Blok, D.P. (Editor).

Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences.

First Edition. The Hague & Paris, Mouton & Co., 1966. 26 x 18 cm. lvi, 611 pages. Original blue cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with significant paper losses. Dust dulled. Inside archival jacket.

Morris, T.A.

The Irish Greyhound Stud Book. Established by the Irish Coursing Club, 1923. Containing the Names, Colours, Ages and Pedigrees of Greyhounds registered therein from 1st January, 1934, to 31st May, 1934.

Volume XII. (Section II). Clonmel, The Greyhound and Sporting Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. 1644 pages. Original olive green cloth with gilt title and gilt decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine creased. Front hinge open over ca. 5 cm. Binding sound. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Wesley, John.

Explanatory Notes upon The New Testament. New Edition.

Two Volumes. London, Printed at the Conference-Office by Thomas Cordeux, Agent., 1813. 14 x 21 cm, Vol. 1: vi, 439 pages. / Vol. 2: 453 pages. Half-leather with brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Raised bands. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards bumped and rubbed. Edges and pages age darkened. Minor amounts of foxing. Very few annotations. Small part of spinal label missing on volume 1.

O’Reilly, Edward.

Irish-English Dictionary. Containing upwards of Twenty Thousand Words that have never appeared in any former Irish Lexicon with copious Quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of obscure Words; and numerous Comparisons of the Irish Words with those of similar Orthography, Sense or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages. In their proper Places in the Dictionary, are inserted the Irish Names of our indigenous Plants, with the Names by which they are commonly known in English and Latin… to which is Annexed, a compenious Irish Grammar.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by John Barlow, 1817. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Eight unnumbered pages (Title, Dedication, Preface & Subscribers), 28 pages Irish Grammar followed by the complete Dictionary on unnumbered pages using double columns. Later quarter cloth over papered boards. Leather label with gilt title on spine. Red marbled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and paper age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing and a few faint water stains. Name of previous owner on title page in ink.

Prof. Dr. Pannwitz (Editor).

Het Rood Kruis – Das Rote Kreuz – La Croix Rouge. Official Magazine of the Belgian Red Cross – Tri-Lingual Publication (Belgian / German / French).

Complete set of 52 Issues for the second Year of Publication 1916. Brussel / Bruxelles. Red Cross of Belgium, 1916. 31 x 24 cm. 52 Weekly Issues with 16 pages each (832 pages). With B&W Photos. Half cloth over paper covered boards. Gilt title and year on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper creased. A few small line annotations, otherwise internally bright and clean.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Various Authors.

Nursing Times. Three Special Magazines. No.1 / Vol.1 (Reprint of the 1905 Issue) / Special Coronation Number 1953 / Celebrating 75 Years 1980.

London, Nursing Times, 1905 (facsimile), 1953 & 1980. c. 28 x 21 cm. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear and dust dulling.

Elizabeth Craig.

Gardening. A new, filly illustrated book for the gardener with little money to spend, covering flowers, vegetables and fruits.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated (after 1937) 13 x 18 cm, 256 pages. With many B&W illustrations and photographs. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good to good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free end paper. Front joint strting to open over about 8 cm, but still holding.Frontispiece coming lose, but still connected. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Elizabeth Craig.

Housekeeping. A new book for the single-handed housewife, money-saving and labour-saving. With practical illustrations in line and photographs.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated [after 1937] 13 x 18 cm, ix, 246 pages. With frontispiece and many more B&W photographs, plans and illustrations. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Pollard, A.W. / Redgrave, G.R. / Jackson, W.A. / Ferguson, F.S. / Pantzer, K.F.

A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475 – 1640. Volume 2: I – Z.

Volume 2 ONLY! London, The Bibliographical Society, 1976. 32 x 24 cm. xi, 494 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now in protective archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulled. Some short closed tears to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.