The Hugger Mugger. Selected Poems – 2020.
First Edition in this Form. London, Rune Press, 2020. 15 x 10 cm. 166 pages. Illustrated Paperback. New and unread.
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The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin.
First Edition. Dublin, Alex. Thom & Co, 1881. c. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. cxxiii, 300 pages. Complete with seven folding maps / plates, as listed. Contemporary textured brown cloth. Blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Front free end paper missing. Binding weak, but holding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. All maps in excellent condition.
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Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c.
First Edition. Volumes 1 & 2 ONLY! London, How and Parsons, 1841 & 1842. 24 x 17 cm. Vol.1: xii, 435 pages. / Vol.2: viii, 468 pages. Illustrated throughout with Maps, Plates and Illustrations in text. Contemporary polished calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Spine labels. Blind decorations. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine and front board of volume 1. Occasional mild foxing / staining. Volume 1 lacks Frontispiece. All other Plates, Maps, Illustrations are present.
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A Rainy Lake Chronicle. Ted Hall wrote this. Thomas Hall printed this. All in Ranier, Minnesota.
First Edition. Ranier, MI, Rainy Lake Printing House, 1989. 21 x 14 cm. 71 pages. With small B&W drawings. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very goo dust jacket. Ex Libris and gift inscription on end papers. Edges and dust jacket age darkened and mildly stained (see images). Internally bright and clean.
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The Constitutional History of England [George Bellew Binding]. From the Accesion of Henry VII to the Death of George II.
Fifth Edition. Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1846. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xv, 719 pages / Vol.2: viii, 624 pages. Uniform green morroco by G. Bellew, Dublin. Binders stamp in gilt on front past down. Elaborate gilt decorations. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubing and bumping. Occasional mild staining to edges. Prize paper label on front paste donw. Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice set in a lovely sturdy binding.
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Letters of the Kings of England. Now First Collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and from other authentic Sources, Private as well as Public. Edited with an Historical Introduction and Notes.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Henry Coburn, Publisher, 1848. 20 x 13 cm, Vol.1: xlii, 403 pages with a frontispiece showing Henry the Eights. / Vol.2: xv, 477 pages + 2, with a frontispiece showing Charles the First. Original highly decorated red cloth. Gilt title, author and volume number on spines. Armorial and decorative blind stamping to front and rear boards. Very good condition. Tight bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to binding. Some age darkening and foxing internally. Book is unopened and has not been read. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume one is loose. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume 2 is missing. Edges age darkened and a little foxed. Heads dust dulled.
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The New Practical Navigator; Being A Complete Epitome of Navigation: To which is added, all the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea…
The Seventeenth Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Improved. London, Printed for Johnson, Richardson et al, 1807. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, 328 pages plus Tables. With a Frontispiece and ten Plates. New (2021) dark blue half cloth over matching marbled boards. New end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places. Edges age darkened. Some of the plates with some paper losses to front edge, but not affecting actual images.
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Memoires Du Comte De Grammont, Par Hamilton.
Two Volumes. Paris, Delongchamps, 1823. 10.5 x 7 cm. vj, 217 / 240 pages. With a Frontispiece in each volume. Uniform red half morocco over paper coverd boards. Dark end papers. Gilt decorations and title. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on verso of front free end paper.
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The Commonwealth Saga – Complete in 5 Volumes Part one – Pandora’s Star / Part two – Judas Unchained / Prequel 2 – The Dreaming Void / Prequel 3 – The Temporal Void / Prequel 4 – The Evolutionary Void.
5 Volumes. London, Macmillan, 2004 – 2010. 8°. Pagination: Part I: VI, 881 pages / Part II: VIII, 948 pages / Prequel II: 624 pages / Prequel III: 713 pages / 694 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket.All dust jackets inside archival plastic jackets. Excellent, close to new condition.
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Dated Book-Plates. (Ex Libris). With a Treatise on their Origin and Development. Part 1: Dated Book-Plates prior to 1700. / Part 2: Dated Book-Plates of the Eighteenth Century. / Part 3: Dated Book-Plates of the Nineteenth Century to 1895. With about One Hundred Illustrations.
First Combined Edition. London, A.C. Black, 1895. 27 x 21 cm. 124 & 225 pages plus 22 pages Index. With B&W Illustrations, some full page. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2018 using original boards and spine. New end papers. Edges and pages dust dulled. A few stains. A very nice copy.
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Questions on The Scriptures, for Young Persons Attending Catechetical Examinations. Selected and Arranged from Commentaries and Other Works.
[First Edition]. Cork, George Purcell & Co., 1853. 17 x 11 cm. 132 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. New binding. Internally dust dulled. Few annotations / lines in pencil.
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The Occasional Oratorio in Score. Composed in the Year 1745 by G.F. Handel.
No publisher information. Assumed to be: London, (No. 99-105) Arnold’s edition (Smith). ND: ca. 1791. 35 x 26 cm. 270 pages [TP, Score. TOC]. All pages engraved. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine ends and corners (see images). Internally mildly age darkened. Clean and complete score.
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The Official Directory of the World’s Columbian Exposition. May 1st to October 30th, 1893. A Reference Book … General Information concerning the Fair. Copiously Illustrated.
Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company, 1893. viii, 1120 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Losely inserted are four different admission tickets for the Chicago Fair in 1893. Original light blue cloth (see images). Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Hinges started to crack and binding weak, but holding.
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Atticus.
First Edition. New York, HarperCollins, 1996. 14 x 21 cm. 247 Pages. Hardcover. Original yellow boards with black cloth on spine (Hardback). Very good condition. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges from shelfwear. Black felt pen mark to bottom edge. Inside extremely clean and fresh. Signed by the author.
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The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with several Engravings. To which is added a Copious Appendix, containing the Principle Charters and other Original Documents.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 27 x 22 cm. xvi, 320 pages, lvi [Appendix], (4) [Index]. With several Plates, some folding. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some abrasions (see images). Sound original binding. Edges age darkened. Numerous inscriptions/annotations. Names of previous owners inscribed largely in many places throughout the book. Some dust dulling and staining, some closed tears. Text block complete. Most plates present, some with losses (see comments below). A very good reading copy of the now scarce first edition.
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The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with several Engravings. To which is added a Copious Appendix, containing the Principle Charters and other Original Documents.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. xvi, 320 pages, lvi [Appendix], (4) [Index]. Complete with all Plates and Maps, some folding. Later dark green half morroco. Cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Raised bands. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound binding. Edges dust dulled. A little dust dulling and occasional mild damp staining. A very nice copy of this now scarce first edition.
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The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the present Time, embellished with several Engravings. To which is added, a copious Appendix, containing the principal Charters and other original Documents.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 26 x 21 cm. xvi, 320 pages, lvi, (4). With 7 Plates and 4 fragments of Plates (see comments). New (2021) dark red half calf over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. New end papers. Good condition. New Binding. Text pages and seven plates complete. Only fragements remain of the folding plates (see images). Age darkened and thumped throughout with some dog ears and annotations in ink, pencil and colour pencil. Faint damp staining and some repairs to some pages & plates. Gift inscription (‘The Right Honourable Nathanial Earl of Leitrim’s Gift to James [O’Fair?] 15th January 1826’) in ink on title page.
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The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the present Time, embellished with several Engravings. To which is added a copious Appendix, containing the principal Charters and other original Documents.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 27 x 22 cm. xvi, 316 pages, lvi, (4) [Index]. Complete with all the Plates and Plans listed, some of which are folding. Contemporary half leather over cloth covered boards. Green end papers. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Some shelfwear rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. All plates and maps in very good condition. A very nice copy.
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Elementary Art; or, The Use of the Lead Pencil. Advocated and Explained.
A New Edition. London, Charles Tilt, 1838. 38 x 28 cm. 80 pages of text plus 28 full page plates. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / damp staining.
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French Flower Painters of the 19th Century – A Dictionary. Edited by Peter Mitchell.
London, Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1989. 28.6cm x 25cm. 402 pages. With 55 beautiful illustrations, by some of our most recognized painters. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.
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Holiday Excursions of a Naturalist. Forming A Guide-Book to the Natural History of the Inland and Littoral.
First Edition. London, Robert Hardwicke, 1867. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 345 pages. Publishers List. Contemporary dark cloth. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Hinges weak. Names of previous owners inscribed. Internally clean.
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Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima.
Third Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton, Miflin, The Riverside Press, 1892. 19 x 13 cm. vi, 350 pages. With a frontispiece and two more plates. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Hinges cracked. Binding a little shaky, but holding. Free end papers missing. Some pages dog-eared, some rough cut, but not affecting text block.
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Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.
First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. (4), 422 pages. Illustrated. Original green cloth. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.
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Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.
First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 422 pages with many maps and photographs in B&W. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Neat owners name inscribed. Binding weak. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
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Uncle Remus. or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin. With Fifty Illustrations by T.A. Elwes.
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. xxxi, 248 pages plus eight pages publishers list. Illustrated. Two colour cloth binding with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Professionally rebacked in 2019 using original boards, but with new end papers. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded. Internally bright and clean.
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The Highlands of Aethiopia.
Three volumes. Farnborough, Gregg International Publishers, 1968. 18 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xvii, 428 pages, folding map / Vol.2: xi, 438 pages / Vol.3: xi, 430 pages. All three volumes with frontispiece,title page vignette. Dark blue leatherette. Hard covers with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Bright and clean copies.
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Poems by Michael Harris. With an Introduction by Sir Compton Mackenzie.
First and limited edition of 500 copies. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1965. 22 x 15 cm. 28 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Wrappers dust dulled. Gift inscription, signed by Ulick O’Connor on half title page. Internally bright and clean.
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The Antient and Present State of the County of Down. Containing a Chorographical Description, with the Natural and Civil History of the same. Illustrated by Observations made on the Baronies, Parishes, Towns, Villages, Churches, Abbeys, Charter Schools, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Medicinal and other Springs, &c. With a Survey of the New Canal; as also a new and correct Map of the County.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by A. Reilly for Edward Exshaw, 1744. 20 x 12 cm. xx, 271 pages, (20)[Index]. Large folding Map of County Down as Frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Spine label with gilt title. Edges dyed green. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of Castle Hacket, with Percy Paley’s Signature and dated November 1963. Internally clean. Front joint started to crack, but binding remains sound. A very nice copy.
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Birds of the Harrow District 1925-1930 / Birds of the Harrow District. Two Volumes.
One hard cover and one pamphlet. Harrow, Harrow School, 1931 / 1949. 21 x 14 cm. 43 pages / 36 pages. Original dark cloth hard cover with black title on front board and spine / Paperback pamphlet with title and author one front board.. Very good condition. Front end papers stained from corroding staples of the pamphlet. Internally both publications and are bright and clean. The metal staples that were used for the pamphlet have corroded away completely, leaving some brown stains.
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Borneo Jungle. An Account of the Oxford Expedition to Sarawak.
First Edition. London, Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1938. 22 x 14 cm. x, 254 pages. Illustrated in B&W with maps, photos and line illustrations in text. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
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Godfrey Day. Missionary, Pastor and Primate. A Memoir. With a Foreword by The Archbishop of Armagh.
First Edition. Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, 1940. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 246 pages with B&W Plates. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind line decorations. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Internally mildly foxed. Dust jacket with tears and small paper losses (see images).
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The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel’s Buch der Chroniken. Printed by Anton Koberger in 1493.
New York, Landmark Press, 1979. 35 x 25 cm. As published: green morocco-grained cloth with black labels. Gilt title on front board and spine. Dark grey end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Slipcase rubbed and bumped with a small stain. See images.
EUR 280,-- Order
Feltrim Hill, Co. Dublin; A Neolithic and Early Christian Site. Journal, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Volume 94, Pt. 1, 1964.
Dublin, Royal Society of Antiquaries, 1964. 24 x 18 cm. 37 pages. With B&W Illustrations, incl. two folding Plates. Stiff paper covers with title on front cover. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner in red on title page. From the Library of Westport Historian Jarlath Duffy.
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Dublin: A Study in Environment.
First Edition. London / New York, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. 14.5 x 22cm. (12), 116 pages, Colour frontispiece, black and white photographs, maps and drawings. Original hardcover with illustrated endpapers and dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Name of previous owner inscribed. Some edge wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to spine ends.
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Evangelical Principles and Practice: Being Fifteen Sermons. Preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford.
Fifth Edition, Corrected. Cork, Richard Tivy, 1819. 18 x 11 cm. xii, 339 pages. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Overall a little dust dulled. Internally clean.
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The Illustrated A Brief History of Time.
Updated and expanded Edition. London et al, Bantam Press, 1996. 25 x 19 cm. (4), 248 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Losely inserted postcard to the collector stating: “Here is the book duly signed…”. Pam Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with quote and text by a secretarial hand.
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The Illustrated On the Shoulder of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy.
First Edition, first Printing. Philadelphia & London, Running Press Book Publishers, 2004. 25 x 18 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and scratching. Now inside protective Brodart jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with text by a secretarial hand.
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The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate. Diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages and First Published by the English College, at Doouay, A.D. 1609, With Useful Notes, Critical, Historical, Controversial, and Explanatory, selected from the most eminent Commentators, and the most Able and Judicious Critics by the Rev. Geo. Leo Haydock. Enriched with Engravings.
Volume 2 (of Two) ONLY! Dublin & Manchester, Printed and Published by Thos. Haydock, at his original Catholic Publications-Warehouse and at his shop, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, 1815 & 1814. 42 x 26 cm. Frontispiece, title page, pages 1015 – 1383 (Old Testament), (4) [Index], title page (New Testament), xii, 446 pages, (13) [Index, References, Maps]. This volume complete with 12 Plates and two Maps on one page. New (2021) half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally age darkened and in places edgeworn. Some dog ears and minor tears. Last few pages show a damp stain. Overall a nice volume in a sturdy modern binding.
EUR 250,-- Order
The Last Invasion of Ireland. When Connacht Rose.
First Edition. Dublin, Gill and Son, 1937. 21 x 14 cm. xxvi, 341 pages. Complete with six Illustrations, as listed. Original green cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy in the scarce dust jacket.
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Munster and the City of Cork. With pencil drawings by Raymond Piper.
First Edition. London, Phoenix House / J.M. Dent & Sons, 1964. 17 x 25cm. (14), 354 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt decoration. Excellent condition other than slightly bumped corners. Previous owner’s bookplate on front endpaper. Inscription on front free endpaper.
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