Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Lake Dwellings of Ireland. Or Ancient Lacustrine Habitations of Erin, commonly called Crannogs.

First Edition. Dublin & London, Hodges, Figgis & Co./ Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xxi, (2), 268 pages. Illustrated. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Later fine green half morocco over ‘marbled’ boards. Dark green end papers. Raised bands and gilt decorations. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. With a stamp of the ‘Kildare Street Club’ on half title and title page. Otherwise internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Meadows, Lindon.

Dame Perkins and her grey Mare; or, The Mount for Market. With coloured Illustrations by Phiz.

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. 22 x 18 cm. 48 pages. With colour plates. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board. All edges gilt. Inside custom made clam shell box made by Anthony David Estill. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription in ink on front free end paper. Ex Libris (Anthony David Estill) on front paste down. Small bookseller stamp on rear paste down.

Anon.

Hebrew Bible.

Druck von Adolf Holzhausen in Wien [Printed in Vienna], 1874. 21 x 13 cm. 1384 pages. Black textured cloth. Hard cover. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with small material losses to corners and edges (see images). Hinges cracked open and weak. Name of previous owner on front free end paper (see comments below).

Boileau Despreaux, [Nicolas] (1636-1711).

The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].

Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Plutarch.

The Fifth and Last Volume of Plutarchs Lives. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. [Includes: The Lives of Demetrius Poliocretes, Marcus Antonius, Demosthenes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Dion, Marcus Brutis, Galba & Otho].

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Chancery-lane, near Fleet-street, 1686. 17.5 x 11 cm. 764 pages (some sections misnumbered). With a frontispiece and nine plates. Contemporary panelled calf. Blind decorations. Red speckled edges. Raised bands. Interesting armorial blind stamp with two lions (?) on front and rear boards (see images). Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. An impressive little book in a sound contemporary binding.

MacHale, John (Translator).

An Irish Translation of the Book of Genesis from the Latin Vulgate. With a Corresponding English Version, chiefly from the Douay. Accompanied with Notes from the most distinguished Commentators. To be followed by that of the other Books, in successive Parts, to the Close of the inspired Writings.

Published in Tuam, Sold by James Duffy, Dublin, 1868. 28 x 22 cm. viii, 388 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally darkened with occassional mild foxing, mainly to outer leaves. Neat gift inscription in ink on verso of Frontispiece, dated 1881. Internally clean.

MacLYSAGHT, EDWARD.

Poems by EDWARD MacLYSAGHT. Comprising New Poems and Poems reprinted from IRISH ECLOGUES..

First Edition. Limited to 950 Copies. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1928. 19 x 12 cm. 80 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and top part of front board slightly faded (see image). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Butler, Rev. Alban.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principle Saints. Compiled from original Monuments, and other authentic Records; illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians.

12 Volumes bound into four Books. Dublin & London, R. Coyne & Joseph Booker, 1838. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Vol.1 with a frontispiece and engraved title page, lxiv, 1145 pages in four volumes, incl. 12 titel pages. Each volume contains three months. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Black spine labels with titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and occasionally foxed / damp stained. See images.

The Rev. Matthew Kelly (editor).

Cambrensis Eversus. Seu Potius Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicis Giraldo Cambresi Abrogata … edited, with translation and notes by the Rev. Matthew Kelly.

Three Volumes in Four Volumes – as published. Dublin, Printed for the Celtic Society, 1848, 1850, 1851 & 1852. 23 x 15 cm. Vol. 1: xvi, 515 pages / Vol. 2: 793 pages / Vol. 3: 304 (8) / Vol.4: pages 305 to 575, (16). Original hard covers with elaborate blind decorations. Gitlt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Joyce, P.W.

A Social History of Ancient Ireland. Treating of the Government, Military System, and Laws; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient Irish People.

Second Edition. Two Volumes. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1913. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xxiii, 632 pages / Vol.2: xi, 651 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings, maps, photographs. Original green cloth with gilt decorations (Celtic Design) on spine and front board. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Remnants of a paper label on front free end papers. Neat gift inscription (‘x-mas 1914’) in volume 1. Internally bright and clean. A very set.