W. Cooke-Taylor.

The National Portrait Gallery. Of Illustrious and Eminent Personages, chiefly of the Nineteenth Century.

[First Edition]. Two volumes bound into One. London, Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son & Co. & The Caxton Press, [1846]. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 128 text pages / Vol.2: 128 text pages. Numerous Plates. Contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Gilt titles and decorations. Two spine labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Binding sound. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean. A nice sturdy volume.

Walsh, Wendy (art work) / Nelson, Charles (text) / Ross, Ruth Isabel (introduction volume 1).

An Irish Florilegium 1 & 2. Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. Watercolour Paintings by Wendy Walsh. Introduction by Ruth Isabel Ross. Notes on the Plates by Charles Nelson.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London, Thames and Hudson, 1983 & 1987. 36 x 29 cm. 1: 224 pages with 48 tipped in Plates. Losely inserted bookmark listing the Plates. Losely inserted advertising sheet for the second volume of the Florilegium. / 2: 216 pages with 48 colour plates. Original cloth. Gilt titles. Inside original decorated dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Fine in fine dust jackets. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1812. 25 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. With a title vignette, two maps (one folding), one folding panoramic view & 17 plates. Modern fine quarter calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with title in gilt. gilt and blind decorations to spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some dust dulling to edges. Occasional very mild spotting. Very few descriptive pencil annotations. Internally very clean. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1812. 23 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. Complete with engraved title page, two maps (incl. one folding), a folding panoramic view and 17 Plates. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Good condition only. Binding severely rubbed and bumped with material losses to corners. Age darkened throughout. Occasional foxing / browning. Small bookseller label and Ex Libris of previous owner on front past down. Some ink stains in red and black. Red ink used on title page engraving (see image). A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Westwood, H.R.

Modern Caricaturists. With Foreword on the Art of Caricature by David Low.

First Edition. London, Lovat Dickson Limited, 1932. 28 x 21 cm. xiv, 204 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket age darkened with minor losses. See images. A bright and clean copy.

Manners, Lady Victoria / Williamson, Dr. D.C. / [Kauffmann, Angelica].

Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. Her Life and Her Works. With seventy-nine Illustrations in Colour and in Black & White.

First Edition. Limited to 1000 Copies. London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. 28 x 22 cm. xiii, 268 pages plus publishers list. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Good condition only due to extensive water staining of the fore edge. See images. Dust dulled edges and end papers. A good reading copy since the damp staining does not effect text or images.

Willis, N.P & J. Stirling Coyne (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (drawings).

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett; The Literary Portion of the Work by N.P. Willis and J. Stirling Coyne, ESQRS.

Two Volumes. London, George Virtue, ND [1840s]. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 170 pages & 62 Plates / Vol.2: 186 pages & 60 Plates. Lacks portrait of Mr. Willis, otherwise contains all Plates as listed. The Plates of ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ and ‘Carrigogunnell Castle’ are both present but are in each others place. Uniform contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Complete with all Plates with the exception of the listed Portrait of Mr. Willis, which appears to be missing from all copies. Sturdy bindings, but rubbed and bumped with minor losses. Internally clean, with occasonal mild foxing / age darkening. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Small name & address sticker of another owner on front paste downs. A very nice set.

Wornum, Ralph Nicholson.

Etchings from the National Gallery. Eighteen Plates after Bellini, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Turner et al.

First Edition. London, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1876. 38 x 28 cm. (2), 37 text pages and 18 engraved Plates – complete. Rebacked in 2022 using the original decorated boards, with a new spine and new end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rebacked. Internally occasional mild foxing.

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. / Stephens, James / Higgins, F.R. / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935. A Collection of Old and New Song. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O’Connor, Lynn Doyle, Bryan Guiness, Padraic Colum. Illustrattions by: Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Sean O’Sullivan, E.C. Peet, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by Arthur Duff.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M.MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 unnumbered pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine in very good dust jacket. Very mildly age darkened. Dust jacket with minor edge wear and and short tears. See images. Internally clean. A very nice copy.