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.

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.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

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.

Historical Manuscripts Commission.

Report on Franciscan Manuscripts. Preserved at the Convent, Merchants’ Quay, Dublin. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of his Majesty.

Dublin, Printed for his Majesty’s Stationary Office by John Falconer, 1906. 24 x 15 cm. xii, 296 pages, x. Quarter black leather over green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to corners, spine and boards. Some fading / discoloration to boards. Browning to end papers. Internally very clean. Edges dust dulled. Small label glued to front paste down ( Waterford News – Printing and Binding Works)

Kalkbrenner, Fred. (Friedrich).

Treatise on Harmony for the Pianist. Containing general Principles of Modulation for the Aquirement of the Art of Preluding and of Extemporizing, with Examples of Studies, Fugues, & Preludes for the Piano Forte. Translated from the Original by Robert Lincoln Cocks.

[First English Edition]. London, Messrs Robert Cocks & Co., [1849]. 36 x 26 cm. Engraved title, (2), 63 engraved pages plus 12 pages publishers list. Engraved cardboard soft cover. Very good condition. Covers rubbed and bumped. Age darkened, otherwise very clean and neat. Ex libris of previous owner inside (Alfred G Farmer). A nice copy.

The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

Ward, Philip (Editor).

The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 1978. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 629 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Appears unused. Minor shelf wear. A nice clean copy.

Peppin, Brigit / Micklethwait, Lucy.

Dictionary of British Book Illustrators. The Thentieth Century.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1983. 26 x 19 cm. 336 pages. With illustrations showing samples and styles of various book illustrators. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Quinn, J.F.

History of Mayo.

Five Volumes. Ballina, Brendan Quinn, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002. 25 x 15 cm. xvii, 447 / xv, 435 / xvi, 472 / xv, 466 / xiii, 590 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt titles on spine. In original dust jackets. Illustrated end papers (maps). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. A nice clean set. All dust jackets in very good condition and protected in archival jackets, except volume 4: Dust jacket of volume 4 is stuck to front and rear paste downs, so that a clear archival jacket can not be fitted. Otherwise a very nice clean set.