The Free Fall of Webster Cummings.
First Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1996. 16cm x 24cm. 366 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.
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The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].
Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.
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At My Mother’s Knee.
Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.
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Thistles And Docks.
Limited Edition. Not signed or numbered! Tralee, Co. Kerry, Kenno Ltd. 1993. 30 x 19 cm. Unpaginated. With Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover in slip case. Gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.
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The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612 – 1850.
First Edition. Dublin, The Neptune Gallery, 1997. 30 x 20 cm. 334 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth. In original unclipped dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Small number written onto rear paste down. A bright and clean copy of this scarce reference book.
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A Contribution towards a Catalogue of the Prints and Maps of Dublin City and County. Volume 1: Prints. Volume 2: Maps.
First and Limited Edition of 500. Set 97. Shankill Castle, Co. Dublin, The Neptune, 2005. 29 x 21 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 248, (10) [Index] / Vol.2: ii, pages 251 – 411, (10). Illustrated throughout. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original decorated dust jackets, now inside clear archival jackets. Near fine books inside very good dust jackets. Volume 1 inscribed and signed by the Author. Very clean copies. Dust jackets with minor edge wear. Overall a very nice set.
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A Contribution Towards a Catalogue of the Prints and Maps of Dublin City and County. Volume 1: Prints / Volume 2: Maps.
First Limited Edition. 25/500 (Vol.1) & 136/500 (Vol.2). Two Volumes – Complete. Shankill, Co. Dublin, Published by The Neptune, 2005. 29 x 20 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 248, (14) / Vol.2: ii, pages 251 to 411, (10). Illustrated thoughout. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jackets (now inside archival jackets). Books in very good + conditions. Dust jacket for volume 1: good condition (some creases and short close tears). Dust jacket for volume 2: very good condition. Both jackets protected by clear archival jackets. Volume 1 signed by both authors on front free end paper. Gift inscription on ffep. Books internally bright and clean. A nice and rare set.
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In Estherem Commentarius, Literalis & Moralis. Cum triplici Indice accuratissimo Documentorum, Rerum Et Argumentorum, Expositioni Euanggeliorum & Epistolarum rotius anni servientum.
Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne], Sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmondt, & Sociorum, 1647. c. 33 x 21 cm. Engraved title page, Title page, (6), 456 pages, (26)[Index]. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decoration. See images. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with material losses to boards and spine (see images). Age darkened throughout. A few signatures and small stamps on various pages. Overall still a very nice book.
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The Psalms of David in Metre. Adapted to every Sunday throughout the year and to the Principle Fasts and Festivals of the Church of England…
London, Presten & Son, ND [1787-1809]. 24 x 17 cm. Title, Dedication, Preface, Table & Index, 128 engraved pages. Musical scores. Contemporary paper covered boards. New (2025) spine and end papers. Gilt title. Very good condition. Dust dulled throughout. See images.
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A Short History of Switzerland.
First Edition. Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1952. 21 x 13 cm. vii, 388 pages. With B&W Maps in Text. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper.
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A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.
Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
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Paddy’s Memories.
First Edition. Colchester, Privately Published, 1998. 23.5 x 15 cm. 333 pages, xiv. Illustrated in B&W. Modern cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and decorations on spine. Fine. Edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. With a losely inserted hand-written letter, signed ‘Sue’.
EUR 295,-- Order
The Forester: A Tale of 1688.
First Edition. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3) ONLY! London, Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1839. 19 x 11 cm. Vol.1: vi, (2), 358 pages / Vol.2: (2), 345 pages. No half titles / frontispiece. Potentially missing. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Brown end papers. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Age darkened, rubbed and bumped. Names of previous owners inscribed. Bookseller stickers on front paste down of both volumes. Front and rear joint of volume 1 cracked.
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The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland. With Suggestions for the Working of a Fishing Company.
First Edition. Dublin, James McGlashan et al, 1848. 21. 5 x 13.5 cm. x, 111 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on front board. Blind stamped boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Remnants of a paper label (possibly from an auction catalogue?) on front paste down. Mild damp stain to front and rear end papers. One or two pencil drawings (sails ?). Internally very tight and clean.Complete with 21 Plates, of which 8 are folding.
EUR 950,-- Order
The Collected Papers of Henry Bradley. With a Memoir by Robert Bridges.
College Park, Maryland, McGrath Publishing, 1970. 21 x 14 cm. x, 296 pages. With a frontispiece and two facsimile letters in the text. Green cloth with silver title on spine. Very good condition. Mild shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
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Manuale Di Architettura Di Giovanni Branca Architetto Della S. Casa Di Loreto. Con Figure in Rame, delineate, ed incise da Filippo Vasconi Architetto Romano. All’ Emo, e Rmo Principe Il Sig. Cardinale Fabio Olivieri.
Roma, Presso il Salvioni Stampator Vaticano, 1718. 15.5 x 8.5 cm. Engraved title page, title page in red and black, (8), 202 pages plus 11 pages Index. 27 Plates plus two engraved tables. [a6, A12-I11] Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine (faded). Red marbled edges (faded). Very good condition. Binding age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Remnants of a paper label on front paste down. Internally clean. An attractive copy.
EUR 680,-- Order
Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.
First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.
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Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.
First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.
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Modern Salmon Fishing.
Second Edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1969. 22.4cm x 14.5cm. xx, 229 (5) pages. With frontispiece photograph. Seventeen plates and thirty-four line illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.
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The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.
Second Edition, with the Author’s final corrections. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1930]. 22 x 17 cm. 175 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author and a losely inserted ‘Publisher’s note on the Text’. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good with good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with minor paper losses and a few tears. Now in protective archival jacket.
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The History of Melbourne, in the County of Derby. Including Biographical Notices of the Coke, Melbourne, and Harding Families.
Second Edition. Derby & London, Bemrose and Son & Whittaker and Co., ND [1852]. 25 x 16 cm. 205 pages. Complete with a frontispiece and another 10 Plates, as listed. Original brown textured cloth. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean.
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The Travels of Ching. Written and Illustrated by Robert Bright.
First Edition. London, Collins: Publishers for the Children, [1945]. 20 x 14 cm. Oblong. Title page plus 54 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated cardboard covers. Spine repaired with new spinal tape in 2020. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A litttle dust dulled. Small Children’s Ex Libris with handwritten name opposite title page. Neat hand colouring on three pages. A nice copy.
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War Facts & Figures. An Encyclopaedia of useful Information, Statistics, Photographs, Maps, etc. compiled from the most reliable Sources.
London, British Dominions General Insurance Co., [1914]. 20 x 13 cm. 180 pages text, followed by 60 pages of photographs in B&W. Original blue wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Some shelfwear. Wrappers dust dulled / faded. Names of previous owners on first blank. Iternally bright and clean.
EUR 48,-- Order
Index of the Gothic Cathedrals / Repertorio Delle Cattedrali Gotiche.
First Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. Milan, Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano / NED – Nuove Edizione Duomo, 1986. 30 x 21.5 cm. Vol.1: xv, 447 pages / Vol.2: pages to 1009. Illusttrated thoughout in B&W. Original green textured cloth. Inside original dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex Libris and gift inscription in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean set.
EUR 70,-- Order
Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With original and selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockedon.
Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1833. 23 x 16 cm. Unpaginated. Contemporary half morocco over red cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding a little worn (see images). Internally mildly damp stained, mainly to edges (see images). Ex Libris. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Binding weakened. Loose gathering in volume 2.
EUR 120,-- Order
Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Mit 272 Schwarzen und 53 Bunten Abbildungen.
First Edition. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 482 pages. Illustrated throughout. Complete with 53 coloured Plates and numerous B&W Illustrations. Original full grey soft leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Silver decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some wear and minor material losses to extremities (see images). Somewhat discoloured. Internally a bright and clean copy. A few of the tissue guards torn, but all tissue guards are present. See notes below. Overall a very good clean and complete copy.
EUR 1.200,-- Order
Taos: A Painters Dream.
First Edition. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1980. 25.5cm x 28.5cm. 321, (1) with 60 colour illustrations and 255 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, price-clipped dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket a little pale / Name of previous owner on the endpaper.
EUR 65,-- Order
French Personalities and Problems.
First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. 19 x 13 cm. 228 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Some paper clips loosely inserted.
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Masques and Phases.
First Edition. London, Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1926. 19 x 13 cm. xv, 229 pages. Original red cloth with paper label on spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Spine label darkened. Large Exlibris to front pastedown. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. A few closed tears. Otherwise internally clean.
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The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown. Keeper of the Grounds, and Author of the “Deeside Guide”. With an Introduction and Notes.
First Edition. Edinburgh & London J.Moodie Miller & Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1867. 18 x 12 cm. lxxxiv, 360 pages. With a Frontispiece, A Plan of the Cemetary and 20 Plates – Complete (see note below). List of Subscribers. Original blind stamped brown cloth. Gilt title. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscription on verso of front free end paper. Binding weakened but holding. Internally clean. A very nice copy of this scarce work.
EUR 295,-- Order
Book-Of-The-Month Club News – May 1957. With a special report on Arthur Bryant’s ‘The Turn of the Tide’. With a letter to Alanbrooke by the Editor in Chief (Doubleday & Company) Ken McCormick.
Book of the Month Club, Inc. 1957. 26 x 17 cm. 18 pages plus loosely inserted folded leaflet. Pamphlet with decorated paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping, dust dulled.
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The Principles of Practical Perspective; or, Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Deliniating Designs on Various Surfaces, and taking Views from Nature, by the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods. To which is added, Rules for Shadowing, and the Elements of Painting. The whole treated in a Manner calculated to render the Science of Perspective and Art of Drawing Easy of Attainment to every Capacity.
First Edition. Illustrated with Fifty-One Plates. London, Printed for Samuel Leigh, in the Strand, 1815. 30 x 23.5 cm. xviii, 96 text pages and 51 Plates, as listed. Including one colour Plate (XXXIX) which is at times used as a Frontispiece, but is bound here in the correct position between pages 56 and 57. Dark green half calf over marbled boards. Dark red spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed and bumped. Corners worn with some material losses (see images), Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and mildly foxed. Small bookseller sticker on front pastedown.Name of previous owner in ink on verso of front free end paper.
EUR 400,-- Order
Sunday: Reading for the Young 1906.
London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., 1906. 19.5 x 25.5cm. 412 pages with illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover with gilt page edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Beautifully inscribed by pre-owner.
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The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts. With a Tabular Introduction by A Mere Man.
London, Cassell and Company, 1899. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 139 pages. Original cloth hard cover with black title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some discolorations (see images). Front joint cracked in places. Binding sound. Ex Libris and name of previous owner on front end papers. Internally age darkened with very few pencil marks.
EUR 30,-- Order
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning.
Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1915. 19 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xvi, 748 pages / Vol.2: vii, 786 pages. Both volumes with Frontispiece. Contemporary dark blue morroco by Riviere & Son. Raised bands. Gilt title and dentelles. Blue end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to bindings. Some wear to joints. Faint circular stain on front board of volume 1. Occasional mild foxing. Small neat gift inscription in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. See images.
EUR 75,-- Order
Feltmarskal Alanbrookes Krigsdagbøger. Vol.1: Med ryggen mod Muren. / Vol.2: Seijren i Vest.
First Editions. Two Volumes. København, Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1961. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: 633 pages / Vol.2: 445 pages. Illustrated. Each volume is accompanied by a letter from Collins publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. One volume also contains a flyer by the Danish publishers about the book. Original stiff paperboards in original decorated dust jacket, now in archival jackets. All edges deckle. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mostly unopened. First and last pages of both volumes are damp stained.
EUR 40,-- Order
Kriegswende (1939 – 1943). Aus den Kriegstagebuechern des Feldmarschalls Lord Alanbrooke, Chef des Empire-Generalstabs.
Second Edition (Zweite Auflage). Duesseldorf, Droste Verlag, 1957. 22 x 14 cm. 717 pages, with B&W photographs. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt title on front board and spine. In original dust jacket, glassine wrapper and a small paper band around dust jacket. Now in protective archival jacket. Good condition. Binding damp stained and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and partly browned. With a gift inscription: ‘To Brookie with Love from [Buster?] 1960. This may complete your collection – it is perhaps fitting that its the German edition.’ Dust jacket age darkened and rubbed. Small paper losses to glassine wrapper. Internally clean.
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Tempo Di Guerra (1939-1943) & Trionfo in Occidente (1943-1946). I Diario E Le Note Autobiografiche Del Feldmareciallo Visconte Alanbrooke Capo Dello Stato Maggiore Generale Imperiale.
First Editions. Two Volumes. Milano, Longanesi, 1960 & 1962. 18 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 1023, (14) / Vol.2: 726, (8). With some maps in text. With a losely inserted letter by Collins Publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In orginal dust jackets. Volume 1 with a blue paper band issued by the publisher. Volume 1: Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally very clean. / Vol.2: Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with damp stains both internally and externally. Dust jackets with some edge wear and small closed tears; now in archival jackets.
EUR 60,-- Order
The Turn of the Tide. Advance Exerpts published by Doubleday. With a letter by Doubleday’s Editor-in-Chief, Ken McCormick to Viscount Alanbrooke, dated April 4, 1957.
New York, Doubleday & Company, 1957. 28 x 21 cm. Fifty one-sided mimeographed pages . Soft cover. Decorated paper boards. Stapled pamphlet. Good condition. Cover detached and worn. Some paper losses. Age darkened and dust dulled. Staples corroded.
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