Gill, Eric.

Unemployment.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 1933. 17 x 11 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated title. Original red paper wrappers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Mild foxing. See images.

Gill, Moira.

Themes of Thought [signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Published for the Author by Browne and Nolan, 1932. 18 x 12 cm. 40 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Inscribed and signed by the Author on front free end paper. Stamp of previous owner on verso of Frontispiece. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Gillis, Alan.

Scapegoat.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2014. 87 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Near fine. Corners clightly bumped. Internally bright and clean.

Gilmore, Lorna H.

The O’Malley Heritage. A History of the Family of Patrick O’Malley and Julia Downey.

First and Limited Edition. One of 12 bound copies. Coolamon, NSW, Published by the Author, ND [c. 1987]. 24 x 17 cm. 96 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos and Illustrations. Dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author. Losely inserted handwritten and signed letter by the Author. A very nice copy. Scarce.

Gladstone, W.E. / M’Carthy, Justin.

W.E. Gladstone. A Souvenir. Reprinted from Chambers’s Encyclopaedia. Contains the Essay ‘W.E. Gladstone’ by Justin M’Carty and ‘Homer’ by W.E. Gladstone.

[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, not dated. 19 x 13 cm. 64 pages. With several B&W photos. Brown textured paper covers. Gilt title on front board. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Glasgow, David.

Watch and Clock Making. Manuals of Technology Series. With 69 Diagrams.

London, Cassell & Company, 1893. 17 x 11 cm. xii, 341 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Original brown cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Godburn, Mark R.

Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jacket.

First Edition. New Castle, Delaware, Private Libraries Association and Oak Knoll Press, 2016. c 27 x 19 cm. 215 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover.Inside original dust jacket. As new.

Goggin, Martina.

Under Connemara Skies. Towards Light.

First Edition. Spiddal, Co. Galway, Strange Boat Donor Foundation, 2011. 21 x 15 cm. 95 pages. Illustrated. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Near fine. A bright and clean copy.

[Gogh, Van] Landais, Benoit.

Van Gogh: Original oder Fälschung? – Der Streit um die Sammlung Marijnissen. Aus dem Französischen von Michael Hein.

Hamburg, Rogerner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlags KG., 2004. 22cm x 14.5cm. 240 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Goncourt, Edmond & Jules.

Pages from The Goncourt Journal. Edited, translated and introduced by Robert Baldick. With contemporary photographs by Nadar and others.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 15 x 23cm. 432 pages. Original litho-printed clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Orange stained top edges. Excellent condition. Slipcase shows slight signs of shelf wear.

Goodbody, Michael.

The Goodbodys. Millers, Merchants and Manufacturers. The Story of an Irish Quaker Family. 1630 – 1950.

First Edition. Dublin, Ashfield Press, 2011. 24 x 17 cm. xx, 532 pages with illustrations in colour and B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Fine in fine DJ.

Gordon, Adam Lindsay.

Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon.[Bound by Zaehnsdorf].

Fourth Edition. Melbourne, A.H. Massina & Co., Not dated [c. 1890s]. 18 x 12 cm. xv, 325 pages. Dark green Morocco with elaborate gilt decorations by Zaehnsdorf. Marbled end papers. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Faint circular stains to rear board. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a beautiful binding.

Gordon, Major-Gen. C.G.

The Journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon at Kartoum. Printed from the original MSS. Introduction and Notes by A. Egmont Hake. With Portrait, two Maps and thirty Illustrations after Sketches by General Gordon.

First Edition. London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co., 1885, 18 x 12 cm. xlvii, 416 pages. Two maps, one of them folding. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Gorton, John.

A General Biographical Dictionary. Containing a Summary Account of the Lives of Eminent Persons of All Nations, Previous to the Present Generation.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1830. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: v, 902 pages. Vol.2: 1248 pages. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Edges stained. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine ends and corners. Spine labels partially lost. Age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Sturdy bindings.

Gosse, Philip Henry.

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles.

[First Edition]. Two Volumes. London, John Van Voorst, 1855, 1856. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: xi, 203 pages / Vol.2: iv, 239 pages. With B&W Illustrations in text. Uniform dark green cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Name stamp of previous owner on end paper / title page.

Gosse, Philip Henry.

Life. In its Lower, Intermediate and Higher Forms: or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals.

Third Edition. London, James Nisbet and Co., 1870. 17 x 11 cm. viii, 363 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Some full page illustrations. Original green cloth, with gilt, black and blind decorations to boards and spine. Very Good condition. Ex Library with library ‘ex libris’ on front paste down and some stamps inside. Some age darkening, browning and foxing. Minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Internally nice and clean. Small bookbinders sticker on rear end paper (Bound by Burn & Co.). A nice volume.

Gould, Stephen Jay.

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History.

First Edition. New York, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers Inc., 2000. 16cm x 24cm. 372 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Graham, C.A.L. / Alanbrooke A.F. (Foreword).

The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery.

First Edition. Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1957. 21 x 13 cm. xv, 417 pages. With photographs, drawings and maps (many folding). Original dark blue colth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cloth binding seriously damp stained / discoloured (see image). Dust jacket dust dulled and showing some edgewear and mild fraying. Edges and end papers age darkened. Tipped in letter by Colonel J.F. Barrington, Honorary Secretary of the Mountain Artillery Dinner Club, to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Internally in fine condition, bright and clean.

Grant, Francis T.

Salmon Flyfishing. The Dynamic Approach.

First Edition. Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1993. 24 x 19 cm. (6), 152 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original decorated prize-clipped dust jacket Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small paper sticker on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.

Grantham, Sybil.

Silent Songs.

First edition. London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1915. 16 x 10 cm. vii, 119 pages. Small vignette on title page. Contemporary pale white cloth, hard cover with dark green title on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1917. Internally very mildly foxed otherwise clean. A very nice copy of this scarce book.

Graves, Donald E.

Dragon Rampant: The Royal Welch Fusiliers At War 1793-1815. Foreword by Lieutenant-General J.P. Riley.

London, Frontline Books, 2010. 16cm x 24cm. XVII, 301 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Gray, Thomas.

The Poems of Thomas Gray.

Eton, The Eton College Press, 1894. 27 x 18 cm, xiv, 164 pages.Frontispiece showing Thomas Gray. Three full page plates and various decorations in text. Half leather on marbled paper. New binding; not contemporary. Binding in excellent, as new, condition. Text block very good condition. Some foxing and minor age darkening. Unguarded frontispiece transferred ‘shadow’ to title page. Small water stain on top fore corner on the first pages. Text block otherwise bright and clean.

Grayson, C.E. / French, M. / O’Brien, M.J.

Traditional Archery from six Continents. The Charles E. Grayson Collection.

First Edition. Columbia & London, The University of Missouri Press, 2007. 26 x 21 cm. ix, 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Grazebrook, O.F.

Nicanor of Athens. The Autobiography of an Unknown Citizen,

First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1946. 20 x 12.5 cm. xviii, 359 pages. Map-illustrated end papers. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) in pencil. Internally clean.

Greacen, Robert.

Lunch at the Ivy [Signed].

First Edition. Belfast, Lagan Press, 2002. 54 pages plus publishers list. Trade paperback. As new. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Fourteenth Report of the Poor Law Commissioners; with Appendices.

First Edition. London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, 1848. c. 21 x 13 cm. iv, 187 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean.

Greatheed, Bertie.

The Regent. A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Printed for Burnet, Colles, Wilkinson et al., 1788. 16 x 10 cm. Title page, (6), 67 pages. Modern cloth with gilt title on front board. Brown matching end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise very clean. Nice copy.

Green, Benj. R.

Illustrations of Perspective. Being a Popular Explanation of the Science and its Application to Design Generally.

Third Edition. London, Rowney, Dillon & Rowney, 1845. Oblong c. 31 x 23 cm. Unpaginated. 24 Plates, interspersed with text explanations. Dark brown textured cloth. Rebacked with new spine and new end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally mildly age darkened. Some plates and pages stained (see images). The book has been trimmed at some stage and there are minor losses to the top of some pages, not affecting readability. New spine and end papers.

Green, Red.

How To Do Everything: From The Man Who Should Know. A Completely Exhaustive Guide to Do-It-Yourself and Self-Help.

Canada, Doubleday Canada, 2010. 15cm x 24cm. 230 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition.

Greene, Graham.

A Burnt-Out Case.

First Edition. London / Melbourne / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. 13 x 20.5cm. 256 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Slightly foxed, spine sunned, otherwise very good condition.

Greene, Graham.

The Comedians.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1966. 20 x 13 cm. 313 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges and end papers dust dulled / darkened. Some edge wear and age darkening to dust jacket and a small closed tear. Internally clean.

Greenstock, David.

Lenten Meditations.

London, Geoffrey Chapman, 1960. 12.5cm x 19cm. 155 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the series Doctrine And Life.

Grey, Zane.

The Spirit of the Border – A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley. With four page illustrations by J. Eatson Davis.

First Edition. New York, A.L.Burt Company, 1906. 8°. 266 pages with 4 additional pages of advertising. Original Hardcover / Illustrated, original cloth in excellent condition. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the cloth at the corners. But overall near fine or better condition of this extremely rare book.

Griffith, Richard.

County of Mayo. Valuations of the Several Tenements in the Union of Newport.

Dublin, Alex. Thom and Sons, 1855. 33 x 22 cm. 94 pages. Later purple cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Blue end papers. Very good condition.

Grimble, Arthur.

A Pattern of Islands.

Second Reprint. London, John Murray, 1952. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, map, 250 pages. With B&W Illustrations in text. Original cloth with title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket unclipped, but with edge wear and some paper losses to spine ends (see images). Internally bright and clean.

Grimble, Augustus.

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland. With seventy-eight Illustrations from Photographs and two Maps.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, & Co., 1913. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 296 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge black, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little fading to spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean copy. See images.

Groarke, Vona.

Double Negative [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2019. 21 x 14 cm. 81 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the Author on title page.

Groarke, Vona.

Shale.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 1994. Octavo. 60 pages. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Very good condition. Clean copy. Mild age darkening to edges.

Groarke, Vona.

Spindrift [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2009. 21 x 14 cm. 75 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. As new condition. Inscribed on title page and signed ‘Vona’. A lovely copy. From the Library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Groff, Lauren.

The Monsters of Templeton.

First edition. New York, Hyperion, 2008. 17 x 24cm. (12), 364 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new.

Grose, Daniel / Stalley, Roger (Editor).

Daniel Grose (c.1766-1838) The Antiquities of Ireland. A Supplement to Francis Grose.

First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 x 25 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter black morocco over cloth covered boards. Gitlt title and line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of England & Wales with The Antiquities of Scotland.

First Editions. Six plus Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1777 & 1787 / 1789, 1791. Folio c. 32 x 24 cm. Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, ii, 83 pages [Preface], (116) 63 Engravings / Vol.2: FP, Engraved Title Page, (202), 97 Engravings / Vol. 3: FP, Engraved Title Page, (248), 118 Engravings / Vol.4: FP, Engraved Title Page, (230), 101 Engravings / Supplement Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, (336), 132 Engravings & 32 colour outlined Maps / Supplement Vol. 2: Engraved Title Page, (344), 119 Engravings & 23 Maps / Scotland Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, xxiii, large folding colour outlined Map, 176 pages plus two pages publisher’s list, 87 Engravings / Scotland Vol.2: FP, TP, iv, pages numbered 171 to 308, 105 Engravings. A total of 838 Engravings and 56 colour outlined maps, including a large folding Map of Scotland. Uniform recent fine crimson levant over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. Bindings, as new. Internally age darkened and foxed to various degrees. Some mild damp staining and dust dulling, mainly in the Scotland volumes. Some interesting neat notes in an old hand, commenting on the book’s content. Scotland title pages with small damages. Overall a very nice set in very attractive bindings. See iadditional images on our web site.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. [With more than 1100 Plates].

England and Wales: New Edition / Scotland & Ireland: First Editions. 12 Volumes. London, Hooper and Wigstead / S. Hooper, ND [1810], 1789-1791, 1791-1795. Folios (c. 26 x 21 cm). England & Wales: Vol.1: iv, 160 pages [preface], 63 pages / Vol.2: (12), pages 61 to 250, (6) / Vol.3: (14), 168 pages / Vol.4: (14), 188 pages / Vol.5: (14), 195 pages / Vol.6: (14), 214 pages / Vol.7: (14), large folding map, 74 pages (6) / Vol.8: (8), 4, (2), iv, 172 pages. Scotland: Vol.1: (8), iv, large folding map, xxiii, 176 pages / Vol.2: (6), iv, (2), pages 171 to 308 pages. Ireland: (10), iv, xliii, (18), 88 pages, (2), vi / Vol.2: xv, (3), 98 pages (4), vi. see section below for numbers of Plates and Maps in each volume. Full calf bindings. Gilt titles and decorations. Volumes 1&2 of England and Wales recently rebacked with new spines and end papers (see images). Other volumes uniform with marbled end papers and Ex Libris Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some hinges weak, but holding. Spine leather dried out and flaky. Occasional mild foxing, age darkening.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1791 / 1795. 26 x 17.5 cm. Vol.1: (2), FP, Title Page w/ Vignette, iv, xlii, (18), 88 pages, iv (Index). With 138 Views on 135 Plates (incl. Frontispiece). / Vol.2: (2), FP, Title Page w/ Vignette, xv, 98 pages, vi (Index). With 124 Views on 121 Plates. See comments for more Explantions on Plates. Contemporary polished calf with gilt titles and decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. Marbled end papers. Armorial Ex Libris (‘Woolsington’). Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Both joints of volume 2 are split, but still attached. One leaf (pages 11/12) lose. Page 13 misnumbered as 31. Internally bright and clean. See comments for more information on Plates.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland. (2 Volumes). With a new foreword by Liam de Paor.

Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Ltd., 1982. 19 x 25.5cm. Volume One: (24), 88 pages / Volume Two: 97 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Scotland.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, S. Hooper, 1789-1791. Folios. Vol.1: (8), iv, large folding map, xxiii, 176 pages / Vol.2: (6), iv, (2), pages 171 to 308 pages. Volume 1 with 84 Plates plus a large folding colour outlined map. Volume 2 with 106 Plates. Contemporary full calf. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Spine leather dry and flaky. Occasional mild foxing.

Grover, Eulalie Osgood.

The Sunbonnet Babies’ Book. Illustrated by Bertha L. Corbett, “The Mother of the Sunbonnet Babies”.

First Edition. Chicago, New York, London, Rand McNally & Company, 1902. 23 x 17 cm. 105 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers. Decorated blue cloth. Hard cover with title on spine. In protective plastic cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Mildly age dulled throughout.

Guenther, F. / Schmidt, S.J.

Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages.

Dordrecht / Boston, Reidel, 1979. 8°. VIII, 378 pages. Softcover. Original Reidel edition. Near FINE condition. Absolutely clean and tight. [Synthese Language Library – Volume 4].

Guerber, H.A. / Rolleston, T.W.

Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas / Myth & Legends of the Celtic Race.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1909 & 1911. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 397 pages / xv, 457 pages. Both volumes complete with all Illustrations, as listed. Uniform fine red morroco with gilt title and decorations. Gilt dentelles. Dark end papers. Top edges gilt. Other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Front and rear joints rubbed. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed, dated 1913. A few rough edges from opening the foreedges. A very attractive set.

Gunn, Elizabeth.

Triple Play. A Jake Hines Mystery.

New York, Walker & Company, 1997. 14 x 21 cm. 183 Pages. Black card boards with red lettering on the spine (hard cover). Excellent condition. Like New. No text markings. Pages clean, tight and fresh. Dustjacket in very fine condition. Inscribed and signed by author on the title page.