Stallworthy, Jon.

Positives.

First Edition. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1969. 27 x 15 cm. 18 pages. Original stiff wrappers. In dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy. Signed.

Standish O’Grady, Niall Ó Domhnaill (Translator).

Eadar Muir is Tír. .1. Lost on Du-Corrig.

First Edition. Dublin, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 256 pages. Original cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Stamp with name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Staples, Richard.

John Cain Mole. Airman, World War 2. [With two a letter and a card by the Author].

First Edition. Christchurch, Orca Publishing 1998. 19 x 13 cm. 87 pages. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. Bookshop sticker on rear board. Losely inserted are two handwritten documents signed by the author.

Stead, C.K.

The End of the Century at the End of the World.

London, Harvill, 1992. 8°. 220 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Steele, Richard / Addison, Joseph.

Sir Roger De Coverley and The Spectator’s Club.

London, Cassell and Company, 1906. 16 x 10 cm. 192 pages with a frontispiece. Red cloth with title and decorations on boards and spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to spine, abrasion to front hinge. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ink inscription on front free end paper: ’ Pelly May 1907 Thorngrove Gillingham Dorset.’ Mild damp staining to some pages. Cassell’s National Library.

Stein, Gertrude / Wilder, Thornton.

Narration. Four lectures by Gertrude Stein. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder.

Collector’s Edition. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 8°. VII, 62 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase with only minro signs of wear to the slipcase. Overall in excellent condition.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?

Stone, Robert.

Outerbridge Reach. A Novel [Signed].

First Edition. First Printing. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. 22 x 15 cm. 409 pages. Quarter dark blue cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fore edge deckle. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edges mildly dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the Author on the half title page.

Strong, Eithne.

Flesh … the Greatest Sin.

First Edition. Monkstown, The Runa Press, 1980. 22 x 16 cm. 48 pages. Unpaginated. Line drawings. Stiff cardboard covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Some shelfwear. Internally clean.

Sweeney, James Johnson (editor) / Calder, Alexander (illustrations).

Three Young Rats and other Rhymes. Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

First Trade Edition. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. 26 x 20 cm. xviii, 130 pages, (6). Illustrated throughout. Original pale cloth. Hard cover inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally a nice clean copy.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies in Four Volumes. Volume 1.

The Fifth Edition Corrected: With Several Additional Pieces in Verse and Prose. Volume 1 Only. London, Printed for Charle Bathurst, MDCCXLVII (1747). 17 x 10 cm. (10), 269 pages plus three pages publishers list. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 310 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Ninth Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 278 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Seventh Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst. MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 326 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XIV.

London, Bowyer, Dodsley, Davis and Reymers, 1762. 17 x 10 cm. iv, 276 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. Old Library label (Todd’s Circulating Library, Sheffield) on front pastedown and small inscription (No.14). The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XIV. With an Index to the Whole.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XV.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. xxviii, 224 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XV. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XVII.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. (4), 271 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XVII. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Synge, J.M. (author) / Adams, Tate (linocuts).

Riders to the Sea. Dolmen Editions VIII. Edited by Robin Skelton from the Manuscript in the Houghton Library in Harvard University with five Linocuts in Colour by Tate Adams.

Limited Edition of 750 copies. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1969. 27 x 19 cm. 58 pages (2). Cloth bindings. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jackets. Near fine in near fine dust jackets. Minor shelf wear only. Internally bright and clean.

Temple, Sir William / Swift, Jonathan (editor/Life of …).

The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart.

First Edition. Volume 1 ONLY (of two). London, Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin et al, 1720. c. 32 x 20 cm. Title page, (10) [Life of the Author & TOC], 480 pages. A few small vignettes. Contemporary full calf. Blind decorations. Raised bands. Good condition. Binding severely rubbed and bumped with serious material losses to spine and boards. Internally very good. A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding. See images.

Tennyson, Alfred.

Poems (Claribel).

London, Strahan and Co., 1869. 16 x 10 cm. xii, 379 pages. Small vignette on title page. Full calf with gilt lines on boards. Gilt decorations and title (Claribel) on spine. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Edges dust dulled. Neat inscription of previous owner on front free end paper. Very mild foxing to end papers and title, otherwise bright and clean.

Tennyson, Alfred Lord.

The Death of Oenone, Akbar’s Dream, and other Poems.

First Trade Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., 1892. 18 x 11 cm, vi, 111 pages. Original green cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. Top edge dust-dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Text block bright and clean. Name of previous owner on top of title page.

Tennyson, Alfred Lord (author) / Riviere and Son (binders).

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Poet Laureate. [Scarce Riviere Binding with Mother-of-Pearl Inlays].

London, Macmillan and Co., 1905. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 900 pages, (2), Frontispiece showing the Author. Binding by Riviere and Son (stamp-signed on front turn-in). Contemporary pale morocco with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Small Mother-of-Pearl inlays to front board. See images. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. One (of two) front blanks missing. Mild foxing to first and last pages. Internally clean.

[Tennyson, Emily] Thwaite, Ann.

Emily Tennyson: The Poet’s Wife.

London, Faber and Faber, 1996. 24cm x 16.2cm. XIX, 716 pages. With 33 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Thackeray, W.M.

Early and Late Papers – Hitherto uncollected.

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. IV, 407 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing. Gilted letters on the spine.

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 Earl of Longford.

The Vineyard. Being the story of Elijah, Ahab & Jezebel. A drama in three acts. [The drama was first played at the Dublin Gate Theatre on Tuesday, 16th March, 1943].

Dublin, Hodges Figgis & Co., Not dated [c. 1940s]. 18 x 12 cm. 74 pages. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

The Mottoes of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians. Translated into English, to which is added, the Mottoes of the Freeholders.

The Second Edition. London, Printed for Richard Wellington, 1737. 16 x 10 cm. 287 pages. Some small vignettes in text. Later cloth. Hard cover. Handwritten title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Mildly age darkened, otherwise very clean.

Thomas Dillon Redshaw.

Lost Bridge [Signed].

First Edition, limited to 500 copies. Minneapolis, Vanilla Press, 1976. 21 x 14 cm. Eight pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Binding dust dulled (see image). Internally clean. Signed by the Author on verso of title page.

Thomas Dillon Redshaw (editor), [John Montague].

Hill Field. Poems and Memoirs for John Montague on his Sixthieth Birthday, 28 February 1989. Compiled and Edited by Thomas Dillon Redshaw.

First Edition. Minneapolis & Oldcastle, Coffee House Press & Gallery Books, 1989. 22 x 14 cm. (4), 110 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Thompson, Sam / Parker, Stewart (Editor) / McManus, Jack (Illustrations).

Over the Bridge. edited and introduced by Stewart Parker. Illustrations by Jack McManus.

First Edition. Dublin and London, Gill and Macmillan 1970. 18 x 12 cm. 119 pages. B&W Photographs. Original decorated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Thomson, George (Editor), Burns, Robert, Scott Sir Walter et al.

Thomson’s Collection of the Songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Bart. And other eminent lyric Poets Ancient and Modern. United to the Select Melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales. With Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Piano Forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. The Whole composed for & collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edinburgh.

Volumes 1, 3 & 5 bound together in one volume. London, Printed and Sold by Preston, Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1822. 25 x 17 cm. Each volume contains 50 song lyrics with accompanying musical notation, and a leaf of index at the end. Vol.1 also a Preface (ii) and a 19 page ‘Dissertation concerning the National Melodies of Scotland’. Contemporary hald calf over paper covered boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Some damage to top of spine (see images). Front free end paper missing. Internally agae darkened.

Thomson, George (Editor), Burns, Robert, Scott Sir Walter et al.

Thomson’s Collection of the Songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Bart. And other eminent lyric Poets Ancient and Modern. United to the Select Melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales. With Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Piano Forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. The Whole composed for & collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edinburgh.

Volumes 1 & 2. London, Printed & Sold by Preston, Hurst, Robinson & Co., [1822]. 25 x 18 cm. Each volume contains 50 song lyrics with accompanying musical notation, and a leaf of index at the end. Vol.1 also a Preface (ii) and a 19 page ‘Dissertation concerning the National Melodies of Scotland’. Later fine half calv over marbled boards. Gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Fine bindings with minimal shelf wear. Internally age darkened. Some edge wear and occasional mild foxing. See images. Name of previous owner on both title pages. Neat gift inscription in volume 1, dated 1828. Overall a very attractive set.

Thomson, James.

The Seasons, Hymn, Ode, and Songs of James Thomson. With his Life, by Mr. Murdoch; and a complete Glossary and Index. With Wood-cuts.

Stereotype Edition. London, Printed by and for J.W.H. Payne et al., 1813. 17.5 x 10 cm. 323 pages. With a Frontispiece and Illustrations. Contemporary red half morroco over marbled boards Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine head frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some abrasion to front paste down. Internally bright and clean.

Thorpe, Benjamin (Editor).

Yule-Tide Stories. A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions, from the Swedish, Danish, and German.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1892. 18 x 12 cm. xv, 504 pages plus 32 pages of publisher’s list. New (2018) red cloth with gilt title and line decorations on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally a little age darkened, but clean.

Thucydidis [Thucydides].

Thucydidis De Bello Peloponnesiaco. Libri Octo. Graece et Latine. Ad Editionem Ios. Wasse et Car. Andr. Dukeri. Accurate Expressi Cum Varietate Lectionis et Annotationibus.

Six Volumes – Complete. Biponti [Zweibrücken], Studiis Societatis Bipontinae. Ex Typographia Societatis, 1788-89. 21 x 12 cm. Vol.1: civ, 411, (2) / Vol.2: 578 / Vol.3: 568 / Vol.4: 527 / Vol.5: 596 / Vol.6: 288 plus c. 250 pages Index [Indices]. Volumes 1-5 with a small title page engraving. Speckled calf boards. Later matching and uniform spines? with gilt decorations & titles. Gilt dentelles. Very good to near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing/browning, mainly to end papers and first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. A lovely complete set.

Tipp, J.E.

and out of the darkness…

First Edition. Self published by the Author, ND. 20 x 14 cm. iii, 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed and Inscribed by the Author on verso of front cover.

Tisdall, Arthur Walderne St. Claire / H. Montagu Butler (foreword).

Verses, Letters, & Remembrances of Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall, V.C. Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. Scholar of Trinity College and Chancellor’s Gold Medallist in the University of Cambridge. With a Foreword by the Master of Trinity.

First Edition. London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1916. 19 x 13 cm. 158 pages. Complete with a tissue-guarded frontispiece, plates and illustrations in text, as listed. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Paper spine label. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Part of spine label worn off. Inscription by previous owner, dated 1917, on front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

Titmarsh, M.A. [Thackeray, William Makepeace].

The Kickleburys on the Rhine.

Second Edition. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1866. 18 x 14 cm. xv, 87 pages plus 12 pages publishers list. Illustrated. See images. Original dark cloth hard cover. Gilt titles and Illustrations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front joint started to crack. Both hinges cracked. Binding holding. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller label on front paste down.

Tomás Ó Criomhthain [Tomas O’Crohan] (Author) / An Seabhac [Padraig O Siochfhradh](Editor).

Allagar na h-Inise [Island Cross-Talk].

First Edition. Dublin, C.S. O Fallamain, hOifig an tSolatain, [Printed by Alex. Thom & Co., Iona Works Dublin], 1928. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 186 pages. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with a paper sticker and dark stain on front board (see image). Mild fraying to spine ends. Sound binding. Single library stamp (‘Colaiste Moibi’) and three numbers on front free end paper. Edges and end papers age darkened. Small red stain on page iii (see image). Internally bright and clean without annotations, underlining etc.

Toquato Tasso.

La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. Preceduta da un Discorso Critico Letterario di Ugo Foscolo, Ed Illustrata da Note Storiche.

Terza Edizione. Firenze, Felice Le Monnier, 1850. 17 x 11.5 cm. xx, 440 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front past down (‘Josephine Martineau’). Internally clean. A nice copy in a very pretty binding.

Torrington, Jeff.

Swing Hammer Swing!

First American edition. New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. 23.5 x 15.5cm. 407 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed by pre-owner on front free endpaper.

Tranströmer, Tomas.

For the Living and the Dead.

First English Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1994. 23 x 15 cm. 32 pages. Losely inserted newspaper review. Trade paperback. Cream wrappers with an Illustration by John Behan. Near fine. A bright and clean copy.

[Trembley, Abraham] Baker, John R.

Abraham Trembley of Geneva. Scientist and Philosopher 1710-1784.

First edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1952. 15 x 23 cm. 259 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition throughout. Exlibris on pastedown.

Trevelyan, Sir George Otto.

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. By his Nephew the Right Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bart.

New Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. 18 x 12 cm. xiv, 695 pages. Contemporary calf. Prize binding. Spine label, gilt title and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some mild fraying to spine ends. Edges dust dulled. Partial remains of a prize paper label on front paste down. Internally clean. A nice reading copy.

Trollope, T. Adolphus.

The Story of the Life of Pius the Ninth.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1877. 22 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 346 pages / Vol.2: x, 310 pages plus 48 pages publishers list. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Elaborate decorations (see images). Black end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Castle Pollard’). Internally very clean. A nice set.

Turner, W.J.

Miss America. Altiora in the Sierra Nevada.

First Edition. London, Mandrake Press Ltd., 1930. 16 x 13 cm. (4), 63 pages, (4) Original beige cloth hard cover with original illustrated dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Endpapers and edges browned and foxed. Internally clean. Dust jacket a little worn and age darkened. Some small closed tears. Now in protective jacket.

Tyssen Amherst, Margaret S. (Editor). Oscar Wilde; Wilfred Cripps; Lady Augusta Noel; Ralph Iron et al.

In A Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co., 1885. 20.5 x 16.5 cm. viii, (2)-Lists of Patrons and Stallholders of the North-Eastern Hospital for Children, 297 pages plus 22 pages of advertising. Various B&W Illustrations, many full page. Original decorated cloth. Title in red on spine and front board. Bevelled boards. All edges red. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening and mild staining. Water staining on one corner throughout the book. Mild browning and foxing, mainly to end papers. A good reading copy.

Uglow, Jenny.

The Lunar Men. The Friends who made the Future.

London, Faber and Faber, 2002. 24cm x 16cm. xx, 588 pages. With colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dust jacket has minor tear and some fraying at the bottom of the spine. Now in protective Brodart jacket.

Uhrig, Alexander.

America Goes To War. A Morality Play.

First Edition. Oconomowoc, Wis., Printed for the Author, 1938. 20 x 13 cm. 40 pages. Original dark red wrappers with gilt title on front. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Staples corroded.

Van Hamel, A.G. (editor).

Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series: Vol. 3: Compert Con Culainn and other Stories.

First Edition in this Form. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1933. c. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 223 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on ffep. Few annotations.

Vargas Llosa, Mario.

The Way To Paradise. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.

London, Faber and Faber, 2003. 16cm x 24cm. 373 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Various authors.

A Collection of 15 Books published by the Religious Tract Society. Each volume contains two Publications: The Life of Mohammed & The Life of Lady Russell / Our Song Birds & Our Domestic Fowls / Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation & Glimpses of the Dark Ages / Life of Julius Caesar & Life of Cyrus / The Solar System Parts 1 and 2 / Modern and Ancient Jerusalem / Remarkable Escapes from Peril & Life’s Last Hours / The Garden Flowers & The Wild Flowers of the Year / Cowper: The Task & Truth, and other Poems / Remarkable Delusions & Man, in his Physical, Intellectual, Social, and Moral Relations / Sketches of the Waldenses & Jamaica; Enslaved and Free / Idumaea with a Survey of Arabia and Arabians & The Jordan and the Dead Sea / Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena & The Telescope and Microscope (by Thomas Dick) / The Caves of the Earth & Blights of the Wheat and their Remedies / The Life of Luther & Life and Times of John De Wycliffe.

London, The Religious Tract Society, ND [several books with inscriptions dated 1854/55]. c. 15 x 10 cm. c. 400 pages in each volume. Uniform half calf over marbled paper boards. Gilt and blind decorations on spine. Red morocco spine label with gilt titles. Marbled edges and toned end papers. Several volumes with Ex Libris of James J. Cordes Junr. on front paste down. Several books inscribed by the same person and dated 1854/55. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean, apart from some neat ownership inscriptions. A very nice set of the Religious Tract publications in sound attractive bindings.

Various Authors.

Years of Mondays. 24 Mayo Writers.

Victoria, Trafford Publishing, 2004. 20 x 20 cm. 150 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Losely inserted invitation for the launch of the book in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland.

Various Authors / Russell, Rev. Matthew (Editor).

The Irish Monthly 1889. A Magazine of General Literature. Seventeenth Yearly Volume 1889.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1889. 21 x 14 cm. vii, 666 pages. Original cloth. Hard Cover. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Ex Library w/ Library stickers on front paste down. Frontispiece missing. Internally dust dulled throughout. A good reading copy in sound binding.

Various Authors. Dobson, Austin (Introduction) / Hugh Thomson (Illustrations).

Coridon’s Song and Other Verses from Various Sources.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1894. 18 x 12 cm. xxxi, 163 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original dark cloth with gilt Titles and Illustrations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Gift inscription dated 1900.

Varley, Declan.

Footprints in the Water. Chronicle of a Ballinrobe Childhood.

First Edition. No publishing information, self-published. 1989. 21 x 14 cm. 97 pages. Stapled trade paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Old price sticker on rear cover. Internally clean. Scarce.

Verne, Jules.

Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [English: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]. Illustre de 111 Dessins par de Neuville et Riou. Graves par Hildibrand.

Paris, Bibliotheque D’Education et de Recreation J. Hetzel et Cie. ND [1877 or earlier]. 27 x 18 cm. Blank, Half-Title, Frontispiece, Title Page, 434 pages, (2) [Table des Matieres], (2) [Publisher’s Ads], Blank. Contemporary polished red calf. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Arms of ‘Collegium Sanct Petri’ (Radley College, Oxfordshire, England) in gilt on front and rear board.Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some age darkening to binding. Edges dust dulled. Front hinge started to crack, but binding remains sound. Prize Inscription on first blank, dated May 22, 1877. Internally mildly age darkened / foxed, otherwise clean. A very nice copy. Please review images provided.

Villon, Francois / Hookham, Paul (Translator).

Ballades of Francois Villon. Interpreted into English Verse by Paul Hookham. Sheldonian Series.

Oxford, Published by Basil H. Blackwell, 1918. 12 x 15, 38 pages (2). Printed in blue and black type on hand made paper, with decorated capitals and a colophon. All edges deckle. Quarter cloth, decorated blue paper boards with paper title labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, age darkening. Faint stains on boards. Part of original paper label on spine missing. Some staining to end papers, but text itself is bright and clean.

Virgil / Dryden, John (translator).

The Works of Virgil. Translated by John Dryden. In Two Volumes.

London, For J. Bumpus, Sharpe, Samms, Warren & Reilly, 1820. 14 x 8.5 cm. Vol.1: 267 pages / Vol.2: 300 pages. Both volumes with engraved title pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Hard covers. Red spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners and spine ends. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘A. Galbraith’) on front paste down. Internally clean.

Wagner, Richard / Corder, H.&F. (translators).

Text Books / Librettos for Nine Wagner Operas bound in four Volumes. Consisting of: Vol.1: Das Rheingold (The Rhine-Gold) & Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) / Vol.2: Siegfried & Götterdämmerung (The Dusk of the Gods) / Vol.3: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) / Vol.4: Parsifal / Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg / Der Fliegende Holländer / Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen. Volumes 1-3 in GERMAN & ENGLISH. Volume 4 Plays are in GERMAN only!

Four uniform volumes. Mainz (Mayence) & Dresden, B.Shott’s Soehne & C.F. Meser. 1882, 1882, 1880, ND. c. 16 x 10 cm. Vol. 1: 75 & 75, 84 & 84 pages. Vol.2: 98 & 98, 86 & 86 pages. Vol. 3: 135 & viii, 135 pages. Vol. 4: 62, 42, 40 & 48 pages. Uniform red morroco with gilt titles on front boards. Blind and gilt line decorations. Name of previous owner (‘Queenie Mason’) on all four front boards in gilt. Decorative end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Some plays slightly age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. A very nice set in uniform bindings.

Wain, John.

Feng: A Poem.

First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1975. 14 x 22cm. 56 pages. Original clothbound hardcover in dustjacket with gilt lettering. Very good condition, other than mild shelf wear to dustjacket edges.

Wall, Mervyn.

The Unfortunate Fursey.

Dublin, Helicon Ltd., 1965. 11 x 17.5cm. 241 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of shelf wear.

Walser, Martin.

Breakers. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1987. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 305 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than very minor spotting to cloth edges. Signed by the author on title page.

Walser, Martin.

The Swan Villa. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 247 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to top edges. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.

Walsh, Maurice.

The Quiet Man.

First Edition in Book Form. Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1933. c. 18 x 12 cm. 52 pages. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover. Black title and line decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some abrasion to boards and spine. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Walther, Klaus.

Romantische Lieder und eine Leiche. Ein Buecher Krimi.

First Edition. Erstausgabe. Mironde Verlag, 2015. 21 x 12 cm. 159 pages. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on title page. Gift inscription opposite title page (not by the author!).

Waszek, John.

Three Books: Dunkel.Warm / Herzkasperl / Stimmen. Kurzprosa, Gedichte & Anderes.

Verlag Stephan Kaluza / Sassafras, 1997, 1995 & 1986. Three paperbacks. Excellent condition, see images. All three carry a stamp of John Waszek incl. his Address. Otherwise as new.

Waters, Frank.

To Possess The Land: A Biography of Arthur Rochford Manby. [Signed].

First edition. Chicago, Sage Books / The Swallow Press Inc., 1973. 15 x 23cm. (8), 287 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Illustrated endpapers. Slight wear to dustjacket, otherwise in excellent condition. Signed with a dedication by author on half-title page.

Watson, William J. (Editor).

Scottish Verse from the Book of the Dean of Lismore.

First Edition. Edinburgh, Published by Oliver & Boyd for the Scottish Gaelic Text Society, 1937. 22 x 14 cm. xl, 355 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Fore and Tail Edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous onwer on front free end paper. Internally clean. A nice copy.

[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.

Weir, Alison.

The Lady Elizabeth.

New York, Ballantine Books, 2008. 16 x 24cm. 477 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Welch, Robert.

Muskerry [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 1991. 21 x 15 cm. 51 pages. Original trade paperback. Near fine. Inscribed by the Author to Irish Poet Paul Durcan. Also signed on title page.

Wells, H.G.

In the Days of the Comet.

First Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., 1906. 19 x 13 cm. viii, 305 pages, 14 pages publisher’s list. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to externals. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Edges dust dulled. Some foxing internally. Binding a little shaky, but intact.Front hinge cracked, but holding. Ex Library with remains of a labels on the front board and front paste down. Library stamp on front free end paper

Wells, H.G.

Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul.

First Reprint. London, Macmillan and Co., 1905. 19 x 13 cm. viii, 425 pages, eight pages publisher’s list. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to externals. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Edges dust dulled. Some foxing internally. Binding a little shaky, but intact. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated Christmas 1905.

West, Morris L.

The Shoes of the Fisherman.

First US Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1963. Octavo. 374 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt decorations. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good, price-clipped dust jacket.

West, W.J.

The Larger Evils: Nineteen Eighty-Four – The Truth Behind The Satire.

Edinburgh, Canongate Press, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 207 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

White, Eric W. [Ed].

Poetry Book Society: The First Twenty-Five Years, 1954-1978.

First Edition. London, Poetry Book Society, 1979. 14 x 22cm. 71 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Text and boards clean and bright, binding firm. Mild wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges.

Whittle, Robert J.

Bound By Loyalty – Book One of the Victoria Chronicles.[Signed].

Victoria BC, Whitlands Publishing Ltd., 2001. 14cm x 22cm. XII, 338 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author.

Wieners, John.

Selected Poems.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 14 x 22cm. 125 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing and minor shelfwear to dustjacket spine.

[Wilbur, Richard / Stafford, William / Simpson, Louis / Wright, James / Warren, Robert Penn] Stitt, Peter.

The World’s Hieroglyphic Beauty. Five American Poets.

First Edition. Georgia, The University of Georgia Press, 1985. 15 x 23.5 cm. XI, 291 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Williams, Tennessee.

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1956. 20.5cm x 13.3cm. xiv, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent, very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

Wilson, Edmund.

A Piece Of My Mind. Reflections at Sixty.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 19.4cm x 11.5cm. 239 (9) pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper signed by preowner.

Wilson, Robert A.

Seeing Shelley Plain. Memories of New York’s Legendary Phoenix Book Shop.

First Edition. New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 23 x 15 cm. (8), 237 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Top edge a little dust dulled.

Wolf, Joseph (Illustrator).

Feathered Favourites. Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds from Drawings by Joseph Wolf.

First Edition. London, Thomas Bosworth, 1854. 25 x 18 cm. (6), 54 pages. Illustrated with 12 colour plates. Dark green Morocco with extesive gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. Gilt title on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. In custom-made clamshell box with paper label. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Dust dulled. Occassional some mild browning / foxing. Internally clean. All 12 plates with tissue guards.

[Wollstonecraft, Mary] Nixon, Edna.

Mary Wollstonecraft. Her Life and times.

London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1971. 24 x 16 cm. 205 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Woolf, Jenny.

The Mystery of Lewis Carroll. Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland.

First US Edition. New York, St. Martin Press, 2010. 23 x 15 cm. x, 326 pages. Original pale blue cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Traces of a sticker on front of dust jacket.

Wordsworth, Charles / Hodgson, W. Earl (Editor).

Annals of My Early Life 1806-1846 / Annals of My Life 1847-1856. With occasional Compositions in Latin and English Verse.

Two Volumes. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891 & 1893. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 42 pages plus 24 pages publishers list / xxxvi, 230 pages. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Hard covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Library sticker on front paste down of ‘Early Life’. Hinges starting to crack. Bindings remain sound. A few pencil annotations. Internally clean.

Wright, Richard.

Early Works: Lawd Today!, Uncle Tom’s Children and Native Son. Edited by Arnold Rampersad.

New York, Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1991. 12.5 x 20.5cm. 936 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with silk pagemarker in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new. [The Library of America, No. 55].

Yeats, W.B. / Bradford, Curtis Baker [Ed].

The Writing of The Player Queen. Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats transcribed, edited and with a commentary by Curtis Baker Bradford.

First Edition. DeKalb, Northern Illinois University Press, 1977. 18 x 27cm. (24), 483 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Binding, boards and text in very good condition, clean and bright. Dustjacket spine and rear sunned with minor signs of shelf wear to edges. From the series Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats, edited by David R. Clark.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935 and 1937.

Photo-Lithographic Reprints of the First Cuala Press Editions. Two Volumes. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29-21 cm. Both Volumes: 64 pages, incl. blanks and title pages. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine and very good in very good dust jackets. For exact descriptions please go to westcoastrarebooks.com and search for items 103459 & 103460.

[Yeats, W.B.] Murphy, William M.

Family Secrets – William Butler Yeats and His Relatives.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1995. 23.6cm x 16cm. XXVII, 534 pages. With 101 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Edges mildly dust dulled. Internally clean.

Yeats, William Butler.

Werke (Sechs Bände). Band I: Ausgewählte Gedichte / Band II: Erzählungen / Band III: Dramen 1 / Band IV: Dramen 2 / Band V: Essays und Einführungen / Band VI: Autobiographie. Herausgegeben von Werner Vordtriede.

Neuwied / Berlin, Luchterhand Verlag, 1970 – 1973. 8°. Frontispiz, 315 / Frontispiz, 225 / Frontispiz, 246 / Frontispiz, 220 / Frontispiz, 344 / Frontispiz, 538 Seiten. 6 Bände (vollständig). Ausgabe Luchterhand Verlag 1970-1973. Insgesamt 1894 Seiten. Originale Ganzleinenbände mit Original-Umschlägen sowie zusätzlichen Klarsicht-Schutzumschlägen. Kopfschnitt der Bände etwas angestaubt. Sonst sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

Yorke, Malcolm / [Cole, Brenda] / [Cole, Leslie].

Today I worked well – the picture fell off the brush. The artistry of Leslie Cole, told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole.

First and limited Edition [500]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2010. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 198 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over marbled paper boads. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clan copy.

Young, Andrew.

The Collected Poems of Andrew Young. Arranged with a bibliographical Note by Leonard Clark. Wood-Engravings by Joan Hassall.

First Edition. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. 21 x 14 cm. 219 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket a little worn with some short tears and minor paper losses to corners and spine. Some notes written on the dust jacket inner flap. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Young, Edward.

The Poetical Works of Edward Young.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Pickering, 1852. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: lvii, 298 pages. With a Frontispiece. / Vol.2: vi, 334 pages. Full brown morroco with armorial gilt designs to both boards. Raised bands and gilt title. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally clean. Name of previous owner on front free end papers.

Zigman, Laura.

Animal Husbandry.

First Edition. New York, The Dial Press, 1998. 14 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Partial sunning to wrapper, otherwise excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.