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.

The Georgian Society / Sadleir, Thomas U. / Dickinson, Page L.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin Volumes 1 to 5 & Georgian Mansions in Ireland.

First and Limited Editions. See comments below. Six Volumes in Total. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1909 to 1913 & 1915. c. 30 x 25 cm. Vol.1: xix, 101 Plates, 43 pages [Notes & Index] / Vol.2: xxii, 144 pages, 115 Plates / Vol.3: Frontispiece, xxv, one Plate, 135 pages, 103 pages / Vol.4: Frontispiece, xxx, one Plate, 126 pages, 122 Plates / Vol.5: Frontispiece, xxvi, one Plate, 129 pages, 129 Plates / Georgian Mansions in Ireland: Frontispiece, xx, 103 pages, 80 Plates. Original cloth bindings with black titles and decorations on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Free end papers missing in volumes 1 and 2. Hinges cracked in volume 5. Occasional mild foxing to text pages. Bright and clean Plates. A very nice set.

Thornton, J.H. (Editor).

Textbook of Footwear Manufacture.

[First Edition]. London, The National Trade Press Ltd., 1953. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 582 pages. Illustrated in B&W. With a section of advertisements. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ownership stamp on front free end paper and title page (‘P.P. The Reliable Shoe Co. Ltd’) Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Various.

The Times of India. Illustrated Weekly. Christmas Number 1910.

Bombay, The Times of India, 1910. 37 x 28 cm. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout in Colour and B&W. Original heavy paper covers bound in dark cloth boards. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally clean with a few stains, some tears etc. Some pages tape repaired.

Various authors.

A Collection of 15 Books published by the Religious Tract Society. Each volume contains two Publications: The Life of Mohammed & The Life of Lady Russell / Our Song Birds & Our Domestic Fowls / Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation & Glimpses of the Dark Ages / Life of Julius Caesar & Life of Cyrus / The Solar System Parts 1 and 2 / Modern and Ancient Jerusalem / Remarkable Escapes from Peril & Life’s Last Hours / The Garden Flowers & The Wild Flowers of the Year / Cowper: The Task & Truth, and other Poems / Remarkable Delusions & Man, in his Physical, Intellectual, Social, and Moral Relations / Sketches of the Waldenses & Jamaica; Enslaved and Free / Idumaea with a Survey of Arabia and Arabians & The Jordan and the Dead Sea / Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena & The Telescope and Microscope (by Thomas Dick) / The Caves of the Earth & Blights of the Wheat and their Remedies / The Life of Luther & Life and Times of John De Wycliffe.

London, The Religious Tract Society, ND [several books with inscriptions dated 1854/55]. c. 15 x 10 cm. c. 400 pages in each volume. Uniform half calf over marbled paper boards. Gilt and blind decorations on spine. Red morocco spine label with gilt titles. Marbled edges and toned end papers. Several volumes with Ex Libris of James J. Cordes Junr. on front paste down. Several books inscribed by the same person and dated 1854/55. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean, apart from some neat ownership inscriptions. A very nice set of the Religious Tract publications in sound attractive bindings.

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.

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

Wellesley, Lord Gerald.

The Diary of A Desert Journey.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1938. 22 x 14 cm. 90 pages. Original marbled boards with paper labels on front board and spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Mild foxing throughout. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Losely inserted photo of a ship, mounted on card board (see images). Internally clean.

Wilson, Adrian & Wilson, Joyce Lancaster / Zahn, Peter (Introduction).

The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle.

Second Printing. Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1978. 34 x 24 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original grey cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A nice clean copy. From the library of Peter Zahn, who wrote the introduction, with his small address sticker on the verso of the front free end paper.