The Courier-Journal (Louisville). September 3 & 4, 1939 / December 8, 1941. Covers Pearl Harbour and other Aspects of WW2.

Three original Newspapers. Louisville, 1939 & 1941. 8 pages / 8 pages / 8 pages. Very good condition. Sep 3, 1939 issue with closed tear to title page. Age darkened. See images.

O’Brien, Flann.

At Swim Two Birds.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. c. 19 x 13 cm. 316 pages. Original pale cloth. Black title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and part of the front board faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed to front free end paper, dated 1940. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A very nice copy overall.

Cleugh, James.

Tuscan Spring. A Novel About Sandro Botticelli (1444 – 1510).

First Edition. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 20 x 14 cm. 328 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gold paper label on spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and slightly faded on spine. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Conan Doyle, Arthur.

Sir Nigel.

London, John Murray, 1940. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 394 pages plus two pages of publishers list. Original red cloth with black title on spine. Black facsimile signature of the author on front board. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mildly foxed inside. Gift inscription on front free end paper: ‘Victor Brooke with lots of love from Mum. 24th Nov 1943’. Dust jacket very worn with some paper losses; now in archival jacket. Conan Doyle Uniform Edition.

The Earl of Longford.

The Vineyard. Being the story of Elijah, Ahab & Jezebel. A drama in three acts. [The drama was first played at the Dublin Gate Theatre on Tuesday, 16th March, 1943].

Dublin, Hodges Figgis & Co., Not dated [c. 1940s]. 18 x 12 cm. 74 pages. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Childe, V. Gordon.

Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles.

First Edition. London, W.& R. Chambers, 1940. 23 x 16 cm. xiv, 274 pages, followed by 16 Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with the usual library stickers and stamps. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

Bainville, Jacques.

Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.

Lamplighter.

Hidden Years. Scenes from the Childhood of Jesus.

[First Edition]. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1940. 18 x 12 cm. Title, (4), 25 pages. Musical scores on last two pages. Original blue stiff paper covers with title in black on front board. Very good condition. Very clean.

Goodwin, Rutherford. [Marshall, George C. / Pound, Dudley / Portal, Charles F.A. / Somerville, James F. / Wavell, Archibald P. / Hastings, L. Ismay et al].

A Brief & True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia. [Signed by George Marshall and British Chiefs of Staff in 1943]. Being an Account of the most important Occurrences in that Place from its first Beginning to the present Time.

A third Edition revis’d & enlarged by the Author. Williamsburg, Printed for Colonial Williamsburg by August Dietz, 1940. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 406 pages. With a frontispiece, two foldout maps and other illustrations. Brown calf with gilt line decorations. Label with gilt title on spine. Speckled edges. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Material losses to spine and spine label. Abrasion to boards. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened, otherwise in very good condition. Initials A.F.B. and 13 signatures on front end papers. Placed and dated (Williamsburg, Virginia 5/16/43). Text block bright and clean.

Haines, Gladys M.

Pines On The Hill and Other Poems.

First Edition. London et al. Hutchinson & Co., ND [c. 1940]. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 36 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Scarce.