Lindsay, Deirdre.

Dublin’s Oldest Charity. The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society 1790 – 1990.

First Edition. [Dublin], The Anniversary Press, 1990. 21 x 15 cm. xi, (2), 177 pages. With a few illustrations. Original green cloth with silver title to spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Tail end of spine bumped. Top edge dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Lindsay, Martin & Johnston, M.E. (Text) / Harris, N.B. (Photographs), Montgomery (Foreword).

History of 7th Armoured Division. June 1943 – July 1945.

First Edition. Germany, British Army of the Rhine, [1945]. 23 x 15 cm. (4), 171 pages with B&W photographs. Pocket on rear paste down contains a set of 11 folded maps, showing various battles and movements of the division during the second world war. Specially prepared grey textured cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. ‘Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke’ in gilt on front board. Yellow textured end papers and rear map pocket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material loss to head of spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally as new.

Lippmann, Walter.

Public Opinion.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. 20 x 14 cm. x, 427 pages. Original dark blue cloth. Paper spine label with title. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened with some stains on top edge. Ex Library. Small number on spine and in ink on copyright page. Small library paper label (‘Bixby Memorial Free Library’) on front paste down. Two small library blind stamps. Internally very clean. A nice copy of the exceedingly scarce first edition of this important book.

Livingstone, David.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years’ Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. With Portrait, Maps by Arrowsmith, and numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1857. 22 x 14 cm. ix, 711 pages plus eight pages publishers list. Folding Map in rear pocket. Complete with all Maps, Plans and Illustrations, as listed. Original brown textured cloth. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. Brown end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Both inner hinges cracked. Binding weakened, but holding. Maps and Illustrations in very good condition. No annotations. Overall a very nice, complete copy.

Lloyd, G.E.R.

The Revolutions of Wisdom. Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science.

Berkeley and others, University of California Press, 1987. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. xii, 468 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Former library copy. Unusually clean for a library-copy. Stamp from University Mannheim on halftitle. Library number label on spine.

Locke, John.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education.

The Fourth Edition Enlarged. London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater- noster- row, 1699. 19 x 11 cm. Blank, TP, (6) [Dedicatory], 380 pages, (2) [TOC]. Contemporary speckled calf. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to corners, spine ends and boards (see images). Front and rear hinge started, but binding remains sound. Raised bands. Edges and end papers age darkened. Faint name of previous owner on title page. Internally age darkened and occasionally foxed. Overall still a nice sound copy.

Locke, John / Rollin.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education / New Thoughts Concerning Education. [Rare Dublin Printing].

The Tenth Edition. Dublin, Printed by R. Reilly on Cork Hill; for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, Booksellers in Dame’s Street., 1738 / 1737. 17 x 10 cm. 237 pages, (2)[TOC] (Locke) / x, 84 pages (Rollin). Frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Red spine label with gilt title. Raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Front hinge started to crack (c. 4 cm). Sound binding. Small ink notes on verso of ffep. Name of previous owner inked out on title page (see images). Internally age darkened, but clean. Two books in one.

Lonsdale Margaret / Tutin, Dorothy et al.

Sister Dora Collection. A small collection of printed materials relating to Sister Dora consisting of Margaret Lonsdale’s book ‘Sister Dora. A Biography’ (1880 Edition), A commemorative brochure, edited by Dorothy Tutlin (1978), Six early 20th century post cards, two stamp first day covers (1978 & 1982), a newspaper article and an old mounted photgraph of a ‘Presentation to Sister Dora’ in June 1873. All items can be seen in attached photographs.

Lord Alfred Douglas.

The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1929. 21 x 17 cm. (4), 340 pages. Complete with 8 Plates, as listed. Original blue textured cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. Rebacked in 2024 using the original board and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Sound binding (rebacked). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Lord Davies (Davies, David).

Foundations of Victory.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1941. 18 x 12 cm. 192 pages. Original blue cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover in original decorated unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding faded. Dust dulled throughout. Gift inscription from the author to Sir Alan Brooke, dated 24 April 1941.

Lord Home.

The Way The Wind Blows. An Autobiography by Lord Home.

First Edition. First Printing. London, Collins, 1976. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 320 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A clean copy. Inscribed by the Author on the Title Page.

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.

Lord Macaulay.

Historical Essays. From the Edinburgh Review. Lord Macaulay’s Works, Vol. 2.

London, George Routledge & Sons, Not dated, ca. 1907. 16 x 10 cm. 549 pages. Original olive cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping, some age darkening. Inscription on front free end paper: ‘Benita Pelly October 1907 Gillingham Dorset’. Small pencil inscription.

Lord Macaulay [Macaulay, Thomas Babington].

Speeches of Lord Macaulay. Corrected by Himself & The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. Two books bound in one.

London, Longmans, Green & Co. / Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1870 & 1865. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 256 pages & xii, 394 pages. Fine contemporary calf by Bickers and Son, London. Spine label, gilt title ande decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Small binders and bookseller stamps on verso of front free end paper. First and last few pages mildly foxed. Internally very clean. Gift inscription, dated 1870 and second name of previous owner (‘Carl Heinz Petersen, Dublin 1939’) on first blank.

Lorenzen, Eivind.

“Along the Line where Columns are set”. Book 11 continuing Technological Studies in Ancient Metrology.

Copenhagen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1970. 30 x 23 cm, 159 pages. With numerous illustrations, tables, charts and photographs in B&W. Original stiff cardboard covers. Illustrated front and rear. Excellent condition. Bright and clean throughout. Not Ex Library. Small sticker with name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Loughnane, Patrick.

When the Dead Arose No One Saw Them.

Ireland, Sole Rights Mark, n.d. (c.1975). 28.4cm x 17.5cm. 252 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lovett, Rev. Richard.

London Pictures. Drawn with Pen and Pencil. With One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations.

First Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890. 27 x 19 cm. 223 pages with B&W Illustrations. Eight pages of publishers list. Orininal decorated cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Tight and clean. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Lucanus, M. Annaei / Oudendorpio, Francisco (Editor).

M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia : sive belli civilis libri decem : cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris Henrici Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Joachimi Camerarii, Hugonis Grotii & c.

Two Volumes. Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Samuelem Luchtmans, 1728. 21 x 25 cm, Vol. 1: (74), 505 pages. With a fold-out map facing page 1. Vol. 2 (Tomus Alter): Counting continues at page 506 to 966. 192 pages of Index. Contemporary calf with plain boards. Six raised bands. Gilt decorations on spine. Volume numbers on spine. Name plates missing from both spines. Very good condition. Significant shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, boarders and corners. Outer joints starting to crack open, but binding still sound. Papers age darkened and slightly browned and foxed. Some faint water staining. Book plates and shelf numbering attached to front pastedowns (Earl of Roden).

Lucas, E.V. [Edward Varrell].

Outposts of Mercy. The Record of a Visit in November and December , 1916, to the various Units of the British Red Cross in Italy.

First Edition. London, Published for the British Red Cross Society by Methuen & Co., 1917. 17 x 11 cm. 60 pages with sixteen Illustrations. Complete, as stated. Stiff brown paper covers with flaps. Black title on front board and spine. Decorated red cross on front board. ‘Selection of Methuen’s List’ on rear board. See images. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Paper spine creased and partially split. Tiny paper losses to spine ends. Some creases to front board. Internally mildly foxed, but otherwise clean. No markings or annotations. A nice copy of this rare publication, published during the Great War.

Lucking, J.H.

The Great Western at Weymouth. A Railway and Shipping History.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. 21 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. In price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. In very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with a few nicks and small amount of fraying to top of spine. Internally bright and clean.

Luthern, D. Martin [Martin Luther].

Die Propheten & Das Neue Testament. Mit den Apocryphis, verteutschet von. D. Martin Luthern. Samt höchst-nützlichen Summarien / Marginalien / Anmerkungen und Gebrauch.

Nürnberg & Schwobach, In Verlegung Johann Leonhard Buggels & Moritz Hagen, 1702. 26 x 20 cm. 516 pages [Propheten], 388 pages [Neues Testament]. Illustrated. Later full leather. Gilt cross to front board. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Some damp staining to both binding and text block (see images). Text block age darkened. Inner hinges reinfoced with tape (see images). Some small pencil marks. Please review images.

Lyons, Norbert.

The McCormick Reaper Legend. The True Story of a Great Invention.

First Edition. New York, Exposition Press, 1955. 20 x 14 cm. 217 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth hard cover, inside original dust jacket. Now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Mild damp stain to frontispiece and lower edge. Internally clean.

Lyons, Tommy / Higgins, Tom.

Breaffy. School and Parish.

Westport, Berry’s Printing Works, 1990. 29 x 21 cm. 159 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original decorated stiff paper boards. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Lysaght, Charles Edward.

Brendan Bracken. A Biography by Charles Edward Lysaght.

First Edition. London, Allen Lane, 1979. 23 x 15 cm. 372 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good; inside very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Lysaght, Edward E.

The Gael.

Dublin/ London, Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1919. 18.6cm x 12.5cm. 337 (5) pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

M. Le Vicomte De Magny.

Nobiliaire universel. Recueil général des généalogies historiques et véridiques des maisons nobles de l’Europe. Cinquième volume.

Paris, Au secrétariat de l’Institut héraldique, 1858. 32 x 24 cm. xii, xvi, 310 pages. Illustrated. One colour Plate. Contemporary half faux-leather. Cloth covered boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Boards a little worn and stained (see images). Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

M. Le Vicomte De Magny.

Nobiliaire universel. Recueil général des généalogies historiques et véridiques des maisons nobles de l’Europe. Cinquième volume.

Volume 5 ONLY. Paris, Au secrétariat de l’Institut héraldique, 1858. 32 x 24 cm. xii, xvi, 310 pages. Illustrated. One colour Plate. Losely inserted handwritten note and a photo of George V. See images. Contemporary green textured cloth. Elaborate gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy.

Mac Amhlaigh, Donall.

An Irish Navvy. The Diary of an Exile. Translated from the Irish by Valentin Iremonger.

First Edition. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. 21 x 14 cm. ix, 182 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A nice clean copy. See images.

MacAlister, R.A.S.

Muiredach. Abbot of Monasterboice 890 – 923 A.D. His Life and Surroundings. The Margaret Stokes Lectures, 1913.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1914. 32 x 24 cm. xii, 85 pages. With eight Plates (complete) and Illustrations in Text. Quarter olive cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

MacAlister, R.A.S.

The Ogham Inscriptions at Maumanorig, Co. Kerry / On an Excavation conducted on Cro-Inis, Loch Ennell. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1938. pages 242 to 252. Two Plates with four images. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on front board. See images.

MacBride, David.

A Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of the Art of Medicine.

The Second Edition. Enlarged and Corrected. Dublin, Printed for W. Watson, 1778. 23 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 400 pages / Vol.2: xi, 499 pages, (11) [Index]. Contemporary paper covered boards. Front board of Vol.2 missing. Later paper spines and front board of vol.2. Deckle edges. Hand written titles on spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris of previous owner twice in each volume. Some edge wear to first and last few pages. Edges age darkened. Internally clean. A very good reading copy or canddate for rebinding. See images.

MacCarthy, Mary.

Fighting Fitzgerald and Other Papers.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. 230 pages. Complete with five Plates, als listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archioval jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some age darkening and mild foxing to dust jacket.

MacDermot, Brian (Editor).

The Catholic Question in Ireland & England. 1798 – 1822. The Papers of Denis Scully.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Irish Academy Press, 1988. 23 x 15 cm. xxiii, 748 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

[Macfarquhar, Colin & Gleig, George – Chief Editors]

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Three Plates Volumes with 460 Plates. Volumes 1, 3 & 4 (including the Plates issued as a Supplement in 1801-03.

Third Edition & Supplement to 3rd Edition. Three volumes of four. [Edinburgh], [Privately published by Andrew Bell, Archibald Constable & Colin Macfarquhar], [1788 – 1803]. c. 26 x 20 cm. Vol.1: Plates 1 – 161 / Vol. 3: Plates 292 – 446 / Vol. 4: Plates 447 – 542 and 1 – 50. See comments below for noted ‘anomalies’. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine labels with gilt title. Gilt decorations and volume numbers in gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with wear to spine and ends and corners (see images). Edges age darkened. Joints cracked, but bindings remain sound. Spine leather dried and cracked. Internally dust dulled, but generally clean. A few closed tears and some edge wear to some plates. Overall a very nice collection of more than 450 plates. See images.

MacFirbis, Duald, (1585-1670) / O’Donovan, John (editor).

The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach. Commonly Called O’Dowda’s Country. Now First Published from the Book of Lecan in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and from the Genealogical Manuscript of Duald Mac Firbis, in the Library of Lord Roden. With a Map of Hy-Fiachrach.

First Edition in this Form. Dublin, For the Irish Archaeological Society, 1844. 23 x 19 cm. xii, 524 pages, 20 pages [Royal Archaeological Society Info, incl. members list]. With a folding map (frontispiece) and a large multi-folding chart. 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). Inscription on front free end paper. Closed tear (repaired) on folding chart. Internally clean.

MacHale, John (Translator).

An Irish Translation of the Book of Genesis from the Latin Vulgate. With a Corresponding English Version, chiefly from the Douay. Accompanied with Notes from the most distinguished Commentators. To be followed by that of the other Books, in successive Parts, to the Close of the inspired Writings.

Published in Tuam, Sold by James Duffy, Dublin, 1868. 28 x 22 cm. viii, 388 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally darkened with occassional mild foxing, mainly to outer leaves. Neat gift inscription in ink on verso of Frontispiece, dated 1881. Internally clean.

Machiavel, Nicolas [Niccolò Machiavelli].

[The Works of Nicholas Machiavel]. Containing the following Works: The History of Florence / The Prince, Together with the Original of Guelf and Ghibilin, Life of Castruccio Castracani, Murther of Vitelli, &c. by Duke Valentino, State of France, State of Germany. / The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, upon the First Decade of Titus Livius. / The Art of War. / The Marriage of Belphegor. Also The Publisher to the Reader, concerning the following Letter & The Author’s Introduction.

London, Printed for A. Churchill, R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin et al, 1720. C. 32 x 20 cm. TP [History of Florence], (2) [Epistle to Clement VII], (10) [TOC], 180 pages (Florence], (4) [TP & Dedication: The Prince], pages 199-267 [The Prince], (4) [TP & Dedication: Discourses], pages 267-431 [Discourses], (4) [TP &c. The Art of War], pages 433-523 [The Art of War], pages 524-529 [The Marriage of Belphegor], pages 530-532 [Preface to the Reader], (1) [Epistle to Clement VII], (3) [The Author’s Introduction]. Numerous pages misnumbered: 169-170, 175-179, 235, 265. New (2024) half leather over marbled boards. New end papers. Spine labels. Text block in good condition. Missing overall title page [Works of Machiavel]. Heavy edge wear, particularly to first and last pages, with paper losses, but not affecting text. Large section (c. 50%) of page 26/26 missing. Closed tear to page 509/510. Paper darkened with some damp staining and occasional foxing.

Mackay, Charles.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.

First Edition. Volumes 1 & 2 bound together in one volume. London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1841. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: vi, (2) [TOC], 400 pages . Vol. 2: (2) [TOC], 406 pages. Each volume with a tissue guarded Frontispiece. Polished dark calf with elaborate gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. See images. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped. Spine label appears to be missing. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Small bookbinder label (‘C.C. Wetton, Bookbinder, Egham’) on front paste down. Name of a previous owner in ink on top of Frontispiece of volume 1. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy, in an attractive leather binding. See images.

Mackintosh, Sir James / Whewell, Rev. William (Preface).

Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy. Chiefly during the Seventeenth and Eighteens Century.

Second Edition. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1837. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 431 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Minor paper losses to marbled boards. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small paper label tipped onto front free end paper with name of previous owner, dated 1862. Internally some neat underlinings in pencil.

Macknight, James / Owen, Henry / Balguy, Thomas / Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. David’s / Watson, Richard / Robert, Lord Bishop of Oxford,

Various Religious Publications: 1. A New Literal Translation, from the Original of the Apostle Paul’s First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians / 2. The Modes of Quotation used by the Evangelical Writers Explained and Vindicated / 3. A Sermon Preached in Lambeth Chapel at the Consecrations of Richard Hurd and of John Moore, Feb. 12, 1775 / 4. A Sermon Preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, January 30, 1793 / 5. A Sermon Preached before the Stewarts of the Westminster Dispenary, April 1785 / 6. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Landaff, June 1791 / 7. The Bishop of Oxford’s Sermon before the Right Honorable The House of Lords, January 30, 1767.

London, 1. Printed for the Author / 2. Printed by J. Nichols / 3. Printed for Lockyer Davis / Printed for J. Robson / Printed for T. Cadell / Printed for Thomas Evans / Printed for A. Millar & T. Cadell, 1789 / 1789 / 1775 / 1793 / 1793 / 1792 / 1767. 1. lxvi, 96 pages / 2. xxiv, 111 pages / 3. 17 pages / 4. 39 pages / 5. 31 pages / 6. 20 pages / 7. 20 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Two red morroco labels with names of the Authors in Gilt. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Front joint started to crack, but binding sound. Internally a little dust dulled. One sermon with a few small annotations, otherwise clean. A very nice copy.

MacLean, Donald.

Typographia Scoto-Gadelica. Or, Books Printed in the Gaelic of Scotland from the Year 1567 to the Year 1914, with Bibliographical and Biographical Notes.

Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition, published in 1915. Shannon, Ireland, Irish University Press, 1972. 23 x 15 cm. x, 372 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Macmahon, Noel (edited after Germain Bapst).

Here I Am, Here I Stay! Marshal MacMahon 1808 – 1893.

First Edition. Whitegate, Co. Clare, Ballinakella Press, 1993. 24 x 18 cm. xliii, 70 pages, pages numbered xlvi to xciii [Appendices & Index]. Illustrated. Original laminated boards.Hard cover. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy. Signed by Noel MacMahon on the Title Page.

Macray, William Dunn.

A Manual of British Historians to A.D. 1600. Containing a chronological Account of the early Chroniclers and Monkish Writers their printed Works and unpublished MSS.

First Edition. London, William Pickering, 1845. 21 x 13 cm. xxiii, 109 pages. Decorated Initials. Half calf over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Sound binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

M’Adam, John Loudon.

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making. With Observations, deduced from Practice and Experience, with a View to a Revision of the existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Roads from Misapplication.

Third Edition. Carefully revised, with considerable Additions and an Appendix. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. 22 x 14 cm. 196 pages. Paper covered boards and spine. Spinal label. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Well worn boards with some small material losses to rear board (see images). Internally age darkened and with a few stains. Some small tears and minor paper losses . Mild foxing. Name of previous owner in ink on title page. Internally clean.

Madame C—(Calderon) de la B—(Barca) – Frances Erskine / Prescott, W.H. (Foreword).

Life in Mexico. During a Residence of two Years in that Country.

First British Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1843. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 436 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Dark brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed throughout. Some fraying to spine ends. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Madame Guyon [Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon] / Allen, Thomas Taylor (translator).

Autobiography of Madame Guyon. Translated in Ful by Thomas Taylor Allen, Bengal Civil Service (Retired).

First English Edition. Two Volumes – complete. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co. 1898. 22 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xxx, 338 pages / Vol.2: xiii, 336 pages. With a losely inserted handwritten letter by Dr. E.M. Hummel to ‘Miss Allen, Bray, Ireland’, the daughter of the translator Thomas Taylor Allen. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt titles on spines and front boards. Top edges gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Volume 1 with some inscriptions, possibly by the Author?

Mahr, Adolf.

Christian Art in Ancient Ireland. Selected Objects Illustrated and Described. Edited on behalf of the Government of the Irish Free State by Adolf Mahr, D.PH., M.R.I.A., Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum, Dublin with the Collaboration of the Royal Irish Academy.

First Editions. Two Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Stationary Office of Saorstat Eireann, 1932 / 1941. 36 x 27 cm. Vol. 1: xxvii (text) followed by 80 Plates in B&W / Vol.2: 184 pages (text), followed by Plates 81 – 130. Original half cloth hard covers. Two tone design. Gilt titles on front boards and spines. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Bindings age darkened and a little stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Sound bindings. Internally bright and clean. Two nice copies.

Maj. Gen. Sir H. C. C. Uniacke (editor).

The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book. A Regimental Record written and illustrated for the most part by Artillerymen while serving in the line during the Great War.

First Edition. London, G. Bell and Sons, 1920. c. 32 x 25 cm. xxiv, 408 pages. Illustrated thoughout in colour and B&W. Original brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some fading to boards (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Manning, Archbishop H.E.

Ireland. A Letter to Earl Grey.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868. 20 x 13 cm. 44 pages. Pamphlet in recent plain paper wrappers. Very good condition. New warppers. Original pages a little brittle. Some minor losses to edges, not affecting the text. Internally very clean.

Manning, Stephen.

Soldiers of the Queen: Victorian Colonial Conflict in the Words of Those who Fought.

Stroud, Spellmount / The History Press, 2009. 16 x 24cm. 224 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.