De Blacam, Aodh.

From a Gaelic Outpost.

First Edition. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1921. 19 x 12 cm. xii, 106 pages. Original paper covered boards. Cloth spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and damp stained spine (see images). Prize paper label on front paste down. Internally a little age darkened. A very good reading copy.

Temple, John / Tichborne, Henry.

The Irish Rebellion. Or, an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of the General Rebellion, Raised within the Kingdom of Ireland, upon the Three and Twentieth Day of October, 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. And also the whole Tryal of Connor, Lord MacGuire …

The Sixth Edition. Dublin, Printed by and for Aaron Rhames, 1724. 21 x 16 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page in red and black. xvi, 245 pages. Later half leather over cloth. Raised bands. Gilt title on morroco spine label. Gilt line decorations. Pale green textured end papers and blanks. Binding with only minor shelf wear. Internally age darkened. A very clean complete copy. See images.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley / Burgoyne, John / Holcroft, Thomas / Richardson, Joseph / Reynolds, Frederick.

Five Plays / Comedy: The Rivals / The Heiress / The School of Arrogance / The Fugitive / How to Grow Rich.

5th / 8th / 1st / 4th & 3rd Editions. London, G.&T. Wilkie / J. Debrett / J. Robinson / J. Debrett / T.N. Longman, 1791 / 1787 / 1791 / 1792 & 1793. 20 x 12 cm. 100 / 76 / 103 / 84 & 70 pages. Contemporary speckled calf with gilt decorations. See images. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Paste-downs detached from boards. Binding generally sound but a few pages protruding. Dust dulled and age darkened.

La Fontaine, Jean de.

Fables Choisies De La Fontaine.

Paris, Martinet, Not dated, ca. 1900. 33 x 23 cm. 58 pages. With full page colour plates throughout. Original cloth spine over decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded/discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Feuillet de Conches, F.

Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette et Madame Elisabeth – Lettres et documents inédits.

First Edition. Six Volumes. Paris, Henri Plon, 1864. 22 x 14 cm. lxxii, 519 / 544, 4 Plates / lxv, 502, 5 Plates / cxix, 506, 4 Plates / 488, 2 Plates / 602 pages, 8 Plates. See notes below. Fine contemporary uniform half morocco over marbled paper boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Title and volume numbers in gilt on spine. Gilt decorations. A wonderful set. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of ‘Castle Pollard’ in all six volumes. Internally bright and clean with occasional very mild foxing, mainly to the Plates. Overall a very nice set in attractive sturdy bindings. Please review all the images on westcoastrarebooks.com.

Bergman, Sir Torbern / Cullen, Edmund (translator).

Physical and Chemical Essays. Translated from the Original Latin of Sir Torbern Bergman, Knight of the Order of Wasa, Professor of Chemistry at Upsal, &c.&c.&c. by Edmund Cullen, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Dublin. To which are added Notes and Illustrations, by the Translator.

Two Volumes. London, Printed for J. Murray and William Creech, Edinburgh. 1788. 21 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xliv, 467 pages and four folding Plates/Tables / Vol.2: xvii, 529 pages and two folding Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Blue speckled edges. Black morocco spine labels. Volume numbers and gilt decorations on spine.

Monseigneur D’Orleans De La Motte.

The Perfect Religious. For the Use of Confessors in Convents, the Inmates of Convents, and those who Aspire to the Religious Life.

New York et al, Benziger Brothers, 1899/1900. 16 x 11 cm. 242 pages plus 14 pages publishers list. Contemporary black textured cloth. Gilt title on spine. All edges red. Black end papers. Very good condition. Small paper label on front paste down: Library Carmelite Monastery St. Joseph’s – Kilmacud’. Internally bright and clean.

Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Lake Dwellings of Ireland. Or Ancient Lacustrine Habitations of Erin, commonly called Crannogs.

First Edition. Dublin & London, Hodges, Figgis & Co./ Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xxi, (2), 268 pages. Illustrated. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Later fine green half morocco over ‘marbled’ boards. Dark green end papers. Raised bands and gilt decorations. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. With a stamp of the ‘Kildare Street Club’ on half title and title page. Otherwise internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Anon.

Dod’s Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, Etc. of Great Britain and Ireland for 1917. Including Bishops, Members of the Privy Councils, Companions of all Orders, etc.

Seventy-Seventh Year. London, Dod’s Peerage, Ltd., 1917. 24 x 15 cm. liiii, 988 pages. Ads to front and back of the book. Original red cloth with gilt title and gilt decorations. Top edge red. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Binding weak, but holding.

Tipping, H. Avray.

The Story of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

First Edition. London, The Offices of ‘Country Life’, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xii, 281 pages plus ten pages publishers list. Complete with all Plates and Illustrations, as listed. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some fading and staining (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally a bright and clean copy.