[Nureyev, Rudolf] Stuart, Otis.

Perpetual Motion – The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev.

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995. 24.3cm x 16.3cm. 317 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Hartford, Rev. R.R.

Godfrey Day. Missionary, Pastor and Primate. A Memoir. With a Foreword by The Archbishop of Armagh.

First Edition. Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, 1940. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 246 pages with B&W Plates. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind line decorations. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Internally mildly foxed. Dust jacket with tears and small paper losses (see images).

Lucas, E.V.

The Colvins and their Friends.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 22 x 15 cm. x, 365 pages. With a frontispiece and 25 other Illustrations. Original red cloth with with paper label on spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped, partially faded. Front hinge opened, but binding holding. Internally some foxing and age darkening, mainly to the end papers and the first and last few pages of the book. Bookblock internally bright and clean.

Ó Maolmhuaidh, Proinsias.

‘Athair na hAthbheochana’ [Father of the Revival].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Foilseachán Náisiúnta Teoranta, 1981. 8°. VII, 207 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Eliot, T.S.

What is a Classic? an address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 1945. 22 x 14 cm, 32 pages. Original light blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Book is slanted and begins to open between pages 8 and 9. Binding is faded. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Rosenbaum, Ron.

The Shakespeare Wars. Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 2006. 23 x 16 cm. xvii, 601 pages, (4). Original black paper boards. Hard Cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Close to new condition.

Webb, Igor.

From Custom to Capital – The English Novel and the Industrial Revolution.

First Edition. Ithaca / London, Cornell University Press, 1981. 22.5cm x 14.5cm. 219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear, such as slightly fading colour on dustjacket.

[Shaw, Bernard] Pascal, Valerie.

The Disciple and His Devil.

First edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1971. 22 x 14,5 cm. 319 pages with 24 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with some external wear on dustjacket and a slightly cracked hinge but no loose pages.

Father James Clare S.J. (Editor)

The Life of Blessed Julie Billiart. Foundress of the Institute of Sisters of Notre Dame. By a Member of the Same Society.

Edinburgh and London, Sands and Company, 1909. 20 x 13 cm. xxxii, 559 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. With a folding map. Black cloth covered stiff cardboard covers with gilt title on spine. Gilt decorations on front board: Convent of Notre Dame Birkdale. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine (see images). Neat inscription (prize) on verso of half title, dated 1909. Internally age darkened but clean.

[Sidney, Philip] Stewart, Alan.

Philip Sidney: A Double Life.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 2000. 16cm x 24cm. XI, 400 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.