21. Architectural Design.

Architectural Design & Construction. Collection of nine (9) Issues: Volume I – June 1931 / Volume II – April 1932 / Volume IV – December 1933 / Volume IV – January 1934 / Volume IV – February 1934 / Volume IV – March 1934 / Volume IV – April 1934 / Volume IV – May 1934 / Volume IV – June 1934.

[London], Blackfriars Press, 1931 – 1934. Folio (25 cm x 34 cm). c. 450 pages of essays including a multitude of vintage advertising on design, interior, furniture, bathrooms, Tiles, Modern Stairways, Reform Glazing, Hand Made Sandfaced Tiles, Trent Vale Brick & Tile / Circular Staircases / Art Deco Kitchen Design / Aga Cooker / etc. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor tears to some of the original wrappers. Rare !

22. Mackenzie, Compton / Stone, Christopher.

The Gramophone / Collection of c.785 Issues of the influential classical music magazine from October 1935 – December 2002 including several Index – Volumes and special issues. This being one of the largest known, nearly complete runs of this magazine with some Issues missing here and there only. [From the George Hitching Music Collection]

England, 1935 – 2003. Octavo. More than 20000 pages of secret classical music knowledge. Original Softcovers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some of the early volumes with some fraying only. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS or DHL Express Courier.

23. [Wheeler, R.E.M. / Piggott, Stuart / Childe, V. Gordon / Kramrisch, Stella / Cookson, M.B. / Ghosh, A. / Krishna Deva / Krishnaswamy, V.D. / Naqvi, S.A.A. / Agravala, V.S. / Chakravarti, N.P.].

ANCIENT INDIA – Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India – Number 2-5 (1946-1949).

5 volumes in 4. (Includes the double-number 1947-1948). Calcutta, The Baptist Mission Press, 1946-1949. Quarto (21,5 cm x 27,5 cm). Volume 2 (July 1946): 137 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 3 (January 1947): 150 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 4 (Double Number): 321 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 5: 113 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps. Original Softcover. Good condition with signs of wear only to the wrappers – Inside very good.

24. Sartre, Jean-Paul / de Beauvoir, Simone / Merleau-Ponty, Maurice / Beckett, Samuel / etc.

Les Temps Modernes [Modern Times]. Revue Mensuelle. 2e année – No. 14 (Novembre 1946).

Paris, Les Temp Modernes [Gallimard (1945-1948)], 1946. Octavo. Original Softcover / Reliure Originale (Broche / Printed Wrapper). Frayed and damaged spine. Wrapper detached !

25. Sartre, Jean-Paul / de Beauvoir, Simone / Merleau-Ponty, Maurice / Beckett, Samuel / Benjamin, Walter etc.

Les Temps Modernes [Modern Times]. Revue Mensuelle. 88 (eightyeight) Issues / Volumes of this important Periodical / [Lot de 88 numéros: 2e année – No. 13 (Octobre 1946) – 11e année – No. 125 (Juin 1956)]. The collection includes reviews / critique of famous essays like Simone de Beauvoir’s “La Lesbienne” and Jean-Paul Sartre’s “La mort dans l’ame” and “Le Diable et le Bon Dieu” / Werner Krauss – “Un Allemand a Paris / Enno Kind – La Resistance allemande etc. The collection includes: Year 1947: 2e année, No.13 / 2e année, No.14 / 2e année, No.22 / 2e année, No.23/24 / 2e année, No.25 / 3e année, No.26 / 3e année, No. 27 / Year 1948: 3e année, No.28 / 3e année, No.29 / 3e année, No. 30 / 3e année, No.31 / 3e année, No.32 / 3e année, No.33 / 3e année, No.34 / 3e année, No.35 / 3e année, No.36 / 4e année, No.37 / 4e année, No.38 / Year 1949: 4e année, No.39 / 4e année, No.40 / 4e année, No.41 / 4e année, No.42 / 4e année, No.43 / 4e année, No.44 / 5e année, No.45 / 5e année, No.46-47 / 5e année, No.48 / 5e année, No.49 / 5e année, No.50 / Year 1950: 5e année, No.51 / 5e année, No.43 / 5e année, No.54 / 5e année, No.55 / 5e année, No.56 / 6e année, No.57 / 6e année, No.58 / 6e année, No.59 / 6e année, No.60 / Year 1951: 6e année, No.63 / 6e année, No.64 / 6e année, No.65 / 6e année, No.66 / 6e année, No.67 / 6e année, No.68 / 7e année, No.69 / 7e année, No.70 / 7e année, No.71 / 7e année, No.72 / 7e année, No.73 / 7e année, No.74 / Year 1952: 7e année, No.75 / 7e année, No.76 / 7e année, No.77 / 7e année, No.79 / 7e année, No.80 / 8e année, No.81 / 8e année, No.82 / 8e année, No.83 / 8e année, No.84-85 / 8e année, No.86 / Year 1953: 8e année, No.87 / 8e année, No.88 / 8e année, No.89 / 8e année, No.90 / 8e année, No.91 / 9e année, No.92 / 9e année, No.93-94 / 9e année, No.95 / Year 1954: 9e année, No.99 / 9e année, No.100 / 9e année, No.101 / 9e année, No.102 / 9e année, No.103 / 10e année, No.104 / 10e année, No.105 / 10e année, No.106 / 10e année, No.107 / 10e année, No.108 / Year 1955: 10e année, No.109 / 10e année, No.110 / 10e année, No.111 / 10e année, No.112-113 (Numero Special: “La Gauche” – avec Simone de Beauvoir, Victor Leduc, Maurice Duverger, Claude Lanzmann, Jean T. Desant etc. etc.) / 10e année, No.114-115 / Year 1956: 11e année, No.121 / 11e année, No.122 / 11e année, No.123 / 11e année, No.124 / 11e année, No.125 //

Paris, Les Temp Modernes [Gallimard (1945-1948) / Julliard (1949-1965), 1946 -1956. Octavo. Original Softcover / Broche Originale. Some of the issues with condition-problems but in general in good to very good condition with some of the issues having frayed and detached wrappers. Only one frontwrapper with titles missing. A very rare run of 88 issues of this rare periodical. 88 Issues with interruptions in between.

26. [Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

27. Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) / 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) / 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966).

Naas, The Furrow / Leinster Leader, 1951 – 1969. Octavo. 56 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2200 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mairin Allen, Anna Dundurs etc.

28. Singelenberg, Pieter/ Several authors.

Nederlandse Architectuur. Volume I: 1856-1934 Berlage (Haags Gemeentemuseum 30/8 – 16/11 1975), Volume II: 1880-1930 Americana (Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller), Volume III: 1893-1918 Architectura (Architectuur Museum Amsterdam 5/9 – 16/11 1975), Volume IV: 1910-1930 Amsterdamse School (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 13/9 – 9/11 1975).

Set of 4 volumes. Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1975. 27,5 cm x 21 cm. Volume I: 96 pagina’s / pages, Volume II: 112 pagina’s / pages, Volume III: 112 pagina’s / pages, Volume IV: 112 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in zwart-wit / With many black-and-white illustrations throughout catalogs. Illustrated Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.