James Henthorn Todd (Editor) / Algernon Herbert (Introduction & Notes)

Leabhar Breathnach annso sis. The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius.

First Edition in this form. Dublin, Printed for the Irish Archaeological Society, 1848. 23 x 19 cm. xvi, 287 pages, cxxx [Additional Notes], 35 pages [Royal Archaeological Society Info, incl. members list]. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed with minor losses. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled (see images). Small sticker with name of previous ownser on front paste down. A few small annotations.

Sloane, Eric.

Look at the Sky.. and tell the Weather.

Revised and enlarged edition. New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1970. 23 x 32 cm (oblong). xiii, (3), 90 pages. With Illustrations in Text and a large folding chart at the end of the book. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price clipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Ex Libris on half title page. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Yockney, Alfred (essay), Monk, W. (artist), Paterson, Emily M. (artist).

The Art Journal: Clew Bay & Croagh Patrick. A Silent Waterway.

London, Virtue, 1907. 34 x 27 cm. Pages 1 – 4 [Art Journal Advertiser], pages numbered 257 to 288, pages 5-8 [Art Journal Advertiser]. Illustrated throughout. With two full page Plates, one in colour. Original paper wrappers. Stapled. Very good condition. Paper wrappers frayed with minor losses to spine (see images). Internally bright and clean.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1791 [1994]. 33 x 23 cm. Vol.1: 88 text pages and 141 Plates / Vol.2: 98 test pages and 133 Plates. Complete with all Plates, as listed. New (2024) half cloth over marbled paper boards. Black morocco spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. New end papers. Very good condition. New bindings and end papers. Ex Libris of previous owner transferred to new paste downs. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A very nice set in a new sturdy binding.

Coulter, Henry.

The West of Ireland: Its Existing Condition, and Prospects. By Henry Coulter, Correspondent of Saunders’s News-Letter. (By Permission).

First Edition. Dublin and London, Hodges & Smith and Hurst & Blackett, WM. Blackwood, 1862. 20 x 12 cm. x, 372 pages with 36 tissue guarded Plates, some in colour. With a Map of Ireland. Lacking the Map of Telegraph Stations. Original green cloth. Gilt and blind decorations. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Rebacked in 2024. Edges end papers. Mild dust dulling, foxing and damp staining. See images.

Leitch Ritchie (text) / Turner, J.M.W. (artist).

Wanderings by the Seine. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. Author of Heath’s Picturesque Annual, Schinderhannes, Romance of French History, &c. With Twenty Engravings from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A.

[First Edition]. London, Paris & Berlin, Longman, Reese, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman / Rittner and Gaupil / A. Asher, ND [1835]. 21 x 13 cm. (6), 256 pages, (2). Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary cloth. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Rebacked in 2024 using original boards and remaining parts of the spine. See images. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Part of original spine missing. Internally mild dust dulled and occasionally damp stained.

Walpole, Charles, George.

A Short History of the Kingdom of Ireland. From the earliest Times to the Union with Great Britain. With five Maps and Appendices.

First Edition. London, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1882. 20 x 14 cm. xxxv, 579 pages plus 32 pages publishers list. Complete with five coloured Maps, as listed. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Rebacked in 2024. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. New end papers. Tipped in paper with ‘the author’s best wishes’ dated 1882. Occasional mild foxing. A few closed tears to some of the maps.

O’Brien, William.

A Queen of Men.

Third and Popular Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. 18 x 12 cm. x, 321 pages. Original green cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Professionally rebacked in 2024. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Part 1.

The Third Edition. Two non-uniform Volumes. London, Saunders and Otley, 1838. c. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages. Binding Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Binding Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine. Very good condition. Both volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. Internally clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis (Author). Reeve, Henry and Bowen, Francis (Translators).

Democracy in America. Parts 1 & 2 complete. [A non-uniform set of various early editions].

Part 1: Third UK Edition / Part 2: Sixth US Edition. Three Volumes (Part 1 in two Volumes, Part 2 in one Volume). London and Boston, Saunders & Otley and John Allyn, 1838 & 1876. Octavo. Part 1: Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages / Part 2: xiv, 499 pages. Part 1, Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Part 1, Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine / Part 2: Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. All volumes internally clean.

Garcia, Cristina / Greene, Joshua / DD Allen.

Cars of Cuba. Essays by Cristina Garcia. Photographs by Joshua Greene. Created by DD Allen.

First Edition. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1995. 22 x 15 cm. 64 pages. Softcover. Signed by the author Cristina Garcia. Very good condition with only minimal signs of usage on the cover.

Grey, Zane.

The Spirit of the Border – A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley. With four page illustrations by J. Eatson Davis.

First Edition. New York, A.L.Burt Company, 1906. 8°. 266 pages with 4 additional pages of advertising. Original Hardcover / Illustrated, original cloth in excellent condition. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the cloth at the corners. But overall near fine or better condition of this extremely rare book.

[Thackeray, William Makepeace] Hunter, Sir William Wilson.

The Thackerays in India and Some Calcutta Graves.

First Edition. London, Henry Frowde, 1897. 8°. 191 pages including an Index. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Moore, N. Hudson.

Old Glass – European and American. With Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Ilustrations. [With a Chapter on Irish Glass / A Chapter on Waterford Glass / A Chapter on Dublin and Cork Glass].

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no year (c.1935). Octavo. XVI, 394 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover [Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on spine andfront board]. Original binding in very good condition with some strong signs of spotting and staining to the covers. Interior in very good condition. The binding still very firm.

Johnson, Warren B.

From the Pacific to the Atlantic: Being an Account of a Journey Overland from Eureka, California, to Webster, Massachusetts, with a Horse, Carriage, Cow and Dog.

Reprint of the original edition from 1887. Kessinger Publishing, ca. 2010. 23.5cm x 15.7cm. III, 369 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Bookplate to endpaper.

Jones, Sydney R.

England West.

First Edition. London / New York, The Studio Publications, 1950. 24.8cm x 15.5cm. 272 pages. Includes many illustrations and drawings by the author of locations featured in the book (black and white). Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine (slightly faded) and on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Robinson, Eric.

London. Illustrated Geological Walks. Book Two: West End.

Edinburgh/ London, Scottish Academic Press, 1985. 23cm x 11.5cm. vi, 142 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Birmingham, Stephen.

Real Lace. America’s Irish Rich.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973. 14 x 23 cm. XIII, 322 pages including an index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ó Donnchadha, Diarmuid.

Castar an Taoide [The Turn of the Tide].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1995. 8°. XIII, 637 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author.

Holloway, W.R.

Indianapolis: a Historical and Statistical Sketch of the Railroad City, a Chronicle of Its Social, Municipal, Commercial and Manufacturing Progress, With Full Statistical Tables.

Indianapolis: Journal Print, 1870. Octavo, gilt-stamped cloth, 390 pp. with two maps of the city, 24 plates, advertisements for railroad equipment. A near fine copy in original publisher’s gilt stamped green cloth.

Moss, Peter.

Hong Kong Style.

First Edition. Hong Kong, FormAsia Books Ltd., 1999. 26 x 16 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Lathrop, Elise.

Early American Inns and Taverns.

First edition. New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. 24 x 16,5 cm. XXI, 365 pages with 90 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front hinge cracked.

Vinal, Theodora.

Niagara Portage. From Past to Present.

First edition. Buffalo, Foster & Stewart Publishing Corporation, 1949. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. V, 157 pages with 40 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition only. Rubbed and bumped. Damp staining to bottom of pages. Dust jacket with paper losses. Edges and end papers age darkened. Reading copy.

McCutchen McBride, George.

Chile: Land and Society.

First edition. New York, American Geographical Society, 1936. 21 x 14 cm. XIV, 408 pages with 58 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding age darkened and mildly discoloured.

Milner, C. Douglas.

Mountain Photography. Its Art and Technique in Britain and Abroad.

Reprint of 1945. New York, The Focal Press, 1946. 24 x 17,5 cm. 238 pages with photographies. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition with external wear on dustjacket.

Gwynn, Stephen.

The Charm of Ireland. Her Places of Beauty Entertainment Sport and Historic Association.

Reprint of Second Edition. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. 20cm x 14.8cm. 314 pages.With 36 beautiful black/white and coloured illustrations. Map Missing ! Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear and foxing. No text markings. Edges age darkened.Boards and spine darkened and dull.

Cooney, John / McGarry, Tony.

Ireland and Europe – In Times of World Change. Humbert International Chronicle and Directory.

First Edition. Dublin, Humbert International School Publication. 2002. 25.7cm x 15.7cm. 378 pages. With illustrations in black/white. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Inscribed and signed by one of Authors on title page.

Corcoran, Doreen.

A Tour of East Antrim. Historic photographs from the W.A. Green Collection in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

First Edition. Belfast, Friar’s Bush Press, 1990. 18cm x 21.4cm. 92 pages. With historic photographs of rural life in early 1900’s Antrim. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von.

Die nackten Nagas.

Wiesbaden, Eberhard Brockhaus Verlag, 1946. 23.2cm x 15.5cm. 256 pages. With beautiful, insightful and rare photograph of Tribal life. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Some external wear. Many annotations with pencil by previous owner.

Bailey, F.M.

Mission to Tashkent. Introduction and Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk.

London, The Folio Society, 1999. 24cm x 16cm. XXIII, 269 pages. With 31 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition.

Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Díaz, Bernal.

The Conquest of New Spain. Translated and introduced by J.M. Cohen.

London, The Folio Society, 1974. 25cm x 16cm. 351 pages. With 16 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original Slipcase. Excellent, close to new. Green gilt decorated cloth boards in brown slip-case and maps on endpapers.

Herrmann, Paul.

Sieben vorbei und acht verweht – Das Abenteuer der frühen Entdeckungen.

Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, 1953. 24.5cm x 16.3cm. 525 Seiten / Mit zahlreichen historischen Abbildungen / 525 pages. With beautiful historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Hagen, Toni / Wahlen, Friedrich Traugott / Corti, Walter Robert.

Nepal – Königreich am Himalaya.

First Edition. Bern, Geographischer Verlag, 1960. 30.8cm x 24.8cm. 222 Seiten / Mit 68 wundervollen Illustrationen von Nepal und Himalaya / 222 pages. With 68 extraordinary illustrations of Nepal and the Himalayas. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Blythe, Ronald.

Places – An Anthology of Britain.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1981. 24cm x 16cm. XI, 238 pages. With 27 illustrations in black/white. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Buley, R. Carlyle.

The Old Northwest – Pioneer Period 1815-1840.

2 volumes (complete). Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1951. 24cm x 16.7cm. Vol I: XVI, 632 with 27 historic illustrations and 9 maps / Vol II: IX, 686 pages with 20 historic illustrations and 5 maps. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor staining to the covers.

Sweetser, M.F.

Picturesque Maine. With Descriptions.

First Edition. Portland, Chisholm Brothers, 1879. 15cm x 11.8cm. 38 pages. With beautiful illustrations of the best sides of Maine, New England. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Butte Silver Bow Public Archives.

Remembering Butte – Montana’s Richest City.

Montana, Farcountry Press, 2001. 27.5cm x 21.6cm. 109 pages. With historic illustrations of the city. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Busselle, Michael / Blythe, Ronald.

England – The Four Seasons.

London, Pavilion Books Limited, 1993. 31cm x 21.6cm. 144 pages. With beautiful photographies by Busselle. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Newby, Eric / Ashmore, Sonia (eds).

A Book of Lands and Peoples.

London, HarperCollins, 2003. 16cm x 24cm. XII, 620 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Morgan, Lael.

Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush.

Fairbanks / Seattle, Epicenter Press, 1998. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 351 pages with photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Boswell, James / Johnson, Samuel / Pottle, Frederick A. / Bennett, Charles H.

Boswell’s Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.

London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1936. 16.5cm x 24cm. XVIII, 436 pages. With maps and illustrations. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of age-related wear including some mild foxing.

[Brown, William] de Courcy Ireland, John.

The Admiral From Mayo: A Life of Almirante William Brown of Foxford, Father of the Argentine Navy.[SIGNED].

Dublin, Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. 16cm x 24cm. XI, 159 pages. With maps and illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page.

Liddle, Rev. WM. / Liddle, Mrs.

Sweden. With illustrations by Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1911. 13.8cm x 19.8cm. VIII, 88 pages. With twelve full-page colour illustrations. Original embossed hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with minor signs of external wear, including some discolouration to boards and some foxing to page edges. Inscribed with pre-owner’s name on title page. From the series Peeps At Many Lands.

Power, Vincent.

Voices of Cork.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1997. 16cm x 24cm. XIV, 273 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Lowe, Henry N.

County Fermanagh One Hundred Years Ago: A Guide and Directory 1880.

Belfast, The Friar’s Bush Press, 1990. 13cm x 19.5cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Metcalf, Paul.

Waters of Potowmack.[Signed].

First Edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1982. 16cm x 23.5cm. XV, 246 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed with a dedication by author.

Cahill, Thomas.

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter.

First edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2003. 15 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new. From the series ‘The Hinges of History’ (Book Four).

Clark, Clifford Edward.

The American Family Home, 1800-1960.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1987. 21 x 26cm. 281 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Feheney, John M.

Ballysteen: The People and The Place.

Cork, Iverus Publications, 1998. 14.5 x 21cm. (9), 203 pages. Original softcover. Spine faded, otherwise excellent condition. Inscribed by author on title page.

Strohmeyer, John.

Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.

First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.