Ryan, Frederick W.

“The House of the Temple”. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution by Frederick W. Ryan.

First Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 358 pages. With Illustrations and a folding Map. Original bright red cloth. HArd cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, slightly discoloured dust jacket. Edges and end papers mildly foxed. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Machiavel, Nicolas [Niccolò Machiavelli].

[The Works of Nicholas Machiavel]. Containing the following Works: The History of Florence / The Prince, Together with the Original of Guelf and Ghibilin, Life of Castruccio Castracani, Murther of Vitelli, &c. by Duke Valentino, State of France, State of Germany. / The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel, upon the First Decade of Titus Livius. / The Art of War. / The Marriage of Belphegor. Also The Publisher to the Reader, concerning the following Letter & The Author’s Introduction.

London, Printed for A. Churchill, R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin et al, 1720. C. 32 x 20 cm. TP [History of Florence], (2) [Epistle to Clement VII], (10) [TOC], 180 pages (Florence], (4) [TP & Dedication: The Prince], pages 199-267 [The Prince], (4) [TP & Dedication: Discourses], pages 267-431 [Discourses], (4) [TP &c. The Art of War], pages 433-523 [The Art of War], pages 524-529 [The Marriage of Belphegor], pages 530-532 [Preface to the Reader], (1) [Epistle to Clement VII], (3) [The Author’s Introduction]. Numerous pages misnumbered: 169-170, 175-179, 235, 265. New (2024) half leather over marbled boards. New end papers. Spine labels. Text block in good condition. Missing overall title page [Works of Machiavel]. Heavy edge wear, particularly to first and last pages, with paper losses, but not affecting text. Large section (c. 50%) of page 26/26 missing. Closed tear to page 509/510. Paper darkened with some damp staining and occasional foxing.

Goodwin, Rutherford. [Marshall, George C. / Pound, Dudley / Portal, Charles F.A. / Somerville, James F. / Wavell, Archibald P. / Hastings, L. Ismay et al].

A Brief & True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia. [Signed by George Marshall and British Chiefs of Staff in 1943]. Being an Account of the most important Occurrences in that Place from its first Beginning to the present Time.

A third Edition revis’d & enlarged by the Author. Williamsburg, Printed for Colonial Williamsburg by August Dietz, 1940. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 406 pages. With a frontispiece, two foldout maps and other illustrations. Brown calf with gilt line decorations. Label with gilt title on spine. Speckled edges. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Material losses to spine and spine label. Abrasion to boards. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened, otherwise in very good condition. Initials A.F.B. and 13 signatures on front end papers. Placed and dated (Williamsburg, Virginia 5/16/43). Text block bright and clean.

A Collection of five Historic Acts and Declarations. Collection consists of five individually bound volumes: Vol.1: An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland. (1657) / Vol. 2: A Declaration of His Highness The Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, for a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in the Three Nations. (1656) / Vol. 3: An Act for an Assessment at the Rate of Five and Thirty thousand Pounds by the moneth upon England, Six thousand Pounds by the Moneth upon Scotland, and Nine thousand pounds by the Moneth upon Ireland, For Three Years from The Twenty fourth of June 1657. / Vol. 4: An Act and Declaration Touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the Twentieth of April 1653. and before the Third of September 1654. and Other Acts. / Vol. 5: An Additional Act for the Better Improvement and Advancing the Receipts of the Excise and New-Impost (1657).

Five Volumes. London, Henry Hill and John Fields, 1857, Vol. 1: (2), 24 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 2: (2), 5 pages, (74 blank pages) / Vol. 3: (2), 28 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 4: (2), 40 pages (not consistently numbered), 50 blank pages) / Vol. 5: (2), 61 pages (2). Vol. 1-4: Modern three-quarter dark blue leather with blue cloth boards. Some gilt line decorations to boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. (Bindings by Period Binders, Bath, England) / Vol. 5: Modern half-leather with pale blue cloth. Gilt line decorations on boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings for vol.1-4 as new. Binding for vol. 5 with some shelf wear, some staining and discoloration to boards. The actual acts show age darkening, browning and occassional foxing. Edges are darkened. Pages have small tears and small amount of paper loss, but not affecting the actual text. A few pencil lines. A very handsome collection in tasteful bindings.

Odhams Press Ltd. (Publishers).

A Collection of Vintage ‘News Review’ Magazines. The First British Newsmagazine. 259 Copies in total, of which 51 lack the front cover. Offered as a Collection WAF. Realistic Offers Welcome.

London, Odhams Press Ltd., 1939 – 1947. C. 29 x 21 cm. Conditions range from poor (a few) to very good (most). Generally a little dust dulled. Some Titles lack the front covers. See list of issues below. Overall a very interesting Collection with many fascinating front covers showing the Key Figures of this age: Americans: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, MacArthur et al. British: Churchill, Wavell, Montgomery et al. Russians: Stalin, Shukov et al. Germans: Hitler, Goebbels et al. Other covers show Ghandi, James Mason et al. See sample images.

Walpole, Spencer.

A History of England. From the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815.

First Edition. Five Volume Set – Complete. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878, 1878, 1880, 1886 & 1886. c. 22 x 14 cm. xviii, 647, 24 [publishers list] / xvii, 705, (2) / xxiv, 679, 24 / xxii, 611 / xvi, 560 pages plus 24 pages publishers list. Uniform dark brown cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). A little dust dulled. Ex Libris of Castle Pollard on all front paste downs. Internally clean. A nice set.

Abbe Raynal / Justamond, J.O. (Translator).

A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Revised, Augmented, and Published in ten volumes by the Abbe Raynal. Newly translated from the French, By J.O. Justamond, F.R.S. with a new Set of Maps, Elegant Engravings Adapted to the Work, and a Copious Index. In Six Volumes.

Dublin, Printed for John Exshaw, Grafton Street and Luke White, Dame Street, 1784. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: (10), 536 pages / Vol.2: (6), 564 pages / Vol.3: (8), 572 pages / Vol.4: (6), 543 pages / Vol.5: (6), 469 pages / Vol.6: (4), 573 pages plus 84 pages Index. For Illustrations, see comments below. Uniform contemporary full calf. Good condition only. Bindings severely rubbed and bumped with most spine labels missing. Material losses to spines and board. Age darkened and dust dulled. Some evidence of old bookworm. Bindings of text blocks sound. One plate lose. Portrait of Abbe Raynal and one map (East Indies) missing. Overall good reading copies or candidates for rebinding.

Burke, Edmund.

An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, in Consequence of some late Discussions in Parliament, relative to the Reflections on the French Revolution.

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall, 1791. 20 x 13 cm. HT, TP, 139 pages. Later fine half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor edge wear and age darkening to half title and title pages. Internally very clean. A very nice copy

By An Irish King’s Counsel.

An Independent Irish Parliament. The Path to Peace.

Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1921. 18 x 12 cm. 56 pages. With a frontispiece and Plates. Green cloth with paper label on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Paper internally browned, but otherwise clean.

Taylor, Rex.

Assassination. The Death of Sir Henry Wilson and the Tragedy of Ireland.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson, 1961. 21 x 14 cm. 224 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A very nice clean copy.