Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Letters of Marque.

First Unauthorized Edition. Allahabat, A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. 21 x 14 cm. (4), ii, 154 pages, (6). Original diagonally-divided red and blue cloth with gilt title and author on fron board and spine. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Mild discoloration to boards. Mild blistering to rear board. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two stamps on front free end paper (Wheeler Bookstall Price / Issue 18 Nov. 91). There is a losely inserted Indian Telegraph strip paper. The telegraph is dated 18-12-91 and addressed to Meerut.

Snow, W.B. / Crane, J. C. / Chamberlain, M. / Gardner, L.M. / Whitmore, W.H. / Hassam, J.T. / Sparague, H.H. / Porter, A.S. / Morton, E.W. / Hoyt, A.H. / Anon / Burdett, E.W. / MacDonald, E. / Brackett, J.A. / Anon /

Historical Boston Pamphlets. Extra Illustrated. Contains the following 15 Pamphlets: 1. Hohn. C. Crane: Rev. William Blackstone. The Pioneer of Boston (1896) / 2. Mellen Chamberlain: Samuel Maverick’s Palisade House of 1630 (1885) / 3. Lucie Marion Gardner: The Settlers about Boston Bay (1910) / 4. William H. Whitmore: Notes Concerning Peter Pelham … (1867) / 5. John T. Hassam: The Confiscated Estates of Boston Loyalists (1895) / 6. Henry H. Sprague: City Government in Boston: Its Rise and Development [1890] / 7. Alexander S. Porter: Changes of Values in Real Estate in Boston – The Past Hundred Years (1888) / 8. William Henry Whitmore: An Historical Summary of Fires in Boston ( ) / 9. Ellis W. Morton: Annexation of Charlestown and Somerville to Boston – An Argument … (1871) / 10: Albert H. Hoyt: Donations to the People of Boston suffering under the Port Bill (1876) / 11. Anon: An Exposition of the Right of the Commonwealth to the Ferries in the Harbour of Boston (1833) / 12. Everett W. Burdett: History of the Old South Meeting-House in Boston (1877) / 13: E. MacDonald: Old Copp’s Hill and Burial Ground; with Historical Sketches (1882) / 14. J. Albert Brackett: Historical Sketch and Matters Appertaining to the Granary Burial-Ground (1902) / 15. Anon: Story of The Old Elm on Boston Common (1876).

Boston, Cambridge, Salem, Worcester, MA et al. Various Publishers, 1833 to 1902. Octavo. 14 / 10 / 12 / 31 / 27 / 53 / 20 / 12 / 34 / 10 / 32 / 106 / 48 / 37 pages with large folding plan and photos) / 23 pages. Most of the Pamphlets include a frontispiece and several are illustrated. Ten of the original front covers of the Pamphlets are bound in at the back. Red cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, a little dust dulled. Edges dust dulled. A few small nicks and closed tears. the 1833 pamphlet age darkened (see images). Overall a very good collection.

Gougaud, Dom Louis.

Gaelic Pioneers of Christianity. The Work and Influence of Irish Monks and Saints in Continental Europe (VI th – XII th Cent.). Translated from the French by Victor Collins. With a Preface by Father Augustine, O.S.F.C.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1923. 19 x 13 cm. xxiii, 166 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with significant losses to spine. Internally clean.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?

Addison, C.G. [Charles Greenstreet].

The Knights Templars.

Second Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. 20 x 13 cm. xv, 559 pages. With a Frontispiece, title page vignette and four additional Plates. Modern quarter morroco over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text block with some edgewear and minor paper losses to first and last few pages. A few pages protruding. Small sticker with name and address of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. See images.

Anon.

H Kainh Aiaohkh [The New Testament].

No publishing information. ND [C. 1650-1700?) 12 x 7 cm. 666 pages. Late 17th century style full calf with restrained blind panel decorations to boards. Red spine label with gilt title (‘GREEK TESTAM.’). Very good condition. Sound binding. Three raised bands. Spine leather dry and cracked (see images). Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end paper dust dulled. Internally clean without any writing / stamps etc. A very nice copy in a sturdy binding.

Oakley, Edward.

Every Man a compleat Builder. Or, Easy Rules and Proportions for Drawing and Working the several Parts of Architecture. Containing, Practical Geometry… The Five Orders of Architecture… et al.

London, Printed for Henry Webley, 1766. 20 x 13 cm. Engraved frontispiece, TP, 32 text pages (lacking page 5/6) plus 51 engraved Plates (lacking Plate 1). Plate 50 is double spread. Plate 51 is folding. Four pages publishers list. Full calf binding with gilt line decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Lacking one page from the text section and one Plate. Sound binding. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally age darkened, otherwise clean. See images.

Le Clerc, Sebastian.

Exercises for Free and Accepted Masons. Being A Treatise of Architecture. By that Excellent Master thereof Mon’r. Sebastian Le Clerc, of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Paris. In Two Hundred Plates. Published Monthly, Pl. XX for March MDCCXXIII. Translated by Mr. Chambers.

London, Sold by Mr. Bateman & Mr. Taylor et al. 1723. 20 x 13 cm. vii, 40 text pages interspersed by 20 numbered Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Old inscription by previous owner. Name of previous owner on Title Page, dated 1765. See images.

Published by Authority [Zephaniah Swift – editor].

The Laws of the United States of America. In Three Volumes.

Three volumes – complete. Philadephia, Printed by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Mulberry-Street, 1796, 1796 & 1796. c. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 494 pages / Vol.2: 576 pages / Vol.3: 477 pages, (1), (130) [Index]. A few small Vignettes. Contemporary full sheep with blind decorations to boards and spine. Red morocco spine labels with gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some small material losses to spine ends and boards (see images). Front board of volume 3 repaired, but weak. Some water staining to first and last pages of volume 3 only. Internally clean. A nice complete set.