81. Addison, Joseph / Steele, Richard.

The Spectator [This is the Rare Dublin Edition with Bookseller-Label of T. Connolly (Dublin)]. [With Frontispiece – Illustrations by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline, Jacques Philippe de Bas and Francis Hayman].

8 Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W.Wilson, 1778. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece, VI, 325 pages plus 14 unnumbered pages of an Index (includes the notable essay “Inkle and Yarico” (Spectator 11) / Volume II: Frontispiece, IV, 336 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume III: Frontispiece, IV, 314 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VI, 303 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume V: Frontispiece, III, 301 pages plus 11 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VI: IV, Frontispiece, 305 pages plus 19 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VII: Frontispiece, V, 333 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VIII: Frontispiece, VIII, 300 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index [includes the Bookseller’s copyright-warning to the Reader that “no other Papers which have appeared under title of Spectator, since the closing of this eighth Volume, were written by any of those Gentlemen who had a hand in this or the former Volumes”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather. All Volumes firm and with some stronger rubbing (no broken spines or weak hinges). Binding of all eight Volumes look overall poor, with spinelabels missing or broken. Interior in excellent condition with some occasion faded dampstains but overall no browning and all the frontispieces in place. The Dublin Edition comes rarely to the market !

82. 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.

83. 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 !

84. Stone, Charles R.

The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica – The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun Zhuan). With a Translation and Critical Edition.

Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2003. Octavo. VIII, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition, especially with the wonderfully protected dustjacket. Very Rare but even rarer in this condition !

85. Dubuffet, Jean.

La botte à nique.

Genève, Albert Skira, 1973. Slim Fpolio Box with Oxtcavo Volume and Slim-Folio Screen-print separate. 112 pages (collation complèt) plus une sérigraphie (Silkscreen: ‘Quatre Figures’) dans une chemise séparée. Original Hardcover in original box with additional folder for the silkscreen. Complete, a fantastic publication ! Some signs of foxing ! Otherwsie in EXCELLENT condition with only minor signs of wear and including the often missing screen-print in the separate chemise. / Edition originale, Exemplaire No.38 des 165 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d’Arches. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de sa sérigraphie présentée sous une chemise à part.

86. [Dufy, Raoul] Derys, Gaston.

Mon Docteur – Le Vin. Avec 19 Aquarelles de Raoul Dufy – Texte de Gaston Derys. [Préface du Maréchal Pétain] / Typographie de A. M. Cassandre.

Paris, Freres Draeger, 1936. Folio (26 cm wide x 32 cm high). 44 pages with 19 aquarelles. / 19 photolithographs of watercolors (18 in colors), plus 1 photolithograph of a drawing (wrappers). Original, illustrated Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

87. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!

88. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

89. O’Flaherty, Liam.

The Wild Swan and other Stories. By Liam O’Flaherty with a Frontispiece by P.V.Moon and a Foreword by Rhys Davies. Being No.10 of the Furnival Books.

London, William Jackson (Books) Ltd. [Joiner & Steele], 1932. Octavo (16.3 cm wide x 25.4 cm high). Frontispiece-Woodcut, 60 pages. Original Hardcover (Buckram). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed by Liam O’Flaherty.

90. Pritchett, V.S. / Evelyn Hofer (Photographer).

DUBLIN – A Portrait. Photographs by Evelyn Hofer.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). 99 pages with 16 pages of photographs in full colour and 78 photographs in monochrome gravure. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some minor tears to dustjacket, now in protective sleeve, but else in unusually very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A fantastic publication.