Prange, Gordon W., Goldstein, Donald M., and Dillon, Katherine V.

December 7, 1941 – The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor.

London, Harrap, 1988. 24 x 16 cm. XVI, 493 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some foxing.

King-Hall, Stephen.

Defence in the Nuclear Age.

First Edition. London, Victor Golancz, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. 223 pages. Includes two signed letters by the author to Field-Marshal Alanbrook, a ‘compliment’ card from the publisher, a small folded card with opinions about the book (incl. Alanbrooke’s) and a selection (10) of newspaper clips. Original blue cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. In original yellow decorated dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some dust dulling. Inscription by author to Alanbrooke on front free end paper. Letter stapled (rust spot) and tipped to half title page. Other materials losely inserted. Internally bright and clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Part 1.

The Third Edition. Two non-uniform Volumes. London, Saunders and Otley, 1838. c. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages. Binding Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Binding Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine. Very good condition. Both volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. Internally clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Part 2. Edited with Notes. The translation revised and in great part rewritten, and the additions made to the recent Paris Editions now first translated by Francis Bowen.

Sixth US Edition. Volume 2 only. Boston, John Allyn, 1876. 20 x 13 cm. xiv, 499 pages. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis (Author). Reeve, Henry and Bowen, Francis (Translators).

Democracy in America. Parts 1 & 2 complete. [A non-uniform set of various early editions].

Part 1: Third UK Edition / Part 2: Sixth US Edition. Three Volumes (Part 1 in two Volumes, Part 2 in one Volume). London and Boston, Saunders & Otley and John Allyn, 1838 & 1876. Octavo. Part 1: Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages / Part 2: xiv, 499 pages. Part 1, Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Part 1, Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine / Part 2: Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. All volumes internally clean.

Birdthistle, Sheighle.

demons…and other friends [Signed].

First Edition. Limerick, The Treaty Press, [1997]. 21 x 15 cm. 28 unnumbered pages. Stiff paper wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on tite page.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Departmental Ditties and other Verses.

Sixth Edition. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1891. 18 x 14 cm. vi, 125 pages plus 24 pages of publishers list. Blue cloth with gilt and black decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Binding shaky. Externals rubbed and bumped, faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page: ’ Harold Pelly Oct 1891’. Internally clean.

Schaumann, Ruth.

Der blühende Stab. Neun Geschichten – Neun Holzschnitte.

München, Verlag J. Kösel & F. Pustet, 1929. 8°. 161 Seiten. 9 Holzschnitte. Originales Halbleinen mit illustriertem Einbanddeckel. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren an der Bindung (etwas nachgedunkelt).

Buber, Martin.

Der Jude und sein Judentum. Gesammelte Aufsätze und Reden. Mit einer Einleitung von Robert Weltsch.

Erste Auflage. Köln, Joseph Melzer Verlag, 1963. 15 x 23 cm. 837 Seiten. Hardcover – Originaler Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Der Schutzumschlag ist nur minimal angerändert, sonst in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Aus der Sammlung des Literaturwissenschaftlers Harry Zohn (handschriftlicher Besitzvermerk auf dem Vorsatz). Innen sehr frisch.

MacSwiney, Terence (author) / MacCarthy, B.G. (editor).

Despite Fools’ Laughter. Poems by Terence MacSwiney.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1944. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 74 pages. Frontispiece. Quarter green cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally clean.