1. Yeats, W.B.

POEMS – [In the stunning original Binding by Althea Giles].

Third [But really the Sixth] Edition. London, T.Fisher Unwin, 1912. Octavo. XV, 322 pages. With the loosely inserted youth-portrait of Yeats extracted and placed in a mount (for standing next to the book or for framing). Original, very decorative Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments worked by famous book-designer Althea Giles. Some minor foxing to the edges. Otherwise this particular copy of the book is the most stunning example of an excellent condition of this binding we have ever seen. With minor wear only.

2. Dickens, Charles.

A Tale of Two Cities [True First Issue of First Edition with All Nine (!) Markers in Original 19th Century Binding but lacking Title-Page as well as pages i-viii of Preliminaries (blank page, Dedication and Content-Page are missing). This copy starts with page [ix],the “List of Plates” bound here directly after the Vignette but importantly, the book seemed to have been bound this way since the pages were not torn out. This copy shines through the extraordinary condition of the Plates by H.K.Browne which, according to reference works, “were not duplicated and consequently most copies have poor impressions…” NOT this one !]

First Edition – First Issue. London, Chapman & Hall, [1859]. Octavo (14 cm wide x 22 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece, Title-Page with Title-Vignette present (see image), [ix (being “List of Plates”)], 254 pages with all 16 plates and vignettes in their place [Illustration for page 197 bound after page 198]. Original Hardcover / Very decorative original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. The wonderful marbled endpapers intact and firm with not a trace of splitting (very unusual). Title-Page with year missing ! Illustration on page 48 with a minor, professional repair of a very small tear. Spine of binding with a small defect. All plates in very good and clean condition with only the faintest signs of occasional foxing. Besides the lacking title-page, the dedication-page and the content-page, in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the upper spine.

3. [Zelnik, Friedrich / Morel, Emma] Brugmans, H. / Loosjes, A.

Amsterdam in Beeld. [From the library of Frederic Zelnik] Met 613 Afbeeldingen.

Zesde Vermeerdere Druk. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, (ca.1925). 4°. VIII, 372 pages with 613 photographs of Old Amsterdam, prior to the second world war. Original illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hinge slightly shaky. From the library of Frederic Zelnik / Friedrich Zelnik. Inscribed to Frederic Zelnik by one of his silent cinema actresses, Emma Morel, during the filing of “Vadertje Langbeen”, based on a Novel from Jean Webster and adapted fror the screen by Rudolph Bernauer, the film was made by Zelnik and filmed in Amsterdam. Emma Mourel was one of the stars of the Movie and inscribed the book to Zelnik: “Van ouren voorbeeldigen Regisseur den Heer Friedrich Zelnik, her herinnering van Amsterdam Augustus 1938. Voor alle….Gross-aufnahmen !! Met reeht-hartelycken dank en auf Wiedersehen von Emma Morel”.

4. Bielfeld, Baron [Jakob Friedrich von] / W[illiam] Hooper.

The Elements of Universal Erudition – Containing An Analytical Abridgment of the Sciences, Polite Arts, and Belles Lettres. Translated from the last Edition printed at Berlin by W[illiam] Hooper. [With the printed Dedication “To His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales”].

Three Volumes (complete set). London, Printed by G.Scott for J.Robson Bookseller in New-Bond Street and B. Law in Ave-Mary Lane, 1770. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 445 pages / Volume II: II, 433 pages plus two pages of an advertising of Books printed for J.Robson plus a large Fold-out- Illustration of musical scores / Volume III: II, 444 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with original spine-labels and gilt elemnts on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

5. West, Anthony C.

The Ferret Fancier. A Novel.

Dublin/London/Old Greenwich, Conn., O’Brien press/Allison and Busby/Devin-Adair, 1983. 21 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Classic Irish fiction Bd. 5].

6. O’Kelly, Seumas.

Wet Clay.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / T.Fisher Unwin, 1922. Octavo. 377 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Gift-Inscription on endpaper.

7. O’Duffy, Eimar.

[The Cuanduine Trilogy] Volume I: “King Goshawk and The Birds” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1926) / Volume II: “The Spacious Adventures of the Man in the Street” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1928) / Volume III: “Asses in Clover” (First Edition. London, Putnam, 1933).

First Edition. Three Volumes (Complete Trilogy). London and New York, Putnam ad Macmillan, 1926-1933. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 319 pages / Volume II: 407 pages / Volume III: 331 pages. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s illustrated cloth (no dustjackets). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Stronger signs of staining to cover of Volume I and minor sign of staining to cover of Volume II only. All three bindings firm and sturdy. Very rare first edition set of the complete Trilogy.

8. O’Driscoll, Dennis.

Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams. Selected Prose Writings.

Oldcastle, County Meath, The Gallery Press, 2001. 14.5cm x 22cm. 360 pages. Hardcover/ Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor tear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

9. McLiam Wilson, Robert.

Eureka Street – A novel of Ireland like no other.

First North American Edition. New York, Arcade Publishing Inc, 1997. 14.5cm x 21.5cm 395 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

10. Duffy, Carol Ann.

Standing Female Nude.

Third Edition. London, Anvil Press Poetry Ltd., 1989. 21.4cm x 13.5cm. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Carol Ann Duffy: “Best wishes Carol Ann”.