Gwynn, Denis.

The O’Gorman Mahon: Duellist, Adventurer and Politician.

First Edition. London, Jarrolds Publishers, 1934. 23 x 15 cm. 287 pages, xiii [Publishers List], complete with 16 Plates, as listed. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good only dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket worn with some material losses (see images).

Turner, J.M.W. / Millais, J.E. / Hunt, W. / Leighton, F. / Ward, E.M. et al (artists) / Armstrong, Walter (text).

Celebrated Pictures exhibited at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition. Fine Arts Section. A Series of 30 Line Engravings and Etchings with Notes and Criticisms by Walter Armstrong, M.A.

London and Manchester, J.S. Virtue Ltd., & Palmer and Howe, 1887/88. c. 44.5 cm x 32 cm. Title Page, List of Plates, 59 Text Pages interspersed with 29 (out of 30) Plates in B&W. The missing Plate is ‘The Yeoman’s Wedding’ by J.D. Watson. Each Plate is preceded by a page stating the image title, painter and engraver. Two of these pages are missing. Text block appears complete. Original red cloth with black title on front board. Gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. The book is DISBOUND with all text pages and plates being lose. Sold as a collection of plates or candidate for rebinding. Poor condition. Disbound. Original binding rubbed and bumped, faded and in very poor condition. Internally pages are bright and clean. Some text pages show tears and edgwear. Plates generally in very good condition. Please review all images on our web site (westcoastrarebooks.com) to assess the condition of this item!

Ritter, Lorenz (artist) / Dohme, Dr. Robert (text).

Malerische Ansichten aus Nürnberg.

Berlin, Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1876. 42 x 32 cm. Engraved title page, title page, (4) [Dedication], 12 text pages (with Illustrations), followed by 25 tissue guarded engraved Plates – complete. Original textured cloth with elaborate gilt and black decorations. Gilt titles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with small material losses. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Blank Ex Libris sticker on one of the text pages. Foxing throughout, heavy in places (see images).

O Malley, Thomas (text) / O Malley, John (illustrations).

The Last Legend. A Narrative Poem.

First Edition. Boston, Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1947. 22 x 16 cm. 64 unnumbered pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper. See images.

Presland, John (Gladys Skelton).

Barricade.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan & Co., 1926. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 310 pages, (2) [Publishers List]. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

[Cavendish, George / Grove, Joseph].

The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey, Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.

Volume 1. Adorn’d with Cuts, and a complete Index. London, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author… 1742. 19.5 x 12 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (4) [Dedication], ix [Preface], 402 pages, (46) [Index]. Complete with 9 Plates, as listed. Rebacked in 2023 with a new cloth spine and end papers. Original contemporary boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rebacked. Boards rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners (see images). Top of title page and first page of Dedication cut off, not affecting text. Lower corner of page vii/viii of Preface missing. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places.

[H.G. Collins].

Collins’ Railway Map of Ireland. Coloured and Mounted on Linen. Two Shillings & Sixpence. Exhibiting the Mail, Coach and Turnpike Roads, the Lakes, Rivers & Canals, the Principal Rages of Mountains: also the Boroughs & Market Towns with their distances from the Capital. Compiled from Numerous Trigonometrical Surveys & Other Approved Authorities.

London, H.G. Collins, ND [c. 1860]. c. 67 x 83 cm unfolded. Very good condition.

Anon.

Breviarium Romanum. Pars Aestiva. Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S. Pii V Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum Aliorumque Pontificum Cura Recognitum Pii. Papae X. Auctoritate Reformatum.

Romae – Tornaci – Parisiis, Typis Societatis S. Joannis Evangelistae, et al., [1923]. 15 x 9.5 cm. xxxvi, 825, 264, 33 & 92 pages. Small Illustrations. Contemporary dark brown morocco. All edges gilt. Good condition only. Binding weak. Well used. Overall a little worn and age darkened.

Lord Alfred Douglas.

The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1929. 21 x 17 cm. (4), 340 pages. Complete with 8 Plates, as listed. Original blue textured cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. Rebacked in 2024 using the original board and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Sound binding (rebacked). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Aherne, Brian.

A Proper Job. Illustrated with Photographs.

First Edition, First Printing. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 355 pages. With photographs. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end paper. A very nice clean inscribed copy (see images).