6881. Stanovcic, Vojislav.

Macht und Legitimität. [ With an english summary on: Political Power and Legitimacy]

St. Gallen/Lachen, Dike-Verl, 2003. 8°. 184 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

6882. Stanton, Hervey de.

Michaelhouse – Notes on the History of Michaelhouse published on the 600th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society.

(Cambridge), Printed Privately, 1924. 4°. IV, 61 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent. Loosely inserted an ephemera leaflet: “With the compliments of the Master and Fellows” (on stationery of Trinity College, Cambridge).

6883. Starbuck,George.

Talking B.A. Blues; the Life and a Couple of Deaths of Ed Teashack; or, How I Discovered B.U., Met God, and became and International Figure. A rhyming fiction in seven chapters by George Starbuck.

First Edition. Roslindale, Pym-Randall, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 45 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. One of only 50 hardbound, signed copies. With the author’s signature on the edition page. Minimal signs of staining on the cover.

6884. [Starck, Philippe] Boissière, Olivier (Editor).

Starck.

Trilingual: Deutsch / English / Français. Köln, Taschen, 1991. 30 cm x 22,5 cm. 176 seiten / pages. Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Aus der Bibliothek des niederländischen Modedesigners Frans Molenaar. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed dedication on front free endpaper.

6885. Starke, Roland.

I Never Touched You. A Novel.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971. 20.4cm x 13.4cm. 176 pages with dust-jacket photograph by Dennis Rolfe. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

6886. Starr, Meredith / [Roland Meredith Starr] / [Meher Baba].

The Way of Escape.

First Edition / Original Edition. Cambridge, Published by the National Poetry Circle, [1931]. Small Octavo (12.7 cm x 18.8 cm). 15 pages. Original Softcover, stapled with cover-illustration by Meredith Starr, monogrammed in the plate “M.S. 1931”. The booklet rests loosely inside the original softcover wrappers. The staples a little rusty. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. This pamphlet is of extreme scarcity ! The last two pages of the publication are basically an advertising for the retreat center which Meredith Starr established in 1931 at East Challacombe, North Devon (a couple of miles from Combe Martin), to where he invited Meher Baba in order to come and meet westerners. In his preface, [Roland] Meredith Starr writes: “The Way of Escape” is a symbolic poem that deicts some of the complexes of modern life, particularly those responsible for the cleavage between thought and reality ! The ways of Escape, the path leading to the North, represents the attainment of synthesis (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual maturity) in a world disintegrated by analysis. Neither realism nor idealism can satisfy the needs of the present age. Both are necessary and both must be integrated in a Higher Consciousness. In this connection the remarks of Jung in “Psychological Types” concerning the symbol will repay serious investigation. A symbol is composed of elements that are both real and unreal, and hence can bridge the gulf between and illusion. In the poem this Higher Consciousness is indicated by the description of Alaska and by the utterances of Christ – not the Christ of dogmatic religion, but the living Christ of universal love and wisdom immanent in every human heart and personified by the great religious teachers of Mankind – Combe Martin, Meredith Starr”.

6887. Staunton, Howard [Provenance: William Joseph O’Hanlon brother of irish chess player John’O’Hanlon].

The Chess-Player’s Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, And Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions.

Second Edition, revised. London, Henry G.Bohn, 1848. Octavo. Coloured Frontispiece showing a Chessboard (″The Spynx”) with the position of “White Playing First Mates in Eleven Moves”, VIII, 518 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Red cloth with gilt-embossed chess board on front cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very interesting names of 19th and 20th century irish preowners written inside the book: J.J.O’Sullivan in Bantry / W. O’Hanlon (Cork) /

6888. Staunton, Sir George / Lord Macartney.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [First Dublin Edition with 34 full-page-plates]; Including Cursory Observations Made, and Information Obtained, in Travelling Through That Ancient Empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary. Together with a Relation of the Voyage undertaken on the Occasion by his Majesty’s Ship ‘The Lion’, and the Ship ‘Hindestan’ in the East India Company’s Service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin [sic]; as well as of their return to Europe. With Notices of the several places where they stopped in their way out and home: being the Islands of Madeira, Teneriffe and St.Jago, the Port of Rio de Janeiro in South America; the Islands of St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam, the Coast of Java and Sumatra, the Nanka Isles, Pulo-Condore and Cochin-China. Taken chiefly from the Papers of his Excellency, the Earl of Macartney, Knight of the Bath, his Majesty’s Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China; Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of the Expedition and other Gentlemen in the several Departments of the Embassy.

Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, R.Cross, P.Byrne and others, 1798. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 449 pages with 8 full-page plates / Volume II: XVIII, 430 pages, with 26 full-page-plates and including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century half leather with original spinelabels. Bindings firm and strong but rather worn. Bookplate of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, to the pastedown of Volume I. Overall in very good condition with some stronger signs of wear but with all the illustrations / engravings, called for in the Dublin Edition.

6889. Stead, C. K.

The Secret History of Modernism. A Novel.

London, The Harvill Press, 2001. 8°. 230 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only absolutely minor signs of wear.

6890. Stearns, Harold T. / Clark, William O. / Meinzer, Oscar E.

Geology and Water resources of The Kau District, Hawaii (Including parts of Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes). With a chapter on Ground Water in the Hawaiian Islands by Oscar E. Meinzer.

Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1930. 8°. 194 pages with several maps in pocket of rear cover. Softcover / Original brochure. Good to very good condition with few signs of use. Former library copy with stamps and slightly repaired hinge.