1. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

2. Sotheby’s.

The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Part IV: Highly Important French Literature; Monaco, Oct 16 & 17, 1989. [With original Price-List].

Monaco, Sotheby’s, 1989. 21.3 cm x 27.7 cm. Unpaginated [approx 400 pages]. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to the binding and to front and rear endpapers. Minor discoloration to edges. Otherwise binding strong. Interior bright and clean. Contains Price-List of this auction !

3. Skeat, Rev. Walter W.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language.

A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged [Fourth Edition]. Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1924. Quarto. XLIV, 780 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with signs of wear to the binding. A wonderful example of this beautifully typeset publication with spacious margins and a delight to use. From the personal library of William Spark (20 Blades Street, Lancaster), with his name and address in ink to endpaper.

4. Sahamuel Ortiz, Edison / Borja Gomez, Jaime Humberto / Mendoza de Riano, Consuelo / Mendoza Mendoza, Mauricio.

“ARTE SACRO HISTORIA” / ARTE SACRO 450 AÑOS. [Nueva Coleccion 450 Anos Arquidiocesis de Bogota: I – Angeles / II – Temas Antiguo Testamento / III – Temas Cristologicos / IV – Sagrada Familia / V – Vida de La Virgen / VI – Temas Mariologicos / VII – Santos / VIII – Temas Dogmaticos / IX – Retratos / X – Arte Modernos / XI – Muebles Y Objetos /

Bogota, Consuelo Mendoza Ediciones, 2012. Folio (24.7 cm x 34 cm high). 208 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with dustjacket in original slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Sachet, L’Abbé A.

Le pardon annuel de la Saint-Jean et de la Saint-Pierre à SAINT-JEAN DE LYON, 1392-1790. Saint-Jean du XIVe au XVIIIe siècle.

Tome premier et Tome second (complèt). Lyon, L’Imprimerie P. Grange & Cie., 1914. 4°. V, 592, 678 pp. Illustré. Softcover / Reliure originale (Broche). Bon état. Édition limitée. No. 273 / 300 Éxemplaires. // Original wrappers a little dusty. Interior in excellent condition. Numerous illustrations. No.273 of only 300 copies printed.

6. Macdonald, Alasdair / [Antony Miall].

Stowe – House and School.

First Edition. London, W.S. Cowell, 1951. 23 x 29 cm. 78 pages with several photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Original cloth / In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscribed with several signed dedications to the previous owner, Stowe – pupil Antony Miall, throughout the book. The dedications are written by several former classmates of the recipient of this monograph. The book deals with: The House at Stowe / The Family / The Gardens and Grounds / The First Lustre / Stowe in War and Peace / The Ten Years’ Grace // This book also comes with a publication by Anthony Miall (″Musical Bumps” by Anthony Miall – With Drawings by Ken Pyne).

7. Lehmann, Ernst A.

Auf Luftpatrouille und Weltfahrt. Erlebnisse eines Zeppelinfühers in Krieg und Frieden. Von Luftschiffkapitän Ernst A. Lehmann. Mit 67 Abbildungen. Herausgegeben von Leonhard Adelt.

Leipzig, Schmidt & Günther, 1936. 8°. 408 Seiten. With numerous Photographs (including of the “Hindenburg”). Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband mit dem ganz seltenen, illustrierten Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag. Exlibris im Innendeckel.

8. [Anonymous]

La Logique ou l’Art de Raisonner. [Les trois principales operations de notre esprit / Des idees / Des jugemens et des propositions / Du raisonement / Du syllogisme / De diverses sortes de Sophismes / Sophismes d’amour-propre, d’interet, de passion, ou suggeres par l’imagination / Methode pratique pour former sa conscience par le moyen d’une Logique chretienne / Ou explication des regles qu’on a donnees dans la premiere / Combien la Logique est utile et necessaire / De la carte et distinction des idees, et de leur obscurite et confusion / etc. etc.]

Gand [Ghent], Imprimerie de J. Poelman, [ca. 1780]. 16.5 x 10 cm. 72 pages. Relié demi-cuir. [Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar – Lower spine slightly damaged]. État d’usage. Couverture, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Intérieur en bon état malgré quelques traces de rousseurs. Titre sur le dos décoré en doré. Ce livre est lié à une seconde publication.

9. Akademii Nauk.

Cywilna Obrona Warszawy We Wrzesniu 1939 r. – Dokumenty, materialy prasowe, wspomnienia i relacje. [Warschau / Warsaw]

Warszawa, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1964. 8°. XXVI, 510 pages. Mit grosser Faltkarte / With large , folded map (48 cm wide x 56 cm high) of “Plan Wielkiej Warszawy in 1939 / Obrona Warszawy” [″Plan of Greater Warsaw in 1939 / With Defense – Action and Defense-Line of the “Defense of Warsaw” on the Plan]. Original cloth with dustjacket/ Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand.

10. Süvern, Johann Wilhelm.

Über den Kunstcharacter des Tacitus.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 63 Seiten (Seiten 73 – 136 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].

11. Plato – Doering, Fridericus / Döring, Friedrich.

De Legum Platonicarum Compositione [Translates: On the Composition of the Platonic Laws].

Leipzig, Robert Noske, 1907. 8°. 87 Seiten. Softcover / Titelbroschur. Minimal angerändert.

12. 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.

13. Gerhard, Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard.

Archemoros und die Hesperiden.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 113 Seiten plus vier (4) wunderbare, lithographische Tafeln im Anhang (Seiten 253 – 366 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Nur die Tafeln etwas stockfleckig und Tafel IV mit kleinerem Schaden. 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].

14. Ellis, William [Provenance: William Splaine and N. Splaine – Bandon Grammar School 1840].

A Collection of English Exercises – Translated From the Writings of Cicero, For School-Boys to Re-Translate Into Latin; And Adapted to the Principal Rules in The Eton Syntax; With Occasional References to Other Grammars. Sixteenth Edition, in which the Translation has been carefully compared with the Original and Corrected and to which are prefixed, Rules for the Use of the Subjunctive Mood. [Including a Preface of Thomas Dix Hincks of Fermoy School, made to the eighth edition in 1818].

London, Longman & Co., 1839. Small Octavo (10,5 cm x 18 cm). XXVIII, 269, [3] pages. Hardcover / Original full eather with gilt ornament to spine. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Several manuscript entries by preowners of the William Splaine – Family in Bandon.

15. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Von den Aleuaden.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 41 Seiten (Seiten 171 – 212 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].

16. Buttmann, Philipp Karl.

Über die Kotyttia und die Baptae.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 17 Seiten (Seiten 213 – 230 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].

17. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].

18. Bekker, Immanuel [August Emanuel].

Die Scholien zu Aeschines Rede gegen den Timarchos – aus Pariser Handschriften (Coislin. 249 = f und Reg. 3003 = m) berichtigt und vervollständiget.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 25 Seiten (Seiten 227 – 252 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].

19. Anonymus [Cassius Longinus, Dionysius / [Pseudo-Longinus] / Schardam, Petro Joanne.

Dionysii Longini – “De Sublimitate Liber” [″On the Sublime”]– The Greek Text with Latin Translation and Schardam’s Philological Dissertation and Notes by George Millar / [Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius – Curante Georgio Miller, Collegii Dublinensis Olim Socio. (Including: Petro Joanne Schardam – “Dissertatio Philologica De Vita et Scriptis Longini”)].

Editio Altera. Dublin, D.Graisberry, 1820. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). V, 257, [30 unnumbered] pages, including “Index Vocum et Phrasium Memorabilium” / “Index Auctorum” / “Index Sectionum”. Plus a16-page-catalogue of “W.B.Kelly’s Scholastic and other Publications” bound at the rear. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Foxing Name of preowner on titlepage: “Geo. Sheehan – Cork”.

20. Beecher Stowe, Harriet.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly – [c.1901 Edition] With Nineteen Illustrations” AND “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is founded together with corroborative Statements verifying the Truth of the Work – [c. 1853 Edition].

Two Volumes. London, Publisher: S.W.Partridge & Co. [for the red cloth edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin] / Publisher: Clarke, Beeton and Co. [for the rare Volume of “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin], [1853-1901]. Octavo. Pagination: 1. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Frontispiece, VIII, 416 pages plus Catalogue of books by Partridge to the rear / 2. “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Pastedown and endpaper with Ephemeral sticker about “The American Slave Code”, VIII, 504 pages. With Tables and Facsimile Letter of Slave Thomas Duckey to Mr.Bigelow. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Condition of the Volume “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing. The binding in unusually firm and beautiful condition. With a School-Prize-Sticker to the pastedown by the “School Board for London (Addington-Street School) – Awarded for Punctual and Regular Attendance during the Year 1901. / Condition of the Volume “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Binding broken with fron board detached. Bookblock in excellent and firm condition.

21. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Extremely Rare and even rarer in this condition !

22. [Luckombe, Philip] Smith, Charles.

Large Map of County Kerry in the 18th century: “The County of Kerry – To the Nobility and Gentry of this County this Map – Drawn from Actual Surveys is Inscribed by their most Obedient Servant – Charles Smith”.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the Engraving which was originally created by Charles Smith but later pirated/printed without permission in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 43,5 cm wide x 50 cm high. Sheet Size: 49,4 cm wide x 56 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

23. Stafleu, Frans A. / Cowan, Richard S.

Taxonomic Literature – A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections with Dates, Commentaries and Type.

Second Edition. Utrecht, Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1976. Large Octavo. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. Viollet Le-Duc, Eugène.

Histoire d’un Hôtel de Ville et d’une Cathédrale. Texte et dessins par Viollet-le-Duc.

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, Editeurs, 1878. 25 cm x 16 cm. 284 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations. On the Frontispiece the Coat of Arms of Clusy in colour. Original Hardcover [blindstamped red boards with gilt lettering] In protective Mylar. Only minor signs of external wear (really only slightly rubbed and bumped). The tight binding in excellent condition. With gilt lettering on spine. In protective mylar.

25. Riddell, Robert.

The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer. With fifty-eight plates and a Series of Card-Board Models.

London / Edinburgh / Glasgow, William Mackenzie, no year [c.1874]. Folio (28 cm x 35 cm). Frontispiece, 124 pages text and 58 plates [The Frontispiece counts as Plate 58]. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on board and reinforced, contemporary “workshop binding”. Good condition with signs of external wear. Inside a little dusty but firm and complete !!

26. Newlands, James.

The Carpenter And Joiner’s Assistant – Being A Comprehensive Treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing, with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing – Also, a course of instruction in practical geometry, geometrical lines, drawing, projection, and perspective – And an illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Plates and many hundred engravings on Wood.

London / Glasgow / Edinburgh, Blackie & Son, no.year [c.1869]. Folio (26 cm wide x 34 cm high). XIII, 291 pages text and 111 plates. Original 19th century publication with a stunning new binding, re-imagining the original 19th-century half-leather binding. In protective Mylar. Paper professionally repaired on the first XIII pages. Very good and firm condition with minor signs of external wear.

27. Burns, Brian P.

“A Rising People” – The Brian P.Burns Collection of Irish Art. Edited by Robert Kohn.

Newtownabbey, Nicholson & Bass, 2017. Quarto (25.5 cm wide x 31 cm high). 255 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

28. [Frederick the Great] Carlyle, Thomas.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick The Great.

First Edition. Four Volumes (complete Set). London, Chapman and Hall, 1858. Quarto (15 cm wide x 22 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece, VIII, 634 pages including a double-map of the Duchies of Cleve and Juelich as well as the Principalities of Bayreuth – Anspach and a fold-out-diagram of the Two Genealogical Lines of the Culmbach-Family / / Volume II: Frontispiece, VII, 715 pages including a folded, hand-coloured Map of “The Kingdom of Prussia” / Volume III: Frontispiece, X, 770 pages including a hand-coloured Map of the First and Second Silesian War / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VII, 631 pages including a hand-coloured Map of the Battle of Hohenfriedberg as well as the Battle of Sohr, including a hand-coloured Map of the Battle of Lobositz and the Camp of Pirna as well as the often missing two-page-Facsimile of Frederick’s secret Instructions to Graf von Finck and also included in the last Volume is the ;arger fold-out-map of the Second and the Third Silesian War and an Index. Hardcover / Original, extremely decorative full leather with marbled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A STUNNING set !

29. Watson, Richard.

A Collection of Theological Tracts, In Six Volumes [Including “A Dissertation on the Ancient Version of the Bible” (with citations of the Hebrew Bible in Volume 3) and with “The Reasonableness of Christianity” by John Locke (in Volume 4)]. By Richard Watson, D.D.F.R.S. – Lord Bischoff of Landaff, And Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.

First Edition. Six Volumes (complete Set). Cambridge, Printed by J.Archdeacon, Printer to the University ; for J.&J. Merrill, Cambridge ; T.Evans, London ; and J.& J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785. Octavo (15 cm wide x 22 cm high). Volume I: XXXII, II, 504 pages / Volume II: 533, [3] pages / Volume III: [2], 484 pages / Volume IV: 513 pages / Volume V: 443 pages / Volume VI: 420 pages plus an Appendix with “A Catalogue [Bibliography] of Books in Divinity (divided in Folios, Quartos and Octavo-Formats)]. Hardcover / Original full leather with original spine-labels. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare set of a collection of Essays by all the important clerical and philosophical writers of the time (John Locke, Thomas Secker, J.F.Ostervald, etc.). From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle) , with his Exlibris to some of the pastedowns of this set.

30. Smollett, Tobias.

The History of England, From the Revolution to The Death of George The Second (Designed as a Continuation of Mr.Hume’s History). [With the rare Frontispiece-Portrait of Tobias Smollett].

A New Edition. Five Volumes (complete set). London, Printed by C.Baldwin, 1818. Octavo (14 cm wide x 22 cm high). Frontispiece, 515, 574, 543, 510, 390 pages plus 122 pages of a very thorough Index. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. With some of the pastedowns loose. Only Volume Two with a faded dampstain, sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger throughout. One layer in volume I slightly detached. Otherwise the interior paper very good and bright. Overall in firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his Bookplate loosely inserted.

31. [Napoleon Buonaparte] Scott, Sir Walter.

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With A Preliminary View of the French Revolution. By the Author of “Waverley” [Sir Walter Scott].

First Edition. Nine Volumes (complete Set). Edinburgh, Printed by Ballantyne and Co., 1827. Small Octavo (12.3 cm wide x 18.7 cm high). c. 2500 pages. Original Hardcover (very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle).

32. Charles Dickens – Collection / Dickens, Charles.

Little Dorrit [and Five other Rare Editions (see images)]. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.

Later Edition of the original 1857 – edition. London, Chapman & Hall, 1889. 23 x 15 cm. XIV, 625 pages with thirty-nine engraved plates by H.K.Browne. Hardcover / Original dark green cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Recently professionally repaired binding with new endpapers but also the original endpapers retained and the original Exlibris mounted to pastedown. Excellent condition after restauration. Ex-Libris (dated 1915) of sporting specialist Hugh McCausland on front endpaper. A lovely late-nineteenth century copy of Dickens’ classic novel. Manuscript entry in ink by McCausland: “Some of the illustrations in this book are probably reproductions of those by Phiz in the 1st edition”. An important, society-critical Dickens Novel, still highly relevant. Subsequently from the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle).

33. [Nonus Parker Provenance] Rycaut, Paul.

The Lives of the Popes, From the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, To the Reign of Sixtus IV. Written Originally in Latin by Baptista Platina, Native of Cremona, And Translated into English. And the same History continued from the Year 1471 to this present time ; wherein the most remarkable Passages of Christendom, both in Church and State, are Treated of and Described. By Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.

The Second Edition, Corrected. Two Volumes in one (complete). London, Printed for C.Wilkinson, and are Sold by A.Churchil at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary Lane, 1688. Folio (22.5 cm wide x 33.2 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Includes the Rare Portrait-Frontispice of “Paul Rycaut, late Consul of Smyrna & fellow of the Royal Society” by R.White, [15], 416 pages / Volume II: “A continuation of the Lives of the Popes”, 394 pages plus 18 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original bookblock was bound by a Master-Binder into a Modern half-leather in the style of the 17th century. In protective Mylar. The original Portrait was pasted on paper. New endpapers. Marbled-Paper-covered boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: Working-copy of Yorkshire Landowner Nonus Parker [signed in the book as “Ubiq. Veritatem Nonus Parker 1693”, 17th-century English gentleman who purchased an estate called “Gowk-Hill” (also referred to as Gawkhill or Cuckoo Hill) in the mid-1660s. Upon taking ownership of the land, he renamed it “Park Hill”, a historic estate located near Firbeck and Laughton-en-le-Morthen in South Yorkshire, England. Heavily annotated by Nonus Parker in ink, with personal comments on Papal History, ridiculing the entry of “Pope Joan” [John VIII]. Nonus PArker writes about Pope Joan: “Theis relation is affirmed as well as denyed by several writers, yet no fire can be ‘tis belived, without a Smoke”. Includes also a lengthy manuscript-note by Nonus Parker [verso an envelope sent to him] on “whether the Story of the wandring Jew be true”

34. Coke, Edward / [ Provenance: Andrea Morrogh / Richard Meade (Ballymartle)].

Quinta Pars Relationum Edwardi Coke Equitis aurati, Regiy Attornati Generalis : De variys Resolutionibus & Indicys, magna & matura deliberatione in rebus permagni momenti & ponderis…/ The Fift [sic] Part [Fifth Part] of the Reports of Sr. Edward Coke Knight, the Kings Attorney General : Of divers Resolutions and Iudgements given upon great deliberation, in matters of great importance & consequence by the reverend Iudges and Sages of the Law ; together with the reasons and causes of their Resolutions and Iudgements.

Original Bilingual Edition in Latin and English. London, Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1605. Quarto (19.5 cm wide x 29.3 cm high). [7], 41, 127, [2] pages. Original full leather on five raised bands. Original binding of the 17th century. Poor condition of the binding. Some fraying to the titlepage. Front pastedown missing but text complete with both endpapers. Annotated throughout in an old hand (possibly by Andrea Morrogh). Quite some wormhole-damage throughout to several pages but limited to only the outer margins of some pages without text being affected. Overall the typography and the paper-quality excellent and mostly clean. Pages mainly loose but only due the stitching of the five raised bands being separated. Name on endpaper in ink: “Ex libris Andrea Morrogh”, possibly of the Morrogh family of Inis Beg Morrogh (County Cork). Later from the library of Richard Meade in Ballymartle (near Kinsale).

35. Burnet, Gilbert.

The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. The First Part, of the Progress made in it during the Reign of K. Henry the VIII. [Followed by: “A Collection of Records and Original Papers; With other Instruments Referred to in the Former History”]. [With seven fantastic full-page portraits after Holbein of Henry VII, Anne Boleyn, Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Cranmer, Catherine of Aragon, Thomas Wolsey and an allegorical frontispiece].

Original First Edition. London, Richard Chiswell, 1679. Folio. Dedication leaf, Engraved frontispiece, two-coloured titlepage, (14), 377 pages with the full-page portraits interleaved and including Addenda and “A Table [Index] of the Contents of the History”] / Bound with: “A Collection of Records and Original Papers” which has its own pagination at the end of the Volume: 368 pages plus 4 unnumbered pages of “A Table [Index] of the Records and Papers….”] with Errata and “An Advertisement”. Hardcover / Original full leather. Endpapers detached from pastedowns. Armorial bookplate of Richard Meade of Ballymartle, to pastedown. The portraits clean and beautifully saturated. The engraved frontispiece with some creasing and fraying only. Clean tear on page 235. On page 313 a manuscript annotation writes “Eliza Meade”.

36. Johnson, Samuel.

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.

London, John Sharpe, 1817. 10 x 17cm. (8), 184 pages. Original embossed hardcover. Signs of wear to boards, binding starting to detach, text in good condition.

37. [Colbert, Jean-Baptiste] Colbert, John Baptist.

The Life of the famous John Baptist Colbert, Late Minister and Secretary of State to Lewis XIV., the present French King. Done into english from a french copy printed at Cologne this present year 1695.

First english edition. London, Printed for R. Bentley, 1695. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, (14), 246, (8) pages. Hardcover / Rare, original 17th-century or early 18th-century leather. Original binding with stronger signs of rubbing to rear board. Pastedowns loosened. Interior and frontispiece very good. Needs minor attention from bookbinder. Very rare in this original binding !

38. Cloyne, Richard [Woodward] Lord Bishop of / Stock, Joseph [Late Fellow of Trinity College Dublin] / [Baggs, Stephen].

[Sammelband on Irish Protestantism and Irish Presbyterians] – Volume I: Richard, Lord Bishop of Cloyne – The Present State of the Church of Ireland: Containing a description of its Precarious Situation; and the consequent danger to the public. Recommended to the serious consideration of the Friends of the Protestant Interest. To which are subjoined some reflections on the impracticability of a proper Commutation for Tithes; and a general account of the origin and progress of the Insurrections in Munster. The Ninth Edition. [Dublin, Sleater, 1787]/ Bound with [Volume II]: Joseph Stock – A Reply to the Rev. Dr. Campbell’s Vindication of the Principles and Character of the Presbyterians of Ireland. In which the question is discussed, whether our political constitution might be improved, by substituting, in place of the present ecclesiastical establishment of England and Ireland, either the Presbyterian or Independent Model of Church Polity. [Dublin, J. Exshaw, 1787] / Bound with [Volume III]: [Baggs, Stephen] – The Insurrection. Or, A Faithful Narrative of the Disturbances which lately broke out in the Province of Munster, under the Denomination of White or Right-Boys. [″The wonderful year…Annus Mirabilis (Swift)” – Dublin, W. Sleater, 1787] //

Dublin, W. Sleater / J. Exshaw, 1787. Octavo. 138, 123 (7), (2), 45 pages plus advertising-leaf for the Stephen Baggs-publication on the Irish Insurrection, (as called for). Original, contemporary Hardcover with manuscript spine-label and marbled-paper-covered-boards, housed in a bespoke made Clamshell Box / Solander-Box. Bindung strong and firm but slightly stained and stronger rubbed. Spine slightly damaged. Front free endpaper missing. Otherwise in very good condition. With the rare publication in the rear of the Volume on ‘Whiteboyism’ (The Whiteboys or in Gaeilge: ‘na Buachaillí Bána’), including a rare advertising – sheet by bookseller W. Sleater, glued to the rear pastedown. mentioning three publications: 1. A Letter to Rev. Doctor O’Leary, found on the great Road leading from the City of Cork to Cloughnakilty [Clonakilty] / 2. A Short Refutation of the Arguments contained in Dr. Butler’s Letter to Lord Kenmare / 3. The Present State of the Church of Ireland].

39. Brooke, Robert.

La Graunde Abridgement, Collecte & escrie per le Iudge tresreuerend Syr Robert Brooke, Chiualier, nadgairs chiefe Iustice del common banke [with] La Secound part du Graunde Abridgement [etc.].

Second Edition. Two Volumes in one [complete]. London, In aedibus Richardi Tottell Duodecimo die Octobris, 1576. Quarto. [3], 351, [1], 328 leaves. Titlepage of Volume I missing. Rudimentary Titlepage of Volume II bound in (pasted in part on a empty page of contemporary paper of the 16th century). Hardcover / 17th century boards with 5 raised bands. The binding in very poor condition but still holding. The titlepage missing. Name of preowner on third page of Tabula. First seven leaves with some fraying. Titlepage of second Volume is an improvised titlepage with only the centre-piece of the original woodcut – titlepage mounted on a blank page. The bookblock overall in very good condition. Some very interesting, contemporary 16th or 17th century annotations to the outer margins of some pages. Perfect candidate for a nice rebinding project. One of the most important legal compendium of the 16th and 17th century. An extremely rare book !

40. Home, Henry [Lord Kames].

Sketches of the History of Man [With an Appendix on a “Plan for improving and preserving in order the Highways in Scotland”]”

Considerably Improved in A Third Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by James Williams, 1779. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Volume I: VIII, 552 pages / Volume II: [4], 551 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with original spine-labels and gilt ornament to spine. Both Volumes firm and strong / Leather with stronger wear and some strong abrasions to the boards with some loss to leather. Interior in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor wormhole passages to outer margin of text. Paper in excellent condition. From the library of John & Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with their ownership – signatures to titlepages and a gift-inscription: “Helena Meade to her nephew William Richard Meade – October 3rd, 1837”.

41. [Turquet, Suzanne].

Suite Du Récit d’Une Petite Fille de Quatorze Ans, Réfugée Française Pendant La Guerre.

Première Edition Originale. Angers, Chez E. Barasse, 1872. Small Octavo. 254 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed but overall in very good condition with some signs of external wear. Few pages with some markings. From the library of the Meade – Family in Ballymartle (near Kinsale in West Cork, Ireland) / Signed by Elizabeth Meade.

42. Tryal of Connor Lord MacGuir – Temple, John / Tichborne, Sir Henry.

The History of the General Rebellion in Ireland raised upon the Three and Twentieth day of October 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. As also, The whole Tryal of Connor Lord MacGuir, with the perfect Copies of the Indictment, and all the Evidences against him. Together with the Pope’s Bull to the Confederate Catholicks in Ireland.

The Seventh Edition. Cork, Phineas and George Bagnell, 1766. 14 cm x 21 cm. xxiv, [12 pages with list of Subscribers], 412 pages. Hardcover / Professionally rebacked, original boards with gilt lettering and ornament to style of the 18th century. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Title and following page slightly fingerstained. Else in very good condition and especially beautiful and firm after the restoration of the volume by an english masterbinder.

43. [Telemaque] Fenelon, François de Salginac de la Mothe.

Les Aventures de Telémaque, fils d’Ulysse. Avec un petit Dictionnaire Mythologique & Geographique : Nouvelle Edition. Revue exactement sur toutes les precedentes, corrigee avec soin, et Enrichie de Figures en taille-douce. [With 11 engravings and a larger fold-out-map: “Carte des Voyages de Telemaque”].

A Londres [London], Chez Nourse & Vaillant, 1756. Octavo (10.8 cm wide x 18 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece, XXXII, 386 pages plus 22 unnumbered pages of a Dictionary for Mythology and Geography to the rear of the volume. With ten engravings plus one folded map throughout the Volume [resulting in 11 engravings including Frontispiece plus Map]. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine-label. Edges of bookblock and binding slightly rubbed. Overall in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Few dogears. Front free endpaper partially torn, name of pre-owner, Reverend Richard Meade, verso the frontispiece. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.

44. [Tasso, Torquato] / Hoole, John.

Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem. [Large / Better Paper Edition of “Gerusalemme liberata”]. Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. [Including a biographical account “Life of Tasso”]

The Eighth Edition – With Notes. In Two Volumes. [Two Volumes bound in one]. London, T.Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1803. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). Frontispiece, XLVII, 339, [3], 335 pages plus 44 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Illustrated with thirteen (13) beautiful copper engravings (plus the Frontispiece). Hardcover / Stunning, modern half leather with new boards, preserving the original spine. With gilt lettering and ornament, bound to style of the 18th/19th century by an english masterbinder. Excellent condition. With some occasionall foxing. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

45. [Swift, Jonathan] Irving, David.

The Elements of English Composition [With an essay on ‘Critical examinations of a passage in the writings of [Jonathan] Swift’].

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1816. Octavo. X, 318 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s interimsbinding. Binding slightly rubbed. Endpaper with small abrasion (minor tear). Bookseller-sign on pastedown: “Sold by J.Bolster, Bookseller, No.7, Patrick Street, Cork”. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle) / Name of preowner John Meade in ink on titlepage.

46. Sandham, Miss [Elizabeth].

The Boys’ School; or, Traits of Character in Early Life – A Moral Tale.

London, Printed for John Souter, [1821]. Small Octavo. Engraved Frontispiece, IV, 152 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s boards with spinelabel. Binding firm but with lower corner of rear board missing. Overall a little stronger rubbed. Endpapers intact. Previous owner’s name in ink on titlepage, dated 1822. From the library of Richard Meade of Ballymartle, County Cork, Ireland, with a gift-inscription to rear pastedown: “the gift of M.J.Meade to H. Meade, April, 27th, 1821”. Frontispiece and text in very good condition. Pages 101 – 108 with clean tears and some paperloss (text not effected from loss). An extremely scarce publication !

47. [Porteus, Beilby] Hodgson, RRev. Robert.

The Life Of The Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, D.D. – Late Bishop Of London.

The Second Edition. London, For T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Octavo. Frontispiece – Portrait (engraved by C. Picart from an Original Drawing by H.Edridge), 319 pages plus one page of advertising. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with new spine-label. Binding fragile and front board separated but holding through Mylar – application. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

48. Payne, John.

Volume I (of III) of the “Universal Geography” [Including Asia, Africa and Voyages of English Navigators] – formed into a new and entire system; describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their subdivisions of Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics: the extent, boundaries, and remarkable appearances of each country; cities, towns, and curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of the fossil and vegetable productions of the Earth, and of every species of animal: The History of Man, in all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to which is added, A Short View of Astronomy, as connected with Geography; of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; and of the Universe in General. With a set of Maps, drawn from the best Materials, every one of which is very neatly coloured; and a great Variety of Copper-Plates; descriptive of the most remarkable curiosities in the world. With an Appendix in two Parts, containing I. The History of the Voyages round the World, and toward the North and South Pole, which have been made since the year 1764 by English Navigators and II. A Digested and Geographical Account of the most considerable Islands and Countries which have been either discovered or explored during those Voyages, collected from every writer upon those subjects. Part I on the Appendix includes: 1. The First Voyage round the world, performed by Commodore Byron, in the Dolphin, accompanied by the Tamar Sloop / 2. Captain Wallis’s Voyage round the World, being the Second performed in the Dolphin / 3. Continuation of Captain Carteret’s Voyage round the World in the Swallow / 4. Lieutenant Cook’s Voyage round the World, in the Endeavour Bark (First Voyage, Second Voyage and Third Voyage including a stunning engraving of Cook, together with Portraits of inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, Mangea and Ulietea) / The Appendix Part II contain a Geographical Account and Description of the Islands which have been lately discovered or visited in the South-Sea, proceeding from East to West (Easter Island / The Society Islands / The FRiendly Islands / The New Hebrides, Mallicolo and New Caledonia / New Zealand / New Holland / The Sandwich Islands //

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Zachariah Jackson (Great Ship-Street), 1792. Quarto. XV, 894 pages with a list of subscribers and eight fantastic full-page copper engravings (NO MAPS in this Volume) / Frontispiece (The beautiful Frontispiece-plate is cleanly detached and now comes with this beautifully restored book framed): Plates included are: 1. Frontispiece: Vegetable Productions constituting important Articles of Commerce: Nutmeg Tree / Bohea Tea Plant or Thea Bohea / The Cotton Shrub / The Nutmeg enclosed in the Mace and Nutmeg Kernel / Flower of Tea / The Cotton Shrub – This plate is hand-coloured ! / 2. The Artificial Sphere (Globe) with the Solar System and Divisions of the Earth / 3. [Kamtschatka] – A Kamtscadale Travelling in Winter / An inside View of a Winter-Hut of the Kamtschadales / 4. Animals in the Southern Parts of Africa (The Rhinoceros Bicornis / The Buffalo / The Hippopotamus, called by the Hottentots the Seacow) / 5. The Country contiguous to the Cape of Good Hope – Hottentots and their Huts &c. &c. / 6. Portrait – Collection on one plate of Captain James Cook – Killed on the Island of Owhyhee – 14th of February 1779 (From a painting by Dance in the possession of Sir Joshua Banks) – other portraits on that page include A woman and a man of the Sandwich Islands / A Man of the Magea – Omai or Omia , a Native of Ulietea / 7. Portrait – Collection on one plate of: Poulaho – King of the Friendly Islands / A Man of van Diemen’s Land / A Woman from van Diemen’s Land / A Woman of Prince William’s Sound / A Man of Prince William’s Sound / 8. Portrait-Collection on one plate of: A woman of Otaheite Island (Tahiti) bringing a present / A Woman of Otaheite (Tahiti) dancing / An Otahetian (Tahiti) in the Dress of his Country / A New Zealand Warrior completely armed (Maori) // Hardcover / Professionally restored original 18th-century leather with original gilt ornament and new labels on spine. Binding rubbed but after the masterful restoration in very good condition. Some of the plates slightly loose but not detached. Very few minor wormhole damage to the last 250 pages. Rare with the plates ! From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his original bookplate to the pastedown. One of the early accounts of english Navigation and Discovery.

49. [Moore, John] / [Anonymous: “By the Author of Zeluco”].

Edward. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken From Life and Manners, Chiefly in England.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, W.Watson and Son, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1797. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 331, 376 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

50. Milner, Rev. [Bishop John Milner] / [Charles Heath] / [Henry Marten].

Sammelband with several publications bound in one Volume: 1. Rev. Milner – An Historical and Critical Account of Winchester Cathedral with an Engraved View and Ichnographical Plan of that Fabric. Extracted from the Rev. Mr.Milner’s History and and Antiquities of Winchester to which is added “A Review of its Modern Monuments” (Winchester, 1801 / 148 pages) / 2. Heath, Charles – The Excursion Down the Wye from Ross to Monmouth; Comprehending Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Wilton and Goodrich Castles; Also of Court Field, The Nursery of King Henry The Fifth; New Wear, with Every other Object in the Voyage. The Celebrated Family of Swift, who resided at Goodrich, are not overlooked: and, throughout the whole are Interspersed, A Variety of Amusing and Interesting Circumstances, Never Before collected: Particularly Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Life of John Kyrle, Esq. Rendered Immortal by the Muse of Pope, under the Character of “The Man of Ross”. By Charles Heath, Printer, Monmouth. Being Part the First of this Work, – which will include the Whole of the Voyage from Ross to Chepstow. Part II will contain Monmouth. Part III from thence to the Junction of the Wye with Severn. Pointing out every interesting Object in the Course of this much-admired Excursion. (London, 1799 / 246 unnumbered pages with mentioning on the last page of this section: “End of First Part” [This information seems to be the same in all versions of this book in international libraries and it is possible that Parts II and III were not published as advertised on the titlepage but in a different way]) / 3. Henry Marten – Monmouthshire [has its own titlepage but can very well be Part II and III of the previous Volume] – “Monmouthire – Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Chepstow Castle – Including Persfield, with the various Views in those pleasurable Regions – Also, Notices of Caerwent, An Ancient Roman Station; Moyne’s Court, Matherne, and St. Pierre – The Old and New Passages, on both sides of the Water – The Roads to Bristol and Gloucester; and a Variety of other interesting particulars deserving the Stranger’s Notice. Interspersed with curious Biographical Anecdotes relating to the Life of Henry Marten, one of the Judges of King Charles I. confined twenty years in this Castle. Collected from original Papers and unquestionable Authorities by Charles Heath, Printer, Monmouth (c.1802) //

Winchester / London, Ja. Robbins, Charles Heath, 1801 – 1802. Octavo. Pagination of the Sammelband: First Book: Rev.John Milner – Account of Winchester Cathedral Part: Frontispiece of “North West View of the Cathedral), [2], Fold-out-plan of “Ichnography of the Cathedral Church”, 148 pages / Second Book: Charles Heath: “The Excursion Down the Wye…etc.” – First Part: 246 unnumbered pages / Second / [and possibly Third] Part: 188 unnumbered pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative half-leather of the early 19th century with original spinelabel, restored and with new endpapers and new marbled paper-covers on original boards. In protective Mylar. One page with a minor cut (without text-loss). Otherwise in very good condition with some signs of external wear. This very rare work originates from the wonderful Meade – Collection in Ballymartle (near Kinsale, West Cork), with the name of one of the Meade – family-members written on the titlepage and the bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade to the original endpaper.

51. [Mathews, Charles] Anonymous.

Constance : A Novel. The First Literary Attempt of a Young Lady. In Four Volumes.

Volume IV (of four) only. London, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1785. Small Octavo (10.5 cm x 17 cm). 256 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Professionally repaired and with new spine-label. Original Label / Sticker of “Hazard’s Circulating-Library , Cheap-Street in Bath”, mounted on front board. Binding slightly rubbed. Last page with lesion and minor tear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with the name of one of his children in ink on titlepage.

52. [Jones, Sir William] / [Franklin, Benjamin] / John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth.

Memoirs of The Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones [With a little Essay by Jones on the Grecian Orators: “De Graecis Oratoribus”].

A New Edition. London, Sold by John Hatchard (Bookseller to her Majesty), 1807. Octavo (13.6 cm wide x 21.3 cm high). XIV, [3], 636 pages including an Appendix. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Bining a bit rubbed but overall in a firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The interior in bright and excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

53. Johnson, Samuel.

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the names of the writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author Samuel Johnson A.M. To which is prefixed, An English Grammar. To this edition are added, A History of the English Language, The Author’s Preface to the Folio and a considerable Number of Words, none of which are contained in the London Octavo.

Dublin, Printed by W.G.Jones, for Thomas Ewing, in Dame-Street, 1768. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). 1026 unnumbered pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century leather with new spine-label. In protective Mylar. Binding with some rubbing and minor defects to the leather. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of John & Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with the name of John Meade on the titlepage.

54. James, John.

The Mother’s Help – Towards Instructing her Children in the Excellencies of the Catechism, and of the Services appointed by the Church of England. For the More Special Occasions which mark Christian Life.

London, Printed for J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1842. Octavo (12.2 cm wide x 19.3 cm high). XI, 533, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half cloth with new spine-label in the style of the 19th century. The binding is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). With a giftinscription: “Louisa S. Meade from R H M – 1866”.

55. James, G.P.R. [George Payne Rainsford James].

One in a Thousand; or, The Days of Henri Quatre.

London / Belfast, Simms and McIntyre, 1850. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16). 303 pages. Hardcover / 19th century, decorative half-leather with ornament and original spine-label. Vintage 19th-century bookseller-sticker from “″N. Massey, Cork” on front board. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Binding a little dusty but overall very good.

56. [Hartley, David] Priestley, Joseph.

Hartley’s Theory of the Human Mind: On the Principle of the Association of Ideas; With Essays relating to the subject of it.

Second Edition. London, J. Johnson, [1790]. 14 cm x 22 cm. LXVIII, IV, 367 pages. Original Hardcover (contemporary full leather with original spinelabel). Titlepage missing. Part of last page missing (text not affected). Chipping/tearing to spine, otherwise in good condition with binding firm and strong.

57. [Hammond, Henry].

The Whole Duty of Man, Laid Down In A Plain and Familiar Way for The Use of ALL, but especially The Meanest Reader. [Before the Preface we find here printed “Letter to the Bookseller” by Henry Hammond, dated March 7, 1657”]. Divided into XVII Chapters ; One whereof being read every Lord’s Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the Year. Necessary for ALL Families. With Private Devotions for several Occasions.

Dublin, Printed for William Watson, No.7, Capel-Street, 1809. Small Octavo (11.3 cm wide x 18.3 cm high). XXII, [1], 452 pages plus a Book-Catalogue over 4 pages “Books Sold By William Watson, No.7, Capel-Street”. Hardcover / Stunning full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Armorial binding with supralibros on front and rear boards “Association for Promoting the Christian Religion Incorporated”. The beautiful binding in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). This is a prize-binding, awarded to “Mary Townsend Meade” at Christ Church Cork, 19th if October, 1814 by The Reverend Richard Lee.

58. [Hales, William].

Irish Pursuits of Literature, in A.D. 1798, and 1799, consisting of I. Translations, II. Second Thoughts, III. Rival Translations, IV. The Monstrous Republic [The Monstrous Republic – Or, French Atrocities Pourtrayed [sic] Portrayed], V. Indexes.

Dublin, Printed for J. Milliken and J. Wright [London], 1799. Large Octavo. [2], XXVII, [1], 153, [1], 99, 71 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s interim – binding, paper-covered boards with spinelabel. Very good condition ‘Sammelband’ with several works bound in one. Only minor signs of external wear. The interior in excellent, near Fine condition. Extremely scarce compilation. From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle (County Cork), with his name in ink on titlepage and loosely inserted his bookplate.

59. Gisborne, Rev. Thomas.

Sermons.

London, Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W.Davies in The Strand, 1802. Octavo. XV, 453 pages. [Layer with pages 23- 26 loosened but included]. Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt ornament and original spine-label. Binding rough with stronger signs of rubbing and defects to the leather-covered – boards. But the binding is firm and holding. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

60. Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Bayreuth (Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine von Preußen).

Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine, Margrave de Bareith (Bayreuth) soeur de Frédéric le Grand. Depuis l’anné 1706 jusqu’a 1742, écrits de sa main.

Nouvelle Édition. Braunschweig (Brunswick), Frédéric Vieweg et Fils, 1845. 8°. X, 358; 319 pp. Reliure originale. Broché. Tres bon etat.

61. [Cumberland, Richard] Anonymous.

Henry. By the Author of “Arundel”. In Two Volumes.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P. Byrne, W.Jones etc., 1795. Small Octavo (12 cm x 17 cm). IX, 440, VIII, 411 pages. Hardcover / Modern half-leather, bound to style of the 18th-century with spine-labels. Housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume Two. Name of Richard Meade to both titlepages.

62. [Cork Print – 18th century] Robertson, William.

The History of America.

Volume I (of II) of the First Cork Edition [which had two Volumes in total]. Cork, Printed by Thomas White, opposite the Exchange, 1778. Octavo. XIX, [1], [6], 492 pages including 6 unnumbered pages of a List of Subscribers including the previous owner of the book: “Rev. John Meade”. Original Hardcover / Original full 18th-century-calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Name of John Meade on titlepage. Only Volume One of this very rare Cork print !

63. [Constable, Archibald David].

The Farmer’s Magazine : A Periodical Work, Exclusively Devoted to Agriculture, And Rural Affairs.

Fourth Edition. Three Volumes [Volume I, II and III]. Edinburgh, Printed by D.Willison for Archibald Constable, 1802. Octavo (14 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Volume I: II, 489 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index and including 1 full-page illustration of a “Plough for Cleaning Turnips”/ Volume II: 484, V pages plus 1 page of Advertising of “Books Printed for Archibald Constable” plus 1 Extra-Large Fold-out “Table, or Mode of Cultivating the Farm, 1 full-page plate showcasing the “Advantage to be derived from streighting of Rivers”, 1 full-page plate showcasing different Grubs and Caterpillars, 1 full—page Diagram showing compositions of soil (Clay, Sand or Gravel, Calx, Moorish or Mossy Soil, Loam or Black Rich Earth) / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of Francis Duke of Bedford, 546 pages with 1 full-page “Plan of W. Hunter’s Feeding Byre at Eskmont” (with a Dung Court), 1 Text-Illustration showing “A Machine for Pounding Limestone”, 1 full-page plate showing the phenomenon of “Floating Land” – Farming next to a River, 1 Text-Illustration of “The Argyleshire Plough, invented by Alexander Campbell”, 1 extra-large fold-out plan of a Table showing Price-Developments of British Corn, Barley, Wheat, Peas, Bear, Bigg exported, 1 full-page plate showcasing the architectural structure of a Thrashing Mill Barn, 1 full-page plate showing the structure of sucessful Embankments. Hardcover / Original, decorative half- leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare in this original condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

64. [Chiari, Giovanni] Vascellini, Gaetano.

Statue di Firenze [incluso: “Catalogo delle Statue del R. Giardino di Boboli colla Notizia dei Loro Autori”, “Catalogo delle Statue nel R. Palazzo de Pitti”, Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia dei Loro Autori ec.” ec.]

Tres Parti (complete) [Tutto dichiarato come prima parte]. Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Volpini Cartolaro, no year [c. 1765]. Octavo. Collation complete. Pagination: Part I (Primo): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with introduction by Giovanni Chiari and the catalogue of statues in Boboli Garden, 25 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Boboli Garden. Part II (Seconda): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues in Palazzo Pitti, 41 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Pitti Palace. Part III (Terza): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues [″Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia del Loro Autori ec. (incl. Michelangelo Buonarotti, Donatello etc.). Hardcover / Original bookblock rebound by Bayntun in Bath in a subtle and charming modern cloth with gilt lettering on new spine-label. Original endpapers preserved. Exceptional condition of this rare 18th century publication with only very faint signs of foxing. Provenance: Richard Meade, Ballymartle (with the Meade Family – crest as library stamp).

65. Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe / François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois.

Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes, Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee d’un Avertissement, d’un Discours preliminaire, d’un Critique, avec des Notes, & de la Retractation de l’Auteur. [Ensemble avec: Lettre ¡a Madame la Comtesse D***. Pour servir de Supplément à l’amusement Philosophique sure le langage des Bétes. [par François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye Desbois]

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, [1750]. 10,5 cm x 17,5 cm. XLVI, 134 pages, (50) pages, [4] pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover – Original full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The volume is now in protective Mylar. Minor wear. Spine slighty starting. Otherwise in excellent and firm condition.

66. Berquin, M. [Arnaud].

The Children’s Friend. Translated from the French of M. Berquin; complete in Four Volumes (here only Volume I and Volume III).

A New Edition. Two Volumes (of Four). London, Printed for J.Stockdale, 1804. Small Octavo (11 cm wide x 17 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece, XII, 200 pages / Volume III: Frontispiece, 218 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather of the early 19th century. Both Volumes firm but stronger rubbed. Good+ condition with only minor signs of wear but with some minor staining inside and two defects to the frontispiece of Volume III and a tear to the rear endpaper of Volume III. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with manuscript entries of names in the books by the Meade family.

67. [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.

68. Abu Taleb Tabrizi / Abu Taleb Isfahani / Mirza Abu Taleb Khan.

The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by himself, in the Persian language. [With an Appendix: ‘Author’s Vindication of the Liberties of the Asiatic Women’]. Translated by Charles Stewart, Esq.

First and only Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. Octavo. Frontispice-Portrait with original tissue-guard, VIII, (8), 320, 418 pages. Hardcover / Beautifully restored bindings by english master binders in stunning modern half-morocco with the original spine-labels applied. Original endpapers and pastedowns with the original bookplates / Exlibris preserved. Excellent condition with some browing and ghosting to the pages, as usual with this set. Name of historical preowner Richard Meade in ink on titlepages. Rare in this very amazing restored condition.

69. Radcliffe, Ann.

The Mysteries of Udolpho.

First Edition. 4 Volumes [complete set]. London, Printed for G. G. and J.Robinson, 1794. Octavo. Collation complete with all four half-titles: Volume I: 428 pages / Volume II: 478 pages / Volume III: 463 pages / Volume IV: 428 pages. Original, unaltered, 18th-century half leather with gilt lettering on original spinelabels. All four bindings with vintage paper-covered boards and their original, reinforced corners. The set is now housed in a custom-made solander-box / clamshell-box. Excellent, firm condition of all four volumes with minor lesions to hinges and some rubbing to extremeties only and some general, neglectable external wear to corners and upper spines. In Volume I, two sentences partly censored with manuscript editing in ink. Interior very good with the occasional lesion (I, p.109), minor tear (II, p.93), and stains to a page here or there and a faded, very mild dampstain in the background of some pages of Volume IV. Two excellent provenance signs: Bookplate / Exlibris of “William Tennant, Ashton Hall” to the pastedown of each Volume / Previous owner-stamp of “O.W.O’Grady Young – Castlerea”. A fantastic, in this state, unbelievably rare version, of one of the most desirable books in the english language. The seminal gothic novel, a most desirable collectable and the best copy of this first edition we have ever handled.

70. Lonicerus, Johann Daniel [Marburg / Basel].

Decades sex positionum medicarum de Angina Exquisita, Deo Dante, Nobilissimo Gratio-sissimoq Medica Facultatis legio permittente, Pro Laurea consequenda Medica in alma Rauracorum Academia [University of Basel], Publicae censurae subiiciet Ioh. Daniel Lonicerus Catto-Marpurgensis, Ad diem [2.] Julii, Anno MDCXXVIII. [Sixty Theses on Angina Exquisita].

Basileae / [Basel], Johan Jacob Genathi [Johann Jacob Genathius], 1628. Octavo (14 cm x 18 cm). [12] unnumbered Leaves (60 Theses / complete including title). Bound with an unidentified, additional Medical pamphlet on pharmaceutical questions regarding intestinal problems, listing CXLVI Theses on 5 unnumbered Leaves (Titlepage and A, A1 of this additional pamphlet are missing / Available are Theses LXIII – CXLVI). Modern Hardcover with original pamphlet bound in. Paper professionally restored in several locations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce, early cardiology-publication on Angina.

71. Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Orationes Quaedam Selectae cum Interpretatione et Notis quas in usum Serenissimi Delphini edidit P. Carolus Merouville, S.J. Quibus Praefigitur Vita Ciceronis per Annos Consulares Digesta. Huic Editioni Accesserunt Dialogi De Senectute et De Amicitia.

Editio Decima Quinta Emendatior. Dublini, Ex Officina Hibernica, 1812. Octavo. XXXI, 554 pages plus 14 unnumbered pages Index. Original Hardcover (full calf with gilt lettering on original spinelabel). Front board slightly detached. Stronger Rubbed. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen.

72. [Cork – West Cork / County Kerry History Pre-Famine] Nicholson, Asenath.

Ireland’s Welcome To The Stranger or An Excursion through Ireland in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor.

First Edition. New York, Baker and Scribner, 1847. Small Octavo. XV, 456 pages plus 22 pages of a catalogue for the publisher Baker and Scribner in the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and ornament to covers. Recently, professionally restored. Very good condition with the usual signs of some browning and foxing to this publication. From the library of Lathrop Josiah Tracy, Honesdale, Pennsylvania (1825-1897). With his name to the halftitle. A very rare and important book !

73. Serrano, Andres.

America and other work.

Köln, Taschen, 2004. 37,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 352 pages. With over 100 photographic images, full page and with some double pages Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With full red cloth hardboards & spine and title embossed into cloth.

74. Hutchinson, Bruce.

Canada. A Year of the Land.

Ottawa, Queen’s Printer, 1969. 39.6 cm x 32.3 cm. 269 pages. With many full colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover. Comes in presentation slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

75. Aarts, Johannes Josephus (1871 – 1934).

“Bedelaar” [″Bettler” / “Beggar”].

Rare, antique, vintage, original Lithograph by the dutch artist Johannes Josephus Aarts, showing the scene of an invalid beggar entering a Hamlet of farmers and asking for alms. Striking and beautiful scene in the typical earthy, nature-embedded, strong depiction by Aarts; full of character and gripping through the magnified presence of Aarts subjects, which are “in your face”. Signed in pencil by Johannes Josephus Aarts. [Fine Art-Paper watermarked “TRCHES”]. [Amsterdam], Roeloffzen, Hübner und van Santen, 1903. Size of the framed Picture: 63 cm wide x 53 cm high. Size of the Sheet : 49 cm wide x 41 cm high (the image itself: 22 cm x 30 cm). Excellent condition, beautifully framed.

76. [Zweig, Stefan] Verhaeren, Emile.

Rubens. Übertragung von Stefan Zweig.

26. bis 30. Tausend. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1922. 15 cm x 22 cm. 83 pages. 95 plate illustrations. Original hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

77. Zweig, Stefan.

De Legende van de derde Duif.

Amsterdam-Antwerpen, Wereldbibliotheek-Vereniging, 1952. Klein-8°. 12 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Aus der Bibliothek Harry Zohn. Gering stockfleckig. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren.

78. Zweig, Stefan.

Ben Jonsons “Volpone”. Eine lieblose Komödie in drei Akten.

Frankfurt, S.Fischer, 1950. 8°. 99 Seiten. Softcover / Originale, illustrierte Englisch-Broschur. Aus der Bibliothek Harry Zohn. Die Bindung an einer Kante etwas bestoßen und der montierte Umschlag etwas geloest. Guter Allgemeinzustand mit einigen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren.

79. Zweig, Arnold.

Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa.

Frankfurt am Main, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1987. 10,5 x 18cm. 383 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [Roman Fischer, Band 1275].

80. Zuckmayer, Carl.

Eine Liebesgeschichte.

Frankfurt am Main, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986. 10,5 x 18cm. 89 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [Fischer Taschenbuch, Band 1560].

81. Zsolt Visy / Márta Font / István Tóth / László Vilmos.

HOC Volumen Dedicatur – Stephano Ferenczi. Viro in rebus Archaeologiae Historiarumue regni Dacorum et Provinciae Dacie Romanae item Transsilvaniae Studiosissimo-Suae Vitae Aetate LXXV- Magister Collegae Discipuli. (A Pécsi Janus Pannonius Tudományegyetem Törtenettudományi Tanszékeinek Évkönyve.)

Pécs, 1995-1998. 8°. 343 Seiten. Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand. [Specimina nova dissertationum ex instituto historico universitatis quinqueecclesiensis de Iano Pannonio nominatae. Tomus XII – Pars Prima].

82. Zou, Hua / Riegel, Andrea-Mercedes.

Akupunktur bei Blutungsstörungen und Zyklusanomalien. Die Frau in der traditionellen chinesischen Medizin (TCM) / [Acupuncture as remedy for Menstrual Cycle Anomalies and bleeding disorder] Mit 18 Abbildungen und 1 Tabelle.

Heidelberg, Haug, 2000. 25 cm + Beih. (39 S.). 176 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Mit Beiheft. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

83. Zolo, Danilo.

Die demokratische Fürstenherrschaft. Für eine realistische Theorie der Politik. Aus dem Italienischen von Moshe Kahn.

Göttingen, Steidl, 1997. 22 cm. 256 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Exemplar aus der Bibliothek des Politikwissenschaftlers Klaus von Beyme. Mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatzblatt und zahlreichen Bleistiftanstreichungen und Anmerkungen von Beyme’s Hand. Gebundene Ausgabe. Bis auf einen kleinen Einriss am Umschlag in sehr gutem Zustand.

84. Zola, Emile / Widmer, Walter [transl.].

Nana. Mit Illustrationen von Vertes.

Guetersloh, Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn OHG, c 1996. 16 cm x 24 cm. 477 pages. Original Hardcover. With illustrated slipcase. Deutschsprachige Ausgabe / German Translation. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of external wear.

85. Zippelius, Reinhold.

Geschichte der Staatsideen.

Erste Ausgabe. München, Beck, 1971. 8°. IX, 178 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand / KEINE Anstreichungen. [Beck’sche schwarze Reihe ; Bd. 72.]

86. Zintzen, Clemens [Hrsg.].

Die Zukunft der Grundlagenforschung. Vorträge des Symposions vom 15. Juli 1999.

Stuttgart, Steiner, 1999. 8°. 61 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse / Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz ; Jg. 2000, Nr. 1]

87. Zinger, Oleg/ Windmüller, Ilse.

Ist das ein Löwe ? Ein Bilderbuch von Oleg Zinger nach einer Idee von Ilse Windmüller

Erste Auflage. Berlin, Der Kinderbuchverlag, 1950. 28,5 x 21 cm. Unpaginiert: Titelblatt, 15 ganzseitige Illustrationen mit gegenübergestelltem Text. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur minimalen Gebrauchsspuren (Minimal stockfleckig auf den Innendeckeln – Text und Illustrationen sehr sauber).

88. Zineman, Jacob.

The History of Zionism – Part First: (Until the Death of Theodor Herzl) / L’Histoire du Sionisme – Premiere Partie (Jusqu’à la mort de Théodore Herzl).

First Edition / Premiere Edition. Volume I (of II). Paris, Jacob Zineman, 1947. 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 598 pages. Original Softcover. The binding complete but cleanly broken at three locations (needs a new binding). Bookplate / Exlibris of Maurice Friedberg is on pastedown. Very Rare in the original wrappers-issue !

89. Zimmermann, Bernd Alois.

Die Soldaten. Textbuch. Oper in vier Akten nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. Musik von Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

Mainz, B. Schott’s Söhne, 1965. 13 x 20 cm. 52 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

90. Zimmer, Paul.

The Zimmer Poems.

Washington, Drvad Press, 1976. 13,5 cm x 21 cm. 58 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper and his stamp to title page. Both, front free endpaper and title page are cleanly detached from the spine.

91. Zilahy, Lajos

Two Prisoners.

New York, Giniger, 1968. 8°. 468 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Inscribed by Lajos Zilahy on titlepage: “To Judd and Jane Pollock with warmest regards – Lajos Zilahy”. [Great Novels and Memoirs of World War I – Volume 4]

92. Ziegler, Peter A.

Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe. [Including the second Volume with 40 Maps].

Two Volumes (complete set). The Hague, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij B.V., 1982. Folio 130 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 portfolio (40 folded leaves : color maps, charts. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

93. Zhuangzi (Tschuang-Tse).

Reden und Gleichnisse des Tschuang-Tse. Ausgewählt und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Martin Buber.

Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1990. 19 cm x 12 cm. 146 Seiten. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some occasional underlining and some very few annotations by Prof. Parkes in fine pencil (erasable). From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper.

94. Zerbi, Pietro.

Philosophi e Logici – Un ventennio di incontri e scontri: Soissons, Sens, Cluny (1121-1141).

Milano, V & P, 2002. 8°. XI, 196 pages. Softcover / Brochure. Excellent condition. [Istituto Storico Italiano per Il Medio Evo – Nuovi Stdi Storici – 59].

95. Zelko, Frank.

From Heimat to Umwelt. New Perspectives on german Environmental History.

Washington, German Historical Institute, 2006. 8°. 166 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. Few dogears.

96. Zeev, H. Gihon, M. Levkowich, Z.

Golan Heights.

Jerusalem, Carta Publication. 1974. 14 cm x 22 cm. 14 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor ink annotations to one page only [page 12].

97. Zastrau, Alfred.

Goethe-Handbuch. Band 4 – Chronologisch Geordnetes Routenverzeichnis der Reisen, Fahrten, Ritte und Wanderungen Goethes.

Stuttgart, Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1956. 8°. 68 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Berieben, gering angeschmutzt. [In: Goethe – Band 4: Karten der Reisen, Fahrten, Ritte und Wanderungen Goethes.]

98. Zapparoli, G.C.

La peur et l’ennui. Contribution à la psychothérapie des états psychotiques. Traduit de l’italien par Valerie Harlé.

Paris, paf – (Presses Universitaires de France), 1979. 8°. 153 pages. Original Softcover. Reliure originale. Bon état.

99. Zabel, Morton Dauwen [ed.].

The Portable Henry James. Edited, and with an introduction by, Morton Dauwen Zabel.

Sixth printing. New York, The Viking Press, 1962. 11 cm x 18 cm. 696 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

100. Youngs, Susan (Editor).

‘The Work of Angels’ – Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD. With contributions by Paul T. Craddock, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Michael Ryan and Leslie Webster.

London, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1990. 22 cm x 27.5 cm. 223 pages. 185 black and white and 56 colour illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.