Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so poor for so long?

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 2004. 16 x 24cm. (14), 278 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition other than sunning to spine.

Brown, Rory.

Fighting Monsters: British-American War-making and Law-making.

First Edition. Oxford / Portland, Hart Publishing, 2011. 16 x 24cm. (9), 325 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, very slight signs of shelf wear to dustjacket but otherwise as new.

Mill, John Stuart.

An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the Principle Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings.

Third Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. 15 x 22 cm, xvi, 633 pages plus 24 pages Publishers List & Index. Blind stamped maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good Condition with significant shelf wear. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine faded. Front hinge opened, rear hinge starting to open. Binding still good. 4 cm crack to top rear joint. Edges and pages age darkened. This book is heavily annotated, mainly in pencil, but also some indelible marks. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1913. Some browning and foxing.

Mill, John Stuart.

Autobiography.

First Edition, but not First Printing (w/ Erratum). London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. 15 x 22 cm, vi, 313 page, Erratum, Publishers List (2). Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Shelfwear and signs of use. Front and rear hinge open. Spine slightly slanted. Binding shaky. Front board with circular stain. Top and bottom of spine worn. Ex Library (W.H.Smith & Sons Subscription Library). Library sticker on front pastdown. Edges darkened. Text block is bright and clean.

Mill, John Stuart.

Nature The Utility of Religion and Theism. Three Essays on Religion.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. 15 x 22 cm, xi, 257 pages plus two pages Publisher’s List. Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Mild foxing, mainly to end papers. Edges darkened. Front and rear hinges started to open. Binding tight.

O’Donnell, F. Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar.

Third Edition. London, David Nutt, 1903. 16 x 23cm. (23), 202 pages. Original brown clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering. Some bumping and scuffing to corners and edges, otherwise in good condition, text clean and binding firm.

Berkeley, George / Whiton Calkins, Mary.

Berkeley Essay, Principles, Dialogues with Selections from other Writings.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. 16 x 11 cm. lvi, 480 pages plus four pages publishers list. Original red cloth with gilt title and decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed, bumped and faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. The Modern Student’s Library – Philosophy Series.

S. Hutchinson Harris.

The Doctrine of Personal Right. Obra Premiada en el XIII Concurs, Corresponent A L’Any 1932.

First Edition. Barcelona, 1935. 22 x 17 cm. 593 pages. Original tectured cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Werfel, Franz.

Between Heaven and Earth. Translated by Maxim Newmark.

First Edition, First Printing. New York, Philosophical Library, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 252 pages. Original red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt signature of Franz Werfel on front board. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Front hinge open, but holding. Dust jacket worn with some tears and minor paper losses. Now in protective plastic jacket.

Bradley, Henry / Bridges, Robert.

The Collected Papers of Henry Bradley. With a Memoir by Robert Bridges.

College Park, Maryland, McGrath Publishing, 1970. 21 x 14 cm. x, 296 pages. With a frontispiece and two facsimile letters in the text. Green cloth with silver title on spine. Very good condition. Mild shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.