Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge.
Washington, John Wiley and Sons, 1972. 8°. XIII, 380 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with dustjacket. Very good+ condition.
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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. Collected from the Most Authentic Sources Alphabetically arranged and annotated by W. Carew Hazlitt.
First and Limited Edition. London, John Russell Smith, 1869. 23 x 15 cm. xxix, 505 pages. Title page Vignette. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and author on spine. Foreedge deckle. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boads and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Neat gift inscription on half title page. Internallty bright and clean. A very nice copy.
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The Poem-Book of the Gael. Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse. With a Frontispiece.
First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. C. 18 x 12.5 cm. xxxviii, 370 pages. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page and small celtic decorations in text. Contemporary half morroco over cloth. Hard cover. Five raised bands, gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Michael Morris,Baron Killanin’) on front paste down, together with small sticker of another previous owner. Overall a very attractive copy of the scarce first edition.
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Physiological Notes on Primary Education and the Study of Languages.
[First Edition]. New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1889. 19 x 13 cm. (2), 120 pages plus two pages publishers list. Few B&W Illustrations. Decorated end papers. Marroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp (Hodges, Figgis, Dublin) on front free end paper (both sides). Half title pages missing. Half of rear free end paper missing. Internally age dulled and mildly foxed. A few dog ears. Text block clean.
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Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].
First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.
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The Antiquities of Ireland. To which is Added A Collection of Miscellaneous Antiquities.
The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections. Dublin, Printed by and for John Jones, 1803 / 1804. 26 x 21 cm. xxii [blank, frontispiece, engraved title, title page, dedication, preface, subscribers], 526 pages, (14) [Index]. Complete with 40 Plates as listed. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decorations. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Mild age darkening and foxing internally. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page (see notes on Provenance below). Overall a very nice copy.
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A Lexicon Abridged from The Greek – English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott.
The Third Edition. Oxford, At the University Press, 1849 iv, 804 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Professionally rebacked in 2024. New end papers, Very good condition. Rebacked with sound binding. Boards worn and rubbed. Some ink staining on title page. Edges dust dulled. Some wear to corners and dog earing. Internally clean.
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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.
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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.
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