Alvarez, Julia.

¡YO! [Signed].

First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books, 1997. 13 x 18.5cm. 309 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by the author.

Ó Maolmhuaidh, Proinsias.

‘Athair na hAthbheochana’ [Father of the Revival].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseachán Náisiúnta Teoranta, 1981. 8°. VII, 207 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Maginn, Christopher.

‘Civilizing’ Gaelic Leinster. The Extension of Tudor Rule in the O’Byrne and O’Toole Lordships.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2005. 23 x 15 cm. vii, (2), 223 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. A bright clean copy.

[Watts, George Frederic] Blunt, Wilfrid.

‘England’s Michelangelo’ – A Biography of George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 16cm x 24cm. XIX, 258 pages with 8 colour and 24 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

Ryan, Frederick W.

“The House of the Temple”. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution by Frederick W. Ryan.

First Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 358 pages. With Illustrations and a folding Map. Original bright red cloth. HArd cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, slightly discoloured dust jacket. Edges and end papers mildly foxed. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

Le Prince, Jean Baptist (artwork) / Abbe Chappe (artwork) / McIntyre, Archibald (engraver).

[A Collection of Engravings showing Habits & Dresses from Various Countries]. [Unknown Title and Publisher – No Title Page].

No publishing Information. c. 1790-1800. 21 x 13 cm. 35 engraved plates. No title or text pages. Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front board detatched. Dust dulled throughout. First three pages with edgewear and minor losses, not affecting the engravings. See images.

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.

Machiavel, Nicolas [Niccolò Machiavelli].

[The Works of Nicholas Machiavel]. Containing the following Works: The History of Florence / The Prince, Together with the Original of Guelf and Ghibilin, Life of Castruccio Castracani, Murther of Vitelli, &c. by Duke Valentino, State of France, State of Germany. / The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, upon the First Decade of Titus Livius. / The Art of War. / The Marriage of Belphegor. Also The Publisher to the Reader, concerning the following Letter & The Author’s Introduction.

London, Printed for A. Churchill, R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin et al, 1720. C. 32 x 20 cm. TP [History of Florence], (2) [Epistle to Clement VII], (10) [TOC], 180 pages (Florence], (4) [TP & Dedication: The Prince], pages 199-267 [The Prince], (4) [TP & Dedication: Discourses], pages 267-431 [Discourses], (4) [TP &c. The Art of War], pages 433-523 [The Art of War], pages 524-529 [The Marriage of Belphegor], pages 530-532 [Preface to the Reader], (1) [Epistle to Clement VII], (3) [The Author’s Introduction]. Numerous pages misnumbered: 169-170, 175-179, 235, 265. New (2024) half leather over marbled boards. New end papers. Spine labels. Text block in good condition. Missing overall title page [Works of Machiavel]. Heavy edge wear, particularly to first and last pages, with paper losses, but not affecting text. Large section (c. 50%) of page 26/26 missing. Closed tear to page 509/510. Paper darkened with some damp staining and occasional foxing.

Busenbaum, Hermann / P. Claudio La Croix [Claude Lacroix] / Colendall, Leonardo.

[Theologiae Moralis] Index Locupletissimus Resolutionum omnium, quae continentur, tam in Medulla R.P. Hermanni Busenbaum, S.J. Quam in Omnibus ad illam a Reverendo et Eximio P. Claudio La Croix, ejusdem Societ. Jesu, SS, Theologiae in Unversitate Coloniensi Doctore & Professore publico, Factis additamentis, secundum ordinem Alphabeti digestus a R.P. Leonardo Colendall, ejusdem Societatis Sacerdote. Tomulus IX.

Cologne, Apud Servatium Noethen, 1717. 1014 pages. Contemporary full pig skin with blind decorations to both boards. Leather and metal clasps. Handwritten author and volume number on spine. Raised bands. Blue coloured edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened throughout, otherwise clean. Name of previous owner on top of title page. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy contemporary binding. See images.

J. [Jean] Foy Vaillant / [Charles de Valois de la Mare].

1. Arsacidarum Imperium, sive, Regum Parthorum historia / 2. Achaemenidarum Imperium, sive Regum Ponti, Bosphori, et Bithyniae Historia. Ad fidem Numismatum accommodata. [The Empire of the Arsacids, or the History of the Kings of Parthia & The Empire of the Achaemenids, or the History of the Kings of Pontus, Bosphorus, and Bithynia. Arranged according to the testimony of the coins.]

Two Volumes. Paris, [No Publisher], 1728. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: Title pages, (14), 407 pages, 47 pages [Index]. / Vol.2: Title page, (14), 438 pages. Numerous small engravings and vignettes. Contemporary calf. Red and black spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Blue-Greenish Edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with small material losses to spine ends and corners (see images). Ex Library with library card holders on front paste downs. A few blind library stamps. Some age darkening to paper, otherwise internally clean. Half of the spine label of volume 1 missing. A very nice set in sturdy attractive bindings.

Anon.

1905 Report of the St. Mary’s Hospitals. (Formerly the St. Mary’s, Manchester Southern, and Manchester Maternity Hospitals), Manchester.

Manchester, Chas. Sever, Printer, 1906. Two folded Frontispiece with Hospital Views, Title, 135 pages. Original grey stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition.

Various Authors: Inglis, Henry David / M’Lean, Archibald / Anon.

24 Tracts: The Society for diffusing Scriptural Knowledge by the distribution of Tracts. 1. Essay on the Nature of Divine Grace / 2. Doctrine of the Grace of God (William Mills) / 3. The Way of Forgiveness / 4. The Revealed Character of the True God / 5. A Suitable Remedie for Human Wretchedness / 6. A Letter to six Men under Sentence of Death / 7. Essay on the Most important of all Subjects / 8. Poor Joseph / 9. The Nature and Importance of Christ’s Salvation / 10. Christian Confidence / 11. The True Riches / 12. The Prophet and the Widow / 13. The Pharisee and the Publican / 14. The important Question answered / 15. The Fisherman / 16. Sin. No Trifle / 17. Atheism and Christianity Contrasted / 18. Doctrine of the Cross of Christ / 19. Israel healed by the Brazen Serpent / 20. Effectual Remedy / 21. Divine Grace Exemplified / 22. Poor Sarah / 23. Doctrine of three divine Persons / 24. Dialogue between a father and his son.

London, Printed by Benjamin Bensley, J. Haddon & Sold by W. Jones, 1819 – 1824. c. 13 x 8 cm. 6, 36, 15, 12, 16, 8, 14, 6, 8, 12, 18, 12, 24, 8, 8, 6, 30, 18, 12, 14, 8, 16, 16 & 20 pages. Contemporary full calf. Black spine label and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Bottom of front joint cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Most of spine label missing. Bookworm channel on front end papers. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean.

Morton, J.W.

8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars Diary of the South African War 1900-1902.

Uckfield, Naval & Military Press Ltd., 2009. 14cm x 21.5cm. XV, 160 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Eadie, John (Editor).

A Biblical Cyclopaedia. or; Dictionary of Eastern Antiquities, Geography, Natural History, Sacred Annals and Biography, Theology, and Biblical Literature, Illustrative of the Old and New Testaments. With Maps and Pictorial Illustrations.

Twelfth Edition, Revised Throughout and Enlarged. London, Charles Griffin & Company, 1871. 20 x 13.5 cm. viii, 690 pages. With illustrations in text and maps (hand-outlined). Professionally recased in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Blind stamped cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Sound binding. Dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. Small stamp on titel page (see image). Internally clean.

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.

White, Arthur S. [Ed].

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army. With a foreword by Field Marshall Sir Gerald W.R. Templar.

Revised Edition. Sussex, Naval and Military Press, 2009. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 331 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Hockney, David.

A Bigger Picture.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2012. 30 x 30 cm. 301 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. New. Still in publishers plastic protection.

Deacon, Richard.

A Biography of William Caxton. The First English Editor, Printer, Merchant and Translator.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller, 1976. viii, 198 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Usher, James [Ussher / Usserius, Jacobus].

A Body of Divinity. or, The sum and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded and explained by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled, for the use of families : to which is adjoyned a tract intituled Immanuel; or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God. By the Most Reverend James Usher, late Arch-bishop of Armagh.

The seventh edition, carefully corrected from very many errors in former editions. London, Printed by J.D for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson, 1677. 32 x 20 cm. Frontispiece, Title Page, (4)[To the Reader], 40 pages [Life of the Author], (8) [TOC], 433 pages, (8) [Index]. [blank, frontispiece, a4-f3, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Mmm2]. Old calf. Very professionally rebacked. Later spine label with title and author in gilt. Very good condition. Sound binding. Names of a few previous owners neatly inscribed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.