Colgan, Edward.

For Want of Good Money. The Story of Ireland’s Coinage.

First Edition. Bray, Wordwell, 2003. 24 x 16 cm. x, 208 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine in original decorated dust jacket. As New.

Colgan, Nathaniel.

Flora of the County Dublin: Flowering Plants, Higher Cryptogams and Characeae. With a Map.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1904. 22 x 14 cm. lxx, 324 pages and a folding map. Original dark green textured cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Black end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription by Professor MacAllister, D.N.F.C. [Dublin Naturalist’s Field Club] on half title page.

Colin, Louis.

Lamps of Love: A Recall to the Principal Sources of Love. Translated by Sr. David Mary SNJM.

Cork, The Mercier Press, 1959. 14cm x 22cm. XI, 247 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some signs of wear to dustjacket, including tear to back. Otherwise in excellent condition.

Collier, Jer.

An Appendix to the Three English Volumes in Folio of Morery’s Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary: Being a Curious Miscellany of Sacred and Profane History…

London, Printed for Geo. James et al., 1721. 38 x 23 cm. Title page in red and black. List of Subscribers. Several hundred unnumbered (alphabetically sorted) pages. Old calf. Blind and gilt decoration. Binding worn. Boards still attached but hinges and joints open. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally the text block is in very good condition. Two pages with red underlining.

Collins, William / Mr. Hammond.

The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. To which are added Mr. Hammond’s Elegies.

Glasgow, Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1770. 12.5 x 7 cm. (2)[Contents], 106 pages. Contemporary calf. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Plain boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and title label worn and faded. Front joint started to crack, but holding. Internally very clean.

Colum, Padraic (Introduction).

Broad-Sheet Ballads. Being a Collection of Irish Popular Songs with an Introduction by Padraic Colum.

[First Edition]. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, [1913]. xvi, 76 pages. With a frontispiece reduced from a drawing by Jack B. Yeats. Original green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional foxing, otherwise internally clean. A nice copy.

Colwell, Stella.

Family Roots: Discovering the Past in the Public Record Office.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991. 20.5 x 27cm. 231 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Pre-owner’s name on front endpaper.

Compiled by the Editor of the “Nation”. [T.D. Sullivan].

Penny Readings for the Irish People. Volumes 1, 2 & 3.

[First Edition]. Three volumes bound in one. Dublin, T.D. Sullivan, 1879. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. 316, (4), 316, (4), 319 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding, new end papers. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed, but clean. A very good copy in a new sturdy binding.

Compton, David.

The Acolyte.

First edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 24 x 16 cm. 398 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author.

[Comte De] Buffon [Georges-Louis Leclerc] / Barr, J.S.

Barr’s Buffon. Buffon’s Natural History / Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects, and Reptiles. Buffon’s Natural History. Containing A Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, opf the brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals &c &c &c From the French with Notes by the Translator. In ten Volumes / Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects, and Reptiles. Embellished with Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings. In Five Volumes.

Ten plus Five Volumes. Two complete Sets in 15 Volumes Total. London, Printed for the Propietor and sold by H.D. Symonds 1797 / 1798. 19 x 11.5 cm. Vol.1: viii, 333 pages / Vol.2: iv, 348 pages / Vol.3: (2), 348 pages, 4 plates / Vol.4: (2), 352 pages, 1 plate / Vol.5: (2), 347 pages, 16 plates / Vol.6: iv, 346 pages, 19 plates / Vol.7: iv, 338 pages, 13 plates / Vol.8: iv, 343 pages, 18 plates / Vol.9: vi, 355 pages, 15 plates / Volume 10: (2), 366 pages / Vol.11: vii, 322 pages, 13 plates / Volume 12: vii, 332 pages, 8 plates / Vol.13: viii, 320 pages, 9 plates / Vol.14: viii, 322 pages, 8 plates / Vol.15: viii, 386 plates. See comments below for plates. Contemporary uniform tree calf. Two spine labels and gilt line decorations. Two red spine labels on all volumes. Some spine labels replaced at a later stage. Gilt line decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Front hinge of volume 12 weak, but holding. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down of all volumes. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front free end paper of volume one with small paper losses. Internally a very clean set. Some age darkening, Overall a very nice complete set.