Wenham, Peter.

Watermills.

First edition. London, Robert Hale Ltd., 1989. 16 x 24cm. 254 pages. Original hardcover inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with a short closed tear to top of spine. Now in archival jacket. A very nice clean copy.

Leask, Harold G.

Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings. Volume 1: The First Phases and the Romanesque / Volume 2: Gothic Architecture to A.D. 1400 / Vol. 3: Medieval Gothic. The Last Phases.

Second, Second and First Edition. Three volumes. Dundalk, Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest Ltd.), 1977 / 1967 / 1960. 19 x 25cm. 173, 162 & 190 pages, with illustrations and photographs throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition in very good dust jackets. A nice set. Small sticker with name of previous owner in volumes 2 and 3.

Hailey, Arthur.

Airport.

First UK Edition. London, Michael Joseph and Souvenier Press, 1968. 14 x 20 cm, 531 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Marc Alexander,

A.E. Stegmann The Life and Art of a Remarkable Artist.

First Edition, London, Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, 2000. 22 x 30 cm, 163 pages. With many photos and paintings by this artist. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Galloway, Peter.

The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, 1783-1983.

First edition. Sussex, Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1983. 19 x 25cm. (14), 146 pages, with colour and B&W photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Mild foxing to top edges, otherwise excellent condition. Inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper.

The Book of Old English Songs & Ballads. Illustrated in Colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

First Edition, London, New York, Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, ca.1915. 21 x 28 cm, 198 pages, 24 tipped in colour illustrations. Original green cloth cover with red titles and dark green ornaments. Water staining on top of back board, Spine slightly faded, end papers age darkened, a few small spots on rear board cover, edges and corners slightly shelf worn. Text block and illustrations in excellent condition.

John Feehan, Grace O’Donovan,

The Bogs of Ireland. An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands.

First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, The Environmental Institute, 1996. 30 x 21 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated with many colour and B&W photos, maps, diagrams and drawings. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine in very good dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. A very nice copy of this now scarce book.

Gurganus, Allan.

Good Help. [Signed]. With illustrations by the author.

Limited edition, signed by the author. Rocky Mount, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1988. 15 x 22.5cm. 74 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. [Number 762 of 1000 copies].

Scofield, Sandra.

Walking Dunes. [Signed].

New York, The Permanent Press, 1992. 14.5 x 22cm. 247 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Gurganus, Allan.

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. [Signed].

First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 16 x 24cm. (14), 718 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Okri, Ben.

Songs of Enchantment.

First U.S. edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1993. 16.5 x 24cm. 297 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, as new. Signed with a dedication by the author on title page.

Waters, Frank.

To Possess The Land: A Biography of Arthur Rochford Manby. [Signed].

First edition. Chicago, Sage Books / The Swallow Press Inc., 1973. 15 x 23cm. (8), 287 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Illustrated endpapers. Slight wear to dustjacket, otherwise in excellent condition. Signed with a dedication by author on half-title page.

Scofield, Sandra.

Beyond Deserving. [Signed].

First edition. New York, The Permanent Press, 1991. 14.5 x 22.5cm. 310 pages. Original half-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by author on title page.

Scofield, Sandra.

More Than Allies. [Signed].

First edition. New York, The Permanent Press, 1993. 14 x 22cm. 174 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by the author on title page.

Lawrence, Starling.

Legacies: Stories.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 243 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new.

MacGrath, Harold.

Pidgin Island. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. 12.5 x 19cm. 341 pages, with plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition, some shelf wear to spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

Miller, Sue.

For Love. [Signed].

First Edition. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. 16 x 24cm. (14), 301 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by author on title page.

Dodd, Susan.

O Careless Love. [Signed].

First Edition. New York, William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1999. 16 x 24cm. 274 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

West, W.J.

The Larger Evils: Nineteen Eighty-Four – The Truth Behind The Satire.

Edinburgh, Canongate Press, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 207 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

De Quincey, Thomas.

The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. With illustrations engraved on wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton.

Folio Society Edition. London, The Folio Society, 1966. 14 x 22cm. (16), 230 pages, with text illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, other than sunning to spine. Slipcase slightly scuffed.

Dostoieffskaya, L.F. [Aimée Dostoyevskaya].

The Emigrant. Translated by Vera Margolies, with an introduction by Stephen Graham.

First American Edition. New York, Brentano’s, 1916. 12.5 x 19cm. (9), 320 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket worn with some paper losses to front, rear and spine ends. Now in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Dreiser, Theodore.

The Financier.

Cleveland / New York, The World Publishing Company, 1940. 13.5 x 21cm. 503 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Fuentes, Carlos.

Myself With Others: Selected Essays.

London, André Deutsch Limited, 1988. 15.5 x 23cm. 214 pages. Original half-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Greene, Graham.

A Burnt-Out Case.

First Edition. London / Melbourne / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. 13 x 20.5cm. 256 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Slightly foxed, spine sunned, otherwise very good condition.

Gwaltney, Francis Irby.

A Step In The River.

First British edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1961. 13 x 20cm. 291 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some wear to dustjacket, including sunned and slightly torn spine. Tape residue on endpapers. Boards and text in very good condition.

Home, Michael.

City Of The Soul.

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1943. 12.5 x 19cm. (10), 252 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition, some signs of wear to dustjacket. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper.

Goncourt, Edmond & Jules.

Pages from The Goncourt Journal. Edited, translated and introduced by Robert Baldick. With contemporary photographs by Nadar and others.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 15 x 23cm. 432 pages. Original litho-printed clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Orange stained top edges. Excellent condition. Slipcase shows slight signs of shelf wear.

Meadows Taylor, Philip.

Confessions of a Thug. Edited with an introduction by Brian Rawson. Drawings by Clarke Hutton.

London, The Folio Society, 1974. 14.5 x 23cm. 372 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Green stained top edges. Endpapers illustrated with maps.

Bernard O’Hara (Ed.).

Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.

First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor losses to top of spine and small damage to front (removed sticker). Internally a bright and clean copy.

E. Keble Chatterton.

Old Ship Prints.

London, Spring Books, 1965. 20 x 24 cm, xii, 182 pages with numerous B&W and colour plates. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Book in excellent condition. Text block clean and bright. Binding tight. Dustjacket with some rubbing and a few small tears, mainly at the top of the spine and the corners. A very handsome volume printed on quality paper and nicely illustrated.

Neil Jordan.

The Past.

Reprint 1981. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981. 13 x 19 cm, 232 pages. Original hardcover with price clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Text block bright and clean. Binding solid. Dust Jacket shows minor signs of wear on spine and corners.

Kenny, Michael.

William Francis Roantree (1829-1918): Fínín Dearmadta Léim an Bhradáin.

Dublin, Coiscéim, 1996. 14 x 21cm. 63 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Previous owner’s name on title page.

Garry O’Connor.

Sean O’Casey. A Life.

First Edition. Signed by author. New York, Antheneum, 1988. 16 x 24 cm, (6), 448 pages with B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition and very good dust jacket. Edges dusted and a little age darkened. Minor shelf wear. Text block clean and bright.

Mann, Thomas.

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I. Translated from the German by Denver Lindley.

First British edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1955. 13 x 20cm. 408 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers, slight lean, otherwise very good condition. Previous owner’s name on title page.

Masters, John.

Bhowani Junction.

First edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1954. 13.5 x 20.5cm. 367 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition, other than slight age darkening to endpapers and mottling to front board.

Nizan, Paul.

Antoine Bloyé. Translated by Edmund Stevens. Introduction by Richard Elman.

New York / London, Monthly Review Press, 1973. 14 x 21cm. 250 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket, including small tear to rear flap. Excellent condition otherwise.

Blackwell. [Pub].

The New Decameron. Four Volumes. Volume I: Containing The Prologue and The First Day, Volume II: Containing The Second Day, Volume III: Containing Stories by Compton Mackenzie, D.H. Lawrence & Vita Sackville West, Volume IV: Edited by Blair and Containing Stories by L.A.G. Strong, D.H. Lawrence & J.D. Beresford.

4 Volumes (of 6 Volume Set). Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1919 / 1920 /1922 /1925. 13 x 20cm. 225 / 183 / 231 / 269 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover. Foxing to edges and age darkening to endpapers. Bumping and slight splitting to corners. Spine label worn on Volume I. Text in good condition.

Rushdie, Salman.

Fury.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 2001. 15.5 x 24cm. 259 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Sagan, Françoise.

Painting in Blood. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell.

Henley, Aidan Ellis Publishing Ltd., 1988. 15.5 x 24cm. 253 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Sean Lysaght.

Robert Lloyd Praeger. The Life of a Naturalist. [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1998. 16 x 23 cm, 208 pages. Colour frontispiece and various B&W photographs. Original hardcover in original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near Fine. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the Author on title page. A bright and clean copy of this rare book.

Herbert Norris.

Costume & Fashion. The Evolution of European Dress through the Earlier Ages. With Sixteen Full-Page Coloured Plates, Eight Half-Tone and over Three Hundred Line Drawings by the Author.

London & New York, J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd & E.P. Dutton and Co. Inc., 1947. 19 x 25 cm, xv, 300 pages. Beautifully illustrated in colour and B&W throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Book in excellent condition. Clean and tight. No annotations, but the name of the previous owner small on front paste down. Some foxing on end papers and edges. Dust jacket with just a little shelf wear, darkened and foxed. Dust jacket front corners both clipped. A very nice copy.

Walser, Martin.

The Swan Villa. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 247 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to top edges. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.

Walser, Martin.

Breakers. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1987. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 305 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than very minor spotting to cloth edges. Signed by the author on title page.

Wright, Richard.

Early Works: Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom’s Children and Native Son. Edited by Arnold Rampersad.

New York, Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1991. 12.5 x 20.5cm. 936 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with silk pagemarker in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new. [The Library of America, No. 55].

Zigman, Laura.

Animal Husbandry.

First Edition. New York, The Dial Press, 1998. 14 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Partial sunning to wrapper, otherwise excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Wall, Mervyn.

The Unfortunate Fursey.

Dublin, Helicon Ltd., 1965. 11 x 17.5cm. 241 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of shelf wear.

Cardinal Cahal B. Daly.

Steps on my Pilgrim Journey. Memoirs and Reflections.

First Edition. With a card signed by the author. Dublin, Veritas, 1998. 14 x 22 cm, 548 pages.With eight pages of B&W photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, close to new. The card signed by Cardinal Daly is fixed with clear tape to the half title page. Dust jacket excellend with very minor shelf wear. Text block clean, no annotations etc.

Elizabeth Craig.

Housekeeping. A new book for the single-handed housewife, money-saving and labour-saving. With practical illustrations in line and photographs.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated [after 1937] 13 x 18 cm, ix, 246 pages. With frontispiece and many more B&W photographs, plans and illustrations. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Elizabeth Craig.

Gardening. A new, filly illustrated book for the gardener with little money to spend, covering flowers, vegetables and fruits.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated (after 1937) 13 x 18 cm, 256 pages. With many B&W illustrations and photographs. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good to good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free end paper. Front joint strting to open over about 8 cm, but still holding.Frontispiece coming lose, but still connected. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Annie Butterworth.

Manual of Household Work and Management.

Assumed First Edition. No ‘Preface’ as in 2nd and 3rd Edition. London, New York, L. Upcott Gill / Chas. Scribner’s Sons, Not Dated [1902?] 12 x 18 cm, xv, 195 pages. Few B&W Illustrations. Original illustrated hardcover (thin cardboard boards). Very good condition, binding intact, but signs of shelf wear and use. Small piece missing of the top of the spine. Fading, browning and foxing present

Jan K Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec.

Fallen Walls. Voices from the Cells that held Mandela and Havel. With a Foreword by Vaclav Havel.

First Edition. Robben Island, Lidove Noviny Publishing & Robben Island Museum, 2002. 14 x 21 cm, 194 pages with numerous B&W photographs. Original illustrated hardcover. Illustration based on an etching by William Kentridge. Excellend condition. Some shelfwear. Corners and spine a little bumped.

William Wordsworth.

The Poetical Works of Wordsworth. With Memoir, Explanatory Notes &c.

London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co., Not dated.[ca.1900] 14 x 19 cm, xliv, 628 pages. Original dark green cloth hardcover.Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Solid binding. Pages and edges age darkened. Some browing and foxing mainly to end papers. Some pages unopened.

Fougeret De Monbron, Louis-Charles

La Henriade Travestie En Versburlesques. Honi Soit qui mal y pense.

A Berlin (Paris) Aux De’pense Du Public, 1751 (MDCCLI). 9 x 16 cm, 151 pages. Decorated title page. Full Calf and marbled end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Calf boards rubbed and worn. Corners and spine bumped and worn. Outer joints started to crack, but still holding. Spine worn with some loss. Spine paper label partially missing. Front hinge broken. Label ‘De La Bibliotheque – 1785’ glued to front pastedown. Marbled end papers and edges faded. Pages age darkened. Some browning and foxing to some pages. Foreword page (Avant-Propos) torn and repaired with a piece of paper stuck on. Despite the wear, this is still a nice little book to hold.

O’Brien, Edna.

House of Splendid Isolation.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994. 15.5 x 24cm. 216 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than very mild foxing to top edges. Inscription on front free endpaper.

Wieners, John.

Selected Poems.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 14 x 22cm. 125 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing and minor shelfwear to dustjacket spine.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

Gandhi, Mahatma / Andrews, C.F. (Editor)

Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1932. 15 x 21 cm, 350 pages with three illustrations in B&W. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good. Small discoloration to front board top. Head and tail of spine a little bumped. Some shelf wear and signs of use. Dust jacket has multiple paper losses, now protected in Brodart jacket. Edges age darkened. Very nice inscription (1939) on front free end paper (Quote by Greek Philosopher). Text block and illustrations bright and clean.

Sheehan, Canon.

Geoffrey Austin Student.

Fifth Impression. Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son Ltd., 1904. 13 x 18 cm, vii, 212 pages plus two pages publisher’s catalog. Front free end paper missing. Original decorated blue cloth. Blind stamped decoration on front board with red lettering. Gilt title on spine. Gilt decoration on rear board. Front free end paper missing – half title is first page. Corners, edges and spine bumped and rubbed. Small stains on boards. Edges and pages age darkened. Small picture glued to page 1 (Sedna Coca Cola bottle). Text block clean and unmarked. Binding tight.

Milton, John.

The Poetical Works of John Milton. Reprinted from the Chandos Poets, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes, etc.

London, Frederick Warne and Co., Not Dated [1886?] 14 x 19 cm, xxiv, 581 pages plus two pages of publisher’s catalog. Original dark blue cloth with small paper label on spine. Good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Name of previous owner neat on title page (dated March 1886). Edges and some pages darkened and mildly foxed. Small piece of paper (2 x 1 cm) missing from top of title page. Text block bright and clean.

Harvey, John.

Dublin: A Study in Environment.

First Edition. London / New York, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. 14.5 x 22cm. (12), 116 pages, Colour frontispiece, black and white photographs, maps and drawings. Original hardcover with illustrated endpapers and dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Name of previous owner inscribed. Some edge wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to spine ends.

Somerville-Large, Peter.

The Irish Country House: A Social History. Specially commissioned photographs by Mark Fiennes.

First Edition. London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. 19.5 x 25cm. (11), 373 pages, (10 [Index]./ With colour and black and white photographs throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Brodart cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Newman, Jeremiah.

Maynooth and Georgian Ireland.

First Edition. Galway, Kenny’s, 1979. 19 x 25.5cm. 267 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt edges and dustjacket in protective Brodart cover. Excellent condition, with no markings or annotations.

Hayward, Richard.

Munster and the City of Cork. With pencil drawings by Raymond Piper.

First Edition. London, Phoenix House / J.M. Dent & Sons, 1964. 17 x 25cm. (14), 354 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt decoration. Excellent condition other than slightly bumped corners. Previous owner’s bookplate on front endpaper. Inscription on front free endpaper.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland. (2 Volumes). With a new foreword by Liam de Paor.

Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Ltd., 1982. 19 x 25.5cm. Volume One: (24), 88 pages / Volume Two: 97 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new.

Beverley Nichols (Ed.).

A Book of Old Ballads. Selected and with an Introduction by Beverley Nichols & Illustrated by H.M.Brock, R.I.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1934. 22 x 28 cm, xxxix, 277 pages. Colour frontispiece and 15 full page colour plates. Some B&W illustrations. Original pale brown cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Now in protective archival jacket. Very good condition. Edges darkened. Some minor shelf wear and signs of use. Some pages unopened. Text block clean and bright, some minor foxing, mainly to first few pages.

Salaman, Malcolm C.

Whitman’s Print-Collector’s Handbook. Revised and Enlarged.

London, G.Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1921. xxi, 375 pages with many B&W illustrations showing the development of printing techniques. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind title on front board. Very good condition. Shelf wear and signs of previous use. Rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Mild foxing. Plates bright and clean.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

The Courtship of Miles Standish. With Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy.

London, Grant Richards, 1908. 19 x 24 cm, 152 pages. With numerous Colour and B&W Illustrations. Original cloth boards with gilt title and decorations, blind stamping and a colour image on the front board. Very good condition. Inscription on front free end paper dated 1908. Some browning and foxing to pages and edges. Some rubbing and bumping to spine and corners.

Abbot Gasquet.

The Greater Abbeys of England.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. 18 x 23 cm, xvi, 268 pages. Colour frontispiece and 59 full page colour Illustrations after Warwick Goble. Original cloth with gilt titles and illustrations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Edges darkened. Corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some foxing. Award plate glued to front paste down. Colour plates are bright and clean.

Holland, J.G (Josiah Gilbert).

Kathrina Her Life and Mine in a Poem.

New York, Charles Scribner & Company, 1869. 17 x 23 cm, xii, 281 pages. B&W Illustrations by W.J.Hennessy and C.C. Linton, engraved by W.J. Linton. Original gree cloth with elaborate gilt decorations on boards and spine. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Spine darkened. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Small tear near the hing of the title page. Textblock bright and clean.

Gwynn, Stephen.

Irish Books and Irish People.

Dublin, The Talbot Press, Not dated. Library label shows 1943. 13 x 18 cm, 120 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition. Ex Library with library labels on front free end paper and rear paste down. Spine a little shaky, but binding intact. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges darkened. Spine label missing.

Madam Belloc (Bessie Rayner Parkes).

The Flowing Tide.

First Edition. London, Sands & Co., 1900. 13 x 18 cm, xi, 298 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Spine faded and parts of boards are discoloured (see images). Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Some tanning, mainly to endpapers.

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.

Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so poor for so long?

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 2004. 16 x 24cm. (14), 278 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition other than sunning to spine.

Gaskin, J.J. (Editor)

The Viceregal Speeches and Addresses Lectures and Poems of the Late Earl of Carlisle, KG. Collected and Edited by J.J.Gaskin.

First Edition. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1865 / 1866. 16 x 22 cm, cxxxv, 483 pages including 24 pages List of Subscribers. Frontispiece showing Carlisle. Signature (‘yours very faithfully Carlisle’) assumed to be printed. Small illustration of Castle Howard on first title page. Second title page text only. First title page dated 1865, second title page dated 1866. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Fine gilt crest of carlisle on front board. Blindstamp decoration on front and rear boards. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Some shelf wear. Corners, boards and spine a little bumped and rubbed. Age darkening, some browning the foxing, mainly to end papers and first few pages. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Motley, John Lothrop.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. A new Edition. Complete in one Volume.

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1894. 14 x 19 cm, xi, 930 pages. Frontispiece showing ‘The Siege of Maestricht’. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands. Gitl title on red leather. Gilt decorations on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and minor bumping. Solid binding. Presentation plate glued to front pastedown, dated 1896. Text block is bright and clean. Title page has a fold line. Two-column text.

Brown, Rory.

Fighting Monsters: British-American War-making and Law-making.

First Edition. Oxford / Portland, Hart Publishing, 2011. 16 x 24cm. (9), 325 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, very slight signs of shelf wear to dustjacket but otherwise as new.

Fraser, T.G. / Jeffery, Keith. [Eds].

Men, Women and War. (Historical Studies XVIII).

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1993. 14 x 21cm. (12), 242 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar wrapper. Very good condition other then mild foxing to edges.

A Collection of five Historic Acts and Declarations. Collection consists of five individually bound volumes: Vol.1: An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland. (1657) / Vol. 2: A Declaration of His Highness The Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, for a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in the Three Nations. (1656) / Vol. 3: An Act for an Assessment at the Rate of Five and Thirty thousand Pounds by the moneth upon England, Six thousand Pounds by the Moneth upon Scotland, and Nine thousand pounds by the Moneth upon Ireland, For Three Years from The Twenty fourth of June 1657. / Vol. 4: An Act and Declaration Touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the Twentieth of April 1653. and before the Third of September 1654. and Other Acts. / Vol. 5: An Additional Act for the Better Improvement and Advancing the Receipts of the Excise and New-Impost (1657).

Five Volumes. London, Henry Hill and John Fields, 1857, Vol. 1: (2), 24 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 2: (2), 5 pages, (74 blank pages) / Vol. 3: (2), 28 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 4: (2), 40 pages (not consistently numbered), 50 blank pages) / Vol. 5: (2), 61 pages (2). Vol. 1-4: Modern three-quarter dark blue leather with blue cloth boards. Some gilt line decorations to boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. (Bindings by Period Binders, Bath, England) / Vol. 5: Modern half-leather with pale blue cloth. Gilt line decorations on boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings for vol.1-4 as new. Binding for vol. 5 with some shelf wear, some staining and discoloration to boards. The actual acts show age darkening, browning and occassional foxing. Edges are darkened. Pages have small tears and small amount of paper loss, but not affecting the actual text. A few pencil lines. A very handsome collection in tasteful bindings.

O’Grady, Standish.

In The Wake Of King James, or, Dun-Randal On The Sea.

London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1896. 13 x 19.5cm. (6), 242 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and gilt tops. Slight lean to spine, some mottling to boards and minor fraying to cloth at corners, binding firm and text itself clean. Endpapers foxed, with previous owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

McCarthy, Sean.

Darling Kate and other poems.

Tralee, Anvil Books, 1972. 18 x 24.5cm. 32 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creases and a small tear to spine. Internally clean and bright.

French, Francis / Burgess, Colin.

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965. With a Foreword by Paul Haney.

First Edition. Lincoln / London, University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 16 x 23.5cm. (27), 397 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very minor signs of wear to edges but otherwise excellent condition.

Coon, Carleton S.

The Seven Caves: Archaeological Explorations in the Middle East.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 14.5 x 21.5cm. (13), 338 pages, with 45 photographs, 39 line drawings and 3 maps. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering in dustjacket and protective Mylar wrapper. Deckled edges. Very good condition, boards, binding and text firm and clean, very minor signs of wear to dustjacket edges.

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander.

The First Circle. Translated from the Russian by Michael Guybon.

London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1968. 14 x 22cm. 581 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Slight lean, binding and boards otherwise in very good condition. Edges age darkened, mild signs of wear to dustjacket.

Gibbon, Edward.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With Notes and a Memoir, by F.A. Guizot. Illustrated Edition.

Two Volumes. London, Virtue & Co., Not Dated [1860-1890]. 18 x 25 cm, Vol. 1: xvi, 643 pages. With a Frontispiece showing the Author, a folding plate (View of Rome) and 26 plates, some of them maps. / Vol. 2: xi, 666 pages. With a Frontispiece showing Francis Petrarch and 28 plates. Half-leather (blue-black) with dark brown cloth. Five raised bands. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Some blind decoration on spine and boards. All edges marbled. Very good condition. Shelfwear. Corners, spine and boards bumped and rubbed. Edges and pages age darkened. Some foxing.

Wesley, John.

Explanatory Notes upon The New Testament. New Edition.

Two Volumes. London, Printed at the Conference-Office by Thomas Cordeux, Agent., 1813. 14 x 21 cm, Vol. 1: vi, 439 pages. / Vol. 2: 453 pages. Half-leather with brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Raised bands. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards bumped and rubbed. Edges and pages age darkened. Minor amounts of foxing. Very few annotations. Small part of spinal label missing on volume 1.

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).

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.

Mill, John Stuart.

An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the Principle Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings.

Third Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. 15 x 22 cm, xvi, 633 pages plus 24 pages Publishers List & Index. Blind stamped maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good Condition with significant shelf wear. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine faded. Front hinge opened, rear hinge starting to open. Binding still good. 4 cm crack to top rear joint. Edges and pages age darkened. This book is heavily annotated, mainly in pencil, but also some indelible marks. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1913. Some browning and foxing.

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.

Nature The Utility of Religion and Theism. Three Essays on Religion.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. 15 x 22 cm, xi, 257 pages plus two pages Publisher’s List. Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Mild foxing, mainly to end papers. Edges darkened. Front and rear hinges started to open. Binding tight.

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.

Newman, John Henry.

Historical Sketches. Volume 3: Rise and Progress of Universities / Northmen and Normans in England and Ireland / Medieval Oxford / Convocation of Canterbury.

First Edition. London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1872 14 x 19 cm, 421 pages. Original cloth hard back. Blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine partially worn off. Inner hinges started to open. Binding still tight. Text block clean and bright. Edges age darkened. Mild browning/foxing.

Dibdin, Tho.(Thomas) Frognall.

A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.

First Edition. Three Volumes. London, Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. Vol.1: xxv, (6), 462 pages, lxxix (Index & Addenda). With 13 full page plates (incl. one colour and one fold-out plate) and 23 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted in the text. / Vol. 2: 555 page. With 24 full page plates (incl. two sepia and one double page plate) and 17 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. / Vol. 3: 622 pages, lxii (Supplement). With 46 full page plates (incl. two colour/sepia and three double page plates) and 24 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. No half titles. Volume 1 with Dedication page showing Crest of the Roxburghe Club, the first ‘Book Club’. Half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Volume 3 professionally repaired in 2017 and fitted with new end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and hinges a little rubbed and bumped. This is an Ex Library book with an interesting history. All three volumes have a special commemoration plate mounted to front paste-downs: “Norfolk & Norwich Library. This book is Part of the Salvage from the Fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898”. Front free end-papers and title pages show some edge discoloration, possibly because of that fire. The rest of the text pages and plates appears not affected. Edges and pages are a little age darkened and a little browned.

Wooodruff, Everleigh / Danks, William.

Memorials of the Cathedral & Priory of Christ in Canterbury. With Illustrations by Louis Weirter.

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1912 16 x 22 cm, xxi, 489 pages. With Frontispiece and many B&W Illustrations throughout. Original dark blue cloth hard cover with with illustrations and title on spine. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. White title on spine rubbed off. All edges age darkened. Text block clean and bright. Front and rear hinges start to open, but binding still sound. Small amount of foxing to end papers.

Wells, J.

The Charm of Oxford. Illustrated by W.G. Blackall.

Second Edition (revised). London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, 1921. 23 x 28 cm, x, 154 pages. Illustrated end papers. With 26 tipped in B&W plates on grey card. Original decorated cloth with gilt and colour decorations. Gilt title on spine and front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and fading. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Mild browning and foxing.

Burton, John Hill.

The Book-Hunter. ETC.

A New Edition, with Portrait. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. 14 x 19 cm, x, 427 pages. With a frontispiece and few small decorations in text. Quarter Leather with red clothed hard covers. Gilt title on spine. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Very mild foxing, mainly to end papers.

Murphy, Nicholas P.

A Corner in Ballybeg.

First Edition. London, John Lang, 1902. 13 x 19 cm, 255 pages. Original illustrated cloth hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening; rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Inside bright and clean. Rear free end paper missing. Small closed tear on contents page. Overall a very nice copy.

Darwin, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.

Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.

The Book of the Highlands.

Glasgow, Published for the Central Advertising Board for the Highlands by John Menzies & Co. Ltd, 1934. 12.5 x 18.5 cm, 336 pages. Illustrated with many B&W photographs. Countless advertisements for local Highland businesses. Illustrated soft covers. Very good condition. No annotations. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.

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.