Redmond, Paul.

Gravestone Inscriptions from Killshin, Sleaty…

First Edition. Stradbally, J.P.F. Print, 1997. 20 x 15 cm. 120 pages. Paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page.

Brown, James.

The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown. Keeper of the Grounds, and Author of the “Deeside Guide”. With an Introduction and Notes.

First Edition. Edinburgh & London J.Moodie Miller & Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1867. 18 x 12 cm. lxxxiv, 360 pages. With a Frontispiece, A Plan of the Cemetary and 20 Plates – Complete (see note below). List of Subscribers. Original blind stamped brown cloth. Gilt title. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscription on verso of front free end paper. Binding weakened but holding. Internally clean. A very nice copy of this scarce work.

Ruskin, John.

Four Books: 1. Hortus Inclusus / 2. Aratra Pentelici / 3. The Queen of the Air / 4. Our Fathers Have Told Us. 1. Messages from the Wood to the Garden, sent in happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston / 2. Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture, given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 / 3. Being a Study of the Greek Myth of Cloud and Storm / 4. Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been held at its Fonts. The Bible of Amiens.

Second Edition / New Edition / Fifth Edition & Third Edition. 1888 / 1890 / 1892 & 1897. xiii, 172 pages / xii, (4), 281 pages / x, (2), 233 pages / xi, (4), 310 pages. Uniform half morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. A lovely uniform set of John Ruskin books. Edges dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. With Illustrations.

MacGiolla Chiolle, Breandan / Simington, Robert C.

Books of Survey and Distribution. Being abstracts of various surveys and instruments of title 1636-1703 Vol III County of Galway.

First Edition in this Form. Dublin, The Stationary Office, 1962. Oblong 37 x 27 cm. lxvii, 357 pages. Lacking the Map ! Original cloth hard cover. Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

First Edition. Two Volumes. New York, Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 584 pages / Vol.2: 647 pages. Illustrated. Original deluxe three-quarter brown morocco, raised bands, circular gilt-stamped medallions on front and rear covers, marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Neat gift inscription to Library. Small library stamp (‘Peru Library’) on first blank of each volume. Occasional mild foxing. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set overall.

O Conlain, Micheal / Mullingar Archaeological and Historical Society.

The Castlepollard Massacre. A Collection of reports, from various sources on the state of the Country during the 1820s, and in particular of the Affair at Castlepollard on Monday 23rd May 1831. Produced in May 1981 by Mullingar Archaeological and Historical Society an an Occasional Paper to mark the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the event.

Mullingar, 1981. 33 x 20 cm. 40 pages. Stapled paper. Stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Covers dust dulled and a little stained. Staples rusty. A few numbers scribbled on the rear cover. Internally clean. Scarce.

Wilson, Woodrow.

A History of the American People. Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Plans, Facsimiles, Rare Prints, Contemporary Views, etc. / olume I: The Swarming of the English; Volume II: Colonies and Nation; Volume III: The Founding of the Government; Volume IV: Critical Changes and Civil War; Volume V: Reunion and Rationalization.

First Edition. Five volumes. New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902. 21 x 15 cm. Vol1: xxv, 350 pages / Vol.2: xviii, 368 pages / Vol.3: xv, 347 pages / Vol. 4: xiv, 342 pages / Vol. 5: xi, 337 pages. All volumes illustrated throughout. Original red cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internal hinges of volume 1 started to crack. Ex Libris of William C. Bullitt on front paste downs of all five volumes (see comments below). Internally bright and clean.

Bockstruck, Lloyd De Witt

Revolutionary War Pensions. Awarded by State Governments 1775-1874, the General and Federal Governments Prior to 1814, and by Private Acts of Congress.

Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2011. 25 x 18 cm. xxiii, 1041 pages. Original trade paperback. As new.

Peters, J.G.

A Treatise on Equitation or the Art of Horsemanship. Simplified progressively for Amateurs. Forming complete lessons for training horses, and instructions for beginners. Illustrated with Twenty-Seven Descriptive Plates.

First Edition. London, Whittaker and Co., 1835. 23 x 15 cm. lv, 316 pages. Complete with Frontispiece and 27 Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Missing spine label. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Malthus, Rev. T. R. [Thomas Robert].

An Essay on the Principle of Population [Bayntun Riviere Binding]. Or, A View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions.

Ninth Edition. London, Reeves and Turner, 1888. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 551 pages. Later fine polished calf. Dark blue and green spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Binder Stamp (‘Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England’) on verso of front free end paper. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Joint and hinges started to crack. Internally bright and clean.