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.

Evanovich, Janet.

Four to Score: a Stephanie Plum Novel.[Signed].

First Edition. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1998. 16cm x 24.5cm. 294 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Lampton, Nana (Artist).

Four Travel Journal Art Books: NL90 / Impressions of Japan / Vaison la Romaine & India / On the Way to Greece. [Small art books produced by the artist for distribution to friends – unpublished material]. All four volumes inscribed by the artist to the Irish Poet and Artist Sue Minish.

No publishing information. 1990, 1997, 1999 & 2003. 22 x 14 / 18 x 13 / 22 x 14 / 36 x 16 cm. 18 plates / 17 Plates / 18 Plates [Vaison la Romaine], 50 pages [India – Text & Images] / 29 pages. Illustrations in colour and B&W. Plastic ring bindings. Soft covers. See images. Very good condition. Some minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Fourteenth Report of the Poor Law Commissioners; with Appendices.

First Edition. London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, 1848. c. 21 x 13 cm. iv, 187 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean.

Oates, Joyce Carol.

Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang.

London, Macmillan London, 1993. 14cm x 22.5cm. 313 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Finlay, Rev. T.A.

Foxford and its Factory. The Story of an Irish Industry.

New Edition. Dublin, Dollard Printing House, 1923. 18 x 12 cm. 24 pages. With photos in B&W. Original green paper wrappers. Stapled soft cover. Very good condition. Metal staples corroded away. Pages now loose. Some shelf wear.

Dimnet, Ernest.

France Herself Again.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1914. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 511 pages. With a collection of newspaper cuttings by the previous owner. Original brown cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Top edge gilt, other deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Internally clean.

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.

[Schubert, Franz] Wheeler, Opal / Deucher, Sybil.

Franz Schubert and his Merry Friends. Illustrated by Mary Greenwalt.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1960, 24.4cm x 19cm. 120 pages. With illustrations and music sheets. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear along with staining on some of the first couple of pages.

Hardouin-Fugier, Elisabeth / Grafe, Etienne.

French Flower Painters of the 19th Century – A Dictionary. Edited by Peter Mitchell.

London, Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1989. 28.6cm x 25cm. 402 pages. With 55 beautiful illustrations, by some of our most recognized painters. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.