Fitzgerald, Sheila.

A Donegal Summer [Signed]. A Young Girl’s Sketchbook of the 1920’s. With an Introduction by Pauline Bewick.

First Edition. Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1985. 99 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the Author on frist blank. Internally bright and clean.

Palladio, Andrea (author) / Richards, Godfrey (translator).

The First Book of Architecture, by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian: With an Appendic Touching Doors and Windows, by Pr Le Muet Architect to the French King. Tranlated out of French by G.R. [Godfrey Richards]. Also Rules and Demonstrations, with several Designs for the Framing of any manner of Roofs either above pitch or under pitch, whether Square or Bevel, never published before. With Designs of Floors of variety of small pieces of Wood, lately made in the Pallace of the Queen Mother, at Sommerset-House; a Curiosity never practiced in England before.

The Fifth Edition Corrected and Enlarged. With the new Model of the Cathedral of St. Paus as it is now to be Built. London, Printed for T. Parkhurst, G. Sawbridge and E. Tracy, 1693. 19.5 x 15 cm. 2 Blank, Engraved Title Page, Title Page, (6) [Preface], 239 pages, 2 Blank. With 69 engraved plates of which 6 are folding, incl. the one showing the Cathedral of St. Pauls in London.. Modern half calf, over marbled paper boards. Two red morocco spine labels. Gilt decorations and titles. New end papers. Please see images. Minor shelf wear to binding. Various names of previous owners on first blank, engraved title and title pages. Edges age darkened. Minor edge wear. A few pages/plates misnumbered. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Pages/plates 173, 185 and 231 appear to be missing. Overall a very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Gaiman, Neil / Sancken, Renata.

American Gods: The Author’s Preferred Edition. Lettered Edition.

Limited Lettered Edition. Copy XX of 52. Three books in total. All signed by Neil Gaiman. One signed by Renata Sancken. Ossining, NY, Hill House, Publishers, 2003 & 2005. 533 pages [American Gods], 33 pages [A Guide ot the Gods], 20 pages [An Astonishingly Incomplete Bibliography], 661 pages [The Reader’s Copy]. Losely inserted envelop with ‘Door Replacement Instructions’. Hardcover, bound in a mauve japanese silk with slipcase, paper spine label and mounted illustration to the book cover. Matching slipcase with die cut window. Includes purple clothbound chapbook with printed paper title labels for the covers, and a bound-in ribbon placemarker. Both are housed in a custom box with a lacquered rosewood veneer, a door made of jet black marble with spiral doorknob. A sliding shelf holds the slipcased book and chapbook. Accompanied by ‘The Reader’s Copy’ of American Gods: Soft covers, also signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Near fine condition. Books are bright and clean and appear unread. Tiny chip (2 mm) at the rear top of the marbled door, otherwise pristine. A very nice copy of this most unusual publication. A real piece of Art.

Kennedy, S.B. (author) / Henry, Paul (artist).

Paul Henry.

First Edition. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2000. 29 x 24 cm. 176 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue cloth. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. No inscriptions. A very nice copy.

Hourihane, Colum (editor).

Irish Art Historical Studies in Honour of Peter Harbison.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004. 27 x 21 cm. xix, (4), 310 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Benington, Jonathan (author) / O’Conor, Roderic (artist).

Roderic O’Conor. A Biography, with a Catalogue of his Work.

First Edition. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1992. 28 x 24 cm. 247 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Zukoff, Mitchell (editor).

Robert Altman. The Oral Biography.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 23 x 18 cm. xiii, 560 pages. Original hard cover inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Knight’s Vases and Ornaments. Designed for the Use of Architects, Silversmiths, Jewellers, Modellers, Chasers, Die Sinkers, Founders, Carvers and All Ornamental Manufacturers.

London, Published by J. Williams, Simpkin & Marshall Stationers & Ackermann and Co., 1833. 33 x 27 cm. 50 numbered plates, incl. title page. Quarter morocco over textured cloth. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening and foxing.

Weale, John (editor and publisher).

Quarterly Papers on Architecture. Volume 1. Forty-One Engravings, many of which are coloured.

First Edition. London, John Weale, 1844. 29 x 23 cm. (2) [Ads], TP, (2) [Dedication], 7 pages and 5 folding plates / 10 pages and 3 coloured plates / 5 pages and 5 plates / 74 pages and 3 plates /34 pages / 16 pages and 8 coloured Plates / 32 pages / 4 pages and six Plates / 22 pages and 6 Plates. Contemporary half calf. Gilt titles on spine label. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some damp stains. Dust dulled.

Freart, Roland / Evelyn, John / Alberti, Leon Baptista.

A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise on Statues. By John Evelyn Esq. Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Second Edition with Large Additions. London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al., 1707. 34 x 22 cm. Title Page [Freart], (18) [Epistle Dedicatory], 115 pages with 40 full page Plates. Small Illustrations in Text. Second Title Page [Evelyn], (4) [Dedication / To the Reader], 75 Pages with two small Illustrations in Text, (1) [Advertisement]. Half leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Damp stained and foxed throughout to various degrees. Some edge wear and minor losses. Some repairs / reinforcements. Old annotations and inscriptions. Various misnumbered pages & plates, but appears to be complete.