Ford, Richard.

Independence Day.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 451 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Edges mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Parker, Gilbert.

An Bealach Achtuighthe [The Right of Way]. Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’) a rinne an t-aistriú. [Translation by Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’)].

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1937. 8°. 527 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Wilson, Tony / Sheppard, Colin.

Theory and Practice of Scanning Optical Microscopy.

London, Academic Press (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers), 1984. 23 x 15 cm, ix, 213 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs and drawings, charts, etc. Illustrated hard cover. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition. As new.

Service, Robert W.

Songs of a Sourdough / Ballads of a Cheechako / Rhymes of a Rolling Stone.

Three volumes. London, T. Fisher Unwin, ND, 1913 & 1916. 19 x 13 cm. 109, 140 & 189 pages. Red cloth hard covers with gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Neat gift inscriptions of the time.

Polya, G.

Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. Vol.1: Induction and Analogy in Mathematics / Vol.2: Patterns of Plausible Inference.

First Edition. Two volumes. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1954. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xvi, 280 pages / Vol.2: x, 190 pages. Original dark red cloth. hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding somewhat discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Library stamps and paper pocket on end papers. Internally bright and clean.

Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) / O’Meara, John (translator).

The History and Topography of Ireland. (Topographia Hiberniae). With a map and drawings from a contemporary copy c. 1200 A.D.

First Dolmen Edition (Dolmen Texts 4). Dolmen Press & Humanities Press, 1982. 136 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Turner, J.W.M / Marshall, C. / Wright, J.M. et al (artwork).

The Modern Gallery of British Artists; consisting of a Series of Engravings. Of their most admired Works, with illustrative Descriptions. New Series.

London, Charles Tilt, 1837. 27 x 21 cm. Engraved Title, TP and 41 Plates with tissue guarded Engravings, each with a short description. Original dark cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper, dated 1836. Complete with all Plates. See images. From the Library of Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland.

Muir, Percy.

English Children’s Books 1600 to 1900.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. 24 x 19 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket permanently mounted inside plastic jacket. Very good in very good jacket.

Walker, John / Washington, George (Appendix: General Washingtons Farewell Address).

Elements of Geography and Natural and Civil History. [Contains a summary of the early history of the United States, incl. a reprint of the US Constitution and the Farewell Speech of George Washington.]

Third Edition. Dublin, Printed and Sold by Thomas Morton Bates, 1797. 20.5 x 13 cm. xii, 624 pages. Folding map of Switzerland. Contemporary calf. Good condition only, missing most Plates and Maps. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Binding shaky. Some signs of bookworm. Text block appears to be complete. A good reading copy.

Madame Michelet.

Nature; or, the Poetry of Earth and Sea. With Two Hundred Designs by Giacomelli.

First Edition. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1880. 24 x 16 cm. xxxi, 431 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Illustrated binding. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.