Benford, Gregory / Niven, Larry.

Bowl of Heaven.

First Edition. New York, Tom Doherty Associates, 2012. 8°. 412 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Benington, Jonathan (author) / O’Conor, Roderic (artist).

Roderic O’Conor. A Biography, with a Catalogue of his Work.

First Edition. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1992. 28 x 24 cm. 247 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Bennet, Tom.

Shipwrecks Around Wales. Volume 2.

First Edition. Newport, Happy Fish, 1992. 19 x 26 cm. 112 pages, including maps, illustrations, photographs, index and bibliography. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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.

Berkeley Hill / Arthur Cooper.

Syphilis and Local Contagious Disorders.

Second Edition, Entirely Re-Written. London, H.K. Lewis, 1881. 23 x 15 cm. xxviii, 636 pages, plus 32 pages publishers list. Original cloth. Gilt title. Rebacked with new end papers. Very good condition. Binding with some shelf wear. Ex Library with some library stamps on title page. End papers, title page, first and last few pages damp stained and discoloured from the binding (see images). Edges dust dulled. Otherwise internally clean. A very good reading copy in a solid binding.

Berlin, Howard M.

The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia.

Jefferson, North Carolina / London, McFarland & Company Inc., 2000. 18.5cm x 26cm. VII, 375 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition.

Bernard O’Hara (Ed.).

Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.

First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Bernstein, Marcelle.

Nuns.

London, Collins, 1976. 13.5cm x 21.5cm. 361 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than minor tear to dustjacket.

Berrigan, Daniel.

Tulips in the Prison Yard [Signed]. Selected Poems of Daniel Berrigan chosen and introduced by Patrick O’Brien.

First Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1992. 21 x 14 cm. 77 pages. Hard cover, inside original unclipped dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy. Signed by the Author on the title page. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Best, R.I.

Bibliography of Irish Philology and Manuscript Literature. Publications 1913 – 1941.

First Edition. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1942. 24 x 16 cm. x, 253 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few underlinings and tick marks inside, otherwise bright and clean.

Beveridge, Janet.

Beveridge and his Plan.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. 20 x 13 cm. 239 pages with many B&W Photos and Illustrations. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. No dust jacket. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some staining to boards.Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Beverley Nichols (Ed.).

A Book of Old Ballads. Selected and with an Introduction by Beverley Nichols & Illustrated by H.M.Brock, R.I.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1934. 22 x 28 cm, xxxix, 277 pages. Colour frontispiece and 15 full page colour plates. Some B&W illustrations. Original pale brown cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Now in protective archival jacket. Very good condition. Edges darkened. Some minor shelf wear and signs of use. Some pages unopened. Text block clean and bright, some minor foxing, mainly to first few pages.

Bewick, T.[homas].

A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved in Wood by T. Bewick.

The Third Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1792. 23 x 14 cm. x, 483 pages. Contemporary speckled calf boards. Later rebacked with a new spine. New spine label with gilt title. Later end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Internally very clean with occasional darkening / mild foxing. A nice solid copy. See images.

Bewick, Thomas.

A History of British Birds. Vol.1: Containing the History and Description of Land Birds / Vol.2: Containing the History and Description of Water Birds.

Newcastle, Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick, 1926. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xliv, 382 pages / Vol.2: xxii, 432 pahes. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Black morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some abrasions to corners and edges. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally mildly foxed. Some edgewear and closed tears.

Biacensi, A.C. / Morali, F.C. / Bassanensi, A.V.

Vitae et Res Gestae Pontificum Romanorum [Lives and Acts of the Roman Pontiffs]. Et S.R.E. Cardinalium Ab initio nascentis Ecclesiae, usque ad Urbanum VIII. Pont. Max. Auctoribus M. Alphonso Ciagonio Biacense Or. Praed. Poenitentiario Apostolico Francisco Cabrera Morali, & Andrea Victorello Bassanensi Doct. Theol. Iconibus Pontificum, horum, & Cardinalium Insignibus, & plurimorum Elogijs adiunctis… [And His Eminence the Cardinals From the beginning of the nascent Church, to the time of Urban VIII. Pont. Max. Authors M. Alphonso Ciagonio Biacense Or. Praed. Apostolic Penitentiary Francisco Cabrera Morali, & Andrea Victorello Bassanensi Doct. Theol. Icons of the Pontiffs, their & Cardinals’ Insignia, & many more Elogies added…].

Two Volumes. Rome, Typis Vaticanis, 1630. Folios: c. 41 x 27 cm. Vol.1: Half title, title page in Red and Black with engraved Vignette, (10) 517 pages with two colums per page numbered 1 to 1034 / Vol.2: Title page in Red and Black with engraved Vignette, 498 pages with two colums per page, numbered 1035 to 2030, (16) [Index]. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of portraits, arms, vignettes, leading letters, etc. in text. Vol. 1 with three full page engraved Plates. Vol.2 with 10 engraved Plates, nine of which are full page. Rebound in modern fine red half morocco over cloth covered boards. Two blue spine labels per volume with gilt titles and authors. Gilt decorations. New marbled end papers. Very good conditions. Solid bindings with minimal shelf wear. Name of previous owner on title pages scratched out. Internally age darkened and foxed to various, but generally mild degree. A very good set.

Bingham-Daly, Theresa.

The Mayo Binghams [Signed].

First Edition. Durham et al., The Pentland Press, 1997. 23 x 15 cm. xii, 185 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the front free end paper. A bright, clean and signed copy.

Birdthistle, Sheighle.

demons…and other friends [Signed].

First Edition. Limerick, The Treaty Press, [1997]. 21 x 15 cm. 28 unnumbered pages. Stiff paper wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on tite page.

Birmingham, George.

The Northern Iron.

Dublin & Cork, The Educational Company of Ireland, ND [c. 1920-40]. 18 x 12 cm. 210 pages. Original laminated boards with red and black celtic design. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. ‘Specimen’ stamp on front board and title page. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Birmingham, Stephen.

Real Lace. America’s Irish Rich.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973. 14 x 23 cm. XIII, 322 pages including an index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bishop [Gilbert] Burnet.

Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht. In the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State, from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. Together with the Author’s Life, by the Editor: and some Explanatory Notes. The Whole Revised and Corrected by Him. In Four Volumes.

Four Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for J. Nunn et al, 1818. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: lxiv, 451 pages / Vol.2: (6), 407 pages / Vol.3: 96), 385 pages / Vol.4: (6), 436 pages. Uniform brown calf. Elaborate gilt decorations. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Black spine labels with volume numbers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.