Ramsay, Jay.

After Rumi. With paintings by Genie Poretsky-Lee.

Second Edition. London, The Lotus Foundation, 2004. 21 x 14 cm. 48 unumbered pages. Stiff paper covers. Trade paperback. Near fine condition. From the library of Irish poet Paul Durcan.

Boccaccio, Giovanni / Young, Bartholomew (translator) / Leone, M. (illustrator).

Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.

Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.

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.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Walsh, Wendy F. (illustrations).

An Irish Flower Garden Replanted [Signed]. The Histories of some of our Garden Plants.

Limited Signed Edition. No. 55/150. Castlebourke by Eamonn De Burca, For Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. ix, 276 pages. Illustrated. Limited Edition quarter green morroco over mustard coloured cloth boards. In illustrated matching slip case. See images. Fine condition. Blind stamp and pencil note of previous owner on title page (see image). Internally bright and clean. Losely inserted bookmark by the publisher. Signed by the Author, Illustrator and Publisher on title page. A very nice copy.

Ackroyd, Norman.

An Irish Notebook [Signed].

First Edition. London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2022. Oblong 30 x 15 cm. Unpaginated. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page.

Henry, Paul / O’Faolain, Sean (foreword).

An Irish Portrait [Signed]. The Autobiography of Paul Henry R.H.A. With a Foreword by Sean O’Faolain.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, 1951, 22 x 15 cm. xi, 116 pages. With 12 Plates – complete. With a losely inserted letter, signed by Mabel Young, Paul Henry’s second wife, to whom the book is dedicated. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair only dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper. Dust jacket worn with significant paper losses (see images).

Various Authors.

An Universal History, from the earliest Account of Time to the Present. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, Chronological and other Tables.

Volumes 2 to 19 (18 Volumes in Total). Dublin, Printed by Edward Bate, for the Editors, 1744 / 1745 / 1746. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.2: (2), 630 pages / Vol.3: (2), 645 pages / Vol.4: (2), 629 pages / Vol.5: (4), 615 pages / Vol.6: (2), 636 pages / Vol.7: (2), 653 pages / Vol.8: (2). 638 pages / Vol.9: (4), 651 pages / Vol.10: (2), 656 pages / Vol.11: (2), 632 pages / Vol.12: (2), 646 pages / Vol.13: (2). 650 pages / Vol.14: (2), 666 pages / Vol.15: (2), 724 pages / Vol.16: (2), 749 pages / Vol.17: (2), 813 pages / Vol. 18: (2), 706 pages / Vol.19: (2), 760 pages plus 10 pages Index. For list of Plates per volume, please see comments. Contemporary uniform calf. Spine label with title in gilt. Gilt decorations on spine. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. All volumes in very good condition, except for Vol. 5, which is seriously damaged by bookworm. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Age darkened edges and end papers. Very few annotations. Top edge of volume 19 marked with red felt pen. Internally age darkened with the occasional closed tear. Some plates with closed tears and poor folding. Overall a very nice and interesting set with some amazing Plates and Maps.

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.

Anon.

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet. Vol. I-IV, bound in two Volumes. Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with Letter-Press Descriptions.

Four volumes bound in two. London, W. Clarke, J. Carpenter & H.D. Symonds, 1807, 1807, 1808 & 1808. c. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 48 Plates / Vol. 2: 49 Plates / Vol. 3: 49 Plates / Vol. 4: 49 Plates. Each tissue guarded plate accompanied by text page(s). Contemporary uniform calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Tones edges. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spines. New marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing / browning.

Ledwich, Edward.

Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for Arthur Grueber, 1790. c. 25 x 21 cm. (4) [Dedication & TOC], iv [Subscribers]. (4) [Preface], 473 pages, (12) [Index]. Complete with a frontispiece, engraved title page and a further 38 Plates, as listed. One plate in colour. Contemporary tree claf. Red spine lable with gilt title. Gilt lines to spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and weak! Front board barely connected. Front joint and hinge open. Would benefit from rebacking or rebinding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and a few damp stains. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. Despite the weak binding a nice complete copy of the scarce first edition.