[Office of the Diocese of Meath].

Life of St. Finian of Clonard. “Tutor of the Saints of Ireland”. Patron of the Diocese of Meath.

3rd Edition. Dublin, Irish Messenger, 1927. 16 x 10 cm. 32 pages. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Clean copy.

O’Flanagan, Patrick / Ferguson, Paul / Whelan, Kevin (editors).

Rural Ireland 1600 – 1900: Modernisation and Change.

First Edition. Cork, University Press, 1987. 22 x 15 cm. xiv, 187 pages. With charts and maps. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Ogg, David.

Europe in the Seventeenth Century.

Fifth Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1949. 14.5 x 22cm. 576 pages, with four fold-out maps. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering in dustjacket. Some wear to dustjacket, including paper loss to rear flap. Text clean, binding firm, endpapers age darkened. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. From the series The History of Europe.

O’Grady, Standish.

In The Wake Of King James, or, Dun-Randal On The Sea.

London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1896. 13 x 19.5cm. (6), 242 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and gilt tops. Slight lean to spine, some mottling to boards and minor fraying to cloth at corners, binding firm and text itself clean. Endpapers foxed, with previous owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

O’Halloran, S.

A History of Ireland. Volume 1. An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, and Ierne Defended.

Volume 1 Only (of 3). Dublin, Printed by J. Christie, 1819. 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 581 pages, two Plates. Vol.1 Full tree calf. Name of previous owner blind on front board. Morroco label with gilt title. Very good condition.Binding worn with minor losses to spine ends and corners. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean.

O’Hara, Bernard (editor).

Mayo. Aspects of its Heritage [Signed].

First Edition. Special Limited Edition. Galway, The Archaeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. Halt title, title page, (8), 313 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth. Hard cover. Inside red slip case. Near fine inside very good slip case. Edges dust dulled, otherwise bright and clean. Signed by the Authors, who contributed to this collection. Losely inserted invitation to the book launch at GMIT Galway in 1982. See images.

O’Hara, Eliot.

Watercolor Fares Forth / Making the Brush Behave / Making Watercolor Behave [Three Volumes].

Fifth Impression / Tenth Impression / Thirteenth Impression. Three Volumes. New York, Minton, Balch & Company 1938, 1935, 1932. 20 x 14 cm. 178 pages / 136 pages / 90 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Okri, Ben.

Songs of Enchantment.

First U.S. edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1993. 16.5 x 24cm. 297 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, as new. Signed with a dedication by the author on title page.

O’Laverty, James.

An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor (Vol. 1 & 2). Ancient and Modern, by The Rev. James O’Laverty, M.R.I.A., Parish Priest of Holywood.

First Editions. Dublin, James Duffy and Sons / M.H. Gill, 1878 / 1880. 18 x 12 cm. Vol.1: lxxi, 448 pages / Vol.2: (6), 464 pages, xci [Appendix and Index]. Original green cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper partially removed in volume 1 (see images). Occasional mild foxing, but generally bright and clean.

Oldenberg, Hermann.

Buddha. Reprinted from the translation by W. Hoey, by permission of Messrs Williams & Norgate.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 21 x 17 cm. 382 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth-covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front board was detached and has been professionally re-attached, but remains and weak point. Internally clean.

O’Leary, Patrick.

St. Mullins Illustrated. A local History and the Life of St. Moling. [SIGNED]. Compiled from Ancient MSS. With Notes and Traditions by Patrick O’Leary.

Graig-Na-Managh, [Printed by The People Printing Works – Wexford], 1913. 18 x 12.5 cm. 75 pages, (2). With several B&W photos and a Frontispiece (see images). Paper wrappers. Soft cover. Good condition only. Front cover and part of spine paper missing. Some wear to corners. Age darkened. Text block appears to be complete. Frontispiece and nine Plates present. Inscribed by the Author on the ‘Introduction’ page.

Olmsted, Denison.

The Mechanism of the Heavens.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 400 pages. With colour and B&W Illustrations. Original embossed cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shefwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small blind bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / browning throughout.

O’Mahony, David.

The Irish Economy. An Introductory Description.

First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press, 1964. 22cm x 13.8cm. 174 (2) pages. Includes foldout table of Livestock and crop distribution in 1960. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

O’Malley, Edward.

Memories of a Mayoman.

Second Edition. Dublin, FNT, 1981. 18 x 12 cm. 120 pages plus publishers list. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded (see images). Small creases. Edges dust dulled. The first two blank pages have been cleanly removed. Some scribble (by a child?) on the verso of the front board. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.

O’Meara, John J.

Understanding Augustine.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1997. 23 x 15 cm. 165 pages. Dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. A nice clean copy.

Ommanney, F.D.

The River Bank – An Autobiography of the 1920s.

London, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. 1966. 22.2cm x 14.4cm. 279 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of wear.

Ondaatje, Michael.

Divisadero.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 14.5cm x 22cm. 273 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition.

O’Neill. Henry.

The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland. Illustrated with Chromo and Other Lithographs, and several Woodcuts.

First Edition. London & Dublin. Smith, Elder and Comapny & George Herbert, 1863. 27 x 19 cm. vi, 118 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth with blind decorations to boards. Gilt title on front board. Very good condition. Binding worn (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris and small sticker with address of previous owner on front paste down. Small bookseller sticker on front paste down. Mild damp staining to some pages (see images).

O’Reilly Hoey, J.

Sir Hervey’s Bride, and other Poems.

First Edition. London, Marcus Ward & Co., 1882. 18 x 13 cm, 200 pages. Original brown cloth hard cover with black and gilt decorations and text on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. End papers browned and edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Spine faded. A very nice copy. Not ex library.

O’Reilly, Edward.

Irish-English Dictionary. Containing upwards of Twenty Thousand Words that have never appeared in any former Irish Lexicon with copious Quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of obscure Words; and numerous Comparisons of the Irish Words with those of similar Orthography, Sense or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages. In their proper Places in the Dictionary, are inserted the Irish Names of our indigenous Plants, with the Names by which they are commonly known in English and Latin… to which is Annexed, a compenious Irish Grammar.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by John Barlow, 1817. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Eight unnumbered pages (Title, Dedication, Preface & Subscribers), 28 pages Irish Grammar followed by the complete Dictionary on unnumbered pages using double columns. Later quarter cloth over papered boards. Leather label with gilt title on spine. Red marbled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and paper age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing and a few faint water stains. Name of previous owner on title page in ink.

O’Reilly, Sean et al.

The Casino at Marino.

Dublin, The Government of Ireland, 1991. 20 x 20 cm. 30 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Clean, no markings.

O’Reilly, Stephen.

Spirit Flowers. Poems and Essays by Stephen O’Reilly. Who in company with his gallant brother fell valiantly fighting for Irish Freedom on that great day of hero-deeds when Ireland’s Army smote by Liffey’s side The Custom House of Britain. With a Foreword by Brian O Huiginn, dated 1922.

[First Edition]. Dublin, The Gael Co-Op. Society, Ltd., 1923. 18 x 12 cm. 40 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and a few small stains on front board. Internally clean. Scarce.

Orr, Philip.

The Road to the Somme. Men of hte Ulster Division Tell Their Story.

Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1987. 18 cm x 24 cm. VIII, 248 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

O’Siadhail, Micheal.

Hail! Madam Jazz [Signed]. New & Selected Poems.

First Edition. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1992. 21 x 14 cm. 160 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

O’Sullivan, Michelle.

The Flower and the Frozen Sea.

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2015. 21 x 14 cm. 64 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. As new condition.

O’Sullivan, Seumas.

Mud and Purple. Pages from the Diary of a Dublin Man.

[First Edition]. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1918. 21 x 13 cm. (2), 96 pages. With small in text illustrations. Half cloth over stiff cardboard boards. Gilt title and author on front board. Small paper label on spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping, Mild age darkening throughout. Text block bright and clean.

O’Sullivan, T.F.

The Young Irelanders.

Tralee, The Kerryman Ltd., 1944. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 686 pages. Illustrated. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Weak binding with both front and rear hinge open. Name of previous owner inscribed and several ownership stamps. Pages age darkened. Otherwise internally clean.

O’Toole, Jimmy.

Grange. The Path to the Present [Signed]. A History of a Community in County Carlow.

First Edition. Grange, Co. Carlow, Grange G.A.A. Club, 1987. 20 x 14 cm. 174 pages. Illustrated. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author.

O’Toole, Jimmy.

The Bicentenary of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Grange Co. Carlow 1822 – 2022.

First Edition. Grange, Tullow, Grange Bicentenary Committee, 2022. Oblong 29 x 21 cm. 128 pages. Illustrated. Original paper wrappers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on the title page. Internally clean.

Otway, Caesar.

A Tour in Connaught: Comprising Sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country, and Achill. With Illustrations engraved on Wood.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. xi, 412 pages. Complete with eight illustrations. Contemporary dark green calf over marbled boards. Gilt and blind decorations. Black spine label and gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge cracked. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing (see images).

Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé).

Ruffino &c.

Popular Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. 18 x 12 cm. 309 pages plus 32 pages publishers list incl. a colour plate showing the poet Maud Muller. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black title to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled and slightly foxed. Occasional foxing within, otherwise internally clean.

Oxenham, John.

The King’s High Way. Some more helpful Verse.

First Edition. London, Methuen, 1916. 15 x 9 cm. 94 pages. Leather covered paper boards. Soft cover. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind line decoration. Very good condition. Slightly dust dulled, otherwise as new. Still in original glassine jacket inside card board box with a gift card reading: ‘With grannies love Xmas 1916’.

P. [Publius] Virgilii Maronis [Virgil].

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Varietate Lectionis at Perpetua Adnotatione Illustrata, A Chr. Gottl. Heyne…

Four Volumes. London, T. Rickaby, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: cclv, 566 pages / Vol.2: xciv, 820 pages / Vol.3: 730 pages / Vol.4: vi, 703 pages. Contemporary full vellum. Gild titles and decorations. Dentelles. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Mildly aga darkened bindings. Internally clean. A nice set.

P.O’. Curry.

The Story of St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral Armagh.

Second Edition. Gloucester, The British Publishing Company, Not dated. [c. 1940]. 19 x 12 cm. 32 pages. With B&W images and ads. Original dark red decorated stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Name and address of previous owner inscribed. See images.

Paley, William.

Horae Paulinae. Or The Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul. Evinced by a Comparison of the Epistles which bear his Name with the Acts of the Apostles and with one another.

Fifth Edition. London, Printed for R. Faulder, 1807. 20 x 13 cm. (2), 426 pages. Dark morrocco with gilt lines and gilt title on spine. Five raised bands. All edges gilt. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with ex libris (Brynkinalt Library) glued to front paste down. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Top edge dust dulled. Mild foxing inside, but overall bright and clean.

Paley, William.

Sermons and Tracts.

First Edition. London, Printed for R. Faulder, 1808. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 517 pages. Dark morrocco with gilt lines and gilt title on spine. Five raised bands. All edges gilt. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with ex libris (Brynkinalt Library) glued to front paste down. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Top edge dust dulled. Mild foxing inside, but overall bright and clean.

Palladio, Andrea (author) / Richards, Godfrey (translator).

The First Book of Architecture, by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian: With an Appendic Touching Doors and Windows, by Pr Le Muet Architect to the French King. Tranlated out of French by G.R. [Godfrey Richards]. Also Rules and Demonstrations, with several Designs for the Framing of any manner of Roofs either above pitch or under pitch, whether Square or Bevel, never published before. With Designs of Floors of variety of small pieces of Wood, lately made in the Pallace of the Queen Mother, at Sommerset-House; a Curiosity never practiced in England before.

The Fifth Edition Corrected and Enlarged. With the new Model of the Cathedral of St. Paus as it is now to be Built. London, Printed for T. Parkhurst, G. Sawbridge and E. Tracy, 1693. 19.5 x 15 cm. 2 Blank, Engraved Title Page, Title Page, (6) [Preface], 239 pages, 2 Blank. With 69 engraved plates of which 6 are folding, incl. the one showing the Cathedral of St. Pauls in London.. Modern half calf, over marbled paper boards. Two red morocco spine labels. Gilt decorations and titles. New end papers. Please see images. Minor shelf wear to binding. Various names of previous owners on first blank, engraved title and title pages. Edges age darkened. Minor edge wear. A few pages/plates misnumbered. Occasional very mild foxing / staining. Pages/plates 173, 185 and 231 appear to be missing. Overall a very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Palmer, Arnold.

More Than Shadows. A Biography of W. Russell Flint R.A., P.R.W.S.

Signed by W. Russell Flint on half title. London & New York, The Studio, 1943. 16 x 24 cm, (8), 146 pages. With 136 Illustrations in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt titles on spine Top edge blue. Very good condition. Some minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Age darkened.

[Palmer, Samuel] Peacock, Carlos.

Samuel Palmer. Shoreham and After.

London, John Baker, 1968. 22cm x 30cm. 144 pages with 11 colour plates, 24 black and white plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket.

Parfitt, Richard.

Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism, 1848-1972. Routledge Studies in Cultural History.

First Edition. New York and London Routledge, 2020. Octavo. xiii, 285 pages. Original laminted boards. Hard cover. As new. A bright and clean copy with minimal shelf wear.

Parker, Gilbert.

An Bealach Achtuighthe [The Right of Way]. Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’) a rinne an t-aistriú. [Translation by Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’)].

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1937. 8°. 527 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

[Parrish, Maxfield] Bharucha, Fershid.

Buried Treasures. The Black and White work of Maxfield Parrish 1896-1905. Edited by Fershid Bharucha. Text by Rosalie Gomes.

San Francisco, Pomegranate Artbooks, 1992. 22cm x 28cm. 224 unnumbered pages, 208 pages of illustrations. Original, illustrated paperback (Softcover). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

Parry, Donald, Wilkinson, Patrick et al.

Seven individual Memoirs prepared by direction of King’s College, Cambridge. Lancelot Patrick Wilkinson, E.M. Forster and King’s, Lord Noel Gilroy Annan, Frank Ezra Adcock, John Tresidder Shepard, Edmund Leach & Bernard Williams.

Seven Volumes. Cambridge, University Press, 1985, 1970, 2001, 1969, 1969, 1989 & 2005. Small paperback publications in various colours. See images. Very good condition. Name of previous owner in some of the pamphlets, otherwise internally clean.

Paterson, Don.

Landing Light [Signed].

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 2003. 20 x 13 cm. 84 pages. Original paper covered boards. Inside original dust jacket. Inscribed and signed (‘Don’) on the title page. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Includes several losely inserted newspaper clips.

Patre Fratre Blasio.

Tractatus De Adoratione. Auctore Patre Fratre Blasio A Purificatione Carmelita Excalceato Provincae Romanae. Sumptibus Caesaris Sacchi Romani eius Germani Fratis.

Rome Ex Typographia Iosephi Vannaccij, 1678. c. 29 x 20 cm. Title page with vignette, (16), 375 numbered pages, (24) [Index]. Small vignettes. Contemporary vellum. Semi hard boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Old signatures on title page. Age darkened / browned, otherwise clean. A very nice copy.

Patrick Eric Mac Finn / MacFinn.

Milic.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Maire Ni Ragallaig, 1943. 21 x 14 cm. 23 pages. Stapled pamphlet with paper covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulled. Rare Irish local history.

Patterson, R. Hogarth.

The New Golden Age. And Influence of the Precious Metals upon the World.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. 22 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xi, (4), 487 pages / Vol.2: vi, (2), 542 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small library stamps on fron free end paper and title pages. Internally clean. A very good copy.

Paulstown Schools Past and Present. Compiled by Paulstown Education and Historical Society to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Scoil Bhride, Paulstown.

First Edition. Paulstown, Grange Silvia Publications, 2007. 24 x 17 cm. 178 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Payne, Michael.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 in the West 1937-1940: From the Spanish Civil War to the Battle of Britain.

London, Greenhill Books, 1998. 19cm x 25.5cm. 72 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. From the series Luftwaffe At War.

Payne, William W. / Willard, Charlotte R. (editors).

Popular Astronomy. Vol.1 1893-4. By the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made. Plainly worded and untechnical in Language. Amply Illustrated. Issued monthly, except for July and August.

Northfield, Minnesota, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1894. 24 x 16 cm. 492 pages. Illustrated. Folding Plates, Tables etc. Red cloth. Hard cover. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and paint stained binding (see images). Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Pearse, Padraic H.

Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. The Story of a Success. Edited by Desmond Ryan and the Man called Pearse by Desmond Ryan.

Dublin, The Phoenix Publsihing Co., 1924. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xii, 260 pages. With a Frontispiece and seven Plates in B&W (complete). Original green cloth. Hard cover. Embossed celtic decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally mildly age darkened / browned. Front hinge weak.

Pearse, Padraic H. / Ryan, Desmond (Editor).

Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. The Story of a Success and the Man Called Pearse.

Dublin, Cork, Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., 1924. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 260 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark cloth with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed.

Peek, Hedley / Aflalo, F.G.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

First volume available. London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. 27.1cm x 19cm. X, 632 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With gilt cover and spine illustrations, and gilt edges. Front endpaper loose.

Pelly, Lilian.

True Tales of our Animals. For my Grandchildren.

First Edition. Ilfracombe, Devon, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1962. 18 x 12 cm. 24 pages. Small paperback with illustrated stiff card covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Inscribed by the author on the title page: ‘With love from Lilian Pelly’.

Peppin, Brigit / Micklethwait, Lucy.

Dictionary of British Book Illustrators. The Thentieth Century.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1983. 26 x 19 cm. 336 pages. With illustrations showing samples and styles of various book illustrators. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Pérez-Gómez, Alberto.

Polyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited. An Erotic Epiphany of Architecture.

Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1992. Large Octavo. XXVII, 311 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in excellent (Fine) condition.

PEREZ-REVERTÉ, Arturo.

The Nautical Chart.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 2001. Octavo, 465pp. First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page. A fine copy of this nautical thriller. In protective Mylar.

Pessl, Marisha.

Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

First Edition. New York, Viking, 2006. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 514 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

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.

Peters, Stewart.

Festival Gold – Forty years of Cheltenham Racing.

Gloucestershire, Tempus, 2003. 23.2cm x 25.2cm. 192 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Petrie, George.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland. Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, which obtained the Gold Medal and Prize of the Royal Irish Academy.

Second Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1845. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. xxi, 525 pages. Illustrated throughout. Trinity College Dublin Prize Binding by George Mullen. College Crest on front and rear boards. Extensive gilt decorations on polished calf. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Prize label on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy in a very fine binding.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. [Margaret] (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 28 x 25 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original dark cloth with celtic blind decorations. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with faint numbers on spine and a few small stamps internally..

Petrie, George / Stokes, Margaret (editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872 & 1878. C. 28 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original blind stamped dark cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with a new spine and end papers in 2023. Please see images. Spine design is NOT uniform. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with a few library stamps.

Philip, Rev. Brother Philip, F.S.C.

Brother Thomas Kane – Assistant Superior-General De La Salle Brothers; Former Principal De La Salle Training College Waterford.

Leix, Lasallian Publications, 1951. 19.3cm x 13cm. X, 155 pages. With 8 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket. Small section of the dustjacket torn.

Philpott, William.

Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century.

First U.S. edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 16.5 x 24cm. 631 pages, with 24 pages of photgraphs and 9 maps. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new.

Pick, F.W.

Contemporary History. [Review Copy].

First Edition. Oxford, Pen-In-Hand Publishing, 1949. 324pages. Original cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Loosely inserted paper slip by the publishers asking for review. Another handwritten note asking for a review. On stationary of ‘Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review’. Internally clean.

Pickles, James.

Off The Record. A Work of Fiction.

London, Smith Gryphon Limited, 1993. 24cm x 15.5cm. 220 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

Picturesque B and O East or West. Only Line via Washington. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Time Tables and Advertisement.

Chicago and Baltimore, Knight and Leonard, May, 1886. 10 x 20 cm folded. Single folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map. Colour printing. Large (80 x 40 cm) coloured map on rear. Good condition. Age darkened. Very weak folded lines with long closed tears along those folds. Minor paperlosses to some corners, not affecting text or images.

Pierce, David.

Yeats’s Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination. With contemporary photographs by Dan Harper.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1995. 20 x 26cm. (14), 346 pages, with illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, as new. Boards, text and dustjacket bright and clean, binding firm.

Pietro Soave Polano (author) / Brent, Nathanael (translator).

The History of the Council of Trent. Containing Eight Books. In which besides the ordinary Acts of the Council are declared many notable Occurances which happened in Christendom, during the Space of forty years and more. And particularly the Practices of the Court of Rome, to hinder the Reformation of their Errours, and to maintain their Greatness. Written in Italian by Pietro Soave Polano, and faithfully Translated into English by S’ Nathanael Brent, Knight. Whereto is added the Life of the Learned Author: and the History of the Inquisition. [The History of the Inquisition composed by the Reverend Father Paul Servita, who was also the Compiler of the Council of Trent, A Pious, Learned and Curious Work, necessary for Counsellors, Casuists, and Politicians. Translated of the Italian Copy by Robert Gentilis.].

London, Printed for J. Macock, for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, 1676. 32 x 20 cm. (2), Title page in Red and Black, (12) [Dedications, To the Reader], cvi [Life of the Author], 889 pages, (47) [An Alphabetical Table …]. New (2024) black half morroco over marbled boards. New end papers. Two spine labels with gilt title etc. Red stained edges. Very good condition. New Binding. Internally mildly age darkened. First and last pages with some edgewear, never affecting the text. Overall a very well preserved copy in a new sturdy binding.

Pike, Oliver G. / Mac Giollarnáth, Seán.

Ríoghacht na nÉan [The Kingdom of Birds]. [Birdland]. Leabhar le haghaidh an aosa óg .i. Birdland. 48 bpictiúirí de Ghriandealbha a rinne an tÚghdar féin agus é i measg na nÉan.[A book for young people. I.E. Birdland. With 48 pictures taken by the author himself when he was among the birds].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, No year (c.1935). 8°. XVI, 95 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Pike, Warburton.

The Barren Ground of Northern Canada.

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917. 20 x 13 cm. ix, 334 pages plus six pages publishers list. Complete with 15 Plates and a folded map, as listed. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Pitts Capper, Benjamin.

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Compiled from Parliamentary, and other authentic Documents and Authorities; containing Geographical, Topographical, & Statistical Accounts of every District, Object, and Place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the various small Islands dependant on the British Empire. Accompanied by Forty-Six Maps, drawn purposely for this Work, on an original Plan.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. 21 x 13 cm. Both volumes unpaginated, c. 1000+ pages. Illustrated with 45 Maps, including 6 folding (Ireland x 2 / Scotland x 2 / Wales & Yorkshire). Note: Wales is shown on one map only, not two, as described in the ‘List of Maps’. Modern half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Plain end papers. Very good condition. Binding as new. Internally mildly age darkened. Very few small annotations. Name of previous owner with small pencil drawing on verso of half title page. A very attractive set in a nice modern binding.

Plomer, Henry R.

A Short History of English Printing 1476 – 1900.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1915. 20 x 13 cm. xii, 276 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Paper label with title. Very good condition. Ex Libris (‘Lawrence Wallis’) on front paste down. Second spine label with book title pasted onto front free end paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Nice copy.

Plomer, William.

A Shot In The Park.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. 14 x 21cm. 60 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Slightly foxed, dustjacket mildly age darkened, otherwise very good condition.

Plutarch.

The Fifth and Last Volume of Plutarchs Lives. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. [Includes: The Lives of Demetrius Poliocretes, Marcus Antonius, Demosthenes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Dion, Marcus Brutis, Galba & Otho].

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Chancery-lane, near Fleet-street, 1686. 17.5 x 11 cm. 764 pages (some sections misnumbered). With a frontispiece and nine plates. Contemporary panelled calf. Blind decorations. Red speckled edges. Raised bands. Interesting armorial blind stamp with two lions (?) on front and rear boards (see images). Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. An impressive little book in a sound contemporary binding.

POGGIOLI, Renato.

The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Polano, Pietro Soaue (author) / Brent, Nathanael (translator).

The Historie of the Councel of Trent [History of the Council of Trent]. Containing eight Bookes. In which (besides the ordinarie Actes of the Councell) are declared many notable occurances, which happened in Christendome, during the space of fourtie yeeres and more. And, particularly, the practises of the Court of Rome, to hinder the reformation of their errors, and to maintaine their greatnesse. Written in Italian by Pietro Soaue Polano, and faithfully translated into English by Nathanel Brent.

First Edition in English. London, Printed by Robert Barker, and Iohn Bill, Printers to the King’s most Excellent Maiestie, 1620. 32 x 20 cm. Titel page with Vignette, (8) [Dedication & To The Reader], 825 pages, (16) [Index]. Collation: TP, q3-q6, A1-Z6, Aa1-Zz6, Aaa1-Aaa6, Aaaa1-Bbbb3. Old calf. Later spine label and end papers. Speckled edges. Six Raised bands. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Ex Library (Dominican Convent Cabra) with two small library stamps on ffep. Internally a bright and clean copy. Some minor damp localised damp damage to the fore edge, not affecting text. Overall a very nice copy in a sturdy leather binding. See images.

Pollard, A.W. / Redgrave, G.R. / Jackson, W.A. / Ferguson, F.S. / Pantzer, K.F.

A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475 – 1640. Volume 2: I – Z.

Volume 2 ONLY! London, The Bibliographical Society, 1976. 32 x 24 cm. xi, 494 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now in protective archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulled. Some short closed tears to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Polya, G.

Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. Vol.1: Induction and Analogy in Mathematics / Vol.2: Patterns of Plausible Inference.

First Edition. Two volumes. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1954. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xvi, 280 pages / Vol.2: x, 190 pages. Original dark red cloth. hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding somewhat discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Library stamps and paper pocket on end papers. Internally bright and clean.

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. A new Edition carefully revised, to which is prefixed, A Biographical Notice. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

London, George Routledge, 1853. 16 x 10 cm. xvi, 485 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Brown morrocco with extensive blind decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt with pattern (see image). Bevelled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Ocassional minor foxing, but generally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.

Three Volumes. Glasgow, Printed by Andrew Foulis, Printer to the University, 1785. Folios, 37 x 24 cm. Vol.1: xxxviii [Engraved Frontispiece, Title, Dedication, TOC, The Life of Alexander Pope, Preface], (3), pages numbered 43 – 315 / Vol.2: Title, Dedication, TOC, 365 pages / Vol.3: Title, Dedication, TOC, 402 pages, (4) [Subscribers List]. Uniform contemporary full calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Two spine labels per volume. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Sound bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner (Sir Samuel Hannay, Bart.) on all three front paste downs. All three dedication pages are dated by hand in the bottom, see images. A beautiful complete set.

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.

Porter, Michael E. / Takeuchi, Hirotaka / Sakakibara. Mariko.

Can Japan Compete?

London, Macmillan, 2000. 16 x 24cm. (11), 208 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Postlethwayt, Malachy.

Great Britain’s True System.

Reprint of 1757. New York, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1967. 15 x 22.5 cm. CL, 363 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Potter, Stephen.

One-Upmanship. Being Some Account of the Activities and Teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Gameslifemastery. Illustrated by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson.

London, Rubert Hart-Davis, 1952. 19.2cm x 13cm.160 160 pages. With 36 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.

[Poussin, Nicolas] Wright, Christopher.

Poussin Paintings. A catalogue Raisonné.

First Edition. London, Harlequin Books Ltd, 1985. 24cm x 29.5cm. 304 pages with 217 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Frontispiece slightly detached.

Power, Arthur / Henry, Paul (Foreword).

From the old Waterford House.

First Edition. Waterford and Dublin, The Carthage Press, 1940. 16 x 10 cm. (4), 180 pages. New (2024) blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. New binding. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

Power, Vincent.

Voices of Cork.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1997. 16cm x 24cm. XIV, 273 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Powicke, F.M.

The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204). Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire.

First Edition. Manchester, At the University Press, 1913. 22 x 15 cm. xix, 603 pages plus publishers list. With folding maps and a handwritten letter, signed by the Author. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening. Front joint started to open. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down.

Praeger, R.L. / Stewart, S.A.

A Supplement to the Flora of the North-East of Ireland of Stewart and Corry. Being and Appendix (No. 5 of Vol. 2) to the Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists’ Filed Club. For 1894-95.

[Belfast], Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club, 1895. 21 x 14 cm. Paper cover, Title Page followed by pages 136-236. Paper covers with title on front cover. Plain rear paper cover in tatters. Held together by a white plastic tape (see image). Very good condition. Covers age darkened. Some paper loss to rear cover. Internall bright and clean.

Praeger, Robert Lloyd.

The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1937. 24 x 16 cm. xiii, 394 pages. With a frontispiece, 38 photographic plates and a large folding map, as called for. Small illustrations in text. Original blue cloth, inside original pale dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Deckle edges. Very good in good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends just starting to fray. Edges and end papers age darkened. Very mild spotting to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with small paper losses to spine ends and corners. Now inside protective clear jacket. A nice copy in the rare dust jacket. See images.

Prange, Gordon W., Goldstein, Donald M., and Dillon, Katherine V.

December 7, 1941 – The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor.

London, Harrap, 1988. 24 x 16 cm. XVI, 493 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some foxing.

Presland, John (Gladys Skelton).

Barricade.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan & Co., 1926. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 310 pages, (2) [Publishers List]. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Prevost, Abbe.

Adventures of A Man of Quality. Translated with an Introduction by Mysie E.I. Robertson.

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1930. 22.5cm x 15cm. 208 pages. Frontispiece of Donna de Pastrino. With illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth). Gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Broadway Library of Eighteenth-Century French Literature].

Price, Victor.

Overkill.

First Edition. Belfast, Ulsterman Publications, 1980. 21 x 15 cm. 24 pages. Original soft cover. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and some discoloration to outside. Internally bright and clean.

Prince of Hohenlohe / Curtius, Friedrich / Chrystal, George W. (Editors).

Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Edited by Friedrich Curtius for Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst. Translated from the First German Edition and Supervised by George W. Chrystal B.A.

First English Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Heinemann, 1906. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: vii, 406 pages, with two Illustrations / Vol.2: 502 pages with four Plates, of which one is folding. Original red cloth with title information on front boards and spines. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end paper dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally very clean, partially uncut. With all Illustrations as called for.

Prince von Bülow (Bulow).

Memoirs. 1903 – 1909 & 1909 – 1919.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London & New York, Putnam, 1931 & 1932. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 534 pages / Vol.2: xi, 373 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Prince, Joyce.

Miss Nightingale’s Vision of a Nursing Profession. an interim report. The third Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture.

London, Royal College of Nursing. 1984. 21 x 15 cm. 20 pages. Text only. Stapled pamphlet with stiff blue cover. Excellent condition. Bright and clean.