Anon.

Fifteenth Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Chelsea, Printed at Tilling and Hughes, Printers, 1819. 20 x 13 cm. 78 pages, (1). New paper covers. Very good condition. A little age darkened. Text block bright and clean.

Anon.

H Kainh Aiaohkh [The New Testament].

No publishing information. ND [C. 1650-1700?) 12 x 7 cm. 666 pages. Late 17th century style full calf with restrained blind panel decorations to boards. Red spine label with gilt title (‘GREEK TESTAM.’). Very good condition. Sound binding. Three raised bands. Spine leather dry and cracked (see images). Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end paper dust dulled. Internally clean without any writing / stamps etc. A very nice copy in a sturdy binding.

Anon.

Handwritten Manuscript Book of [Anglican] Sermons and Prayers. First Heading is ‘First Sunday after Easter’. Last Heading reads ‘Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity’. A remarkably well executed handwritten manuscript book.

ND [assumed 19th century]. 23 x 16 cm. C. 170 handwritten pages. Writing in black with red ink annotations. See images. Full vellum. String sown. Two functional brass clasps [‘Truscott London’]. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding darkened and scratched. Some rubbing and bumping. Front joint started to crack. Minor material losses to top end of spine. Internally very clean. Occasional dust dulling.

Anon.

Hebrew Bible.

Druck von Adolf Holzhausen in Wien [Printed in Vienna], 1874. 21 x 13 cm. 1384 pages. Black textured cloth. Hard cover. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with small material losses to corners and edges (see images). Hinges cracked open and weak. Name of previous owner on front free end paper (see comments below).

Anon.

Hymns for Infant Minds. By the Authors of “Original Poems”, “Rhymes for the Nursery” &c.&c.

Thirty-First Edition. London, Jackson and Walford, 1839. 14 x 9 cm. 98 pages plus two pages publishers list. Frontispiece. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards. New dark blue cloth spine with gilt title. New cream end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked with new spine. Sound binding. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean and complete.

Anon.

Irish Presbyterian Church. Tunes & Chants. Staff Notation.

No title page or publishing information. Oblong 12 x 7 cm. viii (TOC), 117 pages with musical scores plus 21 scores in ‘Appendix’. Cloth covered paper covers with embossed title information. Good condition. Half title and title missing. Binding very weak, covers held by a thread. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled and minor damp stains. Name of previous owner on verso of front cover.

Anon.

Kreuzer “Karlsruhe”. Linientaufe am 22.11.1935 auf der Fahrt von Sao Thome nach Lobito / Angola (7 Grad 44 Min. Ost).

First Edition. No publishing information. 1935. 22 x 14 cm. 68 pages. With photographs. Original blue cloth hard cover. Gilt title and decoration of front board. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling to binding. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

Les modes Parisiennes illustrees, journal de la bonne compagnie. Trentieme Annee.

Paris, D’Aubert, January to June 1873. 27 x 20 cm. 312 pages, (2). With B&W Illustrations and coloured Plates, some folding. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. New cloth spine. Morocco spine label wih gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Anon.

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.

Anon.

London to Dublin. With a Trip to the Irish Lakes and the Mountains of Connamara. Interspersed with passing Glances at North Wales and the Manufacturing Districts of England. With numerous Engravings.

[First Edition]. London & Dublin, William S. Orr and Co. & James McGlashan, ND [c.1850]. Folio. 216 pages. With five Plates, incl. the Map of Ireland and other Illustrations in text. Original blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. (see images). Pale yellow end papers. Good condition only! Lacks the front free end paper and folding Frontispiece, otherwise complete. Rubbed and bumped, age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Edgeworn with minor paper losses (corners) to some pages, not affecting the text or images. A very good reading copy of this scarce book.

Anon.

Monasticon Hibernicum. The Monastical History of Ireland. Containing, I. All the Abbies, Priories, Nunneries, and other Regular Communities which were in that Kingdom. II. The Time when, and the Titles under which, they were founded. III. The Name and Quality of their Founders. IV. The Provinces, Counties, Cities or Towns in which they were seated. V. The several Regular Orders to which they belong’d and the most remarkable Circumstances relating to their Foundation and Suppression. VI. Historical and Critical Observations, and Draughts of their several Habits, with a Map of Ireland.

First Edition. London, Printed for William Mears at the Lamb with-out Temple bar, 1722. 23 x 14 cm. Folded Map, Title page in black and red, (28) [Introduction], 416 pages, (8) [Index], one blank. Complete with Map and eight Plates. See comments below for misnumbering etc. Contemporary full calf. Gilt decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Leather dried out and brittle, with minor material losses to spine and corners. See images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Spine label missing. Internally mildly age darkened (see images). Some short annotations and name of a previous owner inscribed throughout the book.

Anon.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Sligo. Report on the Proposed Municipal Boundary and Division into Wards of the Borough of Sligo.

No Publishing Information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Sligo and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below the maps. Very good condition. A little dust dulled.

Anon.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Tuam. Report on the Proposed Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Tuam.

No publishing information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Tuam and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below the maps. Very good condition. Mildly dust dulled.

Anon.

Nature Trails. The Open Forest. A Guide to Areas which are open to the Public.

Dublin, Forest and Wildlife Service, 1972. Folding plastic pocket with 12 folding maps / route guides (Number 5 both in Irish and English), the others 1-10 plus Avondale Forest Park all in English. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulled.

Anon.

New York Charities Directory. A Classified And Descriptive Directory To The Charitable And Beneficent Societies, Institutions And Churches Of The City Of New York.

Sixth Edition. New York, Charity Organization Society, 1895. 17 x 12 cm. xl, 531 pages. Original brown cloth. Gilt title. Very good condition. Ex Library with the usual stamps etc. Binding weak, but holding. A good reading copy.

Anon.

Photo Album: England, Scotland, Wales & France. Historic photographs of places (Malvern, Tewkesbury, Torquay, Edinburgh, Oban, Mont Saint Michel et al.), Cathedrals (Malvern Abbey, Exeter, Lichfield, Worcester et al.), Landscapes etc.

Pre-1900. [See notes]. Folio (40 x 30 cm). 44 pages of which 28 contain a total of 77 photographs of various sizes. Recent modern cloth. Hard cover with ‘Photographs’ in gilt on spine. See images. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Original pages foxed. Some images faded. Very neat black ‘calligraphic’ place names under most images.

Anon.

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.

Anon.

Some Account of the Life And Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb. with an Appendix Containing an Account of Ackworth School : Remarks on Christian Discipline, and Extracts from her Letters.

Third Edition. London, James Phillips, 1796. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. viii, 398 pages, two pages publishers list. Contemporary calf. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. front free end paper and first blank almost detached. Some pencil annotations to end papers. Internally clean.

Anon.

South of Ireland Illustrated and Described. Cork, Queenstown, Glengarriff, Killarney Lakes, Fjords of Kerry, Etc.

London & Cork, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. & Guy and Co. ND [c. 1900]. 21 x 28 cm – oblong. 120 pages. Complete with the three maps, as listed, incl. one coloured multi-folding map. Many B&W images, some folding panorama images. Original textured cloth. Hard cover. String bound. Bevelled edges. Gilt title and decorations. See images. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild damp stain to the lower corners of a few pages. Internally clean.

Anon.

Souvenir of the Blessing and Official Opening of Caragh New Church. By his Lordship Most Rev. Dr. Keogh. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin on Sunday, 1st May, 1960.

Naas, Leinster Leader, [1960]. 21 x 13.5 cm. 85 pages, incl. several pages with ads. Some B&W images. Original stiff paper covers with title on front board. Stapled paperback. Very good condition. Covers slightly faded (see images). Internally clean.

Anon.

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.

Anon.

Tearmai Dochtuireachta. Focloir Eolaiochta. Focloir Bitheolaiochta. Three small dictionaries.

Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office (1), Oifig an tSolathair (2), ND, 1966, 1968. 24 x 15 cm. 64, 46 & 38 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little age darkened.

ANON.

Ten Little Puppy Dogs.

London, Brimax Books (Printed in Germany), Not dated, ca. 1950. 23 x 20 cm. 16 stiff cardboard pages. Illustrated throughout. Stiff decorated cardboard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Anon.

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1789.

London, J. Doscley, 1792. 20 x 12 cm. TP, (2), 353, 192, (16) [TOC]. Contemporary polished calf. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. See images.

Anon.

The Book of Common Prayer. And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches, and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. [Also bound in: ‘Constitutions and Canons Eccesiastical, Treated upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the Clergy of Ireland’ Dublin, 1751].

Dublin, Printed by the Executors of G.A. Grierson, 1757. 26 x 20 cm. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated thoughout. [A4-B4, *B, B2, *C, C, C2, *C4-*E4, E4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Lll4, Mmm2,A4-E4]. Modern half calf over marbled paper boards. Hard cover. New end papers. Very good condition. Sturdy and attractive modern binding. Internally mildly age darkened and some wear to edges. A few closed tears and minor material losses (corners) to some pages, not affecting text readability. Occasional mild damp staining. Text block appears to be complete. A few stubs, possibly indicating missing illustrations? For all images, please see our web site: westcoastrarebooks.com.

Anon.

The Book of Common Prayer & The Whole Book of Psalms. And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. Bound together with: The Whole Book of Psalms. Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and Others; Confer’d with the Hebrew.

Cambridge, Joseph Bentham and Charles Bathurst & Joseph Bentham and B. Dod, 1751 & 1752. Octavo. Two blanks, engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, title page, unpaginated text block. 53 full page engraved Plates. Fine contemporary calf. Five raised bands. Elaborate gilt tooled design on spine and boards. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Dark green and marbled end papers (see images). Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Minor abrasions. Tight binding. Name of previous owner (‘Isabella Powlett’) on first blank. Neat gift inscription (from Elizabeth Dinet? to her daughter Isabella Dinet?) on second blank, dated May 1838. Name of Isabella Dinet? on engraved title page. No further inscription or annotations. Internally clean.

Anon.

The Castleknock College Chronicle 1934. Vol. XLIX.

Castleknock, Published at St. Vincent’s College, June 1934. 24 x 19 cm. 171 pages plus 22 pages Ads. Illustrated in B&W. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some edgewear and minor creasing. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

The Centenary Record of St. Joseph’s College Galway (Patrician Brothers) 1862 – 1962.

Galway, Published by the Patrician Brothers’ Pupils’ Union, 1962. 89 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Wrappers mildly creased. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

The First Decade. Ten Years’ work of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. 1937 – 1947.

First Edition. Dublin, At the Sign of the Three Candles, [1948]. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 105 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to covers. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Anon.

The Gentleman’s Magazine: For October 1764.

London, By Sylvanus Urban, 1764. 21 x 13 cm. Paper wrappers, pages numbered 455 to 499. Two plates of which one folds. Original paper wrappers. Spine reinforced with tape. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened, otherwise clean.

Anon.

The Historical Part of the Holy Bible. Or the Old and New Testament Exquisitely and Accurately describ’d and Engraven from Designs of the Greatest Masters.

Dublin, Sold by George Grierson, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1787. 28 x 22 cm. Engraved title page, followed by 57 numbered and engraved pages, each with four biblical scenes. One blank page. Later fine polished half calf over marbled paper boards. New end papers. Raised bands. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Binding near fine. Internally mildly age darkened. Occasional mild foxing / staining. No inscriptions / annotations. Last page (57) bound upside down.

Anon.

The Hospital Guide 1937. A Directory and Handbook of the Hospitals of London.

Third Edition, 1937. London, The Hospital Saving Association, 1937. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 168 pages, ix – xvi. Advertising to the front and rear of the book is printed on green paper. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. ‘Dettol’ Ad on rear board. Good condition. Covers worn and age darkened. Small material losses to top of spine and top left corner of front board (see image). Internally very good, bright and clean.

Anon.

The Life of Catharine II. Empress of Russia. With seven Portraits elegantly engraved and a correct Map of the Russian Empire.

Second Edition, with considerable Improvements. Volume 1 only (of 3). London, Printed for T.N. Longman and J. Debrett, 1798. 21 x13 cm. viii, 484 pages. With a folded map of Russia. Some Tables (genealogical charts) in text. Contemporary calf. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding worn with material losses (see images). Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Closed tear (along fold) in map. Otherwise internally clean.

Anon.

The Nursing Mirror and Midwives’ Journal. Golden Jubilee Number. Commemorating Fifty Years of Service to Nursing. 1888 – 1938.

First Edition. Vol. LXVIII, No. 1753. London, The Nursing Mirror, 1938. 26 x 19 cm. xlii (Ads), Pages numbered 131 to 182, Pages numbered xliii – lxii. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original paper warppers. Soft Cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little age darkened throughout, but otherwise clean.

Anon.

The Protestant Principle of Appealing to The Holy Scriptures, subversive of Protestant Doctrine, and Confirmatory of the Roman Catholic Faith; with Illustrative References, to the Fathers, Councils, and Protestant Writers.

[First Edition]. London, Published by Keating and Brown, 1834. 19 x 11 cm. xii, 361 pages plus Errata Page. New (2020) plain dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Dust dulled and mild damp staining to some pages, including title page.

Anon.

The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature: The First Forty Years.

First Edition. Dublin, Ashfield Press, 2016. 23 x 15 cm. 95 pages. Illustrated. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover. Near fine condition. Bright and clean. Losely inserted invitation card for the 2016 event and prospectus. Scarce. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Anon.

The Seventy-Seventh Annual Report of the Manchester Children’s Hospital Pendlebury. Out-Patients’ Department: Gartside Street, Manchester. Convalescent Home: St. Annes-On-The-Sea. For the Year Ended December 31, 1905.

First Edition. Salford, W.F. Jackson and Sons, The Manor Press, April 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 103 pages. B&W Plates. Original stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Clean.

Anon.

The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme.

First Edition. Limerick, Published by T.C. Carroll & Sons, Not dated, c. 1926. 18 x 12 cm. 53 pages plus 18 pages of local (Limerick) advertising. With illustrations and photos. Original textured and decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy of this rare publication.

Anon.

The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme.

First Edition. Limerick, Published by T.C. Carroll & Sons ND [c. 1926]. 18 x 12 cm. 53 pages plus 18 pages of local (Limerick) advertising. Illustrated. Original textured and decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on front board. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

Tiomna Nuadh Ar Dtighearna. Agus Ar Slanuigheora Iosa Criosd: Ar Na Tharruing Go Firinneach As An Ghreigis Go Gaoidheilg.

A Shacklewell, T. Rutt, 1819. 17 x 10.5 cm. 526 pages. Contemporary full calf. Blind stamp of ‘British & Foreign Bible Society’ on front board. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Tear to top of spine. Age darkened / dust dulled throughout. Names of previous owners, incl. Rev. D. Magee, Stradbally’ on front pages. Internally clean.

Anon / Cuitt, G. (Illustrations).

History of the City of Chester. From its Foundation to the Present Time; collected from Public Records, Private Manuscripts, and other authentic Sources, with an Account of Parochial and other Charities, never before published; and a Chronological Register of important Events to the year 1815. Illustrated with five Etchings by G. Cuitt.

[First Edition]. Chester, Printed for T. Poole, 1815. 20 x 13 cm. iii, 334 pages, ii [Index]. With a Frontispiece, small engraving on title pages and three further full page Engravings. Later morroco over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Near fine. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Ex Libris of previous owner (see provenance comments below). A lovely copy in a nice sturdy binding. See images.

Anon / Juncosa, Enrique (foreword).

Tony O’Malley.

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2006. 28 x 22 cm. 103 pages. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Near fine condition. A bright and clean copy.

Anon / O’Connor, Frank (Translator) / Yeats, Jack B. (Illustrator).

A Lament for Art O’Leary: Translated from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, with six Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, T.M. MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. 32 unnumbered pages, incl. blank and title page. Title page vignette and six further Illustrations. Original quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. Blue end papers. In original plain paper jacket. Fine in very good, somewhat creased dust jacket. See images.

Anon / Payne, Albert Henry (publisher) / Leutemann, H. (translator of Reynard the Fox).

Payne’s Orbis Pictus or Book of Beauty for Every Table & Reynard the Fox A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Two Books bound into One Volume.

Dresden, Leipzig & London, A.H. Payne & W. French, ND [c. 1852]. 27 x 20 cm. Orbis Pictus: Coloured Title Page, 240 pages of text and numerous Plates / Reynard the Fox: xii, 81 text pages plus 37 steel engravings. Full calf binding with gilt and blind decorations. Dentelles. Black spine label with gilt title. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of front joint starting to crack. Binding sound. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Moderate age darkening / browning. Internally clean.

Anon / Tadhg Gavin.

Life of St. Laurence O’Toole / St. Laurence O’Toole. Archbishop and Patron of Dublin.

Two Pamphlets. Dublin, Irish Messenger / Catholic Truth Society, 1948 & 1964. c. 18 x 12 cm. 24 & 16 pages. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition.

Anon [Thomas Hibernicus or Thomas of Ireland].

Flores Bibliorum, Sive Loci communes omnium fere materiarum ex veteri ac nouo testamento excerpti, atque alphabetico ordine digesti: nuncque demum castigati.

Antverpiae, Apud Ioannem Steelsium, Anno 1555. 14 x 9 cm. 584 pages plus six pages ‘Index Rerum’, 2 Blank. Speckled calf. Spine label with gilt title. Gilt dentelles. Red speckled edges. Blind line decorations on boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening. A few handwritten words on title page and very few annotations in text. Internally clean. A very nice copy of this scarce 1555 Edition. WorldCat lists nine copies in various libraries.

Anon. / Very Rev. S. Malone (translation & annotations).

Life of Saint Flannan. Patron of Killaloe Diocese. Translated and Annotated by Very Rev. S. Malone, V.G., M.R.I.A.

First Edition. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1902. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 56 pages. Original dark green cloth. Gilt title on front board. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Partially damp stained. See images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Anon. [Allestree, Richard].

The Gentleman’s Calling & Private Devotions. Written by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man.

London, Printed for R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, 1679. 18 x 11 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (20) [Preface], 155 pages [Gentleman’s Calling], title page, pages 159 – 165 [Private Devotions], (2) [Bookseller’s List], (4) [blank]. Contemporary fine black morocco. Gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean. A nice copy in a sturdy binding.

Anon. “Crom A Boo”.

Poteen Punch. Strong, Hot and Sweet. Made and Mixed by “Crom A Boo”. Being a Succession of Irish After-Dinner Stories of Love-Making, Fun, and Fighting, some of which have already appeared in various Christmas Numbers of “United Ireland”.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1890. 18 x 12 cm. 150 pages. New (2022) red cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New Binding. Edges dust dulled. Small amount of damage to bottom of Title and TOC pages (see images). Name of previous owner inscribed to Title page, dated 1891. Small sticker of another previous owner on top of title page. Blind stamps of that owner on two pages. Occasional mild dust dulling, staining. Overall a very nice copy of this scarce publication.

Ansay, A. Manette.

River Angel.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998. 24 x 16 cm. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.