7901. Depons, Francois Raimond Joseph.

Travels in Parts of South America: During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; Containing a Description of the Captain-Generalship of Carraccas [Caracas in Venezuela], with an Accont of the Laws, Commerce, and Natural Productions of that Country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and Native Indians.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. 8°. IV, 157, 3 nn. pages. Including the Map (″Chart of the Captain Generalship of Carraccas comprehending the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaybo, Varinas, Cumana, Guiana & the Island of St. Marguerite) AND the “Plan of the town of Caracas”. Modern Hardcover (red cloth). Former library copy in excellent condition besides some slight foxing to the map and plan and occasional foxing to the text only.

7902. Kant, Emmanuel (Immanuel).

Anthropologie. Suivie des divers fragments du même auteur relatifs aux rapports du physique et du moral et au commerce des esprits d’un monde à l’autre. Ouvrage traduit de l’allemand par J. Tissot.

Paris, Librairie Philosophique De Ladrange, 1863. 13 cm x 22 cm. 483 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar (Removable protective cover). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of opening pages.

7903. Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

7904. [Anonymous].

The Criminal Recorder ; Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters including Murderers, Traitors, Pirates, Mutineers, Incendiaries, Defrauders, Rioters, Sharpers, Highwaymen, Footpads, Pickpockets, Swindlers, Housebreakers, Coiners, Receivers, Extortioners, And other noted persons who have suffered the Sentence of the Law for Criminal Offences : Embracing a variety of curious and singular cases, anecdotes, &c. with occasional notes : to which is added an account of the various punishments inflicted on those who transgress the laws of their country, With a Description of the Crimes by which those punishments are incurred &c. alphabetically arranged under appropriate Heads and illustrated with Portraits and other Engravings. By a Student of the Inner Temple.

Volume I (of IV). London, Printed and Published by James Cundee, 1804. Duodecimo. Portrait-Frontispice,[4], 464 pages [of 466]. / [This First of four Volumes ends at the letter “H”]. Original Full Leather. Binding in poor condition. Two pages missing. Illustrations (Portraits) throughout.

7905. [O’Brennan, Martin A].

Irish Made Easy; or, A Practical Irish Grammar. [By the author of “O’Brennan’s Ireland”.

London, Catholic Publishing and Bookselling Company [Charles Dolman], 1859. Small Octavo. XII, 86 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce, very early gaelic grammar !

7906. Kant, Immanuel.

A very important Bibliography of books by and about Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) including: I. Individual works by Kant / II. Collections, Selections, Letters and Collected Works editions by Kant / III. Biographies, Bibliographies and related Material / IV. Critical works on Kant / V. Portraits of Kant and Addenda. Bound copy of a bibliography and title-page catalogue of a private collection, compiled by a leading antiquarian bookshop in the 1990’s / (Unique xeroxed copy of a singular collection of important Kant publications).

Germany, c.1995. Quarto. Listing 406 titles on approximately 200 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition. The copies of titlepages of all original editions of Kant that are m,entioned in this bibliography are included in this volume.

7907. Morrison, G.R.

Mixed Farming in East Africa. With a foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Francis Scott.

London, East Africa, 1935. 15 cm x 22 cm. 159 pages, X pages of colonial advertising / ads at rear (Kenya Coffee, Advertisement targeting Farmers and Settlers in East Africa etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine. With the very rare, original dust-jacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean. Binding firm and strong and square. The jacket in excellent condition !

7908. Cramer, Andreas Wilhelm.

Haus-Chronik meinen Anverwandten und Freunden zum Andenken gewidmet.

Erste Ausgabe. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, 1822. Octavo. 279 Seiten. Oreiginale Broschur. Bindung staerker berieben und beschaedigt. Mit zahlreichen Annotationen. Namen eines Vorbesitzers im Inneneckel [Ludwig Kruse, November 1902] und Hinweise auf Textstellen in der Goethe und die Kantische Philosophie erwaehnt wird.

7909. Nispen, Maarten van / Amer, Fatiha.

La Collection d’Art du Théâtre Mogador.

Bilingual: Français / English. Paris, Stage Entertainment France, 2007. 31,5 cm x 24,5 cm. 125 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7910. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.

7911. Lichtenstein, Martin Hinrich Carl [auch Martin Heinrich oder Karl].

Über äussere Backentaschen an Nagethieren / Über die ägyptische Stachelmaus. Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu der Abhandlung über die Stachelratten.

Erste Ausgabe. Zwei Abhandlungen. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 12 Seiten (Seiten 14 – 21 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823) plus eine sehr dekorative, lithographische Tafel im Anhang der Abhandlung zu den Backentaschen (Ascomys Canadensis). Beide Ausgaben in moderner Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltenen, originalen Erstausgaben der Publikationen. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7912. Lichtenstein, Martin Hinrich Carl [auch Martin Heinrich oder Karl].

Über die Gattung Mephitis [Stinktier].

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 64 Seiten plus zwei lithographische Tafeln im Anhang die Stinkthiere zeigen (Mephitis Zorrilla und Mephitis interrupta mit Unterarten nach Buffon und Catesby). (Paginiereung zu Beginn der Abhandlung falsch (Seiten [249] – 313 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7913. Scheitlin, Peter.

Religion, Natur und Kunst vorzüglich in ihrer Verbindung. Eine Reihe öffentlicher Vorlesungen.

St.Gallen, Wartmann und Scheitlin, 1836. Klein-8°. 239 Seiten. Moderner, sehr dekoartiver Halbleinenband mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug und Kantenverstärkung. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Selten !

7914. [Kaplan, Anatoli Lvovich] Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.

Nathan der Weise. Ein dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen. Mit 15 Kreidezeichnungen von Anatoli L. Kaplan. [Signed and inscribed in russian by Illustrator Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan].

Leipzig, Insel, 1978. Folio. 152 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Leinen mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur absolut geringen, rein äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Rücken des Umschlags etwas vergilbt.

7915. Lichtenstein, Martin Hinrich Carl [auch Martin Heinrich oder Karl].

Über die weissen Robben.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 12 Seiten plus zwei lithographische Abbildungen der weissen Robben auf einer Tafel im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7916. Elgort, Arthur.

Camera Ready – How to shoot your kids [Signed and beautifully Inscribed by Vogue – Photographer Arthur Elgort].

New York, Universe publishing / Rizzoli, 1997. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 25 cm). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by Arthur Elgort on the titlepage: “Arthur Elgort – 9/97 – (an Ameline – the Ghost Writer – Good Luck with all the Grandchildren – Snaps – XX!).

7917. His Majesty’s Stationery Office.

Small Arms Training – Volume I – Includes 11 rare Pamphlets: Pamphlet I – Weapon Training (1937) / Pamphlet II – Application of Fire (1939)/ Pamphlet III – Rifle (1937) / Pamphlet No. IV – Light Machine Gun (1939) / Pamphlet No. V – Anti-Tank Rifle (1937) / Pamphlet No. VI – Anti-Aircraft (1937) / Pamphlet No. IX – Mortar (3-inch) (1937) / Pamphlet No. XII – Bayonet (1937) / Pamphlet No. XIII – Grenade (1937) / Pamphlet No. XVI – Annual Range Courses Regular Army other than Cavalry Regiments (Horsed and Mechanized), Infantry and M.G. Battallions and The Royal Tank Corps (1938) // For Official Use Only – NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

Official Copy (Crown Copyright Reserved). London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1938. 8°. 64, 36, 73, 70, 18, 40, 81, 22, 48, 24, 31 pages with several detailed illustrations of machinery as well as diagrams and range – tables. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce, top secret publication for official use only.

7918. Schell, Jonathan.

The Fate of the Earth. [Signed / Inscribed]

First Edition. New York, Knopf, 1982. 21.7cm x 15cm. 244 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good in publisher’s cloth covered boards, in like dust jacket. Beautiful, lengthy inscription by Schell to the previous owner, Northeastern Univeristy philosophy Professor Dr. Hugh Moorehead.

7919. Blacker, J. F.

The ABC of English salt-glaze stoneware from Dwight to Doulton. With over 200 Illustrations in Line and Half-Tone.

London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1922. Octavo. Frontispiece (Prince Rupert Bust), 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of some occasional foxing.

7920. Krenek, Ernst [Nordenstrom, Gladys Mercedes / Zohn, Harry]

Im Atem der Zeit. [Association copy signed by Gladys Nordenstrom to Harry Zohn] Erinnerungen an die Moderne. Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Friedrich Saathen. Revidierte Übersetzung von Sabine Schulte.

First edition. Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1998. 22 cm. 1021 Seiten mit 16 Abbildungen / 1021 pages.16 leaves of plates. Illustrations, including portraits, in black and white. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). / Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Widmungsexemplar von Krenek’s Witwe, Gladys Nordenstrom an Harry Zohn, der bei der Uebersetzung des Buchs geholfen hat. / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Gladys Nordenstrom to Harry Zohn, thanking him for his immense help with translating this book. She signs with “Gladys (N[ee] Krenek).

7921. [Manzur, David] Roberto Burgos Cantor / Fernando Cruz Kronfly / Jaime Duarte French / Gonzalo Hernández Alba / Bernardo Hoyos / Gonzalo Mallarino / Jorge Orlando Melo / Pilar Moreno de Ángel / R.H. Moreno-Durán / Laura Restrepo / Daniel Samper Pizano / Luis Zalamea.

Del Amor y del Fuego. Obra exclusivamente realizada para la presente edición por el maestro David Manzur.

Colombia, Tercer Mundo Editores, 1991. 4°. 270 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

7922. Nock, Arthur Darby.

Faiths and Symbols. An introduction by Arthur Darby Nock. For an exhibition held in the Gallery of The Century Association during April 1943.

New York, The Century Association, 1943. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover / Original printed wrappers. Near fine.

7923. Roome, Wm. J.W.

Through Central Africa for the Bible. [Inscribed – Signed / Including a map showing the Journeys of William J.W.Roome].

London and Edinburgh, Marshall, Morgan & Scott Ltd, [1929]. 14 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 208 pages. 10 plates with black and white photographs. Map in front of Frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is solid and square. Front endpaper carries signed inscription from author, “To my friend, W. H. Rowdon – With the Author’s good wishes, Wm. J.W. Roome, Feb. 5. 36.”

7924. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

7925. Coras Iompair Eireann.

Regulations for Train Signalling and General Instructions to Signalmen. To operate on and from 1st May 1979.

Dublin, Coras Iompair Eireann, 1979-1980. 15.8 cm x 21.6 cm. 203 pages plus 64-pages booklet. Original Plastic Hardcover bound with metal filing clips. Soft cover for the booklet, stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tear on the top hole on Page D39/D40. Edges are slightly rubbeed and tannned. Occational marks by previous owner throughout the book. An ephemera loosely inserted. (Amendant Notice) Additional booklet loosely inserted, “Additions and Amendments to Rule book 1967”. The booklet was issued in August 1980. Signed by previous owner on back of front cover, top of the booklet cover and back of the ephemera.

7926. [Pattison, Dorothy W.] Lonsdale, Margaret.

Sister Dora – A Biography [of english nurse Dorothy W. Pattison].

Thirteenth Edition. London, C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece, VII, 257 pages. (besides the portrait – engraving of Dorothy Pattison, the volume also contains a “View from the Windows of Walsall Hospital”. Original Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

7927. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

7928. Graetz, Heinrich.

Popular History of the Jews. Translated by Rabbi A. B. Rhine, D. D. With a supplementary volume of recent events, by Dr. Max Raisin. Edited by Alexander Harkavy.

Volumes I, II & V (of VI). New York, Hebrew Publishing Company, 1919. 23 cm. Vol. I: Frontispiece – Portrait of Graetz, VIII, 499 pages / Vol. II: IV, 526 pages / Vol. V: 546 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, in black and white. Original Hardcover now in protective mylar / brodart. Very good condition volumes with only very minor signs of external wear. There is a slight weakening of the spine at the title pages of each volume.

7929. Rackham, Arthur.

His Life and Work [Advertising Leaflet for the important Biography on Rackham – Ephemera – Leaflet with short Biography on Rackham , small, printed photograph of Rackham and Order Form].

[London], William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. Slim Quarto (11.5 cm 24 cm). 4 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

7930. A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.

The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech.

Two Volumes in One Volume (complete set). London, Bradbury, Evans and Co., c.1850 14.5 cm x 22.3 cm. Volume I: XVIII, 320 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. / Volume II: 304 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. Original Hardcover with gilt decoration on spine and cover. Recently professionally repaired and restored binding with new endpapers and the saved original bookplate / exlibris of J. Henry H.V. Lane of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire to the pastedown. Gilted edge. Rubbed and sign of wear on cover and spine. Overall very good condition with firm binding and clean interior. Bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown. Inscribed on Augst 10,1879 by previous owner and embossed stamp marks by bookshop W.H.Smyth in London on endpaper.

7931. Eliot, George.

Silas Marner. Aindrias Ó Baoghill a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

First Gaelic Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1938. Octavo. 300 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7932. Krige, Eileen Jensen.

The Social System of the Zulus. With Illustrations and Maps.

Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, no year (c.1950). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 420 pages. 12 illustrations. 2 maps near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7933. Gadda, Carlo Emilio.

Il Guerriero, L’Amazzone Lo Spirito Della Poesia Nel Verso Immortale Del Foscolo.

First Edition / Primera Edizione. Italy, Garzanti, 1967. 14.5 x 22 cm. 62 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7934. Karsten, Carl Johann Bernhard.

Über die Verbindung des Eisens mit Kohle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 33 Seiten (Seiten 49 – 82 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

7935. Vanston, George T.B.

The Law Relating to Municipal Towns under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854. [Inscribed Presentation copy]. – [With chapters on the “Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1893”].

First Edition. Dublin, Edward Ponsonby, 1900. Octavo. XXXI, 540 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author. From the library of George J. Daly (Cork).

7936. Gadda, Carlo Emilio.

Le meraviglie d’Italia – Gli anni.

First Edition / Primera Edizione. Turin, Einaudi, 1964. 14 x 22.5 cm. 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7937. Crelle, August Leopold.

Einige Bemerkungen über unbestimmte Gleichungen vom ersten Grade zwischen zwei ganzen Zahlen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 53 Seiten. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7938. Henley, Pauline.

Spenser in Ireland. [Presentation copy]

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press / Educational Co. of Ireland, 1928. Octavo. Frontispiece-Fold-Out-Map of Ireland, 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Pauline Henley on the endpaper: “With every good wish to a devoted lover of Ireland, Mlle. Etiennette Beuque. Pauline Henley – July 21st, 1928”. In his book: A ‘Manly Study’?: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949, N. Smith writes that Pauline Henley had previously corresponded with Etienne Beuque in the same year when Mlle. Beuque, a french writer on contemporary irish history, had asked her about Terence MacSwiney. This book must have travelled with her response to France. Excellent association copy !

7939. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Grundzüge der Theorie der Sechsundsechskantner und Dreiunddreikantner, entwickelt aus den Dimensionszeichen für ihre Flächen.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 47 Seiten (Seiten 217 – 264 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836) plus drei Tafeln im Anhang (davon zwei sehr grosse Falttafeln mit Formeln zu Kalkspat-Rhomboeder und eine Tafel mit Abbildungen). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7940. Byrne, Donn.

Neart na cu-nimhe. Sean Mac Maolain a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge.

[Leagan Gaedhilge ar “The power of the Dog” a scriobh Donn Byrne]. Baile Atha Cliath, Oifig an tSolathair, 1940. Octavo. 761 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some missing pieces to lower front-corner and lower spine. Some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7941. Rose, Gustav.

Über den Zusammenhang zwischen der Form und der elektrischen Polarität der Krystalle. Erste Abhandlung: Turmalin.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 32 Seiten plus zwei Tafeln im Anhang mit Abbildungen von gefundenen Turmalin-Formen in Brasilien, Arendal, Groenland, Schaitansk, Penig etc., klassifiziert nach schwarzer und brauner Farbe sowie gruener und rother Farbe (Seiten 215 – 247 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7942. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Neue Bestimmung einer Rhomboëderfläche am Kalkspath.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 7 Seiten und eine lithographische Tafel im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7943. Light, Michael.

Full Moon. [With an] Essay by Andrew Chaikin.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. 4°. 244 pages with photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7944. Raftery, Barry.

Relics of Old Decency. Archaeological studies in later prehistory : Festschrift for Barry Raftery. Edited by Gabriel Cooney, Katharina Becker, John Coles, Michael Ryan and Susanne Sievers.

Dublin, Wordwell, 2009. 29 cm. XII, 560 pages with numerous illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), charts, plans. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

7945. Rose, Heinrich.

Über das Verhalten der wasserfreien Schwefelsäure gegen einige Chlormetalle und Salze, und über eine Verbindung derselben mit der wasserfreien schweflichen Säure.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 14 Seiten (Seiten 315 – 330 des Jahrgangsbandes der Akademie). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7946. Weiss, Christian Samuel.

Über rechts und links gewundene Bergkrystalle.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 18 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 205 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

7947. Artaud, Antonin / Genet, Jean / Jouhandeau, Marcel / Tardieu, Jean / Vian, Boris.

L’Arbalète – Revue de Littérature. [Boris Vian – “Les Poissons Morts”]. Imprimée tous les six mois sur la presse à bras de Marc Barbezat. No. 12.

Lyon, Chez Marc Barbezat, 1947. 19.5 cm x 28 cm. 184 pages. Original Softcover. Stiff card covers with illustrated paper dust jacket. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to rear endpaper and inside cover only. Includes two loose sheets (broadsides) of advertising for further publications from the publishing house (Jean Genet’s Poems and Miracle de la Rose (sizeable praise from Jean-Paul Sartre included) and errata-leaf loosely inserted. Several pages untrimmed / unopened. [L’Arbalète (No. 12)].

7948. Galbraith, John Kenneth.

Beyond the Marshall Plan – including A Joint Statement by Members of NPA’s Board of Trustees and Agriculture, Business, Labor and International Committees present at NPA’s annual joint meeting – January 31 and February 1, 1949 – and a report by John Kenneth Galbraith.

Planning Pamphlets, 1949. 8°. IV, 28 pages. Softcover. Original brochure – Planning Pamphlets No.67.

7949. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in 1880-1 / With A New Map of the South African Republic and Text of the Convention of 1884. [Including an extensive Appendix with a Glossary of Local Terms used in South Africa – The Transvaal Volksraad – Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic – Notices of the Boer Leaders etc.].

Second Edition. London, Abbott, Jones & Co., Limited, (1881). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Fold-out map near front showing South African Republic. Hardcover [publisher’s original khaki cloth] with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Blind ruling on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appendix unopened (uncut). Binding firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on half-title: “Miss McCracken – 19th Dec.1899”.

7950. [Keane, John B.]

Playwright of the People – A Collection of Tributes to John B. Keane, 1928-2002.

Listowel, North Kerry Literary Trust, 2004. 14 cm x 22 cm. 205 pages. With numerous photographs and also including the often missing CD with recordings of John B. Keane talking about his life and influences. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With occasional markings in the text and a dedication to half title.