Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Foreword by John Hope Franklin.
Baton Rouge / London, Louisana State University Press, 1992. 15cm x 23cm. XVII, 159 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.
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The Rosminians.
First Edition. London, Burns & Oates, 1960. 18 x 12 cm. 108 pages with several photographs in B&W. Pale blue cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding speckled. Edges, end papers and dust jacket age darkened and mildly foxed. Internally and bright and clean copy.
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Catalogue of Irish Bronze Swords. [National Museum of Ireland].
First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1965. 28 x 22 cm. xxxix, 190 text pages, followed by 97 Illustration Pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild ring stain on front board. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner inscribed. Internally bright and clean.
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Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].
Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).
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Modern First Editions: Points and Values: Second and Third Series.
First Limited Editions.289/1000 and 458/750. Two Volumes. London, W. & G. Foyle, 1931 & 1932. 23 x 14 cm. 2nd Series: xvii, 93 pages / 3rd Series: xxvii, 99 pages. Original black cloth with gilt titles on foreboards and spines. In original unclipped dust jackets (inside protective plastic jackets). Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. 2nd Series inscribed by author on ffep. Printed on heavy stiff paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some age darkening and dust dulling. Over all two very nice copies.
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Child of the Tides. A Seat Trout Handbook.
First Edition. Dun Laoghaire, The Glendale Press, 1985. 24 x 17 cm. 188 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally bright and clean.
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The Lifted Veil. a collection of poems 1966 – 67.
First Edition. Tehran, Sherkat Sahami Ketabhaye Jibi, 1968. 23 x 12 cm. (4), 59 pages. Original blue cloth with title and author on the front board. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Inside bright and clean.
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Woman’s Work. As Daughter, as Wife, and as Mother.
London, James Nisbet & Co., 1895. 18 x 9 cm. 109 pages plus two pages publishers list. Cloth covered stiff paper boards. Soft cover. Title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed bumped and dust dulled. Binding coming lose. Paper sticker on front board (‘File Copy’) – see images. Internally bright and clean.
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The New Panjandrum. With Illustrations by Alan Wright.
[First Edition?]. London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 198 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion and discolouring to binding. Rear hinge open. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated ‘Xmas 1943’. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.
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The Capuchins. A Contribution to the History of the Counter-Reformation.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Sheed and Ward, 1928. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 243 pages with Frontispiece and three Plates / Vol.2: 475 pages with Frontispiece and two Plates (complete). Uniform original dark cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Bndings rubbed and bumped. Internally foxed, otherwise clean. A nice set.
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The Life of Blessed Julie Billiart. Foundress of the Institute of Sisters of Notre Dame. By a Member of the Same Society.
Edinburgh and London, Sands and Company, 1909. 20 x 13 cm. xxxii, 559 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. With a folding map. Black cloth covered stiff cardboard covers with gilt title on spine. Gilt decorations on front board: Convent of Notre Dame Birkdale. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine (see images). Neat inscription (prize) on verso of half title, dated 1909. Internally age darkened but clean.
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The Capuchin Annual 1936. Seventh Year of Publication.
Dublin, Father Matthew Record Office, 1935. 25 x 17 cm. 336 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some tipped in colour plates. Original dark brown soft paper covers. Very good condition. Binding worn and frayed. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
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Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment.
First Edition. Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, 2003. 21 x 30cm. (16), 606 pages, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Boards, text and dustjacket clean and bright, binding firm. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. A very nice copy.
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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.
EUR 195,-- Order
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