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.

Blyth, Ion.

The Redeemed Realm. A Satire on T.S. Eliot and the Hollywood Hindus.

First Edition. Boston, David Page Books, 1947. 23 x 15 cm. 19 pages. Original stapled paperback. Very good condition. A bright clean copy with minimal shelf wear.

Boileau Despreaux, [Nicolas] (1636-1711).

The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].

Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Bolger, Dermot (editor).

The Bright Wave. An Tonn Gheal.

First Edition. Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1986. 21 x 14 cm. 200 pages. Original paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Signed by the Editor. Inscribed to ‘Paul’ and dated. From the Library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Botkin, B.A.

A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.

Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Bramness, Hanne.

Revolusjonselegier.

Oslo, Cappelens Forlag, 1996. 21.7cm x 15.4cm. 53 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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.

Bridges, Robert.

The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.

Second Edition, with the Author’s final corrections. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1930]. 22 x 17 cm. 175 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author and a losely inserted ‘Publisher’s note on the Text’. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good with good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with minor paper losses and a few tears. Now in protective archival jacket.

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.

Bullen, A.H. (Editor).

Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age.

First Limited Edition. 457/520. London, John C. Nimmo, 1889. 20 x 13 cm. xxviii, 243 pages. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine strongly rubbed and bumped. Front joint cracked, but binding holding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some signs of book worm activity. Ex Libris on front paste down. Pencil signature of previous owner on title page. Internally occasional foxing, but generally bright and clean.