Jamieson, Wendell.

Father Knows Less or “Can I Cook My Sister?”: One Dad’s Quest to Answer his Son’s Most Baffling Questions.

First edition. New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007. 14.5 x 24cm. 258 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

John Feehan, Grace O’Donovan,

The Bogs of Ireland. An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands.

First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, The Environmental Institute, 1996. 30 x 21 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated with many colour and B&W photos, maps, diagrams and drawings. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine in very good dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. A very nice copy of this now scarce book.

Knox, Alexander / Kane, Dr. R.

The Irish Watering Places. Their Climate, Scenery, and Accommodations; including Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs, by Dr. R. Kane, and Remarks on the various Forms of Disease to which they are adapted, together with Directions for the Regimen of Invalids, and Observations on Indigestion, Gout, Pulmonary Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest, Stomach, and Nervous System.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 336 pages with a small frontispiece and some small illustrations in the text. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. Very good condition. This book has been recased using the original boards. New spine and new end papers. Boards rubbed, bumped and faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean. Stamp of previous owner on half title page. Several closed tears to last two pages (Subscribers List).

Lankaster, Owen.

The Human Body. A short Account of the Anatomical Arrangement and Physilological Functions of the Various Organs of the Human Body. Illustrated by Diagrams and a coloured Mannikin, containing the precise position and relative size of the various Organs of the Human Body, arranged in a movable form.

London, Allman & Son, Not dated. Preface dated 1892. 25 x 17 cm. 16 pages of text with B&W Illustrations. Stiff cardboard covers. Rear cover contains the ‘Mannikin’. Stiff illustrated cardboard covers with narrow red cloth ‘spine’. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkened and a little stained in places. Some pencil annotations in text. Signature of A.F. Brooke R.F.A. on front board. Stapled text block separated from cover.

Laurentius Heisterus [Heister, Lorenz].

Compendium Anatomicum Totam Rem Anatomicam Brevissime Complectens Editio Quarta Prioribus Longe Auctior At2ve Emendatior.

Two volumes in bound in one. Norimbaergae [Nuremberg], Georg. Christoph. Weberi, 1736. 20 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page vol.1 with title vignette, (2) [Dedication], xxvi [Prefatio], 205 pages, (2)[blank], title page vol.2, 190 pages, (38) [Index], nine folding plates [Tab I to Tab IX]. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Five raised bands. Red speckled edges. Binding very worn with material losses to spine and spine ends. Joints and hinges cracked. Small paper losses to end papers. (see images). Internally in very good condition. Occasional mild browning and small damp stains, otherwise very clean.

Lazell, James D. Jr.

This Broken Archipelago. Cape Cod and the Islands, Amphibians and Reptiles. Photographs by Martin C. Michener.

New York, New York Times Book Co., 1976. 16 x 24 cm. 260 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. Good condition with minor signs of usage and slight foxing on the dustjacket. Some small tears and discolourings on the spine. Inside very clean.

Loudon, J.C. / Branston (Wood Engravings).

An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying Out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements; A general History of Agriculture in all Countries; and a Statistical View of its present State, with Suggestions for its future Progress in the British Isles. Illustrated with upwards of eight hundred Engravings on Wood by Branston.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xvi, 1226 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Contemporary half calf over dark cloth. Hard cover. Black morroco label with gilt title. Very good condition. Seriously used, rubbed and bumped. No half title page. Front hinge reinforced with black tape (see image). Sound binding. Internally a little age darkened and spotted. Still an impressive book.

Madame Michelet.

Nature; or, the Poetry of Earth and Sea. With Two Hundred Designs by Giacomelli.

First Edition. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1880. 24 x 16 cm. xxxi, 431 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Illustrated binding. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

Maeterlinck, Maurice.

The Life of the White Ant. Translated by Alfred Sutro.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1927. 18 x 12 cm. 213 pages plus publishers list. With a frontispiece. Original green cloth with black title. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good inside good dust jacket. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few neat line annotations. Dust jacket with minor paper losses at spine ends.

Michelet, Jules.

The Bird. With 210 Illustrations by Giacomelli.

A New Edition, Revised. London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1895. 24 x 16 cm. xii, 350 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary green cloth. Titles and Decorations. Hard cover. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris sticker (blank) on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.