Sibbett, R.M.

For Christ and Crown: The Story of a Mission.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed at “The Witness” Office, 1926. 18 x 12 cm. viii, (6), 344 pages. With a frontispiece and various other illustrations in B&W. Original red cloth with title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Front hinge nearly fully cracked, but holding. Internally clean.

Sibree, Rev. James.

Our English Cathedrals. Their Architectural Beauties and Characteristics and Their Historical Associations Popularly Described. Together with Chapters on the Cathedrals in Medieval and in Modern Times, and in English Poetry and Prose. Volume 1: The Northern Cathedrals. Volumes 2: The Southern Cathedrals.

In Two Volumes. London, Francis Griffith, 1911. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 244 pages / 286 pages. Publishers Lists. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Uniform original blue cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland’) in both volumes. A very nice set.

Sinn Fein Standing Committee.

The Republic of Ireland Addresses His Holiness, The Pope. An English rendering of the Remonstrance recently addressed to His Holiness, the Pope, by the Executive Council, Republic of Ireland.

[First Edition]. [Dublin], Issued by Sinn Fein Standing Committee, [1929]. 21 x 13 cm. Eight pages. Unbound pamphlet. Issued stapled, but staples coroded away. Very good condition. Staples corroded away, leaving some rust stains (see images). A little dust dulled and edgeworn.

Sister Mary Francis Clare [The Nun of Kenmare].

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

Second Edition. London & Dublin, Burns & Oates & Gill & Son, 1880. 26 x 18 cm. (16), 762 pages. Illustrated throughout. New (2021) blue cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. New binding. Internally rubbed and worn in places. Dust dulled, age darkened. A very good reading copy in a new sturdy binding.

Smith, Rev. Sydney.

The Wit and Wisdom of Rev. Sydney Smith. A Selection of the most memorable Passages in his Writings and Conversations.

Fourth Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. 19 x 12 cm. viii, 355 pages plus four pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine and front board. Elaborate blind decorations. Brown end papers. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Book sellers (Manchester) blind stamp on front free end paper. Binders label on rear end paper. A few small nicks. Internally clean.

St. Basil the Great / St. John Chrysostom / St. Eucherius / Coombes, William Henry.

Sacred Eloquence. Or Discourses selected from the Writings of St. Basil the Great, and St. John Chrysostom; With the Letters of St. Eucherius Bishop of Lyons to His Kinsman Valerian on the Contempt of the World. Translated from the Greek & Latin Originals. To which are prefixed Introductory Accounts of the Life of these Fathers.

London, Printed by J.P. Coghlan et al, 1798. 21 x 12 cm. Title Page, (4) [Dedication and TOC], xvi, 338 pages. Pages 339 to 343 missing. Contemporary full calf. Vlue speckled edges. Good condition due to missing last few pages. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Sound binding. Internally clean.

Stancliffe, Clare E.

Kings and Conversions: some Comparison between the Roman Mission to England and Patrick’s to Ireland. Sonderdruck aus Fruehmittelalterliche Studien. Jahrbuch des Instituts fuer Fruehmittelalterforschung der Universitaet Muenster.

Berlin & New York, Walter de Gruyter, 1980. pages 59 to 94. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Front cover lose. Internally bright and clean. Short inscription by the Author [Clare] on front wrapper. See images.

Stokes, Margaret.

Early Christian Architecture in Ireland. Illustrated with Woodcuts.

First Edition. London, George Bell and Sons, 1878. 28 x 18 cm. viii, 160 pages, followed by 52 Plates with Illustrations. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover. Celtic blind decorations on front and rear boards. Gilt title on Spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Stokes, Margaret.

Notes on the High Crosses of Moone, Drumcliff, Termonfechin, and Killamery. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Society. Volume XXXI, Part XIII.

First Edition. Dublin, Published at the Academy House, Sold by Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1901. 32 x 25 cm. Pages numbered 541 to 578. 24 Plates numbered XXVIII to LI. Original paper wrappers with title information. Soft cover, as published. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cover and edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Stuck, Hudson.

A Winter Circuit of our Arctic Coast. A Narrative of a Journey with Dog-Sleds around the entire Arctic Coast of Alaska.

First Edition. New York, Charles Sribner’s Sons, 1920. 23 x 15 cm. x, (4), 347 pages. Illustrated. With two folding maps and 33 Images. One plate (page 302: ‘Cooking Dog-Feed’ missing). Original cloth binding. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded (see images). Binding a little shaky with some pages towards the back of the book lose). One plate missing. Overall a nice copy.

The Count Joseph De Maistre / The Rev. Aeneas McD. Dawson (Translator).

Letters to a Russian Gentleman, on the Spanish Inquisition.

London, C. Dolman, 1851. 15 x 9.5 cm. vi, 114 pages plus 34 pages publishers list of Charles Dolman. Original embossed cloth with gilt title on fron board. Good condition. Binding rubbed bumped and age darkened (see images). Text block almost disconnected from binding. Ex Library with library stampand numbers on front free end paper. Text block bright and clean. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

The Duke ofr Bedford.

The Road to Real Success.

First Edition. Glasgow, The Strickland Press [1930]. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 476 pages. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding somewhat faded / discolored. Edges age darkened. Internally very clean. Inscribed on front free end paper: ‘With best wishes from the author’.

The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

The Rev. John Francis Shearman.

Loca Patriciana. An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries and of some contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick, and Patrick Mac Calphurn. Apostles of Ireland in the fifth Century.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1882. 25 x 15 cm. xiii, 495 pages. With a frontispiece. With folding Plates. Modern fine half morroco over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding as new. New end papers. Edges dust dulled. First few pages mildly foxed and damp stained. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a solid binding.

The Rev. Matthew Kelly (editor).

Cambrensis Eversus. Seu Potius Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicis Giraldo Cambresi Abrogata … edited, with translation and notes by the Rev. Matthew Kelly.

Three Volumes in Four Volumes – as published. Dublin, Printed for the Celtic Society, 1848, 1850, 1851 & 1852. 23 x 15 cm. Vol. 1: xvi, 515 pages / Vol. 2: 793 pages / Vol. 3: 304 (8) / Vol.4: pages 305 to 575, (16). Original hard covers with elaborate blind decorations. Gitlt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Tipp, J.E.

and out of the darkness…

First Edition. Self published by the Author, ND. 20 x 14 cm. iii, 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed and Inscribed by the Author on verso of front cover.

Trollope, T. Adolphus.

The Story of the Life of Pius the Ninth.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1877. 22 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 346 pages / Vol.2: x, 310 pages plus 48 pages publishers list. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Elaborate decorations (see images). Black end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Castle Pollard’). Internally very clean. A nice set.

Tupper, Martin F.

Proverbial Philosophy. [First and Second Series].

Thirty-ninth Edition. London, Hatchard and Co., 1863. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 522 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author. Fine contemporary dark morroco with elaborate gilt decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller label on front paste down (Willis and Sotheran, London). First and last pages mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy in an attractive and sturdy contemporary binding.

Usher, James [Ussher / Usserius, Jacobus].

A Body of Divinity. or, The sum and substance of Christian religion catechistically propounded and explained by way of question and answer : methodically and familiarly handled, for the use of families : to which is adjoyned a tract intituled Immanuel; or, The mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God. By the Most Reverend James Usher, late Arch-bishop of Armagh.

The seventh edition, carefully corrected from very many errors in former editions. London, Printed by J.D for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson, 1677. 32 x 20 cm. Frontispiece, Title Page, (4)[To the Reader], 40 pages [Life of the Author], (8) [TOC], 433 pages, (8) [Index]. [blank, frontispiece, a4-f3, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Mmm2]. Old calf. Very professionally rebacked. Later spine label with title and author in gilt. Very good condition. Sound binding. Names of a few previous owners neatly inscribed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Vann, Gerald.

The Water and the Fire.

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1954. 14cm x 22cm. 187 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Torn dustjacket, otherwise very good condition.