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

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

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

Boccaccio, Giovanni (author) / Aldington, Richard (translator) / Kent, Rockwell (artist).

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.

Feehan, John / O’Donovan, Grace.

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

First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, 1996. 30 x 21 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear and short closed tears to dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and fore edge foxed. Internally bright and clean.

Moffitt, Miriam.

Soupers & Jumpers. The Protestant Missions in Connemara, 1848 – 1937.

First Edition. Dublin, Nonsuch Publishing, 2008. 23 x 15 cm. 287 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. As new.

Tomas O Cathasaigh.

The Heroic Biography of Cormac Mac Airt.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Institute for Advanced Studies, 1977. 21 x 14 cm. xiii, 138 pages. Green cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.

Ryan, Frederick W.

“The House of the Temple”. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution by Frederick W. Ryan.

First Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 358 pages. With Illustrations and a folding Map. Original bright red cloth. HArd cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, slightly discoloured dust jacket. Edges and end papers mildly foxed. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Rice, Shawn (illustrations) / Rice, Paul (text).

Over the Moon [signed].

First Edition. London, Methuen Children’s Books, 1983. 21 x 15 cm. 32 unnumbered pages. Illustrated. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor bumping to corners. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Signed by the Illustrator on title page. Losely inserted invitation to a Private View Exhibition. See images.

Raftery, Joseph.

The Tumulus-Cemetery of Carrowjames. Co. Mayo.

Galway, Reprinted from the Journal of Galway Arch. and Historical Society, 1940. Pages numbered 16 to 85. With Plates and Illustrations. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Good condition. Ruubbed and bumped. Wrappers and first pages coming apart. Dust dulled.

Lyall, Edna.

We Two. A Novel.

18th Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1894. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 408 pages. Dark green half calf over textured boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing. A bright clean copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

La Roche de Maine, J.-P.-L. Luchet und marquis de:

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.