Odate, Toshio.

Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use.

First Printing. Newtown, CT, The Taunton Press, 1984. 30 x 22 cm. viii, 189 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photos in B&W. Original dark blue cloth with title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear and one short (1.5 cm) closed tears to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean without annotations. A nice copy.

Blok, D.P. (Editor).

Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences.

First Edition. The Hague & Paris, Mouton & Co., 1966. 26 x 18 cm. lvi, 611 pages. Original blue cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with significant paper losses. Dust dulled. Inside archival jacket.

Martin, Priscilla.

Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.

First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.

Ross, Anthony.

Dogs of the Lord. The Story of the Dominican Order in Scotland.

Edinburgh, City Museums and Art Galleries, 1981. 29 x 21 cm. 16 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Stapled paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the author (‘Anthony’) on title page. Internally clean. Minor shelf wear only.

Oldenberg, Hermann.

Buddha. Reprinted from the translation by W. Hoey, by permission of Messrs Williams & Norgate.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 21 x 17 cm. 382 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth-covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front board was detached and has been professionally re-attached, but remains and weak point. Internally clean.

Purves-Stewart, Sir James.

The Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases.

Sixth Edition, Revised. London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. 22.5 x 15 cm. viii, 648 pages. With many Illustrations, some in Colour. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Professionally rebacked in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound new binding. Edges age darkened. Some damp stains to end papers. Mild foxing to first and last few pages, internally clean.

Prince of Hohenlohe / Curtius, Friedrich / Chrystal, George W. (Editors).

Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Edited by Friedrich Curtius for Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Translated from the First German Edition and Supervised by George W. Chrystal B.A.

First English Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Heinemann, 1906. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: vii, 406 pages, with two Illustrations / Vol.2: 502 pages with four Plates, of which one is folding. Original red cloth with title information on front boards and spines. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end paper dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally very clean, partially uncut. With all Illustrations as called for.

Haerdelin, Alf (Editor) / Various Authors.

In Quest of the Kingdom. Ten Papers on Medieval Monastic Spirituality.

[First Edition]. Stockholm, Almquist & Wiksell International, 1991. 23.5 x 16 cm. 284 pages. Few B&W Photos. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Inscribed [in Irish] to Próinséas [Ní Chatháin] for Christmas 1991, possibly by one of the contributors ‘Jan Erik’ [Rekdal?]. Bibliotheca Theologiae Practcae 48.

McKenna, Stephen.

Last Confessions. A Novel.

[First Edition ? ]. London, Hutchinson & Co., Not dated [1937 ? ]. 17.5 x 12 cm. ix, 432 pages. Original orange cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Text block mildly foxed, otherwise clean. Binding weak, but holding. See images for condition.

Duckett, Eleanor.

The Wandering Saints.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1959. 21 x 14 cm. 319 pages. With 5 B&W Maps and two Tables. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding and edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of one former owner on front paste down. Signature on front free end paper.