Search Results: Titles starting with A from Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

1999. London, Chatto & Windus, 1999. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 402 pages including photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two photocopies from a newspaper review pasted on back endpapers. Clean inside with solid binding. Includes for example the following chapters: Teachers, Bankers, Merchants, Wives / School-days / Apprentice / Student / Marriage among the Scientists / Language, Truth and Logic, or the Philosophy of Nonsense / The Meaning of Life / Oxford, New York, Toulon / Benthamite Saint / Retirement etc. "Freddie Ayer (1910-89) was one of the most influential philosophers of his generation, while his television and radio appearances, especially in the original `Brains Trust', made him Britain's first 'media philosopher'. In this lively, penetrating study - the first, fully authorised, biography - Ben Rogers relates Ayer's ideas to his remarkable life, strangely troubled beneath its glamorous surface.… Read More

2000. Blarney, Sitka Press, 2000. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 79 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains dedication by Colin Rynne. Newspaper-clipping stapled to end-paper. Slight bending crease on front cover near spine. Volume otherwise clean and intact. Includes the following essays: Preface / The Beale Family and the Origins of Monard / Quakers and Technological Change in Nineteenth-Century Ireland / The Spade Mill in County Cork / The Monard and Coolowen Ironworks: An Archaeology / The Monard Community at Work / Notes / Bibliography. "The Monard and Coolowen Ironworks, situated in the picturesque valley of the Blarney River, is the most important industiral archaeological site of its type to survive in Ireland. It was also a near-idyllic industrial community of smiths and spademakers, whose technology and lifestyle were barely touched by the twentieth century. 'A life of usefulness' is the story of this community from the late eighteenth… Read More

1759. London, Sold by W. & I. Mount, T. & T. Page on Tower Hill, [c. 1759]. Original, hand-coloured copper engraving on extra thick paper / Better paper - edition [differing from all other versions of this map we ever handled, this is only the second version of this high-quality version of this Map we encountered], possibly an admiralty issue since it was dedicated to the Office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. Beautifully mounted and framed. Size of the actual map: c. 62 cm wide x 52 cm high. Spectacular, unusually excellent condition of this rare, hand-coloured seachart of Cork Harbour with the Old Head and clear geography of Little Island, Poor Head, Ringaskiddy, Cork's Natural Harbour, Crosshaven, Haulbowline, Spike Island, Cloyne, etc. / Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier ! The inset Map "A Continuation of Corke Harbour from a smaller Scale" shows the region in greater detail. This inset Map even shows details of Cork City with Ballintemple and its Spring Garden,… Read More

1983. Ungekürzte Ausgabe. Zwei Baende. Berlin, Ullstein, 1983-1984. 11.7 cm x 17.8 cm. 302, 152 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. German Edition. Includes for example the following : < ABC der Heiterkeiten > Anachen / Alterserscheinung / Dienstleistung / Ferngesteuert / Glücksfrage / Kibbuzurlaub / Portofrei / Sekretärin / Tagung / Vater, werdende / Wechselbeziehung. Einleitung - Unternehmen>>Letztes Hemd

1961. First edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1961. 12 cm x 18 cm. 206 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Contains among others the following chapters: ABC; How To Study Poetry; Warning; Laboratory Conditions; Ideogrammie Method; What is Literature?; What is the Use of Language?; Compass, Sextant, or Landmarks; Tests and Composition Exercises etc.

1946. 5 volumes in 4. (Includes the double-number 1947-1948). Calcutta, The Baptist Mission Press, 1946-1949. Quarto (21,5 cm x 27,5 cm). Volume 2 (July 1946): 137 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 3 (January 1947): 150 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 4 (Double Number): 321 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps / Volume 5: 113 pages with numerous photographic plates and large fold-out maps. Original Softcover. Good condition with signs of wear only to the wrappers - Inside very good. Excellent periodical in original edition (NOT the REPRINT). Includes for example: Krishna Deva/McCown, Donald E. - Further Exploration in Sind - 1938, V.D.Krishnaswami - Megalithic Types of South India, Chhabra, B.Ch. - Ten Years of Indian Epigraphy (1937-46), Sisupalgarh 1948 - an Early Historical Fort in Eastern India, K.R.Srinivasan - Vegetations on Monuments, Gordon Childe - Megaliths, Chakravarti - The… Read More

2023. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Image Size: 21,1 cm wide x 13,8 cm high. Sheet Size: 27,3 cm wide x 19,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. [Price includes 23% VAT (27,11 €) / Net: (117,89 €)] The Abbey of Saint John is also called St John's Priory and is a medieval Augustinian priory and National Monument located in Kilkenny. The Lady Chapel of the priory is now used as a parish church of the Church of Ireland. (Wikipedia)

1991. Blarney, Forum Publications, 1991. 20.5 cm x 14.5 cm. 80 pages including many black and white photographs. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: The Church in Abbeystrewry / Canon James Goodman / How a Buried Wife came back to her Husband / Parochial Memories of Clergy and Church Life / The Sikes Family / The Choir / Abbeystrewry Churhc Bell / The Bazaar / Darker Days / Schooling / Recreation in Town and Country / The Townspeople and the Silver Band / Farm Life / Getting About / Wiliam Trevor / Tom McElligott / Mrs. Joan Wynn / Tom Warner / Eric Sweetnam / Creagh and the Magills / Miss Vivienne Darling / Miss Barbara Power / Mrs Leslie Johnston / George Damery / Trevor Roycroft / A Pen Portrait of Tom Hosford / Local Cures for Animals / Superstitions / West Cork Names / Murray's Guide / Businesses / Sources / Postscript / List of Clergy and Organists.

1833. Zweiter Band und Dritter Band (von 3). Berlin, Verlag von Ludwig Oehmigke, 1833 - 1837. Quarto (2 cm x 26 cm). Mit 208 altkolorierten Kupfertafeln von F. Guimpel. Paginierung: Band II: 123 Seiten plus 1 Seite mit einem "Verzeichnis der im zweiten Bande enthaltenen Abbildungen gefolgt von Tafeln 101 - Tafel 200 im Anhang / Paginierung von Band III: 120 Seiten Text gefolgt von Tafeln 201 - Tafel 308 im Anhang. Hardcover / Originale Pappbände des 19.Jahrhunderts mit Leinenbezug und originalen Rückenschildchen. Bindung berieben, Ecken und Kanten bestoßen. Innen etwas stockfleckig. Enthält die seltenen, handkolorierten Tafeln.

1985. München/Zürich, Piper, 1985. 8°. 123 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. [1. - 2. Tsd.] 1985. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren (Umschlag mit kleinem Einriss/Minimal lichtrandig). KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

1908. Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1908. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 414 pages. Generously illustrated with colour plates, black-and-white images and with fold-out map on back pastedown. Original Hardcover (yellow ochre cloth with colour illustration, embossed gilt decoration and title on front and embossed gilt lettering on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Half-title, frontispiece and title page detached from book block.

1987. Berlin, Taco, 1987 23 cm x 30 cm. 79 pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: Die verdrehte Dose / Räumliche Angaben / Inversion / Kuboiden / Treppen / Flächen, die zugleich weit weg und nah sind / Doppelte Ausrichtung / Verschwindende Räume etc.

1984. Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1984. 24.5 cm x 32 cm. 91 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes the following text: Introduction by Allan Massie, and Eisenstaedt at Work by Gregory Vitiello. Photographs are presented in black and white, and include for example subjects:- Danny La Rue at His Majesty's Theatre, Helicopter survival training at Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Harbour from Salvesen Tower, Buyer - Fish Market, Sir Maitland Mackie - Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, Edward II Memorial, and Gordon J Bailey - Sacrist - Aberdeen University.

1851. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. Plate Size: 33 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.5 cm. In very good condition. Very faint traces of light browning to outer margin and paper imperfections to top edge. Published in the Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Aberdeen in the North of Scotland, at the mouth of the River Dee and the 'German Sea'. Railway, street and district areas of the city are also included. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in… Read More

1948. Milano, Edizioni Giovanni Bolla, 1948. 19.2cm x 13cm. 203 (13) pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library stamp on endpaper (Contardo Calligaris). [I Libri Della Salute - 76].

2004. Syncrude, Canada, Provincial Museum of Alberta, 2004. 21 cm x 28 cm. VII, 81 pages. Black and white and coloured illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This heavily illustrated, full colour book uses the framework of historical narrative to elucidate the past 11,000 years of Aboriginal history in present-day Alberta. In so doing, it conveys the challenges that Aboriginal people have confronted and celebrates the enduring legacy that they have created. From medicine wheels, buffalo jumps, and rock art images, the story moves forward through the fur trade era, the disappearance of the bison, and the long years of cultural suppression that followed the signing of treaties. Importantly, the story carries through to the present day, exploring grassroots political and cultural movements of the 1960s, contemporary self-government initiatives, and the ongoing reclamation of Aboriginal voice. Aboriginal Cultures in Alberta, Five Hundred… Read More

2000. Den Haag, A.Aardewerk antiquair bv, 2000. 30 cm x 24 cm. 84 pagina's / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Met o.a. de volgende hoofdstukken / Includes for example the following chapters: Een paar tazze / Zilveren boekband / Zeer belangrijk lampetstel / Rotterdamse broodband Het geschenk van George IV etc etc.

1991. Tübingen, Niemeyer, 1991. 8°. VI, 683 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren (kleiner Lichtrand). KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Frühe Neuzeit ; Bd. 5] Vita A. G. Kaestneri / Der Gelehrte / Der Biedermann / Kästners literarische Werke / Oden / Parodien / Elegien / Prosa / Rezeptionsgeschichte / Kästners naturwissenschaftlicher Ansatz etc. etc. Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (* 27. September 1719 in Leipzig; † 20. Juni 1800 in Göttingen) war ein deutscher Mathematiker und Epigrammdichter. Er war der Sohn des Juraprofessors Abraham Kästner. 1756 heiratete er nach 12-jähriger Verlobung Johanna Rosina Baumann. Am 4. März 1758 starb seine Ehefrau an einer Lungenkrankheit. Später heiratete Kästner die Witwe eines französischen Offiziers. Ob aus dieser Verbindung eine Tochter entstammt, ist fraglich. Kästner studierte ab 1731 in Leipzig Jura, Philosophie, Physik, Mathematik und Metaphysik. 1733… Read More

1919. First Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Octavo. XII, 112 pages. Hardcover / Original, illustrated boards with spinelabel. Signed in full by actor Henry Stephenson on the titlepage: "Henry Stephenson - 10.XII.20" / Binding slightly rubbed. Spinlelabel worn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookseller Label from Brentano's in New York. Henry Stephenson (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist (1948). Harry Stephenson Garraway was born to British parents in Grenada, British West Indies and educated in England. He started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in A Message from Mars. In the following decades, he performed in more than 30… Read More

1999. Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Red Barn Publishing, 1999. 21 cm. [5], 102pages with illustrations by Anthony Ruby. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print ! Includes for example the following essays: Abraham Abell's Ancestry / Abraham Abell: Bibliophile and Collector / Abraham Abell as Seanchai / The Arts and Abraham Abell / The Cuvierian Society / Abraham Abell the Ogham Collector / An Excursion to Bantry and Castletown / Abraham Abell's Library etc.