Agate, James.

Around Cinemas (Second Series).

First Edition. [Amsterdam], Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1948. 21 x 14 cm. 284 pages plus ten pages Index. With a frontispiece. Original pale cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Edges and end papers dust dulled/foxed. Names of previous owners on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Gooch, G.P.

Studies in German History.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1948. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. vii, 515 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges dust dulled. Stains on rear end paper. Signed by previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Liddle, H.G.

Notes on Old Chipperfield.

[Kings Langley], Printed by W.G. Kingham Ltd., 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated with B&W photos. With a large folded map. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean. Scarce.

Sherwood, Robert E.

Roosevelt and Hopkins. An intimate History.

First Edition. New York, Harper Brothers, 1948. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 979 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth with red and gilt label on spine. In original, price clipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few pages a little creased. Inscribed on the front free end paper: ‘A footnote to history of which you took such an important and able part’.

Sitwell, Edith.

The Song of the Cold.

First Edition. New York, The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1948. 24.5cm x 16.5cm. 113 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Garrity, Devin A. (editor).

New Irish Poets. Representative Selections from the Work of 37 Contemporaries. Edited by Devin A. Garrity with Woodcuts by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.

First Edition. New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 22 x 15 cm. xiii, 209 pages. Eight woodcuts and B&W photos of the Poets. Original pale green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A lovely copy.

Drummond, V.H.

The Flying Postman. A Porpoise Book by V.H. Drummond.

First Edition. West Drayton & Boston, Penguin Books & Houghton Mifflin, 1948. 22 x 18 cm. 48 unnumbered pages. Colour Illustrations throughout. Original cardboard covers. New (2024) matching blue cloth spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Boards rubbed and bumped with some very mild losses to corners (see images). New end papers. A few brown spots (foxing or stains) to first two pages. One page ‘repaired’ with clear tape. Some old tape marks to one other page. Overall a bright and clean copy of this scarce first edition.

Jackson, G.S.

Operations of the Eighth Corps. Normandy to the Rhine. Field-Marshal Alanbrooke’s Copy. Account of Operations from Normany to the River Rhine.

First Edition. London, St. Clements Press, [1948] 24 x 15 cm. (4), 171 pages. With a frontispiece, few illustrations in text and threee coloured folding maps in rear pocket. Original grey cloth with red title on front board and spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear.Edges and end papers age darkened. Occassional mild foxing. Dust jacket with some edge wear and mild fraying to spine ends. Short closed tear to the back of the DJ. Now in archival jacket. With a tipped in printed card to ‘Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke… with the Compliments of the Members of the Officer’ Association H.Q.8-Corps’.

Millar, Florence M.

The Lone Kiwi.

First Edition. Dublin, Dawson Publications, 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 234 pages with six full page B&W Illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Cloth binding dust dulled with minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket has some large paper losses to spine and rear (see image). Marked by colour pens on front cover. Dust jacket now inside archival jacket.

Newman, Rosie.

Britain at War. Narrative of a Film Record.

Second and Enlarged Edition. London, MaxLove Publishing, 1948. 22 x 16 cm. xii, 66 pages. With colour and B&W Illustrations. Original cloth spine over papered boards. Hard Cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small stain on front board. Rear hinge cracked. Inscribed by the author on half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Macken, Walter.

I Am Alone.

First Edition. London, MacMillan & Co., 1949. 19 x 12 cm. 300 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price clipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Dust jacket with some edgewear (see images).

Pick, F.W.

Contemporary History. [Review Copy].

First Edition. Oxford, Pen-In-Hand Publishing, 1949. 324pages. Original cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Loosely inserted paper slip by the publishers asking for review. Another handwritten note asking for a review. On stationary of ‘Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review’. Internally clean.

Vinal, Theodora.

Niagara Portage. From Past to Present.

First edition. Buffalo, Foster & Stewart Publishing Corporation, 1949. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. V, 157 pages with 40 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition only. Rubbed and bumped. Damp staining to bottom of pages. Dust jacket with paper losses. Edges and end papers age darkened. Reading copy.

Davin, Dan.

Roads from Home.

Second Impression May 1949. London, Michael Joseph, 1949. 18.5 x 12 cm. 254 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with small paper losses to top of spine and closed tear (5cm) to the back. Mild age darkening. Internally clean.

Harvey, John.

Dublin: A Study in Environment.

First Edition. London / New York, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. 14.5 x 22cm. (12), 116 pages, Colour frontispiece, black and white photographs, maps and drawings. Original hardcover with illustrated endpapers and dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Name of previous owner inscribed. Some edge wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to spine ends.

Boccaccio, Giovanni (author) / Aldington, Richard (translator) / Kent, Rockwell (artist).

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.

Ogg, David.

Europe in the Seventeenth Century.

Fifth Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1949. 14.5 x 22cm. 576 pages, with four fold-out maps. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering in dustjacket. Some wear to dustjacket, including paper loss to rear flap. Text clean, binding firm, endpapers age darkened. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. From the series The History of Europe.

Jones, Sydney R.

England West.

First Edition. London / New York, The Studio Publications, 1950. 24.8cm x 15.5cm. 272 pages. Includes many illustrations and drawings by the author of locations featured in the book (black and white). Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine (slightly faded) and on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Lofting, Hugh.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Illustrated by the author.

Philadelphia / New York, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1950. 21cm x 14.5cm. IX, 364 pages. With 18 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition with stronger signs of external wear on dustjacket.

n.a.

Walt Disney’s Wonder Book.

First Edition. London, The Sunshine Press, 1950. 27.2cm x 20cm. 53 pages. With vintage Disney illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear on the cover and rubbed edges.