Strohmeyer, John.

Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.

First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Taaffe, Dennis.

An Impartial History of Ireland. From the Period of the English Invasion to the present Time.

[First Edition]. Four Volumes. Dublin, J. Christie, 1809 / 1811 / 1810 / 1811. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiv, 562 pages. / Vol. 2: 572 pages. / Vol. 3: 576 pages. / Vol. 4: 576 pages. Vignettes on title pages of all volumes. Vol.1 & 3: Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Brown labels with title, author and volume in gilt. New end papers. / Vol.2: Older speckled calf with title and gilt lines on spine. / Vol. 4: Older calf with title label and gilt lines on spine. Vol. 1 & 3: Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Volume 3: Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear joints open. Hinges repaired internally. Binding sound. / Vol. 4: Rubbed and bumped. Half of the spine label missing. Name of previous owner in ink on front free end paper. Ex library (vol.4 only) with a few round red library stamps. All volumes internally age darkened and very mildly foxed, some staining, a few tears. All edges age darkened.

Taylor, Michael / Sewell, Brocard (Editors) / Falkner, Susan (Memoir) / Cunningham, Adrian (Appendix).

Saint Dominic’s Press. A Bibliography 1916 – 1937.

Limited Edition, number 43 of 100 copies. Signed by Editors & Author of Memoir. Three books inside custom made slip case. Lower Marston, Risbury, Herefordshire, The Whittington Press, 1995. 26.5 x 18.5 cm. Main book: TP, (6), 180 pages (4) / Facsimile Copy of Daisy and Marguerite: 22 pages / Portfolio with two inserted pages (Horae Beatae Virginis (A108) & Lectiones Ad Matutinam (A131). With tipped in and other illustrations, some folding. One of 100 copies bound in quarter Oasis, which include leaves printed at St. Dominic’s, and a facsimile of Daisy and Marguerite. Fine. One page in portfolio folder with minor creases. Otherwise as new. A fine copy, complete with all illustrations.

Taylor, Michael / Sewell, Brocard / Falkner, Susan / Cunningham, Adrian.

Saint Dominic’s Press. A Bibliography 1916 – 1937.

First & Limited Edition. No. 171 / 400. Lower Marston, Risbury, The Whittington Press, 1995. c. 26 x 19 cm. (6), 180 pages. With Illustrations and tipped in samples. One of 300 numbered copies (from a total edition of 400) bound in the publisher’s original quarter cloth and paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt. With frontispiece and 23 additional illustrations throughout, including 12 letterpress facsimiles, 4 color plates, and 3 photos. Printed at Whittington in Caslon types on Zerkall halbmatt and Ingres papers. color plates printed by CTD. Appendix, addenda, indices. Matching slipcase. Fine condition. As new.

Temple, John / Tichborne, Henry.

The History of the General Rebellion in Ireland. Raised upon the Three and Twentieth Day of October, 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. As also the whole Tryal of Connor Lord Macguire, with the perfect copies of the Indictment, and all the Evidences against him. Together with the Pope’s Bull to the Confederate Catholicks in Ireland.

The Seventh Edition. Cork, Printed by Phineas and George Bagnell, in Castle Street, 1766. 21 x 13 cm. 1 Blank, Title, xxiv [TOC, Preface], (12) [Subscribers Names], 412 pages, 1 Blank. Contemporary full calf with black spine label. Gilt title and five raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Rear joint started to crack from the top. Binding sound. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down (‘Thomas Brownrigg’). Small bookseller stamp, just below. Front hinge started to crack. Lower corner of page 1 missing, not affecting text. Internally clean. A very nice copy of this scarce Cork publication.

The Beauties of the Press. With an Appendix containing the Speech of Arthur O’Connor, on the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons of Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795. Also his Letter to Lord Castlereagh.

London, [no publisher – privately printed for John Stockdale?], 1800. 21 x 12 cm. vi, 602 pages, 48 pages (Letter to Lord Castlereagh). Full brown calf. Small gilt decorations to spine. Blind stamp on front board (St. Patrick Library). Good condition. Binding worn. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine label missing. Ex Library: Ink writings on title page and TOC, number 394 on spine and TOC. Head and tail bands damaged. Joints cracked, but boards attached and binding sound. No front free end paper. No half title. Half of rear free end paper missing. Otherwise text block complete. Title page creased. Internally age darkened with some stains and occasionally foxed.

The Count Joseph De Maistre / The Rev. Aeneas McD. Dawson (Translator).

Letters to a Russian Gentleman, on the Spanish Inquisition.

London, C. Dolman, 1851. 15 x 9.5 cm. vi, 114 pages plus 34 pages publishers list of Charles Dolman. Original embossed cloth with gilt title on fron board. Good condition. Binding rubbed bumped and age darkened (see images). Text block almost disconnected from binding. Ex Library with library stampand numbers on front free end paper. Text block bright and clean. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

The Courier-Journal (Louisville). September 3 & 4, 1939 / December 8, 1941. Covers Pearl Harbour and other Aspects of WW2.

Three original Newspapers. Louisville, 1939 & 1941. 8 pages / 8 pages / 8 pages. Very good condition. Sep 3, 1939 issue with closed tear to title page. Age darkened. See images.

The Duke ofr Bedford.

The Road to Real Success.

First Edition. Glasgow, The Strickland Press [1930]. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 476 pages. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding somewhat faded / discolored. Edges age darkened. Internally very clean. Inscribed on front free end paper: ‘With best wishes from the author’.

The Earl of Suffolk and Bershire Hedley Peek / Aflalo, F.G.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1897 & 1898. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: x, 632 pages / Vol.2: v, 655 pages. Both volumes illustrated throughout in text and many fine, tissue guarded Plates. Original cloth. Gilt decorations and titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spines faded. Hinges started to open, but binding remains intact. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.