[Burns, Robert] Esslemont, Peter.

Brithers A’ – A Minute A Day with Burns, Poet, Lover and prophet. With a Foreword by Professor J.Y. Simpson.

London, Oliphants Ltd., n.d. 22cm x 14.5cm. 191 pages. With historic iusstrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only external wear.

Mandelbaum, Ann.

New Work.

Tucson, University of Arizona, 27 x 24 cm. 102 Pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Carr, Judith.

The Templeton Twins. With frontispiece by D. L. Mays.

First Edition. London / Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. 19cm x 12.6cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Gibbon, Edward.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol I: 180 A.D.-395 A.D. / Vol II: 395 A.D.-1185 A.D. / Vol III: 1185 A.D.-1453 A.D.

3 volumes. New York, The Modern Library, n.d. 21cm x 14.4cm. Vol I: VIII, 956 pages / Vol II: IX, 923 pages / Vol III: IX, 898 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Galsworthy, John.

Plays: Fourth Series – A Bit O’ Love, The Foundations, The Skin Game.

London, Duckworth and Co., n.d. 13 x 17.5cm. 116 pages. Original hardcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear, including stain to front cover.

Mill, John Stuart.

Inaugural Address at St. Andrews. Delivered to the University of St. Andrews. Feb. 1st, 1867.

People’s Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., Not Dated. 19 x 13 cm, 48 pages. Original brown cloth hard cover. Gilt title and author’s name on front board. Blind decorations on boards. Good condition. Minor rubbing / bumping to boards, corners and spine. Small piece (9 x 3 cm) of front free end paper has been cut out. Some neat pencil underlining in text.

Rogers, Kitty.

A Strangford Winter and other Poems.

[First Edition]. Belfast, Dick Rogers, [not dated]. 21 x 15 cm. 12 pages. Illustrated by Alison J. Brown. Orange illustrated paperback booklet. Very good condition. Bright and clean.

Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera. A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses by Walter Crane. The Music by the Earliest Masters.

London, Frederick Warne and Co., Not dated. 18 x 19 cm. 56 pages with illustrations and music scores. Original boards. Professionally recased with a new spine strip and new end papers in 2018. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. A few coloured pencil marks by a child.

Gladstone, W.E. / M’Carthy, Justin.

W.E. Gladstone. A Souvenir. Reprinted from Chambers’s Encyclopaedia. Contains the Essay ‘W.E. Gladstone’ by Justin M’Carty and ‘Homer’ by W.E. Gladstone.

[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, not dated. 19 x 13 cm. 64 pages. With several B&W photos. Brown textured paper covers. Gilt title on front board. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Porter, Eric.

Vanishing Sparks.

[First Edition]. No publishing information. Printed by S.J. Bigger Ltd. 18 x 12 cm. Title page plus 14 unnumbered pages. Original blue cloth hard cover with gilt title and author on front board. Very good condition. As new.

Carbery, Lieut.– Col. A.D.

The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914 – 1918. Based on Official Documents.

Facsimile Reprint. Uckfield, The Naval and Military Press, Not dated. 23 x 15 cm. xix, 567 pages plus three coloured maps. Paperback reprint of the original book published by Whitcombe and Tombs in 1924. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Lonsdale Margaret / Tutin, Dorothy et al.

Sister Dora Collection. A small collection of printed materials relating to Sister Dora consisting of Margaret Lonsdale’s book ‘Sister Dora. A Biography’ (1880 Edition), A commemorative brochure, edited by Dorothy Tutlin (1978), Six early 20th century post cards, two stamp first day covers (1978 & 1982), a newspaper article and an old mounted photgraph of a ‘Presentation to Sister Dora’ in June 1873. All items can be seen in attached photographs.

Kenyon, Edith C.

Pickles. A Red-Cross Heroine.

London and Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, Not dated. 25 x 18 cm. 224 pages with tipped in colour illustrations and B&W photographs. Original red cloth with paper picture on front board. Black title and decorations on front board and spine. Professionally rebacked in 2019 using original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding stained (see images). Internally age darkened, but otherwise clean.

Campbell, Thomas / Coleridge, Samuel T.

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell and Samuel T. Coleridge. With Lives.

Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, Not dated. 16 x 10 cm. xii, 386 pages. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt and blind decoration. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Front hinge cracked. Spine faded. Occasional pale water staining.

Anon.

The Art of Feeding the Invalid. A Series of Chapters on the Nature of certain Prevalent Diseases and Maladies; together with carefully selected Recipes for the Preparation of Food for Invalids. By a Medical Practitioner and a Lady Professor of Cookery.

[First Edition]. London, The Scientific Press, Undated. 21 x 14 cm. 14 pages Ads, viii, 264 pages plus 10 pages Ads. Original cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Black ad for Cadbury’s Cocoa on rear board. End papers used for ads. Good condition. Rubbed bumped and age darkened. Spine ends frayed. Binding holding, but coming lose in places. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small piece of half title torn off, not affecting any text (see image). Otherwise clean and complete. An interesting book.

Graves, Alfred Perceval.

Songs of the Gael.

[Dublin], Talbot Press Limited, Not dated. 16 x 12 cm. Appears to be issued without title page. 117 pages. Stiff black paper covers with paper labels on front cover and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edgewear to oversized paper covers. Spinal label worn. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally dust dulled and some mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Taylor, Frances M.

Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses. A Narrative of twelve Months’ Experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scutari. By a Lady Volunteer Frances M. Taylor.

Reprint. Volume 1 of 2. London, The Naval & Military Press with The National Army Museum, Not dated. 21 x 14 cm. vi, 328 pages. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Clean and bright.

Anon.

Irish Presbyterian Church. Tunes & Chants. Staff Notation.

No title page or publishing information. Oblong 12 x 7 cm. viii (TOC), 117 pages with musical scores plus 21 scores in ‘Appendix’. Cloth covered paper covers with embossed title information. Good condition. Half title and title missing. Binding very weak, covers held by a thread. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled and minor damp stains. Name of previous owner on verso of front cover.

Tuinleigh, Criostoir.

SEAMAS O hARGADAIN [James Hardiman] 1782 – 1855.

Appears to be a Review Copy. No publishing Information. 24 x 18 cm. Pages numbered 46 to 62. With a Frontispiece. Stiff paper covers. Stapled. Soft Cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening. Staples corroded. With various annotations indicating a review copy of sorts.

Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies.

Autograph card and Letter.

Very good condition.