Ferguson, Charles W.

Naked to my Enemies. The Life of Cardinal Wolsey.

First Edition. Boston et al, Little, Brown and Company, 1958. 21 x 14 cm. 543 pages. With a frontispiece. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mild discoloration. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Feuillet de Conches, F.

Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette et Madame Elisabeth – Lettres et documents inédits.

First Edition. Six Volumes. Paris, Henri Plon, 1864. 22 x 14 cm. lxxii, 519 / 544, 4 Plates / lxv, 502, 5 Plates / cxix, 506, 4 Plates / 488, 2 Plates / 602 pages, 8 Plates. See notes below. Fine contemporary uniform half morocco over marbled paper boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Title and volume numbers in gilt on spine. Gilt decorations. A wonderful set. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of ‘Castle Pollard’ in all six volumes. Internally bright and clean with occasional very mild foxing, mainly to the Plates. Overall a very nice set in attractive sturdy bindings. Please review all the images on westcoastrarebooks.com.

Ford, Alan.

James Ussher. Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 315 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Portrait of Ussher (from dust jacket?) glued to front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally very bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Francis Sheehy Skeffington.

In Dark and Evil Days.

First Edition. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1916. 18 x 12 cm. xxviii, 237 pages. With a Frontispiece showing the Author and his Signature (printed). Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and somewhat discoloured (see images). Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on verso of Frontispiece. Internally clean.

Francis, Julian.

My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross, War Artist.

First and limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2022. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over fine marbled papers. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

Fuentes, Carlos.

Myself With Others: Selected Essays.

London, André Deutsch Limited, 1988. 15.5 x 23cm. 214 pages. Original half-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Garry O’Connor.

Sean O’Casey. A Life.

First Edition. Signed by author. New York, Antheneum, 1988. 16 x 24 cm, (6), 448 pages with B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition and very good dust jacket. Edges dusted and a little age darkened. Minor shelf wear. Text block clean and bright.

Garvin, Tom.

The Lives of Daniel Binchy. Irish Scholar, Diplomat, Public Intellectual.

First Edition. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2016. 22 x 15 cm. xii, 212 pages. With B&W photographs. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Gaskin, J.J. (Editor)

The Viceregal Speeches and Addresses Lectures and Poems of the Late Earl of Carlisle, KG. Collected and Edited by J.J.Gaskin.

First Edition. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1865 / 1866. 16 x 22 cm, cxxxv, 483 pages including 24 pages List of Subscribers. Frontispiece showing Carlisle. Signature (‘yours very faithfully Carlisle’) assumed to be printed. Small illustration of Castle Howard on first title page. Second title page text only. First title page dated 1865, second title page dated 1866. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Fine gilt crest of carlisle on front board. Blindstamp decoration on front and rear boards. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Some shelf wear. Corners, boards and spine a little bumped and rubbed. Age darkening, some browning the foxing, mainly to end papers and first few pages. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Geruzez, Eugene.

Essais D’Histoire Litteraire.

Second Edition (Revue et Augmentee). Paris, Librairie de Garnier Freres, 1853. 18 x 11 cm. iv, 458 pages. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Gilt decorated spine with gilt title. Very good condition. Some minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor paper losses at corners. Spine a little faded. Some age darkening and foxing to end papers and some pages