Bobrick, Benson.

Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution.

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1997. 16cm x 24cm. 553 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Boccaccio, Giovanni / Young, Bartholomew (translator) / Leone, M. (illustrator).

Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.

Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.

Boccaccio, Giovanni (author) / Aldington, Richard (translator) / Kent, Rockwell (artist).

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.

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.

Bodett, Tom.

The Free Fall of Webster Cummings.

First Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1996. 16cm x 24cm. 366 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Bodley, John Edward Courtenay.

France.

New and Revised Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. xxxix, 668 pages plus four pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Includes a loosely inserted post card from France to ‘President Tierney University College Dublin’. Also some newspaper articles.

Boileau Despreaux, [Nicolas] (1636-1711).

The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].

Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.

Boland, Robert Leslie [Bob].

Thistles And Docks.

Limited Edition. Not signed or numbered! Tralee, Co. Kerry, Kenno Ltd. 1993. 30 x 19 cm. Unpaginated. With Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover in slip case. Gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Bolger, Dermot (editor).

The Bright Wave. An Tonn Gheal.

First Edition. Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1986. 21 x 14 cm. 200 pages. Original paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Signed by the Editor. Inscribed to ‘Paul’ and dated. From the Library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.