Steele, Richard / Addison, Joseph.

Sir Roger De Coverley and The Spectator’s Club.

London, Cassell and Company, 1906. 16 x 10 cm. 192 pages with a frontispiece. Red cloth with title and decorations on boards and spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to spine, abrasion to front hinge. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ink inscription on front free end paper: ’ Pelly May 1907 Thorngrove Gillingham Dorset.’ Mild damp staining to some pages. Cassell’s National Library.

[Steele, Richard / Addison, Joseph].

The Guardian.

Two Volumes. London, Printed by J. Nichols for Rivington, Longman, White et al., 1789. 21.5 x 13 cm. Vol.1: iv, 571 pages / Vol.2: 600 pages. Both title pages with engaving (see images). Fine contemporary calf. Morroco labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Sound bindings with minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Stein, Amelia (Photography) / Banville, John (Foreword) / Sayers, Brendan (Introduction).

The Palm House [Signed]. [Signed by Amelia Stein, Brendan A. Sayers and John Banville, opposite title page. Hand numbered 6/100].

[Limited] Signed Edition (6/100). Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2012. 28 x 28 cm. 127 pages. Original decorated paper covered boards. Hard cover. Fine, close to new condition.

Stein, Gertrude / Wilder, Thornton.

Narration. Four lectures by Gertrude Stein. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder.

Collector’s Edition. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 8°. VII, 62 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase with only minro signs of wear to the slipcase. Overall in excellent condition.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?

Stewart, Alexander & O’Brien, Rev. Paul.

Elements of Gaelic Grammar & A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language. [Two Books Bound in One]. Subtitle for Stewart: In four Parts: 1. Of Pronounciation and Orthoraphy. 2. Of the State of Speech. 3. Of Syntax. 4. Of Derivation and Composition.

The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged / First Edition. Two Books bound into One. Edinburgh & Dublin, Printed by C. Stewart / Printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 1812 & 1809. 20 x 12 cm. xxiii, 200 pages one folding chart / x, 214 pages with one folding chart. Contemporary calf. Morroco spine label with git title. Gilt line decorations. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Internally dust dulled and damp stained (see images). A few neat annotations. Small wormholes to some pages, not affecting text. Overall a very nice copy.

Stockdale, John Joseph.

The History of the Inquisitions. Including the Secret Transactions of those Horrific Tribunals. Illustrated with Twelve Plates.

First Edition. London, Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1810. 27 x 21 cm. xxxi, pages 32 to 402. Complete with 12 engraved Plates, as listed. Contemporary speckled calf. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Black spine label. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. No annotations.

Stone, Robert.

Outerbridge Reach. A Novel [Signed].

First Edition. First Printing. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. 22 x 15 cm. 409 pages. Quarter dark blue cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fore edge deckle. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edges mildly dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the Author on the half title page.

[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.

Strong, Eithne.

Flesh … the Greatest Sin.

First Edition. Monkstown, The Runa Press, 1980. 22 x 16 cm. 48 pages. Unpaginated. Line drawings. Stiff cardboard covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Some shelfwear. Internally clean.