Polyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited. An Erotic Epiphany of Architecture.
Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1992. Large Octavo. XXVII, 311 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in excellent (Fine) condition.
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The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland. Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, which obtained the Gold Medal and Prize of the Royal Irish Academy.
Second Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1845. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. xxi, 525 pages. Illustrated throughout. Trinity College Dublin Prize Binding by George Mullen. College Crest on front and rear boards. Extensive gilt decorations on polished calf. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Prize label on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy in a very fine binding.
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Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 28 x 25 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original dark cloth with celtic blind decorations. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with faint numbers on spine and a few small stamps internally..
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The Linen Houses of the Lagan Valley. The Story of their families.
Belfast, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2003. 26 x 20 cm. xvi, 221 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth, inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Gift inscription on half title page. Binding weakened.
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Some Particulars connected with the History of Baptismal Fonts. With four Norman Illustrations, being a Paper read at the Quarterly General Meeting of the Architectural and Archaeological Society for the County of Buckingham.
First Edition. London, Aylesbury: J. Pickburn et al., 1848. 22 x 14 cm. 32 pages plus four Plates. Original paper covers. Soft covers. See images. Good condition. Some edgewear. Covers worn and age darkened. Minor material losses to wrappers. Some pencil underlining. Top of Plates damp stained (see images).
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Architecture Explained. With an Introductory Note by J.C. Squire.
First Edition. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 212 pages. With B&W Plates, some losely inserted. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards and spine mildly dust dulled / discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. All plates present, two of them losely inserted. Internally clean.
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Four Books: 1. Hortus Inclusus / 2. Aratra Pentelici / 3. The Queen of the Air / 4. Our Fathers Have Told Us. 1. Messages from the Wood to the Garden, sent in happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston / 2. Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture, given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 / 3. Being a Study of the Greek Myth of Cloud and Storm / 4. Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been held at its Fonts. The Bible of Amiens.
Second Edition / New Edition / Fifth Edition & Third Edition. 1888 / 1890 / 1892 & 1897. xiii, 172 pages / xii, (4), 281 pages / x, (2), 233 pages / xi, (4), 310 pages. Uniform half morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. A lovely uniform set of John Ruskin books. Edges dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. With Illustrations.
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The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford. With an Account of the Present Stateof the Peasantry of that Part of the South of Ireland.
Litho Facsimile Edition limited to one thousand copies. Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Limited, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. x, 419 pages. With five fold out pages, a coloured map and other illustrations in B&W. Original olive green cloth with gilt title (on black) on spine. Very good condition. Very minor shelf wear. Internally complete, bright and clean.
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The Round Towers of Ireland: Their Origin and Uses.
[First Edition]. Belfast, D.T. Doherty, 1886. 20.5 x 14 cm. 68 pages. Small title vignette and small vignettes in text. Quarter brown leather over paper covered boards. Handwritten title on front board. Binding appears to be done by a hobby binder. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Some mild damp staining. A few pencil lines. Edges worn. Original staples corroded.
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