Vallancey, Charles.

A Grammar of the Iberno-Celtic or Irish Language. To which is prefixed an Essay on the Celtic Language shewing the Importance of the Iberno-Celtic or Irish Dialect, to Students in History, Antiquity, and the Greek and Roman Classics.

The Second Edition with many Additions. Dublin, Printed by R. Marchbank, and sold by L. Flin, 1781. 20 x 14 cm. vi, 151 pages(4), 135 pages. With 9 Plates, of which two are folding. Contemporary full calf boards. Rebacked with a new cloth spine. Red morocco spine label with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Slightly age darkened. Name of previous owner on title page. Some edgewear to text block.

Vane, Charles William. Marquess of Londonderry.

Narrative of the War in Germany and France in 1813 and 1814. By Lieut.-General Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry, G.C.B. G.C.H. Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars.

First Edition. London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. 28 x 22 cm. xvii, 420 pages plus two pages of publishers list. Complete with a folding Map and a Battle Plan. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Paper label on spine. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down (‘John Harvey’). Internally dust dulled with occasional very mild foxing. A closed tear to the folding colour Map (c. 66 x 66 cm) has been repaired with archival tape. The coloured Plan of the Battle of Leipzig in excellent condition. Overall a very nice copy in the original binding.

Various Authors.

An Universal History, from the earliest Account of Time to the Present. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, Chronological and other Tables.

Volumes 2 to 19 (18 Volumes in Total). Dublin, Printed by Edward Bate, for the Editors, 1744 / 1745 / 1746. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.2: (2), 630 pages / Vol.3: (2), 645 pages / Vol.4: (2), 629 pages / Vol.5: (4), 615 pages / Vol.6: (2), 636 pages / Vol.7: (2), 653 pages / Vol.8: (2). 638 pages / Vol.9: (4), 651 pages / Vol.10: (2), 656 pages / Vol.11: (2), 632 pages / Vol.12: (2), 646 pages / Vol.13: (2). 650 pages / Vol.14: (2), 666 pages / Vol.15: (2), 724 pages / Vol.16: (2), 749 pages / Vol.17: (2), 813 pages / Vol. 18: (2), 706 pages / Vol.19: (2), 760 pages plus 10 pages Index. For list of Plates per volume, please see comments. Contemporary uniform calf. Spine label with title in gilt. Gilt decorations on spine. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. All volumes in very good condition, except for Vol. 5, which is seriously damaged by bookworm. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Age darkened edges and end papers. Very few annotations. Top edge of volume 19 marked with red felt pen. Internally age darkened with the occasional closed tear. Some plates with closed tears and poor folding. Overall a very nice and interesting set with some amazing Plates and Maps.

Various Authors.

Nursing Illustrated. 53 Issues of ‘Nursing Illustrated’ published between Jan 1939 and Jan 1941.

London, Hulton Press, Ltd., 1939 – 1941. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Original light blue paper wrappers. Stapled. Soft covers. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping; some dust dulling. Overall clean.

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.

Various Authors.

Statuta Dioecesana per Provinciam Dubliniensem. Observanda, et a RRmis. DD.DD. Daniele Murray, Archiepiscopo Dubliniensi, Jacobo Keating, Jacobo Doyle et al. [Incl. Appendices: Rules for Conducting Ecclesiastical Conferences in the Province of Dublin / Rules of the Society of the Christian Doctrine et al.]

[First Edition]. Dublinii [Dublin], Ex Typ. Richardi Coyne, 1831. 17 x 10.5 cm. 118 pages [Main text in Latin], xxxii [Appendices in English and Latin]. Original plain leather binding. Black title label on spine. Gilt decorations. Very good text block in fair binding. Binding rubbed and bumped with material losses. Front board detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Various Authors.

The Irish Arts Review 1988 – 2002. A Complete Run of the Magazine from 1988 to 2002 in 14 Volumes.

Dublin, Irish Arts Review Limited, 1988- 2002. 29 x 21 cm. Magazines with stiff illustrated paper covers. Very good condition. Clean and complete. Sound bindings.

Various Authors.

The Journal of Irish Archaeology. Vol.1 1983 to Vol.8 1997.

First Edition. Eight Volumes bound in two hardcover Volumes. Belfast, Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983-1997. 28 x 20 cm. iv, 62 / (2), 79 / (2), 80 / (2), 79 / (2), 80 / iv, 62 / iv, 116 / ii, 121. With B&W Illustrations and Photographs. Modern blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Hard covers. The original stiff blue paper covers are bound in with each volume. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small stains and a little dust dulled. Overall a nice clean set.

Various Authors. Irish Unionist Alliance.

Publications. Volume I. [Irish Unionist Alliance Publications between 1891 and 1892].

First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Unionist Alliance, [1893]. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 574 pages. New (2022) dark blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Binding end end papers as new. Internally mild dust dulling and occasional edge wear. Overall a very nice copy.

W. Cooke-Taylor.

The National Portrait Gallery. Of Illustrious and Eminent Personages, chiefly of the Nineteenth Century.

[First Edition]. Two volumes bound into One. London, Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son & Co. & The Caxton Press, [1846]. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 128 text pages / Vol.2: 128 text pages. Numerous Plates. Contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Gilt titles and decorations. Two spine labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Binding sound. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean. A nice sturdy volume.