Veron, Eug.

Histoire De La Prusse Depuis La Mort De Frederic II. Jusqu’a La Bataille de Sadowa.

Paris, Germer Bailliere, 1867. 17 x 11 cm. iv, 440 pages. Contemporary half leather. Red spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of Castle Pollard on front paste down.

The Marquis De Custine.

Russia. From the French of the Marquis De Custine. In Three Parts.

Three Parts in One Volume. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. xxiv, 532 pages. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner inscibed. Internally clean. A nice sturdy copy.

Kelly, Walter Keating.

Syria and the Holy Land. Their Scenery and Their People. Being Incidents of History and Travel, from the best and most recent Authorities, including J.L. Burckhardt, Lord Lindsay, and Dr. Robinson by Walter Keating Kelly. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty wood engravings.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. viii, 451 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Binding severily rubbed and bumped. Small losses to top of spine (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down, together with a small piece of paper from an auction catalogue. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise internally clean and complete.

Las Cases, Comte de.

Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène / Journal de la Vie Privéé et des Conversations de l´Empereur Napoleón, a Sainte Hélène. Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, ou journal ou se trouve consigné, jour par jour, ce qu’a dit et fait Napoléon durant dix-huit mois.

Two sets of four volumes each. Brussels & London, De L’Imremerie de H. Remy / Chez Henri Colburn et M. Bossange, 1822/23 & 1823. 350, 330, 319 & 324 pages / 361, 345, 314 & 304 pages. With folded plans and maps. See images. Uniform paper covered spine and corners over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Note the two sets are slightly different in size. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Castle Pollard’) on front paste downs. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / dust dulling, otherwise internally clean.

[Bulwer, Edward Lytton].

The Pilgrims of the Rhine.

New Edition [Second Edition]. London, Charles Tilt, 1840. 21 x 14 cm. xxxvi, 341 pages. Complete with all Plates and Illustrations in Text. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Mild fraying to spine ends. Spine faded. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner on front free end paper and on top of title page. Occasional very mild foxing / damp staining. Internally clean. Overall a very nice, complete copy.

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.

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.

Arnold, Thomas.

History of Rome. Vol 1: Early History to the Burning of Rome by the Gauls / Vol 2: From the Gaulish Invasion to the End of the First Punic War / Vol 3: From the End of the First Punic War to the End of the Second Punic War.

5th, 4th and 4th Edition copies. London, Fellowes, Rivington et al., 1848, 1848 & 1850. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xx, 578 pages / Vol 2: xi, 676 pages / Vol.3: xvi, 494 pages. Uniform contemporary calf. Gilt decorations to spine. marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Worn spines with spine labels missing. Some foxing to end papers and first few pages. Internally bright and clean. A nice set.

Anon.

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1789.

London, J. Doscley, 1792. 20 x 12 cm. TP, (2), 353, 192, (16) [TOC]. Contemporary polished calf. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. See images.

Ledwich, Edward.

Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for Arthur Grueber, 1790. c. 25 x 21 cm. (4) [Dedication & TOC], iv [Subscribers]. (4) [Preface], 473 pages, (12) [Index]. Complete with a frontispiece, engraved title page and a further 38 Plates, as listed. One plate in colour. Contemporary tree claf. Red spine lable with gilt title. Gilt lines to spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and weak! Front board barely connected. Front joint and hinge open. Would benefit from rebacking or rebinding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and a few damp stains. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. Despite the weak binding a nice complete copy of the scarce first edition.