Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.

O’Brien, R. Barry.

Thomas Drummond. Under-Secretary in Ireland 1835 – 40. Life and Letters.

First Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. 22 x 14 cm. viii, 401 pages. With a frontispiece showing Thomas Drummond and three plates, one being a fold-out. Original decorated cloth with black title and lines on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Spine faded. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Internally some mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Small neat stamp of a previous owner on title page. Bright and clean inside. Many pages unopened. A very nice copy.

Langton, Neville.

The Prince of Beggars.

Third Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., [1925]. 19 x 12 cm. vii, 224 pages. Original green cloth with black title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear to book. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket has a few tears and minor paper loss to the spine. Gift plate glued to front paste down. Very neat, dated 1925.

Lucas, E.V.

The Colvins and their Friends.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 22 x 15 cm. x, 365 pages. With a frontispiece and 25 other Illustrations. Original red cloth with with paper label on spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped, partially faded. Front hinge opened, but binding holding. Internally some foxing and age darkening, mainly to the end papers and the first and last few pages of the book. Bookblock internally bright and clean.

Lord Macaulay.

Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. Authorized Edition.

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. viii, 850 pages. Black and brown half calf. Gilt vignette of Queen’s University Belfast on front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Five raised bands. Blind decorations on spine and boards. All edges speckled. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped, mildly stained. Edges age darkened. Front hinge opened. Front free end paper lost two corners. Internally mildly foxed and age darkened. A few annotations in text. Binding sound, but a few pages lose.

Kingsley, Charles.

Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography.

London, Richard Edward King, [not dated, ca. 1880]. 18 x 12 cm. vi, 3564 pages. Original dark red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and blind line decorations on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, mild rubbing and bumping. Internally clean but browned. Mild foxing to end papers. Large book plate glued to front paste down. See image.

Livingston, Peter.

Poems and Songs. With Lectures on the Genius & Works of Burns and the Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, and Letter on Sir John Franklin, and the Arctic Regions.

Tenth Edition. Dundee, Printed by J. Pellow, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 137 pages. Dark brown blind decorated cloth. ‘Poems &c’ in gilt on front board. Professionally repaired with new decorated end papers in 2017. Good condition. Binding repaired, new end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped, stained and worn. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed. A few stains and minor paper loss to some corners.

Nichols, John / Clair, Colin (Editor).

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century.

First Edition. Fontwell, Sussex, Centaur Press, 1967. 22 x 14 cm. 525 pages. With a frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a few small nicks and closed tears. Now in an archival jacket. A nice clean copy.

Ward, Philip (Editor).

The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 1978. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 629 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Appears unused. Minor shelf wear. A nice clean copy.

Matthews, William / Rader, Ralph W.

Autobiography, Biography, and the Novel. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, May 13, 1972.

First Edition. Los Angeles, William Andrew Clark Memorial Library, 1973. 22 x 15 cm. (2), 79 pages. Original paper wrapper. Soft cover – paperback. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean and bright. With a small compliment slip from the University Librarian.