Forester, C.S.

Lieutenant Hornblower.

First Edition. London, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1952. 12.5cm x 19cm. 304 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Fortune, Robert.

Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. Including a Visit to the Tea, Slik, and Cotton Countries: with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. With numerous Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, John Murray, 1847. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xxiv, 420 pages. With a Map, illustrated title page, three tinted lithographed Plates and Illustrations in text. Illustrations complete, as listed. Later dark cloth (leather texture). Hard cover, with gilt title on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner (made unreadable) on front paste down. Small book seller / binder paper label ( ‘Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. China Building Hong Kong’ on front paste down (see image). Name and address of a previous owner on verso of frontispiece (see image). Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed. See images. Large corner of page 415/416 missing and later repaired (see image). Overall a nice copy in a sturdy modern binding.

Fallon, Peter (editor) / Heaney, Seamus / Carson, Ciaran / Montague, John et al.

Forty. Dublin Writers Festival presents The Gallery Press 40th Anniversary Poetry Celebration.

First and limited Edition of 400. Dublin and Oldcastle, The Abbey Theatre / The Gallery Press, 2010. 32 pages. Original trade paperback. Near fine condition.

Fr. Felix / Fr. Henry (editors).

The Capuchin Annual 1955. Twenty-Third Year of Publication.

Dublin, 1955. 538 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original dark brown paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Wrappers worn with some closed tears. Some ‘dog-ears’. Internally clean.

Francis, Julian.

My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross, War Artist.

First and limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2022. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over fine marbled papers. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

Freart, Roland / Evelyn, John / Alberti, Leon Baptista.

A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise on Statues. By John Evelyn Esq. Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Second Edition with Large Additions. London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al., 1707. 34 x 22 cm. Title Page [Freart], (18) [Epistle Dedicatory], 115 pages with 40 full page Plates. Small Illustrations in Text. Second Title Page [Evelyn], (4) [Dedication / To the Reader], 75 Pages with two small Illustrations in Text, (1) [Advertisement]. Half leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Damp stained and foxed throughout to various degrees. Some edge wear and minor losses. Some repairs / reinforcements. Old annotations and inscriptions. Various misnumbered pages & plates, but appears to be complete.

Frederic Leopold Count Stolberg / Holcroft, Thomas (Translator).

Travels Through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. Translated from the German of Leopold Count Stolberg, by Thomas Holcroft.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. 26 x 21 cm. Vol.1: xx, 506 pages, with eight Plates / Vol.2: xi, 656 pages with eight Plates, plus Directions for the Binder. See Notes below. Contemporary tree calf. Raised bands. Red morroco labels with titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine ends (see images). Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed.

Freeman, A. Martin (Transcription) / Hayes-McCoy, G.A.

The Compossicion Booke of Conought & Index to. Irish Manuscript Commission.

First Edition in this form. Two books in One. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1936 & 1942. C. 24 x 15 cm. ix, 179 pages / 61 pages. Maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Mild discoloration to spine edges (see images). End papers foxed. Internally bright and clean. The ‘Index’ published in 1942 is bound in as a facsimile (photo copied).

French, Nicholas.

The Historical Works of the Right Rev. Nicholas French D.D. Bishop of Ferns. Vol.2. Containing The Vnkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1846. 14 x 9 cm. vi, 202 pages. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner pencilled on top of title page. Internally clean.

French, Rev. Nicholas.

The Historical Works of the Right Rev. Nicholas French, D.D. Bishop of Ferns. Vol.2. Containing: The Vnkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds.

Volume 2 Only. Dublin, James Duffy, 1846. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. v, (10), 202 pages. Half cloth over marbled boards. Hard cover. Blue speckled edges. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with small stamp on title page (‘Mount Melleray Abbey’). Front free end end paper and half title missing. Text block clean. Sturdy binding. A good reading copy.