Childe, V. Gordon.

Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles.

First Edition. London, W.& R. Chambers, 1940. 23 x 16 cm. xiv, 274 pages, followed by 16 Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with the usual library stickers and stamps. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

Bainville, Jacques.

Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.

Lamplighter.

Hidden Years. Scenes from the Childhood of Jesus.

[First Edition]. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1940. 18 x 12 cm. Title, (4), 25 pages. Musical scores on last two pages. Original blue stiff paper covers with title in black on front board. Very good condition. Very clean.

Leslie, Rev. James B.

Ardfert & Aghadoe Clergy and Parishes [with a Letter by the Author]. Being an Account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe from the earliest Period, with Historical Notices of the several Parishes, Churches, etc.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author by the Church of Ireland Printing and Publishing Co., 1940. 24 x 15 cm. xvi, 182 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscription by the Author and one further inscription on front free end paper (see images). Losely inserted letter by the Author (signed). Internally bright and clean. Scarce original.

Goodwin, Rutherford. [Marshall, George C. / Pound, Dudley / Portal, Charles F.A. / Somerville, James F. / Wavell, Archibald P. / Hastings, L. Ismay et al].

A Brief & True Report Concerning Williamsburg in Virginia. [Signed by George Marshall and British Chiefs of Staff in 1943]. Being an Account of the most important Occurrences in that Place from its first Beginning to the present Time.

A third Edition revis’d & enlarged by the Author. Williamsburg, Printed for Colonial Williamsburg by August Dietz, 1940. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 406 pages. With a frontispiece, two foldout maps and other illustrations. Brown calf with gilt line decorations. Label with gilt title on spine. Speckled edges. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Material losses to spine and spine label. Abrasion to boards. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened, otherwise in very good condition. Initials A.F.B. and 13 signatures on front end papers. Placed and dated (Williamsburg, Virginia 5/16/43). Text block bright and clean.

Haines, Gladys M.

Pines On The Hill and Other Poems.

First Edition. London et al. Hutchinson & Co., ND [c. 1940]. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 36 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Scarce.

[Strauss, Johann] Jacob, H.E.

Johann Strauss – Father and Son, A Century of Light Music. Translated by Marguerite Wolff.

USA, The Greystone Press, 1940. 23.8cm x 16cm. 385 pages. With illustrations and music sheets. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear and small open tear.

O Cadlaigh, Cormac.

Gnas Na Gaeldilge.

First Edition. Baile Atha Cliath [Dublin], Oifig An tSolatair, 1940. 21 x 14 cm. xxiv, 660 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded. Front free end paper neatly cut off. Stamp of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner on half title. Number ‘28’ written on top edge. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

O Farachain, Roibeard (Editor).

Éire: Bliainiris Ghaedheal. [The Year’s Treasury of Gaelic Literature]. Rogha Saothair Ghaedheal mBeo.

First Edition. Dublin, Basil Clancy / Cahill & Co. Ltd., 1940. 27 x 21.5 cm. 148 pages. 44 pages Ads. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Original textured stiff paper wrappers. Soft cover. Title and decorations on front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Externally dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Raftery, Joseph.

The Tumulus-Cemetery of Carrowjames. Co. Mayo.

Galway, Reprinted from the Journal of Galway Arch. and Historical Society, 1940. Pages numbered 16 to 85. With Plates and Illustrations. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Good condition. Ruubbed and bumped. Wrappers and first pages coming apart. Dust dulled.