1541. Auster, Paul.

Smoke & Blue in the Face – Two Films written by Paul Auster.

New York, Hyperion, 1995. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. VIII, 290 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First Edition. Signed by Paul Auster.

1542. Rubens, Paul A.

Dear Little Denmark – A Danish Musical Incident. In Two Acts.

London, Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1909. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 165 pages. Original Soft (Cloth) Cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate staining and discoloration to cover. Minor discolouration and foxing to endpapers and edges. Both pastedowns loose. Possibly from the private collection of the composer Paul A. Rubens, with the composer’s name in ink-stamp on title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.

1543. Satthianadhan, Krupabai.

Kamala, Eine Geschichte aus dem Hinduleben.

First German Edition. Leipzig, H.G. Wallmann, 1989. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. 287 pages. Black-and-white portrait of author on frontispiece. Original Hardcover / Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. An inscription on front free endpaper by previous owner.

1544. Grigny, J. / Bonhomme, P.

Les Bébés des Jardins de Paris. Illustrations de J. Grigny. Texte par P.Bonhomme.

Premiére Édition. Paris, A.Quantin, (c. 1885). 8°. 32 pages. Couverture originale (illustrée). Bon état. Original binding. Corners bumped. Slightly rubbed. Front endpaper detached. Hinge inside slightly broken. Few fingerstains only. Still a good to very good condition of this extremely rare children-book-classic.

1545. Domoto, Insho.

Insho Domoto. [With an essay by Soichi Tominaga: “Insho Domoto and his Art” and an essay by Shinzuichi Simomise: “Problems of Insho’s Art” (both essays in japanese, french and english) / Also an essay in french: “La voix du Nord” – Insho ou la Barbarie D’Occident (in french only)].

Japan, Kyoto-Shoin Publishers Limited. 1965. 28.8cm x 25.5cm. 124 unnumbered pages. With 80 illustrations (10 in colour) and a lithograph on blue paper bound before the halftitle. Original Hardcover with protective Mylar in slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the slipcase.

1546. Dale, Godfrey.

The Peoples of Zanzibar, Their Customs and Religious Beliefs.

Westminster, The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, 1920. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 124 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1547. Dorman, Sean.

Valley of Graneen – Sketches of Donegal. [Rare signed / inscribed edition]. With Illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Peter Davies, 1944. Small Octavo. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Some signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by Sean Dorman: “To Elizabeth, of the glorious contralto with love from Sean”.

1548. Stratten & Stratten.

Dublin, Cork and the South of Ireland.

London, Stratten and Stratten, 1892. 22 cm x 27 cm. 326 pages. Illustrations (including frontispiece) in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good condition 1892 edition with very rare commercial directory with minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing to the spine and front cover, some foxing on inner pages and pages 13 & 225 are torn.

1549. Lator, Laszlo.

The Belling.

First Edition. Cork, Southword Editions, 2005. Octavo. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Laszlo Lator on the titlepage. Also signed by the translators Eugene O’Connell, Liz O’Donoghue and Patrick Cotter. Signed books by Laszlo Lator are extremely scarce.

1550. [Mackintosh, Chales Rennie] Billcliffe, Roger / Murray, John.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furntiture, Furniture Drawings and Interior Designs.

London, Cameron & Tayleur Ltd., 1986. 24.8 cm x 35 cm. 272 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !