Alvarez, Julia.

¡YO! [Signed].

First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books, 1997. 13 x 18.5cm. 309 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by the author.

Ó Maolmhuaidh, Proinsias.

‘Athair na hAthbheochana’ [Father of the Revival].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseachán Náisiúnta Teoranta, 1981. 8°. VII, 207 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

[Watts, George Frederic] Blunt, Wilfrid.

‘England’s Michelangelo’ – A Biography of George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 16cm x 24cm. XIX, 258 pages with 8 colour and 24 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

Lorenzen, Eivind.

“Along the Line where Columns are set”. Book 11 continuing Technological Studies in Ancient Metrology.

Copenhagen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1970. 30 x 23 cm, 159 pages. With numerous illustrations, tables, charts and photographs in B&W. Original stiff cardboard covers. Illustrated front and rear. Excellent condition. Bright and clean throughout. Not Ex Library. Small sticker with name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Ryan, Frederick W.

“The House of the Temple”. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution by Frederick W. Ryan.

First Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 358 pages. With Illustrations and a folding Map. Original bright red cloth. HArd cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, slightly discoloured dust jacket. Edges and end papers mildly foxed. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

Le Prince, Jean Baptist (artwork) / Abbe Chappe (artwork) / McIntyre, Archibald (engraver).

[A Collection of Engravings showing Habits & Dresses from Various Countries]. [Unknown Title and Publisher – No Title Page].

No publishing Information. c. 1790-1800. 21 x 13 cm. 35 engraved plates. No title or text pages. Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front board detatched. Dust dulled throughout. First three pages with edgewear and minor losses, not affecting the engravings. See images.

Anon.

[A Collection of Engravings]. C. 40 fine steel engravings: Art, Portrait, Architecture, Landscape, Far Eastern, etc.

London & Paris, Fisher, Son and Co., c. 1845. 26 x 21 cm. C. 40 full page steel engravings, some text pages with poetry and prose. Title page missing. Contemporary cloth. Hard cover. Title (‘Engravings’) in gilt. See images. Good condition due to lack of title page. A selection of very nice plates.

Monseigneur de la Mothe Fenelon Archeveque Duc de Cambray.

[Prieres Du Matin & Du Soir Avec Reflexions Saintes Pour Tous Les Jours Du Mois & L’Ordinaire De La Sainte Messe].

[Paris], De L’Impremerie de Joseph Barbou, 1729. 12 x 7.5 cm. (2)[Blank], pages numbered 4 to 162, (6), xxxvj. [No half title or title page]. Textured calf with gilt title (‘REFL SAIN’) and gilt decorations on spine and boards. Very good condition. No half title or title page. Text block starts with page number 3 (‘Avis’). Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Name of previous owner on first blank. Internally darkened, otherwise very clean.

Machiavel, Nicolas [Niccolò Machiavelli].

[The Works of Nicholas Machiavel]. Containing the following Works: The History of Florence / The Prince, Together with the Original of Guelf and Ghibilin, Life of Castruccio Castracani, Murther of Vitelli, &c. by Duke Valentino, State of France, State of Germany. / The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, upon the First Decade of Titus Livius. / The Art of War. / The Marriage of Belphegor. Also The Publisher to the Reader, concerning the following Letter & The Author’s Introduction.

London, Printed for A. Churchill, R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin et al, 1720. C. 32 x 20 cm. TP [History of Florence], (2) [Epistle to Clement VII], (10) [TOC], 180 pages (Florence], (4) [TP & Dedication: The Prince], pages 199-267 [The Prince], (4) [TP & Dedication: Discourses], pages 267-431 [Discourses], (4) [TP &c. The Art of War], pages 433-523 [The Art of War], pages 524-529 [The Marriage of Belphegor], pages 530-532 [Preface to the Reader], (1) [Epistle to Clement VII], (3) [The Author’s Introduction]. Numerous pages misnumbered: 169-170, 175-179, 235, 265. New (2024) half leather over marbled boards. New end papers. Spine labels. Text block in good condition. Missing overall title page [Works of Machiavel]. Heavy edge wear, particularly to first and last pages, with paper losses, but not affecting text. Large section (c. 50%) of page 26/26 missing. Closed tear to page 509/510. Paper darkened with some damp staining and occasional foxing.