French, Nicholas.

The Historical Works of the Right Rev. Nicholas French D.D. Bishop of Ferns. Vol.2. Containing The Vnkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1846. 14 x 9 cm. vi, 202 pages. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner pencilled on top of title page. Internally clean.

Blunt, Wilfrid.

Married to a Single Life – Autobiography 1901-1938 / Slow on the Feather – Further Autobiography 1938-1959.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes (complete set). Salisbury, Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., 1983 / 1986. 14cm x 22cm. 306 and 270 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good price clipped dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Spine of volume 1 faded. Internally bright and clean.

Alvarez, Emanuel / Geoghegan, Rev. E.J. / Wheeler, G.B.

The Latin Prosody of Emanuel Alvarez, S.T.P. Provost of the College of St. Roch; with Explanations in English, by the Rev. E.J. Geoghegan.

A New Edition, revised and corrected. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, [1864]. 14 x 9 cm. 109 pages, 40 pages (Appendix). Original dark cloth. Gilt title on front board (‘Standard School and College Books’). Very good condition. Rubbed, Bumped and age darkened throughout. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Hand written note on rear free end paper. A few pencil annotations / underlinings.

Elizabeth Craig.

Housekeeping. A new book for the single-handed housewife, money-saving and labour-saving. With practical illustrations in line and photographs.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated [after 1937] 13 x 18 cm, ix, 246 pages. With frontispiece and many more B&W photographs, plans and illustrations. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Silberman, Charles E.

Crisis in Black and White.

First US Edition. New York, Random House, 1964. 21 x 15 cm. xii, 370 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover, inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some staining to binding (see image) and end papers. Internally bright and clean. Minor edge wear to dust jacket.

Le Fanu, Sheridan.

The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O’Brien. A Tale of the Wars of King James. With Illustrations on Steel by Browne.

Illustrated Edition. London, George Routledge and Sons, ND [c. 1880]. 22 x 14 cm. vi, (2), 342 pages plus publishers list. Complete with 22 Plates. Original dark red cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally age darkened with occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on title page. See images.

Inglis, Harry R.G.

The Contour’ Road Book of England / Scotland. A Series of Elevation Plans of the Roads with Measurements and Descriptive Letterpress.

Two Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, 1913 / 1923. 15 x 9 cm. England: 848 pages plus Index and folding map / Scotland: 288 pages plus Index. Original cloth bindings with gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. See images.

McEnery, John Hartnett.

Fortress Ireland. The story of the Irish Coastal Forts and the River Shannon Defence Line.

First Edition. Bray, Wordwell, 2006. 24 x 16 cm. xiv, 222 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine in original decorated dust jacket. As New.

Moore, Patrick.

The Astronomy of Birr Castle. With a Foreword of the Earl of Rosse.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1971. Octavo. xii, 81 pages. Original cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.

Von Michaelis, H. (Heinrich) / Allan Bird.

Our Birds. 8 Colour Plates.

Second Series. First Printing. Cape Town, ABC Press, Not dated (ca. 1960). 35 x 25 cm. A set of eight colour plates, mounted on stiff grey paper sheets. Together with a four page Introduction and Explanation. Plates and Introduction inside decorated cardboard presentation folder. Folder in plastic cover, as published. Very good condition. Some rubbing, dusting and age darkening to outer presentation folder. Colour plates are as new.