Rivet, A.L.F / Smith, Colin.

The Place-Names of Roman Britain.

London, B.T Batsford, 1982. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. xviii, 426 pages. With some B&W Illustrations. Original blue cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner (‘Próinséas Ní Chatháin’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Batsford Studies in Archaeology Series.

Robert Edmond Chester Waters.

Parish Registers. Reprinted with Additions and Corrections, from ‘The Home and Foreign Review’, No. IV, April 1863.

London, Spottiswoode and Co., 1870. 21 x 14 cm. iv, 47 pages. Paper wrappers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Binding a little worn and age darkened. Internally clean.

Robertson, Howard / Squire, J.C.

Architecture Explained. With an Introductory Note by J.C. Squire.

First Edition. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 212 pages. With B&W Plates, some losely inserted. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards and spine mildly dust dulled / discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. All plates present, two of them losely inserted. Internally clean.

Robertson, William.

The Historical Works. History of Scotland / History of America / History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. / Historical Discquisition Concerning India.

12 Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for Cadell, Davies et al., 1809 / 1812. 21 x 13 cm. America: li, 383 & 2 Maps / 432 & 2 Maps / 435 & 1 Map / 418 pages. India: iv (2), 384 plus 20 Index & 2 Maps. Scotland: viii, (4), 416 / 430 / 490 pages. Charles V.: xv, 500 / 376 / 459 / 420 pages. Engraved frontispiece in five of twelve volumes. Uniform half leather over marbled paper boards. All edges marbled. Gilt decorations and titles on each spine. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing / browning. Some closed tears to folding maps. Internally clean, without any annotations, underlining etc. A very nice uniform set.

Robinson, J.C.

Memoranda on Fifty Pictures. Selected from a Collection of Works of the Ancient Masters. With Notices of some Italian, Spanish, German, Flemish and Dutch Painters.

First Edition. London, Privately printed, at the Chiswick Press, by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1868. 21 x 15 cm. 79 pages. Original cloth. Gilt title on front board. Bevelled boards. Inscribed by the author. Top edge unopened. Fore edge and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, 51 plates, each with cover page and text description. Some plates in colour. Original cloth with elaborate celtic style gilt decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and taile edge deckle. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally a little dust dulled, otherwise clean. A nice copy of an impressive book.

Roediger, E. / Davies, B. / Gesenius.

Gesenius’s Hebrew Grammar, enlarged and improved by Roediger. With a Hebrew Reading Book, by Davies.

London, Samuel Bagster and Sons, Not dated, 1892 or earlier. 23 x 17 cm. viii, (2), 276 pages. Original brown cloth. Hard cover. The book has been covered in another cloth jacket in an unusal way (see images). Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1892. Internally bright and clean.

Rooke, Charles.

The Handy Pocket-Guide to Health & Health-Restoring Places.

250th Thousand. Scarborough, C. Rooke, 1884. 13 x 10 cm. 86 pages plus two pages ads. Illustrated in B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and black decorations on front board. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Internally clean.

Russell, Matthew.

The Life of Mother Mary Baptist Russell. Sister of Mercy. By her Brother the Reverend Matthew Russell, S.J.

[First Edition]. New York, The Apostleship of Prayer, 1901. 18 x 12 cm. 187 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Good condition only. Text complete. Binding frail and a few pages are lose. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally clean. Remains a good reading copy.

S.J. / Salmon, J.

The Round Towers of Ireland: Their Origin and Uses.

[First Edition]. Belfast, D.T. Doherty, 1886. 20.5 x 14 cm. 68 pages. Small title vignette and small vignettes in text. Quarter brown leather over paper covered boards. Handwritten title on front board. Binding appears to be done by a hobby binder. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Some mild damp staining. A few pencil lines. Edges worn. Original staples corroded.