Bowen-Colthurst, Paddy.

Paddy’s Memories.

First Edition. Colchester, Privately Published, 1998. 23.5 x 15 cm. 333 pages, xiv. Illustrated in B&W. Modern cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and decorations on spine. Fine. Edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. With a losely inserted hand-written letter, signed ‘Sue’.

Boyle, Mary Louisa.

The Forester: A Tale of 1688.

First Edition. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3) ONLY! London, Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1839. 19 x 11 cm. Vol.1: vi, (2), 358 pages / Vol.2: (2), 345 pages. No half titles / frontispiece. Potentially missing. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Brown end papers. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Age darkened, rubbed and bumped. Names of previous owners inscribed. Bookseller stickers on front paste down of both volumes. Front and rear joint of volume 1 cracked.

Brabazon, Wallop / Cooper, William (Illustrations).

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland. With Suggestions for the Working of a Fishing Company.

First Edition. Dublin, James McGlashan et al, 1848. 21. 5 x 13.5 cm. x, 111 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on front board. Blind stamped boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Remnants of a paper label (possibly from an auction catalogue?) on front paste down. Mild damp stain to front and rear end papers. One or two pencil drawings (sails ?). Internally very tight and clean.Complete with 21 Plates, of which 8 are folding.

Bradley, Henry / Bridges, Robert.

The Collected Papers of Henry Bradley. With a Memoir by Robert Bridges.

College Park, Maryland, McGrath Publishing, 1970. 21 x 14 cm. x, 296 pages. With a frontispiece and two facsimile letters in the text. Green cloth with silver title on spine. Very good condition. Mild shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Bramness, Hanne.

Revolusjonselegier.

Oslo, Cappelens Forlag, 1996. 21.7cm x 15.4cm. 53 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Branca, Giovanni.

Manuale Di Architettura Di Giovanni Branca Architetto Della S. Casa Di Loreto. Con Figure in Rame, delineate, ed incise da Filippo Vasconi Architetto Romano. All’ Emo, e Rmo Principe Il Sig. Cardinale Fabio Olivieri.

Roma, Presso il Salvioni Stampator Vaticano, 1718. 15.5 x 8.5 cm. Engraved title page, title page in red and black, (8), 202 pages plus 11 pages Index. 27 Plates plus two engraved tables. [a6, A12-I11] Contemporary full vellum. Handwritten title on spine (faded). Red marbled edges (faded). Very good condition. Binding age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Remnants of a paper label on front paste down. Internally clean. An attractive copy.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.

Bray, Edward William. [et al].

Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-Third Regiment County of Dublin – From 1793 to 1907. Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, The Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada and India.

Reprint. Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, c 2009. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 99 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Brennan, Martin.

The Boyne Valley Vision. With Illustrations by the Author.

First Edition. Mountrath, Portlaoise, The Dolmen Press, 1980. 27 x 18 cm. v, (2), 120 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.