Carman, Kerry. (Editor and illustrator).

Emily’s Garden. The Colonial New Zealand Garden of a Suffolk Lady.

First edition. New Zealand, Random Century New Zealand Ltd., 1990. 16,5 x 19,5 cm. VII, 143 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Inscribed and signed by the author. A very nice copy.

Carmichael, Alexander.

Carmina Gadelica. Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English, by Alexander Carmichael..

First and Limited Edition of 300 Copies. Edinburgh, Printed for the Author by T.and A. Constable and sold by Norman MacLeod, 1900. 25 x 19 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, 339 pages / Vol.2: xi, 350 pages. Small decorative illustrations in text. Original white paper covers. Hard covers. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Dean McPherson’) inscribed. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Carr, Antony.

Strange Harmony. Detective Novel by Antony Carr.

First Edition. Bournemouth & London, William Earl & Company, ND (c. 1950s). 18 x 12 cm. 296 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Silver title and author on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled and very mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Carr, John.

The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.

Carr, Judith.

The Templeton Twins. With frontispiece by D. L. Mays.

First Edition. London / Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. 19cm x 12.6cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alan Brooke’s Copy. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Sixty-Third Thousand. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. (6), 192 pages. Illustrated. Original maroon cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Good condition. Binding well rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Front and rear free end papers missing. Half title age darkened. Name of previous owner on half title (‘Alan Brooke’). Gift inscription on front paste down (‘To Dear little Victor from his friend Charlie Rially ? 1880’). Front and rear hinge exposed and binding weak.

Carroll, Lewis.

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits. With nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1898. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 83 pages. With a tissue guarded frontispiece and eight further plates. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and title on front board and spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulling. A very nice copy. Name of a previous owner on rear end paper. Tissue guard and first few pages mildly foxed.

Carson, Ciaran.

For All We Know [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2008. 21 x 14 cm. 113 pages. Original black cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. As new condition. Signed by the Author on the title page.

[Carton, Ronald Lewis] / Anon.

The English Scene [Signed]. The Spirit of England in the Monuments of her Social Life and Industrial History. Special articles from “The Times”, with additional chapters by the same author.

First Edition. London, A. & C. Black, 1930. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 125 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding partially faded (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Cavell, Stanley.

Themes out of School. Effects and Causes.

First edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. 21,5 x 14,5 cm. XIV, 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

[Cavendish, George / Grove, Joseph].

The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey, Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.

Volume 1. Adorn’d with Cuts, and a complete Index. London, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author… 1742. 19.5 x 12 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (4) [Dedication], ix [Preface], 402 pages, (46) [Index]. Complete with 9 Plates, as listed. Rebacked in 2023 with a new cloth spine and end papers. Original contemporary boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rebacked. Boards rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners (see images). Top of title page and first page of Dedication cut off, not affecting text. Lower corner of page vii/viii of Preface missing. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places.

Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends.

Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the Famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1846.

Dublin, Hodges and Smith, Grafton Street, 1852. 22 x 14 cm. xxi, 478, (6). Contemporary dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding sound. Appears to be rebacked in the past, using the original spine and boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Title page mildly foxed (see image). Rubbed and bumped. Name of previous owner (Wilson Armistead, 1852) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Ceremonial Magic / Osiris / The Holy Kabbalah / Witchcraft Magic & Alchemy / Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death. Five Titles of ‘The Library of Mystic Arts’.

New York, University Press, 1961, 1961, 1960, 1958 & 1961. c. 23 x 17 cm. All original cloth hard covers, inside original dust jackets and clear archival jackets. Very good condition.

Chaffers, William.

The Collector’s Hand-book of Marks and Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods. Selected from His Larger Work.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1906. 19.5cm x 13cm. XXX, 234 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilted cover and spine.

Chaffers, William.

The Keramic Gallery. Containing several Hundred Illustrations of Rare Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the XIXth Century. With Historical Notices and Descriptions.

Second Edition, revised and edited by William Chaffers. London New York, Gibbings and Company, 1907. 17cm x 26.5cm. XXII, 468, (4) pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition but with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners bumped. Binding still very firm and the text in clean and very good condition.

Chagall, Marc (artist) / Mourlot, Fernand (text) / Jolas, Maria (translator).

The Lithographs of Chagall 1957-1962.

First Edition. Monte Carlo & Boston, Andre Sauret & Boston Book and Art Shop, 1963. 32 x 24 cm. 208 pages, (2). Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Includes 11 original Lithographs. Complete. Original pale cloth with title on front board and spine in black. Inside original decorated dust jacket, which is inside a clear plastic jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and top edge with a few small spots. First name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A very nice, complete copy. See all images on our web site westcoastrarebooks.com.

Champneys, Arthur C.

Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of similar or related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere.

First Edition. London, G.Bell and Sons, 1910. 28 x 20 cm. xiii, 258 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original dark green textured cloth with blind title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean. Rear hinge cracked, but binding remains sound. Ex Libris (‘P.G.M. Dickinson) on front past downn.

Champneys, Arthur C.

Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of Similar or Related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere. With numerous Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs by the Author.

First Edition. London & Dublin, G. Bell and Sons & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. 28 c 20 cm. xxxiii, 258 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Blind title on front board. Gilt title on Spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bymped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.

Chapman, Abel.

On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. With Studies in Bird Life. With 170 Illustrations by the Author and E. Caldwell. Sketch-Maps and Photographs.

First Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated. Fine dark half morocco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small abrasion to rear board (see images). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Ex Libris of previous owner (Alan Francis Brooke) on front paste down (see notes below). Internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy very attractive binding.

Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd.

Catalogues 98, 95, 94, 93 & 91. Valuable & Interesting Books for the Reader Collector and Connoisseur / Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts.

First Edition. London, Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., 1930 – 1928. 24 x 15 cm. 112, 64, 80, 48 & 116 pages. Illustrated. Fine quarter morroco over cloth covered boards. Binding by Edmund Worrall, with his label on front paste down. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing.

Cherburne, Edward / Congreve, William et al. / Masefield John & Constance (Editors).

Lyricists of the Restoration. From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve. Selected and Edited by John and Constance Masefield.

[First Edition]. London, E. Grant Richards, 1905. 12.5 x 8 cm. xxiv, 282 pages. Original velum covered paper boards with inserted leather strips (see images for better understanding). Black title and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Overall a very nice copy in an unusual binding.

Chesterton, G.K. / Gill, Eric (Artwork).

Gloria in Profundis. (Chorus from an Unfinished Play). Wood Engravings by Eric Gill. Number 5 in the Ariel Poems series.

First Edition. London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, [1927]. 18 x 12 cm. Two page poem. Original yellow paper wrappers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Small spots on front cover (see images).

Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, in Connection with the Grand Trunk R’y of Canada. Including Great Western Division forming the Niagara Falls Air Line.

Chicago, Jones Stationary and Printing Co., 1886. 18 x 10 cm folded. 36 x 76cm folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map (33 x 52 cm). Blue and black printing. Issued August 24, 1886. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened. Some tears along the folded lines. A few small brown spots.

Childe, V. Gordon.

Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles.

First Edition. London, W.& R. Chambers, 1940. 23 x 16 cm. xiv, 274 pages, followed by 16 Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with the usual library stickers and stamps. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

Childers, E.S.E., and Stewart, Robert.

The Story of The Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Reprint. Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, c 2009. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Christie’s.

Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books / Valuable Printed Books and Indian Miniatures. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books (3) / Valuable Printed Books and Indian Miniatures (1). The Property of the Late Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C.

Four Volumes. London, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., 1965. 24 x 18 cm. Original light blue paper wrappers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. rubbing and bumping. Dust dulled and some stains (see images)

Chuilleanain, Eilean Ni.

Acts & Monuments.

First Trade Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1972. 22 x 14 cm. 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Church, John / Tookey, James (artwork) / Ibbetson, Julius (artwork).

A Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Consisting of Highly-Finished Engravings, by James Tookey; from Drawings, by Julius Ibbetson; with Historical and Scientific Descriptions, by John Church.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London and Cardiff, Printed for Darton and Harvey and W. Belch, 1805. 32 x 25 cm. Unpaginated. Engravings, accompanied by descriptive text pages. Two engraved title pages. 84 copper-engraved Plates. Contemporary fine morocco with gilt and blind decorations. Two black morocco spine labels. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some abrasions with minor material losses to boards (see images). Bindings remain sound. Two ex libris of previous owners . Occasional mild foxing / browning, otherwise clean. A very nice set.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius / Mangeart, J.

Marci Tullii Ciceronis. Omnia Opera. Nova Scriptorum Latinorum Bibliotheca Ad Optimas Editiones Recensita. Orationes Suis Variorumque Notis Illustravit J. Mangeart.

Seven Volumes. Parisiis, [Paris], Excudunt Plon Fratres, 1845. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 323 pages / viii, 343 pages / 351 pages / xii, 331 pages / xii, 264 pages / xvi, 269 pages / viii, 325 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Ex Libris on front paste downs. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean.

Clancy, Tom.

Rainbow Six.

New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons / Rubicon, 1998. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 740 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Clansman (Bryce MacMaster).

Short Poems.

First Edition (not stated). Inscribed by the author (Bryce MacMaster) 1919. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., Not dated [1908?]. 17 x 11 cm, 47 pages. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Front edge deckle. Some pages cut rough. Mild shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Faint staining to boards. Mild foxing / browning, mainly to end papers.

Clark, Atwood.

Gun Dogs and their Training. The Sportsman’s Library Volume IV.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 253 pages with eight Plates. Original red cloth. Silver Titles. Hard cover. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Internally mildly foxed.

Clark, Clifford Edward.

The American Family Home, 1800-1960.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1987. 21 x 26cm. 281 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Clark, Norman J.

Elements of Petroleum Reservoirs.

Revised Edition. Dallas, Society of Petroleum Engineers of America, 1969. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. XI, 250 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition. From the Henry L. Doherty Series.

Clark, Roy.

The Longshoremen.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.

Clark, Sir Terence.

Underground To Overseas. The Story of Petroleum Development Oman.

First Edition. London, Stacey International, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. vii, 123 pages [English] / 123 pages [Arabic]. Illustrated throughout. Original hard cover in original decorated dust jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Clarke, Austin.

Later Poems.

First Edition. Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1961. 20 x 14 cm. (4), 96 pages. Errata slip tipped in on page 96. Original cloth inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Dust jacket age darkened. Small closed tear to top of spine. Small damage to spine. (see images). Internally clean.

Clarke, Austin.

The Vengeance of Fionn.

First Edition. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1917. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. (2), 60 pages. Contemporary half cloth over paper covered boards. Paper label with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened / browned. Very mild foxing to first and last few pages (see image of title page). Internally clean.

Clarke, Howard B. / Johnson, Ruth (Editors).

The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the Battle of Clontarf.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 2015. c. 23 x 15.5 cm. xxxiv, 526 pages with Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Image (from dust jacket?) tipped onto the front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Clarke, Joe.

Chapel, Famine and Demesne: Mountbellew 1822.

First Edition. Mountbellew, 2022. 24 x 16 cm. xiv, 225 pages. Laminated hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. As new condition.

Clarke, Mary.

The Sadler’s Wells Ballet. A History and an Appreciation. With fifty-five Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1956. 15.5cm x 24cm. XV, 336 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket with tears. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money with an interesting newspaper-clipping loosely inserted.

Claudii Ptolemaei [Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus] / Carolus Fridericus Augustus Nobbe (Editor).

Geographia.

Editio Stereotypa. Three volumes in one. Lipsiae [Leipzig], Sumptibus et Typis Caroli Tauchnitii (Tauchnitz), 1843, 1845, 12.5 x 8.5 cm. xxiv, 284 pages / 269 pages / (2), 206 pages. Few illustrations and a small folded Map in the back. Contemporary morroco. Black morroco label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris (T. Gaisford) on front paste down. From the Library of Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Front hinge and front joint open.

Clement XI, Pope.

Clementis Undecimi Pontificis Maximi Homiliae in Euangelia.

[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Mariam Salvioni Typographum Vaticanum, MDCCXXII [1722]. Tall Folio (42 x 28 cm). x, (2), 144 pages. Engraved preliminary illustration. Copper-engraved title page with vignette, printed in black and red. Unumbered engraved portrait of Clement XI. Engraved title page for each homily. Large engraved initials. Total of 150 engravings of which 30 are full page. Text printed within double ruled borders. Contemporary vellum with gilt title on spine. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Complete. Sound binding. Externally worn, age darkened and stained. Edges age darkened. Spine title faded and worn. Internally age darkened with occassional mild foxing and browning. Damp staining to top edges of some pages. Long gift inscription in ink on preliminary illustration page (see image). Still and impressive copy.

Cleugh, James.

Tuscan Spring. A Novel About Sandro Botticelli (1444 – 1510).

First Edition. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 20 x 14 cm. 328 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gold paper label on spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and slightly faded on spine. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Clifton, Harry.

Comparative Lives.

First Paperback Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. 57 pages. Decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A clean copy.

Clifton, Harry.

Secular Eden [Signed]. Paris Notebooks 1994 – 2004.

First Edition. Wake Forest University Press, 2007. xv, 201 pages. Pale cloth hard cover with name of Author in gilt on front board and spine. Inside a plain white dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. A very nice copy. Large collection (>10) of newpaper articles losely inserted. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Clogan, Paul Maurice.

Medievalia et Humanistica – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture.

Cleveland and London, Case Western Reserve University 1970 24 x 15 cm. VII, 251 Pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cloherty, Gerry.

Annals of the GAA in Galway. Volume 3: 1935 – 1969.

First Edition. Galway, Published by Galway County Board G.A.A. [2006]. 26 x 20 cm. viii, 246 pages. Soft covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally bright and clean.

Clutterbuck, Colonel L.A / Dooner, Colonel W.T. / Denison, Commander C.A. (Editors).

The Bond of Sacrifice. A Biographical Record of all British Officers who fell in the Great War. Volume 1: Aug – Dec 1914.

First Edition. London, The Anglo-African Publishing Contractors, [1916]. 29 x 20 cm. xlvii, 459 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth covered boards. Marbled end papers. Gilt and blind title and decorations on spine. See images. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding sound. Stain to front board. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally occasional a little dust dulled, otherwise bright and clean. A nice copy.