Semple, Maurice.

A Century of Minutes. Or, (The Story of the Corrib Club 1864 – 1966). Volume One.

First Edition. Galway, Published by the Author, 1997. 25 x 19 cm. 64 pages. Ilustrated throughout in B&W. Trade paperback. Soft covers. As new.

Sessions, William K.

The First Printers in Waterford: Cork and Kilkenny Pre – 1700. Greenback Series: Number Ten.

First Edition. York, William K. Sessions, The Ebor Press, 1990. c 29 x 20 cm. Title, (2), 310 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stiff paper covers. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Sheehy, Gerard (editor) et al.

The Canon Law. Letter & Spirit. A Practical Guide to the Code of Canon Law. Prepared by The Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, in association with the Canadian Canon Law Society.

First Edition. Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1995. 24 x 16 cm. xxv, 1060 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket (see images). Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Shepard, Leslie.

The Broadside Ballad. A Study in Origins and Meaning.

First Edition. London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 23 x 15 cm. 205 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear to jacket. Notes written on rear paste down, otherwise internally clean.

Shoberl, Frederic (author) / Landseer, Thomas (illustrator).

Natural History of Quadrupeds.

Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.

Sibree, Rev. James.

Our English Cathedrals. Their Architectural Beauties and Characteristics and Their Historical Associations Popularly Described. Together with Chapters on the Cathedrals in Medieval and in Modern Times, and in English Poetry and Prose. Volume 1: The Northern Cathedrals. Volumes 2: The Southern Cathedrals.

In Two Volumes. London, Francis Griffith, 1911. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 244 pages / 286 pages. Publishers Lists. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Uniform original blue cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland’) in both volumes. A very nice set.

Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart. / John Philip Wood (Revision).

The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: Collected from the public Records, Antient Chartuleries, the Charters and other Writings of the Nobility, Works of our best Historians &c. Revised, corrected, with a Continuation to the Present Period by John Philip Wood, Esq. With Engravings of the Arms of the Peers.

Second Edition. Edinburgh, Printed for George Ramsay for A. Constable, Longman, Hurst Rees et al., 1813. c 35 x 24 cm. Vol.1: xii, (2), 759 pages, xiv [Index], Plates 1-9 / Vol.2: iv, 752 pages, xiii [Index], Plates 10 – 17. Contemporary half calf. Spine label with gilt title. Good condition. Binding seriously worn and all four boards detached. Text block and spine solid. Age darkened and dust dulled. A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding. See images.

Smith, Charles.

Smith’s Classical Atlas & New General Atlas (two Atlases bound into one). Full Titles: 1. Smith’s Classical Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of the Countries described in Ancient History both Sacred and Profane / 2. Smith’s New General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States Throughout the World. Arranged According to the General Treaty signed in Congress at Vienna, June 1815.

London, Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller extraordinary to his Majesty, 1820 & 1822. c. 40 x 32 cm. Classical Atlas: Engraved title page, TOC, 14 Maps, incl. eight double paged / 2. Engraved title page, TOC, 49 Maps, incl. 7 doubled paged. Complete with all maps, as listed in the TOCs. Contemporary half leather over marbled paper boards. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to spine ends and corners. Ages age darkened. Internally clean with mild dust dulling and occasional very mild foxing. Some neat annotations to some maps, mainly Britain and Europe. Overall a very nice copy of two atlases, published in 1820 and 1822, bound into one.

Smith, Charles.

The Antient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford. Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical and Topographical Description therof…

First Edition. xvi [Introduction], (10) [Subscribers / TOC], 376 pages, (6) [Index]. With seven Plates/Maps, six of them folding (see list below). New (2024) blue half cloth over marbled papers. Hard cover. Spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good good condition. New sound binding. Ex Library with the usual stamps and figures. Some damp staining and age darkening. Overall a very good reading copy.

Smith, Charles.

The Antient and Present State of the County of Kerry. Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description thereof…

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, and sold by Ewing, Faulkner, Wilson and Exshaw, 1756. 19 x 12 cm. xxi, 419 pages, (5) [Index]. With a large folding Map of Kerry and four other folding Plates (see comments below). New (2024) attractive brown half leather over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. New solid binding. Internally very clean. Maps and Plates in very good condition.