Davies, Sir John.

Historical Tracts. by Sir John Davies, Attorney General, and Speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland. Consisting of 1. A Discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the crown in England. / 2. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the State of Ireland, in 1607. / 3. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610; giving an Account of the Plantation in Ulster. / 4. A Speech to the Lord Deputy in 1613, Tracing the ancient Constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new Life of the Author, from authentic Documents.

First Edition. London, Printed for John Stockdale, 1786. 21 x 13 cm. xxxii, 317 pages plus three pages publishers list. Full calf with gilt decorations on spine. Very good condition. Front board detached. Binding rubbed and bumped, material losses to spine. Leather brittle. Spine label missing. Edges age darkened. Two stains to top edge. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise surprisingly clean.

Kipling, Rudyard / German, Edward (Music).

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.

Kalkbrenner, Fred. (Friedrich).

Treatise on Harmony for the Pianist. Containing general Principles of Modulation for the Aquirement of the Art of Preluding and of Extemporizing, with Examples of Studies, Fugues, & Preludes for the Piano Forte. Translated from the Original by Robert Lincoln Cocks.

[First English Edition]. London, Messrs Robert Cocks & Co., [1849]. 36 x 26 cm. Engraved title, (2), 63 engraved pages plus 12 pages publishers list. Engraved cardboard soft cover. Very good condition. Covers rubbed and bumped. Age darkened, otherwise very clean and neat. Ex libris of previous owner inside (Alfred G Farmer). A nice copy.

Delafaye-Brehier, Julie.

Le Verger Des Ecoliers. Histoire Morale ecrite pour le jeunesse.

[First Edition?]. Paris, Lehuby, 1841. 17 x 10 cm. viii, 528 pages. With a tissue guarded frontispiece and two full page plates. Decorated title page. Black morocco with fine gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding tight. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1846. Internally age darkened and foxed, otherwise clean. Tissue guard for frontispiece is worn. A nice copy.

Taaffe, Dennis.

An Impartial History of Ireland. From the Period of the English Invasion to the present Time.

[First Edition]. Four Volumes. Dublin, J. Christie, 1809 / 1811 / 1810 / 1811. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiv, 562 pages. / Vol. 2: 572 pages. / Vol. 3: 576 pages. / Vol. 4: 576 pages. Vignettes on title pages of all volumes. Vol.1 & 3: Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Brown labels with title, author and volume in gilt. New end papers. / Vol.2: Older speckled calf with title and gilt lines on spine. / Vol. 4: Older calf with title label and gilt lines on spine. Vol. 1 & 3: Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Volume 3: Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear joints open. Hinges repaired internally. Binding sound. / Vol. 4: Rubbed and bumped. Half of the spine label missing. Name of previous owner in ink on front free end paper. Ex library (vol.4 only) with a few round red library stamps. All volumes internally age darkened and very mildly foxed, some staining, a few tears. All edges age darkened.

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.

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.

Stephenson, Sir Henry K.

Printing. Some account of its invention, earlier writing forms, personalities and later developments in England.

First Edition, limited to 400 copies. This is copy 191, signed by the author. Self-published, December 1941. 32 x 21 cm. 33 pages. Several illustrations. Quarter vellum over paper covered boards. Gilt line decoration on boards and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Tennyson, Alfred.

Poems (Claribel).

London, Strahan and Co., 1869. 16 x 10 cm. xii, 379 pages. Small vignette on title page. Full calf with gilt lines on boards. Gilt decorations and title (Claribel) on spine. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Edges dust dulled. Neat inscription of previous owner on front free end paper. Very mild foxing to end papers and title, otherwise bright and clean.

Denison, Charles.

Rocky Mountain Health Resorts. An Analytical Study of High Altitudes in relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. 20 x 14 cm. xii, 192 pages plus 18 pages of advertisement. Includes a large colour fold-out map and a large folded ‘Chest Examination Chart’ in a pocket. Dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards, corners and spine. Spine ends frayed. Very small stain on front board. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Closed tear on fold-out map (not affecting the map).