The Beauties of the Press. With an Appendix containing the Speech of Arthur O’Connor, on the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons of Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795. Also his Letter to Lord Castlereagh.

London, [no publisher – privately printed for John Stockdale?], 1800. 21 x 12 cm. vi, 602 pages, 48 pages (Letter to Lord Castlereagh). Full brown calf. Small gilt decorations to spine. Blind stamp on front board (St. Patrick Library). Good condition. Binding worn. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine label missing. Ex Library: Ink writings on title page and TOC, number 394 on spine and TOC. Head and tail bands damaged. Joints cracked, but boards attached and binding sound. No front free end paper. No half title. Half of rear free end paper missing. Otherwise text block complete. Title page creased. Internally age darkened with some stains and occasionally foxed.

Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen.

Alexander Nimmo & The Western District. Emerging Infrastructure in pre-famine Ireland.

First Edition. Clifden, Connemara Girl Publications, 2006. 24 x 24 cm. xvi, 248 pages. Richly illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright clean copy.

Gibson, Gregory.

Hubert’s Freaks. A rare Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus.

First Edition. Orlando, Harcourt, 2008. 21 x 14 cm. 273 pages with B&W photos within text. Two-tone red cloth. Silver title on spine. In original dust jacket. As new. Dust jacket protected in archival jacket.

Calwell, H.G.

The Life and Times of a Voluntary Hospital. The History of the Royal Belfast Hospital for sick Children.

First Edition. Belfast, Brough, Cox and Dunn, 1973. 26 x 20 cm. xiii, 138 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Green end papers. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket rubbed and faded. Internally bright and clean.

Manuale Juris Canonici. Ad usum seminariorum.

Editio Tertia. Three Volumes. Leodii (Liege), Gandae, 1930. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xii, 446 pages / Vol.2: xii, 384 pages / Vol.3: ix, 415 pages. Uniform blue cloth with gilt title and volume number on spine. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing, bumping and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on front free end papers. Otherwise internally clean.

Woodward, B.B.

The Life of the Mollusca.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1913. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 158 pages, 32 plates and a small fold out map. 33 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, partially faded and a little stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed. All plates present and clean.

Barclay, Robert.

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity. As the same is held forth and preached by the People, in Scorn, called Quakers.

Thirteenth Edition. Manchester, William Irwin, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 384 pages. Original dark cloth with blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Joints and hinges cracking. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally dust dulled and occasionally foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Small binder stamp on front paste down.

Stevenson, David, David Alan & Charles Alexander.

The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering.

Third Edition. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xiv, 406 pages. With 18 plates (including several fold-outs) and text illustrations. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Good condition. Binding shaky, but holding. Front hinge fully cracked. Rear hinge starting to crack. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends slightly frayed. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Library. A few stamps (ink and blind) on title page (crossed out). Several pages with neat pencil underlinings and a few annotations. Otherwise internally bright and clean with interesting fold out maps.

Sibbett, R.M.

For Christ and Crown: The Story of a Mission.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed at “The Witness” Office, 1926. 18 x 12 cm. viii, (6), 344 pages. With a frontispiece and various other illustrations in B&W. Original red cloth with title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Front hinge nearly fully cracked, but holding. Internally clean.

Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens).

A Tramp Abroad.

A New Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1903. 19 x 12 cm. xxiii, 564 pages plus 32 pages publishers catalog. With 314 Illustrations in B&W. Original dark blue textured cloth. Hard cover. Blind and gilt decorations. Gilt title on spine and front board. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends worn with minor material losses. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally a few dog ears, but otherwise clean.