Abbot Gasquet.

English Monastic Life.

London, Methuen, 1904. 22 x 14 cm. xix, 326 pages plus 40 pages publishers list. Illustrated throughout, including foldout plans. Original red cloth with gilt titles on spine and front boards. Gilt decorations. Good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded, frayed and cracked. Water staining to many pages in the book, including frontispiece and title page. Edges age darkened. Internally clean with no annotations.

Abbot Gasquet.

The Greater Abbeys of England.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. 18 x 23 cm, xvi, 268 pages. Colour frontispiece and 59 full page colour Illustrations after Warwick Goble. Original cloth with gilt titles and illustrations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Edges darkened. Corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some foxing. Award plate glued to front paste down. Colour plates are bright and clean.

Alschuler, Rose H. and Hattwick, La Berta Weiss.

Painting and Personality. A Study of Young Children.

First Edition. Volume I and II (complete). Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1947. 17.5cm x 23cm. XI, 590 pages with 120 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket with protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Anon.

A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library Cambridge. Vol.1: Books printed in Dublin by known Printers 1602-1882. / Vol.2: Books printed in Dublin without Printer’s Name et al / Vol.3: Index.

[First Edition]. Three volumes – complete. Cambridge, Printed for the University Library and to be had of Bernard Quaritch, London, 1916. 25 x 17 cm. Vol.1: x, 690 pages / Vol.2: pages 690 to 1340 / Vol.3: pages 1341 to 1696. Uniform quarter black morrocco over black cloth boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Clean and bright with minor shelf wear only. A very nice sturdy set.

Anon.

[A Collection of Engravings]. C. 40 fine steel engravings: Art, Portrait, Architecture, Landscape, Far Eastern, etc.

London & Paris, Fisher, Son and Co., c. 1845. 26 x 21 cm. C. 40 full page steel engravings, some text pages with poetry and prose. Title page missing. Contemporary cloth. Hard cover. Title (‘Engravings’) in gilt. See images. Good condition due to lack of title page. A selection of very nice plates.

Anon.

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet. Vol. I-IV, bound in two Volumes. Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with Letter-Press Descriptions.

Four volumes bound in two. London, W. Clarke, J. Carpenter & H.D. Symonds, 1807, 1807, 1808 & 1808. c. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 48 Plates / Vol. 2: 49 Plates / Vol. 3: 49 Plates / Vol. 4: 49 Plates. Each tissue guarded plate accompanied by text page(s). Contemporary uniform calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Tones edges. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spines. New marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing / browning.

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

Anon.

London to Dublin. With a Trip to the Irish Lakes and the Mountains of Connamara. Interspersed with passing Glances at North Wales and the Manufacturing Districts of England. With numerous Engravings.

[First Edition]. London & Dublin, William S. Orr and Co. & James McGlashan, ND [c.1850]. Folio. 216 pages. With five Plates, incl. the Map of Ireland and other Illustrations in text. Original blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. (see images). Pale yellow end papers. Good condition only! Lacks the front free end paper and folding Frontispiece, otherwise complete. Rubbed and bumped, age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Edgeworn with minor paper losses (corners) to some pages, not affecting the text or images. A very good reading copy of this scarce book.

Anon.

Programme of the “Good Samaritan” Performance Promoted by Madame Sarah Bernhardt. In Aid of the French Hospital in London, and of Lord Lonsdale’s special Appeal for Funds for the Charing Cross Hospital, held at the London Coliseum Saturday Evening, October 11th, 1913. Under the most gracious Patronage of their Majesties the King & Queen & Members of the Royal Family.

[London], No publishing information, [1913]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered pages, printed on heavy textured paper. With many tipped in photographs in B&W. Gilt decorations. Silk covered boards with gilt crest on front bopard. Hand cover. Text block held place by silk string. Gilt dentelles Good condition. Voards worn and dust dulled. Silk covers torn at the edges (see images). Internally dust dulled, otherwise in very good clean condition.

Anon.

Sotheby’s. The Wardington Library Sales Catalogues. Complete Set. Important Atlases and Geographies [Two Volumes] / Bibles / Incunabula and the Wardington Hours.

Four Volume Set. London, Sotheby’s, 2005 – 2006. 28 x 22 cm. 344 pages / 368 pages / 282 pages / 124 pages. All volumes illustrated throughout. Aution results for one of the auctions losely inserted. Uniform red cloth with gilt titles on front boards and spine. See images. Illustrated end papers. Fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. A very nice set.