Catalogue No.3 - Women Writers

Women Writers - Women Fighters - Women in the World of Men

Rare and Out-of-Print Books by and on early and contemporary Women Writers – Hidden essays in Magazines & Historical Journals – Women Themes in 18th century Society – Women in Art, Poetry and Literature – Women and Revolution – Women in Politics

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Cordus, Euricius / Brasavola, Antonio Musa / [Hieronymus Schreiber / Jerôme Schreiber]

Botanologicon (Euricii Cordi Simesusii Medici Botanologicon) - Angebunden / Bound with: Antonio Musa Brasavola - Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis usus est. Addita sunt Insuper Aristotelis problemata, quae ad stirpium genus, & oleracea pertinent.

Cologne (Köln) / Leyden (Lyon), Johann Gymnicus (Gymnich) / Johannes and Franciscus Frellon, 1534 / 1537. Octavo. Collation complete: I. Euricius Cordus – Botanologicon: Title with the woodcut device of Cologne-printer Johann Gymnicus, including his Motto, the first line of a Verse from the Aeneid by Virgil ‘Discite Iustitiam Moniti’, 183, [21] pp., 2 blank leaves. The titlepage of the Botanologicon bears the manuscript ownership-entry of Nuremberg’s Astronomer, Philosopher and Mathematician Hieronymus Schreiber [also called Jerôme Schreiber], student-friend of Euricius Cordus’ son Valerius Cordus in Wittenberg and later trustee of Valerius Cordus’ scholarly estate after Valerius Cordus’ premature death in Rome. Dated in the same hand on the titlepage also the entry ‘Anno 1539’, when Valerius Cordus matriculated at Wittenberg and Schreiber already had studied there since May 1532. With several contemporary manuscript annotations throughout both titles (the Botanologicon and Examen) / II. A. M. Brasavola – Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum: Title, [1], [‘Reverendissimo to Ioannes Argenterius’, 4 pp.], [‘Ad Illustris & Sereniss. (‘Epistola Nuncupatoria’) to the Duces of Ferrara’ 17 pp.], [Epigramma, 1 p.], [Examen & Aristotelis Problemata 542 pages, [Dedication to Franciscus Frellaeus, 2 pp.], [Index copiosissimus in Examen Omnium, 13 pp.], [1]. With several manuscript annotations. Original, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with some stronger signs of running to the corners, with partially bevelled edges and both of the original metal clasps intact. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in ink to upper spine and also to top of fore-edge. Very few pressed plants loosely inserted. Interior in excellent condition with some minor staining to very few pages only.

EUR 48.000,-- 

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Dickens, Charles.

A Tale of Two Cities [True First Issue of First Edition with All Nine (!) Markers in Original 19th Century Binding but lacking Title-Page as well as pages i-viii of Preliminaries (blank page, Dedication and Content-Page are missing). This copy starts with page [ix],the "List of Plates" bound here directly after the Vignette but importantly, the book seemed to have been bound this way since the pages were not torn out. This copy shines through the extraordinary condition of the Plates by H.K.Browne which, according to reference works, "were not duplicated and consequently most copies have poor impressions..." NOT this one !]

First Edition – First Issue. London, Chapman & Hall, [1859]. Octavo (14 cm wide x 22 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece, Title-Page with Title-Vignette present (see image), [ix (being “List of Plates”)], 254 pages with all 16 plates and vignettes in their place [Illustration for page 197 bound after page 198]. Original Hardcover / Very decorative original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The wonderful marbled endpapers intact and firm with not a trace of splitting (very unusual). Title-Page with year missing ! Illustration on page 48 with a minor, professional repair of a very small tear. Spine of binding with a small defect. All plates in very good and clean condition with only the faintest signs of occasional foxing. Besides the lacking title-page, the dedication-page and the content-page, in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the upper spine.

EUR 1.500,-- 

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Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: "The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra" and an "Advertisement concerning the Plates"].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

EUR 2.400,-- 

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[Alexander Calder Collection] - [Calder, Alexander].

"Calder's Universe" - Large Collection of seventyone (71) Books and Lithograph-Portfolios on and by American Artist Alexander "Sandy" Calder. The collection includes not only rare Monographs, Volumes of Biography and Autobiography and some very rare Exhibition-catalogues but also a collection of wonderful issues of eleven Derriere Le Mirroir [with 54 original Lithographs by Calder (36 single-page-Lithos and 19 double-page Lithos). Also included is the very rare, signed Artist Book: "A BESTIARY" - [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Calder and Wilbur]. 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, Oil Paintings, Gouches, Toys and other art. See detailed descriptions and images of every single item within this collection listed under "Libraries & Collections" on our website.

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. The price of this collection includes traceable, international UPS Express Saver shipping.

EUR 4.800,-- 

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[David Hockney Collection] - Hockney, David.

David Hockney - Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. "Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros" / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. "The Blue Guitar" - Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso - "The Man with the Blue Guitar" - Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney - "A Retrospective" / 5. "Billboards" by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney - "Some very new Paintings" / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. "David Hockney" by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

EUR 1.780,-- 

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[Dickens, Charles] Barnard, Frederick.

A Series of Character Sketches from Dickens in Colour - From Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard: 1. Caleb Plummer and his Blind Daughter / 2. Bill Sikes / 3. Mr. Pecksniff / 4. The Two Wellers / 5. Sydney Carton / 6. Mrs. Gamp / 7. Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim [from "A Christmas Carol"]/ 8. Captain Cuttle / 9. Mr.Micawber / 10. Mr.Pickwick / 11. Mr. Peggotty / 12. Barnaby Rudge //

First Edition. London, The Waverley Book Company, no year (c.1912). Folio (34.5 cm wide x 44 cm high (Portfolio Size). 12 Tipped – in Plates on single Folio – Pages inside the original Portfolio-Folder (All pictures ready to be framed). Each image has a detachable tissue-guard with text from Dickens’ stories in which each character is present. Original Hardcover Portfolio with softcover sheets. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very minor signs of ocassional foxing.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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[David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] - Naylor, David (Dave) / [Highly Important Geological Collection on Petroleum and Gas Deposits].

Collection of Printed and some Manuscript Materials, as well as Maps, prospecting Charts, Plans and Books from the personal Reference Library of one of the world's foremost geological Experts on Geological Structures and Reservoirs of Petroleum, Gas, Seismic Surveys. The collection includes very specific materials on the Geology and History of Prospecting for Oil and Gas in the Middle East, Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Eastern Europe, United Kingdom (Offshore and Onshore) as well as rare information on Sediment Structures in other parts of the world, like Bolivia etc. The amount of Material is massive. [See a more detailed list and photographs of this collection on our website under the section "Libraries & Collections" [Important: The Ireland-Section from Naylor's library is offered by us separately].

Bolivia and other locations, c.1960 – 2010. Quarto. Twelve Hardcover Boxes / Bespoke made Boxes for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor / c. 140 Books, c. 100 original charts, Offprints and publications on Petroleum Geology from Kuwait to Bolivia. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A stunning, very large collection which is difficult to comprehend from the few photographs here. Collected over the course of fifty years by Dave Naylor in his capacity as Geologist and hired specialist for nearly all important Energy companies worldwide. The price for the collection includes shipping per Courier.

EUR 38.000,-- 

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[Gill, William Daniel (W.D.)].

Collection of Printed Materials / Offprints / Publications / Papers, Essays by english geologist, William Daniel Gill (1916 - 1922) [plus dozens of offprints from colleagues, sent to Gill (see full List on our website under the section "Libraries & Collections"]. This extensive collection of materials, authored by this eminent geologist, was once part of the Reference-library of his colleague David (Dave) Naylor but sells here separately. You find a detailed account of Gill's own publications at the end of this description. The collection also includes the original offprint of his landmark-publication "Sand Volcanoes on Slumps in the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland", which he authored together with P.H.Kuehnen in 1957 [and which is here included with a typescript of the work included with manuscript-corrections by Gill in the text]. Besides his own works in offprints, there are dozens of pamphlets and offprints by fellow colleagues which were sent to Gill during his career, often with signatures or inscriptions (and one letter) by the authors to Gill. Important: Noteworthy is also a section of pamphlets / offprints which Gill had received from the library of Professor Louis Bouvier Smyth ("L.B.Smyth"). Included is a large amount of original papers Louis Bouvier Smyth published, starting as early as the year 1915 (!). This section is catalogued in detail as well as several works of W.D. Gill's Professor and Teacher, english geologist and palaeontologist, Robert George Spencer Hudson. See all items which are part of the William Daniel Gill collection on our website under "Libraries and Collections".

England / Ireland, c.1950 – 1990. Octavo / Quarto. Hardcover Box / Bespoke made Box, labelled “General Gill” , for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

EUR 3.800,-- 

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Blackstone, William.

Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. The Twelfth Edition, with the Last Corrections of the Author; and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian, Esq.

The Rare Edward Christian Edition. Four Volumes (complete set). London, A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King’s most excellent Majesty, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1793,1794,1795. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: X, [6], III, [1], 487 pages / Volume II: [8], 520, XX pages / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait, [8], 455, XXXV, [1], 16 pages with three more portraits bound-in / Volume IV: [8], 443, VIII, [72] pages. With four Portraits in total and one large folding table showing the “Table of Descents”. The Portraits which are bound into Volume III of the set are: I. Portrait of British Judge “William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield” / II. Portrait of “Lord Chief Baron Gilbert” [Sir Jeffrey Gilbert, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in both Ireland and England] / III. Portrait of english Judge and Member of Parliament, Sir John Comyns, Knt. / IV. Portrait of english lawyer and Lord High Chancellor Philip Earl of Hardwicke. Hardcover / Original edition of the 18th century, rebacked by a master-binder with 20th century leather-spines in the style of the 18th century. This extremely rare edition Edward Christian – Edition of Blackstone, with the last corrections before Blackstone’s death, published for the first time by Edward Christian in the years 1793-1795. This set is used with some minor spotting to pages but overall a very desirable and important version of Blackstone’s commentaries on the Laws of England. [The set comes also with a stunning Limited Edition of the four-volume- Reprint of the First Edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries (1766)].

EUR 2.800,-- 

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[Magnetic Telegraph Company / The Magnetic / British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company / Bright, Edward Brailsford (1813 - 1913)].

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. (Limited) - Large Fold-Out-Sheet with: "Instructions for Forwarding Messages by other Companies - (For Private Information Only)". This exceptional piece of Ephemera comes with an Original piece of the 19th century undersea-cable. The very rare, original Instruction-Sheet which was meant to hang inside of the first Telegraph Offices was published by Edward B.Bright in the Chief Offices in Liverpool, July, 1862 [and it automatically cancelled the one which dated December 1860].

Liverpool, British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. (Limited), 1862. Elephant Folio SHett (51.5 cm wide x 82 cm high). Folded into an original cloth folder sized: 14.2 cm wide x 21.8 cm high. Original Hardcover with fold-out-sheet (Poster) inside. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

EUR 780,-- 

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Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis' Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in "As New Condition" with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street - Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith - Elmer Gantry - Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

EUR 128,-- 

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Faulkner, William.

Fantastic Set of William Faulkner's Works which were published within the Library of America. [All Books in "As New Condition" with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Novels 1926-1929 - Soldier's Pay - Mosquitoes - Flags in the Dust - The Sound and the Fury (LOA Volume 164) / II. Novels 1930 - 1935 - As I Lay Dying - Sanctuary - Light in August - Pylon (LOA Volume 25) / III. Novels 1936-1940 - Absalom, Absalom ! (LOA Volume 48) / IV. Novels 1942-1954 (LOA Volume 73) / V. Novels 1957 - 1962 - The Town - The Mansion - The Reivers (LOA Volume 112) //

Mixed Editions (Some in First some in later printings). Five Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1985-1999. Octavo. c.5200 pages of Faulkner. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

EUR 375,-- 

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Twain, Mark.

Fantastic Set of Mark Twain's Works which were published within the Library of America. [All Books in "As New Condition" with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1852 - 1890 (LOA Volume 60) / II. Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891 - 1910 (LOA Volume 61) / III. Mississippi Writings - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Life on the Mississippi - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Pudd'nhead Wilson (LOA Volume 5) / IV. The Innocents Abroad - Roughing It (LOA Volume 21) / V. Historical Romances (LOA Volume 71) / VI. The Gilded Age (LOA Volume 130) / VII. A Tramp Abroad - Following the Equator - Other Travels (LOA Volume 200) / VIII. The Mark Twain Anthology - Great Writers on His Life and Works - Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (LOA Volume 199).

Mixed Editions (Some in First some in later printings). Eight Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1984-2010. Octavo. c.6500 pages of Twain. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

EUR 475,-- 

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[John Minihan Collection] - [Minihan, John] Heaney, Seamus / Nash, Graham / Jimi Hendrix / Samuel Beckett / Christie's / Sotheby's etc.

Stunning collection of more than 100 items of Books and Extra-Large [XXL] signed vintage photographs from John Minihan's personal library and collection [Samuel Beckett (several Beckett - Photographs, Francis Bacon, Seamus Heaney (Two (2) photographs of Seamus Heaney), Jimi Hendix, Michael Longley, President Michael D. Higgins, etc.]. [See full list with images and description on our website under the section "LIBRARIES & COLLECTIONS"]. The collection holds signed books, unsigned books, inscribed books, reference-works (catalogues etc.) on old cameras and photographic equipment as well as signed original photographs from the personal library of irish photographer John Minihan. Full details under "Libraries & Collections" on our website. The collection also includes a signed original essay on Francis Bacon, an original self-portrait of Minihan in form of a reflection-photograph during his visit to Argentina, a stunning self-portrait of Minihan, taken shortly after he took the iconic photograph of Samuel Beckett in the Cafe in Paris, a signed Seamus Heaney - First Day-Cover, signed and inscribed books, a signed book with printed Beckett - Images, a signed original Vinyl with an early photographic cover-image by Minihan (Michael Mannion), more than 30 reference works which inspired John Minihan / catalogues / publications on the History and Technology of Photography, publications on the value and evaluation of photographs and rare auction records on vintage and rare photographs of the19th and 20th century, etc.

New York / London / Dublin / Ballydehob (West Cork) / Skibbereen (West Cork), Christie’s / Sotheby’s / etc., 1977 – 2022. Octavo / Quarto etc. More than 4500 pages with photographic records, descriptions and illustrations, framed photographs, signed books. Original Softcover and Hardcover – publications. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

EUR 14.800,-- 

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Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan's Inanna Rare Books - Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John's famous New York Precinct - Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

EUR 128,-- 

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[John Minihan Collection] - Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett - Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O'Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. SIGNED by John Minihan. Excellent, close to new condition.

EUR 375,-- 

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[Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred] Holme, Charles (Charles Rennie Mackintosh / Charles Voysey and others).

The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art. Alfred Chester Beatty's personal set of "The Studio"; 97 volumes bound in 69 books with the Register for Vols 1-29 [Lacking Volume 61]. With original artwork by James McNeill Whistler and other important artists of the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau Movement.

97 Volumes (bound in 69 Volumes). London, Offices of The Studio, 1893 – 1929. Quarto. c. 20000 pages with illustrations, photographs, original lithographs, engravings. Contemporary private Hardcover (Uniform deep blue buckram with gilt lettering on spinelabels). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only a few of the Volumes a little shaky. With the handwritten entry “A. Chester Beatty – 24 Kensington Palace Gardens – W. 8”.

EUR 4.800,-- 

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[Gore-Booth, Colum Robert] / [Lady Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth] / [Constance Georgine Markievicz née Gore-Booth] / [Lissadell House County Sligo].

Two Manuscript Sketch-Books [12" x 10"] bearing the Bookplate "Lady Gore Booth - Lissadell, Sligo [No.43]". Both Folio-Size Sketch Books titled 'The "Wood" Sketch Book', both issued by 'St. John's Wood Art School': 29, Elm Tree Road, London, NW 8. [Founded 1878]. Each Sketch-Book has 50 pages and most pages have manuscript sketches with a few loose sketches tipped in. The very accomplished drawings all appear to be in pencil and show landscapes, trees, horses, portraits, male and female figures, skulls. They all appear to be in the same hand. Also, tipped in is a b/w photo, 6" x 4" mounted on a card. It is signed in pencil by Roberts of Paris. Stamped on the back is "Roberts" 11, Rue du Havre. In pencil, it states "Elizabeth aged 11, May 1922". From our research it is certain, that Colum Robert Gore-Booth (1913-1959) attended St.John's Wood Art School and these appear to be his Sketch-Pads, the only other member of the Gore-Booth family who went to London in order to become an artist was Colum's aunt, Constanze Markiewicz, who attended Slade School of Art at the turn of the century but the drawings do not fit her style.

Two Volumes. London, St.John’s Wood Art Schools / Lissadell House County Sligo, c.1920 – 1930. Folio. Volume I: 118 pages (59 perforated sheets), with 87 studies, often with sketching on both sides of the sheets / Volume II: 100 pages (50 perforated sheets), with 46 studies inside the sketch-book plus two portrait-sketches loosely inserted, plus the photograph of one “Elizabeth”, dated May 1922 and signed by photographer “Roberts” 11, Rue du Havre, Paris. Publisher’s illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

EUR 2.800,-- 

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Florence / Pisa - Carocci, G. et al.

Collection of six stunning, early 19th-century gouache-aquatints of Florence and Pisa including a rare segment showing a Funerary Procession in front of Giotto's Campanile, part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. These very able and fantastically hand-coloured, original artworks, represent the peak of high-quality souvenirs for the European Traveller on their Grand Tour. [Loggia dei Lanzi / Cattedrale di Firenze / Piazza S. Trinita / Campanile Della Cattedrale di Firenze / Ponte S. Trinita / Campanile Di Pisa].

Original Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence / Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate Sizes vary: 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Original Gouache-Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence/Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate-Sizes vary: c. 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: c. 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Besides some smaller damages to the Ponte S. Trinita-artwork in very good, actually stunning, condition. Clean, crisp and brightly coloured. All of these artworks are beautifully framed and the price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS – courier.

EUR 3.800,-- 

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Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can't Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room secenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

EUR 280,-- 

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Laboulaye, Edward (Edouard Rene de) [Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye] / [Lincoln, Abraham].

The Election of the President of the United States (Professor Laboulaye, the great friend of America, on the Presidential Election).

Washington, Printed for the Union Congressional Committee, 1864. 8°. 14 pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some foxing. Unopened. Extremely RARE !

EUR 680,-- 

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Edwards, Jonathan.

A careful and strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will, which is supposed to be essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame.

First British Edition. Boston / London, Re-Printed for Thomas Field, 1762. Octavo. IX, [5], 414, [8] pages plus two pages of advertising for Jonathan Edwards’ “Treatise concerning Religious Effections”. Hardcover / Original 18th century calf, rebacked with new spine and spinelabel. Interior all original and besides some minor signs of foxing in very good condition. Name of preowner in ink on titlepage. Binding overall excellent with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and important book.

EUR 9.800,-- 

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Müller, Peter / Mueller, Peter.

De Jure Praegnantium - Vom Rechte Schwangerer Weiber [On the Rights of Pregnant Women - Abortion / Adultery / Marriage Fraud in the 18th century].

First Edition. Jena, Literis Ac Sumtibus Joh.Christ. Croeker, 1744. Octavo (17 cm x 21,5 cm). 160 pages plus 8 pages of an Index. Modern Hardcover with 18th-century bookblock bound in. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Faded dampstain to lower margins of some pages. An immensely important, early publication on women’s rights and pregnant women and their rights in particular.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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Hickey, Patrick.

Famine in West Cork. The Mizen Peninsula, Land and People, 1800-1852. A local study of pre-famine and famine Ireland.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2002. 16 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, 424 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket with signs of wear. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare, out-of-print-title. The ultimate copy, signed and with a gift-inscription from Patrick Hickey to Rosscarbery Bookdealer Cal [Hyland] and with two original, very rare and controversial newspaper-clippings which constituted a dispute about facts in the book between Patrick Hickey and irish journalist Eoghan Harris.

EUR 375,-- 

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[O'Connor, Roger] Captain Rock.

Letters to His Majesty, King George the Fourth. [This is the Volume owned by the Conner - Family of Manch House and it bears the Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner].

London, Published by B. Steill, 1828. Small Octavo. 372 (of 378 pages with six pages missing from the Postscript). Hardcover / Private half – leather-binding. From the library of Daniel Conner & Henry Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner to pastedown. Two additional names written inside the book. The rarest publication by Roger O’Conner, who wrote under the pseudonym “Captain Rock”, in which much of his families history and its connection to Irish History is revealed. The publication is full of autobiographical detail on Roger O’Connor and his family and Biographical History of Nobility and minor Nobility during O’Connor’s time. Roger O’Connor explains in a form of a biographical Dictionary within the book the many different functions and historical details of Earls, Marquis’, Viscounts and other men of merit in Ireland at the time.

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[Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl Bathurst)] Whately, Richard / Murray, Daniel / Vignoles, Charles / More O'Ferrall, Richard / Carlile, James / Hort, Fenton / Corrie, John / Naper, James / Battie-Wrightson, William.

Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland. From the Evidence Received by his Majesty's Commissioners for Enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland. By Authority.

Original First Edition. Dublin, Milliken and Son [and B.Fellowes, London], 1835. Octavo. 430 pages [plus a four-page catalogue of “Important Works Relating to Ireland, printed for or sold by Milliken and Son”, bound before the publication] / [plus a four-page “Appeal in [sic] Behalf of the Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice &c.”]. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s rare, printed spine-binding. In protective Mylar. Unusually excellent, actually stunning interior condition, with some minor signs of external wear only. Extremely rare publication.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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O'Halloran, W. (Rev.).

Early Irish History and Antiquities and The History of West Cork.

First Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1916. Octavo (13 cm wide x 19 cm high). (3), 182 pages with a folded Map in colour of “Ireland Before the Anglo-Norman Invasion”, bound behind the Contents-Page. Hardcover / Original cloth with lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the binding only. Extremely rare publication with an extensive History of West Cork.

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Vallancey, Charles / Piers, Sir Henry [Provenance: Abraham Abell (Cork City)].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis - Five-Volume-Set with thirteen (13) Numbers (I - XIII) plus "A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland" and "Anecdotes of Chess in Ireland". [See full list of Numbers, Chapters and Illustrations below and detailed images on our website].

Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1770 – 1790. Octavo (13,5 cm wide x 21,5 cm high). Pagination: Volume I (contains Numbers I, II, III, IV): Frontispiece-Portrait, XIV, [6 unnumbered pages of “Contents”], 636 pages, [2] pages with the contents-page misbound [2], and 24 pages on “The Brehon Laws of Ireland” to the rear of the Volume. Volume I includes three illustrations (including the Large Folding-Map of Meath)/ Volume II (contains Numbers V, VI, VII, VIII, IX): 562 pages and 10 illustrations (including the Large Folding-Plan of the City of Kilkenny) / Volume III (contains Numbers X, XI, XII): LXX, 682 pages with one illustration (being the Large Fold-Out-Map of “Antient Ireland” by William Beauford) and VI Tables on two large sheets in the rear of the Volume (containing Orthography/Names of Numbers in different Languages, Names of Numbers of some of the Indians of America etc. etc. compared to the antient Irish) / Volume IV (contains Number XIII of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis and “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” by Charles Vallancey”): LX, 161 pages (being the end of Number XIII), plus Pagination for “The Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland”: Frontispiece-Map of Europe and Asia, XLVIII, 551 pages, followed by 16 unnumbered pages of an Index for “The Ancient History of Ireland”, followed by X (10) Plates (mainly fold-out plates with numerous illustrations for the “Ancient History of Ireland”, aslo included is a text-illustration “Inscription in the Cave of New Grange (page 212). / Volume V of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: 368 pages plus Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Spine of Volume Three is coming apart. From the library of Cork Antiquarian Abraham Abell, with an inscription and original manuscript letter by his friend and “Brother Antiquarian”, John Bennett, 9 Academy St., 18th September, 1841.

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[Justinian].

Corpus Juris Civilis. [The Blaeu - Edition from 1663-1664 with an interesting alteration in form of the most delicate addition of an alphabetized register to the pages and even more interesting a manuscript-dedication [annotation] from a Tutor to his pupil, as well as a manuscript evaluation of this edition and a loosely inserted piece of paper with legal notations].

Editio Nova. Prioribus correctior. Two Parts in One Volume (complete). Amsterdam & Leiden, Apud Ioannem Blaeu et Dan. Elzevirios / Apud Franciscum Hackium [Ludwig & Daniel Elzevier, Frans Hack], MDCLXIV [1663-1664]. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: (24), 1037 pages / Volume II: 820, (2) pages. Original Hardcover / Full Leather with rich gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and boards. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

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Barry, Sir Edward / [Provenance: Charles Robert Scott-Murray (British Conservative politician)].

Observations Historical, Critical and Medical On The Wines Of The Ancients. And the Analogy between them and Modern Wines. With General Observations on the Principles and Qualities of Water, and in Particular on Those of Bath [The City of Bath in Somerset]. Indagatio ipsa rerum tum maximarum tum etiam occultissimarum habet oblectationem. Si vero aliquid occuret quod verisimile videatur, humanissimacompletur animus volupate. CIC. in Lucullo. By Sir Edward Barry, Bart. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal Society.

First and only Edition. London, Printed for T.Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. Quarto (22.5 cm wide x 27 cm high). Pagination: Frontispice Engraving and Title Vignette by eminent english engraver, Isaac Taylor (1730-1807), XII, 479 pages, including an Appendix which is included in the pagination but focuses on an entirey of 58 pages on “Modern Wines” and their behaviours after being imported etc. Includes the Errata leaf to the rear. Original full calf with gilt lettering on spine. Front board cleanly detached. Bookblock in excellent, very clean condition and unusually wide margined for an 18th century Quarto. Provenance: This very rare publication by Cork City – born physician and MP, Sir Edward Barry, is known to be a pioneering study “in the scientific [and medical] analysis of wine, [it was] an influential work on the history of wine which ‘combined a good knowledge of classical literature, chemistry and worldly wisdom’ (Ó Raifeartaigh, 2)” (DIB). Provenance: The book has a fascinating history of provenance and belonged to two important libraries, manifested by two armorial bookplates, preserved on the pastedown and the endpaper. Provenance I: Charles Robert Scott-Murray (1818-1882) of Danesfield House in Medmenham, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire / Provenance II: The book was held until recently in one of the world’s most important collections on Wine and Oenology: The Library of Dr. Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (Bookplate present). The price of this book includes a repair or new binding to the liking of the buyer and also included is the creation of a Solander Box.

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Poe, Edgar Allan / Clarke, Harry.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. [With eight tipped-in-plates in colour, 24 black-and-white illustrations and several illustrations throughout the text].

Fourth Edition of the 1919 publication. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. 4°. (21.5 cm wide x 27.7 cm high). 381 pages with all the stunning colour-plates and black-and-white-plates in place but page 15/16 and the relevant illustration cleanly detached. Hardcover with restored original dustjacket / Original full cloth-binding with gilt lettering/illustrated spine. Top edge gilt. A stunning, absolutely unusually firm and clean binding, nearly with no flaws, very unusual for the original 1928-edition. Tight and clean example of one of the most beautiful macabre art nouveau-publications. All illustrations by Harry Clarke in excellent condition. The restored dustjacket in protective Mylar. When we speak of “restored” we mean in this case parts of the original dustjacket’s spine and frontcover were pasted on black paper in style of the time. The absolutely best example of this work we ever handled, despite the detached layer of pages.

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O'Donoghue, Bruno.

Parish Histories and Place Names of West Cork.

Kerry, The Kerryman Ltd., no year (c. 1960). 21.3cm x 14.2cm. 345 (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One of the rarest publications on the History of West Cork. A Dictionary with name-explanations and lots of lost historical wordings.

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Mizen Archaeological and Historical Society [Mackey, Mary / O'Donovan, Michael / O'Leary, Paddy and others].

Complete Set of the very rare Mizen Journal. 13 Volumes together (All which was published). Present are Volumes 1 (1993)-13 (2007).

13 Volumes (complete set) Skibbereen, 1993-2007. 8°. Volume 1 (1993) / Volume 2 (1994) / Volume 3 (1995) / Volume 4 (1996) / Volume 5 (1997) / Volume 6 (1998) / Volume 7 (1999) / Volume 8 (2000) / Volume 9 (2001) / Volume 10 (2002) / Volume 11 (2003) / Volume 12 (2004) / Volume 13 (2007) // Original Softcover. Excellent condition of all Volumes, with only very minor signs of wear. None of the Volumes with entries or text-markings. Extremely rare run of these very sought after, original magazines. The best, unrivalled source of understanding the History of West Cork and the Mizen Peninsula.

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Holland, Father - Reverend W.

History of West Cork and the Diocese of Ross [With stunning Ephemera: 1. Original Advertising-Leaflet as well as 2. An original Letter from the Southern Star, informing the recipient: "...the History by Fr. Holland was all sold out long ago and no copies are to be had...Skibbereen, 3/3/59"].

Skibbereen, Southern Star, 1949. 8°. 427, VII pages. With numerous illustrations. Hardcover / Original cloth with lettering on spine and cover. The binding as usual, slightly shaky but in unusually excellent condition. No splitting of Spine (which is often the case with this book). Interior excellent. Name of preowner on front and rear pastedown. Now an extremely rare book, it is hard to find this publication at auction, in bookshops or anyone who lets it go from any private collection. The loosely inserted original Letter by the Southern Star in the year 1959 confirms how rare the book already was after its publication. The presence of the letter and the original advertising pamphlet (2 pages), make this ultimately the rarest copy of the book we ever handled.

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Mac Carthaigh, Criostoir.

Traditional Boats of Ireland. History, Folklore and Construction.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. 27cm x 27cm. ix, 658 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

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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.

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Grotius, Hugo / [and Clerici, Joannis (that is Jean Le Clerc)].

De Veritate Religionis Christianæ [Christianae]. Cum Notulis Joannis Clerici ; Accesserunt Ejusdem de Eligenda inter Christianos Dissentientes Sententia, et Contra Indifferentiam Religionum Libri Duo.

Editio Novissima, ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium Emendata. London, F. Wingrave, 1804. Small Octavo. XVI, 315 pages. Hardcover / Modern half leather with marbled-paper-covered boards and new endpapers. Recently rebound by our favourite bookbindery in Germany. The Volume is now in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

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Preißler, Johann Daniel / Preißler, Georg Martin.

Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic, Oder Gründlich-verfasste Reguln deren man sich als einer Anleitung zu berühmter Künstlere (sic) Zeichen-Wercken bestens bedienen kan (sic). [Drei Werke in sechs Teilen auf zwei Bände verteilt !] Vier Theile inclusive dem vierten "Fortsetzungsband". Zwei Anhänge angebunden - Anhang I: L'Anatomia Deipittori del Signore Carlo Cesio, das ist: deutliche Anweisung und gründliche Vorstellung von der Anatomie der Mahler (sic), wie in den Gliedern des menschlichen Leibs die vornehmste Gebeine und Musculn, nach ihren Namen, Stellen, Anfängen und Enden, auch fordersten Verrichtungen, bey ihren unterschiedlichen Bewegungen und Handlungen zu erkennen, anzusehen und vorzustellen seyn; anfänglich von dem Kunst=berühmten Meister Carlo Cesio in netten und deutlichen Tabellen, auch kurtzen, doch gründlichen in Italiänischer Sprache beygefügten Erklärungen an das Licht gegeben: Nun aber zu mehrern Aufnahm der Mahler= und Zeichen=Kunst in das Teutsche getreulich übersetzet mitgetheilet von Johann Daniel Preißlern, der Nürnbergischen Kunstmahler=Academie Directore bey welchem sie auch zu finden. / Anhang II: Gründliche Anleitung welcher man sich im Nachzeichnen schöner Landschafften oder Prospecten bedienen kan (sic), den Liebhabern der Zeichen-Kunst mitgetheilet und eigenhändig in Kupfer gebracht, von Johann Daniel Preißler. Mit 104 Kupfertafeln von Georg Martin Preißler.

Mischauflage (vierte bis siebente Auflage). 5 Teile in 2 Bänden (vollständig). Nürnberg, Kunst-Mahler-Academie, 1747-1780. Folio. Band I enthält die Teile 1-3 mit der Vorrede und dem “Nöthigen Vorbericht” aufgeteilt auf die ersten zwei Teile. Paginierung: Teil I: (2 Bll.), 19 ganzseitige Kupfertafeln / Teil II: (5 Bll.), 18 ganzseitige Kupfertafeln / Teil III: (4 Bll.), 17 ganzseitige Kupfertafeln, (3 Bll.). Eine Kupfer in einer Ecke minimal beschmutzt. Band II enthält den vierten “Fortsetzungs” – Band und im Anhang das Werk von Carlo Cesio. Paginierung: Teil IV: (4 Bll.), 18 ganzseitige Kupfertafeln / ANHANG I: L’Anatomia Deipittori / Anatomie der Mahler – Paginierung: (2 Bll.), 16 ganzseitige Kupfer (im Stile Vesalius’ und Eustachius’) / Anhang II: Nachzeichnen schöner Landschaften – Paginierung: (2), 16 ganzseitige Kupfertafeln // Wunderschöne Halblederbände des späten 18.Jahrhunderts oder frühen 19.Jahrhunderts. Das Halbleder auf fünf unechten Bünden mit zweifarbigen Rückenschildchen und reicher Rückenvergoldung. Exzellenter Erhaltungszustand mit nur einem der Kupferstiche mit minimaler Verschmutzung. Eine der schönsten Ausgabe einer Malerschule die wir je gesehen haben.

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18th century Illustrated Edition of Paradise Lost - Milton, John.

Paradise Lost - A Poem in Twelve Books. A New Edition, with Notes of various Authors, by Thomas Newton [Complete with two Portraits and 12 plates].

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S.Draper, 1749. Large Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm). Pagination of Volume One: Frontispiece-Portrait of a young John Milton, [18 unnumbered pages of Dedication and Preface], LXI pages of “The Life of Milton”, [5 unnumbered pages of Homage in Verses by Samuel Barrow [Physician to Charles II. and admirer of Milton] and also the important poem on Milton’s Paradise Lost by Andrew Marvell [English Metaphysical Poet and Milton’s ‘Latin Secretary’], 16 pages of “A Critique upon the Paradise Lost – By Mr.Addison” [Joseph Addison], 459 pages with six (6) full-page engravings / Pagination of Volume Two: Frontispiece-Portrait of an elder John Milton (dated 1670), 444 pages including six (6) full-page engravings plus 132 unnumbered pages of Index. Hardcover / Modern, stunning half-leather bound to 18th-century style with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only a few signs of foxing. The paper in fantastic condition, illustrations and portraits impressive; wide margins make this a great collectable. A rare opportunity to acquire this important publication in a firm and beautiful binding. The exceptional restoration was done by an english master-bindery.

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Dickson, R. W.

The Farmer's Companion; being a complete System of Modern Husbandry: Including the Latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. With 102 copper engraved plates (including two larger hand-coloured fold - out plates).

Second Edition. In two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813. Large Octavo. Both volumes together contain 948 pages interleaved illustrations throughout the volumes (many of these plates are folding out) including a General Index. [Please ask for a full list of the illustrations]. Hardcover / Two modern halfleather / full leather bindings (see images). Volume I in octavo format and in a brown full leather with spinelabel / Volume II in large octavo and bound in an excellent green half morocco with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and leather corners. Both volumes with new endpapers. Some illustrations and text towards the end of Volume II with some faint dampstaining only. Three illustrations are present twice in these volumes (Plates 35, 54 and 84). Extremely rare publication in very good condition !!

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Pradt, Abbé de [that is: Dominique Georges Frederic de Pradt].

Europe and America, in 1821; with an Examination of the Plan laid before the Cortes of Spain, for the Recognition of the Independence of South America. Translated from the French of The Abbé de Pradt, by J.D. Williams.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for G. Cowie & Co., 1822. Octavo. X, 432, VI, 112, (4) pages. Hardcover / Modern, exceptional masterbindings. Rebound in quarter calf leather with cloth boards, spine caps, gold tooling on spine with 2 gilt lettered leather labels on each spine. Extremely rare in this original edition. Excellent condition. Provenance: With very subtle blindstamp of The Reynolds Library, Rochester, NY.

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Le Brocquy, Louis / Montague, John / [Dupin, Jacques] / [Samuel Beckett].

Small Archive of personal correspondence between irish-american writer John Montague and irish artist Louis Le Brocquy plus many related items. The correspondence also includes John Montague touching on Samuel Beckett. The core of the collection includes 1. Extremely insightful and important, very personal manuscript-letter from John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy - Inside an envelope addressed by John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy at his french residence 'Domaine des Combes' with Louis Le Brocquy's answer carefully tucked into the same envelope, treasured by John Montague. The densely filled, very personal 4-page-manuscript letter from John Montague, is dated Christmas 1981, written after "a sabbatical [..] on a long tour which led me as far as Los Angeles" and is a strong reflection of John Montague's personal struggles, thoughts and influences as a writer; he talks about his ten years of teaching in the US "after O'Riada's death led to a vacuum" and "enduring the semi-bourgeois limbo of Cork". Montague speaks about the time "after the harness came off" and he "felt quite strange, and after thirty years my stammer returned in painful, nearly uncontrollable force". Montague even touches on his fears about his health and continues "I clocked into a clinic for a rest cure....so far liver excellent, so it is not Sean or Brendan all over again (in any case, loving the stuff, as you do, I can't overdrink; the tastebuds are against it)". Montague dives into comparisons with Samuel Beckett: ""Did you realize that Sam Beckett was under analysis at the Tavistock Clinic for two years ? - The early Beckett is a smart alec; the break comes when he has to survive in post-war France and accept "his own darkness". Montague also touches on his struggle with his mother "Isn't it terrible that we spend up to nearly middle-[a]ge coping with the traumas of youth, with no way round it ? - I have cleared/cleaned/buried & forgiven my mother in my next book "The Dead Kingdom"...." - The letter continues to talk about books, "the Landslide Manuscript", poetry and his work etc. etc. He mentions a Dupin "play" which "will travel in my Paris luggage". Montague also touches on the subject of the Irish Troubles and writes "I have always, by the way, believed that 1916 may have been a mistake as Yeats said: "For England may keep faith - For all is said and done" / Montague speaks about "My own area of Tyrone is blessedly free from all but minor incidents" - Amazing document of confidence and trust between two irish landmark personalities. 2. Louis Le Brocquy's answer to John Montague is dated "New Year's Day 1981"[which should have been 1982]: A. Very personal manuscript Letter - a direct answer to Montague's letter from "Christmas 1981" (1 sheet with both pages filled in ink and signed "Louis") in which Le Brocquy reflects on the tense political situation with Northern Ireland and the overall worldwide tension of a looming war / Le Brocquy writes that he did have a "wild hope that when Charlie took office...that he and Thatcher might between them opted a 'Rhodesian' solution in the North" / Le Brocquy also writes about the eagerly awaited publication of "Selected Poems" of John Montague and he also asks John if "you thought of collecting Esteban's and Dupin's poems in French with your translations ?" - Le Brocquy offers to help with illustrations etc. - Both letters together in an envelope which suggests that John Montague received his letter to Louis le Brocquy back from the Le Brocquy-estate after Le Brocquy's death. / Also included: B. A manuscript postcard with Le Brocquy's "Girl in White" as a postcard-reproduction in which Le Brocquy suggests a project with John Montague and sends greetings to Montague's wife Evelyn and the kids (in envelope from Carros,France) / C. In his function as chairman of Amnesty International, Le Brocquy sends a callout by Amnesty International to John Montague and kindly asks him to support the cause. He sends the callout to John by adding a few manuscript, personal lines of affection (in envelope from Carros,France).

France / Ireland, Carros / Cork, 1980-1981. A4. 4 pages on two sheets (main Montague-letter), 2 pages on 1 sheet (Le Brocquy – answer), 1 postcard, 1 manuscript-letter from Jacques Dupin to John Montague (25.10.1978) about a translation of “L’Éboulement” (Dupin also speaks about Louis le Brocquy in the letter), several pages of letters (mostly typed and signed) from other figures in irish and international literature and art. Original Envelopes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Besides some ephemeral materials from personalities in Literature and Art, addressed to John Montague, the small collection includes several vintage photographs of John Montague, taken during his acceptance of a honorary Doctorate of Literature at UCC, Cork, as well as a Legislative Resolution by the State of New York (Senator Daly), recognizing and thanking the distinguished author and poet John Montague with this decree on May 26, 1987. Among the lesser interesting materials is a pamphlet titled “Ireland’s Literary Renaissance – 20th century Portraits” in which portraits by Louis Le Brocquy of John Montague and Thomas Kinsella are included. The pamphlet is accompanied by a letter from James White to John Montague in which he explains this being a publication that was released for an exhibition in Chicago and he apologises for the entries being “necessarily short but hopefully reasonably correct”. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

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Derrida, Jacques.

Du Droit á la philosophie. [Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida].

Paris, Galilée, 1990. Large Octavo. 658 pages. Original Softcover / Broché in Mylar. Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida. / Excellent condition. Inscribed, signed and dated on the half-title by Jacques Derrida to his friend André in New York.

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Le Brocquy, Louis.

Personal copies of an early set of 18 photographs [contacts] of works by Louis le Brocquy, mostly titled and annotated / explained by Louis le Brocquy himself verso. Some of the photographs refer to very early works of le Brocquy. Some have no entries by le Brocquy verso, some have quite extensive information like "Sold to:....." / Also included is an original, very early exhibition catalogue (Louis le Brocquy's personal copy of the catalogue) for an exhibition in Mayfair/"Gimpel Fils" - November 1959. The catalogue has several annotations and underlinings in le Brocquy's hand and included are most of the original photographs of works le Brocquy selected for the printing of the catalogue.

Loandon / Mayfair, Gimpel Fils, 1959. Octavo. 12 pages plus four photographs directly related to the exhibition catalogue / 18 photographs of earlier works. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning, really original set of interesting ephemera from the artist’s personal collection, given to his friend John Montague. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

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[Brassai] (that was Gyula Halász).

The Secret Paris of the 30's. Translated from the French by Richard Miller.

First American Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1976. Quarto. 200 unnumbered pages with 150 black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Blindstamp of preowner on endpaper and titlepage. Signed and inscribed by Brassai on the titepage in New York on the 29th of May, 1977.

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Viereck, George Sylvester / [Frederick Franklin Schrader] / [Mentioning of Oscar Wilde / Lord Alfred Douglas].

Collection of early Manuscript Material (which is a Manuscript Ballad / Poem), a two-page Manuscript Letter (which is a MLS mentioning Oscar Wilde, Lord [Alfred] Douglas, Viereck's literary tastes etc.) and the personal copy of "House of the Vampire", all by the controversial german-american author George Sylvester Viereck. The collection includes: 1. One six-page, hitherto unpublished Manuscript - Ballad [Poem], called "Die Ballade vom Sündigen Glück" [Translates: "The Ballad of sinful Pleasure"]/ 2. A lengthy and extremely insightful Two-Page Manuscript Letter, signed in New York, 1902, which accompanied and talks about the enclosed Six-Page Manuscript - Ballad [The letter and Poem was not conclusively but very likely addressed by Viereck to Frederick Franklin Schrader, then editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror and shortly thereafter co-founder with George Sylvester Viereck of "The Fatherland" / 3. The collection also includes Viereck's personal copy of his publication "The House of the Vampire" with handwritten, manuscript entry of his name, address in New York City as well as a pasted statement on the endpaper by the author Viereck: "Concerning "The House of the Vampire" : This book went through several editions when it was first published and was dramatized. It played for eight weeks in New York and for two years on the road under the management of the Shuberts. Critics have compared it to such books as Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Lady Into Fox, and Dorian Gray"]. The two-page letter is of great value and touches on Viereck's admiration for Schrader and his "Blatt" [Newspaper]. Viereck is advertising himself to Schrader by introducing himself as a critical admirer with substantial references (Viereck details his working for numerous newspapers in America). Viereck mentions his secessionist tendencies and name-drops Oscar Wilde, Rosetti and Lord Douglas (whom he claims to know personally). This amazing, autographed/signed Manuscript-Material was created by Viereck directly during his transition from writer to propagandist and is an example of his early, bullish personality, which wants to be heard, which needs attention and it is here, in 1912, where his career begins to develop. This large Archive of manuscript material [8 pages in total] is stunning and unpublished (see partial Transcription of the original german material on our website). Viereck's close friends included Nikola Tesla and even Theodore Roosevelt was among his acquaintances.

New York, Moffat, Yard & Company, 1902-1912. Play and Letters: 20.3 cm x 25.3 cm / Book: 13 cm x 19,5 cm. Pagination: Balld (Poem): 6 pages / Manuscript Letter (MLS): 2 pages / Book: 190 pages. Original Hardcover / Blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s mylar / The play protected in clear folder. The manuscript pages overall in excellent condition besides page IV of the play which has two abrasions with small parts of the text missing only. The book in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Viereck’s usual vanity made him add the lovely littel note of critical success. The personal copy of this controversial author’s most interesting book is a unique possibility for each collector of unusual Vampire material. Extraordinary collection !

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[Rowe, Walter T.].

Original Numerology-Manuscript - Deciphering the Bible, Deciphering the Esoteric, Jewish, Christian, Biblical & Astrological Prophecies // Manuscript / Astrology - Occulta - Manuscript on c. 400 pages with an astonishing, meticulous Chronology and source-comparison on Prophecy, Pyramidology ["Mystery of the Great Pyramid"], Numerology, Astronomy, Astrology, Drawings and Plans of Pyramids versus Occult - Proof and meditations on the Number 666 and 888: "666 v 888 in relation to Israel", "the opposing numbers from the original Hebrew with the "Pi sign" etc. etc. The Manuscript reads like a Self-Instruction and Proof of Thought by an Esoteric, highly religious "Truth-Seeker", ranging from early Biblical Explanations of Historical Events to elaborate comparisons of "Bible Metallurgy" showing the "relation between practical metal work and the Bible" by comparing the architectural design of a "Blast Furnace" to "The Image of Daniel", and continuing all the way to explanations for the Rise of Tyrants like Hitler. "Great Pi--Ratio in regard to Great War", the "Atomic Scale" is discussed as well as the "Luciferian Sudama or Nigode Cave Temple". The amount of connections to Jewish History is interesting: "Tracing Israel to Britain by Old Coinage", "The Jewish Question", "Testimony of Men of Letters as to Nationality of the British Race", "Objections to British Israel" "The Statesmanship of Jesus", "Fulness of the Gentiles", "Reference to the lost House of Israel", "Battle of the Gold Standard" etc. etc.

[Brixton], c. 1935 – 1950. Octavo (19 cm x 22,5 cm). 362 pages plus 58 pages, later inserted between page 304 and 305, plus XVIII pages of a thorough Index. With numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout the manuscript. Original Hardcover – Binder with manuscript / autographed pages. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. “Peel”-Memo Binder with Name-Label of the author to pastedown: “Walter T Rowe, 106, Dalberg Road, Brixton, SW2”.

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[Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including "The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp" / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave" / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

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[Clerke, Agnes Mary].

Collection of eight publications by and about Agnes Mary Clerke plus one autographed / signed manuscript-letter by Agnes Clerke [The letter answers the request of a fellow german Astronomer who complimented her on her History of Astronomy and asked for her permission to translate her latest work). The recipient is possibly german astronomer R.Engelmann who wrote about Nebula. The letter dates from 1891 and is written in perfect german (Agnes Clerke was known to have written reviews and letters in French, German, Greek and Italian). This rare collection includes the following books: 1. A.M.Clerke - Geschichte der Astronomie während des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Gemeinfasslich dargestellt. (Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von H.Maser) - First german edition of "A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century" from 1889 - with a signed, contemporary manuscript letter by Agnes Clerke in german (!) regarding this publication / 2. Agnes Clerke - Familiar Studies in Homer (London, 1892) / 3. Agnes Clerke - "The Herschels and Modern Astronomy" (with a loosely inserted portrait of Sir William Herschel) (London, 1895) / 4. Agnes Clerke - "A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century" (The important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1902) - Famously: With the vintage photographs pasted to frontispiece and titlepage / 5. Agnes Clerke - "The System of the Stars" - Second Edition (London, 1905) / 6. Agnes Clerke - Modern Cosmogonies (London, 1905) / 7. Agnes Clerke - "A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century" 1908-Reprint of the important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908) / 8. Mary Brueck / Mary Brück - Agnes Mary Clerke & The Rise of Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

A mixture of first and later editions. Berlin / London, Springer / Cassell / Longmans & Green and others, 1889 – 1908. Octavo. More than 2500 pages with many illustrations and diagrams etc. / The vintage letter has two pages filled and signed by Clerke in ink / The only modern publication within the collection is a very important monograph on Clerke by scientist Mary Brueck / Mary Brück, published by Cambridge University Press (275 pages). Original Hardcovers in bespoke protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning collection of all the major publications by this important woman astronomer. Agnes Clerke paved the way for women in science and must be seen as the pioneer female astronomer. The price includes worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

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[Luckombe, Philip / Smith, Charles].

Luxury Reprint of "The Compleat Irish Traveller" [With high quality Reproductions of the 31 original Plates of detailed Maps of County Cork in the 18th century, County Kerry in the 18th century and Waterford in the 18th century, as well as some of the earliest engravings of Irish Towns here for the first time reproduced as beautiful Artworks for framing and housed in a special, handmade Folder. The publication was just recently enlarged with a detailed, Topographical Index (July 2023)]. Complete Title: "The Compleat Irish Traveller, containing A general Description of the most Noted Cities, Towns, Seats, Buildings, Loughs &c. in the Kingdom of Ireland, Interspersed with Observations on the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Curiosities and Natural History of that Country. With Elegant Copper Plates". [With 31 original Plates after Charles Smith, including Frontispiece, this Reprint / Facsimile is the result of 10 years of research and purchase of three (3) original versions of the First Edition from the year 1788. The first Editions known to Inanna Rare Books all had different quantities of Plates and Maps included. This Reprint by Inanna Rare Books has been produced from an extremely clean version of the original and shows the most complete set of illustrations and XL-Size Maps and Artworks we could find in any of the original editions. The publication shows not only Maps of County Cork, County Kerry and County Waterford but also Views of Irish Cities and Towns in these Counties of the Province of Munster and besides the wonderful Historical Plan of Cork City this set also includes the very rare Plan of the "Grand Canal from Dublin to the River Shannon" (see detailed list of all the illustrations present at the end of this description)].

Luxury Limited-Edition-Reprint of the First Edition by Luckombe in 1788. Two Volumes plus extra Folder with 31 Plates reprinted as Artworks for framing. Skibbereen (County Cork), Inanna Rare Books Publishing, 1788. Octavo (13.5 cm x 21 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved Titlepage, XXX, 189 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023) / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage, 263 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023). Plus large, bespoke made Folder with thirtyone (31) Reproductions of the Maps, Plans and Illustrations which usually were folded inside this publication and now for the first time have been liberated from the book and were published as the beautiful works of art they are. Textvolume: Volume I and II of the text bound in one beautiful half-leather-volume with gilt lettering on spine, bound in the style of the 18th century / Illustrations-Folder with 31 reprinted illustrations of Towns and Maps of Ireland but mainly of Munster, bound in bespoke made half-cloth with paper-covered boards and pasted Reprint of the original titlepage. Excellent, new condition. One of only 300 printed. [Inanna Rare Books – Reprint & Facsimile – Series].

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map of County Cork in the 18th century: "A New and Correct Map of the County of Cork - To the Nobility and Gentlemen of this County, this Map drawn from an actual Survey is inscribed by their Most obedient humble Servant - Charles Smith".

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: 75,3 cm wide x 53 cm high. Sheet Size: 81 cm wide x 59 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map / Illustration of "A New Plan of the City of Cork" [Bird's Eye Plan of Cork City in the mid-18th century, with the Parishes of St. Finbarr, Christ Church, St. Peter's, St. Mary - Shandon, St. Anne's, St. Paul's]: "To the Gentlemen of the Common Council of this City, this Map is inscribed by their most Humble Servant, Charles Smith".

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: 60,6 cm wide x 44,5 cm high. Sheet Size: 66,5 cm wide x 50,5 cm high. Excellent condition of this very important Map / City-Plan of 18th century Cork City. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map of County Kerry in the 18th century: "The County of Kerry - To the Nobility and Gentry of this County this Map - Drawn from Actual Surveys is Inscribed by their most Obedient Servant - Charles Smith".

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: 43,5 cm wide x 50 cm high. Sheet Size: 49,4 cm wide x 56 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map of County Waterford in the 18th century: "A New and Correct Map of the County of Waterford by Charles Smith".

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: 53 cm wide x 40 cm high. Sheet Size: 59 cm wide x 46 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Full-Leather-Version - Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Full-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 150 copies of the Full-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Illustration [Panoramic Engraving] of Cork City with Shandon in the 18th century: "To the Right worshipful the Mayor, Sheriff's and Common Council of the City of Cork, this View of that City from the North is Inscribed by their most devoted humble servant, Ch. Smith".

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: 64,7 cm wide x 21,7 cm high. Sheet Size: 70,5 cm wide x 27 cm high. Excellent condition of this very decorative View of Cork City. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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[Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Illustration of "The Exchange" [Meeting-Place and General Place of Commerce for Tradesmen, Booksellers and Merchants in Cork City in the 18th century (between the years 1705 and 1811) [Built between 1705 and 1710 by Architect Twiss Jones and demolished in 1837].

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: 33 cm wide x 22,3 cm high. Sheet Size: 39 cm wide x 28 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Half-Leather-Version - Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Half-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, as well as the marbled-paper-covered boards, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 350 copies of the Half-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

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[100 Years Buddenbrooks in America] Mann, Thomas.

Buddenbrooks. [First American Edition in stunning condition with an amazing, signed Letter by Thomas Mann, thanking an admirer for reflecting on reading his masterpiece "Buddenbrooks". Signed on 21st of June 1940, on personalized stationery of Thomas Mann from Princeton, New Jersey, Mann wrote: "Thank you for writing to me and for telling me that you liked 'Buddenbrooks' when you read it recently at Colby College. It gave me pleasure, too, to know that you heard my daughter Erika lecture and had 'thoroughly enjoyed' yourself. With all good wishes, yours sincerely. Thomas Mann" ]. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter [American Translator Mrs. Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter].

Two Volumes (complete set). New York, Knopf, 1924. Octavo. 389, 359 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original dustjackets in breathtaking condition (now in protective collector’s Mylar). Unusually Fine condition with the meaningful letter by Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann.

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Anonymous / Medicinal - Medical Manuscript.

18th century Medical Manuscript for Treatment of Gout and other ailments. The chapters of this manuscript are often divided into "causa" and "curatio". Including a recipe called "Acqua della Regina d'Ungheria", which was historicall y used for treatment of Gout and to fight dermatological inflammation. The Manuscript is titled: "De signis morbi salutaris et lethalis" - With five separate chapters, listing recipes in latin and french. [Titled: "I. De signis morbi salutaris et lethalis / II. Praxis medica / III. "Pour faire un cotignac purgatif" etc. etc.].

[France], c. 1750-1780 (?). Octavo. 208 unnumbered pages of which 188 pages have entries and the other are left blank. Flexible Vellum of the 18th century. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

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Barneby, W. Henry.

The New Far West and The Old Far East - Being Notes of a Tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon, Etc. With Maps and Illustrations. [Including an Appendix on the Supplementary Treaty of Commerce between the United States and Japan].

London, Edward Stanford, 1889. Quarto. Frontispiece, X, 316 pages with three large fold-out-maps in colour and eight illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Stunning 19th century prize-binding in beautiful full tan calf bearing the Arms of Monmouth Grammar School [with their Motto “Serve and Obey”]. Inscription and embossed stamp of Monmouth – Grammar School to endpaper. Dedicated by Headmaster C.M.Roberts to former pupil W.A.Lamb in July 1890. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

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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.

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Rare Illustrations of 19th century Oxford University - [Hopkins, T.H.T. (Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins (1831–1885)] Heywood, James.

Illustrations of the Principal English Universities. [With several Aquatints and Lithographical plates showing academical dress and University ceremonies by R. W. Buss, R. B. Harraden] - [This was the personal copy of Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins, Bursar at Magdalen College Oxford and Curator of the University Chest etc.]. Collected by James Heywood, M.A. F.R.S.

[Oxford], James Heywood, [1843]. Octavo. IV pages of Title and Contents plus 44 plates / This being coloured lithographs [collation complete]. Original Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board. The boards of this volume are cleanly detached, spine is missing. Interior pages and illustrations all complete, including endpapers with the personal Library Stamp of Hopkins: “T.H.T.Hopkins – Magd, Coll. Oxford” on the endpaper and titlepage. Complete with all plates. Only very occasional, minor signs of foxing. Extremely scarce and wonderful publication on the student-life in Oxford and Cambridge during the first half of the 19th century ! Wonderful provenance.

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[Oxford University].

Parecbolae Sive Excerpta E Corpore Statutorum Universitatis Oxoniensis. [With an Appendix on the Statutes of the Bodleian Library: "Statuta Bibliotheca Bodleiana [1610]" / Includes also in english at the rear: Oath of Allegiance / Oath of Supremacy / Oath at the Matriculation of a Scholar / Oath at the Matriculation of a Privileged Person]. Accedunt Articuli Religionis XXXIX In Ecclesia Anglicana Recepti: Nec Non Juramenta Fidelitatis et Suprematus. In Usum Juventutis Academicae.

Oxford, E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1808. Small – Octavo. [13], 267, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original full calf. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate falsely applied upside down to rear pastedown.

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Monro, Thomas [Editor] / [Bishop George Horne / Samuel Johnson].

Olla Podrida, A Periodical Paper, published at Oxford in the year 1787.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed by P. Byrne (108) Grafton – Street, 1787. Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). 286 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with original spine-label. Binding with some stronger rubbing and minor loss to leather on spine. Still very firm and tight. Minor signs of a faded dampstain to a small part of the first 10 pages only. Otherwise very clean. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown and his name in ink to the title-page.

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Chalmers, Alexander.

A History of the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders, by Alex Chalmers, with a Series of Illustrated Engravings by J.Storey & J.Greig. / A History of the College Halls. And Public Buildings, attached to the University of Oxford. [With 31 plates / steel engravings (including frontispiece)].

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Oxford, Printed by Collingwood and Co., 1810. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Pagination: VolumeI: Frontispiece-Engraving of Oxford, engraved title-page, another title-page with a more explicit title, XVI, 260 pages / Volume II continues the pagination: Halftitle, Title, Pages 261 – 486 plus an Index (13 pages). plus 1 page (List of Plates). Original, very decorative, early 19th century full leather with gilt ornament to boards and masterfully rebacked spine with spine-labels. A superior copy of this often deranged and broken publication. A stunning example of british bindery-craftsmanship and with only minor signs of browning and foxing. The best example of this work we have ever seen. Firm, possible to be handled without fear of breaking, the leather smooth. A perfect gift !

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Randolph, Thomas [President of Corpus Christi College Oxford].

A Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity - From the exceptions of a late Pamphlet entituled "An Essay on Spirit" &c. [By a Divine of the Church of England] / In Three Parts, with an Appendix ["An Appendix to the Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity &c Containing some Remarks on the Dedication prefix'd to the "Essay on Spirit"].

First Edition. Oxford, Printed at the Theatre for James Fletcher in the Turl, 1754. Octavo. 101, (2), 104, 134 pages plus Appendix: 70 pages plus (10 unnumbered pages, including one page of advertising). Hardcover / Original 18th-century calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. In protective collector’s Mylar. Besides some abrasions and minor damages to the boards in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookplate of Daniel Conner to pastedown. Extremely rare !

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Rabl, Josef.

Touristische Blätter. Rundschau auf dem Gebiete der Alpenkunde und Touristik. [From the Library of the Famous Alpine Club in London with their Library-Signet and stamp to each Volume]. Redigirt von Josef Rabl.

14 Volumes bound in 10 Volumes [Volumes I-IV and VI-XV with Volume V missing]. Wien, Buchdruckerei Jacobi, 1876 – 1910. Octavo. Hardcover / Original Library-Bindings of the Alpine-Club in London with gilt lettering and gilt signet to spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare Set !

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[Marana, Giovanni Paolo].

The Eight Volumes of Letters Writ By a Turkish Spy, Who lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris: Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the Most Remarkable Transactions of Europe : And discovering several Intrigues and Secrrets of the Christian Courts, (especially of that of France) continued from the Year 1637, to the Year 1682 [plus the Supplement Volume covers the Years 1687 to the Year 1693]. Mixed Edition: Volume I: 24th Edition (1754) / Volume II , Volume III, Volume IV and Volume V in Seventh Edition (1717-1718) / Volume VI is missing (!) / Volume VII and Volum VIII (1718) / Supplement-Volume IX is titled: "A Continuation of Letters - Written by a Turkish Spy....continued from the Year 1687 too the Year 1693. Written originally in Arabick, Translated into Italian, and from thence into English.

Eight Volumes (of 9, inluding Supplement). Dublin / London, G.and A. Ewing / W.Taylor, 1717-1754. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece showing Mahmut the Turkish Spy, XXV, 312 pages / Volume II: 276 pages / Volume III: 287 pages / Volume IV: 287 pages / Volume V: 276 pages / Volume VI (missing) / Volume VII: 248 pages / Volume VIII: 280 pages / Volume IX: Frontispiece “Mohamet the Turkish Spy”, VIII, (6), 304 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather of the 18th century with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards. Only the first Volume (Dublin Edition) with some stronger damage to endpapers but very good and firm inside. All other Volumes in very good condition. Extremely rare with Volume IX, the nearly always missing Supplement Volume. Provanance: Volume I (Dublin Edition) from the library of John Morrison / Volumes 2 – 9 from the library of Chris Rogers. Both names written in contemporary ink to titlepages.

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Tillotson, Dr. John.

The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. In Twelve Volumes containing Two Hundred and Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions: Together with the rule of Faith; Prayers composed by him for his own Use; And a Form of Prayer, composed by him, for the use of King William.

Twelve Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for R.Ware, A.Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T.Longman, R.Hett, C.Hitch, J.Hodges, S.Austen, J. and R. Tonson, J. and H. Pemberton, and J.Rivington, 1743. Octavo. Including the rare and often missing Frontispiece-Portrait of “His Grace John Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury (by Kneller and Gerard van der Gucht). Original Hardcover (full leather with original spine-labels and gilt ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear, some faded signs of a dampstain to endpapers and very few tiny wormhole-damages to margins of very few Volumes. The very rare 12-Volume set (not the more common 10 Volumes). A rare set in this excellent condition. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

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[Poor Law Commissioners / London, C.J. / Chester, J.B. / Sturges Bourne, W. / Nassau W. Senior / Bushop, Henry / Gawler, Henry / Coulson, W. / Ahshurst Majendi Esq.].

Extracts from the Information received by His Majesty's Commissioners as to the Administration and Operation of the Poor-Laws.

First Edition. London, B.fellowes, 1833. Octavo. XXI, Errata, 432 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with lettering to spine. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A rare book with

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Paine, Thomas.

Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly ; Being a Plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man, by creating in every Nation a National Fund, to pay to every person, when arrived at the age of Twenty-One years, the sum of Fifteen Pounds Sterling, to enable him; or her to begin the world; And Also, Ten Pounds Sterling per annum during life to every person now living of the age of Fifty Years, and to all others when they shall arrive at that age, to enable them to live in old age without Wretchedness, and go decently out of the world. By Thomas Paine, author of Common sense, Rights of man, Age of reason, &c. &c.

First Irish Edition / First Cork Edition. Cork, Printed at the late Gazette-Office, no year [1797]. Octavo. 16 pages. Original half-leather. Binding in very poor condition but interior firm and clean besides the endpaper and first few pages of the Volume which is bound before the work by Thomas Paine. Rear endpaper missing. Very important publication, perfectly protected in the rear of this Volume. The Cork-Print of this important pamphlet is of utmost rarity.

EUR 3.800,-- 

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Payne, A.H.

"The Builder's Practical Director" or "Building for All Classes Containing Plans, Sections and Elevations for the Erection of Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Public Schools &c. With Detailed Estimates, Quantities, Prices &c. Illustrated By Numerous Plates and Diagrams - [Bound with: "The Builder's Practical Director - "Supplementary Series"] - [With stunning designs of Houses, Stucko and Plasterer-Work as well as unusual illustrations like "Bridge of One Span of 100 Feet over the Mohawk River near the City of Rome (USA)"]. [With 192 Plates in total including Supplement].

First Edition. Two Volumes in One [Complete with the rare Supplement]. Leipzig and Dresden / London, A.H.Payne, no year (c.1855). Quarto (23 cm wide x 28 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece, Illustrated Titlepage, 264, (2) pages plus 132 Lithographic plates (many in multi-colour) / Volume II: “Supplement” – 126 pages plus an additional 60 Plates. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather-binding with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some signs of foxing.

EUR 675,-- 

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Original Earl 20th century German Expressionism in Original Woodcuts - Mann, Thomas.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

München, Phantasus-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. [4], 58, [3] Seiten. Mit elf (11) ganzseitigen Original-Bleischnitten und vier (4) kolorierten Bleischnitt-Initialen von Otto Nückel. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Einband minimal fleckig. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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[Selden, John] / Bacon, Nathaniel.

An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England - From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. [With a special chapter, prefixed to the second part of the publication: "A Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England"]. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq. The Fifth Edition: Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

Two Parts in One Volume (complete). London, Printed for D.Browne and A.Millar, in the Strand, 1760. Large – Quarto (24,5 cm x 29,5 cm). Part One: XIX, (1), 203 pages / Part Two: XII, 178, (plus 8 unnumbered pages Index). Hardcover / Stunning, recent masterbinding with quarter – leather over buckram-covered-boards; original spine-label applied. Excellent condition with text being especially clean and in wonderful condition. Rare and important publication on british law and parliamentary history. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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Arbuthnot, John / [Daniel Conner Library].

Tables of Antient Coins, Weights and Measures - Explained And Exemplified in Several Dissertations [Including: "A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians" / Including "Of the Jewish Coins in which their weights are likewise considered"]. The Second Edition - To which is added, An Appendix, containing Observations on Dr.Arbuthnot's Dissertations on Coins, Weights and Measures by Benjamin Langwith.

London, Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; A.Millar, in the Strand; and J.Whiston and B.White, in Fleet-Street, 1754. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). Collation [complete as called for by Index]: Title, 11 unnumbered pages, 327 pages plus 18 plates (partly folded) with Weights, Measures and Values of Several Foreign Coins explained. Original 18th-century binding, recently rebacked in 18th-century-style by two english master-bookbinders. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper with faded dampstain. Only very minor signs of foxing. Some minor wormhole – damage to the inner margins but not effecting the text. Wide margins. Extremely Rare Publication, now beautifully restored ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

EUR 2.800,-- 

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