Shepard, Leslie.

The Broadside Ballad. A Study in Origins and Meaning.

First Edition. London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 23 x 15 cm. 205 pages. Illustrated. Original 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 edgewear to jacket. Notes written on rear paste down, otherwise internally clean.

Sheridan, Peter (editor).

Church of St. Patrick Ballyhaunis. Holy Places of Ireland. Edited by Peter Sheridan.

Dublin, Carlton Publishing, c. 1975. 16 x 11 cm. C. 50 pages. Illustrated with B&W photos. Several pages with local Ads. Original decorated paper covers. Very good condition.

Sherwood, Robert E.

Roosevelt and Hopkins. An intimate History.

First Edition. New York, Harper Brothers, 1948. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 979 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth with red and gilt label on spine. In original, price clipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few pages a little creased. Inscribed on the front free end paper: ‘A footnote to history of which you took such an important and able part’.

Sibbett, R.M.

For Christ and Crown: The Story of a Mission.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed at “The Witness” Office, 1926. 18 x 12 cm. viii, (6), 344 pages. With a frontispiece and various other illustrations in B&W. Original red cloth with title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Front hinge nearly fully cracked, but holding. Internally clean.

Sibree, Rev. James.

Our English Cathedrals. Their Architectural Beauties and Characteristics and Their Historical Associations Popularly Described. Together with Chapters on the Cathedrals in Medieval and in Modern Times, and in English Poetry and Prose. Volume 1: The Northern Cathedrals. Volumes 2: The Southern Cathedrals.

In Two Volumes. London, Francis Griffith, 1911. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 244 pages / 286 pages. Publishers Lists. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Uniform original blue cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland’) in both volumes. A very nice set.

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.

Simon, Jules.

Le Gouvernement de M. Thiers. Tomes 1 et 2. 8 Fevrier 1871 – 24 Mai 1873.

Two volumes. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1878. c. 21 x 13 cm. 473 pages / 453 pages. Attractive half leather over marbled boards. Spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional mild age darkening. Closed tear to some pages of volume 1, not affecting text. Very attractive sturdy bindings. See images.

Smiles, Samuel.

Lives of the Engineers. Early Engineering: Vermuyden – Myddelton – Perry – James Brindley / The Locomotive: George and Robert Stephenson / History of Roads: Metcalfe: Telford / Harbours, Lighthouses, Bridges: Smeaton and Rennie.

A New and Revised Edition. Four Volumes. London, John Murray, 1874. 18 x 12 cm. xxxiii, 320 pages / xl, 388 pages / ix, 331 pages / ix, 389 pages. Illustrated. All volumes bound uniform in 2019. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. New end papers. Original marbled edges. Very good condition. New bindings. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean with many illustrations in B&W. A nice set.

Smith, Charles.

The Antient [Ancient] and Present State of the County and City of Waterford: Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical and Topographical Description therof…Together with New and correct Maps of the City and County, and embellished with Perspective Views of the City of Waterford, and the Towns of Lismore and Dungarvan.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by A. Reilly for the Author, 1746. 20 x 12.5 cm. xvi, (10)[Subscribers and TOC], pp. 25-380, (6)[Index]. With two folding maps. Three folding Panoramas (Lismore, Waterford & Dungarvan), and one further folding Plate (Steeple of Carrick-Beg). Original paper covered boards. Two paper labels on spine. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joint and hinges started to crack. Binding remains sound. Some edgewear and creasing to Maps and Plates. Some neat annotations. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean. A very nice copy in a contemporary binding.

Smith, James P.

Virginia Henderson. The First Ninety Years.

First Edition, Harrow, Scutari Press, 1989. 23 x 15 cm. (8), 121 pages. With B&W Photographs. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to edges. Signed by the author on the title page. Internally bright and clean.