1. Smith, Charles. United States [East Coast with Boston and Cape Cod] – Original, detailed, hand-coloured Map of the United States of America.

London, Cartographer: Charles Smith, 1808. 29 cm high x 37 wide plus Mount. Excellent condition.

2. Deutschkron, Inge.

…Denn ihrer war die Hölle. Kinder in Gettos und Lagern.

Köln, Wissenschaft und Politik, 1979. 12.4 cm x 20.5 cm. 158 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Wigham, Billy / Rynne, Colin.

‘A Life of Usefulness’: Abraham Beale and the Monard Ironworks.

Blarney, Sitka Press, 2000. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 79 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains dedication by Colin Rynne. Newspaper-clipping stapled to end-paper. Slight bending crease on front cover near spine. Volume otherwise clean and intact.

4. Soyfer, Jura / [Composer of the “Dachaulied”].

‘It’s Up to Us!’ – Collected Works of Jura Soyfer. Selected and Translated by Horst Jarka.

Riverside, California, Ariadne Press, 1996. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 591 pages. 34 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) / Ó Gríobhtha, Mícheál.

‘Sa Villa Róse. A.E.W. Mason do chéadscríobh ; Mícheál Ó Gríobhtha do chuir i nGaedhilg.

[Baile Átha Cliath], Ó Fallamhain i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1929. Octavo. 292 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 only some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

6. Youngs, Susan (Editor).

‘The Work of Angels’ – Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD. With contributions by Paul T. Craddock, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Michael Ryan and Leslie Webster.

London, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1990. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 223 pages. 185 black and white and 56 colour illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. [Dublin – Marsh Library] McCarthy, Muriel / Sherwood-Smith, Caroline (complied by).

‘This Golden Fleece’ Marsh’s Library 1701-2001. A Tercentenary Exhibition.

Dublin, Archbishop Marsh’s Library, 2001. 15 cm x 21 cm. 159 pages with illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Only 1000 copies have been printed of which this is no. 128. Signed by Muriel McCarthy.

8. [Provenance: Daniel Conner of Manch House-Library (Dunmanway, County Cork)] – Patrick, Symon [Simon Patrick, Late Lord Bishop of Ely] / Whitby, Daniel / Lowth, William / Arnald, Richard / Johannes Millii.

“A Commentary upon the Historical Books of the Old Testament, Viz. Genesis – Exodus – Leviticus – Numbers – Deuteronomy – Joshua – Judges – Ruth – I. Samuel – II. Samuel – I. Kings – II. Kings – I. Chronicles – II. Chronicles – Ezra – Nehemiah – Esther. In Two Volumes. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Symon Patrick, Late Lord Bishop of Ely. The Sixth Edition Corrected. To wich is added a compleat Alphabetical Table.” / Plus: [Volume III: “The Books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, Paraphrased: With Arguments to each Chapter, and Annotations thereupon”. / Plus: [Volume IV: “A Commentary upon the Three Lesser Prophets: Being a Continuation of Bishop [Symon] Patrick by William Lowth, B.D. Prebendary of Winchester”]. / Plus: [[Volume V and Volume VI ]″A Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament. In Two Volumes. The First, containing The Four Gospels and the Acts of the Holy Apostles. The Second, All the Epistles, with a Discourse of the Millenium. To which are added, A Chronology of the New Testament, a Map and Alphabetical Table of all the Places mentioned in the Gospels, Acts, or the Epistles. With Tables of the Matters contained and of the Words and Phrases explained throughout the whole Work; and the Examen Millii. By Daniel Whitby, D.D. Late Chantor of the Church of Sarum. The Seventh Edition, carefully revised and corrected from the many Errors of the former Impressions”. Including: “An Appendix to Chapter XL, containing “A Discourse of the Calling of the Jews to the Christian Faith” – Including: “A Treatise of the True Millenium: shewing that it is not a Reign of Persons raised from the Dead but of the Church. Flourishing gloriously for a Thousand Years after the Conversion of the Jews, and the Flowing-in of all Nations to them thus converted to the Christian Faith” / Including: “An Index of the Greek Words and Phrases explained in this Commentary”, including “Examen Variantium Lectionum Johannis Millii in Novum Testamentum” (Editio quarta priori Emendatior. London, 1740). / Plus: [Volume VII] “A Critical Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon; Being a Continuation of Bishop [Symon] Patrick and Mr.[William] Lowth. By Richard Arnald, B.D. Rector of Thurcaston in Leicestershire”. / Including: [Volume VIII]: “A Critical Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach. Being a Continuation of Bishop [Symon] Patrick and Mr.[William] Lowth”./ Including: [Volume IX]: “A Critical Commentary upon the Books of Tobit, Judith, Baruch, The History of Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon: To which are added, two Dissertations on The Book of Maccabees and Esdras. Being a Continuation of Bishop [Symon] Patrick and Mr.[William] Lowth”. By Richard Arnald.//

Set of Nine Volumes (bound in Seven). London, Printed for A. Millar, J.Beecroft, W.Strahan, J.Hinton etc. / And for the Richard Arnald publication: “Printed for the Author” by W.Bowyer, 1744-1765. Folio (24,5 cm x 36 cm). Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece of Symonis Patrick by Godfrey Kneller & Gerard Vandergucht, [2], 908 pages / Volume II: [2], 755 pages plus 28 unnumbered pages of an Alphabetical Index / Volume III: [6], 544 pages / [Volume IV]: [2], IV, 540 pages including an Index. / [Volume V (Being Volume I of Daniel Whitby’s “Paraphrase”: [2], L, 736, [5], pages / [Volume VI (Being Volume II of Daniel Whitby’s “Paraphrase”: [4], XXXIV, 854 pages / [Volume VII (Being the “Critical Commentary of the Book of The Wisdom of Solomon” by Richard Arnald): [1], XXXII, 148 pages / [Volume VIII: (Being the “Critical Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach”): IX, [7], IV, 248 pages / [Volume IX: (Being “A Critical Commentary upon the Books of Tobit Judith etc.”)XII, 128 pages.// Recently rebound set in Hardcover (Modern cloth and one modern half leather). All Volumes in protective Collector’s Mylar and with new endpapers and new spine-labels. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The Interior in very good, rather excellent condition with only some very few sections with some browning. The paper-quality of this set is magnificent ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name and date of his studies in Oxford on all titlepages. A very rare set of the important Commentary by Symon Patrick, Bishop of Ely. With all the original illustrations by Gerard Vandergucht. The set includes the continuations of Simon Patrick’s works by William Lowth, Daniel Whitby and Richard Arnald. Please see the numerous, detailed photographs for this set on our website. The price includes worldwide free shipping per Courier (UPS Express Saver).

9. 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.

10. [Giacometti, Alberto] Bonnefoy, Yves.

“Alberto Giacometti” – A Biography of his Work. Translated by Jean Stewart.

Paris, flammarion, 1991. Folio (25 cm wide x 33 cm high). 575 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in original slipcase. Unusually excellent, near mint condition. Only the slipcase with wear.

11. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Alien Trees I”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2015. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

12. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Alien Trees II”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2013. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

13. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“At the Crossroads of Growth”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2006. Framed: 71 cm wide x 90 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 80 cm high. Signed.

14. Tebbe, Felix.

“Augenblick” und Dichtung. Goethes “Elegien II”, das “Buch Suleika” und die “Chinesisch-deutschen Jahres- und Tageszeiten”.

St. Ingbert, Röhrig, 1999. 8°. 293 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Mannheimer Studien zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft ; Bd. 17.]

15. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Bartholomew Close” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

16. Aarts, Johannes Josephus (1871 – 1934).

“Bedelaar” [″Bettler” / “Beggar”].

Rare, antique, vintage, original Lithograph by the dutch artist Johannes Josephus Aarts, showing the scene of an invalid beggar entering a Hamlet of farmers and asking for alms. Striking and beautiful scene in the typical earthy, nature-embedded, strong depiction by Aarts; full of character and gripping through the magnified presence of Aarts subjects, which are “in your face”. Signed in pencil by Johannes Josephus Aarts. [Fine Art-Paper watermarked “TRCHES”]. [Amsterdam], Roeloffzen, Hübner und van Santen, 1903. Size of the framed Picture: 63 cm wide x 53 cm high. Size of the Sheet : 49 cm wide x 41 cm high (the image itself: 22 cm x 30 cm). Excellent condition, beautifully framed. The price for this signed and rare lithograph includes free international courier shipping per UPS Express.

17. Rothe, Hans [Hrsg.].

“Biblia Slavica”. Referate bei der öffentlichen Präsentation in der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste am 28. November 2008.

Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich, Schöningh, 2010. 8°. VI, 234 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste ; Bd. 123].

18. [United Irishman].

“British Troops must Go” – “Throughout the towns, villages and countryside of our six occupied counties British Crown Forces move and operate. They are there to maintain a military bridgehead in Britain’s Imperial interests. But they are there contrary to the wishes of the Irish people. To-day, as in past generations, the men and women of the Irish Republican Movement are striving to end British occupation and enthrone the Irish Republic”.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Dublin (1 Gardiner Row), United Irishman [″Voice of the Republican Movement”], no year [c.1957]. Octavo. 20 pages with many photographs. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition and commemoration-pamphlet, celebrating three men who died for Ireland: “Oliver Craven, Newry” / “Patrick MacManus, Kinawley” / Paul Smith, Bessbrook” /.

19. Thomson, D.C.

“Bullet” – Collection of twentyone (21) original “Bullet-comic” – issues from the year 1976.

First Editions. Twentyone Issues. London, D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd., February-October 1976. Quarto (21.2 cm wide x 30 cm high). Each issue has 35 pages. The Comic was published weekly, every Tuesday. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“But you didn’t”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2011. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

21. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Butcher’s Shops” – Aldgate / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

22. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder’s Universe” – Large Collection of more than sixty (60) Reference-Books and Artist-Books by and on artist Alexander Calder. The collection includes rare Volumes with original Lithographs, Exhibition-catalogues, Autobiographies and a collection of wonderful issues of eleven Derriere Le Mirroir, most of them with original Lithographs by Calder. The collection includes early monographs as well as later catalogues and is a perfect chance to acquire some good understanding of his works in Mobiles, Stabiles and other art.

Quarto. The collection includes books in different bindings: Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket / Original Softcover / Hardcover without dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Most books in excellent condition.

23. [Calder, Alexander] Sweeney, James Johnson.

“Calder” – Catalogue des Oeuvres exposees. [Du 2 Avril Au 31 Mai 1969] – Fondation Maeght – 06 Saint Paul] / [Avec Texte du Jean-Paul Sartre]. Le texte de J.J.Sweeney a ete traduit de l’anglais par Annick Baudoin, celui de G.Carandente de l’italien par Alain Veinstein.

Fondation Maeght, 1969. Quarto. 226 pages. Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. [Calder, Alexander] Archives Maeght.

“calder” – the artist, the work.

First english edition. Boston, Boston Book & Art, publisher, 1971. Quarto. 136 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed and woth some tearing. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. Puttnam, David.

“Chariots of Fire” – First Day Cover “Heralding the Resurgence of the British Film Industry” – signed by David Puttnam, Colin Welland and Hugh Hudson. [Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock].

Original First Day Cover envelope and special handstamp designed by Rafael de Swarte & Malcolm Carrick. Leicester, A.G.Bradbury, 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signatures.

26. Huebler, Douglas.

“Crocodile Tears” – (Brief fictions re-sounding from the proposal in Variable Piece #70: 1971 “to photographically document the existence of everyone alive.”).

First Edition. Buffalo / New York, CEPA Gallery, 1985. Quarto (22.5 cm x 27.7 cm). 40 unnumbered pages. Original, illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes the original purchase-receipt.

27. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Crown Court”, Pall Mall / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

28. Ernst, Max.

“Das innere Gesicht” – Ausstellung Max Ernst – Die Sammlung de Menil / “Inside the Sight” – An Exhibition of Max Ernst Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Menil Family Collection – Circulated by the Institute for the Arts, Rice University.

Frankfurt / Houston (Texas), Frankfurter Kunstverein / Rice University, 1970. Quarto. 163 Seiten mit Illustrationen. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

29. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Drury Lane” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

30. Hinckley, Julian.

“E” – The complete and somewhat mad history of the family of Montague Vincent, Esq., Gent.

First Edition. New York, Duffield & Company, 1914. 8°. 387 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Ownership-notification on front and rear pastedown as well as on the halftitle. Overall excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / mild foxing to edges and pastedowns only (very good+/near Fine). Absolutely Rare publication.

31. REVO Electric Co. Ltd.

“Electrical Specialities” List No.14 [Original Sales-Catalogue of REVO Street Lighting, Brackets and Cast Iron and Porcelain Fittings (with a section on Bulkhead Fittings)].

[Tipton, Staffordshire], [REVO ELECTRIC Co.Ltd. / Britannia Works], no year (c.1930?). Octavo. 160 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half-cloth. Binding shaky and dusty with front board nearly detached. Overall in still good + condition with only minor signs of wear and the interior-pages with illustrations are very good, bright and clean.

32. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Foubert’s Place” – Old Fishshop at Regent Street / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

33. Parkes, Graham / Marchiano, Grazia (ed.).

“From Earth’s Veins to the Body’s Meridians. Classical Chinese Views of the Environment and Health” by Graham Parkes in: Conoscenza Religiosa. Fondata da Elemire Zolla nuova serie. 1 – 2010.

First Edition. Montepulciano, Associazione Internationale Ricerca Elemire Zolla, 2010, 15 x 20,5 cm. 263 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

34. [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.

35. [Adenauer] Osterheld, Horst.

“Ich gehe nicht leichten Herzens …”. Adenauers letzte Kanzlerjahre ; ein dokumentarischer Bericht.

Mainz, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 1986. 8°. X, 288 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Adenauer-Studien ; Bd. 5].

36. Nuvolone, Flavio G.

“Il Tre Troiano” e il dopo Ottone II. Ricerche varie su Gerberto, Colombano e Bobbio. Studi riuniti, elaborati e editi da Flavio G. Nuvolone.

Bobbio, Amici di Archivum Bobiense, 2009. 8°. 644 pages. Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition. [Archivum Bobiense – Rivista degli Archivi Storici Bobiensi – N.ri 31 – 2009].

37. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“In the Cornfield I”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Framed: 74,5 cm wide x 90,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 63 cm wide x 78 cm high. Signed.

38. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“In the Cornfield II”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Unframed. Artwork (canvas): 90 cm wide x 100 cm high. Signed.

39. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

“Irish Antiquities and Artefacts: Danish Trumpets / An Ancient Irish Weapon / The Form of the Cells at Ross-Carbery [Rosscarbery] / An Antique Spur / An Urn found near Castlesaffron”.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 25 cm wide x 20 cm high. Sheet Size: 31 cm wide x 36 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

40. Vaugondy, Gilles Robert de. (1688 – 1766).

“Isles De Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola, et De La Martinique” [with Haiti and special highlight map of Martinique within the print].

Beautifully Handcoloured Original Engraving (copper). [Paris], 1750. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with map: 69.5 cm x 73.5 cm. Map itself measures: 53 cm wide x 50 cm high. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map.

41. Rawls, John / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Justice as Fairness” [First Edition of the First Appearance of John Rawls’ Theory of “Justice as Fairness” which would lead to “A Theory of Justice”. This is the very rare Double Number of the separate Double Number-Issue in its original wrappers-version; Provenance: from the library of John Rawls’ friend, Henry David Aiken. [in: “The Journal of Philosophy” – Volume LIV. No.222: October 24, 1957 (Double Number) – Contents: American Philosophical Association Eastern Division – Symposium Papers – To be presented at the Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Harvard University, December 27-29, 1957: Symposium: “Justice a Fairness” – I. “Justice as Fairness”: John Rawls [pages 653 – 651] / II.Justice as Fairness: “A Modernized Version of the Social Contract”: Everett W. Hall [pages 662 – 669] / Symposium: “The Evidence for Esthetic Judgment” – I. “The Importance of a Choice of Context”: Mortimer R. Kadish [pages 670 – 678] / II. On the Grounds of Esthetic Judgment: Albert Hofstadter [pages 679 – 687] / Symposium: “Substance and Form in Aristotle” – I. “Substance and Form in Aristotle”: Wilfrid Sellars [pages 688 – 698] / II. Forms of Particular Substances in Aristotle’s Metaphysics: Rogers Albritton [pages 699 – 707]//

New York, The Journal of Philosophy, 1957. Octavo. pages 653 – 712. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only and some mild staining to front and rear wrapper. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

42. Arens, Hiltrud.

“Kulturelle Hybridität” in der deutschen Minoritätenliteratur der achtziger Jahre.

Tübingen, Stauffenburg-Verl, 2000. 23 cm. 256 Seiten. Softcover / Broschierte Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Stauffenburg discussion ; Bd. 12].

43. Institut Francais de Francfort.

“Les buvards de Francine” – Werbung der 50er Jahre auf Löschblättern.

Frankfurt, Institut Francais de Francfort, 1991. 8°. 31 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand.

44. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Les Fleurs Malade”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 77 cm high. Signed.

45. Schmidt, Arno.

“Lesen ist schrecklich !” [Hörbuch]. Vorgelesen von Joachim Kersten, Bernd Rauschenbach und Jan Philipp Reemtsma. Live aufgenommen am 8.Februar 1998 im Rabenloft im Steinfelsareal in Zurich.

Zurich, Haffmanns Verlag / Raben-Records, 1998. 14 cm x 12.5 cm. 1 CD mit Booklet (2 Seiten). Original Softcover. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

46. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“London Bridge” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

47. Newcastle & Derwent Valley Railway – Smith, William.

“Map of the proposed Newcastle upon Tyne & Derwent Valley Railway, 1860.”

Original Lithograph. Edinburgh, William Smith (Lithographer), 1860. 19.7 cm wide x 30.5 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition with some minor signs of browning only. Extremely rare map with the proposed new built part of the railway handcoloured.

48. [Bloody Sunday / Pamphlet plus Rare original Letters and Witness Statements of members of “The Association of Irish Priests” Priests who were eyewitnesses to the Bloody Sunday Events].

“Massacre at Derry” [Pamphlet] plus: Typed Letter and Typed Statements by Donal Flanagan (Secretary of the Central Committee of the Association of Irish Priests) and original Typescript-Statements by the Association of Irish Pries: Typescript 1: “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland” [″Statement on ‘Violence’ by the Ulster Branch of the Association of Irish Priests”] (3 pages) / Typescript 2: “Statement issued by seven priests who were in Derry’s Bogside during the Shootings on 30th January 1972” (″We accuse the Colonel of the Parachute Regiment of wilful murder…..It is untrue that shots were fired at the troops in Rossville Street before they attacked….signed (typed) by Reverends Anthony Mulvey, Edward Daly, G.McLaughlin, Denis Bradley, Michael McIvor, Thomas O’Gara) / Typescript 3: “Letter of Reverend Terence M.O’Keefe, Secretary Ulster Branch, Association of Irish Priests (Published in ‘Irish Press’, 5 February 1972 (″May i be permitted the use of your columns to give account of what i personally witnessed in Derry on Sunday afternoon”….″hen the Paratroopers arrived to us, Fr. Bradley and myself were refused permission on three occasions to attend to the wounded and dying, this with the most foul abuse and some blows from rifle butts”…″I was brought to a lorry, batoned in into it and taken to the army base on the Strand road….I find myself with bruised legs, arm and some back pain…I was lucky….Many others from the second lorry-load had faces smashed and heads cracked during their journey to the army centre….I might, perhaps, be counted as a reasonably credible witness as a Roman Catholic Priest, a university lecturer (in philosophy) and at present Dean of the School of Humanities at the New University of Ulster. I suppose that at present my feelings are of sickness, disgust and, I am afraid, anger. All I can hope is that some time in the future forgiveness and love will replace these. Till then is it too much to ask that the truth be told and that Westminster face the question of responsibility for what I personally, can only see as callous and brutal murder?” (Signed (Typed): Terence M.O’Keefe) /

First Edition (possibly only edition). Derry & Maynooth, Civil Rights Movement & Letters and Staments form Priest of St.Patrick’s College (Maynooth) and the Association of Irish Priests (Eagras Sagart Eireann), 1972. Octavo. Pamphlet: 48 pages / Typed Letter and Statements: “Letter by Donal Flanagan”: 1 page / “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland”: 3 pages / “Statement by Seven Priests”: 1 page / “Letter of Reverend Terence O’Keefe”: 2 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet and stapled Letters/Statements. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Pamphlet but even rarer original documents from the Priest of Maynooth College in Protest of the events of Bloody Sunday and a general analysis of the Situation in the North (Sociological Analysis). Extremely scarce collection.

49. Shaw, Kevin.

“Mates” – Images of the Kimberley.

Melbourne, (Victoria), Australian Scholarly Publications., 2003. 24 x 25 cm. XIII, 119 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by photographer Kevin Shaw in April 2004.

50. Pierre, Frédéric.

“Meme les Dieux ont ami de toi” [With five (5) original and signed erotic, colour-engravings]. 5 gravures érotiques par Frédéric Pierre.

1991. Quarto (25 cm wide x 30 cm high). Six sheets of folded velin of which the first sheet is the title and introductory Poems “The Fruit of your Body” and the following five sheets are the original erotic gravures, titled, limited and signed by the artist Frédéric Pierre. Hardcover / Original blue clamshell-box, housing the artwork. Excellent, as new condition. No.18 of only 21 copies, signed by the artist. EXTREMELY Rare !!!

51. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Millbank” – Westminster / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

52. [Dewey, John] Borsche, Tilman (Hrsg).

“Moralität und Sittlichkeit bei John Dewey” in Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Jahrgang 24, Heft 2. Sonderausgabe im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung.

Erste Auflage. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstadt, Friedrich Frommann Verlag, 1999. 15,5 x 23 cm. 101-220 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

53. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Mother”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2006. Framed: 74,5 cm wide x 104 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 61 cm wide x 91 cm high. Signed.

54. Denk, Rudolf.

“Musica getutscht”. Deutsche Fachprosa des Spätmittelalters im Bereich der Musik.

München/Zürich, Artemis-Verlag, 1981. 24 cm. VIII, 256 S., Noten. Hardcover / Leinen. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Stempeln und Schildchen. Bis auf die teilweise unschönen Markierungen als Bibliotheksexemplar, in guter Erhaltung. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Münchener Texte und Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters ; Bd. 69]

55. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“My Forest of Dreams”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2020. Framed: 46 cm wide x 81 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 35 cm wide x 70 cm high. Signed.

56. White, Theodore.

“Negro Violence – The Black and White Picture. A distinguished reporter analyses a gathering storm that civil rights and desegregation alone cannot contain, and that may transform the American way of life beyond recognition”.

Reader’s Digest ARticle, c.1966. Octavo. 6 pages. Extracted, stapled original pages from a Reader’s Digest publication. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Disturbing, very ambivalent article by Theodore White, condensing his thought about the “biological anarchy” of collapsing Negro communities after the uprising and riots of 1964 and 1965; “Teenage Savages” (″Negroes and Puerto Ricans of the late teens and early 20’s. These teenagers are an element that no one knows how to handle. Denied love or dignity or patrimony or tradition or any culture but television, they rock around on the deck of an unstable society, their bread given to them by underpaid welfare workers, their hopes at zero, their mothers despised, their hearth the gutter, a sub-culture in a general American urban culture which itself does not know where it is going”).

57. Shields, J. Gillies.

“Old Tom of Tooley: Father of the Quorn – His Life and Times”.

1999. 8°. 232 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Rare publication.

58. Cox, Gerard.

“Ordering Wood”. [With an Introduction by Peter Murray].

Cork, Crawford Municipal Gallery, 1988. 21 cm wide x 29.8 cm high. 16 pages with numerous illustrations in colour of wooden sculpture. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

59. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Oxford Market” – Oxford Street / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with etching: 41.5 cm x 52 cm. Siz of the etching itself: 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Beautifully mounted and framed (see images). With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

60. Denmark / Jylland – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1571 – 1631).

“Pars australior iutiae septentrionalis in qua Dioceses Ripenses et Arhusiensis” [Jylland] [In the North Jutland and part of the Dioceses Ripensis and Arhusiensis farther south] / [Der Norden von Jütland und ein Teil der Diözesen Ripensis und Arhus weiter südlich]. / [I det nordlige Jylland og en del af stifter Ripensis og Arhusiensis længere mod syd].

Beautifully handcoloured Original Engraving (copper engraving) with the decorative and pictoresque Cartouches. [Amsterdam], [Blaeu], c.1660. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 66.5 cm x 80 cm. Map itself measures: 44 cm x 58 cm. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map of this area in Denmark. Framed, Handcoloured ! Professionally cleaned, historical map, beautifully and professionally mounted/restored on see-through, acid-free paper.

61. Nuvolone, Flavio G.

“Pescatore di uomini”. Croce, spiritualità e communicazione dal monachesimo precolombaniano al CDF. Studi riuniti, elaborati e editi da Flavio G. Nuvolone.

Bobbio, Amici di Archivum Bobiense, 2008. 8°. 570 pp. Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition. [Archivum Bobiense – Rivista degli Archivi Storici Bobiensi – N.ri 30 – 2008]

62. [John Minihan Collection] – [Higgins, Michael D.] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“President Michael D. Higgins pictured with his dog Bród at his Residence Áras an Uachtaráin. Dublin, Ireland, March 2017.”

Rare Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London / Skibbereen, 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

63. Marc, Franz. (1880-1916)

“Reh im Blumengarten”.

Original Art-Print from the 1960s or 1970s, reframed from its original Frame with the original back of the old frame stating “Kunsthandlung O. Hofstätter”. Germany, c.1970. Print-Size: 36 cm wide x 32 cm high. Framed: 51 cm x 51 cm. Excellent condition. High Quality Artprint of the late 1960s or early 1970s. Franz Marc’s Masterpiece in a beautiful modern frame. The price includes international free shipping per UPS Courier.

64. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett looking at one of his books that featured drawings by the Paris Artist Avigdor Arikha – Riverside Studios, London 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

65. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett photographed at the Hyde Park Hotel, Room 604, London 1980. Beckett was in London to direct ‘Endgame’ at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith”.

Rare, modern print of the 1980 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

66. Keil, Peter Robert. (1942 – )

“Selbstdarstellung”

Oil on Board. Signed: “Keil – Berlin” [Berlin], no year (c.1995). 50 cm x 70 cm. Das Bild mit einigen Schaeden an den Raendern / Some damage to the outer margins (see images).

67. Edelman, Asher B.

“Selection” – Oeuvres De La Collection – Exposition du 10 juin au 13 octobre 1991. This publication shows original art, exhibted by artists including Rafael Ferrer, Bruce Nauman, Robert Morris, Keith Haring, Walter de Maria, Jenny Holzer, John Chamberlain, Andy Warhol (Oxidation Painting), Haim Steinbach (Together Naturally), David Salle (Head in the Door) etc.

Lausanne, Musee D’Art Contemporain, 1991. Quarto. 174 pages of text and illustrations. [Text in English and French]. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. Stamp of preowner on endpaper.

68. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Self-Portrait – Looking into a window on Rue de L’Odeon where James Joyce and Hemingway keep [sic] court at the bookshop known as Shakespeare and Co., On the occasion of the portrait. I had just left after photographing Samuel Beckett who was no stranger to the bookshop. Paris, 1985.”

Rare, modern print of the 1985 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

69. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Shadwell” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

70. [Kotzebue, August von].

“Sighs; or, The Daughter” / [Bound with an anonymously published title: “Alfred the Great: In which is related his conquests over the Danes; Entering the Danish Camp in Disguise; Separation from Ethelswitha; and his Death, after a Glorious Reign of Twenty-Nine Years and Six Months”].

Two works in one Volume. London, John Arliss, no year [c.1800]. Small Octavo. Pagination of “Alfred the Great”: Frontispiece, 36 pages / Kotzebue: 69 pages including Epilogue [without titlepage]. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition.

71. Fuhrmann, Horst.

“Sind eben alles Menschen gewesen”. Gelehrtenleben im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert ; dargestellt am Beispiel der Monumenta Germaniae Historica und ihrer Mitarbeiter.

München, Beck, 1996. 8°. 218 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Aussergewoehnlich guter, neuwertiger Zustand.

72. Palmer, Brooke.

“Solstice Seasons” – A Quadriptych of Passage: A Composition of four seasonal Artpieces which transport the viewer to four of the world’s most magical Places of Ritual and Ceremony: I. “Spring at Newgrange” / II. “Summer at Stonehenge” / III. “Autumn at Iniskim Umaapi” / IV. “Winter at Drombeg”.

Four Paintings / Acrylic on circular Birch Wood Panels / Epoxy resined. Toronto, 2023/2024. Dimensions of each Wood Panel: 44” (112 cm in Diameter, on 5 cm thick panel).

73. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Soulmates”.

Original Artwork / Oil on Canvas. Ireland, 2015. Framed: 61 cm wide x 81 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 61 cm wide x 91 cm high. Signed.

74. Pape, Klaus.

“Sprachkunst und Kunstsprache bei Flaubert und Kafka”.

St. Ingbert, Röhrig, 1996. 8°. 356 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Mannheimer Studien zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft ; Bd. 10.]

75. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“St. Giles’s” – Cripplegate / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

76. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“St.John’s Gate” – Clerkenwell / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

77. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Staple Inn” – Holborn / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Etching: 41.5 cm x 52 cm. Size of actual etching: 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Beautifully mounted and framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

78. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Temple Bar” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

79. London Hospital – Maitland, William. (18th century).

“The Charter House Hospital” [London]. / Hand Coloured Architectural Birds Eye View of The Charter House Hospital, London

Handcoloured Copper Engraving. London, for “The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time…”, c. 1750. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with engraving: 43.5 cm x 33.5 cm. Size of the actual engraving: 36 cm x 24 cm. Frame with some minor signs of wear (rubbing to the frame with some discoloration). The engraving in excellent conditon with only faint signs of a former fold to upper left corner.

80. [Rosenthal, S.] Glover, Stephen.

“The Great Globe” – Vintage Cover-Map for the 19th century Score of Stephen Glover’s ‘Quadrilles’ with a rare Colour-Lithograph of a World-Map by S.Rosenthal.

Lithograph. London, Robert Cocks & Co., c.1870. 25 cm x 35 cm. Five Sheets of Score (Notes) and one sheet of Lithographic Map.

81. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“The Tower of London” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

82. Pohli, Paula.

“This – That – These – Those – ? –”.

Original Linocut – Experimental Art, philosophizing on Pronouns. [County Mayo], Paula Pohli, no year [c.2015]. 15 cm x 29 cm. Excellent condition. Signed and limited edition (No.2 of only 25).

83. Christen, Matthias.

“To the end of the line”. Zu Formgeschichte und Semantik der Lebensreise.

München, Fink, 1999. 8°. 254 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

84. [Ravilious, Eric] Shakespeare, William.

“Twelfth Night or, What You Will” by William Shakespeare – With Engravings by Eric Ravilious. With 29 wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious, printed in Grey and Maroon.

No.47 of a limited Edition of 275 copies on Batchelor Paper. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Folio (24.3 cm wide x 34 cm high). Pagination: Endpaper, (2), 41 leaves, (1), Endpaper. With 29 wood-engravings throughout. Hardcover / Original half-leateher, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their bindery-stamp to pastedown. Binding wonderfully firm and cloth only slightly rubbed, else an excellent copy pf a very scarce book from the beloved Golden Cockerel Press.

85. Weisrock, Katharina [Red.].

“Werkzeug Sprache”. Sprachpolitik, Sprachfähigkeit, Sprache und Macht.

Hildesheim/Zürich/New York, Olms, 1999. 8°. 198 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Originaler Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEIN Besitzvermerk.

86. George, Sir Ernest. (1839-1922).

“Wych Street” / Old London.

Original Etching. London, The Fine Art Society, 1884. 26 cm x 37 cm. Original, vintage etching by Sir Ernest George. Signed in the plate, not in pencil ! Only very faint signs of some foxing. Mounted, ready to be framed. With descriptive Letterpress by Ernest George (included is a wonderful historic explanation regarding this old location in London by Ernest George).

87. Silko. Leslie Marmon.

“Yellow Woman”.

NJ, Rutgers, 1993. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 235 pages. Original Sofcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

88. Poilly, Nicolas Jean Baptiste de / Mitoire, Jean-Baptiste.

[18th century Playing Cards] Fortyfive (of 56) vintage geographical & historical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. Handcoloured set of 45 very rare cards, mainly depicting France and also French Territory of the Illes Balears / Islas Baleares / Balearic Islands Minorque (Menorca) / Mayorque (Mallorca) / Yvice (Ibiza) and Formentera. There are 37 french cards, 4 spanish cards, 3 cards on Flanders and 1 card on Sardinia. The 45 playing cards include 5 cards which essentially are maps showing: Gascogne, Languedoc, Picardie (with Pas de Calais and Canal D’Angleterre), Roussillon and Valencia-Murcia (incl. Balearic Islands).

[Paris, Poilly & Mitoire, c.1763. 8.5 cm x 6 cm. 45 (of 56) copper engraved playing-cards, handcoloured. Loosely in bespoke made solander-box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare set.

89. [Bruckner, Anton] Grunsky, Karl.

[Bruckner – 9 Symphonien] Bruckner’s Symphonien erläutert mit Notenbeispielen von Dr. Karl Grunsky, Hofkapellmeister Willibald Kähler, Dr. Walther Niemann, Prof. Siegfried Ochs und Adolph Pochhammer. Nebst einer Einleitung: Bruckner’s Leben und Schaffen von Dr. Karl Grunsky.

Berlin, Schlesinger’sche Buch- und Musikhandlung, ohne Jahr (c.1915). Klein 8°. 204 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Schlesinger Musik-Bibliothek – Meisterführer Nr. 4]

90. Crawford Art Gallery [Cork].

[c]artography – Map – Making as Artform.

Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Octavo. 61 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

91. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.

92. Milton, Johann [Milton, John].

[Das verlorene Paradies] Das Verlohrne Paradies, aus dem Englischen Johann Miltons in Reimfreye Verse übersetzt, und mit eignen sowohl als andrer Anmerkungen begleitet von Friedrich Wilhelm Zacharia. Mit Kupfern.

Zweyte, durchaus verbesserte Ausgabe. Zwei Teile in einem Band (vollständig). Altona [Hamburg], David Iversen, Koenigl. priviligierte Buchhandlung in Holstein, 1762-1763. Octak (16,5 cm x 23.5 cm). Portrait-Frontispiz Miltons, [12], 266, 248 Seiten mit 12 ganzseitigen Kupfertafeln (plus Frontispiz). Portrait Miltons von C. Fritzsch. Die 12 blattgrossen Kupfertafeln von C. Fritzsch und Meil nach Haymann. Hardcover / Originaler, zeitgenoessischer Pappband mit handschriftlichem Rueckenschildchen. Bindung firm und sehr gut erhalten. Die gesamte Ausgabe in wunderbarer Erhaltung mit nur ganz geringen Anzeichen von vereinzelten Stockfleckchen. Stempelchen auf Titelblatt. Kleines, ganz dezentes Namensetikett des Vorbesitzers auf dem hinteren Vorsatzblatt.

93. Caesar, Julius / Charles-Marie-Raymond Duc d’Arenberg.

[De Bello Gallico / De Bello Alexandrino / De Bello Africano / De Bello Hispaniensi ] C. Julii Caesaris Quae Extant Omnia. Ex Recensione Joannis Davisii, Coll. regin. Cantab. Socii, cum Ejusdem Animadversionibus ac Notis Pet. Ciacconii, Fr. Hotomanni, Joan. Brantii, Dionys Vossii et aliorum. Accessere Metaphrasis Graeca. Librorum VII. De Bello Gallico. Nec Non Indices necessarii.

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Impensis Joannis Owens, 1706. Quarto. (4), 751, (5), 96 pages plus 34 pages Index. Including two folded maps (Gallia / Pompeium aer Caesarem (Mare Mediterraneum with Southern Europe and North Africa/Asia Minor) and one folded illustration: “Pontis Figura a Caesare decem diebus ad Rhenum trajiciendum effecti” / (4), 751, (5), 96 Seiten plus 34 Seiten Index mit zwei Faltkarten von Gallien und dem Mittelmeerraum sowie einer gefalteten Abbildung einer Behelfsbrücke über den Rhein. Full 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine and emblemata of Charles-Marie-Raymond Duc d’Arenberg. Very good +/ Near Fine condition with only minor signs of wear and a faded dampstain throughout. Exlibris of “Comte Goblet d’Alville” on pastedown / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren und einem durchgehenden, aber ganz dezent verblassten Wasserrand. Mit dem Exlibris des “Compte Goblet d’Alville. Wappensupralibro des Duc d’Arenberg.

94. [Cellarius, Christoph] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis / Patrick, Samuel.

[Geographia Antiqua] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua – Recognita denuo & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historicorum maxime, identidem castigata & Quinta Editione plurimis locis aucta & immutata. Huic demum sextæ Editioni Tot Chartas ex majori auctoris Geographia antiqua quot ad minorem hanc illustrandam requirebantur, Duplicemque Indicem, Quorum Priori vetera locorum nomina novis præponuntur, Posteriori nova veteribus, Addidit, totam recensuit, & Scholarum usui accommodavit, Samuel Patrick.

[Sixth Edition and the first illustrated version]. London, Sumptibus S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J.Osborn & T. Longman, 1731. Octavo. VIII, 180 pages with 26 maps and one scientific illustration of a Globe [sphere]: Globi, Charta Geographicae et Sphaerae a Joannes Senex (Fol.2). Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with the original spine-label. The Volume in protective Mylar. The binding starting at the spine but still firm and entirely in its original condition. Very good overall condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With a manuscript – entry to the rear endpaper: “Dan [meaning Daniel Conner] began Astronomy April 19th 1812”.

95. Home Mechanic Series / Noel D.Green /

[Historical Knowledge of How to Build]: 1.Bookcases, Tables and Chairs / 2. Concrete, Stone and Brickwork by Noel D.Green / 3. Garages, Greenhouses and Sheds / 4. Toys & Models / 5. Woodworking / 6. Cabinet Making for the Amateur.

6 Volumes. London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1947 – 1950. Octavo (13 cm x 19 cm). 194, 149, 174, 177, 184, 159 pages with hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Original Hardcover with the original dustjackets. All Volumes with the rare dustjackets with some fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare books in this condition.

96. Kendrick, Archibald / Archibald Kendrick & Sons Limited [West Bromwich, Staffordshire].

[Historical, original Sales-Catalogue of this old West Bromwich Company]: “Catalogue of Builders’ Hardware & Ironmongery” [with Postal Knockers, Pulleys, Letter Plates etc.].

West Bromwich (Staffordshire), Archibald Kendrick & Sons, Ltd., 1962. Quarto. 60 pages. With numerous illustrations of Items throughout the catalogue. Original Hardcover. Slightly dusty. But the overall condition of the catalogue is indeed very good, with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare Historical Catalogue !

97. Shaw, John / John Shaw & Sons, Limited [Wolverhampton].

[Historical, original Sales-Catalogue of this old Wolverhampton Company]: “Governor & Trojan Tools for All Trades” / “Catalogue of Tools for All Trades – 8th Edition”.

Wolverhampton, John Shaw & Sons Limited, May, 1939. Quarto. 288 pages plus pages of an Index. With hundreds of illustrations of Tools throughout the catalogue. Hardcover / Original, illustrated covers also showing a picture of “The New Home of John Shaw & Sons in Wolverhampton” on the rear board [″Six Acres of Manufacturing and Distributing Efficiency”]. Last page of the index torn. Staples rusty. But the overall condition of the catalogue is indeed very good, with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare Historical Catalogue !

98. Fischer, Ernst Gottfried.

[Monochord] Versuche über die Schwingungen gespannter Saiten, besonders zur Bestimmung eines sichern Maßstabes für die Stimmung .

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 28 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 215 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823), plus ein grossformatiger, gefalteter Kupferstich, welcher ein “Monochord” [Kanon / Sonometer] von zwei Seiten darstellt (Untertitel: “Monochord – zu genauen Versuchen über die Schwingungen der Saiten”). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

99. Lowth, Robert.

[On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews] De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum : Prælectiones Academicæ Oxonii habitæ a Roberto Lowth, et poeticæ publico prælectores; nunc episcopo oxoniensii. Subjicitur Metricæ Harianæ brevis confutatio: et Oratio Crewiana.

Editio Tertia, emendatior. Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Imprimatur, J. Browne, Vice-Can. Oxon], 1775. 13 cm x 22 cm. (8), 515 pages plus 11 pages Index and Errata. Original Hardcover / Beautiful 18th century calf with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and the wonderful original marbled endpapers. With the original spinelabel. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This edition printed on excellent paper with no foxing !

100. [Homer] / Pope, Alexander [with William Broome and Elijah Fenton].

[Pope’s Homer] The Iliad of Homer / The Odyssey of Homer / [Stunning 18th century set of all 20 Volumes of Pope’s Works in their original, contemporary bindings with 26 full-page-engravings plus 1 large, folded Map of Greece, 1 large, folded illustration of the Battle of Troy, 1 folded illustration of Achilles Shield as well as 84 text-vignettes illustrating the Iliad and Odyssey / The engravings also include a frontispiece – portrait of Alexander Pope after a painting of Jean-Baptiste van Loo]. The set of Pope’s Homer is followed by “The Works of Pope – In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last corrections, additions and Improvements: Together with the Commentary and Notes of his Editor”.

20 Volumes (complete set of Pope’s Homer and Pope’s Works). London, Charles Rivington / A.Millar and others, 1760 – 1766. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Collation of Pope’s Homer and Pope’s Works follows here: Collation of Pope’s Homer: Volume One includes: an Essay on Homer by Pope, Book I and Book II of the Iliad with two Frontispiece – illustrations, CLI, 175 pages with five Text-Vignettes and one folded map of Greece [and “Phrygia” / Kingdom of Muska] / Volume Two includes: An Essay on Homer’s Battles, Book II – Book VII of the Iliad, 341 pages with five Text-Vignettes and with a stunning, folded map of Troy and the battlefield: “Troja cum Locis pertingentibus” / Volume Three includes: Book VIII to Book XII of the Iliad with ten Text-Vignettes on 304 pages / Volume Four includes: Book XIII to Book XVI of the Iliad with eight Text-Vignettes on 301 pages / Volume Five includes: Book XVII to Book XXI of the Iliad with ten Text-Vignettes and a stunning, folded engraving, showing the Shield of Achilles as described in Homer’s 18th Ilias, [added is a multi-page “Observation on the Shield of Achilles”], on 287 pages / Volume Six includes: Books XXII to Book XXIV of the Iliad with five Text-Vignettes, a two-page Epilogue for the Iliad by Alexander Pope [dated 1720], and “A Comparison between the Games of Homer and Virgil”, an “Index of Persons and Things”, “A Poetical Index to Homer’s Iliad”, an “Index of Arts and Sciences” with “a View of Homer’s Theology” [outlined in the Index are also Music, Geography, Physick, Military Art Astronomy, Architecture, Gymnastics, Agriculture and Rural Arts, Policy, Oratory etc.], on 212, [75], pages including the sectioning of Allegorical Fables in Homer, Allegorical and Fictitious Persons in Homer, The Marvellous or Supernatural Fictions in Homer, Characters of the Gods of Homer, as acting in the Physical or Moral capacities of those Deities [Jupiter, Juna, Apollo, Mars, Minerva, Venus, Neptune, Vulcan], Characters of the Heroes Achilles and Aeneas, Agamemnon, Ajax, Diomed, Hector, Idomeneus Menelaus, Nestor, Priam, Paris, Patroclus, Sarpedon, Ulysses and much more // Volume VII [being Volume One of The Odyssey]: Includes “A General View of the Epick [sic] Poem and of the Iliad and Odyssey, extracted from Bossu” and Book I to Book IV of the Odyssey with eight Text-Vignettes and some minor wormhole-damage decreasing from the titlepage to the end of the Volume, 240 pages / Volume VIII [being Volume Two of the Odyssey]: Includes Book V to Book IX of the Odyssey with nine Text-Vignettes on 272 pages / Volume IX [being Volume Three of the Odyssey]: Includes Book X to Book XIV of the Odyssey with nine Text-Vignettes on 316 pages / Volume X [being Volume Four of the Odyssey]: Includes Book XV to Book XIX of the Odyssey with eight Text-Vignettes on 277 pages with a faded dampstain to the core of the lower book-block / Volume XI [being Volume Five of the Odyssey]: Includes Book XX to Book XXIV of the Odyssey with an Epilogue [″Postscript”] by Alexander Pope, an Index to the Odyssey and an Addenda: “Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice – by Mr.Archdeacon Parnel, corrected by Mr.Pope” with eight Text-Vignettes on 280, [20], 28 pages [one layer ever so slightly loosened, but still attached to the book-block// Collation of Pope’s Works: Volume I includes: Juvenile Poems / Pastorals etc. with Frontispice, Advertisement, Preface, [XLV], 288 pages with an additional two plates [Engravings for “Windsor Forest” and “The Rape of the Lock”] Faded dampstain to the illustration for “The Rape of the Lock” / Volume II includes: Pope’s Translations and Imitations, 272 pages with four plates, illustrating “Eloisa to Abelard”, “The Temple of Fame”, “January and May”, “The Wife of Bath” / Volume III includes: Moral Essays, Essays on Man and Essay on Satire, 362 pages, illustrated with eight plates of which one is detached and loosely inserted in its dedicated space verso page 203 / Volume IV includes: Satires and Epistles of Horace imitated, Satires of Dr.John Donne, etc., 336 pages, illustrated with three plates / Volume V includes the Dunciad in Four Books with a Frontispiece and five additional engravings (of which one engraving only covers half a page), 345 pages plus 14 pages of an Index / Volume VI includes Pope’s Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, [including his Prefaces to Homer and Shakespeare], with 407 pages and one engraving faded dampstain to lower bookblock) / Volume VII includes the first Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters, XXXII, 367 pages / Volume VIII includes the second Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters, XI, 280 pages / Volume IX includes the third [and last] Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters [including the 88 (!) letters to and from Jonathan Swift] XV, 372 pages //. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Condition of the eleven Volumes of Pope’s Homer: An original set of all eleven volumes of Homer with their original patina, unaltered in 18th-century-condition and with very few Volumes with minor damage to the spines and some of the leather slightly rubbed and minimally loosened from the boards. Minor, faded dampstain to one Volume and decreasing wormhole-damage to one other Volume. All Volumes firm with one layer inside the Odyssey ever so slightly loosened. All illustrations, maps, folded engravings and allegorical Text-Vignettes within Pope’s Homer present and in excellent condition. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. / Condition of the additional set of nine Volumes of Pope’s works: Overall very good with all Volumes firm but two Volumes with some minor damage to the spines (Volumes I and IV). Occasionally some dampstaining in three of the nine Volumes but overall this nine volume-set of Poepe’s works is in still very good- condition with some pages being a little dusty and only one of the 24 engravings/ illustrations detached and loosely inserted. One of the rare opportunities to buy Alexander Pope’s Homer and collected works in an entire, original 18th century private library-set. From the collection of Daniel Conner, with his Exlibris / Bookplate to the pastedown //