Bryan, C.D.B.

Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abductions and UFOs – Witnesses and Scientists Report.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1995. 16cm x 24cm. IX, 476 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Cobbett, [William].

Cobbett’s Two Penny Trash 1831-1832. No.1 Vol. II (July 1831) to No.12. Vol.II (July 1832).

London, Published by the Author, 1831 / 1832. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. 288 pages. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Binding poor, text block in good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Hinges and joints weak. Ex Library ( Henshaw Street Mutual Improvement Society’s Library). Internally age darkened, with a few library stamps. A good reading copy.

Vallancey, C. [Charles].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis. Number XII. Contents: Of All hallow Eve / Of the Gule of August, or Lammas Day / Description of the Banqueting-hall of Tamar or Tara / Of the Kiss of Salutation / Miscellaneous / Second Letter from Charles O’Conor, Esq., on the Heathen State and Ancient Topography of Ireland.

Dublin, Printed by W. Spotswood and sold by Luke White, Dame Street, 1783. 20 x 12 cm. clxxv, pages numbered 444 to 682. Complete with two plates, as listed. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Mildly age darkened throughout. Ex Libris of previous owner. A nice copy. Not a Reprint.

Laurentius Heisterus [Heister, Lorenz].

Compendium Anatomicum Totam Rem Anatomicam Brevissime Complectens Editio Quarta Prioribus Longe Auctior At2ve Emendatior.

Two volumes in bound in one. Norimbaergae [Nuremberg], Georg. Christoph. Weberi, 1736. 20 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page vol.1 with title vignette, (2) [Dedication], xxvi [Prefatio], 205 pages, (2)[blank], title page vol.2, 190 pages, (38) [Index], nine folding plates [Tab I to Tab IX]. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Five raised bands. Red speckled edges. Binding very worn with material losses to spine and spine ends. Joints and hinges cracked. Small paper losses to end papers. (see images). Internally in very good condition. Occasional mild browning and small damp stains, otherwise very clean.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 422 pages with many maps and photographs in B&W. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Neat owners name inscribed. Binding weak. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Pick, F.W.

Contemporary History. [Review Copy].

First Edition. Oxford, Pen-In-Hand Publishing, 1949. 324pages. Original cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Loosely inserted paper slip by the publishers asking for review. Another handwritten note asking for a review. On stationary of ‘Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review’. Internally clean.

Leadbeater, Mary / Edgeworth, Maria (Notes and Preface).

Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.

Codrington, John (Introduction).

Country Life Picture Book of London.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1951. 28 x 22 cm. (4), 88 full page photographic plates, xvi pages of advertising. Original pale cloth with gilt title on front board. In original dust jacket. Good in fair dust jacket. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Binding partially discoloured and faded. Edges and end papers age darkened. Long gift inscription by Benita Alanbrooke for her husband Field Marshal Alanbrooke on front free end paper. Dust jacket in poor condition with several cuts and paper losses. Internally clean, but age dulled.

Criminal Trials.

Two Volumes. London, Charles Knight, 1832 / 1835. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: 520 pages / Vol.2: xvi, 409 pages. With a frontispiece in volume 2. Half leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Very good condition. Age darkened. Some stains internally. Rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Front hinge of volume 1 starting to open, but binding is sound. Inscriptions by previous owner on end papers in both volumes. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.

Silberman, Charles E.

Crisis in Black and White.

First US Edition. New York, Random House, 1964. 21 x 15 cm. xii, 370 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover, inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some staining to binding (see image) and end papers. Internally bright and clean. Minor edge wear to dust jacket.