Leslie, Rev. James B.

Ardfert & Aghadoe Clergy and Parishes [with a Letter by the Author]. Being an Account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe from the earliest Period, with Historical Notices of the several Parishes, Churches, etc.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author by the Church of Ireland Printing and Publishing Co., 1940. 24 x 15 cm. xvi, 182 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscription by the Author and one further inscription on front free end paper (see images). Losely inserted letter by the Author (signed). Internally bright and clean. Scarce original.

[Lewis, Wyndham] Symons, Julian.

The Essential Wyndham Lewis. An Introduction to his work.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1989. 24.2cm x16cm. IX, 380 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Liam Mac Con Iomaire [Liam Macconlomaire].

Seosamh Ó Héanaí: Nár Fhágha Mé Bás Choíche.

First Edition. Clo Iar-Chonnachta, 2007 25 x 15 cm. 519 pages. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. Clean copy. Inscribed and signed by the Author.

Lichtenstein, Rachel / Sinclair, Iain.

Rodinsky’s Room.

First Edition. London, Granta Books, 1999. 24.2cm x 16cm. 338 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Original newspaper-clipping associated to the story is attached to the rear endpaper and pastedown.

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.

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 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 Kitchener] Arthur, George.

Life of Lord Kitchener.

First Edition. 2 volumes (of 3). London, Macmillan and co., Limited, 1920. 22.9cm x 15.2cm. Vol I: XXVI, 326 pages / XI, 413 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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.

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.

[Ludwig II of Bavaria] Blunt, Wilfrid.

The Dream King – Ludwig II of Bavaria. With a Chapter on Ludwig and the Arts by Dr Michael Petzet.

New York, The Viking Press, 1970. 25.4cm x 20.5cm. 264 pages. With 41 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Lynch, Rev. P.M.

Lessons from the Life of an Irish Priest of the old School.

Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1907. 18 x 12 cm. 36 pages. With a B&W photo. Original paper wrappers. Soft cover. Stapled. Very good condition. Staples corroded, leaving stains. Paper age darkened. Stapm with name of previous owner on front cover. Internally clean.

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.

Mac Liammóir, Micheál.

Enter a Goldfish – Memoirs of an Irish Actor, Young and Old.

First Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1977. 23.7cm x 16cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on ffep. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

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.

MacGinty, Blathnaid.

The Game – The Game is Over. A Memoir.

First Edition. No publishing information. 21 x 14 cm. 156 pages. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name of previous owner. Signed by the Author on title page. Internally clean.

Mahony, Edmund.

The Galway Blazers. Memoirs.

First Edition. Galway, Kenny’s Bookshops and Art Galleries, 1979. 24 x 18 cm. (6), 125 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth binding. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

[Mailer, Norman] Rollyson, Carl.

The Lives of Norman Mailer – A Biography.

New York, Paragon House, 1991. 23.6cm x 16cm. XXII, 425 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Mangles, James Henry / Knies, Earl A. (Editor).

Tennyson at Aldworth. The Diary of James Henry Mangles. Edited with an Introduction by Earl A. Knies.

First Edition. Athens, Ohio, London, Ohio University Press, 1984. 21.5 x 14 cm. xviii, 155 pages. With Illustrations in B&W. Original black cloth. Silver title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor rubbing, bumping and dust dulling to edges. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear. Internally bright and clean. Inscribed by the Editor (Earl Knies) on front free end paper.

[Manning, Anne].

The Maiden & Married Life of Mary Powell, Afterwards Misstress Milton.

New Edition. London, Printed for Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. ND [c. 1840s]. 18 x 11.5 cm. 271 pages. With a frontispiece. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Spine label with gilt title. Raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on verso of frontispiece in ink. Internally clean.

Martin, Priscilla.

Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.

First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.

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.

McAteer, Michael.

Standish O’Grady, AE and Yeats. History, Politics, Culture.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2002. 23 x 15 cm. (4), 200 pages. Original black cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

McBrien, Peter F.

Higher English: Drama. How to Know Good Drama and to Say Why it is Good. A Text-Book of Literary Appreciation…

Dublin, The Intermediate & University College, Not dated. C. 1930. 21 x 14 cm. 269 pages plus ads. Original stiff cardboard covers. Very good condition. Some abrasion to front cover (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

McDonald, Walter / Gwynn, Denis.

Reminiscences of a Maynooth Professor. Edited by Denis Gwynn.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 x 23 cm. Photographic Frontispiece, 411 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Rare copy of the original first edition. Minor signs of rubbing and edgewear on the cover.

McDowell, R.B.

Alice Stopford Green. A Passionate Historian.

First Edition. Dublin, Allen Figgis and Company, 1967. 21 x 14 cm. 116 pages. With a frontispiece and a few B&W Illustrations. Original yellow cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Hard Cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name and address of previous owner pencilled in on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket shows some edgwear and tiny paper losses to spine ends and corners.

McGinniss, Joe.

The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin.

New York, Crown Publishers, 2011. 16cm x 24cm. 321 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Middleton, R.D.

Newman & Bloxam. An Oxford Friendship.

First Edition. London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1947. 14 x 22 cm, x, 261 pages. With a frontispiece and seven additional B&W plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title. Decorated dust jacket in archival jacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of use or shelf wear. Dust jacket is faded and shows some small tears and minor paper losses at the spine and corners.

Mill, John Stuart.

Autobiography.

First Edition, but not First Printing (w/ Erratum). London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. 15 x 22 cm, vi, 313 page, Erratum, Publishers List (2). Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Shelfwear and signs of use. Front and rear hinge open. Spine slightly slanted. Binding shaky. Front board with circular stain. Top and bottom of spine worn. Ex Library (W.H.Smith & Sons Subscription Library). Library sticker on front pastdown. Edges darkened. Text block is bright and clean.

Mill, John Stuart.

The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill. Edited by A.O.J. Cockshut.

Second Edition. Halifax, Ryburn Publishing, 1992. 24.2cm x 16.3cm. XV, 253 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear on dustjacket.

Miller, Henry / Perles, Alfred / Durrell, Lawrence.

Art and Outrage: A Correspondence about Henry Miller.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, 63 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Boards, binding and text in very good condition. Slight signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to corners.

Moore, Gerald.

Am I Too Loud? Memoirs of an Accompanist.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962. 21 x 14 cm. 304 pages. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket with edge wear and fraying at spine ends and corners, now inside archival jacket. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Moore, Roger / Owen, Gareth.

My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography.

London, Michael O’Mara Books, 2008. 16 cm x 24cm. 336 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket with protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Mottley, John.

The History of the Life of Peter I. Emperor of Russia.

Volume 1 of 3 only! Dublin, Re-printed by and for George Faulkner, G. Risk, G. Ewing, W. Smith and O. Nelson, 1740. 16 x 10 cm. viii, 336 pages plus 40 pages Index. With a three folding maps and a folding view of Moscow. Full calf. Spinal label with gilt title. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spinal label worn. Age darkened throughout. Names of previous owners on title page. Some tears and minor paper losses, not affecting text.

Mountbatten, Louis Dickie.

Mountbatten – Eighty years in pictures.

London, Macmillan, 1979. 25.5cm x 19.2cm. 224 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Mulloy, Sheila.

O’Malley People and Places [Signed].

First Edition. Whitegate and Westport, Ballinakeela Press and Carrowbaun Press, 1988. 21 x 14 cm. 95 pages with B&W Photos, Maps and Illustrations. Original dark green cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Inscribed, signed and dated by the Author on title page.

Murray, Arthur C.

Lord Grey of Fallodon.

Reprinted for the Author. Edinburgh, R & R Clark, 1947. 20 x 13 cm. 30 pages with a frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some small stains and dust dulling to Binding. Internally some browning and age darkening. Frontispiece is lose. Inscription by Arthur C. Murray to Field Marshal Alanbrooke, dated March 1950.

Murray, Arthur C.

Master and Brother. Murrays of Elibank.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1945. 21 x 14 cm. x, 219 pages, with Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Armourial gilt decoration on front board. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Some dust dulling. Part of original dust jacket flap glued to front paste down. Review page for book tipped in to front paste down. Inscription from Arthur Murray to Field Marshal Alanbrooke on front free end paper, dates March 1950.

Newman, John Henry.

The Life of Apollonius Tyanaeus: With a Comparison between the Miracles of Scripture and those elsewhere related, as regards their respective Object, Nature, and Evidence.

Early reprint. No publishing information. Title page, TOC, pages numbered 340 to 397. No binding. Text block only. See images. Very good condition. No binding. No publishing information.

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.

Nicolaievsky, Boris.

Aseff: The Russian Judas.

Second Impression. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1934. 22 x 15 cm. 285 pages. With Illustrations. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Mild staining. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Nietzsche, Friedrich / Ludovici, Anthony M[ario].

The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche contra Wagner. A Musician’s Problem. A Letter from Turin, May 1888. / The Brief of a Psychologist. / Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici.

[Assumed First UK Edition]. Edinburgh and London, T.N. Foulis, 1910. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. ix, 82 pages plus five pages publishers list. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Fore edge deckle. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped.Front cover detached. Small paper losses to top of spine. Edges dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing. Some annotations in pencil by previous owner, possibly the Translator.

[Nureyev, Rudolf] Stuart, Otis.

Perpetual Motion – The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev.

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995. 24.3cm x 16.3cm. 317 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ó Braoin, Pádraig.

An Dá Shaol.

Fermoy, Éigse na Mainistreach, 1983. 11 x 18cm. 120 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ó Donnchú, M. F.

Leo: Saol agus Saothar an Fhile Seán Aogánach Ó Cathasaigh.

First Edition. Dublin, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo., 1981. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 164 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Text and boards clean and bright, binding firm. Minor signs of shelf wear to dustjacket.

Ó Maolmhuaidh, Proinsias.

‘Athair na hAthbheochana’ [Father of the Revival].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseachán Náisiúnta Teoranta, 1981. 8°. VII, 207 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

O Nuallain, Ciaran.

Oige An Dearthar.i. Myles na gCopaleen. [An account of Myles O Nuallain’s early years by his brother Ciaran].

First Edition. Dublin, FNT, Printed in Westport, 1973. 31 x 13 cm. 110 pages. Illustrated title page. Original hard cover inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket.

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.

O’Callaghan, John Cornelius.

The Green Book. Or Gleanings from the Writing-Desk of a Literary Agitator.

Second Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. Dublin, James Duffy, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. xii, pages 12-349, (2). With a Frontispiece and Vignette Title Page. New (2019) green cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened, mildly browned and damp stained. Number and stamp on verso of frontispiece, no other annotations.

O’Connor, Thomas.

An Irish Theologian in Enlightenment France. Luke Joseph Hooke 1714-96.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1995. 23 x 15 cm. 218 pages. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

O’Donnell, Pat.

Mary Jo.

First Edition. Kilmeena, Self Published, May 2016 23 x 15 cm. xii, 207 pages. With B&W Photos and Family Trees. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Inscribed and signed on front free end paper, possibly by the author. Internally bright and clean.

Oldenberg, Hermann.

Buddha. Reprinted from the translation by W. Hoey, by permission of Messrs Williams & Norgate.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 21 x 17 cm. 382 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth-covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front board was detached and has been professionally re-attached, but remains and weak point. Internally clean.

O’Leary, Patrick.

St. Mullins Illustrated. A local History and the Life of St. Moling. [SIGNED]. Compiled from Ancient MSS. With Notes and Traditions by Patrick O’Leary.

Graig-Na-Managh, [Printed by The People Printing Works – Wexford], 1913. 18 x 12.5 cm. 75 pages, (2). With several B&W photos and a Frontispiece (see images). Paper wrappers. Soft cover. Good condition only. Front cover and part of spine paper missing. Some wear to corners. Age darkened. Text block appears to be complete. Frontispiece and nine Plates present. Inscribed by the Author on the ‘Introduction’ page.

O’Malley, Edward.

Memories of a Mayoman.

Second Edition. Dublin, FNT, 1981. 18 x 12 cm. 120 pages plus publishers list. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Small creases. Edges dust dulled. The first two blank pages have been cleanly removed. Some scribble (by a child?) on the verso of the front board. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

Ommanney, F.D.

The River Bank – An Autobiography of the 1920s.

London, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. 1966. 22.2cm x 14.4cm. 279 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of wear.

Palmer, Arnold.

More Than Shadows. A Biography of W. Russell Flint R.A., P.R.W.S.

Signed by W. Russell Flint on half title. London & New York, The Studio, 1943. 16 x 24 cm, (8), 146 pages. With 136 Illustrations in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt titles on spine Top edge blue. Very good condition. Some minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Age darkened.

Parry, Donald, Wilkinson, Patrick et al.

Seven individual Memoirs prepared by direction of King’s College, Cambridge. Lancelot Patrick Wilkinson, E.M. Forster and King’s, Lord Noel Gilroy Annan, Frank Ezra Adcock, John Tresidder Shepard, Edmund Leach & Bernard Williams.

Seven Volumes. Cambridge, University Press, 1985, 1970, 2001, 1969, 1969, 1989 & 2005. Small paperback publications in various colours. See images. Very good condition. Name of previous owner in some of the pamphlets, otherwise internally clean.

Pearse, Padraic H. / Ryan, Desmond (Editor).

Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. The Story of a Success and the Man Called Pearse.

Dublin, Cork, Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., 1924. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 260 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark cloth with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed.

Philip, Rev. Brother Philip, F.S.C.

Brother Thomas Kane – Assistant Superior-General De La Salle Brothers; Former Principal De La Salle Training College Waterford.

Leix, Lasallian Publications, 1951. 19.3cm x 13cm. X, 155 pages. With 8 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket. Small section of the dustjacket torn.

Pierce, David.

Yeats’s Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination. With contemporary photographs by Dan Harper.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1995. 20 x 26cm. (14), 346 pages, with illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, as new. Boards, text and dustjacket bright and clean, binding firm.

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.

POGGIOLI, Renato.

The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.

Three Volumes. Glasgow, Printed by Andrew Foulis, Printer to the University, 1785. Folios, 37 x 24 cm. Vol.1: xxxviii [Engraved Frontispiece, Title, Dedication, TOC, The Life of Alexander Pope, Preface], (3), pages numbered 43 – 315 / Vol.2: Title, Dedication, TOC, 365 pages / Vol.3: Title, Dedication, TOC, 402 pages, (4) [Subscribers List]. Uniform contemporary full calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Two spine labels per volume. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Sound bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner (Sir Samuel Hannay, Bart.) on all three front paste downs. All three dedication pages are dated by hand in the bottom, see images. A beautiful complete set.

Power, Vincent.

Voices of Cork.

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

Prince of Hohenlohe / Curtius, Friedrich / Chrystal, George W. (Editors).

Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Edited by Friedrich Curtius for Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Translated from the First German Edition and Supervised by George W. Chrystal B.A.

First English Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Heinemann, 1906. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: vii, 406 pages, with two Illustrations / Vol.2: 502 pages with four Plates, of which one is folding. Original red cloth with title information on front boards and spines. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end paper dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally very clean, partially uncut. With all Illustrations as called for.

Prince von Bülow (Bulow).

Memoirs. 1903 – 1909 & 1909 – 1919.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London & New York, Putnam, 1931 & 1932. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 534 pages / Vol.2: xi, 373 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Princess Catherine Radziwill (Catherine Danvin).

Those I Remember.

First Edition. London et al, Cassell and Company, 1924. 20 x 14 cm. ix, 274 pages. With a Frontispiece showing the Author. Original pale green cloth. Hard cover. Title and decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Edges mildly foxed. Inscribed and signed by the Author on front free end paper, dated ‘Paris 1924’. Blind stamp of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

R.J. Tennent, M.M.

Red Herrings of 1918. “F.A.N.Y.s – Not Fish Flesh nor Fowl but dam’ good Red Herrings”. General Plumer. 2nd Army.

First Edition. Speldhurst, Kent, Midas Books, 1980. 18 x 12.5 cm. 114 pages. Paperback with stiff decorated cardboard covers. With B&W photos and a few small line drawings in text. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Publisher sticker on rear cover.

Ranganathan, S.R.

Ramanujan. The Man and the Mathematician.

First Edition. Bombay et al, Asia Publishing House, 1967. 22 x 14 cm. 138 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and worn looking. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

[Redgrave] Spoto, Donald.

The Redgraves – A Family Epic.

London, The Robson Press, 2012. 24.3cm x 16cm. XVIII, 361 pages. With 18 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Rosenbaum, Ron.

The Shakespeare Wars. Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 2006. 23 x 16 cm. xvii, 601 pages, (4). Original black paper boards. Hard Cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Close to new condition.

Ross-Lewin, Harry / Wardell, John (Editor).

With “The Thirty-Second” In the Peninsular and other Campaigns. By Harry Ross-Lewin of Ross Hill, Co. Clare.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1904. 22 x 14 cm. xxiv, 368 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Mild discoloration to binding (see images). Front hinge split. Dublin bookseller stamp on front paste down. Small note in ink on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Rubinstein, Arthur.

Mein Glückliches Leben.

Frankfurt, S. Fischer, 1980. 21.9cm x 14.7cm. 792 Seiten. Mit 51 Illustrationen. Original Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Guter Zustand mit einigen Gebrauchsspuren am Umschlag.

Russell, Matthew.

The Life of Mother Mary Baptist Russell. Sister of Mercy. By her Brother the Reverend Matthew Russell, S.J.

[First Edition]. New York, The Apostleship of Prayer, 1901. 18 x 12 cm. 187 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Good condition only. Text complete. Binding frail and a few pages are lose. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally clean. Remains a good reading copy.

S. Beach Chester.

Round the Green Cloth.

First Edition. London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1928. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 254 pages. With a frontispiece. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Sanders, Lloyd.

Patron and Place-Hunter. A Study of George Bubb Dodington Lord Melcombe.

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 294 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris and name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Otherwise clean.

Scott-Mongrieff, George.

This Day. With a Foreword by James Walsh.

First Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1959. 18.5 x 12 cm. 93 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Rubbed and bumped. Dust jacket dust dulled with some edge wear. Internally foxed. Initials of previous owner (‘PNiC’) on front free end paper. (see comments on Provenance). Internally foxed throughout. See images.

Scott, Gail.

My Paris.

First American Edition. U.S.A. Dalkey Archive Press, 2003. 21.5cm x 14cm. 138 pages. With illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Scott, Walter] Lockhart, J.G.

The Life of Walter Scott.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1893. 23.8cm x 16cm. XII, 806 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear and some foxing. Lovely gilt lettering on the cover and spine.

Seaver, George.

Albert Schweitzer – Christian Revolutionary.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1955. 20.4cm x 13.5cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear on the cover. Text markings on front and rear endpaper by previous owner.

Seddall, Rev. Henry / The Most Rev. Lord Plunket (Introduction).

Edward Nangle: The Apostle of Achill. A Memoir and a History.

First Edition. London & Dublin, Hatchards Piccadilly & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1884. 18 x 12 cm. xxxv, 380 pages plus four pages publishers list. Complete with a Frontispiece and four additional Plates. Dark cloth hard cover with gilt title and author’s name on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Both hinges cracked. Name of previous owner on verso of front free end paper. Top part of half title page missing (see image). Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean.

Sepet, Marius.

Jeanne D’Arc.

Douzieme Edition. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1885. 26 x 17 cm. 376 pages. Dark red textured cloth. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Large gilt decoration from the Irish College in Paris to front board. All edges gilt. White textured end papers. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with abrasions and small material losses to corners. Rear cover stained (see images). Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title (‘Morgan O’Flaherty Irish College Paris’). Internally dust dulled. Closed tear to page 15/16. A few annotations.

Sepet, Marius.

Jeanne D’Arc.

Deuxieme Edition Revue. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1887. 27 x 18 cm. 535 pages. Illustrated with Plates in B&W. Original red cloth. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine and rear board partially faded and warped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some mild staining. Internally clean.

[Shaw, Bernard] Pascal, Valerie.

The Disciple and His Devil.

First edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1971. 22 x 14,5 cm. 319 pages with 24 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with some external wear on dustjacket and a slightly cracked hinge but no loose pages.

[Shaw, George Bernard], Costello, Donald P.

The Serpent’s Eye. Shaw and the Cinema. With a foreword by Cecil Lewis.

Notre Dame & London, University of Notre Dame Press, 1965. 16 x 24 cm. XX, 209 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition with some tears to the dustjacket. Some markings within the text. Interior in clean 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’.

[Sidney, Philip] Stewart, Alan.

Philip Sidney: A Double Life.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 2000. 16cm x 24cm. XI, 400 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Sister Mary Francis Clare [The Nun of Kenmare].

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

Second Edition. London & Dublin, Burns & Oates & Gill & Son, 1880. 26 x 18 cm. (16), 762 pages. Illustrated throughout. New (2021) blue cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. New binding. Internally rubbed and worn in places. Dust dulled, age darkened. A very good reading copy in a new sturdy binding.

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, Des / Cox, Des.

Surgeon Major T.H. Parke. The Rarest Doctor. A Short History of his Life. Published by Carrick-On-Shannon & District Historical Society.

Carrick-on-Shannon, Historical Society, 1994. 21 x 15 cm. Eight pages. With Illustrations. Original stiff card board wrappers. Decorated. Very good condition. A little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Socolofsky, Homer E.

Landlord William Scully.

First Edition. Lawrence, The Regents Press of Kansas, 1979. 22 x 15 cm. xiii, 182 pages. With Illustrations. Original green cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edgewear and small losses to dust jacket. Front and rear free end papers cleanly cut out. Internally bright and clean.

Southey, Robert.

The Life of Nelson.

London, E.H. Wells, Not dated [c.1900]. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 351 pages. Contemporary claf Prize Binding for Cork Grammar School. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Mild abrasion to front paste down. Prize label losely inserted. The Farrington Classics.

Staples, Richard.

John Cain Mole. Airman, World War 2. [With two a letter and a card by the Author].

First Edition. Christchurch, Orca Publishing 1998. 19 x 13 cm. 87 pages. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. Bookshop sticker on rear board. Losely inserted are two handwritten documents signed by the author.

Stein, Gertrude / Wilder, Thornton.

Narration. Four lectures by Gertrude Stein. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder.

Collector’s Edition. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 8°. VII, 62 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase with only minro signs of wear to the slipcase. Overall in excellent condition.

[Strauss, Johann] Jacob, H.E.

Johann Strauss – Father and Son, A Century of Light Music. Translated by Marguerite Wolff.

USA, The Greystone Press, 1940. 23.8cm x 16cm. 385 pages. With illustrations and music sheets. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear and small open tear.

[Tennyson, Emily] Thwaite, Ann.

Emily Tennyson: The Poet’s Wife.

London, Faber and Faber, 1996. 24cm x 16.2cm. XIX, 716 pages. With 33 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Tisdall, Arthur Walderne St. Claire / H. Montagu Butler (foreword).

Verses, Letters, & Remembrances of Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall, V.C. Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. Scholar of Trinity College and Chancellor’s Gold Medallist in the University of Cambridge. With a Foreword by the Master of Trinity.

First Edition. London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1916. 19 x 13 cm. 158 pages. Complete with a tissue-guarded frontispiece, plates and illustrations in text, as listed. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Paper spine label. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Part of spine label worn off. Inscription by previous owner, dated 1917, on front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

Todd, James Henthorn.

St. Patrick Apostle of Ireland. A Memoir of his Life and Mission. With an Introductory Dissertation on some early Usages of the Church in Ireland, and its Historical Position from the Establishment of the English Colony to the present Day.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Smith & Co., 1864. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 515 pages. Modern quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. New end papers. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Internally clean.

Tomás Ó Criomhthain [Tomas O’Crohan] (Author) / An Seabhac [Padraig O Siochfhradh](Editor).

Allagar na h-Inise [Island Cross-Talk].

First Edition. Dublin, C.S. O Fallamain, hOifig an tSolatain, [Printed by Alex. Thom & Co., Iona Works Dublin], 1928. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 186 pages. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with a paper sticker and dark stain on front board (see image). Mild fraying to spine ends. Sound binding. Single library stamp (‘Colaiste Moibi’) and three numbers on front free end paper. Edges and end papers age darkened. Small red stain on page iii (see image). Internally bright and clean without annotations, underlining etc.