1. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery / Lane, John Henry H.V.

19th century original british Passport for “Mr.John Henry H. V. Lane (British Subject) travelling on the continent”, signed in July of 1886 by later prime minister Archibald Philip, Earl of Roseberry, then Foreign Secretary under Gladstone during his brief third ministry.

London, Given at the Foreign Office, 1886. 27.7 cm x 38.2 cm. 1 sheet. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Fantastic and important document of british foreign office history.

2. Bawden, Edward / [The Curwen Press].

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

3. [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett – Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O’Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. SIGNED and dated by John Minihan in the year of publication, 2006. Excellent, close to new condition.

4. [Buckingham Palace] Wardrop, Colonel F.M. [C.B. abd Military Attache to the British Embassy in Vienna (1900-1909) as well as Aide de Camp during the Egyptian War].

Original Luncheon-Invitation-Ticket-List, published in Book-Form with original Ivory-Head-Pencil by Johann Faber (Bavaria), attached on the occasion of King Edward VII’s Coronation Dinner at : “Hotel Belgravia / Buckingham Palace” – Original Ticket-Book: “List of Guests for Luncheon and Dinner – 1902 for King Edward VII’s Guests Colonel F.M.Wardrop, C.B., Colonel Commandant Johann von Belnay, Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig Koch and Captain Adalbert Guilleaume”.

[London], Buckingham Palace / Hotel Belgravia, 1902. Oblong Octavo (14.6 cm wide x 11.8 cm high). 40 pages with partial perforation for detaching of Luncheon- and Dinner-Tickets. Hardcover / Original Royal Blue Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on cover and pencil-satchet attached to the binding. Some minor staining to the binding only. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the pencil included and the original elastic ribbon which allows the booklet to be closed. Wonderful example of the wealth of the Coronation-Event at the end of the Victorian and the beginning of the Edwardian Age (printed ticket-books for 4 attendees seem very luxurious indeed). Five tickets were used for Dinner at the Belgravia and each remaining stub was signed / monogrammed by Colonel F.M.Wardrop.

5. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

6. (Carraig Dubh) [Bunclody].

Faithche an Gholaisde Carraig Dubh – Baile Áta Cliat. [Official Race Card].

Reul, A Lúac, 1938. 8°. 12 pages (including wrapper). Softcover / Original Brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From a Mallow-collection.

7. [Colles, Henry Cope] / [″GRJ” Georgius VI Rex (King George VI)].

Original Certificate with beautiful Letterhead of Buckingham Palace (″GRJ”) for a Medal awarded by King George VI to english music critic Henry Cope Colles “to be worn in commemoration of Their Majesties’ Coronation 12th May, 1937”.

[London], Buckingham Palace, 1937. Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). 1 page. Very good condition with minor signs of wear.

8. Driscoll, Charles B.

Kansas Irish.

London and Glasgow, Art and Educational Publishers Ltd, 1946. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Signed name of preowner on front endpaper.

9. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

10. Greaves, C. Desmond.

The Irish Case against Partition [Full facts and programme of Action].

[London], Connolly Association, no year [ca. 1952]. 19 cm. 36 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce ! [A Connolly Association pamphlet].

11. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

12. [John Minihan Collection] – [Heaney, Seamus] Minihan, John.

First Day Cover of the commemorative stamp for Seamus Heaney. Signed by irish photographer John Minihan, whose portrait of Heaney was used for the stamp. The first day cover is illustrated with a quote from Heaney’s “Bogland”: “We have no prairies – To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to – Encroaching horizon…”

Dublin, Anpost, 2014. 19 cm x 13 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed and dated by John Minihan on August 28th, 2014.

13. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Bacon – Beckett – Burroughs [Signed and inscribed by John Minihan in the year 2000].

London, The October Gallery, 1990. Small Quarto (20.2 cm wide x 20.2 cm high). 32 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan. Loosely inserted is also the Advertising – Leaf by Olympus for this publication.

14. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett – Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O’Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and SIGNED by John Minihan to an irish man of arts. Excellent, close to new condition.

15. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Suite of six (6) signed Proofs for a John Mimihan Publication. Each page signed beneath a bilingual poem (Gaeilge – English).

c.2005. 6 pages. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

16. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Bacon, Francis.

Invitation card to John Minihan’s “In Retrospect” – Exhibition, 11th of September 2009 / Waterford [Signed Francis Bacon Image – Postcard by John Minihan].

Waterford, Greyfriars Gallery / Waterford Fringe fetsival, 2009. Oblong Octavo (21 cm wide x 14.8 cm high). 1 page. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

17. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] McDonnell, Kevin.

Newspaper-clipping of a very early article about “John Minihan – Poet and Photographer”. Signed and dated by John.

c.1971. A4. 3 pages. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

18. Lawrence, D. H.

St.Mawr – Mockup – This is not the book but a unique Furniture Drawer (Toolbox) made by a D.H.Lawrence enthusiast. The Drawer was made in bookform and has the St.Mawr Emblemata on the cover and the title on the spine. Excellent craftsmanship. Leather covered board.

no place, c. 1930. Folio. Original Hardcover with leather covered boards. Hard to qualify this exceptional piece as Ephemera, but that is what it is. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dimensions are 45,5cm (high), 34cm (wide), 13cm (thick).

19. [London Collection] – [Komarova, Natalie / Lemarchand, Louis / Fischer, Clifford C.] Stone, E.A. / Poulsen, M. / Bell, Major C.H. / Ramsden, Jas. H. / de Wynter, Ivon.

The London Casino Restaurant – Brochure. [Plaisirs de Paris / Montmartre a Minnit]

London, London Casino Restaurant, no year (c.1930). Quarto (21,5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages with numerous advertising and revue pictures. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. [Lufthansa].

Lufthansa – Original Streckenatlas / Route Maps [with advertising of Mercedes / Braun / Thyssen]. / Peter Stuyvesant / Agfa

Original Prospect. [Frankfurt], Lufthansa, no year [c.1980]. Quarto (20.3 cm wide x 24 cm High). 27 pages in colour. Original Softcover (Stapled). Werbe-Prospekt der Lufthans wleches sich in Flugzeugen der fruehen 80er Jahre befand. Mit interessanten Werbe-Seiten und hinweisen auf Strecken der Lufthansa, exklusive der ehemaligen Ostzone.

21. Madame Tussaud’s Ltd.

Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition. Official Guide & Catalogue.

Revised and brought up-to-date, July 1936 Edition. London, Madame Tussaud’s Ltd, 1936. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 80 Pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight damp stains on cover.

22. Malaya / Japanese Occupation / Johore.

Stamp Collection: Vintage Booklet with 64 carefuly mounted, tipped-in stamps from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Johore.

Malaya, 1941 – 1942. Small Octavo. 7 pages of a special booklet (with 19 pages) filled with the rare occupation stamps during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All stamps mint ! The booklet with a manuscript note: “Collected by C. Hoskyns at Singapore in Oct. ‘45 (25th Inf. Div.)”.

23. Menzies, Mrs. Stephen [editor].

The Traveller’s Guide from Death to Life.

London / Liverpool, S.W. Partridge & Co. / British Gospel Book Association, no year (c.1880). 18.5 cm x 25 cm. 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red pebbled-finished cloth]. Gilt stamped device with title and black tooled borders on front board. Blind border tooling to rear board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faded cloth at spine. Binding still firm and solid. Sharp cornered interior clean and bright. Tricoloured Bookplate carrying “Sin, Subsitution, Salvation” and similiarly themed quotes. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Loosely inserted ephemera: Maroon-coloured Recognition card of ‘Mrs Mary Maynard’ for the Young Women’s Christian Association with Biblical quotes dated ‘July 1885’.

24. [MS Estonia].

Original Advertising Pamphlet for the Motor Ship “Estonia” Paqueboat [Sister-Ship to the M.S.LITVA] / [Not to be mixed-up with the Estonia Car Ferry !!!]

Bilingual Prospect in English – French. Wismar, Mathias-Thesen-Werft [Morflot], no year [c.1960]. Quarto (20.9 cm wide x 22.9 cm High). 12 pages in colour. Original Softcover (Stapled). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare Prospect advertising the Voyages of the “Estonia” and its many travels to Asian and African Countries.

25. [″Nudity is Expected”] – Graves, E.J.

The “Manor House” Club – Naturism in Perfect Comfort – Luxury Holiday Club for the Naturist / [Rare Nudist Ephemera]. Fantastic Pamphlet with plenty of interior photographs showcasing the Accommodation and also photographic imagery showing nudists playing Badminton and Tennis.

Clifford Manor [Newent / Gloucestershire], The Manor House, no year [c.1925]. Oblong – Octavo. 12 pages with photographs and text and loosely inserted a note for the availability of “The Club Taxi” Stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare !

26. Ó hUid, Tarlach.

Ar thóir mo shealbha. Le Tarlach Ó hUid.

Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta, [1960]. 22cm. 230 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The very rare dustjacket with some minor fraying and one tear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting piece of ephemera (Member Letter for “Comdhail Naisiunta na Gaeilge”).

27. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.

28. Rackham, Arthur.

His Life and Work [Advertising Leaflet for the important Biography on Rackham – Ephemera – Leaflet with short Biography on Rackham , small, printed photograph of Rackham and Order Form].

[London], William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. Slim Quarto (11.5 cm 24 cm). 4 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

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

The Way of Escape.

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

30. Taibhdhearch na Gaillimhe [Galway Theatre].

Súgradh na mBláth le Mícheál Eoin Ó Súileabháin [The Playing of Flowers].

Sciúrtóir na Léirite, Proinnsias Mac Diarmada, no year (c.1928). 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

31. [Tallents House].

First Day Cover for “The Opening of Tallents House, Edinburgh”.

Edinburgh, Tallents House, 2001. 22 cm x 11.6 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

32. [Thomas, William Luson].

Ephemeral advertising sheet for Vol. XX. – No. 515 – of The Graphic – “An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper”. Four page – fold with advertising for Irish Linen, Kinahan Whisky, Collinson and Lock and the Brighton Season, Fry’s Cocoa Extract, Will’s Bird’s Eye Tobacco, Maple & Co. Furniture in Tottenham Road, London, Velveteens etc. etc.

London, The Graphic Office, 190 The Strand , 1879. 32 cm x 42 cm. 4 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.