Beat on a Damask Drum.
First Edition. London, John Murray, 1959. 13.5cm x 20.5cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition, but foxed throughout.
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Modern Poets and Poetry in Spain.
First Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 23 x 14 cm. xl, 388 pages. Red cloth with gilt decorations to front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened throughout. Parts of spinal plate missing (possibly rebacked). Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding tight. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
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Why England Slept.
First UK Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., ND [1940]. 18 x 12 cm. xxi, 256 pages, followed by 40 pages publishers list [for the fall, 1940]. Original red cloth. Black title on spine (see images). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.
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The Book of Modern Irish Anecdotes. Humour, Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Patrick Kennedy.
New Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1891. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. iv, 192 pages. New (2021) pale cloth. Facsimiles of the original paper covers are used on front and rear board. See images. Black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
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The Making of the Irish Constitution 1937. Bunreacht na hEireann.
First Edition. Cork, Mercier Press, 2007. Octavo. 511 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gitl title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
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Cecil Marchioness of Lothian. A Memoir. Edited by Her Granddaughter Cecil Kerr.
First Edition. London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Sands and Company, ND [1922]. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 244 pages. With a Frontispiece and another 11 Plates. Complete, as listed. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt decorations on front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small ink stain on tail edge. Small bookseller label on front paste down. Internally very clean. A very nice copy of this scarce publication.
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Ingulabi.
First Edition. London, Sylvan Press – Nicolson & Watson, [1943]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered Pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. New (2020) green cloth hard cover. Original paperback front cover has been used for new hardback front board (see images). New green end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Neat (Child) Ex Libris on half title page. Some coloured pencil marks on one page, otherwise bright and clean inside. A nice copy in a new hardback binding with gilt title and author on spine.
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The Unveiling of Arabia. The Story of Arabian Travel and Discovery.
First Edition. London et al., George G. Harrap & Co., 1937. 22 x 14 cm. 360 pages. Complete with 31 Photos and 13 Maps in Text. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally bright and clean.
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Power Politics in the Nuclear Age. A Policy for Britain.
Uncorrected Proof. London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. 21 x 14 cm. 224 pages. Paperback proof copy with title on front board. In original unclipped yellow dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling throughout. Some edge wear to dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Dust jacket front and title page are stamped ‘UNCORRECTED’. With a typed letter to Field Marshal Alanbrooke, signed by the author. The author also added typed paper sections stapled to various pages and containing corrections made between the proof phase and printing phase.
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Defence in the Nuclear Age.
First Edition. London, Victor Golancz, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. 223 pages. Includes two signed letters by the author to Field-Marshal Alanbrook, a ‘compliment’ card from the publisher, a small folded card with opinions about the book (incl. Alanbrooke’s) and a selection (10) of newspaper clips. Original blue cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. In original yellow decorated dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some dust dulling. Inscription by author to Alanbrooke on front free end paper. Letter stapled (rust spot) and tipped to half title page. Other materials losely inserted. Internally bright and clean.
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Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography.
London, Richard Edward King, [not dated, ca. 1880]. 18 x 12 cm. vi, 3564 pages. Original dark red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and blind line decorations on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, mild rubbing and bumping. Internally clean but browned. Mild foxing to end papers. Large book plate glued to front paste down. See image.
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Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses.
Eighteenth Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1900. 18 x 11 cm. xix, 208 pages. Red Calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Raised bands. Small book binder stamp on front paste down (Sumpus, Oxford). All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, slightly age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner (Victor Brooke) on front free end paper. Internally clean. With a letter by Jane Mary Richardson, Alan Brooke’s first wife. The letter contains Kipling’s poem ‘If’ and her initials: J.M.R.
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Departmental Ditties and other Verses.
Sixth Edition. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1891. 18 x 14 cm. vi, 125 pages plus 24 pages of publishers list. Blue cloth with gilt and black decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Binding shaky. Externals rubbed and bumped, faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page: ’ Harold Pelly Oct 1891’. Internally clean.
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Letters of Marque.
First Unauthorized Edition. Allahabat, A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. 21 x 14 cm. (4), ii, 154 pages, (6). Original diagonally-divided red and blue cloth with gilt title and author on fron board and spine. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Mild discoloration to boards. Mild blistering to rear board. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two stamps on front free end paper (Wheeler Bookstall Price / Issue 18 Nov. 91). There is a losely inserted Indian Telegraph strip paper. The telegraph is dated 18-12-91 and addressed to Meerut.
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Puck of Pook’s Hill.
First Edition. First Printing. London, Macmillan & Co., 1906. 19 x 13 cm. x, 306 pages and publishers list. With Illustrations. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and spine. New plain end papers.Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
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The Five Nations.
First Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1903. 19 x 12 cm. xiii, 215 pages plus 38 pages publishers list, dated July 1903. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded, small faint stains (see images). Remains of a signature on front paste down. First and last few pages mildly foxed / browned. Internally clean. A nice copy.
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The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers by Rudyard Kipling. Vol.1: The First Battalion / Vol.2: The Second Battalion and Appendices.
First US Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. 22 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xvi, 334 pages, seven Maps / Vol.2: 307 pages, four Maps. Complete. Original dark blue cloth with gilt star on front board. Paper spine label. Rebacked in 2023. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise internally clean.
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The Just So Song Book. Being Songs from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.
London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1918. 30 x 24 cm. 62 pages. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black decorations and title on spine. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion to the top of the front board (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.
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The Beauties of Kirke White. Consisting of Selections from his Poetry and Prose.
London, Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg et al., Not dated [1826]. 13 x 8.5 cm. 212 pages. With a frontispiece showing Kirke White. Contemporary calf with elaborate gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. Marbled edges (faded/darkened). Marbled end papers. Binding by Patrick McCormick, Bookseller and Binder, Dublin, with his paper label on front paste down. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to tail of spine and corners. Names of previous owners on front free end paper and title page. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean.
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Steevens Hospital, Dublin. [Reprinted from THE MEDICAL PRESS AND CIRCULAR, March 1, 1944, Vol. CCXI, No. 5469.
Printed by Samuel Temple & Co. Hammersmith, 1944. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 24 pages. B&W Illustrations. Original blue paper wrappers. Stapled soft cover. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Minor age darkening and small creases. Internally bright and clean.
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The History of Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, 1720 – 1920. [Signed].
First Edition. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, by Ponsonby and Gibbs. 1924. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. xvi, 397 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Full polished calf. Five raised bands. Red morocco label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled end papers. Speckled edges. Original dark blue stiff covers bound in. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the original blue cover page (see image). Name of previous owner (‘Dr. D.M. Brooke’) in pencil on top of title page. Internally clean. A superb copy.
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The Prodigal Son: Poems 1956-1959.
First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1959. 14 x 22cm. (10), 105 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Mild wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges, otherwise in very good condition, clean and bright, binding firm. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.
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Diplomacy and Persuasion. How Britain joined the Common Market.
First Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1973. 21 x 14 cm. 432 pages with tables and diagrams. Original cloth hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. In original price clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional foxing. Some edge wear to dust jacket.
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Florilege Poetique De Tristan Klingsor.
Limited Edition. Number 345 / 500. Signed by Author. Blainville-Sur-Mer (Manche), L’Amitie Par Le Livre, 1955. 18 x 14 cm. 79 pages. With small illustrations in text. Quarter leather over paper covered boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with a few library stamps and numbers. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Text block bright and clean.
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The Messiah. Descriptive of the Principal Events Attending the Passion, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Stereotype Edition. London, R. Evans, Not dated (ca. 1812). 21 x 12 cm. xv, 559 pages. With a frontispiece and ten plates (complete), eight with tissue guards. Brown calf. Gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Dentelles and gilt decorations on boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends and corners worn. Age darkened throughout, but internally clean. A nice copy.
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The Popular History of England. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to our own Times.
First Edition. Eight Volumes – Complete Set. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1856 – 1862. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Vol.1: viii, 492 / Vol.2: xii, 500 / Vol.3: xi, 499 / x, (2), 499 / Vol.5: xii, (2), 483 / Vol.6: x, 472 / Vol.7: xvi, 582 / Vol.8: xvi, 672 pages. All volumes illustrated throughout with numerous Plates, Illustrations in text and one folding Map of London Fine uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Spine labels with gilt title and volume numbers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally mildly age darkened and occasional mild foxing. Inscribed and signed by the Author Charles Knight on second blank of first volume, dated Sept. 21, 1860. A very nice set in a fine and sturdy binding.
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Monastic Sites from the Air. With 138 Photographs.
First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1952. 28 x 21 cm. xxvii, 282 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs. Original blue cloth, inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name and Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.
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The Industrial and Commercial Revolutions in Great Britain during the Nineteenth Century.
London / New York, Routledge / E.P. Dutton, 1947. 12.5 x 19cm. (12), 416 pages. Original blue clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering. Mild foxing and age darkening, small tear to cloth at spine joint, otherwise in good condition. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.
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A History of the County of Down. From the most remote Period to the present Day; including an Account of its Early Colonization, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military Polity, Geography, Topography, Antiquities and Natural History. Illustrated by Woodcuts, and a coloured Geographical, and Geological Map, Based on the Researches of the Ordnance and Geological Surveys.
Facsimile Reprint of the 1875 Edition. Ballynahinch, Co. Down, Davidson Books, 1982. 20 x 13.5 cm. vi, 724 pages. Illustrations in Text. Large folding Map in the back of the book. Original 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 very nice clean copy.
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The Irish Watering Places. Their Climate, Scenery, and Accommodations; including Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs, by Dr. R. Kane, and Remarks on the various Forms of Disease to which they are adapted, together with Directions for the Regimen of Invalids, and Observations on Indigestion, Gout, Pulmonary Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest, Stomach, and Nervous System.
First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 336 pages with a small frontispiece and some small illustrations in the text. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. Very good condition. This book has been recased using the original boards. New spine and new end papers. Boards rubbed, bumped and faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean. Stamp of previous owner on half title page. Several closed tears to last two pages (Subscribers List).
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Notes on the Early History of the Dioceses of Tuam Killala and Achonry.
First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1904. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, 410 pages. With a large folding Map. New (2023) green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Ex Library with small faded stamp on title page (see image). Another stamp on pages 127 & 223. Some underlining by previous owner. Mild foxing / browning to first and last few pages.
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The History of the County of Mayo. To the Close of the Sixteenth Century.
First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 24 x 16 cm. xvi, (2), 451 pages. Complete with two Plates and three folding Maps. Original brown cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Binding faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Small piece of the large folding Map missing (bottom right corner – see image). A few annotations, otherwise bright and clean.
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The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century.
First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 24 x 15 cm. xvi, (2), 451 pages. With two Plates and two small Maps. Missing the large Map of County Mayo at the end of the book. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Good condition only, due to lack of large map. Binding worn, frayed edges. Joints and hinges started to crack (see images). The book is full of annotations and underlining (see images). A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.
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A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels. Containing whatever is worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America… (Vol.VII Only). Contents: An Account of the Country and Constitution of Great Britain… / A short general description of the City of London… / An Account of the Kingdom and Laws of Scotland… / A short View of the Naval Transactions of Britain… / A List of the Royal Navy of Great Britain 1762.
First Edition. Volume 7 [of 7] Only! London, Printed for J. Knox, 1767. 21 x 12.5 cm. 528 pages. With three folding maps (one incomplete) and five Plates. (see comments and images). Original calf. Two spine labels. Raised bands. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Some stains and closed tears. City map of London lacks some parts. Other maps with small tears and poor folding. Sound binding. Internally clean.
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Russia. St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkoff, Riga, Odessa, the German Provinces on the Baltic, the Steppes, the Crimea, and the Interior of the Empire.
First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. iv, 530 pages. With a folded map. Original brown cloth with elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges age darkened. Front free end paper missing. Some closed tears to Map.
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The Life of Ibsen.
First Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, George Allen & Unwin (American-Scandinavian Foundation), 1931. 21 x 14.5 cm. Vol.1: (8), 304 pages / Vol.2: (4), 341 pages. With B&W Plates. Original cloth with gilt titles on spine. Both volumes in original dust jackets. Very good in good dust jackets. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some wear and age darkening to dust jackets (see images). Name and address of previous owner on front free end papers of both volumes. Internally clean.
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The Reconciliation; or, Birth-Day. A Comediy in five Acts. Now under Representation at the Theatre Royal, Vienna, with unbounded Applause. Translated from the German.
The Fifth Edition. Dublin, Printed for B. Dornin, 1800. 17 x 10 cm. 94 pages. Modern cloth with gilt title on front board. Brown matching end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Internally clean. See images.
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Die Gesamte Möbelschreinerei – Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der kunstgewerblichen Form.
Leipzig, Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1902. 24.5cm x 18cm. 290 Seiten mit 276 Textfiguren. Zusätzliche 136 Tafeln. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in gilt on the cover and spine.
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Liberty or Equality. The Challenge of Our Time.
First Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1952. 21 x 14 cm. x, 395 pages. Complete with a Diagram and three folding Maps. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket damp stained and with a glue stain to the front (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.
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Fables Choisies De La Fontaine.
Paris, Martinet, Not dated, ca. 1900. 33 x 23 cm. 58 pages. With full page colour plates throughout. Original cloth spine over decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded/discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
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Le Vicomte De Barjac ou Memoires. Pour servir a l’Histoire de ce Siecle.
Two volumes in One. A Dublin, de l’imprimerie de Wilson, et se trouve a Paris, chez les libraires qui vendent des nouveautes, 1784. 13 x 8.5 cm. 166 and 163 pages. Two half-titles and two title pages (see images). Contemporary tree calf. Red spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscription on title page (see image). A very nice clean copy.
EUR 120,-- Order
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