6351. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.

The Critic. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Robert Herring.

London / New York, Macmillan & Co. Ltd. / St. Martin’s Press, 1963. 12 x 18cm. (32), 92 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth. Binding and boards in very good condition, pencilled underlining and annotations to text. Ex-library, label affixed to front endpaper. [English Literature Series].

6352. Howe, Irving.

The Critical Point, On Literature And Culture.

New York, Horizon Press, 1973. 24cm x 16cm. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6353. Stephens, James.

The Crock of Gold.

London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1946. 12,5 cm x 18 cm. 312 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Foxing to free endpapers and edges. Creasing,tearing to dustjacket, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6354. Stephens, James.

The Crock of Gold. With decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie.

Fifth printing. New York, Collier Books, 1972. 13,5 cm x 20 cm. 228 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title.

6355. Stagg, Bruce.

The Crowd from Roaring Cove. Newfoundland outport life told in 24 humorous stories.

St. John’s, Creative Publishers, 1997. 13,5 x 21 cm. 112 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6356. Heffernan, Michael.

The Cry of Oliver Hardy. Poems by Michael Heffernan.

First Edition. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1979. 14,5 x 22 cm. 61 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Minor signs of rubbing on the dustjacket only.

6357. [Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

6358. Sutton and Sons.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1906. 22.2cm x 14.3cm. 444 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6359. Walsh, Pat.

The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2009. 20 cm. 223 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6360. Jardine, Lisa.

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measued London.

London, Harper Collins, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s – Mylar. Excellent condition.

6361. Compton, J.

The Curtain Rises. A Collection of Plays.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co, 1932. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 151 pages plus 8 additional pages of publisher’s advertising. Original clothbound hardcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Pencil marks on covers and in inner pages.

6362. [Odysseus / Euripides] Henson, Rev. J.

The Cyclops of Euripides. With Introduction, Notes, Vocabulary and a List of Irregular Verbs used in the Play. With Illustrations.

London / Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c.1925). Small Octavo (11.5 cm wide x 17 cm high). Frontispiece-Illustration of a Satyr, XV, 84 pages with numerous text-illustrations in black-and-white plus two wonderful colour-illustrations: 1.Maenads with Thyrsus, Cymbal, Double-Flute and Torch and 2. Odysseus putting out the Cylops Eye. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor signs of text-markings. A wonderful little publication. [Blackies Illustrated Greek Series – With Vocabulary].

6363. Anonymous.

The Cyprus Problem: Historical review and analysis of latest developments.

Nicosia, Press and Information Office, Ministry of Interior, 1986. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 112 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Rare !

6364. Richardson, D.

The Damathat, or The Laws of Menoo. Translated from the Burmese.

Original First Edition (Bilingual Burmese – English). XIV Volumes in one Volume (complete). Rangoon, Printed at ‘The Mission Press’, 1874. Slim Quarto (17 cm x 25 cm). 776 pages [being 388 pages of the original burmese text juxtaposed to 388 pages of the english translation]. Bound to the rear of the Volume are an additional c. 90 blank pages for notes. Original rebacked full leather with gilt ornament and original spinelabel. New endpapers with original bookplate of Charles Forbes, Esq. [Cha Forbes – Motto: ‘Grace Me Guide’ ]. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to titlepage. Few pages with professional repairs to paper. Absolutely scarce original publication.

6365. Camara, Laye.

The Dark Child. With an Introduction by Philippe Thoby-Marcellin. Translated from the French by James Kirkup and Ernest Jones.

Second Printing. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. 21 cm. 188 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Erik Haugaard, with his Exlibris to pastedown. The beautiful Noonday version of this book with the spacious typography.

6366. Yen, Master Sheng.

The Darma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism. Inheriting the Past and Inspiring the Future.

Taipei, The Shen Yen Education Foundation, 2010. 20,5 cm x 13,5 cm. 95 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6367. Hobbie, Douglas.

The Day.

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1993. 13 cm x 22 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. [A John Macrae Book].

6368. [West Cork] O’Donovan, Anita / O’Farrell, Sheila / O’Regan, Marilyn / Crowley, Eileen.

The Days of the Old Half Crown [Dunmanway]

West Cork, 2002. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6369. Olds, Sharon.

The Dead and the Living. Poems by Sharon Olds.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 15 x 21,5 cm. 80 pages. Original Cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the title page. Minor signs of edging and faded spine.

6370. [Gessner, Salomon / Collyer, Mary].

The Death of Abel in Five Books. From the German of Gessner.

Halifax, Printed fro William Milner, 1837. Duodecimo / Miniature book. Frontispiece, XX, 169 pages. Original Hardcover (dark green cloth with floral embossement and gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare Halifax print !

6371. Quiroga, Horacio / Sayers Peden, Margaret (translator) / Lindlof, Ed (illustrator).

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories.

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. 15 cm x 23 cm. XXVI, 166 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6372. Simpson, George Gaylord.

The Dechronization of Sam Magruder.

First Edition. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1996. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 136 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6373. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Brabazon, Wallop [Rath House, Drogheda] / Cooper, William / [Provenance: William Le Fanu]

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. Illustrated by William Cooper. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [With 21 Plates]

Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby, James McGlashan / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons, 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece, X, 111 pages with 21 plates (original Lithographs often large folding). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth, embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu, with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp “Board of Public Works” to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition.

6374. Gurtu, Trilok.

The Definitive Trilok Gurtu – Twenty Years of Talking Tabla.

London, Union Square Music, 2007. 14.5 cm x 12.6 cm. 1 Booklet with CD. Original Softcover / illustrated cardboard case. Still in original shrinkwrap !

6375. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun – A Cycle of Birth.

London, James Parker and Co., 1903. 23.2cm x 17.7cm. XIV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear and some foxing. Tear to endpaper. Rare ! Early illustration of the moon.

6376. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun. A Cycle of Birth. Translated from the Original Manuscript.

Second Edition. Oxford, James Parker & Co., 1903. Duodecimo [12 cm x 17,8 cm]. Frontispiece-Illustration of the Moon (with tissue-guard), XVI, 106 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

6377. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

6378. Casas, Bartolomé de las.

The Devastation of the Indies – A Brief account. Translated from the Spanish by Herma Briffault; introduction by Hans Magnus Enzensberger; with a dossier by Michel van Nieuwstadt.

New York, Seabury Press, [1974]. 21 cm. 182 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A Continuum book].

6379. [Quine, W.V.O.] Jager, Ronald / Russell, Bertrand.

The Development of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy.

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

6380. Sidgwick, Henry.

The Development of European Polity [With Chapters on “Functions of Government and Relation of Law to Government in Greece and Rome” / “Constitution-Making of the Nineteenth Century” and “Political Thought of Hobbes and Locke”]. With a Preface by Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick.

Third Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1920. 14.7 cm x 23 cm. XXVI, 454 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering. Former library-copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of german philosopher Manfred Walther, with a bookmark in the chapter “Constitution-Making of the Nineteenth Century”.

6381. Lubasz, Heinz.

The Development of the Modern State.

Third Printing. New York, The MacMillan Company, 1966 21 cm x 14 cm. 24 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of owner inscribed on front free endpaper. [Main Themes in European History]

6382. [Gill, Eric] Pepler, Douglas [that was Harry Douglas Cark (called ‘Hilary’) Pepler].

The Devil’s Devices or Control versus Service. With Woodcuts by Eric Gill.

First Edition. London – Hammersmith, Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, 1915. Octavo. Frontispiece, 125 pages with woodcuts throughout the publication. Hardcover / Original publisher’s illustrated Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6383. Rinpoche, Kalu.

The Dharma, That Illuminates All Beings Impartially Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon.

Albany, State of New York Press, 1986. 15 cm x 23 cm. 222 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6384. Plato.

The Dialogues of Plato Volume 1 The Apology & Other Dialogues.

Reprinted Edition. London, Sphere Books, 1970. Octavo. 285 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6385. [The Rare Volume One] – O’Brien, Fitz-James.

The Diamond Lens [14 pages in: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume I – January, 1858 – No. III] – Here on Offer is a the original bound inaugural Volume I of “The Atlantic Monthly”, signed and inscribed, possibly by a distant family-member of Fitz-James O’Brien: “D.D.O’Brien, Mallow” – “Presented by D.D.O’Brien to L. O’Kelly”. A later, 19th century ownership-signature is: “John L. Williams”. The entire Volume includes the following numbers: Volume I – November 1857 – No.I. / Volume I – December 1857 – No. II. / Volume I – January 1858 – No. III. / Volume I – February 1858 – No. IV. / Volume I – March 1858 – No. V. / Volume I – April 1858 – No. VI //

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1858. Octavo. IV, 768 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in poor but still good + condition with some stronger signs of wear, spine starting, mild foxing throughout and some faded damp-staining to the outer paper-margins inside only. Endpaper, Half-title and titlepage slightly detached. This is the very rare inaugural Atlantic Volume with a wonderful irish provenance, possibly even a relation to Fitz-James O’Brien.

6386. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Internal pages fine. Manuscript letter from the author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

6387. Grossmith, George / Grossmith, Weedon.

The Diary of a Nobody. Drawings by John Lawrence.

London, The Folio Society, 1969. 12 cm x 22 cm. 165 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

6388. Nin, Anaïs.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin. Volume Two: 1934-1939 and Volume Three: 1939-1944. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann.

Volume 2 & 3 of 7 in series. New York, The Swallow Press / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967 / 1969. 13.5 x 20cm. Vol. 2: (9), 357 pages / Vol. 3: (14), 327 pages. Original softcover. Vol. 2: Spine worn with a slight lean, some text annotations, otherwise very good condition. Vol. 3: Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Harvest Books, Nos. HB174 & HB199].

6389. Adelson, Alan (Ed.).

The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak. Five Notebooks from the Lodz Ghetto. Translated by Kami Turowski.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1996. 16 cm x 24.2 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and occasional stains.

6390. Jackson, Jon A.

The Diehard: A Novel.

New York, Random House, 1977. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6391. Schaub, George.

The Digital Darkroom – Black-and-White-Techniques using Photoshop.

Second Printing. Rochester (NY), Silver Pixel Press, 2000. 4°. 144 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

6392. Adams, Scott.

The Dilbert Future – Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century.

First Edition. New York, Harper Collins, 1997. 16 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 258 pages. Several black and white cartoons throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6393. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Cork. With [18] Illustrations.

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1920. 15.5 cm x 23.3 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 420 pages. 18 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece cleanly detached and loosely inserted. Cracks to valley of index pages near rear of textblock. Binding still good and firm and text block is solid and square. Some untrimmed pages. Foxing to edges and to endpapers and very occasionally to interior. An extremely scarce publication.

6394. Silke, John J.

The Diocese of Raphoe. A Brief History.

Strasbourg, Editions du Signe, 2000. 21,5 x 30,5 cm. 79 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

6395. Webster, Charles A.

The Diocese of Ross – Its Bishops, Clergy and Parishes. With Illustrations and Map of the Diocese [Together with an earlier publication [Pamphlet] on the topic by Charles Webster: “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches”].

Cork / Dublin, Guy & Co. Ltd./Hodges & Figgis, 1932 – 1936. Octavo. Pagination of the book: XXXIV, 127 pages / Pagination of the Pamphlet: 40 pages plus photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. The book is inscribed by the author ! With some strong staining to the covers only. Otherwise in very good condition. Very Rare ! / The pamphlet “The Diocese of Ross and its Ancient Churches” was published within the “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acadaemy” and is in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6396. Thomas, Alan.

The Director.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing to the page edges. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6397. Barry, Gearóid.

The Disarmament of Hatred – Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-45.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire/New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 23 cm. XIV, 293 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

6398. de Chardin, Teilhard.

The Divine Milieu.

New York, Perennial Library / Harper & Row, 1968. 14 cm x 20 cm. 160 pages. Original softcoverr. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6399. Heller, Peter.

The Dog Stars: A Novel.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 15cm x 22cm. 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Slight mark to the front cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6400. Casterton, Julia.

The Doves of Finisterre.

Norwich, The Rialto, 2004. 14 cm x 21,7 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.