Fougeret De Monbron, Louis-Charles

La Henriade Travestie En Versburlesques. Honi Soit qui mal y pense.

A Berlin (Paris) Aux De’pense Du Public, 1751 (MDCCLI). 9 x 16 cm, 151 pages. Decorated title page. Full Calf and marbled end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Calf boards rubbed and worn. Corners and spine bumped and worn. Outer joints started to crack, but still holding. Spine worn with some loss. Spine paper label partially missing. Front hinge broken. Label ‘De La Bibliotheque – 1785’ glued to front pastedown. Marbled end papers and edges faded. Pages age darkened. Some browning and foxing to some pages. Foreword page (Avant-Propos) torn and repaired with a piece of paper stuck on. Despite the wear, this is still a nice little book to hold.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

Palmer, Arnold.

More Than Shadows. A Biography of W. Russell Flint R.A., P.R.W.S.

Signed by W. Russell Flint on half title. London & New York, The Studio, 1943. 16 x 24 cm, (8), 146 pages. With 136 Illustrations in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt titles on spine Top edge blue. Very good condition. Some minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Age darkened.

Motley, John Lothrop.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. A new Edition. Complete in one Volume.

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1894. 14 x 19 cm, xi, 930 pages. Frontispiece showing ‘The Siege of Maestricht’. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands. Gitl title on red leather. Gilt decorations on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and minor bumping. Solid binding. Presentation plate glued to front pastedown, dated 1896. Text block is bright and clean. Title page has a fold line. Two-column text.

A Collection of five Historic Acts and Declarations. Collection consists of five individually bound volumes: Vol.1: An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland. (1657) / Vol. 2: A Declaration of His Highness The Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, for a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in the Three Nations. (1656) / Vol. 3: An Act for an Assessment at the Rate of Five and Thirty thousand Pounds by the moneth upon England, Six thousand Pounds by the Moneth upon Scotland, and Nine thousand pounds by the Moneth upon Ireland, For Three Years from The Twenty fourth of June 1657. / Vol. 4: An Act and Declaration Touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the Twentieth of April 1653. and before the Third of September 1654. and Other Acts. / Vol. 5: An Additional Act for the Better Improvement and Advancing the Receipts of the Excise and New-Impost (1657).

Five Volumes. London, Henry Hill and John Fields, 1857, Vol. 1: (2), 24 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 2: (2), 5 pages, (74 blank pages) / Vol. 3: (2), 28 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 4: (2), 40 pages (not consistently numbered), 50 blank pages) / Vol. 5: (2), 61 pages (2). Vol. 1-4: Modern three-quarter dark blue leather with blue cloth boards. Some gilt line decorations to boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. (Bindings by Period Binders, Bath, England) / Vol. 5: Modern half-leather with pale blue cloth. Gilt line decorations on boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings for vol.1-4 as new. Binding for vol. 5 with some shelf wear, some staining and discoloration to boards. The actual acts show age darkening, browning and occassional foxing. Edges are darkened. Pages have small tears and small amount of paper loss, but not affecting the actual text. A few pencil lines. A very handsome collection in tasteful bindings.

Lucanus, M. Annaei / Oudendorpio, Francisco (Editor).

M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia : sive belli civilis libri decem : cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris Henrici Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Joachimi Camerarii, Hugonis Grotii & c.

Two Volumes. Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Samuelem Luchtmans, 1728. 21 x 25 cm, Vol. 1: (74), 505 pages. With a fold-out map facing page 1. Vol. 2 (Tomus Alter): Counting continues at page 506 to 966. 192 pages of Index. Contemporary calf with plain boards. Six raised bands. Gilt decorations on spine. Volume numbers on spine. Name plates missing from both spines. Very good condition. Significant shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, boarders and corners. Outer joints starting to crack open, but binding still sound. Papers age darkened and slightly browned and foxed. Some faint water staining. Book plates and shelf numbering attached to front pastedowns (Earl of Roden).

Dibdin, Tho.(Thomas) Frognall.

A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.

First Edition. Three Volumes. London, Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. Vol.1: xxv, (6), 462 pages, lxxix (Index & Addenda). With 13 full page plates (incl. one colour and one fold-out plate) and 23 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted in the text. / Vol. 2: 555 page. With 24 full page plates (incl. two sepia and one double page plate) and 17 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. / Vol. 3: 622 pages, lxii (Supplement). With 46 full page plates (incl. two colour/sepia and three double page plates) and 24 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. No half titles. Volume 1 with Dedication page showing Crest of the Roxburghe Club, the first ‘Book Club’. Half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Volume 3 professionally repaired in 2017 and fitted with new end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and hinges a little rubbed and bumped. This is an Ex Library book with an interesting history. All three volumes have a special commemoration plate mounted to front paste-downs: “Norfolk & Norwich Library. This book is Part of the Salvage from the Fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898”. Front free end-papers and title pages show some edge discoloration, possibly because of that fire. The rest of the text pages and plates appears not affected. Edges and pages are a little age darkened and a little browned.

Burton, John Hill.

The Book-Hunter. ETC.

A New Edition, with Portrait. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. 14 x 19 cm, x, 427 pages. With a frontispiece and few small decorations in text. Quarter Leather with red clothed hard covers. Gilt title on spine. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Very mild foxing, mainly to end papers.

Villon, Francois / Hookham, Paul (Translator).

Ballades of Francois Villon. Interpreted into English Verse by Paul Hookham. Sheldonian Series.

Oxford, Published by Basil H. Blackwell, 1918. 12 x 15, 38 pages (2). Printed in blue and black type on hand made paper, with decorated capitals and a colophon. All edges deckle. Quarter cloth, decorated blue paper boards with paper title labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, age darkening. Faint stains on boards. Part of original paper label on spine missing. Some staining to end papers, but text itself is bright and clean.

Ryland, Rev. R.H.

The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford. With an Account of the Present Stateof the Peasantry of that Part of the South of Ireland.

Litho Facsimile Edition limited to one thousand copies. Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Limited, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. x, 419 pages. With five fold out pages, a coloured map and other illustrations in B&W. Original olive green cloth with gilt title (on black) on spine. Very good condition. Very minor shelf wear. Internally complete, bright and clean.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Seventh Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst. MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 326 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 310 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Ninth Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 278 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies in Four Volumes. Volume 1.

The Fifth Edition Corrected: With Several Additional Pieces in Verse and Prose. Volume 1 Only. London, Printed for Charle Bathurst, MDCCXLVII (1747). 17 x 10 cm. (10), 269 pages plus three pages publishers list. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XV.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. xxviii, 224 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XV. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XVII.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. (4), 271 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XVII. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XIV.

London, Bowyer, Dodsley, Davis and Reymers, 1762. 17 x 10 cm. iv, 276 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. Old Library label (Todd’s Circulating Library, Sheffield) on front pastedown and small inscription (No.14). The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XIV. With an Index to the Whole.

Stephenson, Sir Henry K.

Printing. Some account of its invention, earlier writing forms, personalities and later developments in England.

First Edition, limited to 400 copies. This is copy 191, signed by the author. Self-published, December 1941. 32 x 21 cm. 33 pages. Several illustrations. Quarter vellum over paper covered boards. Gilt line decoration on boards and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Musgrave, Richard.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the Arrival of the English. Also, A Particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIID of May, MDCCXCVIII, with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it.

The Third Edition. Two Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Robert Marchbank, 1802. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 583 pages. With eight fold-out maps. / Vol.2: vii, 552 pages plus 15 pages Index. With one map and a view, both foldout. New (2018) dark green half calf over decorated boards. Gilt decorations. Gilt titles on red label on spine. Pale blue end papers. Very good condition. Binding new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild browning / foxing, mainly to first and last pages. A few minor closed tears. Map X: ‘Movement of Marquis Cornwallis’ missing from volume 2. Otherwise a very nice copy from the library of publisher Edmund Downey (not inscribed).

Smollett, Tobias / Roscoe, Thomas.

The Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Smollett. Complete in one Volume. With Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe.

New Edition. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1848. 23 x 15 cm. xl, 966 pages. With a frontispiece showing Tobias Smollett and 19 plates by George Cruikshank (complete). Half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt decorations and gilt title (on black label) on spine. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. 5 cm crack to top of front joint. Binding sound. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened. Some browning to plates.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

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.

Wolf, Joseph (Illustrator).

Feathered Favourites. Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds from Drawings by Joseph Wolf.

First Edition. London, Thomas Bosworth, 1854. 25 x 18 cm. (6), 54 pages. Illustrated with 12 colour plates. Dark green Morocco with extesive gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. Gilt title on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. In custom-made clamshell box with paper label. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Dust dulled. Occassional some mild browning / foxing. Internally clean. All 12 plates with tissue guards.

Bannerman, David A.

The Canary Islands. Their History, Natural History and Scenery. An Account of an Ornithologist’s Camping Trips to the Archipelago.

First Edition. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1922. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 365 pages. With Illustrations, photographs and Maps, some folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke on front paste down. Author’s inscription on front free end paper: ‘To Alan Brooke from his friend David Bannerman’.

Scott, Peter.

Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl. Illustrated with Reproductions from the Author’s Paintings and a Self-Portrait.

Signed Limited Edition. No. 199 / 750. London, Country Life Limited, 1935. 32 x 25 cm. xiii, (2), 138 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original black and brown cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and tail edge deckle. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Binding dust dulled and faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Very faded inscription from Peter Scott to Alanbrooke (?), signed Peter and dated 3rd November 1935. Text mostly unreadable. Signed and numbered (199) by Peter Scott. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn and age darkened. Minor paper losses to top of spine. Now in protective jacket.

Scott, Peter.

Wild Chorus. Written and Illustrated by Peter Scott.

Limited Signed Edition. No. 22 / 1250. London, Country Life Limited, 1938. 32 x 25 cm. xi, 116 pages (6). Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge deckle. Decorated end papers. Slipcase. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Dust jacket shows some edge wear and fraying, mild foxing and has long closed tear on back board. Now in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean. Signed and numbered by Peter Scott.

Laver, James.

Royal Progress. A Pageant of Regal Travel. Painted by John Leigh Pemberton.

First Limited Edition printed on mould-made paper. No. 53/550. Signed. London, The Curwen Press for Shell-Mex and B.P. Limited, 1953. 31 x 25 cm. 36 pages with 13 tissue guarded colour plates, some double-paged. Original cloth with large paper plate glued to front board. Gilt title on spine. ER2 decorated end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. cloth binding cockled on rear board. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some of the tiisue guards worn and folded. Paper label on front paste down: ‘Presented to Field Marshal, the Viscount Alanbrooke, Coronation Year 1953’. Losely inserted card ‘With Mr. C.M. Vignoles’ Compliments. Shell-Mex House, London.’

Kipling, Rudyard.

Letters of Marque.

First Unauthorized Edition. Allahabat, A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. 21 x 14 cm. (4), ii, 154 pages, (6). Original diagonally-divided red and blue cloth with gilt title and author on fron board and spine. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Mild discoloration to boards. Mild blistering to rear board. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two stamps on front free end paper (Wheeler Bookstall Price / Issue 18 Nov. 91). There is a losely inserted Indian Telegraph strip paper. The telegraph is dated 18-12-91 and addressed to Meerut.

Blakey, John A.

The Tale of Lundravar the Dragon.

Limited Collectors Edition. Copy No. 33 of 650. Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, Wee Hills Publishing, [2008]. 30 x 21 cm. (6), 207 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Extensively decorated brown leather with coloured and blind decorations. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Inlaid natural stones on front board. Raised Bands. In plain, dark green padded presentation case with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. Two coloured book mark strips with natural stone decorations. Signed and numbered on half title page. Loosely inserted ‘Certificate of Authenticity’. Marbled end papers. Decorated brass clasp. A unique presentation binding (see images). Fine. As New.

Fabes, Gilbert H. & Foyle, William A.

Modern First Editions: Points and Values: Second and Third Series.

First Limited Editions.289/1000 and 458/750. Two Volumes. London, W. & G. Foyle, 1931 & 1932. 23 x 14 cm. 2nd Series: xvii, 93 pages / 3rd Series: xxvii, 99 pages. Original black cloth with gilt titles on foreboards and spines. In original unclipped dust jackets (inside protective plastic jackets). Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. 2nd Series inscribed by author on ffep. Printed on heavy stiff paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some age darkening and dust dulling. Over all two very nice copies.

Lovett, Rev. Richard.

London Pictures. Drawn with Pen and Pencil. With One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations.

First Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890. 27 x 19 cm. 223 pages with B&W Illustrations. Eight pages of publishers list. Orininal decorated cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Tight and clean. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Hamilton, Walter.

Dated Book-Plates. (Ex Libris). With a Treatise on their Origin and Development. Part 1: Dated Book-Plates prior to 1700. / Part 2: Dated Book-Plates of the Eighteenth Century. / Part 3: Dated Book-Plates of the Nineteenth Century to 1895. With about One Hundred Illustrations.

First Combined Edition. London, A.C. Black, 1895. 27 x 21 cm. 124 & 225 pages plus 22 pages Index. With B&W Illustrations, some full page. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2018 using original boards and spine. New end papers. Edges and pages dust dulled. A few stains. A very nice copy.

Captain Batty.

French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards.

First Edition. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. 25 x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved frontispiece vignette and titel page plus 62 full page engraved plates (of 64) with views of France. Dark green morocco with elaborate gilt decorations to spine and boards.All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine and edges age darkened. Internally dust dulled with occassional mild foxing. Some water staining.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

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.

Ashton, John.

Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century with Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction.

First Edition. London, Chatto and Windus, 1882. 18.5 x 12 cm. xvi, 486 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth with gilt and black decorations and title on front board and spine. Appears to be recased, using new end papers. Very good condition. A little slant. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Ex Library with a few small stamps throughout.

Nightingale, Florence.

Notes on Hospitals.

Third Edition, Enlarged and for the most part Re-written. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863. 25.5 x 19 cm. ix, (2), 187 pages. Illustrated. Complete with all Plans, Maps, Fold-outs, Forms etc. – as stated in the ‘List of Plans’. Original dark brown textured cloth. Blind decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Professionally rebacked in 2019 using the original boards and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Corners a little worn. Edges dust dulled. New dark end papers. Short closed tears to the two maps in the back. Small paper loss to Paris map – none affecting actual maps. Overall a very nice, bright, complete and clean copy of this rare publication.

Brown, Richard.

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.

McCullough, Niall / Mulvin, Valerie.

A Lost Tradition. The Nature of Architecture in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Gandon Editions, 1987. 28.5 x 28.5 cm. 121 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W Photographs and Drawings. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Gilt decoration on front board. Black end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket with some edge wear and short closed tears. Now in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

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.

Bateman, Gerald Cooper.

A Countryman’s Calendar. Sayings for the Months compiled by Gerald Cooper Bateman.

First Edition. Ditchling, Sussex, St Dominic’s Press, A.D. 1927. 19 x 14 cm. 31 pages. Printed on stiff handmade paper. Illustrated with B&W woodcuts. Original quarter cloth over black paper covered boards. Title on front board. All edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, 51 plates, each with cover page and text description. Some plates in colour. Original cloth with elaborate celtic style gilt decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and taile edge deckle. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally a little dust dulled, otherwise clean. A nice copy of an impressive book.

Mahr, Adolf.

Christian Art in Ancient Ireland. Selected Objects Illustrated and Described. Edited on behalf of the Government of the Irish Free State by Adolf Mahr, D.PH., M.R.I.A., Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum, Dublin with the Collaboration of the Royal Irish Academy.

First Editions. Two Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Stationary Office of Saorstat Eireann, 1932 / 1941. 36 x 27 cm. Vol. 1: xxvii (text) followed by 80 Plates in B&W / Vol.2: 184 pages (text), followed by Plates 81 – 130. Original half cloth hard covers. Two tone design. Gilt titles on front boards and spines. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Bindings age darkened and a little stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Sound bindings. Internally bright and clean. Two nice copies.

Aime-Martin, L. [Louis].

Lettres A Sophie Sur La Physique, La Chimie et L’Histoire Naturelle. Avec Des Notes Par M. Patrin, De L’Institut.

Dixieme Edition. Four Volumes. Bruxelles, Aug. Wahlen, 1827. 11 x 7.5 cm. xxvi, 214 / 238 / 230 / 218 pages. With a Frontispiece in each volume. Uniform black half calf over cloth. Hard Covers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and dust dulling. A nice uniform set.

Macray, William Dunn.

A Manual of British Historians to A.D. 1600. Containing a chronological Account of the early Chroniclers and Monkish Writers their printed Works and unpublished MSS.

First Edition. London, William Pickering, 1845. 21 x 13 cm. xxiii, 109 pages. Decorated Initials. Half calf over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Sound binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Bonar Law, Andrew.

The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612 – 1850. SIGNED.

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.

Meadows, Lindon.

Dame Perkins and her grey Mare; or, The Mount for Market. With coloured Illustrations by Phiz.

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. 22 x 18 cm. 48 pages. With colour plates. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board. All edges gilt. Inside custom made clam shell box made by Anthony David Estill. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription in ink on front free end paper. Ex Libris (Anthony David Estill) on front paste down. Small bookseller stamp on rear paste down.

Abbott, John S.C.

The History of the Civil War in America. Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin.

Two Volumes – Complete. New York, Published by Henry Bill, 1866. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiii, 507 pages, four pages publishers list. Frontispiece showing Lincoln plus 19 Maps and 17 Plates. / Vol.2: xvi, 629 pages, four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece showing U.S. Grant, 28 Maps & Diagrams plus nine Plates. Uniform dark brown leather bindings. Appears to be rebound using old boards, but adding a new spine in matching leather. Boards are extensively blind decorated. Pieces of the original spine are losely inserted in the book. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Sound bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription in volume 1. Name of previous owner (‘Denis M. Tierney’) in volume 2. Otherwise internally clean. A very nice set.

Browning, Robert.

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.

Gordon, Adam Lindsay.

Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon.[Bound by Zaehnsdorf].

Fourth Edition. Melbourne, A.H. Massina & Co., Not dated [c. 1890s]. 18 x 12 cm. xv, 325 pages. Dark green Morocco with elaborate gilt decorations by Zaehnsdorf. Marbled end papers. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Faint circular stains to rear board. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a beautiful binding.

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.

Kirke White / Howard, Alfred (Editor).

The Beauties of Kirke White. Consisting of Selections from his Poetry and Prose.

London, Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg et al., Not dated [1826]. 13 x 8.5 cm. 212 pages. With a frontispiece showing Kirke White. Contemporary calf with elaborate gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. Marbled edges (faded/darkened). Marbled end papers. Binding by Patrick McCormick, Bookseller and Binder, Dublin, with his paper label on front paste down. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to tail of spine and corners. Names of previous owners on front free end paper and title page. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean.

Monseigneur de la Mothe Fenelon Archeveque Duc de Cambray.

[Prieres Du Matin & Du Soir Avec Reflexions Saintes Pour Tous Les Jours Du Mois & L’Ordinaire De La Sainte Messe].

[Paris], De L’Impremerie de Joseph Barbou, 1729. 12 x 7.5 cm. (2)[Blank], pages numbered 4 to 162, (6), xxxvj. [No half title or title page]. Textured calf with gilt title (‘REFL SAIN’) and gilt decorations on spine and boards. Very good condition. No half title or title page. Text block starts with page number 3 (‘Avis’). Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Name of previous owner on first blank. Internally darkened, otherwise very clean.

Collins, William / Mr. Hammond.

The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. To which are added Mr. Hammond’s Elegies.

Glasgow, Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1770. 12.5 x 7 cm. (2)[Contents], 106 pages. Contemporary calf. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Plain boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and title label worn and faded. Front joint started to crack, but holding. Internally very clean.

Anon.

Livre D’Heures. Selon Le Rit Romain. Contenant Les Offices De Tous Les Dimanches Et Des Principales Fetes De L’Annee. Approve Par Mgr l’Archeveque De Tours.

Tours, A. Mame et Fils, 1855. 14 x 9 cm. 608 pages. With colour and B&W Plates. Textured full leather with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Metal clasps. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Silk end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends show small material losses. One metal clasp missing. Joints and hinges started to crack. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally bright and clean with many Illustrations.

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.

Young, Edward.

The Poetical Works of Edward Young.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Pickering, 1852. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: lvii, 298 pages. With a Frontispiece. / Vol.2: vi, 334 pages. Full brown morroco with armorial gilt designs to both boards. Raised bands and gilt title. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally clean. Name of previous owner on front free end papers.

Cowper, William / Dale, Rev. Thomas.

The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. 16 x 10 cm. xlviii, 576 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary brown morroco with gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Name of previous owner on first blank (Prize for Music, Xmas 1875). Internally bright and clean.

Murray, John Fisher.

The World of London. Originally published in Blackwood’s Magazine.

Two Volumes bound in one. London, William Tegg & Co., Not dated [c. 1870]. 16 x 10 cm. vii, 297, iv, 301 pages. Contemporary half morroco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small closed tear to half title page. A few pencil lines in text, otherwise bright and clean. A nice copy.

Carlyle, Thomas.

On Heroes, Heroe-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures: Reported, with Emendations and Additions.

Third Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. 18 x 11 cm. 383 pages. Contemporary fine calf with gilt decorations and title. Dark morroco spine label. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Small library label on front paste down (see image). Name of previous owner in faded ink on first blank, dated 1848. Very mild foxing to first few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Tupper, Martin F.

Proverbial Philosophy. [First and Second Series].

Thirty-ninth Edition. London, Hatchard and Co., 1863. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 522 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author. Fine contemporary dark morroco with elaborate gilt decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller label on front paste down (Willis and Sotheran, London). First and last pages mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy in an attractive and sturdy contemporary binding.

Lord Macaulay [Macaulay, Thomas Babington].

Speeches of Lord Macaulay. Corrected by Himself & The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. Two books bound in one.

London, Longmans, Green & Co. / Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1870 & 1865. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 256 pages & xii, 394 pages. Fine contemporary calf by Bickers and Son, London. Spine label, gilt title ande decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Small binders and bookseller stamps on verso of front free end paper. First and last few pages mildly foxed. Internally very clean. Gift inscription, dated 1870 and second name of previous owner (‘Carl Heinz Petersen, Dublin 1939’) on first blank.

Junius / Everett, C.W. (Editor).

The Letters of Junius. Edited with an Introduction by C.W. Everett, M.A.

[First Edition]. London, Faber & Gwyer, 1927. 22 x 14 cm. lviii, 410 pages. With a frontispiece. Later half leather over marbled boards. Coloured end papers. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Raised bands and morroco spine labels with gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges darkened. Internally clean. A very nice copy in an attractive and sturdy binding.

De Burgh, William and Margaret.

The Breakaways.[Signed]

Special Limited Edition. Number 35. Austin, Texas, Eakin Press, 1997. 21 x 14 cm. x, 304 pages. With B&W photos and family trees. Original blue cloth. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Signed by both Authors. Internally bright and clean.

Freeman, Edward A.

The Historical Geography of Europe. In two Volumes. Volume 1: Text & Volume 2: Maps.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xlviii, 629 pages / Vol.2: viii, 65 coloured maps. Full contemporary calf. School Prize Binding (‘Schola Civitatis Londinensis’). Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Dentelles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small losses to spine labels of volume 2. Edges dust dulled. End papers age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed in ink in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Merrick, James.

Annotations on the Psalms.

First Edition. Reading, Printed by J. Carnan and Co., and sold by Messrs. Newbery and Carnan et al, 1768. 26 x 20 cm. vi, 342 pages plus one page publishers list. Contemporary full vellum binding. Handwritten title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy. See images.

Jones, Sydney R.

Posters & Publicity. Fine Printing and Design.

First Edition. London, The Studio, 1926. 29 x 20 cm. 165 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue textured cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Bookseller stamps on front paste donw and front free end paper. Mild foxing, otherwise internally clean.

Ebers, G. / Birch, S. (Introduction) / Bell, Clara (Translator).

Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.

Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.

Knight, Charles.

The Popular History of England. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to our own Times.

First Edition. Eight Volumes – Complete Set. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1856 – 1862. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Vol.1: viii, 492 / Vol.2: xii, 500 / Vol.3: xi, 499 / x, (2), 499 / Vol.5: xii, (2), 483 / Vol.6: x, 472 / Vol.7: xvi, 582 / Vol.8: xvi, 672 pages. All volumes illustrated throughout with numerous Plates, Illustrations in text and one folding Map of London Fine uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Spine labels with gilt title and volume numbers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally mildly age darkened and occasional mild foxing. Inscribed and signed by the Author Charles Knight on second blank of first volume, dated Sept. 21, 1860. A very nice set in a fine and sturdy binding.

Bonar Law, Andrew / Bonar Law, Charlotte.

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.

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.

Various Authors.

An Universal History, from the earliest Account of Time to the Present. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, Chronological and other Tables.

Volumes 2 to 19 (18 Volumes in Total). Dublin, Printed by Edward Bate, for the Editors, 1744 / 1745 / 1746. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.2: (2), 630 pages / Vol.3: (2), 645 pages / Vol.4: (2), 629 pages / Vol.5: (4), 615 pages / Vol.6: (2), 636 pages / Vol.7: (2), 653 pages / Vol.8: (2). 638 pages / Vol.9: (4), 651 pages / Vol.10: (2), 656 pages / Vol.11: (2), 632 pages / Vol.12: (2), 646 pages / Vol.13: (2). 650 pages / Vol.14: (2), 666 pages / Vol.15: (2), 724 pages / Vol.16: (2), 749 pages / Vol.17: (2), 813 pages / Vol. 18: (2), 706 pages / Vol.19: (2), 760 pages plus 10 pages Index. For list of Plates per volume, please see comments. Contemporary uniform calf. Spine label with title in gilt. Gilt decorations on spine. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. All volumes in very good condition, except for Vol. 5, which is seriously damaged by bookworm. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Age darkened edges and end papers. Very few annotations. Top edge of volume 19 marked with red felt pen. Internally age darkened with the occasional closed tear. Some plates with closed tears and poor folding. Overall a very nice and interesting set with some amazing Plates and Maps.

Pitts Capper, Benjamin.

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Compiled from Parliamentary, and other authentic Documents and Authorities; containing Geographical, Topographical, & Statistical Accounts of every District, Object, and Place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the various small Islands dependant on the British Empire. Accompanied by Forty-Six Maps, drawn purposely for this Work, on an original Plan.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. 21 x 13 cm. Both volumes unpaginated, c. 1000+ pages. Illustrated with 45 Maps, including 6 folding (Ireland x 2 / Scotland x 2 / Wales & Yorkshire). Note: Wales is shown on one map only, not two, as described in the ‘List of Maps’. Modern half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Plain end papers. Very good condition. Binding as new. Internally mildly age darkened. Very few small annotations. Name of previous owner with small pencil drawing on verso of half title page. A very attractive set in a nice modern binding.

[Comte De] Buffon [Georges-Louis Leclerc] / Barr, J.S.

Barr’s Buffon. Buffon’s Natural History / Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects, and Reptiles. Buffon’s Natural History. Containing A Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, opf the brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals &c &c &c From the French with Notes by the Translator. In ten Volumes / Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects, and Reptiles. Embellished with Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings. In Five Volumes.

Ten plus Five Volumes. Two complete Sets in 15 Volumes Total. London, Printed for the Propietor and sold by H.D. Symonds 1797 / 1798. 19 x 11.5 cm. Vol.1: viii, 333 pages / Vol.2: iv, 348 pages / Vol.3: (2), 348 pages, 4 plates / Vol.4: (2), 352 pages, 1 plate / Vol.5: (2), 347 pages, 16 plates / Vol.6: iv, 346 pages, 19 plates / Vol.7: iv, 338 pages, 13 plates / Vol.8: iv, 343 pages, 18 plates / Vol.9: vi, 355 pages, 15 plates / Volume 10: (2), 366 pages / Vol.11: vii, 322 pages, 13 plates / Volume 12: vii, 332 pages, 8 plates / Vol.13: viii, 320 pages, 9 plates / Vol.14: viii, 322 pages, 8 plates / Vol.15: viii, 386 plates. See comments below for plates. Contemporary uniform tree calf. Two spine labels and gilt line decorations. Two red spine labels on all volumes. Some spine labels replaced at a later stage. Gilt line decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Front hinge of volume 12 weak, but holding. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down of all volumes. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front free end paper of volume one with small paper losses. Internally a very clean set. Some age darkening, Overall a very nice complete set.

Downey, Edmund (Editor) / Walker, Francis S. (Artwork).

Killarney’s Lakes and Fells. Twelve Mezzotint Engravings by Francis S. Walker. Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers; Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. With some Accounts of Killarney, its Legends and its Poems. Edited by Edmund Downey.

First Edition. Ordinary Edition, printed on India paper by Gilbert & Rivington. London, Downey & Co., 1902. 27 x 37 cm (oblong). (4) [Title / TOC], 120 pages plus 12 Mezzotint Engravings, as called for. Original boards, rebacked in 2024 with new cloth spine. Original green moire cloth boards with gilt title across fron board. New black end papers. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, and damp damaged (see images). Half-title and first title page chipped on side edges; light chipping to edges of feps and pages. Internally dust dulled with light ink smudging from plates to opposite pages. Most pages show mild damp staining to the bottom edge, not affecting the text or the actual angravings. Despite the wear; still an impressive book with wonderful illustrations.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1812. 25 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. With a title vignette, two maps (one folding), one folding panoramic view & 17 plates. Modern fine quarter calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with title in gilt. gilt and blind decorations to spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some dust dulling to edges. Occasional very mild spotting. Very few descriptive pencil annotations. Internally very clean. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Edward Earl of Clarendon.

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Begun in the Year 1641, with the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End and Conclusion there by the King’s blessed Restoration. and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660.

Dublin Edtion. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed for John Hyde and Robert Owen, Booksellers, 1719. 32 x 19 cm. Vol.1: Blank, engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, xii [Preface], (4) [List of Subscribers], 422 pages. / Vol.2: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (4) [Dedication], 459 pages. / Vol.3: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (6) [Dedication], 445 pages plus 33 pages Index. Small vignettes in text. Contemporary panelled calf. Blinf decorations to boards. Gilt decorations to spine. Spine labels with title and volume numbers in gilt. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material losses / abrasions to corners and spine ends. Volume spine label missing on volume 2. Some joints started to crack, but bindings remain sound. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste down and title pages. Internally clean, mildly age darkened. A few minor tears. A nice set overall.

Munier, Vincent (photography) / Ricard, Matthieu (text).

Solitudes. Tome 2.

[First Edition]. Brantigny, France, Kobalann Editions, 2013. 35 x 21 cm (oblong). unpaginated. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover with blind title and photo on front board. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Dibdin, Thos. Frognall.

Reminiscences of A Literary Life. With Anectodes of Books, and of Book Collectors. By the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

First Edition. London, John Major, 1836. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, (4), 556 pages. / Vol.2: pages 557 to 982. With 10 Plates and additional Illustrations in text. New (2021) half cloth over decorated paper boards. Hard cover. Spine labels with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges trimmed. Mild browning to some pages, otherwise a very clean set.

Anon / Cuitt, G. (Illustrations).

History of the City of Chester. From its Foundation to the Present Time; collected from Public Records, Private Manuscripts, and other authentic Sources, with an Account of Parochial and other Charities, never before published; and a Chronological Register of important Events to the year 1815. Illustrated with five Etchings by G. Cuitt.

[First Edition]. Chester, Printed for T. Poole, 1815. 20 x 13 cm. iii, 334 pages, ii [Index]. With a Frontispiece, small engraving on title pages and three further full page Engravings. Later morroco over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Near fine. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Ex Libris of previous owner (see provenance comments below). A lovely copy in a nice sturdy binding. See images.

Kirkpatrick, T. Percy C.

The History of Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, 1720 – 1920. [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, by Ponsonby and Gibbs. 1924. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. xvi, 397 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Full polished calf. Five raised bands. Red morocco label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled end papers. Speckled edges. Original dark blue stiff covers bound in. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the original blue cover page (see image). Name of previous owner (‘Dr. D.M. Brooke’) in pencil on top of title page. Internally clean. A superb copy.

M. Fabii Quintiliani. [Quintilianus Marcus Fabius] [Quintillian].

Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri Duodecimi / Oratoris Eloquentissimi Declamationes Undeviginti. Summa diligentia ad fidem vetustissimorum codicum recogniti, ac resstituti. Cum rerum verborumque indice locupletissimo.

Lugduni (Lyon), Apud Antonium Gryphium, 1575. 16.5 x 11 cm. 756 pages, (68) [Index], 227 pages. Collation: original ffep w/ name of previous owner [*8, a8-z8, A8-Z8,AA8-FF6,aa8-pp2], original rfep with notes. Later, but old calf binding and end papers. Blind decorations on boards. Four raised bands. Gilt title on red morocco spine label. Gilt decorations to spine. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Head and tail of spine with minor material losses (see images). Leather binding dried out and a little brittle. Binding sound. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner, dated 1602. Stamp on title page (see image). Some traces of old woodworm, mainly on margins, rarely affecting text. Internally mildly age darkened, but very clean. A nice copy.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1819. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, TP1, Dedication, TP2, (2)[TOC], 444 pages, xcvii [Appendix, Additional Notes and Illustrations]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (see images). Black spine label with gilt title. Blind and gilt decorations to spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front hinge professionally reinforced. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild browning and mild damp staining to a few pages. Otherwise internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy contemporary binding.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

Large Paper Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1820. 34 x 27 cm. FP, Title page, (8), 478 pages, xcvii [Appendix]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Later dark green quarter morroco over marbled boards. Five raised bands. Fore and tail edge deckle. Unopened top edge. Gilt title and author on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Unopened. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise very clean. Small bookseller label on front paste down (‘Hodges Figgis, Dublin’). A very nice copy.

Robinson, J.C.

Memoranda on Fifty Pictures. Selected from a Collection of Works of the Ancient Masters. With Notices of some Italian, Spanish, German, Flemish and Dutch Painters.

First Edition. London, Privately printed, at the Chiswick Press, by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1868. 21 x 15 cm. 79 pages. Original cloth. Gilt title on front board. Bevelled boards. Inscribed by the author. Top edge unopened. Fore edge and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Shakespeare, William.

The Plays of Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s Poems. From the Text of Dr. Johnson. With the Prefaces, Notes &c. of Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, and select Notes from many other Critics. Also, the Introduction of the last Editor Mr. Capell; and a Table showing his Various Readings.

13 Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1771. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Vol.1: engraved FP and TP / Vol.2-10: engraved TP, some small engravings in text / Vol.13: no engravings. Contemporary calf. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some abrasions to bindings. Edges dust dulled. Volumes 2, 6, 9-12 lacking front free end papers. Some material losses / abrasion to bindings (see images). Some spine labels missing. Occasional damp staining / age darkening. Name of a previous owner on front paste downs. Overall a very nice complete set.

Wilson, John Marius (Editor).

The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or Dictionary of Scottish Topography. Compiled from the most recent Authorities. And forming a complete Body of Scottish Geography. Physical, Statistical, and Historical. Illustrated with a complete County Atlas, various chorographical Maps, Plans of Ports, Harbours, and interesting Views.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co., ND (c. 1860). 25 x 16.5 cm. Vol.1: lxviii, 816 pages / Vol.2: 872 pages. Both volumes with coloured maps, and B&W plates. Volume 1 with a large folding map of Scotland (repaired in the back). Contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Marbled edges. Gilt and blind decorations. Spine labels. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. folding map with long closed tear, which has been repaired in the back. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy with interesting Maps and Plates. See images.

Dugdale, William.

Monasticon Anglicanum. Or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: Also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries, as did in any manner relate to those in England. Containing a full Collection of all that is necessary to be known concerning the Abby-Lands, and their Revenues, with a particular Account of their Foundations, Grants and Donations; collected from original MSS. the Records in the Tower of London, at York, and in the Court of Exchequer, and Augmentation Office: As also the Famous Libraries of Bodley, King’s-College, Camb. the Benedictine College at Dowey, Arundel, Cotton, Selden, Hatton, &c. Illustrated with original Cuts of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Habits of the Religious and Military Orders. First publish’d in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, Kt. Late Garter Principal King at Arms. To which is added, Exact Catalogues of the Bishops of the several Dioceses, to the Year 1717. The whole corrected, and supplied with many Useful Additions, by an Eminent Hand.

Three volumes in One. London, Printed by R. Harbin; for D. Brown and J. Smith et al., 1718. 34.5 x 21 cm. New blank, engraved frontispiece, TP, xvi [Preface], 124 [Volume the First], 125-244 [Volume the Second], 241-375 [Volume the Third], (8) [Index], (1) [Publishers List), blank. With 104 Plates (1-103 with two Plates numbered 101), of which 16 Plates are folding. New (2025) brown half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Please see images. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Edges dust dulled. Very few small library stamps. Ocassional mild foxing / darkening. Otherwise internally very clean. A very nice copy.

Rousseau, John James [Jean Jacques].

Emilius; or, An Essay On Education. By John James Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. Translated from the French by Mr. Nugent.

First Edition in English. Two Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, in the Strand, 1763. 20.5 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (4), 406 pages plus two pages publishers list / Vol.2: (6), 406 pages, (38) [Index]. With six Plates, as per List of Plates in Volume 1. Uniform contemporary calf. Raised bands and red morocco spine labels with gilt titles. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor losses to spine ends, see images. A little age darkened throughout. Names of previous owners in ink. Front free end paper and half title page a little worn with two small holes. Overall a very nice set in solid contemporary bindings.

Hall, Mr. & Mrs. S.C.

Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c.

First Edition. Volumes 1 & 2 ONLY! London, How and Parsons, 1841 & 1842. 24 x 17 cm. Vol.1: xii, 435 pages. / Vol.2: viii, 468 pages. Illustrated throughout with Maps, Plates and Illustrations in text. Contemporary polished calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Spine labels. Blind decorations. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine and front board of volume 1. Occasional mild foxing / staining. Volume 1 lacks Frontispiece. All other Plates, Maps, Illustrations are present.

Aringhi, Pauli / Bosio, Antonio.

Roma Subterranea Novissima. In Qua Post Antonium Bosium Antesignanum, IO: Severanum Congreg. Oratorii Presbyterum, Et celebres alios Scriptores Antiqua Christiamorum Et praecipue Martyrum Coemetria, Tituli, Monimenta, Epitaphia, Inscriptiones. Ac Nobiliora Sanctorum Sepulchra. Sex Libris Distincta Illustrantur. Opera Et Studio Pauli Aringhi Romani Congreg. Eiusdem Presyteri.

Romae (Rome), Expensis Blasij Diuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum, Typis Vitalis Mascardi, 1651. 40 x 26 cm. Vol.1: Half Title, Engraved Title Page, Frontispiece, (2), 626 pages, (29) [Index]. Collation Vol.1: [HT, ETP, FP, (2), ++ – ++6, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Nnnn4], With a folding Map of Rome, 92 Full Page Engravings and small Engravings / Illustrations in Text. Vol.2: Half Title, Frontispiece, Engraved Title Page, (6), 718 pages, (24). Collation Vol.2: [HT, FP, TP, (6), A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Xxxx4, a4-c3]. Volume 2 with 128 Full Page Engravings, of which 7 are folding. Small Illustrations in Text. Old calf, later repaired/rebacked spine and corners (see images). Gilt title and decorations on spine. Spine labels. Very good condition. Binding repaired, rubbed, bumped, scratched. Age darkened throughout. Large sections damp stained (see images). Some minor tears, paper losses, none affecting the text or Illustrations. A very impressive set.

Miss Corner.

The History of China and India, Pictorial and Descriptive. By Miss Corner, Author of “The Historical Library”, “Questions on the History of Europe” &c&c.

London, Dean & Co., ND [1846]. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. iv, ii, iii, iii, iii, iii, 393 pages. Complete with two folding Maps, 31 Plates and Illustrations in Text, as listed. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Morocco spine label with gilt title. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front joint just starting to crack at top. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally a little dust dulled. Some edge wear and nicks.

Taylor, Michael / Sewell, Brocard (Editors) / Falkner, Susan (Memoir) / Cunningham, Adrian (Appendix).

Saint Dominic’s Press. A Bibliography 1916 – 1937.

Limited Edition, number 43 of 100 copies. Signed by Editors & Author of Memoir. Three books inside custom made slip case. Lower Marston, Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press, 1995. 26.5 x 18.5 cm. Main book: TP, (6), 180 pages (4) / Facsimile Copy of Daisy and Marguerite: 22 pages / Portfolio with two inserted pages (Horae Beatae Virginis (A108) & Lectiones Ad Matutinam (A131). With tipped in and other illustrations, some folding. One of 100 copies bound in quarter Oasis, which include leaves printed at St. Dominic’s, and a facsimile of Daisy and Marguerite. Fine. One page in portfolio folder with minor creases. Otherwise as new. A fine copy, complete with all illustrations.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Walsh, Wendy F. (illustrations).

An Irish Flower Garden Replanted [Signed]. The Histories of some of our Garden Plants.

Limited Signed Edition. No. 55/150. Castlebourke by Eamonn De Burca, For Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. ix, 276 pages. Illustrated. Limited Edition quarter green morroco over mustard coloured cloth boards. In illustrated matching slip case. See images. Fine condition. Blind stamp and pencil note of previous owner on title page (see image). Internally bright and clean. Losely inserted bookmark by the publisher. Signed by the Author, Illustrator and Publisher on title page. A very nice copy.

Thornton, Robert John.

Practical Botany. Being a New Illustration of the Genera of Plants, containing … The Whole arranged after the Reformed Sexual System.

First Edition. Volume 1 only. It appears that no other volumes were published. London, H.D. Symonds, J. White and J. Stockdale, 1807. 24 x 15 cm. Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, Engraved Portrait of James Edward Smith, xviii, 85 text pages (see comments below), eight folding Tables and 102 engraved Plates. New (2022) half Buckram over marbled paper boards. Black morroco label with gilt title and author’s name. New plain end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, otherwise clean. Edge of one folding Table age darkened and frayed. Some Plates appear to be trimmed (actual page size is 23.8 cm x 15 cm). A very nice copy of this scarce Thornton publication. See images.

By A Graduate of Oxford (Vol. 1 and 2) / Ruskin, John.

Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I and II. / Volume II. Containing Part III. Sections 1. and 2. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. / Volume III. Containing Part IV. Of Many Things. / Volume IV. Containing Part V. Of Mountain Beauty. / Volume V. Completing the Work, and Containing Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty. VII. Of Cloud Beauty. VIII. Of Ideas of Relation. 1. Of Invention Formal. IX. Of Ideas of Relation. 2. Of Invention Spiritual.

Vol. 1: Third Edition – Revised by the Author. Volumes 2-5 First Editions. Five Volumes – Complete Set. London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: lxiii, 422 pages plus 32 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xvi, 217 pages plus 3 pages publishers list / Vol.3: xix, 348 pages plus 16 pages publishers list and 18 Plates / Vol. 4: xii, 411 pages. With 35 Plates / Vol.5: xvi, 384 pages plus 32 pages publishers list and 34 Plates. Also small illustrations in text. Green cloth with elaborate blind decorations to boards. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Small binder label in volume 1: ‘Westleys & Clark, London’. Very good condition. All bindings are rubbed, bumped and some are stained. Various degrees of fraying to spine ends. Spines age darkened / browned. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. All Plates are present, a few are lose. Bindings sound. A nice complete set of this important publication.

Stanfield, Clarkson.

Stanfield’s Coast Scenery. A Series of Views in the British Channel, from Original Drawings taken Expressly for the Work by Clarkson Stanfield.

First Edition. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1836. 22 x 16 cm. viii, 128 pages. Complete with 40 tissue guarded Plates and one Vignette. Contemporary half leather over textured cloth. Gilt title and decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed / spotted. See images.

Tombleson, William.

Tombleson’s Upper Rhine. Ober Rhein. Le Rhin Superieur.

London, Black & Armstrong, ND [c. 1830s]. 23 x 14.5 cm. viii, 181 pages plus three pages Index (Places/Plates). Complete with 70 tissue-guarded Plates (incl. Title Vignette), as listed. Contemporary half calf over buckram covered boards. Gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations to spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Internally clean. Some foxing/browning, mainly to tissue guards. Plates are in excellent clean condition. A nice copy.

Hartmann Schedel / [Koberger, Anton – Printer].

The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel’s Buch der Chroniken. Printed by Anton Koberger in 1493.

New York, Landmark Press, 1979. 35 x 25 cm. As published: green morocco-grained cloth with black labels. Gilt title on front board and spine. Dark grey end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Slipcase rubbed and bumped with a small stain. See images.

Most Rev. John Healy.

Maynooth College. Its Centenary History 1795 – 1895.

First Edition. Dublin, Brown & Nolan, 1895. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. xxiv, 774 pages. Folding frontispiece. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original quarter leather over olive-green boards. Hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Both hinges cracked. Internally clean, with occasional very mild foxing.

Stein, Amelia (Photography) / Banville, John (Foreword) / Sayers, Brendan (Introduction).

The Palm House [Signed]. [Signed by Amelia Stein, Brendan A. Sayers and John Banville, opposite title page. Hand numbered 6/100].

[Limited] Signed Edition (6/100). Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2012. 28 x 28 cm. 127 pages. Original decorated paper covered boards. Hard cover. Fine, close to new condition.