Strategicus.

The War for World Power & The War Moves East.

Second Printings. Two Volumes. London, Faber and Faber, 1941 & 1943. c. 20 x 13 cm. 304 pages and 234 pages. With a few map illustrations. Original hard covers. Very good condition.

Street, C.J.C. (” I.O. “).

Ireland in 1921.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan & Co., 1922. 22 x 14 cm. (2), 320 pages. Original green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mild discoloration to parts of binding (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Strohmeyer, John.

Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.

First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Stuck, Hudson.

A Winter Circuit of our Arctic Coast. A Narrative of a Journey with Dog-Sleds around the entire Arctic Coast of Alaska.

First Edition. New York, Charles Sribner’s Sons, 1920. 23 x 15 cm. x, (4), 347 pages. Illustrated. With two folding maps and 33 Images. One plate (page 302: ‘Cooking Dog-Feed’ missing). Original cloth binding. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded (see images). Binding a little shaky with some pages towards the back of the book lose). One plate missing. Overall a nice copy.

Swayne, H.G.C.

Early Days in Somaliland and other Tales. A Pioneer’s Notebook.

First Edition. Durham, The Pentland Press, 1996. 23 x15 cm. vi, 233 pages. Illustrated throughout with maps and B&W photographs. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Illustrated end papers (map). Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled, otherwise, as new.

Sweetser, M.F.

Picturesque Maine. With Descriptions.

First Edition. Portland, Chisholm Brothers, 1879. 15cm x 11.8cm. 38 pages. With beautiful illustrations of the best sides of Maine, New England. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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.

Taaffe, Dennis.

An Impartial History of Ireland. From the Period of the English Invasion to the present Time.

[First Edition]. Four Volumes. Dublin, J. Christie, 1809 / 1811 / 1810 / 1811. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiv, 562 pages. / Vol. 2: 572 pages. / Vol. 3: 576 pages. / Vol. 4: 576 pages. Vignettes on title pages of all volumes. Vol.1 & 3: Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Brown labels with title, author and volume in gilt. New end papers. / Vol.2: Older speckled calf with title and gilt lines on spine. / Vol. 4: Older calf with title label and gilt lines on spine. Vol. 1 & 3: Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Volume 3: Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear joints open. Hinges repaired internally. Binding sound. / Vol. 4: Rubbed and bumped. Half of the spine label missing. Name of previous owner in ink on front free end paper. Ex library (vol.4 only) with a few round red library stamps. All volumes internally age darkened and very mildly foxed, some staining, a few tears. All edges age darkened.

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.

Taylor, Michael / Sewell, Brocard / Falkner, Susan / Cunningham, Adrian.

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

First & Limited Edition. No. 171 / 400. Lower Marston, Risbury, The Whittington Press, 1995. c. 26 x 19 cm. (6), 180 pages. With Illustrations and tipped in samples. One of 300 numbered copies (from a total edition of 400) bound in the publisher’s original quarter cloth and paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt. With frontispiece and 23 additional illustrations throughout, including 12 letterpress facsimiles, 4 color plates, and 3 photos. Printed at Whittington in Caslon types on Zerkall halbmatt and Ingres papers. color plates printed by CTD. Appendix, addenda, indices. Matching slipcase. Fine condition. As new.