[Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Rieff, Philip.

Fellow Teachers. [Signed and inscribed by Philip Rieff to Sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Kurt, fellow teacher, with admiration – Philip”].

New York, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1973. Octavo. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Philip Rieff to Kurt Wolff, a fellow member of the Brandeis Faculty. Rieff’s ideas and writing reached the peak of popularity in the 1960s, when he was known as cultural philosopher and an interpreter of the works of Sigmund Freud. He contributed to the idea of cultural modernization and secularization via his theory about a “Psychological Man.” With some markings in pencil by Kurt Wolff in the text and on the rear endpaper. Very good condition.

[Wolff, Kurt] Gurwitsch, Aron.

Sur une Racine Perceptive de L’Abstraction.

Proceedings of the XIth International Congress of Philosophy, 1953. Octavo. pages 43 – 47. Softcover / Original Wrappers. Wrappers frayed / Otherwise in very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, with is name on endpaper. This first edition offprint was a presentation-copy from Aron Gurwitsch to Kurt Wolff (both of them taught at Brandeis University and were colleagues). With one annotation by Wolff. Kurt Wolff also wrote under his name: “Cambridge, A-D 55 (from A.G.)”. [Offprint from “Proceedings of the XIth International Congress of Philosophy”, Volume 2].

[Wolff, Kurt] / [Sayer Minas, J. / Horowitz, Irving Louis].

Manuscript – Review by Kurt Wolff for Irving Horowitz’ publication: “Philosophy, Science and the Sociology of Knowledge” and enclosed also correspondence between Kurt H. Wolff and Professor J. Sayer Minas, from the “Philosophy of Science Association” (J.Sayer Minas was at the time Book Review Editor and taught at Case Institute of Technology”).

[Brandeis / Cleveland], CIT etc., 1962. Octavo. 6 pages. Very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff.

[Wolff, Kurt] / [Kellner, Hansfried].

The Sociology of Georg Simmel. [Personal, annotated copy of german sociologist Hansfried Kellner]. Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Kurt H.Wolff.

Glencoe (Illinois), The Free Press, 1950. Octavo. LXIV, 445 pages. Hardcover / Former library copy. Slightly stained, with some very interesting annotations and highlightings by german sociologist Hansfried Kellner, who not only owned Kurt Wolff’s publication but applied some interesting markings and highlightings within the text. From the library of Hansfried Kellner, injected into the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, by Inanna Rare Books, together with Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy (with annotations) of Peter L. Berger’s and Hansfried Kellner’s book “Sociology Reinterpreted”.

White, Leslie A. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Energy and the Evolution of Culture. [Original first edition offprint from “American Anthropologist”].

American Anthropologist, 1943. Octavo. 21 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Wagner, Eduard.

Cut and Thrust Weapons.

London, Spring Books, 1967. Folio. 491 pages with 159 text-illustrations and 249 plates with colour and black-and-white illustrations. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Magnificent publication. Excellent condition after the recent restoration. Name of preowner on endpaper. This heavy volume is usually not surviving in very good condition. The excellent and expensive new binding and new endpapers that have been applied to this volume will make all the difference in using this important reference work. The image shows this book together with similar publications.

[Viereck, Peter] Levin, Harry.

Contexts of Criticism. With an Appendix: James Joyce et l’idee de litterature mondiale.

First Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1957. 8°. XI, 294 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket in very good+ condition with some minor tear. From the library of american writer Peter Viereck. Inscribed and signed on the endpaper: “For Peter from Harry with warm regards – Cambridge, 14. IV.57”.

[Viereck, Peter] Eliot, Alexander.

Proud Youth.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. 13 cm x 21 cm. 222 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marble coloured boards, top edge green. Personal copy of the american poet Peter Viereck, signed and inscribed with a long inscription by his father George Sylvester Viereck: “For Peter – Xmas 1953 – G.S.V. – The most startling book I’ve come across this side of pornography, written by a descendent of President Eliot”.

[Viereck, Peter] Abse, Dannie.

Dannie Abse.

First Edition. London, Vista Books, 1963. 11,2 cm x 18,9 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Dannie Abse to american writer Peter Viereck: “To Peter – A poor exchange for the books you have been kind enough to give me, and which I so value – Dannie – Amherst, April ‘68”. [The Pocket Poets].

Viereck, Peter / [Quine, W.V.O.].

Conservatism Revisited. The Revolt against Revolt 1815-1949.

First British Edition. London, John Lehmann Ltd., 1950. 13,5 cm x 19,2 cm. XIII, 168 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and meaningfully inscribed by Peter Viereck to his friends, Logician and Philosopher, Willard Van Orman Quine and his wife Marge: “Van + Marge – this out of print Brit. ed. is where they omitted my appendix (in U.S.ed.) on Soviet-Nogilo [?] – Op – Peter”. From Quine’s personal library.

Viereck, Peter.

Shame and Glory of the Intellectuals – Babbitt Jr. vs. the Rediscovery of Values. [″A powerful, often violent, often eloquent, often bitterly sardonic attack on mushy liberalism” – Gilbert Highet in Harper’s].

First Edition – Second Printing. Boston, The Beacon Press, 1953. 8°. XVI, 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent FINE / FINE condition. From the library of american poet Peter Viereck. Signed by Peter Viereck on the endpaper.

Viereck, Peter.

Metapolitics. From the Romantics to Hitler.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1941. 15,5 cm x 21,5 cm. XIV, 335 pages, XXIV. Original blue cloth hardcover. Gilt lettering on the spine. Geometrical flourishes impressed on the front board. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. A rip in the cloth at the bottom of the spine. Traces of foxing on the pages. From the library of Brandeis – Professor Harry Zohn. With several comments and annotations by Harry Zohn to the rear pastedown. [Books for Wartime. Borzoi Books].

Viereck, Peter.

Inner Liberty: the stubborn grit in the machine.

First Edition. Wallingford, Pendle Hill, 1957. 8°. 24 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american poet Peter Viereck.

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.

Vargas Llosa, Maria.

Mesto A Psi (La ciudad y los perros). [Inscribed / Autographed Edition]

First czech edition. Praha, Odeon, 1966. 8°. 293 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Beautifully inscribed by Maria Vargas Llosa: “For Vladimir Kordus, with very best wishes – M/V/L – Berlin, July, 1992”

Stone, George Cameron.

A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times – Together with some closely related subjects.

New York, Jack Brussel, 1934. Folio. Frontispiece, (8), 694 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Excellent condition of this newly bound volume. This work is usually in pieces because of the heavy bookblock. The new binding ensures now a long life of this important reference work.

[Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley [Stanley Louis Goldstein].

Must We Mean What We Say ? – Modern philosophical essays in morality, religion, drama, music and criticism.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1969. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23,5 cm). XXIX, 365 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. The very rare first edition, signed, inscribed and dated by Stanley Cavell in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010. The edge of the book with some strange staining, else in near fine condition.

[Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] Desan, Wilfred.

The Tragic Finale. An Essay on the Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre.

Revised Edition. New York, Harper Torchbooks / The Academy Library, 1960. 20.2cm x 13.5cm. (8) xxv, 228 pages. Original illustrated softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This book is from Stanley Cavell’s library with several, very interesting annotations and markings by his hand.

[Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] / Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie.

The Many Faces of Philosophy. Reflections from Plato to [Hannah] Arendt.

First Edition. Oxford and others, Oxford University Press, 2003. 25.8cm x 18.5cm. XXIX, (2), 512 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of philosopher Stancley Cavell. Inscribed / Signed by the editor Amélie Oksenberg Rorty to philosopher Stanley Cavell.

[Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] / Cacciari, Massimo.

Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture. Introduction by Patrizia Lombardo.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1993. 23.5cm x 14.3cm. lviii, (2) 248 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the personal library of philosopher Stanley Cavell. With several annotations and textmarkings in Cavell’s hand.

[Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

The World Viewed – Reflections on the Ontology of Film.

New York, The Viking Press, 1971. 14 cm x 20 cm. XV, 174 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Stanley Cavell on the front free endpaper. Several pages have annotations as well as a minor entry on rear pastedown in pencil.

Roberts, Ned H.

The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle. By Ned H. Roberts – Revised and Enlarged from the Privately Printed Edition. Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings by the author and others.

New York, Bonanza Books, 1952. Folio. Frontispiece (Roberts with a McGirr Squirrel Rifle), (10), 308 pages. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Excellent condition after applying a new and excellent binding. The image shows this book together with similar publications.

[Quine, W.V.O.] Jager, Ronald / Russell, Bertrand.

The Development of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy.

First Edition. London, George Allen & Uwin, 1972. 8°. 519 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in like dust jacket. Inscribed by Jager on the front free endpaper :″For W.V. Quine with Best Wishes. Ron Jager March 1973.” [Muirhead Library of Philosophy – Edited by H.D.Lewis].

[Puttnam, David] Norman, Diana.

The Morning Gift.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 8°. 285 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Front endpaper missing. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Diana Norman to producer David Puttnam: “The only thing of value i can give you – a sample of my own blood, sweat + tears – With my best Love – Diana”. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

[Puttnam, David] / Hornby, Nick.

Fever Pitch. [Stunning association between Nick Hornby and David Puttnam].

First Edition, 7th Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1992. 8°. 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Signed and inscribed by Nick Hornby to David Puttnam. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

[Peyre, Henri] / Watson, Curtis / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Henri Peyre – Observations on Life, Literature and Learning in America” – [Original Offprint from “Les Livres”].

[Les Livres], c. 1962. Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Pepper, Stephen C.

Whitehead’s “Actual Occasion”.

New Orleans, Tulane University, 1961. 8°. 17 pages. Stapled offprint from “Tulane Studies in Philosophy” – Volume X. Excellent condition. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Parker, Alan / [Puttnam, David].

Evita – A Cartoon Version by Alan Parker. Association copy of Alan Parker’s “Cartoon Version” of his movie “Evita” with which he thanked his cast and crew. This being a personally inscribed copy from Alan Parker to his friends David Puttnam & Patsy Puttnam. Accompanied by a two-page-letter, signed by Parker and citing a quote of David Puttnam reflecting on his own experiences in the movie-business with a bit of ironic advice for his friend Alan Parker on how to exit the movie-business.

Limited Edition (hand-numbered by Parker). London, Alan Parker, 1996. Duodecimo. 46 pages. Illustrated with cartoons. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

[O’Connell, Daniel] Levy, John / [John O’Connell].

A Full and Revised Report of the Three Days’ Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, With Dedication to Cornelius Mac Loghlin, Esq., and an Address to the People of Ireland – By Daniel O’Connell, M.P. To which are added, A Valuable Appendix, and the Petition from the Corporation to the Imperial Parliament, for the Restoration of Ireland’s Domestic Legislature. Edited by John Levy, Esq. [Bound with a relevant publication by Daniel O’Connell’s son, John O’Connell (1810 – 1858): “John O’Connell – An Argument for Ireland” – Dublin, 1844. III, 391 pages].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1843. Octavo. VIII, 391 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the 19th century. This is NOT an ex-library-copy how so often is the case for this book, but an excellent condition First Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

[O’Connell, Daniel] /Ventura, P. Joachim.

Trauerrede auf Daniel O’Connell gehalten in St.Andrea della Valle zu Rom [Translates: “Eulogy or Funeral Oration on Daniel O’Connell, held at St.Andrea della Valle in Rome by P. Joachim Ventura [Fr. Gioacchino Ventura]” / Mit der Vorrede und den Anmerkungen des Verfassers deutsch von Julius Müleisen.

Tübingen, Buchhandlung zu-Guttenberg, 1847. Octavo. XIV, 96 pages. Original Softcover Pamphlet. Extremely scarce !! / Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Mathilde Gräfin von Jenison-Walworth [signiert: “Mathilde Speth – Zwifalten” (Zwiefaltendorf)].

[O’Connell, Daniel] / Armstrong, John Simpson / Trevor, Edward Shirley.

A Report of The Proceedings on an Indictment for a Conspiracy, in the Case of The Queen v. Daniel O’Connell, John O’Connell, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, Rev. Thomas Tierney, Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, Richard Barrett, John Gray and Thomas Matthew Ray in Michaelmas Term, 1843, and Hilary Term, 1844. By John Simpson Armstrong and Edward Shirley Trevor.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1844. Octavo. VIII, 891 pages. Original Hardcover / Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

[Moddel, Paula & Philip] Mikes, George.

Milk and Honey – Israel explored. Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures.

London and new York, Wingate, c.1950. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 159 (1) pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discolouration on spine. Inscribed on front endpaper by preowner. From the library of Paula & Philip Moddel.

Maránek, Jiri / [Obrtel, Vit – Typography]

Vystrel Na Slepo (A Shot in the Dark). Pribeh z provincie.

(Praha), Edice Olymp, [1926]. Large Octavo. 44 pages. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers – Typography of the wrappers by Vit Obrtel. A very good, uncut copy, some edge wear and minor browning. One of only 500 copies (this one unnumbered). Signed and inscribed by Jiri Maránek in the year of publication. [Edice Olymp – Svazek 4].

Mackenzie, Compton / Stone, Christopher.

The Gramophone / Collection of c.785 Issues of the influential classical music magazine from October 1935 – December 2002 including several Index – Volumes and special issues. This being one of the largest known, nearly complete runs of this magazine with some Issues missing here and there only. [From the George Hitching Music Collection]

England, 1935 – 2003. Octavo. More than 20000 pages of secret classical music knowledge. Original Softcovers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some of the early volumes with some fraying only. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS or DHL Express Courier.

Lowe, Victor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“A Resurgence of “Vicious Intellectualism”. (Number 14 of Volume XLVIII of Philosophical Studies, 1951).

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1951. Octavo. 12 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Lenk, Torsten.

The Flintlock: Its Origin and Development. Translated by G.A.Urquart / Edited by J.F.Hayward.

London, The Holland Press Ltd. / Elizabeth Lenk, 1965. Folio. Frontispiece, XII, 188 pages with several illustrations. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Excellent condition after the new binding has been applied to this large volume. The image shows this book together with similar publications.

Kohák, Erazim / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Existence and the Philosophical Epokhe. [Original First Edition Offprint from “The Journal of Existentialism”].

New York, 1967. Octavo. 26 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

[Haugaard, Erik] Asimov, Isaac and others.

The Horn Book Magazine / [Magazine] About Children’s Books and Reading. With articles by Erik Haugaard, Isaac Asimov [″Views on Science Books” in the June 1963 – copy)] and many others [Edited by Paul Heins, Ethel L. Heins, Anita Silvey].

64 Issues (Duplicates: 1964, 1968, Oct & Dec 1979, 1984). Boston, The Horn Book, 1963, 1967-70, 1973, 1975-81, 1983-1989. 15.3 cm x 22.8 cm. Circa 7500 pages. Featuring black and white frontispieces by book illustrators. With many black and white illustrations throughout by famous illustrators taken from various children’s books. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor discoloration to covers and edges. Some covers have minor pen markings. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Christian Haugaard.

Goodman, Nelson / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of First editions of Papers and Essays on and by american philosopher Nelson Goodman. The Collection includes: 1. Nelson Goodman – “On Relations that Generate” (Numbers 5-6 of Volume IX of Philosophical Studies, 1958) / 2. Nelson Goodman – “Discussion on Infirmities of Confirmation Theory” [Carnap] (Offprint from “Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947) / 3. Hugues Leblanc – A Revised Version of Goodman’s Confirmation Paradox (Number 4 of Volume XIV of Philosophical Studies, 1963) /

Minnesota a.o., Philosophical Studies / Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprints / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken. [Philosophical Studies – Edited by Wilfried Sellars and Herbert Feigl].

Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis] / [Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire].

The Two Duchesses – Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire – Family Correspondence of and Relating to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire / Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire, Earl of Bristol (Bishop of Derby), The Countess of Bristol, Lord and Lady Byron, The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Augustus Foster Bart, and Others, 1777-1859. Second Edition [Revised] Unique version of the second edition, with a multitude of additional, uncalled-for illustrations (Portraits) and an original engraving of Harper’s Ferry (Virginia).

One Volume bound in two Volumes due to added images (complete set). London / Glasgow and Dublin, Blackie & Son Limited, 1898. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Pagination: Volume I: An extra-illustrated edition, with 96 plates instead of the only 18 plates which were called for according to the inventory pages of the set. Hardcover / Two stunning, privately commissioned, red morocco bindings with five raised bands as well as gilt lettering and ornament to spine, boards and inner pastedown-borders. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Both Volumes firm and endpapers intact. Interior beautiful and clean with a plethora of illustrations added into this rare second edition with the portraits reflecting personalities touched upon in the letters published by Vere Foster. The often rare portraits of contemporaries to the Duchess of Devonshire and Vere Foster’s father, Sir Augustus Foster, are of significance since many of them are now scarce as well.

Foster, Sir Augustus [British Ambassador to the United States of America] / Sir Charles Stuart [Britain’s Ambassador to France and Russia, Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay] / [Lady Bess Foster, (née Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey), later Duchess of Devonshire (1759-1824)] / [Vere Henry Louis Foster] / [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington].

Archive of a fantastic series of 42 Autograph Letters (signed) / Manuscript Letters (signed) by Sir Augustus Foster, British Diplomat and British Ambassador to the United States of America, prior and at the outbreak of the War of 1812, Recipient of the ‘Declaration of War’ on the “HMS Colibri” (June 28th, 1812), Ambassador to Denmark (1814-1825) and Ambassador to Sardinia (1824-1840). The letters were written between 1815 and 1841, during his time as Ambassador of Denmark (Copenhagen) and from his posting in Turin, as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Savoy-Sardinia [Piedmont-Sardinia]. Fortyone (41) of the letters are addressed to his friend, Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), Secret Agent, Diplomat, privy councilor as well as British Ambassador to France and Ambassador to Russia and the Duke of Wellington’s distinguished administrator in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The 42nd letter in the Archive, is a meaningful, three-page-letter, written by Sir Augustus Foster from Copenhagen in the year 1818, to his mother, Lady Elizabeth (″Bess”) Foster” [(née Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey), later Duchess of Devonshire (1759-1824)]. The Letters comprise of sizes between Octavo and Quarto and amount to 130 pages in total, written from Turin (27) & other places, including Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Calais and Geneva, 1815-1841 / Important: The Archive includes also three important publications which touch on the work of Sir Augustus Foster in America: [1.Richard Beale Davis: “Jeffersonian America – Notes on the United States of America – Collected in the years 1805-1806-1807 and 1811 and 1812 by Sir Augustus Foster, Bart. San Marino, The Huntingdon Library, 1954 / 2. An Extra-Illustrated Version of the publication “The Two Duchesses”, by Vere Foster (son of Sir Augustus Foster), in which an american collector injected a plethora of original engravings, portraits of british and american personalities like Alexander Hamilton, George Washington as well as other contemporaries of Sir Augustus Foster (see 80 photographs of this breathtaking set, bound in red-morocco, on our website) / 3. [James Madison / James Monroe / Sir Augustus Foster – War of 1812] – “Three messages, from the President of the United States, to Congress, in November 1811, together with Documents accompanying the same”. Washington; printed 1811. Re-Printed for J.Hatchard, Bookseller to her Majesty, opposite Albany, Piccadilly, 1812 – The material here relates directly to the war of 1812; much of it is in the form of correspondence between Sir Augustus John Foster, H.M. Minister in America and James Monroe, Secretary of State under James Madison from 1811 to 1817. Other significant contributors include Mr. Pinkney and Lord Wellesley. Extremely scarce original edition. (No copy of the 1811 edition located. Not in COPAC or Sabin)] See more than 200 Images for all these books and manuscript letters in the Augustus Foster Archive on our website under “Libraries & Collections” /

Turin / London / Stockholm / Copenhagen / Calais / Geneva, 1815 – 1841. Octavo – Quarto. The Letters are housed in a beautiful, bespoke Solander-Chemise. The original books are either bound in Morocco (″Two Duchesses”), original cloth with dustjacket (″Jeffersonian America”) or in the publisher’s original interim-wrappers (the rare 1812-printing of “Three messages, from the President of the United States, to Congress, in November 1811, together with Documents accompanying the same”). Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

[Foster, Sir Augustus] / [Madison, James / Monroe, James / Sir Augustus Foster – War of 1812]

“Three messages, from the President of the United States [James Madison], to Congress, in November 1811, together with Documents accompanying the same”. Washington; printed 1811. [Including very interesting exchanges of letters between Foster and Monoe regarding “The Floridas” / Further printed correspondence on “List of Vessels Condemned” / “Letter by Lord J. Townshend to Mr. Croker on His Majesty’s ship ‘Eolus’ – Signed by Herbert Sawyer and Rear-Admiral H.W.Somerville” etc. etc.].

London, J.Hatchard, 1812. Octavo. 260 pages. Softcover / Original, publisher’s interim-wrappers in its very rare and pure original form, even with the original, publisher’s printed spine-label. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some minor signs of foxing. A publication of utmost rarity. With some interesting text-markings.

Ffoulkes, Charles / Lord Cottesloe.

The Gun-Founders of England – With a List of English and Continental Gun-Founders from the XIV to the XIX Centuries. With a Preface by Lord Cottesloe.

Cambridge, University Press, 1937. Folio. XVI, 133 (1) pages. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Excellent condition after the restoration ! The image shows this book together with similar publications.

Davidson, Donald / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of Offprints by american philosopher, Donald Davidson. The Collection includes: 1. Donald Davidson – Semantics for natural language (Original Offprint from “Linguaggi nella societa e nella tecnica”, 1970) / 2. Donald Davidson –

Milano / Dordrecht, Edizioni di Comunita / D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1970. Octavo. 11 pages / 18 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

[Clonakilty / Castle Freke / Castlefreke]

Souvenir Views of Clonakilty – Duplex Souvenir Album containing ten Views of Clonakilty and surroundings, including Castle Freke, Cradle Rock, Rosscarbery Convent – The Postcard-Views in “Rich sepia Photogravure detachable for use as postcards, with miniature view of each picture for future reference”.

First Edition. Clonakilty, J.E.Spiller & Co., no year [c.1915]. Oblong slim-octavo. 10 sheets, perforated with miniature view. Original, printed softcover. Tiny faded dampstain to rear. Otherwise in unused, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce with the spectacular views of this rural area and the surroundings.

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.

Carnap, Rudolf / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of original First edition essays in “Philosophical Studies” and other publications by and on Vienna Circle – Philosopher, Rudolf Carnap. The Collection includes: 1. Leonard Linsky – A Note on Carnap’s “Truth and Confirmation” / Rudolf Carnap – “Rejoinder to Linsky” [Philosophical Studies Volume I, Number 6, 1950] / 2. Rudolf Carnap – Meaning Postulates [The Problem of Truth Based on Meaning] [Philosophical Studies Volume III, Number 5, 1952] / 3. Rudolf Carnap – “On Some Concepts of Pragmatics” / Roderick M. Chisholm – A Note on Carnap’s Meaning Analysis” [Philosophical Studies Volume VI, Number 6, 1955] / 4. Rudolf Carnap – “Remarks on Probability” [Philosophical Studies Volume XIV, Number 5, 1963].

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1950 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Bons, Jan.

Bijlage bij het Kwadraat-Blad “Genesis van een compositie”. [Original Lithographed Leporello Poster]

Hilversum, De Jong, 1961. 24,5 cm x 24,5 cm. Uitvouwbare poster / Foldout poster. Original Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Benjamin, Walter] Haas, Willy / [Stefan Zweig / Heinrich Mann / Thomas Mann / etc.].

Die literarische Welt. [Mit zahlreichen Erstdrucken von Essays und Rezensionen von Walter Benjamin: “Die Technik des Schriftstellers in dreizehn Thesen” / Walter Benjamin – “Skandal im Théatre-Français” / Buch-Chronik der Woche von Walter Benjamin: “C.A.Bernoulli – Johann Jakob Bachofen und das Natursymbol” / Walter Benjamin – “J.P.Hebel – Ein Bilderrätsel zum 100.Todestag des Dichters” / Buch-Chronik der Woche von Walter Benjamin: “Franz Hessel” / Walter Benjamin – “Der Kaufmann im Dichter” / Walter Benjamin – “Aussicht ins Kinderbuch” (mit Abbildungen von Titeln aus der Sammlung Benjamin) / Walter Benjamin – “Noch ein Paar Neue Kinderreime” / Walter Benjamin – “Kinder” [I.Karussellfahrendes Kind / II. Zu Spaet gekommenes Kind / III. Verstecktes Kind”] / Titelseite als Kalenderblatt mit Karikatur-Portraits von Mitarbeitern der “Literarischen Welt”: u.a. Walter Benjamin, Walter Mehring, Willy Haas u.v.a. “Zum Neuen Jahr lasst Blumen sprechen” / “Wandkalender der “Literarischen Welt” fuer 1927 – Verse von Walter Benjamin / Zeichnungen von Rudolf Grossmann / Walter Benjamin – “Der Regisseur Meyerhold – In Moskau erledigt ?” – “Ein literarisches Gericht wegen der Inszenierung von Gogols ‘Revisor’” / Walter Benjamin – “Zur Lage der Russischen Filmkunst” / Walter Benjamin und Oscar A.H.Schmitz – “Eine Diskussion ueber russische Filmkunst und kollektivistische Kunst ueberhaupt” [Schmitz eroeffnet die Diskussion mit “Potemkinfilm und Tendenzkunst” – Walter Benjamin antwortet daraufhin dem “Bildungsphilister” Schmitz mit einer Polemik].

First Edition. Two Volumes with 94 Issues in total (31 issues in duplicate / 31 Hefte doppelt). Berlin, Ernst Rowohlt, 1925 – 1927. Folio. Pagninierung / Pagination of both Volumes: Volume I: The following 42 issues available in this collection are: 1. Jahrgang / Annual (1925): Nr. 2 und Nr. 4 / 2. Jahrgang (1926): Nr. 14, 19, Nr. 36 – Nr. 52 (17 Issues) / 3. Jahrgang / Annual (1927): Nr. 1-21 [Each issues with 8 pages with illustrations] / [Jedes Heft mit 8 Seiten incl. Abbildungen] / Volume II: 3. Complete Third Annual of 52 Issues for 1927): Kompletter 3. Jahrgang: Nummer 1-52. [Each issues with 8 pages with illustrations]. Illustrations in original woodcut-textillustrations are by Rudolf Großmann (several), Lili Réthi, B. F. Dolbin (several), Frans Masereel (several), George Grosz (Kinderzeichnungen), Renée Sintenis, Alfred Kubin, Max Beckmann, Man Ray and others. Hardcover (original title-wrappers inside a privately printed half-cloth binding) / Hardcover / Privater Halbleinenband der 20er Jahre. Small cutout to page 5 of Issue 2 (Advertising ? 8.4 x 14.5 cm) / (1 cm-tear to outer margin of all issues in Volume one – text not effected) / Titlepage of Issue 49, IInd Annual (1926), missing. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. While it would usually be desirable to have these issues in their original, unbound form, these two privately bound Volumes are actually a blessing and led to these issues to be preserved in unusually excellent condition. A Rare run of this peridocal, with a provenance of one “Frl. Nippoldt” (Miss Nippoldt), Weissenburgstr. 17 / Kleiner Ausschnitt auf Seite 5 der Nummer 2 von 1925 (Werbung) / (1 cm Einriss in den Rand der Nummern von Band 1 – Text nicht betroffen) / Titelblatt der Nummer 49 des II.Jahrgangs (1926) fehlt / Sonst sehr gut erhalten. Auch wenn eine ungebundene Broschur-Version dieser seltenen Zeitschrift einer Privatbindung normalerweise vorzuziehen ist, so ist in diesem Fall die Wahl der Bindung sehr gelungen und man ist fast dankbar wie gut die einzelnen Ausgaben dadurch erhalten wurden. Einige der Ausgaben haben einen alten Besitzvermerk: “Frl. Nippoldt” – “Weissenburgstr.17”, sowie gelegentliche, interessante Kommentare und Annotationen im Text (mit Bleistift)”.

[Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua] / [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Kasher, Asa (Ed.).

Language in Focus : Foundations, Methods and Systems. Essays in Memory of Yehoshua Bar-Hillel.

Boston, D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1976. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 679, (xxviii) pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Even though there is no sign of it within the book, this is the personal copy of philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine, who also contributed to the Volume. [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science].

Argentina – Vidal. E.E.

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty=four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs.

No.1987 of a limited edition. London, R.Ackermann, 1943. Quarto. XXVIII, 115 pages with 24 plates in colour (several of the folding out). Hardcover / De Luxe Edition of this Reprint in quarter leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Personalized gift-copy, signed by former co-workers of the recipient.

Oman, Carola.

Britain Against Napoleon.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. 13.5 cm x 20.7 cm. 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges. Deckled edges. Cover and spine slightly faded. Pencil markings to rear pastedown. Contains Exlibris of ‘R.G. Nares’ on front pastedown.

Mastretta, Ángeles.

Lovesick. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

New York, Riverhead Books, 1997. 15 cm x 23 cm. 292 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is a bound galley and uncorrected proof for review purposes only. Signed and inscribed by the author. Includes ephemera as original letter from The Putnam Publishing Group to the reviewer that accompanied this book as well as a biography of the author and advanced praise.

Cader, Teresa.

The Paper Wasp.

Illinois, Triquartely Books / Northwestern University Press, 1999. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 81 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

Bioy Casares, Adolfo

La Invencion y la Trama, Obras escogidas. Edited by Marcelo Pichon Riviere. With an introduction and notes by Marcelo Pichon Riviere.

Barcelona, Tusquets, 1988. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 762 pages. Softcover. Minor, very tiny stain to edge. Otherwise in excellent condition.

Schnack, Elisabeth.

Liebesgeschichten aus Irland.

Zürich, Buchclub Ex Libris, 1982. 8°. 486 Seiten. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Sehr guter Zustand mit wenigen Stockfleckchen / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

King, Alexander.

May This House Be Safe From Tigers.

First Edition. Kingswood, Surrey, The Windmill Press Ltd., 1960. 15cm x 22cm. VIII, 374 pages. 23 illustrations by the author. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjucket in protective Mylar. Foxing to the edges. Minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket and a ball pen mark on the front of the DJ. Otherwise in very good condition. Especially the rare dustjacket in excellent condition !

[English History Collection] – Willett, Wilfred / Webb, Amy D. (Illustrator).

British Wild Flowers and their Garden Varieties – Cornfield Flowers.

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Six coloured, tipped-in-plates and several drawings throughout publication. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some spotting evident on edges and markedly so on first and last few pages. Internal pages almost entirely free of spotting. Colour plates in very good condition. Previous owner’s name and address in ink pen on inside of cover. [British Wild Flowers Series (No.4)].

Beckett, Samuel / Auster, Paul.

The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett. With an Introduction by Paul Auster.

First Edition of this publication. New York, Grove Press, 2010. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Volume I: VIII, 478 pages / Volume II: 521 pages / Volume III: 505 pages / Volume IV: 569 pages. Original Softcover in original slipcase. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. Cover photographs of Samuel Beckett by John Haynes. [Paul Auster, Series Editor.]

Zola, Emile / Widmer, Walter [transl.].

Nana. Mit Illustrationen von Vertes.

Guetersloh, Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn OHG, c 1996. 16 cm x 24 cm. 477 pages. Original Hardcover. With illustrated slipcase. Deutschsprachige Ausgabe / German Translation. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of external wear.

Voinovich, Vladimir.

The Ivankiad. Or the Tale of the Writer Voinovich’s Installation in his new apartment. Translated by David Lapeza.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1977. Octavo. 131 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First English translation of “Ivan’kiada” – this satirical autobiographical novel by the Russian dissident writer, “the tale of the writer Voinovich’s installation in his new apartment.” Near fine in lightly spine-soiled dust jacket. Inscribed by Voinovich and another person to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

Trollope, Anthony.

Phineas Redux.

2 volumes. London, Ward, Lock and Co., no date [c.1884]. 17.4cm x 11.8cm. IV, 595 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Stuart, Francis.

Black List, Section H. A Novel. With a preface and postscript by Harry T. Moore.

First Edition. Carbondale and Edwardsville / London and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1971. 15 cm x 22 cm. VII, 442 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Slight spotting/discolouration on page edges. Clean inside with intact binding.

Shapiro, Karl.

Essay on Rime.

New York, Reynol & Hitchcock, 1945. 14 cm x 21 cm. 72 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of endpapers and page margins. Previous owner’s name in pencil on free endpaper. From the library of Erik Haugaard / Bookplate/Exlibris by Brian Lalor.

Ruland, Wilhelm.

The Finest Legends of the Rhine.

Bonn, Verlag Hoursch & Bechstedt, c.1970. 10,5 cm x 15 cm. 124 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

Redlich, Monica.

The Pattern of England. Some Informal and Everyday Aspects.

Kjøbenhavn, Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1945. 22.3cm x 15cm. 317 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Ovid]. Michie, James [translation].

The Art of Love – Publius Ovidius Naso. Paintings by Grahame Baker.

London, The Folio Society, 1993. 18.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 96 pages. With 8 illustrations. Original Hardcover, cloth-bound. With slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

O’Rahilly, Thomas F. / Rathile, Tomas O.

Dánta Grádha – Cnósach de sna dánta grá is fearr san Ghaelge (A.D. 1350-1750). An Tarna córú, é ceartaithe agus méadaithe. Cuid I. / Dánta Grádha – An Anthology of Irish Love Poetry (A.D.1350 – 1750) – Collected and edited by Thomas F. O’Rahilly. Second Edition; Revised and Enlarged. Part I., Text. With an Introduction by Robin Flower. [Introduction in english – Poetry entirely in gaelic]

Cork, Cló Ollsgoile Chorcaí / Cork University Press, 1926. 18 cm. XXXIV, 148 pages. Softcover. This is the rare, vintage second edition from 1926. The cover with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

Murray, Peter.

Maritime Paintings of Cork and Associated Historical Material, 1700 – 2000.

Cork, Gandon Editions, 2005. 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Munro, H.H.

The Best of Saki. Introduced by A.N. Wilson. Illustrated by Roger Fereday.

London, The Folio Society, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIII, 258 pages. Original Hardcover with slip case. Excellent condition. Minor signs of external wear to slipcase only.

McKay, Herbert C.

The Photographic Negative.

First Edition. Volumes 1-4 (complete). Chicago / New York, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1942. 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm. Frontispiece photograph of author. 799 Pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with grey and burgundy cloth. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Pages 15, 58 & 59 slightly damaged with some lettering rubbed off. Binding tight. [Little Technical Library (Volumes 1-4)].

Lunn, Arnold.

The Story of Ski-ing. Special Edition for Members of the Ski Club of Great Britain.

First Edition. London, Eyer & Spottiswoode, 1952. 14,5 x 22 cm. XI, 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

Lewis, Wyndham.

One-Way Song.

London, Faber and Faber, 1933. 15 cm x 23 cm. 132 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Volume in very good condition. Multiple small tears and missing patches from edges and spine of dustjacket. Browning of volume cover and page-edges. Two inscriptions by pre-owners.

Levi, Primo.

Raconti e Saggi.

Torino Editrice la Stampa, 1986. 13 cm x 20 cm. XI, 165 pages. Original softcover in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Terza pagina 2]

Langland, William.

The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. According to the version revised and enlarged by the author ca. A.D. 1377. Edited by the Rec. Walter W. Skeat.

Tenth, revised edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. 11,5 cm x 17 cm. XLVIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

Holinshed, Raphael.

Chronicles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Introduction and Commentary by Michael Wood.

London, The Folio Society, 2012. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 435 pages. Including woodcut illustrations taken from the original two-volume edition published by Henry Bynneman in 1577. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with gilt decoration and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Heinlein, Robert.

Novel and Two Stories of the Future. Revolt in 2100.

London, Lowe and Brydone Ltd., 1964. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 305 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition first UK edition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Hazlitt, W.Carew.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine. [Mentioning also Thomas Muffet’s “Health’s Improvement” from 1655 and a longer chapter: “The Early Englishman and his Food”] Essays also include: “Royal Fests and Savage Pomp” / “Cookery Books” [including a small bibliography of 38 important cookery publications from before 1850: The Book of Carving by W. de Worde / The Treasury of Commodious Conceits and Hidden Secrets by John Partridge / The Good Housewife’s Jewel by Thomas Dawson / etc. etc. / Also included is a chapter on “Early Receipts” – Select Extracts from an early receipt-book: “To make Dutch-Beef / To make a Ragout of Pigs-Ears / Meat-Pies and Puddings / Sweet Puddings / Cakes (To make Shrewsbury Cakes) / To make Whetstone Cakes / Conserves, Dried and Candied Fruits, Marmalades etc. Another essay is: “Diet of the Yeoman and the Poor” / “Meats and Drinks” / “The Kitchen” – “Etiquette of the Table”.

London, Elliot Stock, 1886. Wide Octavo. 271 pages including an Index. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Large paper edition (fine india paper) with extra – wide space next to the text for notes. Deckled Edges. Binding slightly rubbed with a tiny defect to upper spine. Very fine and only minor foxing to some pages. [The Book-Lover’s Library. Edited by Henry B. Wheatley]

Haslett, Caroline / Pares, Bip [Ethel Pares].

The Electrical Handbook for Women. Foreword by Sir John Snell. Edited for the Electrical Association for Women.

London, The English Universities Press Ltd., 1936. 8°. 428 pages. Hardcover with the rare, illustrated Art-Deco-Dustjacket by Bip Pares in protective Mylar. New and revised edition. Minor foxing only. Includes the folding map of the Central Electricity Board of the Grid Transmission Lines of England. Original cloth with original, illustrated dustjacket. The rare jacket, designed by Bip Pares, nearly complete, but torn and with some minor loss of paper to the rear endpaper.

Hardy, Thomas.

Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. With an explanatory note and preface by Thomas Hardy. Introduction by Elspeth Sandys. Wood Engravings by Peter Reddick.

London, The Folio Society, 1990. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIX, 418 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight spotting on page edges and spine. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

[Felix, Nicholas] Brodribb, Gerald.

Felix on the Bat. Being a Memoir of [cricketer] Nicholas Felix. Together with the full text of the second edition of Felix on the Bat: Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of the Cricket Bat; together with the History and use of the Catapulta, containing also coloured drawings, woodcuts and vignettes, illustrative of the principles of Batting; new diagrams and theoretical demonstrations, illustrative of the great question of “Leg before Wicket”; – A Dissertation on the Different Styles of Bowling; much new and important matter relative to the disposition of Fieldsmen, more especially of the additional number when brought into action against the “Eleven of England”: Also The Laws of the Game as revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

The Text of Part two is a facsimile of the second edition of 1850. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Octavo. XIV, 145, VIII, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some staining to the binding and dustjacket ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the binding.

Eliot, T.S.

Poetry and Drama.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber Ltd., 1950. 22.5cm x 14.5cm. 35 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket (some fraying to upper jacket).

Edelman, Maurice.

Disraeli in Love.

London, Book Club Associates, 1973. Octavo. 318 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Durrell, Gerald M.

The Overloaded Ark. With illustrations by Sabine Baur.

Fourth impression. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. 238 pages, with maps and line-drawn illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition, other than minor signs of wear to dustjacket including small tear to spine, edges very slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

[Duffy, Charles Gavan / Davis, Thomas] / Grattan Flood, W.H.

The Spirit of the Nation or, Ballads and Songs by The Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music, arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte.

New Edition, with preface and Introduction by W.H.Grattan Flood. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1911. Quarto. XXII, 368 pages – including the often missing Corrigenda Leaf (Errata). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated clothbinding that has been recently professionally restored. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Besides a 6 cm smudged repair to the front board in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and sought after publication.

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 !!

D’Annunzio, Gabriele.

I Diamanti. Alcyone – Il piacere – La figlia di Iorio – Contemplazione della morte e brani tratti da: Primo vere, Canto novo, Intermezzo di rime, La Chimera, L’Isottèo, Elegie romane, Poema paradisiaco, Odi navali, Maia, Elettra, Merope, Asterope, Terra vergine, Le novelle della Pescara, Giovanni Episcopo, Le vergini delle Rocce, Il fuoco, La Leda senza cigno, La città morta, Francesca da Rimini, Più che l’amore, Le Chèvrefeuille, Notturno, Il sudore di sangue, Il libro ascetico della giovane Italia.

Rome, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1959. 17 cm x 24 cm. 879 pages. Illustrations in colour and black and white throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Mild signs of foxing only. Some very light rubbing to the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

Camm, F.J.

Every Cyclist’s Handbook. With 203 Illustrations.

First Edition. London, George Newnes Limited, 1936. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 200 pages. 203 engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Small gilt design on lower corner of front board Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm and strong. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Name of preowner on front pastedown.

Bury, Viscount / Hillier G. Lacy.

Cycling. With Numerous Illustrations by Viscount Bury and Joseph Pennell.

Second Edition, Revised. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 452 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and ornament on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Illustrated pastedowns and enpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear at valley between rear endpage and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong with the original, decorative endpapers in excellent condition. Tissue guard and throughout the book with occasional foxing. Some untrimmed pages at front. Armorial Bookplate / Exlibris of Arthur John Thornhill Esq. with his Motto: “Be Fast” on pastedown. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]

Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

Bolton, Sir Richard / Travers, Michael [Richard Meade’s copy].

A Justice of Peace for Ireland: Consisting of Two Books. The First, declaring the Exercise of that Office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions; The Second, setting forth the Form of Proceeding in Sessions and the Matter to be enquired of and handled therein. Composed by Sir Richard Bolton, Knt. – Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. To which are now added, In an Alphabetical Order, All the Statutes now in Force in England and Ireland, (since Sir Richard Bolton published his said Treatise) which concern the Office of a Justice of Peace for Ireland, both in and out of Sessions. Here are likewise added, three Tables: The First shews the several Titles in Sir Richard Bolton’s Treatise to which additions have been made. The Second shews the several New Titles added; and the Third is designed for the more easy finding several Particular Matters contained under the General Titles. With a compleat Index to the whole. Also some Precedents of Committals, Convictions, Summonses and Warrants, are added, as a Help to Justices of the Peace in the Execution of their Office. With a Table of the Precedents. By Michael Travers, Esq.; Barrister at Law.

Two Volumes in one (complete). Dublin, Printed for J.Leathley and T.Moore in Dame-street and O.Nelson in Skinner-row, Booksellers, 1750. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). XIV, 586, XII, 292 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine with replaced spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and a minor crack to upper spine. Faded dampstain. Interior and binding firm and overall in very good condition. Bookplate of Richard Meade of Ballymartle to pastedown. Richard Meade’s full name in ink to endpaper.

Binns, Stewart.

The British Empire In Colour.

London, Carlton Books, 2002. 22 x 26cm. 159 pages, with colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new.

Banville, John.

The Book of Evidence.

New York, Charles Scribner’s, 1989. Octavo. 219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Banville.

Bangash, Salman.

The Frontier Tribal Belt. Genesis and Purpose Under the Raj.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016. 14 cm x 23 cm. XV, 365 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Aristophanes.

The Birds and The Frogs. With an Introduction by Dudley Fitts.

One Volume. Connecticut, The Heritage Press, 1959. 20 cm x 28 cm. The Birds: XII, 52 pages / The Frogs: XVII, 62 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

[Apuleius]. Pater, Walter.

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. Re-told by Walter Pater from ‘The Golden Ass’ of Lucius Apuleius. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.

Norwalk, The Heritage Press, 1996. 17 cm x 27.5 cm. 64 pages. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with slipcase. Excellent condition. Slight external wear and marking to slip case.

Anderson, J.G.C./ Brough, James/ Jarman, A.O.H./ Jones, W.R.D./ Thomas, Brinley/ Rees, Frederick (eds.)

The Cardiff Region. A Survey. Prepared for the meeting of the British Association held in Cardiff, 31. August to 7. September 1960.

Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1960. 19 x 25 cm. 222 pages. Original green cloth illustrated and lettered in gold. Only minimal signs of usage on the cover. Tight binding. Very good condition throughout.

Ruskin, John.

Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures delivered at Manchester in 1864: Of Kings’ Treasuries and Of Queens’ Gardens.

Third edition, with preface. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1866. 12 x 17.5cm. (23), 196 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering and gilt edges. Spine sunned, minor marks to boards and joint beginning to loosen but otherwise in very good condition. Inscribed with previous owner’s name on half-title page. Stamp on front free endpaper.

Mouzelis, Nicos P.

Organisation and Bureaucracy. An analysis of modern theories.

New edition. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. 23 cm. xxxiv, 234 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man and with a stamp (discarded) from the Institute of Public Administration at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Name of preowner on endpaper. International library of sociology.