231. O’Flaherty, Liam.

The Wild Swan and other Stories. By Liam O’Flaherty with a Frontispiece by P.V.Moon and a Foreword by Rhys Davies. Being No.10 of the Furnival Books.

London, William Jackson (Books) Ltd. [Joiner & Steele], 1932. Octavo (16.3 cm wide x 25.4 cm high). Frontispiece-Woodcut, 60 pages. Original Hardcover (Buckram). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed by Liam O’Flaherty.

232. O’Reilly, Paul M. (Editor).

EV+A 1998 – Circus ZZ / Exhibition of Visual+ Art.

Limerick / Kinsale, Gandon Editions / Limerick City Gallery of Art, 1998. Quarto. (25 cm wide x 22.4 cm high). 166 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !!

233. Packer, William / Godwin, Fay / Crozier, Bill (William) / Auerbach, Frank and others.

Contemporary British Landscape [Exhibition from 6 August – 19 September 1999 on Landscape Painting and Landscape Photography at “Flowers East” – Gallery in London].

One of only 1000 copies. London, The Pale Green Press, 1999. Quarto (22,5 cmx 21 cm). 36 pages with numerous photographs of artworks. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

234. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

235. Palace Museum.

50 Selected Gems of Cultural Relics – newly collected in the Palace Museum in the last fifty years.

Beijing, Forbidden City Publishing House, 1999. 4°. 361 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition. Extremely Rare publication.

236. Paolozzi, Eduardo.

The Metallization Of A Dream. Reproductions. With a commentary by Lawrence Alloway.

Handnumbered: No.218 [of c. 400]. London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1963. Quarto (22 cm wide x 26.5 cm high). Frontispiece, 64 pages with illustrations (some in colour) throughout the publication. With four (4) photo-lithographs. Original, illustrated, blindstamped Hardcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

237. Paris in Advertising and Art – Various.

Bottin Mondain, 1951: Tout-Paris, Toute la France (Including ‘Supplement’).

2 Volumes. Paris, Annuaire Du Commerce Didot-Bottin, 1951. 18 cm x 26 cm. 1500, 576 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The illustrated dustjackets with some tears and some fraying to the edges and corners. Some browning of paper. Otherwise clean inside with firm bindings.

238. Peintner, Max.

Ewigkeit im Tagbau [″Eternity in the Open Pit” / An Artists Monograph on the impact of Industry to everyday Life and City and Landscape].

Linz, Neue Texte, 1977. 24,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 95 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Autors / signiert.

239. [Perugino, Pietro] Gnoli, Umberto.

Pietro Perugino. No. 254 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies printed.

Spoleto, Claudio Argentieri, Edizioni d’Arte, 1923. 24 cm x 32.2 cm. Portrait frontispiece (with tissue guard), 80 pages. 51 beautiful monochrome images on plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Discreet price stamp to back board. Spine missing. Bookblock intact. Interior is bright and clean. Inscribed by the author Umberto Gnoli on the titlepage: “A Mrs. Will. Gordon, cordialement, a l’auteur – 1928”.

240. Petrie, George / [Douglas Bland Hague Provenance].

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland – Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by M.H.Gill, 1845. Quarto (26 cm wide x 30 cm high). XIX, 521 pages with hundreds of text-illustrations on Round Towers and Antiquities in Ireland. Original Hardcover with original spine-label of the Royal Irish Academy. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Historian Douglas Bland Hague ( (1917-1990), with his library-stamp to the font free endpaper. [The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy – Volume XX].