Mayo Libraries. Memories, tales and anecdotes [Signed].
First Edition. Castlebar, Self-published, 2011. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original trade paperback.
EUR 30,-- Order
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Mother Mary Arsenius of Foxford.
Signed First Edition. London and Dublin, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1936. Octavo. (12), 198 pages. With photos and illustrations. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free end paper. Scarce.
EUR 95,-- Order
The O’Malley Heritage. A History of the Family of Patrick O’Malley and Julia Downey.
First and Limited Edition. One of 12 bound copies. Coolamon, NSW, Published by the Author, ND [c. 1987]. 24 x 17 cm. 96 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos and Illustrations. Dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author. Losely inserted handwritten and signed letter by the Author. A very nice copy. Scarce.
EUR 350,-- Order
Watch and Clock Making. Manuals of Technology Series. With 69 Diagrams.
London, Cassell & Company, 1893. 17 x 11 cm. xii, 341 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Original brown cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
EUR 65,-- Order
The Goodbodys. Millers, Merchants and Manufacturers. The Story of an Irish Quaker Family. 1630 – 1950.
First Edition. Dublin, Ashfield Press, 2011. 24 x 17 cm. xx, 532 pages with illustrations in colour and B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Fine in fine DJ.
EUR 95,-- Order
A General Biographical Dictionary. Containing a Summary Account of the Lives of Eminent Persons of All Nations, Previous to the Present Generation.
Two Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1830. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: v, 902 pages. Vol.2: 1248 pages. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Edges stained. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine ends and corners. Spine labels partially lost. Age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Sturdy bindings.
EUR 75,-- Order
A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles.
[First Edition]. Two Volumes. London, John Van Voorst, 1855, 1856. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: xi, 203 pages / Vol.2: iv, 239 pages. With B&W Illustrations in text. Uniform dark green cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Name stamp of previous owner on end paper / title page.
EUR 60,-- Order
Gaelic Pioneers of Christianity. The Work and Influence of Irish Monks and Saints in Continental Europe (VI th – XII th Cent.). Translated from the French by Victor Collins. With a Preface by Father Augustine, O.S.F.C.
First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1923. 19 x 13 cm. xxiii, 166 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with significant losses to spine. Internally clean.
EUR 48,-- Order
Salmon Flyfishing. The Dynamic Approach.
First Edition. Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1993. 24 x 19 cm. (6), 152 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original decorated prize-clipped dust jacket Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small paper sticker on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 55,-- Order
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
First Edition. Two Volumes. New York, Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 584 pages / Vol.2: 647 pages. Illustrated. Original deluxe three-quarter brown morocco, raised bands, circular gilt-stamped medallions on front and rear covers, marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Neat gift inscription to Library. Small library stamp (‘Peru Library’) on first blank of each volume. Occasional mild foxing. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set overall.
EUR 600,-- Order
Traditional Archery from six Continents. The Charles E. Grayson Collection.
First Edition. Columbia & London, The University of Missouri Press, 2007. 26 x 21 cm. ix, 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
EUR 195,-- Order
Fourteenth Report of the Poor Law Commissioners; with Appendices.
First Edition. London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, 1848. c. 21 x 13 cm. iv, 187 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean.
EUR 60,-- Order
Daniel Grose (c.1766-1838) The Antiquities of Ireland. A Supplement to Francis Grose.
First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 x 25 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter black morocco over cloth covered boards. Gitlt title and line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally clean. A nice copy.
EUR 75,-- Order
The Antiquities of England & Wales with The Antiquities of Scotland.
First Editions. Six plus Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1777 & 1787 / 1789, 1791. Folio c. 32 x 24 cm. Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, ii, 83 pages [Preface], (116) 63 Engravings / Vol.2: FP, Engraved Title Page, (202), 97 Engravings / Vol. 3: FP, Engraved Title Page, (248), 118 Engravings / Vol.4: FP, Engraved Title Page, (230), 101 Engravings / Supplement Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, (336), 132 Engravings & 32 colour outlined Maps / Supplement Vol. 2: Engraved Title Page, (344), 119 Engravings & 23 Maps / Scotland Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, xxiii, large folding colour outlined Map, 176 pages plus two pages publisher’s list, 87 Engravings / Scotland Vol.2: FP, TP, iv, pages numbered 171 to 308, 105 Engravings. A total of 838 Engravings and 56 colour outlined maps, including a large folding Map of Scotland. Uniform recent fine crimson levant over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. Bindings, as new. Internally age darkened and foxed to various degrees. Some mild damp staining and dust dulling, mainly in the Scotland volumes. Some interesting neat notes in an old hand, commenting on the book’s content. Scotland title pages with small damages. Overall a very nice set in very attractive bindings. See iadditional images on our web site.
EUR 1.600,-- Order
The Antiquities of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. [With more than 1100 Plates].
England and Wales: New Edition / Scotland & Ireland: First Editions. 12 Volumes. London, Hooper and Wigstead / S. Hooper, ND [1810], 1789-1791, 1791-1795. Folios (c. 26 x 21 cm). England & Wales: Vol.1: iv, 160 pages [preface], 63 pages / Vol.2: (12), pages 61 to 250, (6) / Vol.3: (14), 168 pages / Vol.4: (14), 188 pages / Vol.5: (14), 195 pages / Vol.6: (14), 214 pages / Vol.7: (14), large folding map, 74 pages (6) / Vol.8: (8), 4, (2), iv, 172 pages. Scotland: Vol.1: (8), iv, large folding map, xxiii, 176 pages / Vol.2: (6), iv, (2), pages 171 to 308 pages. Ireland: (10), iv, xliii, (18), 88 pages, (2), vi / Vol.2: xv, (3), 98 pages (4), vi. see section below for numbers of Plates and Maps in each volume. Full calf bindings. Gilt titles and decorations. Volumes 1&2 of England and Wales recently rebacked with new spines and end papers (see images). Other volumes uniform with marbled end papers and Ex Libris Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some hinges weak, but holding. Spine leather dried out and flaky. Occasional mild foxing, age darkening.
EUR 2.000,-- Order
The Antiquities of Scotland.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, S. Hooper, 1789-1791. Folios. Vol.1: (8), iv, large folding map, xxiii, 176 pages / Vol.2: (6), iv, (2), pages 171 to 308 pages. Volume 1 with 84 Plates plus a large folding colour outlined map. Volume 2 with 106 Plates. Contemporary full calf. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Spine leather dry and flaky. Occasional mild foxing.
EUR 400,-- Order
The Japanese Sword an its Decoration. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago. Anthropology Leaflet 20.
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. 22 x 14 cm. 21 pages with B&W Plates. Stiff paper covers. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, a little dust dulled, but internally clean.
EUR 28,-- Order
The O.T.C. and the Great War.
First Edition. London, The Offices of “Country Life”, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xi, 245 pages, 18 pages publishers list. Complete with ten Plates, as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding somewhat faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Front hinge started to crack, but binding remains sound. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.
EUR 120,-- Order
The Constitutional History of England [George Bellew Binding]. From the Accesion of Henry VII to the Death of George II.
Fifth Edition. Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1846. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xv, 719 pages / Vol.2: viii, 624 pages. Uniform green morroco by G. Bellew, Dublin. Binders stamp in gilt on front past down. Elaborate gilt decorations. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubing and bumping. Occasional mild staining to edges. Prize paper label on front paste donw. Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice set in a lovely sturdy binding.
EUR 250,-- Order