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.
EUR 28,-- Order
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Luther’s Catechism Comes to America: Theological Effects on the Issues of the Small Catechism Prepared In or For America Prior to 1850.
New Jersey, London, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., The American Theological LibraryXIV, Association, 1982. 22.1cm x 14.3cm. XIV, 297 pages. Original Hardcover. Close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. [ATLA Monograph Series, No. 18]
EUR 25,-- Order
Het Rood Kruis – Das Rote Kreuz – La Croix Rouge. Official Magazine of the Belgian Red Cross – Tri-Lingual Publication (Belgian / German / French).
Complete set of 52 Issues for the second Year of Publication 1916. Brussel / Bruxelles. Red Cross of Belgium, 1916. 31 x 24 cm. 52 Weekly Issues with 16 pages each (832 pages). With B&W Photos. Half cloth over paper covered boards. Gilt title and year on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front free end paper creased. A few small line annotations, otherwise internally bright and clean.
EUR 295,-- Order
Emerson Among the Eccentrics. A Group Portrait. Introduction and Epilogue by James R. Mellow.
First Edition. New York, Viking Penguin, 1996. 23.5cm x 16.5cm. XV, 608 pages. With illustrations including 11 portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Deckle edge.
EUR 28,-- Order
Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks.
Ninth Edition. London, John Murray, 1906. 23 x 15 cm. xxiv, 524 pages. With 131 Illustrations and upwards of 2,600 Facsimiles of Plate Marks. Original green cloth with gilt decorations and title on spine. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and damp stained. Edges and end papers age darkened. One corner cut of front free end paper. Gift inscription in ink: ‘T.K.E.Lees from M.W.M. & G.B. Portman With very best wishes April 11th 1907’. Some pages uncut. Occasional foxing throughout.
EUR 35,-- Order
The Spirit of the Border – A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley. With four page illustrations by J. Eatson Davis.
First Edition. New York, A.L.Burt Company, 1906. 8°. 266 pages with 4 additional pages of advertising. Original Hardcover / Illustrated, original cloth in excellent condition. Some minor rubbing and soiling to the cloth at the corners. But overall near fine or better condition of this extremely rare book.
EUR 95,-- Order
Northern Quebec and Labrador Journals and Correspondence 1819-35.
Limited Edition No. 669. London, The Hudson’s Bay Record Society, 1963. 23 x 15 cm. lxxix, 415 pages, xv (List of Members and Subscribers). Original black cloth with armorial gilt decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. In original cardboard box. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Mild fading / discoloration to binding. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 38,-- Order
The Charm of Ireland. Her Places of Beauty Entertainment Sport and Historic Association.
Reprint of Second Edition. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. 20cm x 14.8cm. 314 pages.With 36 beautiful black/white and coloured illustrations. Map Missing ! Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear and foxing. No text markings. Edges age darkened.Boards and spine darkened and dull.
EUR 25,-- Order
War Memoirs Unity 1942 – 1944. Documents. Signed and inscribed to Field-Marshal Alanbrooke.
First UK Edition. Two Volumes. London, Weidenfels and Nicolson, 1959. 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 340 pages / Vol.2: 424 pages. Original green (Vol.1) and blue (Vol.2) cloth with gilt titles on spine. In original unclipped dust jackets. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Minor edge wear to dust jackets. Vol.1 inscribed by Charles De Gaulle to General Sir Alan Brooke. Vol.2 signed and dated by Charles De Gaulle.
EUR 3.500,-- Order
The Story of Father Price: Thomas Frederick Price Cofounder of Maryknoll. An Abridgment of the Author’s Original Autobiography, Tar Heel Apostle.
New York, McMullen Books, Inc., 1954. 13.5cm x 19cm. 116 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, dustjacket spine faded.
EUR 25,-- Order
Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the Arrival of the English. Also, A Particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIID of May, MDCCXCVIII, with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it.
The Third Edition. Two Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Robert Marchbank, 1802. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 583 pages. With eight fold-out maps. / Vol.2: vii, 552 pages plus 15 pages Index. With one map and a view, both foldout. New (2018) dark green half calf over decorated boards. Gilt decorations. Gilt titles on red label on spine. Pale blue end papers. Very good condition. Binding new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild browning / foxing, mainly to first and last pages. A few minor closed tears. Map X: ‘Movement of Marquis Cornwallis’ missing from volume 2. Otherwise a very nice copy from the library of publisher Edmund Downey (not inscribed).
EUR 450,-- Order
The Shakespeare Wars. Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups.
First Edition. New York, Random House, 2006. 23 x 16 cm. xvii, 601 pages, (4). Original black paper boards. Hard Cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Close to new condition.
EUR 26,-- Order
History, Frontier, and Section, Three Essays by Frederick Jackson Turner, Introduction by Martin Ridge.
Albuquerque, University of Mexico Press, 1993. 23.5cm x 15.7cm. VII, 116 pages with nine (9) illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.
EUR 25,-- Order
Letters of the Kings of England. Now First Collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and from other authentic Sources, Private as well as Public. Edited with an Historical Introduction and Notes.
First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Henry Coburn, Publisher, 1848. 20 x 13 cm, Vol.1: xlii, 403 pages with a frontispiece showing Henry the Eights. / Vol.2: xv, 477 pages + 2, with a frontispiece showing Charles the First. Original highly decorated red cloth. Gilt title, author and volume number on spines. Armorial and decorative blind stamping to front and rear boards. Very good condition. Tight bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to binding. Some age darkening and foxing internally. Book is unopened and has not been read. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume one is loose. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume 2 is missing. Edges age darkened and a little foxed. Heads dust dulled.
EUR 120,-- Order
Rodinsky’s Room.
First Edition. London, Granta Books, 1999. 24.2cm x 16cm. 338 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Original newspaper-clipping associated to the story is attached to the rear endpaper and pastedown.
EUR 25,-- Order
Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences.
First Edition. The Hague & Paris, Mouton & Co., 1966. 26 x 18 cm. lvi, 611 pages. Original blue cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with significant paper losses. Dust dulled. Inside archival jacket.
EUR 28,-- Order
Deutsche Baukunst des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. Old German Architecture. Ancienne Architecture Allemande.
[First Edition]. Koenigstein im Taunus, Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1920. 29 x 21 cm. xvi, 192 pages. With 200 photographs, mostly full page. Multi-lingual text: German, English and French. Original pale cloth with dark brown decorations and title on front board and spine. Brown end papers. Top edge dark coloured. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some discoloration and staining. Top of spine frayed. Binding shaky, but holding. Gift inscription on half title, dated June 1930 (in German). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean and bright.
EUR 28,-- Order
The Forsaken. From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin’s Russia.
Second Edition. London, Little Brown, 2008. 16 x 24 cm. 472 pages including photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Preowner’s giftinscription on titlepage.
EUR 28,-- Order
The Conquest of New Spain. Translated and introduced by J.M. Cohen.
London, The Folio Society, 1974. 25cm x 16cm. 351 pages. With 16 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original Slipcase. Excellent, close to new. Green gilt decorated cloth boards in brown slip-case and maps on endpapers.
EUR 30,-- Order
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
First Edition. Three Volumes. London, Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. Vol.1: xxv, (6), 462 pages, lxxix (Index & Addenda). With 13 full page plates (incl. one colour and one fold-out plate) and 23 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted in the text. / Vol. 2: 555 page. With 24 full page plates (incl. two sepia and one double page plate) and 17 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. / Vol. 3: 622 pages, lxii (Supplement). With 46 full page plates (incl. two colour/sepia and three double page plates) and 24 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. No half titles. Volume 1 with Dedication page showing Crest of the Roxburghe Club, the first ‘Book Club’. Half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Volume 3 professionally repaired in 2017 and fitted with new end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and hinges a little rubbed and bumped. This is an Ex Library book with an interesting history. All three volumes have a special commemoration plate mounted to front paste-downs: “Norfolk & Norwich Library. This book is Part of the Salvage from the Fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898”. Front free end-papers and title pages show some edge discoloration, possibly because of that fire. The rest of the text pages and plates appears not affected. Edges and pages are a little age darkened and a little browned.
EUR 995,-- Order
The Revolutions of Wisdom. Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science.
Berkeley and others, University of California Press, 1987. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. xii, 468 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Former library copy. Unusually clean for a library-copy. Stamp from University Mannheim on halftitle. Library number label on spine.
EUR 20,-- Order
The Manor Houses of England. Illustrated by Sydney R. Jones.
London, B.T. Batsford, 1910. 17.2cm x 26.4cm. Frontispiece, VI, 211 pages with many (nearly 100) wonderful sketches of Manor Houses in rural settings. (The Frontispiece is a beautiful original, coloured engraving of Grimshaw Hall in Warwickshire). Original Hardcover (illustrated blue cloth). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent publication !
EUR 75,-- Order
The Doctrine of Personal Right. Obra Premiada en el XIII Concurs, Corresponent A L’Any 1932.
First Edition. Barcelona, 1935. 22 x 17 cm. 593 pages. Original tectured cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
EUR 48,-- Order
With the Ulster Division in France – A Story of the 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. From Bordon to Thiepval in Four Parts.
Reprint. Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, c 2009. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 97 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.
EUR 20,-- Order
Here and There Memories.
First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 22.3cm x 15cm. XI, 411 pages. Original ‘tri-colour’ cloth with gilt title and decorations. Good condition only. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained. Remains of a paper sticker (ex library?) on front board. Front hinge open and end paper nearly detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, but internally clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Niagara Portage. From Past to Present.
First edition. Buffalo, Foster & Stewart Publishing Corporation, 1949. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. V, 157 pages with 40 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition only. Rubbed and bumped. Damp staining to bottom of pages. Dust jacket with paper losses. Edges and end papers age darkened. Reading copy.
EUR 25,-- Order
The Principles of Practical Perspective; or, Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Deliniating Designs on Various Surfaces, and taking Views from Nature, by the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods. To which is added, Rules for Shadowing, and the Elements of Painting. The whole treated in a Manner calculated to render the Science of Perspective and Art of Drawing Easy of Attainment to every Capacity.
First Edition. Illustrated with Fifty-One Plates. London, Printed for Samuel Leigh, in the Strand, 1815. 30 x 23.5 cm. xviii, 96 text pages and 51 Plates, as listed. Including one colour Plate (XXXIX) which is at times used as a Frontispiece, but is bound here in the correct position between pages 56 and 57. Dark green half calf over marbled boards. Dark red spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed and bumped. Corners worn with some material losses (see images), Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and mildly foxed. Small bookseller sticker on front pastedown.Name of previous owner in ink on verso of front free end paper.
EUR 400,-- Order
Albert Schweitzer – Christian Revolutionary.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1955. 20.4cm x 13.5cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear on the cover. Text markings on front and rear endpaper by previous owner.
EUR 25,-- Order
Feltmarskal Alanbrookes Krigsdagbøger. Vol.1: Med ryggen mod Muren. / Vol.2: Seijren i Vest.
First Editions. Two Volumes. København, Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1961. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: 633 pages / Vol.2: 445 pages. Illustrated. Each volume is accompanied by a letter from Collins publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. One volume also contains a flyer by the Danish publishers about the book. Original stiff paperboards in original decorated dust jacket, now in archival jackets. All edges deckle. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mostly unopened. First and last pages of both volumes are damp stained.
EUR 40,-- Order
Tempo Di Guerra (1939-1943) & Trionfo in Occidente (1943-1946). I Diario E Le Note Autobiografiche Del Feldmareciallo Visconte Alanbrooke Capo Dello Stato Maggiore Generale Imperiale.
First Editions. Two Volumes. Milano, Longanesi, 1960 & 1962. 18 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 1023, (14) / Vol.2: 726, (8). With some maps in text. With a losely inserted letter by Collins Publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In orginal dust jackets. Volume 1 with a blue paper band issued by the publisher. Volume 1: Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally very clean. / Vol.2: Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with damp stains both internally and externally. Dust jackets with some edge wear and small closed tears; now in archival jackets.
EUR 60,-- Order
Der Jude und sein Judentum. Gesammelte Aufsätze und Reden. Mit einer Einleitung von Robert Weltsch.
Erste Auflage. Köln, Joseph Melzer Verlag, 1963. 15 x 23 cm. 837 Seiten. Hardcover – Originaler Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Der Schutzumschlag ist nur minimal angerändert, sonst in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Aus der Sammlung des Literaturwissenschaftlers Harry Zohn (handschriftlicher Besitzvermerk auf dem Vorsatz). Innen sehr frisch.
EUR 35,-- Order
An Irish Translation of the Book of Genesis from the Latin Vulgate. With a Corresponding English Version, chiefly from the Douay. Accompanied with Notes from the most distinguished Commentators. To be followed by that of the other Books, in successive Parts, to the Close of the inspired Writings.
Published in Tuam, Sold by James Duffy, Dublin, 1868. 28 x 22 cm. viii, 388 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally darkened with occassional mild foxing, mainly to outer leaves. Neat gift inscription in ink on verso of Frontispiece, dated 1881. Internally clean.
EUR 225,-- Order
The Old Northwest – Pioneer Period 1815-1840.
2 volumes (complete). Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1951. 24cm x 16.7cm. Vol I: XVI, 632 with 27 historic illustrations and 9 maps / Vol II: IX, 686 pages with 20 historic illustrations and 5 maps. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor staining to the covers.
EUR 50,-- Order
Some Thoughts Concerning Education / New Thoughts Concerning Education. [Rare Dublin Printing].
The Tenth Edition. Dublin, Printed by R. Reilly on Cork Hill; for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, Booksellers in Dame’s Street., 1738 / 1737. 17 x 10 cm. 237 pages, (2)[TOC] (Locke) / x, 84 pages (Rollin). Frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Red spine label with gilt title. Raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Front hinge started to crack (c. 4 cm). Sound binding. Small ink notes on verso of ffep. Name of previous owner inked out on title page (see images). Internally age darkened, but clean. Two books in one.
EUR 350,-- Order
Livre D’Heures. Selon Le Rit Romain. Contenant Les Offices De Tous Les Dimanches Et Des Principales Fetes De L’Annee. Approve Par Mgr l’Archeveque De Tours.
Tours, A. Mame et Fils, 1855. 14 x 9 cm. 608 pages. With colour and B&W Plates. Textured full leather with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Metal clasps. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Silk end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends show small material losses. One metal clasp missing. Joints and hinges started to crack. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally bright and clean with many Illustrations.
EUR 75,-- Order
Christy Brown’s Women. A Biography drawing on his Letters. Includes the Founding of Cerebral Palsy Ireland by Robert Collis.
First Edition. Dublin, Westport Books, Not dated. 21 x 14.5 cm. 178 pages. With B&W photos. Original decorared stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author to Westport Historian Jarlath Duffy. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 30,-- Order
A History of the Catholic Church. Volume 2: Period of the Church Fathers.
First Edition. London, B. Herder Book Co., 1935. 23 x 15 cm. xx, 700 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper.
EUR 35,-- Order
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.
EUR 35,-- Order
French France.
First UK Edition. London, Ernest Benn, 1929. 21 x 14 cm. 286 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney March 1929’) on front free end paper. A collection of newspaper articles is loosely inserted between the pages. Internally clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
French Personalities and Problems.
First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. 19 x 13 cm. 228 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Some paper clips loosely inserted.
EUR 25,-- Order
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.
EUR 25,-- Order
The Place-Names of Roman Britain.
London, B.T Batsford, 1982. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. xviii, 426 pages. With some B&W Illustrations. Original blue cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner (‘Próinséas Ní Chatháin’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Batsford Studies in Archaeology Series.
EUR 30,-- Order
Themes in Economic Anthropology.
First Edition. London, Tavistock Publications, 1967. 21 x 14 cm. x, 292 pages. Original cloth hard cover with title on spine. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf and edge wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
In Quest of the Kingdom. Ten Papers on Medieval Monastic Spirituality.
[First Edition]. Stockholm, Almquist & Wiksell International, 1991. 23.5 x 16 cm. 284 pages. Few B&W Photos. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Inscribed [in Irish] to Próinséas [Ní Chatháin] for Christmas 1991, possibly by one of the contributors ‘Jan Erik’ [Rekdal?]. Bibliotheca Theologiae Practcae 48.
EUR 35,-- Order
The Wandering Saints.
First Edition. London, Collins, 1959. 21 x 14 cm. 319 pages. With 5 B&W Maps and two Tables. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding and edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of one former owner on front paste down. Signature on front free end paper.
EUR 35,-- Order
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.
EUR 85,-- Order
Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.
First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.
EUR 30,-- Order
Dogs of the Lord. The Story of the Dominican Order in Scotland.
Edinburgh, City Museums and Art Galleries, 1981. 29 x 21 cm. 16 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Stapled paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the author (‘Anthony’) on title page. Internally clean. Minor shelf wear only.
EUR 20,-- Order
Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.
London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.
EUR 35,-- Order
Nicanor of Athens. The Autobiography of an Unknown Citizen,
First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1946. 20 x 12.5 cm. xviii, 359 pages. Map-illustrated end papers. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) in pencil. Internally clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
English Children’s Books 1600 to 1900.
First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. 24 x 19 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket permanently mounted inside plastic jacket. Very good in very good jacket.
EUR 60,-- Order
The Republic of Ireland Addresses His Holiness, The Pope. An English rendering of the Remonstrance recently addressed to His Holiness, the Pope, by the Executive Council, Republic of Ireland.
[First Edition]. [Dublin], Issued by Sinn Fein Standing Committee, [1929]. 21 x 13 cm. Eight pages. Unbound pamphlet. Issued stapled, but staples coroded away. Very good condition. Staples corroded away, leaving some rust stains (see images). A little dust dulled and edgeworn.
EUR 45,-- Order
The Dublin Saturday Magazine. Vol.2: With Issues No. 53 to 108.
First Edition. Dublin, John Mullany, Not dated [c.1865]. 27 x 20 cm. Title, (2)[Index to Volume 2], 56 Issues with 672 pages in total. Illustrations on all title pages (see images). Contemporary green cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Front and rear hinges cracked. Binding weak, but holding. Half of page 375 missing, some small tears, dog ears etc. Clean copy without annotation marks etc.
EUR 150,-- Order
Ireland since Parnell.
[First Edition]. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. viii, 326 (2). Original green cloth with black title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine discoloured and stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small abrasion to top of front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Extensio Universalis Jubilaei in Urbe Celebrati anno Domine Millessimo Octingentesimo Vigesimo Quinto ad Universum Catholicum Orbem. / The Bull of His Holiness, Leo XII. Extending the Universal Jubilee, celebrated at Rome, A.D. 1825, to the whole Catholic World.
Two books bound in One. Dublinii / Dublin, Ex Typis Richardi Coyne / Richard Coyne, 1826. 16 x 10 cm. 23 pages (Latin text), 71 pages (English). Illustrated title page. Contemporary morocco with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with material losses to spine and front board detached. Rear board still attached, but weak. Internally bright and clean and in very good condition.
EUR 45,-- Order
McClintock Family Papers. A Collection of genealogical notes on the McClintock, McCausland, Hime, Robinson, Dobbs, Reid, Powell, Elston and associated Families compiles by P.E.V.McClintock.
‘First Edition’. Lancaster, England, Published by the Author, 1986. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 258 pages. With a map of Ireland and various family trees. With two losely inserted letters, signed by the author, Red cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Testimonies of Patients Demonstrating the Curability Consumption, Asthma, and Other Diseases of the Chest. With Comments on the Open Air Treatment.
Third Edition. Aspley Guise, The Powage Press, 1900. 17 x 12 cm. 53 page of text plus 70 facsimile pages of letters, followed by two pages of ads. Original red cloth covered stiff card boards. Excellent condition. Minor shelf wear. Exposed metal staples rusty. A very good clean copy.
EUR 150,-- Order
Programme of the “Good Samaritan” Performance Promoted by Madame Sarah Bernhardt. In Aid of the French Hospital in London, and of Lord Lonsdale’s special Appeal for Funds for the Charing Cross Hospital, held at the London Coliseum Saturday Evening, October 11th, 1913. Under the most gracious Patronage of their Majesties the King & Queen & Members of the Royal Family.
[London], No publishing information, [1913]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered pages, printed on heavy textured paper. With many tipped in photographs in B&W. Gilt decorations. Silk covered boards with gilt crest on front bopard. Hand cover. Text block held place by silk string. Gilt dentelles Good condition. Voards worn and dust dulled. Silk covers torn at the edges (see images). Internally dust dulled, otherwise in very good clean condition.
EUR 150,-- Order
Souvenir of the Michie Hospital 1916-1917. 242 Westminster V.A.D. 179 – 184 & 193 Quenn’s Gate – S.W.7. Opened by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra March 15th 1916.
[London], No publishing Information, 1917. 23 x 18 cm. 29, (2), Losely inserted ‘Donation Form’. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original oversized stiff paper wrappers. Colour image tipped to front cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 45,-- Order
Workhouses and Pauperism. And Women’s Work in the Administration of the Poor Law.
[First Edition]. London, Methuen & Co., 1898. 17 x 12 cm. x, 276 pages plus 40 pages publishers list. Original red cloth with black title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Three small stamps (‘Public Service / Local Government Board Whitehall’), otherwise internally clean. A nice copy.
EUR 48,-- Order
Why I am a Catholic. [A Series of Lectures given in the Jesuit Church, St. Francis Xavier’s, Dublin].
First Edition. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1909. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 101 pages. Original green cloth with red titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine darkened. Edges and end paper dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy of this rare book.
EUR 75,-- Order
The Life of Mother Mary Baptist Russell. Sister of Mercy. By her Brother the Reverend Matthew Russell, S.J.
[First Edition]. New York, The Apostleship of Prayer, 1901. 18 x 12 cm. 187 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Good condition only. Text complete. Binding frail and a few pages are lose. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally clean. Remains a good reading copy.
EUR 28,-- Order
The Disciple.
London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Not dated (c.1930). 18 x 12 cm. (4), 304 pages. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover with black title and decoration. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Mild foxing to edges. Ex Library (Convent of Mercy – Ballinasloe) with an embossed stamp on title page and some writing (Convent School Libary) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. Front top hinge cracked on 2 cm (see images).
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