Duckett, Eleanor.

The Wandering Saints.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1959. 21 x 14 cm. 319 pages. With 5 B&W Maps and two Tables. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding and edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of one former owner on front paste down. Signature on front free end paper.

Oldenberg, Hermann.

Buddha. Reprinted from the translation by W. Hoey, by permission of Messrs Williams & Norgate.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 21 x 17 cm. 382 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth-covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front board was detached and has been professionally re-attached, but remains and weak point. Internally clean.

Martin, Priscilla.

Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.

First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.

Ross, Anthony.

Dogs of the Lord. The Story of the Dominican Order in Scotland.

Edinburgh, City Museums and Art Galleries, 1981. 29 x 21 cm. 16 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Stapled paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the author (‘Anthony’) on title page. Internally clean. Minor shelf wear only.

Bainville, Jacques.

Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.

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.

Muir, Percy.

English Children’s Books 1600 to 1900.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. 24 x 19 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket permanently mounted inside plastic jacket. Very good in very good jacket.

Walther, Klaus.

Romantische Lieder und eine Leiche. Ein Buecher Krimi.

First Edition. Erstausgabe. Mironde Verlag, 2015. 21 x 12 cm. 159 pages. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page. Gift inscription opposite title page (not by the author!).

Sinn Fein Standing Committee.

The Republic of Ireland Addresses His Holiness, The Pope. An English rendering of the Remonstrance recently addressed to His Holiness, the Pope, by the Executive Council, Republic of Ireland.

[First Edition]. [Dublin], Issued by Sinn Fein Standing Committee, [1929]. 21 x 13 cm. Eight pages. Unbound pamphlet. Issued stapled, but staples coroded away. Very good condition. Staples corroded away, leaving some rust stains (see images). A little dust dulled and edgeworn.

Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé).

Ruffino &c.

Popular Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. 18 x 12 cm. 309 pages plus 32 pages publishers list incl. a colour plate showing the poet Maud Muller. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black title to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled and slightly foxed. Occasional foxing within, otherwise internally clean.