[Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society].

Carloviana.

12 Volumes. Carlow, Printed by Carlow Advertising & Printing, 2010 to 2022. 29 x 21 cm. A complete run of Carloviana from 2010 to 2022. Very good condition. Bright and clean copies.

Carlyle, Thomas.

On Heroes, Heroe-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures: Reported, with Emendations and Additions.

Third Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. 18 x 11 cm. 383 pages. Contemporary fine calf with gilt decorations and title. Dark morroco spine label. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Small library label on front paste down (see image). Name of previous owner in faded ink on first blank, dated 1848. Very mild foxing to first few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Carlyle, Thomas.

Sartor Resartus and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.

Reprint of First Edition. London, MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1927. 22.6cm x 15.3cm. 503 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear, such as bumped edges and some foxing.

Carman, Kerry. (Editor and illustrator).

Emily’s Garden. The Colonial New Zealand Garden of a Suffolk Lady.

First edition. New Zealand, Random Century New Zealand Ltd., 1990. 16,5 x 19,5 cm. VII, 143 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Inscribed and signed by the author. A very nice copy.

Carr, Antony.

Strange Harmony. Detective Novel by Antony Carr.

First Edition. Bournemouth & London, William Earl & Company, ND (c. 1950s). 18 x 12 cm. 296 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Silver title and author on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled and very mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Carr, John.

The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alan Brooke’s Copy. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Sixty-Third Thousand. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. (6), 192 pages. Illustrated. Original maroon cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Good condition. Binding well rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Front and rear free end papers missing. Half title age darkened. Name of previous owner on half title (‘Alan Brooke’). Gift inscription on front paste down (‘To Dear little Victor from his friend Charlie Rially ? 1880’). Front and rear hinge exposed and binding weak.

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.

Carson, Ciaran.

For All We Know [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2008. 21 x 14 cm. 113 pages. Original black cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. As new condition. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Cartari, Vicenzo.

Imagini Delli Dei De Gl’antichi. Di Vicenzo Cartari Reggiano. Ridotte Da Capo À Piedi Alle Loro Reali, & Non Più Per L’adietro Osservate Simiglianze.

First Edition. Venice, Tomasini, 1647. c. 21 x 15 cm. (22), 400 pages. Title page in red and black. Illustrated. Two folding Plates. Old calf binding. Rebacked in 2025. New end papers. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine ends and corners. Occasional mild damp staining. Some bookworm channels at top of pages 370 to 388, not affecting text or images. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

[Carton, Ronald Lewis] / Anon.

The English Scene [Signed]. The Spirit of England in the Monuments of her Social Life and Industrial History. Special articles from “The Times”, with additional chapters by the same author.

First Edition. London, A. & C. Black, 1930. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 125 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding partially faded (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Casey, Juanita.

Horse by the River and other poems. With drawings by the author.

First Edition. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, Poetry Ireland Editions, 1968. 56 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper covers. Dust jacket. Near fine condition.

Casserly, James.

Patrician Musical Society 1952 – 2006 [Signed].

First Edition. 181 pages. Original hard cover, inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author.

Casson, Lionel.

Reisen in der Alten Welt.

München, Prestel Verlag, 1976. 18.6cm x 11.2cm. 450 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

Cavell, Stanley.

Themes out of School. Effects and Causes.

First edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. 21,5 x 14,5 cm. XIV, 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

[Cavendish, George / Grove, Joseph].

The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey, Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.

Volume 1. Adorn’d with Cuts, and a complete Index. London, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author… 1742. 19.5 x 12 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (4) [Dedication], ix [Preface], 402 pages, (46) [Index]. Complete with 9 Plates, as listed. Rebacked in 2023 with a new cloth spine and end papers. Original contemporary boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rebacked. Boards rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners (see images). Top of title page and first page of Dedication cut off, not affecting text. Lower corner of page vii/viii of Preface missing. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places.

Cellarius, Christoph / Patrick, Samuel.

Geographia Antiqua. Smalcaldensis Geographia antiqua. Recognita denuo, & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historiocorum maxime idemtidem castigata & Quinta editione plurimis locis aucta et immutata.

London, S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J. Osborn, & T. Longman, 1731. c. 20 x 12 cm. viii, 180 pages. 26 (of 27) Maps, lacking map of ‘Acarnania, Graecia Propria & Peleponnesus. Contemporary calf. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. No free end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped. Hinges tender. Lacking one map. Otherwise a very nice clean copy. See images.

Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends.

Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the Famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1846.

Dublin, Hodges and Smith, Grafton Street, 1852. 22 x 14 cm. xxi, 478, (6). Contemporary dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding sound. Appears to be rebacked in the past, using the original spine and boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Title page mildly foxed (see image). Rubbed and bumped. Name of previous owner (Wilson Armistead, 1852) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Ceremoniale Episcoporum Clementis Papae VIII. et Innocentii X. Jussu recognitum…

Rome, Michaelis Angeli & Petri Vincentii de Rubeis, 1713. 23 x 16 cm. Half title, title page in red and black with engraving, (8), 327 pages plus 37 pages Index. Numerous engravings. Modern fine red morocco. Gilt title and decorations. Red speckled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Edges dust dulled. Some old underlining. Some bookworm traces. Overall a very nice copy.

Chaffers, William.

The Collector’s Hand-book of Marks and Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods. Selected from His Larger Work.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1906. 19.5cm x 13cm. XXX, 234 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilted cover and spine.

Chaffers, William.

The Keramic Gallery. Containing several Hundred Illustrations of Rare Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the XIXth Century. With Historical Notices and Descriptions.

Second Edition, revised and edited by William Chaffers. London New York, Gibbings and Company, 1907. 17cm x 26.5cm. XXII, 468, (4) pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition but with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners bumped. Binding still very firm and the text in clean and very good condition.

Champneys, Arthur C.

Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of Similar or Related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere. With numerous Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs by the Author.

First Edition. London & Dublin, G. Bell and Sons & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. 28 c 20 cm. xxxiii, 258 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Blind title on front board. Gilt title on Spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bymped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.

Chapman, Abel.

On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. With Studies in Bird Life. With 170 Illustrations by the Author and E. Caldwell. Sketch-Maps and Photographs.

First Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated. Fine dark half morocco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small abrasion to rear board (see images). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Ex Libris of previous owner (Alan Francis Brooke) on front paste down (see notes below). Internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy very attractive binding.

Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd.

Catalogues 98, 95, 94, 93 & 91. Valuable & Interesting Books for the Reader Collector and Connoisseur / Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts.

First Edition. London, Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., 1930 – 1928. 24 x 15 cm. 112, 64, 80, 48 & 116 pages. Illustrated. Fine quarter morroco over cloth covered boards. Binding by Edmund Worrall, with his label on front paste down. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing.

Cherburne, Edward / Congreve, William et al. / Masefield John & Constance (Editors).

Lyricists of the Restoration. From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve. Selected and Edited by John and Constance Masefield.

[First Edition]. London, E. Grant Richards, 1905. 12.5 x 8 cm. xxiv, 282 pages. Original velum covered paper boards with inserted leather strips (see images for better understanding). Black title and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Overall a very nice copy in an unusual binding.

Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, in Connection with the Grand Trunk R’y of Canada. Including Great Western Division forming the Niagara Falls Air Line.

Chicago, Jones Stationary and Printing Co., 1886. 18 x 10 cm folded. 36 x 76cm folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map (33 x 52 cm). Blue and black printing. Issued August 24, 1886. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened. Some tears along the folded lines. A few small brown spots.

Childe, V. Gordon.

Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles.

First Edition. London, W.& R. Chambers, 1940. 23 x 16 cm. xiv, 274 pages, followed by 16 Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with the usual library stickers and stamps. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

Childers, E.S.E., and Stewart, Robert.

The Story of The Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Reprint. Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, c 2009. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Christian Brothers.

Aids to the Pronunciation of Irish. By the Christian Brothers.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1922. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 107 pages. Two Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Good condition. Binding rubed and bumped, faded clour (see inages). Front free end paper neatly cut out. Internally bright and clean.

Christie’s.

Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books / Valuable Printed Books and Indian Miniatures. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books (3) / Valuable Printed Books and Indian Miniatures (1). The Property of the Late Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C.

Four Volumes. London, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., 1965. 24 x 18 cm. Original light blue paper wrappers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. rubbing and bumping. Dust dulled and some stains (see images)

Church, John / Tookey, James (artwork) / Ibbetson, Julius (artwork).

A Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Consisting of Highly-Finished Engravings, by James Tookey; from Drawings, by Julius Ibbetson; with Historical and Scientific Descriptions, by John Church.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London and Cardiff, Printed for Darton and Harvey and W. Belch, 1805. 32 x 25 cm. Unpaginated. Engravings, accompanied by descriptive text pages. Two engraved title pages. 84 copper-engraved Plates. Contemporary fine morocco with gilt and blind decorations. Two black morocco spine labels. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some abrasions with minor material losses to boards (see images). Bindings remain sound. Two ex libris of previous owners . Occasional mild foxing / browning, otherwise clean. A very nice set.

Clancy, Tom.

Rainbow Six.

New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons / Rubicon, 1998. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 740 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Clansman (Bryce MacMaster).

Short Poems.

First Edition (not stated). Inscribed by the author (Bryce MacMaster) 1919. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., Not dated [1908?]. 17 x 11 cm, 47 pages. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Front edge deckle. Some pages cut rough. Mild shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Faint staining to boards. Mild foxing / browning, mainly to end papers.

Clark, Atwood.

Gun Dogs and their Training. The Sportsman’s Library Volume IV.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 253 pages with eight Plates. Original red cloth. Silver Titles. Hard cover. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Internally mildly foxed.

Clark, Clifford Edward.

The American Family Home, 1800-1960.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1987. 21 x 26cm. 281 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Clark, Norman J.

Elements of Petroleum Reservoirs.

Revised Edition. Dallas, Society of Petroleum Engineers of America, 1969. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. XI, 250 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition. From the Henry L. Doherty Series.

Clark, Roy.

The Longshoremen.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.

Clark, Sir Terence.

Underground To Overseas. The Story of Petroleum Development Oman.

First Edition. London, Stacey International, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. vii, 123 pages [English] / 123 pages [Arabic]. Illustrated throughout. Original hard cover in original decorated dust jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Clarke, Austin.

Later Poems.

First Edition. Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1961. 20 x 14 cm. (4), 96 pages. Errata slip tipped in on page 96. Original cloth inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Dust jacket age darkened. Small closed tear to top of spine. Small damage to spine. (see images). Internally clean.

Clarke, Austin.

The Vengeance of Fionn.

First Edition. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1917. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. (2), 60 pages. Contemporary half cloth over paper covered boards. Paper label with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened / browned. Very mild foxing to first and last few pages (see image of title page). Internally clean.

Clarke, Austin.

Too Great A Vine. Poems and Satires. Second Series.

First and limited Edition of 200 copies. Templeogue, Co. Dublin, The Bridge Press, 1957. 18 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. In dust jacket. Soft covers. Very good condition. Dust jacket dust dulled and a little age darkened. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Clarke, Howard B. / Johnson, Ruth (Editors).

The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the Battle of Clontarf.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 2015. c. 23 x 15.5 cm. xxxiv, 526 pages with Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Image (from dust jacket?) tipped onto the front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Clarke, Joe.

Chapel, Famine and Demesne: Mountbellew 1822.

First Edition. Mountbellew, 2022. 24 x 16 cm. xiv, 225 pages. Laminated hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. As new condition.

Clarke, Willa.

Over the Years.

[First Edition]. Belfast, W. Erskine Mayne, 1966. 18 x 12 cm. 54 pages. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, damp staining to wrappers. Internally clean.

Clement XI, Pope.

Clementis Undecimi Pontificis Maximi Homiliae in Euangelia.

[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Mariam Salvioni Typographum Vaticanum, MDCCXXII [1722]. Tall Folio (42 x 28 cm). x, (2), 144 pages. Engraved preliminary illustration. Copper-engraved title page with vignette, printed in black and red. Unumbered engraved portrait of Clement XI. Engraved title page for each homily. Large engraved initials. Total of 150 engravings of which 30 are full page. Text printed within double ruled borders. Contemporary vellum with gilt title on spine. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Complete. Sound binding. Externally worn, age darkened and stained. Edges age darkened. Spine title faded and worn. Internally age darkened with occassional mild foxing and browning. Damp staining to top edges of some pages. Long gift inscription in ink on preliminary illustration page (see image). Still and impressive copy.

Clerihew, E. (editor) / Chesterton, G.K. (illustrator).

Biography for Beginners. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of upper Forms.

First Edition. London, T. Werner Laurie, ND [1905]. 28 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Cleugh, James.

Tuscan Spring. A Novel About Sandro Botticelli (1444 – 1510).

First Edition. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 20 x 14 cm. 328 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gold paper label on spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and slightly faded on spine. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Clifford, Sigerson.

Travelling Tinkers. Ballads by Sigerson Clifford.

Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1954. 16 x 12 cm. 30 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Wrappers a little dust dulled. See images. Internally clean.

Clifton, Harry.

Comparative Lives.

First Paperback Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. 57 pages. Decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A clean copy.

Clifton, Harry.

Secular Eden [Signed]. Paris Notebooks 1994 – 2004.

First Edition. Wake Forest University Press, 2007. xv, 201 pages. Pale cloth hard cover with name of Author in gilt on front board and spine. Inside a plain white dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. A very nice copy. Large collection (>10) of newpaper articles losely inserted. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.