Waring, J.B. [John Burley].

Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornament of Remote Ages. With Remarks on the Early Architecture of Ireland and Scotland.

First Edition. London, Printed and Published by John B. Day, 1870. 36 x 27 cm. x. 96 text pages (incl. Index pages) and 108 Plates. Complete. Contemporary half cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, somewhat discoloured and stained (see images). Top edge of most pages mildly damp stained (not affecting text or images). Overall still a very impressive publication. Very heavy item.

Sanders, Lloyd.

Patron and Place-Hunter. A Study of George Bubb Dodington Lord Melcombe.

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 294 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris and name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Otherwise clean.

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.

Davenport, Guiles.

Zaharoff. High Priest of War. With Illustrations.

First Edition. Boston, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1934. 20 x 14 cm. xi, 319 pages. Original red cloth. Black titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

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.

Leland, Thomas.

The History of Ireland. From the Invasion of Henry II. With a preliminary Discourse on the Antient State of that Kingdom.

First Edition. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed by R. Marchbank, for R. Moncrieffe in Capel-Street, 1773. 25 x 20 cm. Vol.1: lvi, 387 pages / Vol.2: 516 pages / 664 pages plus 29 pages Index. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Two spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Sound bindings with minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. A few very mild damp stains. Overall a very attractive and clean and complete set. Please review all the images.

Burnet, Gilbert.

The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. The First Part: Of the Progress made in it during the Reign of King Henry the VIII. / The Second Part: Of the Progress made in it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth’s Reign / The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish’d. By the Right Reverend Father of God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.

‘The Third Edition, Corrected’. Dublin, Printed by Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Smith and W. Bruce, 1730, 1731 & 1733. Large Folios. Vol 1: (16) [Subscribers, Dedication, Preface], 282 pages, (4) / Vol.2: xv, 320 pages (4) / Vol.3: xvi, 328 pages, viii. With a Frontispiece in each volume and numerous other engravings. Contemporary tree calf boards. Old reback with matching spines. Spine labels and gilt decorations. See images. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Edges dust dulled. Tiny short bookworm tracks to end papers in volume 1. Internally very clean. A lovely set.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie.

First Edition in this Form. Two Volumes – Complete. London, George Virtue, 1842. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 190 pages and 65 (out of 66) Plates. / Vol.2: 155 pages and 60 Plates, as listed. Including frontispieces and engraved title pages. Uniform contemporary dark morroco with gilt titles and gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris sticker on front paste down of both volumes. Stamp of a previous owner on both title pages and on rear free end paper of volume one. Some foxing. Some tissue guards with a colour tinge. Otherwise a clean attractive copy in sturdy attractive bindings.

Temple, John / Tichborne, Henry.

The Irish Rebellion. Or, an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of the General Rebellion, Raised within the Kingdom of Ireland, upon the Three and Twentieth Day of October, 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. And also the whole Tryal of Connor, Lord MacGuire …

The Sixth Edition. Dublin, Printed by and for Aaron Rhames, 1724. 21 x 16 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page in red and black. xvi, 245 pages. Later half leather over cloth. Raised bands. Gilt title on morroco spine label. Gilt line decorations. Pale green textured end papers and blanks. Binding with only minor shelf wear. Internally age darkened. A very clean complete copy. See images.

Tipping, H. Avray.

The Story of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

First Edition. London, The Offices of ‘Country Life’, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xii, 281 pages plus ten pages publishers list. Complete with all Plates and Illustrations, as listed. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some fading and staining (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally a bright and clean copy.