Pick, F.W.

Contemporary History. [Review Copy].

First Edition. Oxford, Pen-In-Hand Publishing, 1949. 324pages. Original cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Loosely inserted paper slip by the publishers asking for review. Another handwritten note asking for a review. On stationary of ‘Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review’. Internally clean.

Pietro Soave Polano (author) / Brent, Nathanael (translator).

The History of the Council of Trent. Containing Eight Books. In which besides the ordinary Acts of the Council are declared many notable Occurances which happened in Christendom, during the Space of forty years and more. And particularly the Practices of the Court of Rome, to hinder the Reformation of their Errours, and to maintain their Greatness. Written in Italian by Pietro Soave Polano, and faithfully Translated into English by S’ Nathanael Brent, Knight. Whereto is added the Life of the Learned Author: and the History of the Inquisition. [The History of the Inquisition composed by the Reverend Father Paul Servita, who was also the Compiler of the Council of Trent, A Pious, Learned and Curious Work, necessary for Counsellors, Casuists, and Politicians. Translated of the Italian Copy by Robert Gentilis.].

London, Printed for J. Macock, for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, 1676. 32 x 20 cm. (2), Title page in Red and Black, (12) [Dedications, To the Reader], cvi [Life of the Author], 889 pages, (47) [An Alphabetical Table …]. New (2024) black half morroco over marbled boards. New end papers. Two spine labels with gilt title etc. Red stained edges. Very good condition. New Binding. Internally mildly age darkened. First and last pages with some edgewear, never affecting the text. Overall a very well preserved copy in a new sturdy binding.

Piggott, Stuart.

The Druids.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1975. 24 x 16 cm. 214 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Pitt, William.

Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, Thursday, January 31, 1799. On offering tho the House the Resolution which he proposed as the Basis of an Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for J. Wright, 1799. 20 x 12 cm. 95 pages plus one page publishers list. Recent paper covered boards with gilt title on front board. Hard covers. Very good condition. New and sound binding. Half title page losely inserted and shows some paper losses. Rest of the book in very good clean condition with some pages professionally repaired.

Pitts Capper, Benjamin.

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Compiled from Parliamentary, and other authentic Documents and Authorities; containing Geographical, Topographical, & Statistical Accounts of every District, Object, and Place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the various small Islands dependant on the British Empire. Accompanied by Forty-Six Maps, drawn purposely for this Work, on an original Plan.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. 21 x 13 cm. Both volumes unpaginated, c. 1000+ pages. Illustrated with 45 Maps, including 6 folding (Ireland x 2 / Scotland x 2 / Wales & Yorkshire). Note: Wales is shown on one map only, not two, as described in the ‘List of Maps’. Modern half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Plain end papers. Very good condition. Binding as new. Internally mildly age darkened. Very few small annotations. Name of previous owner with small pencil drawing on verso of half title page. A very attractive set in a nice modern binding.

Plomer, Henry R.

A Short History of English Printing 1476 – 1900.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1915. 20 x 13 cm. xii, 276 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Paper label with title. Very good condition. Ex Libris (‘Lawrence Wallis’) on front paste down. Second spine label with book title pasted onto front free end paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Nice copy.

Plouden, Rev. S.J.

Lectures on Spiritual Subjects. Compiled by a Sister of Mercy from the Exhortations on the Rules of the Society of Jesus, given to the Novices at Stonyhurst.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Richardson and Son, 1859. 19 x 12 cm. (2), 349 pages. Original dark gree cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Elaborate blind decorations on boards and spine. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Externals rubbed and bumped. Spine end mildly frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge cracked. ‘Presentation Convent Maynooth’ written in ink on title page. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise internally clean.

Plutarch.

The Fifth and Last Volume of Plutarchs Lives. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. [Includes: The Lives of Demetrius Poliocretes, Marcus Antonius, Demosthenes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Dion, Marcus Brutis, Galba & Otho].

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Chancery-lane, near Fleet-street, 1686. 17.5 x 11 cm. 764 pages (some sections misnumbered). With a frontispiece and nine plates. Contemporary panelled calf. Blind decorations. Red speckled edges. Raised bands. Interesting armorial blind stamp with two lions (?) on front and rear boards (see images). Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. An impressive little book in a sound contemporary binding.

Porter, Roy.

Doctor of Society. Thomas Beddoes and the Sick Trade in Late-Enlightenment England.

First Edition. London, Routledge, 1992. 21 x 13 cm. x, 238 pages. Original black cloth in original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. MInor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Review copy: With a card from the Publisher.

Powicke, F.M.

The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204). Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire.

First Edition. Manchester, At the University Press, 1913. 22 x 15 cm. xix, 603 pages plus publishers list. With folding maps and a handwritten letter, signed by the Author. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening. Front joint started to open. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down.