Milligan, Christopher / Foley, John.

Australian Hosptal Ship Centaur. The Myth of Immunity.

First Edition. Queensland, Nairana Publications, 1993. 21 x 14 cm. xix, 340 pages. Illustrated. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. With a losely inserted First Edition Postcard and Australian Stamp showing the ‘Centaur’. Very good condition. Very mild damp staining to a few pages. Signed by both authors on the title page.

Montgomery, George L.

Pathology for Students of Dentistry [Signed].

Second Edition. Edinburgh and London, E. & S. Livingstone, 1958. 21 x 14 cm. 307 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original price clipped dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed to T.C Dodds (Head of the Department of Medical Photography, who is mentioned in the Preface) by the Author. Some edge wear and dust dulling to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Moore, Patrick.

The Astronomy of Birr Castle. With a Foreword of the Earl of Rosse.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1971. Octavo. xii, 81 pages. Original cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.

Morris, Desmond.

The Naked Ape. A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal.

First Edition. London. Jonathan Cape, 1967. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 252 pages. Original two-tone cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Dust jacket with some edge wear and a closed tear in the front. Now in archival jacket. See images.

N.W. Ayer & Son Advertising Agency Staff / Schulze, E.H. / Farrar, G.P. / Ramsay, R.E. / Woods. C.F. / Bridewell, C.O.

Where and How to Advertise. Mediums / Advertising Letters / Catalogs, Booklets, and Folders / House Publications / Street-Car Advertising et al. International Library of Technology 468. 283 Illustrations.

First Edition. Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company, 1928. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 98, 56, 91, 49, 54, 56, 43, 64 & 65 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Tipped in Samples. Original red cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Red edges. Marbled end papers. See images. Very good condition. Minro shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

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

Flowers of Mayo. Dr Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. Introduced, Transcribed & Edited by E. Charles Nelson F.L.S. Original Watercolours & Vignettes by Wendy Walsh.

First and Limited Edition. No. 3 / 150. Dublin, Eamonn De Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. Folio. (10), 275 pages, (4). With 15 tipped in colour Plates and other Illustrations. Quarter goatskin on handmade paper, title inset on printed label on upper cover and in gilt on spine; red and maroon endbands. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Please see images. Fine. Inside original green and brown slip case. A very nice copy. Numbered by hand (No. 3) and signed by the Editor, Artist and Publisher.

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.

Nietzsche, Friedrich / Ludovici, Anthony M[ario].

The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche contra Wagner. A Musician’s Problem. A Letter from Turin, May 1888. / The Brief of a Psychologist. / Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici.

[Assumed First UK Edition]. Edinburgh and London, T.N. Foulis, 1910. 18.5 x 13.5 cm. ix, 82 pages plus five pages publishers list. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Fore edge deckle. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped.Front cover detached. Small paper losses to top of spine. Edges dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing. Some annotations in pencil by previous owner, possibly the Translator.

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.

Nolan, M.A. / McClelland, J.A / Fry, M.W.J. / Kew, H.W. / Ryan, H. / Algar, J. / Armstrong, E.C.R. / Lawlor, Rev. H.J / Macalister, R.A.S. / Westropp, T.J et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume XXXIII. Section A: Mathematical, Astronomical, and Physical Science / Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science / Section C: Archaeology, Lingusitics, and Literature.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1916-17. 27 x 18 cm. Proceedings individually paginated. With Illustrations, Maps etc. Contemporary quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and Volume Number on Spine. Very good condition. Dust dulled. A little slanted.

Novacek, Michael.

Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs. With Illustrations by Ed Heck.

New York, Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996. 16cm x 24cm. XV, 367 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

O’Cathain, Seamas / O’Flanagan, Patrick.

The Living Landscape. Kilgalligan, Erris, County Mayo.

First Edition. Dublin, Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann An Colaiste Ollscoile, 1975. 21 x 13 cm. x, 312 pages. With B&W maps and photographs. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Some minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with edgewear, small close tears and tiny losses. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Scarce.

Olmsted, Denison.

The Mechanism of the Heavens.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 400 pages. With colour and B&W Illustrations. Original embossed cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shefwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small blind bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / browning throughout.

Oscar Leslie Stephen (editor)

Sir Victor Brooke. Sportsman and Naturalist. A Memoir of his Life and Extracts from his Letters and Journals. A Chapter on his Researches in Natural History by Sir William H. Flower. Portraits and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1894. 20 x 14 cm. x, 266 pages, 28 pages publishers list. Complete with all Illustrations, as listed. Original maroon cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front hinge cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.

Patterson, R. Hogarth.

The New Golden Age. And Influence of the Precious Metals upon the World.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. 22 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xi, (4), 487 pages / Vol.2: vi, (2), 542 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small library stamps on fron free end paper and title pages. Internally clean. A very good copy.

Pike, Warburton.

The Barren Ground of Northern Canada.

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917. 20 x 13 cm. ix, 334 pages plus six pages publishers list. Complete with 15 Plates and a folded map, as listed. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Praeger, Robert Lloyd.

The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1937. 24 x 16 cm. xiii, 394 pages. With a frontispiece, 38 photographic plates and a large folding map, as called for. Small illustrations in text. Original blue cloth, inside original pale dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Deckle edges. Very good in good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends just starting to fray. Edges and end papers age darkened. Very mild spotting to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with small paper losses to spine ends and corners. Now inside protective clear jacket. A nice copy in the rare dust jacket. See images.

Prince, Joyce.

Miss Nightingale’s Vision of a Nursing Profession. an interim report. The third Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture.

London, Royal College of Nursing. 1984. 21 x 15 cm. 20 pages. Text only. Stapled pamphlet with stiff blue cover. Excellent condition. Bright and clean.

Proctor, Richard A.

A New Star Atlas. For the Library, the School, and the Observatory. In Twelve Circular Maps (with two Index Plates). Intented as a Companion to Webb’s Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes. With a Letterpress Introduction on the Study of the Stars. Illustrated with several Woodcust.

Fourth Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875. 19 x 12 cm. xii, 27 test pages with Illustrations, followed by 14 double page star maps. Fine leather binding with gilt titles and decorations. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Hinges weak, but holding. Binding rubbed and bumped with small losses to spine ends (see images). Stamps of previous owner (‘Sir Thomas Bazley, Hatherop Castle, Fairford, Glos.’) on first blank. Small inscription on same page. Internally clean.

Prof. Dr. Pannwitz (Editor).

Het Rood Kruis – Das Rote Kreuz – La Croix Rouge. Official Magazine of the Belgian Red Cross – Tri-Lingual Publication (Belgian / German / French).

Complete set of 52 Issues for the second Year of Publication 1916. Brussel / Bruxelles. Red Cross of Belgium, 1916. 31 x 24 cm. 52 Weekly Issues with 16 pages each (832 pages). With B&W Photos. Half cloth over paper covered boards. Gilt title and year on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper creased. A few small line annotations, otherwise internally bright and clean.

Purves-Stewart, Sir James.

The Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases.

Sixth Edition, Revised. London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. 22.5 x 15 cm. viii, 648 pages. With many Illustrations, some in Colour. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Professionally rebacked in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound new binding. Edges age darkened. Some damp stains to end papers. Mild foxing to first and last few pages, internally clean.

Reece, Dr.R.J / Low, Dr. R. Bruce et al.

Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals Liverpool. This book contains various reports, observations, letters etc. regarding smallpox and smallpox hospitals in Liverpool and Germany published between 1902 and 1905 namely: Text 1: Report by Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-1903. / Text 2: Observations of the Medical Officer of Health upon the Report of Dr. R.J. Reece. / Text 3: Memorandum by Dr. R.J Reece, as to questions raised by Dr. Hope regarding his report on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool 1902-03. / Text 4: Letter from W.E.Knollys, Esq. Assistant Secetary to the Local Government Board, to the Town Clerk, relating to Dr. Hope’s “Observations” on Dr. Reece’s Report. / Text 5: Letter from the Town Clerk to the Secretary of the Local Government Board, in reply to the above. / Text 5: Dr. Bruce Low’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Arrangements made in Germany fro the Isolation of Small-pox Cases.

London, Liverpool, His Majesty’s Stationary Office, City of Liverpool (C. Tinling and Co.), 1905, 1904. 32 x 21 cm. TOC typed to front paste down / Text 1: 15 pages w 23 full page maps. / Text 2. 23 pages w two large foldout maps and six digrams incl. one foldout. / Text 3: 18 ‘typed’ pages / Text 4: 3 ‘typed’ pages / 5: 15 pages plus several full page colour plates showing hospital setups in Germany. Quarter leather over clothed boards. Gilt title on spine and front boards. Small decorations. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Front joint broken, but front board still attached to volume. Fading and discoloration to boards. Edges dust dulled. Some browning and age darkening to end papers. Closed tear to one of the foldout maps. Otherwise internally very clean.

Rheinallt, T. / Craik, C / Daw, P. et al.

Birds of Argyll.

First Edition. Minard, Argyll, Argyll Bird Club, 2007. 29 x 21 cm. 424 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Short gift inscription, otherwise a bright and clean copy.

[Rivers, Stanford].

Home Education. By the Author of Natural History of Enthusiasm.

Second Edition. London, Jackson and Walford, 1838. 21 x 13 cm. viii, 380 pages. Contemporary dark cloth. Hard cover with blind and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding faded and gilt title dulled (see images). Appears to be rebacked later with new end papers. Sound binding. Internally clean.

Roland, Arthur.

Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section. Tree-Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, suitable to every Soil and Situation.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1879. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 157 pages, plus 32 pages publishers list. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Black and blind decorations. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Rooke, Charles.

The Handy Pocket-Guide to Health & Health-Restoring Places.

250th Thousand. Scarborough, C. Rooke, 1884. 13 x 10 cm. 86 pages plus two pages ads. Illustrated in B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and black decorations on front board. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Internally clean.

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.

Saul, J.W.

Navigation by Position Lines or Marcq St. Hilaire Method.

[First Edition]. London, Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, [1920]. 18 x 12 cm. 17 pages. With a folding chart. Original dark cloth with gilt title on front board. Ex Libris on front free end paper. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some stains on front board. Internally clean.

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.

Shoberl, Frederic (author) / Landseer, Thomas (illustrator).

Natural History of Quadrupeds.

Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.

Smith, Charles.

The Antient and Present State of the County of Kerry. Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description thereof…

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, and sold by Ewing, Faulkner, Wilson and Exshaw, 1756. 19 x 12 cm. xxi, 419 pages, (5) [Index]. With a large folding Map of Kerry and four other folding Plates (see comments below). New (2024) attractive brown half leather over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. New solid binding. Internally very clean. Maps and Plates in very good condition.

Smith, Des / Cox, Des.

Surgeon Major T.H. Parke. The Rarest Doctor. A Short History of his Life. Published by Carrick-On-Shannon & District Historical Society.

Carrick-on-Shannon, Historical Society, 1994. 21 x 15 cm. Eight pages. With Illustrations. Original stiff card board wrappers. Decorated. Very good condition. A little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Smith, John.

Choir Gaur. The Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids, Commonly called Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. Astronomically explained, and Mathematically proved to be a Temple errected in the earliest Ages, for observing the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies. Illustrated with three Copper Plates.

First Edition. Salisbury, Printed for the Author, 1771. 29 x 23 cm. vi, 73 pages. Three numbered Plates at the back of the book, and two folding drawings. See images. One Illustration in text (page 61). Contemporary paper covered boards. Quarter paper spine with printed paper spine label. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding (see images). Name of previous owner on title page. Long neat annotation on page 70 relating to Egyptian Antiquities. A very nice copy.

Sollas, W.J.

On the Volcanic District of Carlingford and Slieve Gullion. Part 1. – On the Relation of the Granite to the Gabbro of Barnavave, Carlingford.

First Edition. Dublin, Published at the Academy House, Sold at Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1894. 32 x 25 cm. Pages numbered from 477 to 512. Two plates with various small B&W images. Original paper wrappers with title information. Soft cover, as published. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cover and edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Sommerville, D.M.Y.

Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions.

First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 416 pages. With line diagrams. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition.

Spaulding, R.C. / Richlin, R. / Phelan, J.D.

A Method for Quantifying a Mental Status Examination. Report No. 78-19.

San Diego, Naval Health Reseach Center, Center of Prisoner of War Studies, 1978 28 x 21 cm. (2), 13, 6, (2) pages. Original stiff yellow paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Stamp, L. Dudley.

The Earth’s Crust. A new approach to Physical Geography and Geology.

First Edition. London, George G. Harrap, 1951. 24 x 18 cm. viii, 120 pages. Fully illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good book in poor dust jacket. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. With a gift inscription on the front free end paper: ‘To Victor Brooke on leaving with best wishes [?] The Park, Harrow 28 July 1952. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn with several paper losses and stains, now in archival jacket.

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.

Stringer, Christopher & Gamble, Clive

In Search of the Neanderthals. Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins.

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1993. 18cm x 26cm. 247 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Stroud, Robert.

Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds. Illustrated by the Author.

First Edition. Minneapolis, Minn., Published by L.G. Marcus and Robert Stroud, [1943]. 23 x 15 cm. ix, 500 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original semi-hard cloth. Title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Strutt, Jacob George.

Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees. Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty. Drawn from Nature.

London, Publishd for the Author by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [1830]. 28 x 20 cm. xvi, 151 test pages and 50 Plates (incl. engraved title page). Original textured cloth. Hard cover. Black spine label with gilt title and original price. All edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

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.

Swaysland, W.

Familiar Wild Birds. First, Second, Third and Fourth Series. With coloured Plates.

Four Volumes. London, Paris & New York, Cassell & Company, 1883, ND, ND, ND. 19 x 13 cm. Original decorated green cloth bindings. Hard covers. Good condition. Some bindings weak with some pages protruding. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. See images.

Symes, Richard G. / Baily, W.H.

Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Explanatory Memoir to accompany Sheet 75 of the Maps of the Geological Survey of Ireland, illustrating a Portion of the County of Mayo.

Dublin, Alexander Thom, 1872. 24 x 15 cm. 37 pages. With a few illustrations in B&W. Original brown paper wrappers. Very good condition.

The Earl of Suffolk and Bershire Hedley Peek / Aflalo, F.G.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1897 & 1898. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: x, 632 pages / Vol.2: v, 655 pages. Both volumes illustrated throughout in text and many fine, tissue guarded Plates. Original cloth. Gilt decorations and titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spines faded. Hinges started to open, but binding remains intact. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

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.

Turner, A. Logan.

Story of a Great Hospital. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 1729 – 1929.

First Edition. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1937. xv, 406 pages. With B&W Plates. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. Occasional mild foxing / damp staining.

Twining, Louisa.

Workhouses and Pauperism. And Women’s Work in the Administration of the Poor Law.

[First Edition]. London, Methuen & Co., 1898. 17 x 12 cm. x, 276 pages plus 40 pages publishers list. Original red cloth with black title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Three small stamps (‘Public Service / Local Government Board Whitehall’), otherwise internally clean. A nice copy.

Tyssen Amherst, Margaret S. (Editor). Oscar Wilde; Wilfred Cripps; Lady Augusta Noel; Ralph Iron et al.

In A Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co., 1885. 20.5 x 16.5 cm. viii, (2)-Lists of Patrons and Stallholders of the North-Eastern Hospital for Children, 297 pages plus 22 pages of advertising. Various B&W Illustrations, many full page. Original decorated cloth. Title in red on spine and front board. Bevelled boards. All edges red. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening and mild staining. Water staining on one corner throughout the book. Mild browning and foxing, mainly to end papers. A good reading copy.

[Union Pacific System].

Geyserland. Yellowstone Grand Teton National Parks.

Omaha, Nebr., W.S. Basinger, Passenger Traffic Manager, Union Pacific System, ND [1935]. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. 48 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W Photos. Two Maps. Original stiff paper covers. Gilt illustrations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Stain and abrasion to back cover (see image). Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Upton, Sydney.

Australia’s Empty Spaces.

First Edition. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1938. 21 x 14 cm. 288 pages with a frontispiece and other B&W photographs. Original cloth in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor browning/foxing to some pages. Dust jacket edge worn and dust dulled. Minor fraying to tail end of spine.

Various Authors.

Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service – Vol.1 – No.1 – 1915 – FACSIMILE

Facsimile Edition. 102 Pages. With B&W Illustrations. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good Condition. Bright and clean.

Various Authors.

Nursing Illustrated. 53 Issues of ‘Nursing Illustrated’ published between Jan 1939 and Jan 1941.

London, Hulton Press, Ltd., 1939 – 1941. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Original light blue paper wrappers. Stapled. Soft covers. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping; some dust dulling. Overall clean.

Various Authors.

Nursing Times. Three Special Magazines. No.1 / Vol.1 (Reprint of the 1905 Issue) / Special Coronation Number 1953 / Celebrating 75 Years 1980.

London, Nursing Times, 1905 (facsimile), 1953 & 1980. c. 28 x 21 cm. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear and dust dulling.

Virtanen, Artturi I.

Cattle Fodder and Human Nutrition – With Special Reference to Biological Nitrogen Fixation.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1938. 22.4cm x 14.4cm. VI, 108 pages. With tables, diagrams and photograms. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover.

Von Michaelis, H. (Heinrich) / Allan Bird.

Our Birds. 8 Colour Plates.

Second Series. First Printing. Cape Town, ABC Press, Not dated (ca. 1960). 35 x 25 cm. A set of eight colour plates, mounted on stiff grey paper sheets. Together with a four page Introduction and Explanation. Plates and Introduction inside decorated cardboard presentation folder. Folder in plastic cover, as published. Very good condition. Some rubbing, dusting and age darkening to outer presentation folder. Colour plates are as new.

Wallop Brabazon (Author) / Cooper, William (Illustrations).

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with Suggestions for the Working of a Fishing Company. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, London, Derby, James McGlashan et al, 1848. 22 x 13.5 cm. x, 111 pages. Complete with 21 Plates, including 8 folding plates (see images). Later attractive quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and blind line decorations on spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Text block dust dulled with occasional mild foxing. See images

Walsh, Wendy (art work) / Nelson, Charles (text) / Ross, Ruth Isabel (introduction volume 1).

An Irish Florilegium 1 & 2. Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. Watercolour Paintings by Wendy Walsh. Introduction by Ruth Isabel Ross. Notes on the Plates by Charles Nelson.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London, Thames and Hudson, 1983 & 1987. 36 x 29 cm. 1: 224 pages with 48 tipped in Plates. Losely inserted bookmark listing the Plates. Losely inserted advertising sheet for the second volume of the Florilegium. / 2: 216 pages with 48 colour plates. Original cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original decorated dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Fine in fine dust jackets. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

White, Gilbert.

A Naturalist’s Calendar. With Observations in various Branches of Natural History; extracted from the Papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. of Selborne, Hampshire. Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

First Edition. London, Printed for R. and J. White, 1795. 19 x 12 cm. iv, 170 pages plus six pages TOC. One coloured plate. Half calf over marbled boards. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Serious rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Age darkened and foxed throughout, some knicks and small tears, minor paper losses. Generally still a nice copy. Two Ex Libris on front paste down: Robert Wakefield and Alan Francis Brooke.

Wilkins, Walter L.

Some Relations of Medical Psychology and Military Psychology. Report Number 71-38.

Reprinted from Military Medicine, Vol. 137, No. 8, August 1972. San Diego, Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, 1972. 28 x 21 cm. Pages numbered 311 – 316, (4). Original stiff yellow paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Clean copy.

Williams, Michael / Harper, David.

The Making of Ireland. Landscapes in Geology.

First Edition. London, Immel Publishing, 1999. 25 x 18 cm. (2), 98 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. As new.

Wilson, Tony / Sheppard, Colin.

Theory and Practice of Scanning Optical Microscopy.

London, Academic Press (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers), 1984. 23 x 15 cm, ix, 213 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs and drawings, charts, etc. Illustrated hard cover. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition. As new.

Winterbotham, W.

An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies. [Contents of Volume 4: History of the British Settlements in America, History of American Quadrupets, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Insects, Appendices: Treaties between his most Christian Majesty and the thirteen United States of America].

Volume 4 ONLY. London, Printed for the Editor, J. Ridgway, H.D. Symonds & D. Holt, 1795. 21 x13 cm. (6) [FP, TP, TOC], 415 pages, 54 pages [Appendices], (20) [Index, Directions for the Binder, List of Subscribers]. Complete with two large folding maps, folding tables and numerous Plates showing American Animals. New (2024) half cloth over marbled boards. Hard cover. Green spine label with gilt title. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. New attractive binding. Mild damp staining (red stains) to top edge, mainly first and last pages. Mild age darkening.

Witherby, H.F (editor) et al.

The Handbook of British Birds.

Fourth Impression. Five Volumes. London, Witherby, 1946. 21 x 16 cm. Original dark blue cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

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.

Woodward, B.B.

The Life of the Mollusca.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1913. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 158 pages, 32 plates and a small fold out map. 33 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, partially faded and a little stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed. All plates present and clean.

Wright, Thomas,

Louthiana. Or, an Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland. In upwards of Ninety Views and Plans; representing, with proper Explanations, the Principle Ruins, Curiosities, and Antient Dwellings, in the County of Louth. Divided into three Books. Engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.

The second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with some few Additions by the Author. London, Printed for Thomas Payne, 1758. 28 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, Title page in red and black, (6) [Dedication and Preface], Book 1: 16 text pages and 20 plates / Book 2: 8 text pages and 24 plates / Book 3: 20 text pages and 22 plates, one blank. Contemporary calf boards. New matching spine with red spine label and gilt title. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very attractive copy. See images.

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.

[Young, Arthur].

A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales. … with Descriptions and Copper-Plates…

The Second Edition, Corrected and enlarged. Dublin, Printed for J. Milliken, 1771. 20 x 12 cm. Folding Frontispiece, Title page, xii, 284 pages. (20) [TOC & Publishers List]. One Illustration in text (p.42). Numerous Tables and Lists. Contemporary full calf. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition.