavo (14.2 cm wide x 22 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece-Portrait of Robert Burns, XII, 395 pages / Volume II: XXIV, 470 pages / Volume III: XII, 422 pages / Volume IV: XXIV, 414 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative, full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Beautiful, marbled endpapers and marbled adges. Excellent, unusually firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The bindins, hinges and spine in sturdy condition, very rare for such a set of Burns’ Works, which were always read intensely in the 19th century. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch Hose), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With an additional manuscript-entry of a pre-owner: “Elizabeth Conner, Nov. 12th, 1827”.