Kipling, Rudyard.

Departmental Ditties and other Verses.

Sixth Edition. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1891. 18 x 14 cm. vi, 125 pages plus 24 pages of publishers list. Blue cloth with gilt and black decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Binding shaky. Externals rubbed and bumped, faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page: ’ Harold Pelly Oct 1891’. Internally clean.

Oxenham, John.

The King’s High Way. Some more helpful Verse.

First Edition. London, Methuen, 1916. 15 x 9 cm. 94 pages. Leather covered paper boards. Soft cover. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind line decoration. Very good condition. Slightly dust dulled, otherwise as new. Still in original glassine jacket inside card board box with a gift card reading: ‘With grannies love Xmas 1916’.

Neale, A.

Biblical Sketches and Hymns.

First Edition. London, William and Frederick G. Cash, 1854. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 509 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine. Fore edge deckle. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some parts unopened. A very nice clean copy.

Gladstone, W.E. / M’Carthy, Justin.

W.E. Gladstone. A Souvenir. Reprinted from Chambers’s Encyclopaedia. Contains the Essay ‘W.E. Gladstone’ by Justin M’Carty and ‘Homer’ by W.E. Gladstone.

[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, not dated. 19 x 13 cm. 64 pages. With several B&W photos. Brown textured paper covers. Gilt title on front board. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Cowan, Samuel K.

From Ulster’s Hill. A Book of Verse.

[First Edition]. Belfast, M’Caw, Stevenson & Orr, The Linenhall Press, 1913. 18 x 12 cm. 111 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title and decorations on front board. Very good condition. Rubbed bumped and age darkened binding. A list of names and numbers is neatly written on front free end papers. Minor foxing to a few pages. Dust dulled but internally clean.

Fitzachary, John Christopher.

The Bridal of Drimna and other Poems, Legendary, Patriotic, Sentimental and Humorous.

Author’s Complete Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1885. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 15 pages List of Subscribers, 191 pages. Green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Blind decorations on boards. Olive green end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, slightly discoloured binding. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Porter, Eric.

Vanishing Sparks.

[First Edition]. No publishing information. Printed by S.J. Bigger Ltd. 18 x 12 cm. Title page plus 14 unnumbered pages. Original blue cloth hard cover with gilt title and author on front board. Very good condition. As new.

Cowan, S.K. / Cousins, J.H. / Knox, W.M. / McQuilland, L.J. / Anderson, W.T. / Pender, J.J.

Sung by Six.

[First Edition]. Belfast, R. Aickin & Co., 1896. 19 x 13 cm. 128 pages with a frontispiece and one small Illustration at the end. Original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Deckle edges. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped, Age darkened throughout. Various names of previous owners inscribed. Part of rear free end paper missing. A few closed tears. Text block clean.

Kennedy, James.

Modern Poets and Poetry in Spain.

First Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 23 x 14 cm. xl, 388 pages. Red cloth with gilt decorations to front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened throughout. Parts of spinal plate missing (possibly rebacked). Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding tight. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.