241. Makoto, Ooka / Fitzsimmons, Thomas.

A Play of Mirrors – Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan [Yoshioka Minoru / Tamura Ryuichi / Iijima Koichi / Tada Chimako / Ooka Makoto / Tanikawa Shuntaro / Shiraishi Kazuko / Yoshimasu Gozo].

Rochester (Michigan), Oakland University / Katydid Books, 1987. Quarto. 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Besides some foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

242. Johnston, Robert H.

New Mecca, New Babylon: Paris and the Russian Exiles, 1920-1945.

Kingston / Montreal, McGill – Queen’s University Press, 1988. Octavo. IX, 254 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Several pages dogeared ! Several pages with text-markings by previous owner. Otherwise in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare now !!

243. [Moore, George] Gerber, Helmut E.

George Moore On Parnassus – Letters (1900-1933) to Secretaries, Publishers, Printers, Agents, Literati, Friends, and Acquaintances. Edited, with notes and critical-biographical commentary.

Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1988. Octavo (16 cm wide x 23.5 cm). 896 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket in poor condition. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

244. Self, Will.

The Quantity Theory of Insanity.

London, Bloomsbury, 1991. 19.8cm x 12.7cm. (8) 211 pages. Original illustrated softcover (Paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Titlepage signed by the Will Self.

245. Sayers, Dorothy L.

Creed or Chaos ? – And other Essays in popular Theology.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1947. Small Octavo. VII, 88 pages. Hardcover / Original, red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dustjacket not present ! Very minor finger-staining on page three. Edges slightly foxed and corners slightly bumped. Otherwise in excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. The rare first edition of one of the more uncommon Sayers-titles.

246. Vonnegut, Kurt.

Jailbird. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Octavo. XXXVIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Edge slightly dusty. Otherwise in very good+ condition.

247. Wilde, Oscar.

The Duchess of Padua – A Play.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

248. Stanhope, Earl Philip Henry.

Miscellanies. With some supplementary letters.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. 144 pages. Original Hardcover (full brown calf with gilt lettering to spine). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

249. Rogers, Samuel.

Human Life. A Poem.

London, John Murray, 1819. Duodecimo. Halftitle removed. 100 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful contemporary red morocco with gilt lettering and ornament. Gilt edges. Besides the cleanly removed halftitle in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

250. McDonnell, Hector (Illustrator).

The Night Before Larry was Stretched [with signed etching]. With an introduction by Terence de Vere White.

Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1984. 20.5 cm x 13 cm. IX, 96 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Number 48 out of a limited edition of 500 copies / Excellent, close to new condition. Includes orignial, signed etching.