Tennyson, Alfred Lord (author) / Riviere and Son (binders).

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Poet Laureate. [Scarce Riviere Binding with Mother-of-Pearl Inlays].

London, Macmillan and Co., 1905. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 900 pages, (2), Frontispiece showing the Author. Binding by Riviere and Son (stamp-signed on front turn-in). Contemporary pale morocco with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Small Mother-of-Pearl inlays to front board. See images. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. One (of two) front blanks missing. Mild foxing to first and last pages. Internally clean.

Moore, Patrick.

The Astronomy of Birr Castle. With a Foreword of the Earl of Rosse.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1971. Octavo. xii, 81 pages. Original cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies in Four Volumes. Volume 1.

The Fifth Edition Corrected: With Several Additional Pieces in Verse and Prose. Volume 1 Only. London, Printed for Charle Bathurst, MDCCXLVII (1747). 17 x 10 cm. (10), 269 pages plus three pages publishers list. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Eights Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 310 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Ninth Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst, MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 278 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

Miscellanies. The Seventh Volume.

The Fourth Edition. London, Printed for C. Davis and C. Bathurst. MDCCXLVIII (1748). 17 x 10 cm. 326 pages. Original spotted calf with red label on spine. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and label partially worn. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XIV.

London, Bowyer, Dodsley, Davis and Reymers, 1762. 17 x 10 cm. iv, 276 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. Old Library label (Todd’s Circulating Library, Sheffield) on front pastedown and small inscription (No.14). The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XIV. With an Index to the Whole.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XV.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. xxviii, 224 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XV. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Swift, Jonathan.

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Volume XVII.

London, Printed for W. Johnston, MDCCLXV (1765). 17 x 10 cm. (4), 271 pages. Original spotted calf. Gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Raised bands. Red coloured edges. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations partially worn. Spine label missing. Internally age darkened with mild browning and foxing. Some faint water staining. The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Volume XVII. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift Esq; of Goodrich, in Herefordshire.

Ford, Alan.

James Ussher. Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 315 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Portrait of Ussher (from dust jacket?) glued to front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally very bright and clean. A very nice copy.