6481. Olson, Charles.

The Maximus Poems. Edited by George F. Butterick.

First Edition. Los Angeles / London, University of California Press, 1983. Quarto. 652 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Unusually Excellent condition. Very heavy volume that is often broken at the spine – not this one !

6482. Havelock, E.A.

Why was Socrates Tried ?

Toronto, [The Phoenix], 1952. 8°. 13 pages. Softcover / Stapled offprint. Inscribed / signed by Havelock. Offprint from “Studies in Honour of Gilbert Norwood”.

6483. [Gandon, Yves] Sauvage, Marcel.

Premier Manifeste du Vitalisme.

Paris, Debresse, 1939. Small Octavo. 48 pages. Original Softcover / Broche. Avec une dedication de l’auteur á Yves Gandon / Inscribed by Marcel Sauvage to Yves Gandon. The first statement of the Vitalist group, whose members included Vlaminck.

6484. Hofstadter, Albert.

Some Reflections on the Problem of Man.

(New York), 1949. 8°. 10 pages. Softcover. Offprint from “Philosophy and Phenomenological Research” – Inscribed and signed by Hofstadter: “Regards – Albert Hofstadter”

6485. Simpson, W.J. / [Bishop Alan Buichanan (Provenance)].

The Revelation of God and Other Sermons.

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowlege, 1931. 12.9 cm x 19 cm. V, 120 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate to heavy discolouration and foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers and endpapers. Dustjacket top and spine frayed. Blue cloth and gold gilted hardcover. ‘A.A.Buchanan’ inscription on front endpaper; Alan Alexander Buchanan’s personal copy. Alan Alexander Buchanan was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6486. Holden, Constance W.

Hellas – Drawings by Constance W.Holden with Selections from the Greek Dramatists.

Limited Edition. Boston, Thomas Todd Company, 1969. Folio (32 cm x 41 cm). 62 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with tears. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6487. Jeffreys, Sir Harold / [Norman Robert Campbell].

Original Offprint – Review by British Mathematician and Astronomer, Sir Harold Jeffreys, on two books on Relativity and Physics by Norman Robert Campbell: “Physics, the Elements” and “Modern Electrical Theory – Chapter XVI: “Relativity”.

Philosophical Magazine, 1923, Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

6488. [Clarke, Harry] de Burca, Eamonn.

The Harry Clarke Collection – [Catalogue with] A selection of fine watercolours, books, manuscripts, photographs and ephemera items from our Harry Clarke Collection.

Dublin, de Burca Rare Books, 2010. 21 cm x 27 cm. 46 pages with many illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition. Wonderful catalogue with 160 numbers, many references, prices and well described books and ephemera. Important reference work for all collectors and lovers of Harry Clarke.

6489. White, Stewart Edward.

The Rediscovered Country. Illustrated from Photographs.

London, New York, Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, no year. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 358 pages. 100 illustrations. Fold-out map of region at rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. The fold-out-map with tear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp-cornered.

6490. Griffin, Gerald.

Talis Qualis; or Tales of the Jury Room.

First Edition, published posthumously. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, no year [c. 1842]. 8°. Frontispiece and titlepage are original steel engravings, followed by 463 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Beautifully tooled boards with irish harp embossed on frontcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper (W. Collins).