Atlantic Visions.
Dun Laoghaire, Boole Press, 1989. 23 x 15 cm. ix, 229 pages. Illustrated. Trade Paperback. Very good condition. Small address sticker of previous owner. A bright clean copy.
EUR 50,-- Order
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Man and Mammoth in Mexico. Translated from the German by Alan Houghton Brodrick.
First Edition. London, Hutchinson, 1957. 22 x 14 cm. 191 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally a bright clean copy.
EUR 38,-- Order
Democracy in America. Part 1.
The Third Edition. Two non-uniform Volumes. London, Saunders and Otley, 1838. c. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages. Binding Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Binding Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine. Very good condition. Both volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. Internally clean.
EUR 550,-- Order
Democracy in America. Part 2. Edited with Notes. The translation revised and in great part rewritten, and the additions made to the recent Paris Editions now first translated by Francis Bowen.
Sixth US Edition. Volume 2 only. Boston, John Allyn, 1876. 20 x 13 cm. xiv, 499 pages. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 180,-- Order
Democracy in America. Parts 1 & 2 complete. [A non-uniform set of various early editions].
Part 1: Third UK Edition / Part 2: Sixth US Edition. Three Volumes (Part 1 in two Volumes, Part 2 in one Volume). London and Boston, Saunders & Otley and John Allyn, 1838 & 1876. Octavo. Part 1: Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages / Part 2: xiv, 499 pages. Part 1, Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Part 1, Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine / Part 2: Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. All volumes internally clean.
EUR 700,-- Order
The Royal Hospital Chelsea. With Letter from General Bernard Paget to Field-Marshal Alanbrooke
First Edition. London, Hutchinson, 1950. 22 x 15 cm. xiv, pages 15 to 328. With a frontispiece and other illustrations in colour and B&W. There is a losely inserted letter from General Bernard Paget to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Half title, frontispiece and title page show some damp staining. Otherwise bright and clean inside.
EUR 150,-- Order
An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David King of Israel. Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions, and Disquisitions. In which (among other Things) Mr. Bayle’s Criticisms, upon the Conduct and Character of That Prince, are fully considered. By the Author of Revelation examined with Candor. To which are prefixed, Reflections upon the present Neglect of the Public Worship of God.
The Fourth Edition. London, Printed by S. Richardson, for John Rivington et al., 1759. 19 x 12 cm. xxviii, 346 pages plus two pages publishers list. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Red morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding with mild shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened thoughout. Name of previous owner in ink opposite title page. Inscriptions (some crossed out) on title page (see images). Internally age darkened, but otherwise clean.
EUR 150,-- Order
Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789 – 1992 [Signed].
First Edition. Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1992. 23 x16 cm. vii, 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover in original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Sean Fitzsimons, signed and dated on Title Page.
EUR 120,-- Order
Record. The Irish International Exhibition 1907. Compiled and Edited by William F. Dennehy.
First Edition. Dublin, Hely’s Limited and Acme Works, 1909. 25 x 18 cm. xix, 142 pages, ccxi [211] pages Appendix. With B&W Photographs. Contemporary half morroco over textured cloth. Hard Cover. Gilt title and Decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing.
EUR 160,-- Order
The Conquest of New Spain. Translated and introduced by J.M. Cohen.
London, The Folio Society, 1974. 25cm x 16cm. 351 pages. With 16 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original Slipcase. Excellent, close to new. Green gilt decorated cloth boards in brown slip-case and maps on endpapers.
EUR 30,-- Order
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
First Edition. Three Volumes. London, Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. Vol.1: xxv, (6), 462 pages, lxxix (Index & Addenda). With 13 full page plates (incl. one colour and one fold-out plate) and 23 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted in the text. / Vol. 2: 555 page. With 24 full page plates (incl. two sepia and one double page plate) and 17 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. / Vol. 3: 622 pages, lxii (Supplement). With 46 full page plates (incl. two colour/sepia and three double page plates) and 24 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. No half titles. Volume 1 with Dedication page showing Crest of the Roxburghe Club, the first ‘Book Club’. Half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Volume 3 professionally repaired in 2017 and fitted with new end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and hinges a little rubbed and bumped. This is an Ex Library book with an interesting history. All three volumes have a special commemoration plate mounted to front paste-downs: “Norfolk & Norwich Library. This book is Part of the Salvage from the Fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898”. Front free end-papers and title pages show some edge discoloration, possibly because of that fire. The rest of the text pages and plates appears not affected. Edges and pages are a little age darkened and a little browned.
EUR 995,-- Order
Reminiscences of A Literary Life. With Anectodes of Books, and of Book Collectors. By the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.
First Edition. London, John Major, 1836. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, (4), 556 pages. / Vol.2: pages 557 to 982. With 10 Plates and additional Illustrations in text. New (2021) half cloth over decorated paper boards. Hard cover. Spine labels with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges trimmed. Mild browning to some pages, otherwise a very clean set.
EUR 250,-- Order
An Introduction to the History of the Law of Real Property. With original Authorities.
Second Edition. Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1876. 18 x 12 cm. xiv, 412 pages, 32 pages publishers list. New (2024) dark red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. New sound binding. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.
EUR 75,-- Order
France Herself Again.
First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1914. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 511 pages. With a collection of newspaper cuttings by the previous owner. Original brown cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Top edge gilt, other deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Internally clean.
EUR 28,-- Order
The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1774, 1776, 1778 – 1781, 1783 and 1787. [A Crucial Primary Source for the American Revolution / Early Printing of the Declaration of Independance / American Civil War / 1787 Constitution of the United States of America etc.].
1774 & 1776 Fourth Editions. All others: First Editions. Eight Volumes. London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1789, 1788, 1779, 1780, 1780, 1782, 1785 & 1789. 21 x 12.5 cm. 1774: (2), 280, 245, (10) / 1776: IV, 270, 259, (9) / 1778: IV, 334, 245, (11) / 1779: vii, 442, 193, (10) / 1780: vii, 404, 251, (12) / 1781: (2), 339, 207, (12) / 1787: II, 320, 202, (14). Uniform contemporary tree calf. Gilt decorations to spine. Dentelles. Generally very good condition. Bindings seriously rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened and dust dulled. Spine labels missing. Some joints started to crack. Some material losses to heads of spines and corners (see images). The 1779 volume has a split spine. Bindings remain sound. Internally mildly age darkened / dust dulled, occasionally foxed, otherwise clean. The 1781 volumes shows some damp and bookworm damage for the last 20 pages or so, not affecting readability. No annotations, library stamps etc. Eight clean copies. Excellent reading copies or candidates for rebinding.
EUR 1.950,-- Order
Historiae Catholicae Iberniae. Compendium.
First Edition. Dublin, Apud Johannem O’Daly, 1850. 24 x 15 cm. xxx, 369 pages. Editor’s Preface in English. Main text in Latin. Half calf over green cloth. Five raised bands and label on spine. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Marbled edges . Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, some abrasion. Edges and end papers age darkened. Hinges cracked, but binding is sound. Bookbinders label on front paste down. Small sticker with name and address of previous owner on front free end paper. One old signature on titel page. Internally mildly age darkened and ocassionally foxed. Text block clean.
EUR 220,-- Order
The Panmure Papers. Being a Selection from the Correspondence of Fox Maule, Second Baron Panmure, afterwards Eleventh Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B. With a supplementary Chaper by the Late Rev. Principal Rainy, D.D.
Second Edition. Two Volumes. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: viii, 515 pages / Vol.2: viii, 547 pages. Each volume with a frontispiece. Uniform cloth with gilt titles on spine. Gilt decorations. Top edges gilt. Other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Deckle edges dust dulled and spotted. Spines faded. Internally clean. From the library of Howth Castle, Dublin. No Ex Libris or inscriptions.
EUR 75,-- Order
Hints for the small Farmers of Ireland. Published by the Society for Promoting the United and Scriptural Education of the Poor of Ireland, Kildare Place, Dublin.
[First Edition]. Dublin, Printed by P.D. Hardy, ND [1828]. c. 14 x 9 cm. 175 pages. With a Frontispiece. Contemporary tree calf. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed, signed and dated by the Author on the front paste down. Internally clean.
EUR 220,-- Order
The Greatest Thing in the World. With photo-illustrations from Blue Galilee, by the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine, depicting well-known scenes from the loveliest Life ever lived.
Stirling, Stirling Tract Enterprise, Not dated (c. 1930-40). 18 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Stiff illustrated paper covers. Stpled and stringed. See images. Very good condition. Small pen mark on front cover. Wrappers mildly age darkened. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 30,-- Order
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.
EUR 35,-- Order
Arthur James Balfour. First Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., Etc. By his Niece Blanche E.C. Dugdale.
London, Hutchinson & Co., 1936. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 439 pages / Vol.2: 450 pages. With illustrations. Original cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
EUR 38,-- Order
Monasticon Anglicanum. Or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: Also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries, as did in any manner relate to those in England. Containing a full Collection of all that is necessary to be known concerning the Abby-Lands, and their Revenues, with a particular Account of their Foundations, Grants and Donations; collected from original MSS. the Records in the Tower of London, at York, and in the Court of Exchequer, and Augmentation Office: As also the Famous Libraries of Bodley, King’s-College, Camb. the Benedictine College at Dowey, Arundel, Cotton, Selden, Hatton, &c. Illustrated with original Cuts of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Habits of the Religious and Military Orders. First publish’d in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, Kt. Late Garter Principal King at Arms. To which is added, Exact Catalogues of the Bishops of the several Dioceses, to the Year 1717. The whole corrected, and supplied with many Useful Additions, by an Eminent Hand.
Three volumes in One. London, Printed by R. Harbin; for D. Brown and J. Smith et al., 1718. 34.5 x 21 cm. New blank, engraved frontispiece, TP, xvi [Preface], 124 [Volume the First], 125-244 [Volume the Second], 241-375 [Volume the Third], (8) [Index], (1) [Publishers List), blank. With 104 Plates (1-103 with two Plates numbered 101), of which 16 Plates are folding. New (2025) brown half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Please see images. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Edges dust dulled. Very few small library stamps. Ocassional mild foxing / darkening. Otherwise internally very clean. A very nice copy.
EUR 1.400,-- Order
Here and There Memories.
First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 22.3cm x 15cm. XI, 411 pages. Original ‘tri-colour’ cloth with gilt title and decorations. Good condition only. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained. Remains of a paper sticker (ex library?) on front board. Front hinge open and end paper nearly detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, but internally clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Threnothriambos : Sive liber Job graeco carmine redditus. [The Book of Job]. per J.D. Cantabrigiensem, S.T.B. Editio altera, multis in locis ab Autore recognita & emendata. Cui adduntur in sine tres Psalmi.
Cantabrigiae, Apud Thomam Buck celeberrimae Academiae Typographum, 1653. 15 x 9 cm. Title, (14), 203 pages, (4) [Psalms], (2) [blank]. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Blind decorations. Red edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Gilt dentelles. Front free end paper and frontispiece cleanly removed, leaving two stubs (see images). Old signature on front paste down. Old Ex Libris Inscription, dated 1685 on rear paste down (upside down). Tiny book worm holes to a few pages (not affecting text). Small corner missing bottom right of page 203 (not affecting text). Overall a very nice clean copy in a sturdy binding.
EUR 660,-- Order
Joannis Stephani Duranti, Secretioris Regii Consistorii Consiliarii Amplissimi, Senatus Tholosani Primi Præsidis, Libri Tres De Ritibus Ecclesiae Catholicae
Lugduni [Paris], Joannem Certe, 1675. 23 x 18 cm. Title page, (6), 512 pages, 36 pages Index. Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine. New white end papers. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained (see images). New end papers somewhat oversized and paper poorly matched to text block. Internally clean with occasional signs of book worm activity.
EUR 220,-- Order
A Biblical Cyclopaedia. or; Dictionary of Eastern Antiquities, Geography, Natural History, Sacred Annals and Biography, Theology, and Biblical Literature, Illustrative of the Old and New Testaments. With Maps and Pictorial Illustrations.
Twelfth Edition, Revised Throughout and Enlarged. London, Charles Griffin & Company, 1871. 20 x 13.5 cm. viii, 690 pages. With illustrations in text and maps (hand-outlined). Professionally recased in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Blind stamped cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Sound binding. Dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. Small stamp on titel page (see image). Internally clean.
EUR 58,-- Order
Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.
Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.
EUR 95,-- Order
An Irish Utopia. A Story of a Phase of the Land Problem.
First Edition. Dublin and London, Hodges, Figgis & Co. and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1906. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 296 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original gree cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Good condition. Binding severily rubbed, bumped, faded and worn (see images). Binding weak with text block coming apart. Name of previous owner inscribed. top part of half title page cleanly cut out (c. 3 cm strip). Internally clean. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.
EUR 35,-- Order
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Begun in the Year 1641, with the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End and Conclusion there by the King’s blessed Restoration. and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660.
Dublin Edtion. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed for John Hyde and Robert Owen, Booksellers, 1719. 32 x 19 cm. Vol.1: Blank, engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, xii [Preface], (4) [List of Subscribers], 422 pages. / Vol.2: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (4) [Dedication], 459 pages. / Vol.3: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (6) [Dedication], 445 pages plus 33 pages Index. Small vignettes in text. Contemporary panelled calf. Blinf decorations to boards. Gilt decorations to spine. Spine labels with title and volume numbers in gilt. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material losses / abrasions to corners and spine ends. Volume spine label missing on volume 2. Some joints started to crack, but bindings remain sound. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste down and title pages. Internally clean, mildly age darkened. A few minor tears. A nice set overall.
EUR 600,-- Order
The Rosminians.
First Edition. London, Burns & Oates, 1960. 18 x 12 cm. 108 pages with several photographs in B&W. Pale blue cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding speckled. Edges, end papers and dust jacket age darkened and mildly foxed. Internally and bright and clean copy.
EUR 22,-- Order
Catalogue of Irish Bronze Swords. [National Museum of Ireland].
First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1965. 28 x 22 cm. xxxix, 190 text pages, followed by 97 Illustration Pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild ring stain on front board. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner inscribed. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 65,-- Order
Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].
Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).
EUR 250,-- Order
Woman’s Work. As Daughter, as Wife, and as Mother.
London, James Nisbet & Co., 1895. 18 x 9 cm. 109 pages plus two pages publishers list. Cloth covered stiff paper boards. Soft cover. Title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed bumped and dust dulled. Binding coming lose. Paper sticker on front board (‘File Copy’) – see images. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
The Capuchins. A Contribution to the History of the Counter-Reformation.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Sheed and Ward, 1928. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 243 pages with Frontispiece and three Plates / Vol.2: 475 pages with Frontispiece and two Plates (complete). Uniform original dark cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Bndings rubbed and bumped. Internally foxed, otherwise clean. A nice set.
EUR 35,-- Order
The Life of Blessed Julie Billiart. Foundress of the Institute of Sisters of Notre Dame. By a Member of the Same Society.
Edinburgh and London, Sands and Company, 1909. 20 x 13 cm. xxxii, 559 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. With a folding map. Black cloth covered stiff cardboard covers with gilt title on spine. Gilt decorations on front board: Convent of Notre Dame Birkdale. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine (see images). Neat inscription (prize) on verso of half title, dated 1909. Internally age darkened but clean.
EUR 25,-- Order
The Capuchin Annual 1936. Seventh Year of Publication.
Dublin, Father Matthew Record Office, 1935. 25 x 17 cm. 336 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some tipped in colour plates. Original dark brown soft paper covers. Very good condition. Binding worn and frayed. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment.
First Edition. Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, 2003. 21 x 30cm. (16), 606 pages, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor edge wear, now inside clear archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 160,-- Order
The Bogs of Ireland. An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands.
First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, 1996. 29 x 20 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Inscribed and signed (‘John’) on the title page. See images.
EUR 200,-- Order
The Bogs of Ireland. An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands.
First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, 1996. 29 x 21 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Losely inserted pages by the University of Dublin, with two pages referring to John Feehan.
EUR 195,-- Order
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette et Madame Elisabeth – Lettres et documents inédits.
First Edition. Six Volumes. Paris, Henri Plon, 1864. 22 x 14 cm. lxxii, 519 / 544, 4 Plates / lxv, 502, 5 Plates / cxix, 506, 4 Plates / 488, 2 Plates / 602 pages, 8 Plates. See notes below. Fine contemporary uniform half morocco over marbled paper boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Title and volume numbers in gilt on spine. Gilt decorations. A wonderful set. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of ‘Castle Pollard’ in all six volumes. Internally bright and clean with occasional very mild foxing, mainly to the Plates. Overall a very nice set in attractive sturdy bindings. Please review all the images on westcoastrarebooks.com.
EUR 500,-- Order
Foxford and its Factory. The Story of an Irish Industry.
New Edition. Dublin, Dollard Printing House, 1923. 18 x 12 cm. 24 pages. With photos in B&W. Original green paper wrappers. Stapled soft cover. Very good condition. Metal staples corroded away. Pages now loose. Some shelf wear.
EUR 35,-- Order
An Age of Elegance. Irish Art of the 18th Century.
First Edition. New York, Mallett Fine Arts, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Includes an invitation to Bruce Arnold and his wife to a dinner for the launch of the exhibition, menu and a letter.
EUR 38,-- Order
The History, Topography, and Antiquities, of the County and City of Limerick. With a preliminary View of the History and Antiquities of Ireland. By the Rev. P. Fitzgerald. Vicar of Cahircorney in the Diocese of Emly and J. J. M’Gregor, Author of “The History of the French Revolution” &c.
First Edition. Two NON-UNIFORM Volumes. Dublin, Printed for George M’Kern, Limerick. Also by Baldwin, Chadock, and Joy, London, 1826 & 1827. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: ii, 424 pages. With a large folding Map of the County of Limerick, a folding distance Table and two engraved Plates. / Vol.2: x, 623 pages, lxvi [Appendix], (20) [Index]. With a Frontispiece and two more engraved Plates. The folding Map of Limerick is not present. Vol.1: Stiff card boards held together by spine tape. Front board almost disconnected. Ex Libary with a library stamp on the title page and three further pages (209,0301 & 361). / Vol.2: Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and line decorations on spine. Fair condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Small book sellers stamp on front past downs. Name and Address of previous owner in pencil on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / damp & ink staining, otherwise internally clean. Rear hinge cracked, but binding sound. A good reding copy or candidate for rebinding.
EUR 250,-- Order
Curious Family History; or, Ireland before the Union. Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s Unpublished Diary. A Sequel to the Sham Squire and the Informers of 1798.
Fifth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, W.B. Kelly, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xxiv, viii, 268 pages. With a folding frontispiece. New (2020) black cloth. With gilt title on spine. Facsimile copies of the original boards have been pasted onto the new boards (see images). New ened papers. Good condition. Internally age darkened and stained on a few pages. Closed tears to frontispiece and title page (see images). A few small tears.
EUR 75,-- Order
The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties. 18th and 21st Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
London, The Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund and Kegan, Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1900 & 1901. 31 x 26 cm. Part 1: 51 text pages and 67 Plates (some coloured) / Part 2: 60 text pages and 60 Plates. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.
EUR 220,-- Order
In Five Provinces. A Journal of [Unconventional] Wanderings in Ireland. Contains the following Chapters: A Walking Tour in Kerry / In the Black North / Iar Connacht / In the Midlands / The Fifth Province / Royal Meath / A Day on Lough Righ / Memories of Ardagh.
First Edition. Dublin, Thomas Kiersey Palmerston Gardens, 1918. 18 x 12 cm. 115 pages. With eight Plates (B&W Photos). Original dark green paper wrappers. Small B&W Photo on front board. Black titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and creasing. Internally dust dulled and occasioanlly foxed, otherwise clean.
EUR 85,-- Order
Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852. With a Map and Illustrations.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1853. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 308 pages, 16 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xv, 414 pages. Complete with Map, Plates and Illustrations as listed. Original green cloth. Blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to top of spine of volume 2. See images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris in both volumes.
EUR 280,-- Order
James Ussher. Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England.
First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 315 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Portrait of Ussher (from dust jacket?) glued to front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally very bright and clean. A very nice copy.
EUR 120,-- Order
Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a Visit to the Tea, Slik, and Cotton Countries: with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. With numerous Illustrations.
Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1847. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xxiv, 420 pages. With a Map, illustrated title page, three tinted lithographed Plates and Illustrations in text. Illustrations complete, as listed. Later dark cloth (leather texture). Hard cover, with gilt title on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (made unreadable) on front paste down. Small book seller / binder paper label ( ‘Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. China Building Hong Kong’ on front paste down (see image). Name and address of a previous owner on verso of frontispiece (see image). Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed. See images. Large corner of page 415/416 missing and later repaired (see image). Overall a nice copy in a sturdy modern binding.
EUR 550,-- Order
A Brief Description of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Compiled by Adam Fox in 1947.
First Edition. [London], Privately Printed for the Company, 1947. 21 x 13 cm. 67 pages with a small map in text. Original cloth in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Dust jacket age darkened with some edge wear; now in archival jacket.
EUR 20,-- Order
The Sugar Industry in Ireland.
First Edition. Dublin, Comhlucht Siuicre Eireann Teo., 1976. 30 x 21 cm. 160 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Decorations in gilt and silver. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. A little worn. Age darkened and mildly stained. Please see images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few small stains. Name and address of previous owner on front paste down. Internally clean. Scarce.
EUR 95,-- Order
In Dark and Evil Days.
First Edition. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1916. 18 x 12 cm. xxviii, 237 pages. With a Frontispiece showing the Author and his Signature (printed). Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and somewhat discoloured (see images). Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on verso of Frontispiece. Internally clean.
EUR 150,-- Order
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.
EUR 350,-- Order
Crannogs. A study of people’s interaction with lakes, with particular reference to Lough Gara in the North-West of Ireland.
First Edition. Bray, County Wicklow, Wordwell, 2002. 25 x 19 cm. xvi, 332 pages. Illustrated. With CD in back-pocket. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Gift inscription on half title page. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Complete with the CD.
EUR 95,-- Order
The Compossicion Booke of Conought & Index to. Irish Manuscript Commission.
First Edition in this form. Two books in One. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1936 & 1942. C. 24 x 15 cm. ix, 179 pages / 61 pages. Maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Mild discoloration to spine edges (see images). End papers foxed. Internally bright and clean. The ‘Index’ published in 1942 is bound in as a facsimile (photo copied).
EUR 220,-- Order
The Historical Works of the Right Rev. Nicholas French D.D. Bishop of Ferns. Vol.2. Containing The Vnkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds.
Dublin, James Duffy, 1846. 14 x 9 cm. vi, 202 pages. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner pencilled on top of title page. Internally clean.
EUR 45,-- Order
The Historical Works of the Right Rev. Nicholas French, D.D. Bishop of Ferns. Vol.2. Containing: The Vnkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds.
Volume 2 Only. Dublin, James Duffy, 1846. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. v, (10), 202 pages. Half cloth over marbled boards. Hard cover. Blue speckled edges. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with small stamp on title page (‘Mount Melleray Abbey’). Front free end end paper and half title missing. Text block clean. Sturdy binding. A good reading copy.
EUR 38,-- Order
The Viceregal Speeches and Addresses Lectures and Poems of the Late Earl of Carlisle, KG. Collected and Edited by J.J.Gaskin.
First Edition. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1865 / 1866. 16 x 22 cm, cxxxv, 483 pages including 24 pages List of Subscribers. Frontispiece showing Carlisle. Signature (‘yours very faithfully Carlisle’) assumed to be printed. Small illustration of Castle Howard on first title page. Second title page text only. First title page dated 1865, second title page dated 1866. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Fine gilt crest of carlisle on front board. Blindstamp decoration on front and rear boards. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Some shelf wear. Corners, boards and spine a little bumped and rubbed. Age darkening, some browning the foxing, mainly to end papers and first few pages. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.
EUR 180,-- Order
Portsmouth and the Great War.
First Edition. Published by the Evening News and Hampshire Telegraph Company, 1919. 24 x 18 cm. 275 pages. With Illustrations. Original decorated cloth. Very good condition. Ruubed and bumped. Slightly age darkened. Name of previous owner inscribed to front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 32,-- Order
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol I: 180 A.D.-395 A.D. / Vol II: 395 A.D.-1185 A.D. / Vol III: 1185 A.D.-1453 A.D.
3 volumes. New York, The Modern Library, n.d. 21cm x 14.4cm. Vol I: VIII, 956 pages / Vol II: IX, 923 pages / Vol III: IX, 898 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.
EUR 60,-- Order
Mother Mary Arsenius of Foxford.
Signed First Edition. London and Dublin, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1936. Octavo. (12), 198 pages. With photos and illustrations. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free end paper. Scarce.
EUR 95,-- Order
The O’Malley Heritage. A History of the Family of Patrick O’Malley and Julia Downey.
First and Limited Edition. One of 12 bound copies. Coolamon, NSW, Published by the Author, ND [c. 1987]. 24 x 17 cm. 96 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos and Illustrations. Dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author. Losely inserted handwritten and signed letter by the Author. A very nice copy. Scarce.
EUR 350,-- Order
The History and Topography of Ireland. (Topographia Hiberniae). With a map and drawings from a contemporary copy c. 1200 A.D.
First Dolmen Edition (Dolmen Texts 4). Dolmen Press & Humanities Press, 1982. 136 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 60,-- Order
Pages from The Goncourt Journal. Edited, translated and introduced by Robert Baldick. With contemporary photographs by Nadar and others.
London, The Folio Society, 1980. 15 x 23cm. 432 pages. Original litho-printed clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Orange stained top edges. Excellent condition. Slipcase shows slight signs of shelf wear.
EUR 25,-- Order
The Goodbodys. Millers, Merchants and Manufacturers. The Story of an Irish Quaker Family. 1630 – 1950.
First Edition. Dublin, Ashfield Press, 2011. 24 x 17 cm. xx, 532 pages with illustrations in colour and B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Fine in fine DJ.
EUR 95,-- Order
A Brief & True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia. [Signed by George Marshall and British Chiefs of Staff in 1943]. Being an Account of the most important Occurrences in that Place from its first Beginning to the present Time.
A third Edition revis’d & enlarged by the Author. Williamsburg, Printed for Colonial Williamsburg by August Dietz, 1940. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 406 pages. With a frontispiece, two foldout maps and other illustrations. Brown calf with gilt line decorations. Label with gilt title on spine. Speckled edges. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Material losses to spine and spine label. Abrasion to boards. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened, otherwise in very good condition. Initials A.F.B. and 13 signatures on front end papers. Placed and dated (Williamsburg, Virginia 5/16/43). Text block bright and clean.
EUR 2.800,-- Order
Gaelic Pioneers of Christianity. The Work and Influence of Irish Monks and Saints in Continental Europe (VI th – XII th Cent.). Translated from the French by Victor Collins. With a Preface by Father Augustine, O.S.F.C.
First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1923. 19 x 13 cm. xxiii, 166 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with significant losses to spine. Internally clean.
EUR 48,-- Order
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
First Edition. Two Volumes. New York, Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 584 pages / Vol.2: 647 pages. Illustrated. Original deluxe three-quarter brown morocco, raised bands, circular gilt-stamped medallions on front and rear covers, marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Neat gift inscription to Library. Small library stamp (‘Peru Library’) on first blank of each volume. Occasional mild foxing. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set overall.
EUR 600,-- Order
History of the Diocese of Ferns.
First Edition. Waterford, Downey & Co. 1915. 24 x 18 cm. xxiii, 214 pages (8). No Illustrations. Red cloth. Hard cover. Blind decorations on boards and gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Some fading, mild discoloration to spine and boards. Edges dust dulled and darkened. Internally a very bright and clean copy.
EUR 150,-- Order
Traditional Archery from six Continents. The Charles E. Grayson Collection.
First Edition. Columbia & London, The University of Missouri Press, 2007. 26 x 21 cm. ix, 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
EUR 195,-- Order
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.
EUR 35,-- Order
Fourteenth Report of the Poor Law Commissioners; with Appendices.
First Edition. London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, 1848. c. 21 x 13 cm. iv, 187 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean.
EUR 60,-- Order
The House of Gregory [Signed].
First Edition. Dublin, Brown and Nolan / The Richview Press, 1943. 21 x13 cm. xv, 210 pages. With Plates and a Map. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear. Minor losses to dust jacket (see images). Signed by the Author on the title page. With the Author’s Ex Libris on the front paste down. Dust jacket now inside clear archival jacket.
EUR 150,-- Order
The Spirit of the Border – A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley. With four page illustrations by J. Eatson Davis.
First Edition. New York, A.L.Burt Company, 1906. 8°. 266 pages with 4 additional pages of advertising. Original Hardcover / Illustrated, original cloth in excellent condition. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the cloth at the corners. But overall near fine or better condition of this extremely rare book.
EUR 95,-- Order
Daniel Grose (c.1766-1838) The Antiquities of Ireland. A Supplement to Francis Grose.
First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 x 25 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter black morocco over cloth covered boards. Gitlt title and line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally clean. A nice copy.
EUR 75,-- Order
The Antiquities of England & Wales with The Antiquities of Scotland.
First Editions. Six plus Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1777 & 1787 / 1789, 1791. Folio c. 32 x 24 cm. Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, ii, 83 pages [Preface], (116) 63 Engravings / Vol.2: FP, Engraved Title Page, (202), 97 Engravings / Vol. 3: FP, Engraved Title Page, (248), 118 Engravings / Vol.4: FP, Engraved Title Page, (230), 101 Engravings / Supplement Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, (336), 132 Engravings & 32 colour outlined Maps / Supplement Vol. 2: Engraved Title Page, (344), 119 Engravings & 23 Maps / Scotland Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, xxiii, large folding colour outlined Map, 176 pages plus two pages publisher’s list, 87 Engravings / Scotland Vol.2: FP, TP, iv, pages numbered 171 to 308, 105 Engravings. A total of 838 Engravings and 56 colour outlined maps, including a large folding Map of Scotland. Uniform recent fine crimson levant over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. Bindings, as new. Internally age darkened and foxed to various degrees. Some mild damp staining and dust dulling, mainly in the Scotland volumes. Some interesting neat notes in an old hand, commenting on the book’s content. Scotland title pages with small damages. Overall a very nice set in very attractive bindings. See iadditional images on our web site.
EUR 1.600,-- Order
The Antiquities of Ireland. (2 Volumes). With a new foreword by Liam de Paor.
Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Ltd., 1982. 19 x 25.5cm. Volume One: (24), 88 pages / Volume Two: 97 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new.
EUR 150,-- Order
Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas / Myth & Legends of the Celtic Race.
Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1909 & 1911. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 397 pages / xv, 457 pages. Both volumes complete with all Illustrations, as listed. Uniform fine red morroco with gilt title and decorations. Gilt dentelles. Dark end papers. Top edges gilt. Other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Front and rear joints rubbed. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed, dated 1913. A few rough edges from opening the foreedges. A very attractive set.
EUR 600,-- Order
The Japanese Sword an its Decoration. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago. Anthropology Leaflet 20.
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. 22 x 14 cm. 21 pages with B&W Plates. Stiff paper covers. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, a little dust dulled, but internally clean.
EUR 28,-- Order