1. Achmatowa, Anna.

Ich lebe aus dem Mond, du aus der Sonne – Liebes-Gedichte / Hundert Gedichte über die Liebe. Aus dem Russischen von Alexander Nitzberg Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Olaf Irlenkauser.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp Verlag, 2000. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 118 pages. Cover image – drawing by Amedeo Modigliani. Image on back flap – photograph of Anna Akmatova in 1910. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Aherne, C.D. [from Flaxfort House in Little Island, Cork] / [O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred]

Professor O’Rahilly – Illusionist.

Cork / Dublin / Essex, Columbian Press, 1941. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 16 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Staples rusted and minor foxing to endpapers only. Rare !

3. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

4. Allende, Isabel.

The Stories of Eva Luna. [SIGNED with drawing by Isabel Allende]. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atheneum, 1990. 13.5 x 21cm. 335 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by Isabel Allende with a drawing of a lower by Allende beside it.

5. Atlas, James.

The Great Pretender.

First Edition. New York, Atheneum, 1986. 14 cm x 21 cm. 277 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. [Banks, Joseph] O’Brian, Patrick.

Joseph Banks – A Life.

Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1997. 14 cm x21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Protrait: Joseph Banks painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds), Frontispiece (Myrmecodia becarii Ant-House Endeavour River), 328 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout and one map. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

7. Beckett, Samuel.

Die Welt und die Hose. Aus dem französischen von Erika Tophoven-Schoningh.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1990. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. 44 pages. Illustrated with one full colour reproduction of an untitled oil painting dated 1937 by Bram van Velde (Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris). Softcover with stitched binding. Bindung und Schnitt nur ganz minimal fleckig / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, with minor staining on back cover.

8. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

9. Bellow, Saul [Ann Malamud].

More Die of Heartbreak.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 335 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Ann Malamud, with some annotations in her personal hand on a few pages. Loosely inserted a postcard from Psychoanalyst Stuart Feder to Ann Malamud from the year 1987.

10. Bellow, Saul (editor) / Botsford, Keith (Editor).

the noble savage.

New York, Meridian Books, 1961. 12 cm x 20 cm. 256 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

11. Blais, Marie-Claire.

La Belle Bête [Mad Shadows].

Paris, Flammarion, 1961. 12 cm x 18 cm. 183 pages. Original softcover in protective mylar. One of only five copies of the very rare first french edition. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. / Trente exemplaires sur velin chiffon des Papeteries de Lana dont vingt-cinq numerotes de 1 a 25 et cinq exemplaires numerotes de I a V. This is Exemplaire Numero I / V !!!

12. Blish, James.

A Case of Conscience.

Middlesex, Penguin Books / Faber Faber, 1963. 11 cm x 18 cm. 192 pages. Original Softcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages slightly tanned to margins mostly. Some foxing to initial pages. Precious owner’s name in ink pen inside cover.

13. Bodett, Tom.

The Big Garage on Clear Shot – Growing Up, Growing Old, and Going Fishing at the End of the Road.

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Borges, Jorge Luis / Guerrero, Margarita / Baldessari (illustraciones).

El Libro De Los Seres Imaginarios.

Buenos Aires, Editorial Kier, 1967. 20 cm x 25 cm. 160 pages including many colour illustrations. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Browning of page-edges. Binding is fragile in places.

15. Bosse, Malcolm.

Stranger at the Gate.

New York / London / a.o., Simon and Shuster, 1989. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 620 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Publishers logo stamped on bottom edge.

16. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

17. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.

18. Brophy, Sean.

The Corner of a Field and Other Poems.

Dublin, Rainsford Press, 1995. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 48 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. Cader, Teresa.

The Paper Wasp.

Illinois, Triquartely Books / Northwestern University Press, 1999. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 81 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

20. [Cardinal Manning / Dr. Arnold / General Gordon / Florence Nightingale] Strachey, Lytton.

Eminent Victorians.

London, The Folio Society, 1967. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 286 pages. With 7 illustrations. Original hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

21. Carnegie, James.

Wages Paid.

Cuba, Casa De Las Américas, 1976. 12 cm x 19 cm. 104 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing and some slight discolouration evident on covers, endpapers and some of the centre pages.

22. Carroll, Rev. P.J.

Songs of Creelabeg. [With the heartbreaking printed dedication: “To My Mother – Who made the morn of life so sweet – The day is fragrant yet”]

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1916. 13 cm x 19 cm. IX, 162 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt debossed illustration to cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt top edge. Slight tanning to pages, pastedowns and endpaper mostly. Previous owner’s name in old Irish script in black ink pen on endpaper. Ephemera (Prayer card from New York) loosely inserted.

23. Cassill, R.V.

La Vie Passionnée of Rodney Buckthorne – A Tale of the Great American’s Last Rally and Curious Death.

No place, Bernard Geis Associates, 1968. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Foxing to dustjacket and edges. Red decorated top edge with slight water stain.

24. [Cather, Willa] Edel, Leon.

Willa Cather. The Paradox of Success.

Washington, Reference Dept, Library of Congress, 1960. 8°. 17 Pages. Stapled softcover wrappers. Good condition. No text markings. Browning along spine. Staples rusted. Front wrapper and first few leaves slightly creased. [″A Lecture Delivered Under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, October 12, 1959.]

25. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

26. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed / Bowles, Paul (Recorded and Translated by).

A Life Full of Holes. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1964. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 310 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles on the halftitle.

27. [Conrad, Joseph], Jean-Aubry, G.

Joseph Conrad. Life & Letters.

Two Volumes. London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. (VII) 339 pages, (V) 376 pages. Black-and-white illustrations: Volume I – 11, Volume II – 5. Original Hardcover (Dark blue cloth – title in embossed gilt on front and spine). Former library-copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library stamp on frontispiece of Volume I and facing half-title page Volume II. Very slight foxing of pages. One or two faint pencil marks.

28. Csokor, Franz Theodor.

Jadwiga – Drei Akte (Neun Bilder). Theo und Ursula Holtz Den Freunden im Exil in Deren Haus Dieses Stück Zur Welt Kam.

Wien / Hamburg, Paul Zsolnay Gesellschaft m.b.H., 1963. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 11 pages. Softcover binding without the cover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. No cover. Book block intact. Minor smudging to title and last page. Internal pages clear and bright.

29. Davis, Lindsey.

Three Hands in the Fountain.

London, Century, 1997. 15.5 cm x 24 cm. 295 pages. Three black and white maps at beginning of book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author. [The Falco Series (No. 9 of 20)]

30. De Bernières, Louis.

Corelli’s Mandolin. [Captain Corelli’s Mandolin].

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 14.5 x 22cm. 437 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, with only very minor signs of shelfwear.

31. De Gasztold, Carmen Bernos / Godden, Rumer (translator).

The Creatures’ Choir. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.

New York, The Viking Press, 1965. 16 cm x 23 cm. 69 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, FINE condition.

32. De La Torre, Lillian.

Dr. Samuel Johnson, Detector – Narrated as From the Pen of James Boswell. Including: the Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie’s vanisht Ruby, the stolen Christmas Box, and the pilfer’d Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant in Mincing Lane, and the macabre Affair of the Wax-Work Cadaver.

London, MacMillan London Limited, 1985. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 259 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor discolouing and foxing to endpapers and pastedowns.

33. Diehl, Margaret.

Men.

First Edition. New York, Soho, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

34. [Dunn, Douglas / Gunn, Thom / Heaney, Seamus / Hill, Geoffrey / Kinsella, Thomas / Larkin, Philip / Muldoon, Paul / Murphy, Richard / Paulin, Tom / Raine Graig / Haffenden, John.

Viewpoints – Poets in Conversation with John Haffenden. Douglas Dunn, Thom, Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, Thomas Kinsella, Philip Larkin, Paul Muldoon, Richard Murphy, Tom Paulin, Craig Raine.

First edition. London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1981. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 189 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. Durcan, Paul.

Going Home to Russia.

Belfast and Wolfeboro. The Blackstaff Press, 1987. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 102 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

36. Eliot, T.S.

Ausgewählte Gedichte [Selected Poems].

Bilingual Edition: Englisch und Deutsch / Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1951. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 149 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Der Schutzumschlag minimal angeraendert und mit einigen wenigen Gebrauchsspuren / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

37. [Eliot, T.S.] Jones, Genesius.

Approach to the Purpose – A Study of the Poetry of T.S. Eliot.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 15 cm x 22 cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on spine). Former library copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some marking and entries to front free endpaper and marked over stamp on titlepage.

38. Eshleman, Clayton.

Archaic Design.

Boston, Black Widow Press, 1997. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 342 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

39. Finkielkraut, Alain.

Le Juif Imaginaire.

Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1980. 14 cm x 20 cm. 216 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

40. [Forster, E.M.] Armstrong, Paul B.

E.M. Forster Howard’s End ‘Only Connect’. Authoritative Text, Textual Appendix, Backgrounds and Context Edited by Paul B. Armstrong.

New York, London, W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. 13 cm x 21 cm. XIII, 473 pages. Cover photograph – Forster at age six on a pony with his mother in front of Rooksnest. Author portrait – Forster in 1938 by Howard Coster. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

41. Frame, Janet.

The Carpathians.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 196 pages. Dustjacket designed by AB3 Design with an illustration by Dulce Tobin. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

42. Gardner, John / O’Donohue, Thomas (illustrator).

Nickel Mountain: A Pastoral Novel.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 15 cm x 22 cm. 313 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Gardner.

43. Garnett, David.

The Grasshoppers Come. Wood Engravings by R.A. Garnett.

New York, Brewer, Warren & Putnam. 1931. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 143 pages. Some black and white wood engravings throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear and tear. From the library of Toronto Professor of English Literature, Jerome H. Buckley, with his name on endpaper.

44. Gernhardt, Robert.

Lichte Gedichte.

Zurich, Haffmans Verlag, 1997. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 264 Seiten. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Front dustjacket illustration by Robert Gernhardt / Originaler Pappband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two small pieces of ephemera from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

45. Gibson, Douglas.

Thirty Three Poems. With an introduction by Herbert Palmer.

London, King, Littlewood & King Limited, No date (1942) 12 cm x 18.5 cm. 31 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with minor signs of wear. Browning of paper, discolouration of cover.

46. Gilmour, David.

The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling.

London, John Murray, 2002. 16 x 24 cm. XII, 351 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

47. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.

48. Goldberg, Myra.

Rosalind – A Family Romance.

Massachusetts, Zoland Books, 1996. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by author.

49. Golding, William.

The Brass Butterfly: A Play in Three Acts.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1958. 13 cm x 21 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

50. Golding, William.

The Pyramid.

First Edition. London, Russell Square, 1967. 13 cm x 19 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.