Haldane, Sean.

The Hugger Mugger. Selected Poems – 2020.

First Edition in this Form. London, Rune Press, 2020. 15 x 10 cm. 166 pages. Illustrated Paperback. New and unread.

James, G.P.R.

The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants / Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold. Two Books bound in one volume.

A New Edition. London, Routledge and Sons / Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1865 / 1863. 17 x 10 cm. 448 and 392 pages. Brown half leather over textured cloth. Raised bands and two spine labels. Gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped, some material losses to edges. Age darkened. Front and rear hinge open, but boards still attached. Paper label with two signatured on fron paste down. Occassional mild foxing.

Lankaster, Owen.

The Human Body. A short Account of the Anatomical Arrangement and Physilological Functions of the Various Organs of the Human Body. Illustrated by Diagrams and a coloured Mannikin, containing the precise position and relative size of the various Organs of the Human Body, arranged in a movable form.

London, Allman & Son, Not dated. Preface dated 1892. 25 x 17 cm. 16 pages of text with B&W Illustrations. Stiff cardboard covers. Rear cover contains the ‘Mannikin’. Stiff illustrated cardboard covers with narrow red cloth ‘spine’. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkened and a little stained in places. Some pencil annotations in text. Signature of A.F. Brooke R.F.A. on front board. Stapled text block separated from cover.

Murphy, Gerry.

The Humours of Nothingness [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 2020. 21 x 14 cm. 89 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft cover. Near fine. A bright and clean copy. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. From the library of poet Paul Durcan.

Mullen, Michael.

The Hungry Land [Signed].

Special limited and signed Edition. 31/50. New York et al., Bantam Press, 1986. Octavo. 428 pages. One of 50 copies signed by the Author and bound by Kennys in Galway in a quarter cloth over marbled boards. Inscribed on the title page to a previous owner. Book in near fine condition. Top of slipcase open and repaired with archival tape.

Carroll, Lewis.

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits. With nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1898. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 83 pages. With a tissue guarded frontispiece and eight further plates. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and title on front board and spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulling. A very nice copy. Name of a previous owner on rear end paper. Tissue guard and first few pages mildly foxed.

Newman, John Henry Cardinal.

The Idea of a University. Defined and Illustrated. 1. In nine Discourses delivered to the Catholics of Dublin. 2. In occasional Lectures and Essays addressed to the Members of the Catholic University.

New Impression. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. 18 x 12 cm. xxii, 527 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Dark blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Rebacked in 2022 using original boards and spine. Rubbed and bumped. New end papers. Library stamps on verso of half title page (see image). Some pencil lines and annoations. Otherwise clean. A nice copy in a solid rebacked binding.

Hubbard, Sue / Teskey, Donald.

The Idea of Islands.

First Edition. Aghabullogue, Co. Cork, Occasional Press, 2010. 25 x 17 cm. 51 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard Cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Occasional very mild spotting.

Kingston, Rev. J.A. (editor).

The Ideal Book of Poetry. Secondary School Series. With an Introduction by Professor Donovan.

Ninth Edition. Dublin et al, Browne and Nolan Limited, ND (Introduction 1915). 18 x 12 cm. vi, 144 pages. With illustrations Stiff cardboard covers. Spine missing. Good condition. Spine missing. Some annotations.

Hawking, Stephen.

The Illustrated On the Shoulder of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy.

First Edition, first Printing. Philadelphia & London, Running Press Book Publishers, 2004. 25 x 18 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and scratching. Now inside protective Brodart jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with text by a secretarial hand.