Aldin, Cecil.

Mac.

First Edition. London, Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, ND [1912]. 28.5 x 25 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated end papers, Half Title, Pictorial Title Page, 96 unnumbered pages incl. 24 Plates in colour. Original decorated paper boards. Hard cover. Tartan coloured paper spine. Supplied with a clear archival plastic wrapper. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some paper losses to spine (see images). Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally mildly age darkened, but otherwise clean. See images.

An A D’Imigh Huis! Agus A Chaill Feasog. Go Sruth Na Maoile.

Three First Editions. Three Volumes. Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1964 / 1965. 27 x 21 cm. Each volume contains 46 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated hardcovers. See images. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Short closed tear to last page of the first 1964 volume. Cover a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

Andersen, Hans Christian / Salus, Hugo.

Andersen Kalender 1911. Zwoelf Maerchen, nacherzaehlt von Hugo Salus, illustriert von Heinrich Lfler und Joseph Urban.

Limited Facsimile Edition / 1191 of 1500. Wien (Vienna), Betz Verlag, 1987. 30.5 x 25 cm. 48 unumbered pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original stiff cardboard covers with title vignette on front board. White title on spine. Very good condition. Small damage to top end of spine (repaired). Tiny amount of foxing on half title page. Internally bright and clean.

ANON.

Ten Little Puppy Dogs.

London, Brimax Books (Printed in Germany), Not dated, ca. 1950. 23 x 20 cm. 16 stiff cardboard pages. Illustrated throughout. Stiff decorated cardboard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Anon. [Defoe, Daniel].

The Life and most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who lived Eight and Twenty Years in an Uninhabited Island, on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque. With an Account of his Deliverance Thence; and his after Surprising Adventures. A New Edition, complete in One Volume; with Plates, Descriptive of the Subject.

London, Published and Sold by the Booksellers, and by T. Wilson and Son, Printers, 1810. 17 x 10 cm. (2)[blank], iv [Preface], 264 pages, (2) [blank]. With an engraved frontispiece and three additional plates. Contemporary calf. Gilt decorations on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Front joint cracked, rear joint started to crack. Binding sound.

Anon. [Defoe, Daniel].

The New Robinson Crusoe. An instructive and entertaining History, for the Use of Children of both Sexes; Translated from the French. Embellished with Thirty-two beautiful Cuts by Bewick. In two Volumes.

New Edition. London, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1804. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Vol.1: 328 pages. Vol.2: 303 pages. Complete with 32 Plates by Bewick, as called for. Uniform contemporary speckled calf. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations and volume numbers. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front joint of volume 1 started to crack. Mildly age darkened throughout. Missing pages 59 – 62 of volume 1. One plate (No. 25) with closed tear. Gift inscriptions on front paste down in ink. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Remains a very nice set.

Aspden, Don (author) / Brown, Paul (illustrations).

MIKE of Company D. With drawings by Paul Brown.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939. 20 x 13.5 cm. viii, (2), 261 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Spine ends mildly frayed. A few small stains (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Front hinge cracked. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Internally a very clean copy.

Bannerman, Helen.

The Story of Little Black Mingo / Little Black Quasha / Little Black Quibba.

Three Volumes. London, Nisbet & Co., ND [1930s]. 15 x 11 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original cloth, inside original decorated dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Very good in good dust jackets. Books with minor shelf wear. Dust dulled. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean. Dust jackets with some wear and losses to spine ends and corners. All now in protectice clear jackets.

Blakey, John A.

The Tale of Lundravar the Dragon.

Limited Collectors Edition. Copy No. 33 of 650. Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, Wee Hills Publishing, [2008]. 30 x 21 cm. (6), 207 pages with colour illustrations throughout. Extensively decorated brown leather with coloured and blind decorations. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Inlaid natural stones on front board. Raised Bands. In plain, dark green padded presentation case with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. Two coloured book mark strips with natural stone decorations. Signed and numbered on half title page. Loosely inserted ‘Certificate of Authenticity’. Marbled end papers. Decorated brass clasp. A unique presentation binding (see images). Fine. As New.

Borthwick, Norma (Editor) / O’Leary, Peter / Hyde, Douglas / Ó Donnchadha, Tadhg / Maol, Conan / Mullin, Rev. M. / O’Reilly, Rev. Michael A. / Yeats, Jack B. (illustrations).

The Leigean Eirean Series. A Collection. Includes the following publications: Aesop’s Fables in Irish (Parts 1-5) / Irish Reading Lessons (Books 1-3) / Irish Songs (Parts 1-3) / Faith – Sgeal – An Allegory / Shane the Proud / A Phonetic Key to Modern Ulster Irish / Prayers to be said after Mass.

Dublin, The Irish Book Company, 1901 – 1905. 20 x 13 cm. 80, 32, 28, 40, 96, 16, 16, 16, 16, 31, 16, 24 & 4 pages. With B&W Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats. Contemporary red textured cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / browning. Internally clean. Please review the images on our web site to see what is included in this collection.