Ackroyd, Norman.

An Irish Notebook [Signed].

First Edition. London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2022. Oblong 30 x 15 cm. Unpaginated. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page.

Alschuler, Rose H. and Hattwick, La Berta Weiss.

Painting and Personality. A Study of Young Children.

First Edition. Volume I and II (complete). Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1947. 17.5cm x 23cm. XI, 590 pages with 120 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket with protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Anon.

[A Collection of Engravings]. C. 40 fine steel engravings: Art, Portrait, Architecture, Landscape, Far Eastern, etc.

London & Paris, Fisher, Son and Co., c. 1845. 26 x 21 cm. C. 40 full page steel engravings, some text pages with poetry and prose. Title page missing. Contemporary cloth. Hard cover. Title (‘Engravings’) in gilt. See images. Good condition due to lack of title page. A selection of very nice plates.

Anon.

Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet. Vol. I-IV, bound in two Volumes. Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with Letter-Press Descriptions.

Four volumes bound in two. London, W. Clarke, J. Carpenter & H.D. Symonds, 1807, 1807, 1808 & 1808. c. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 48 Plates / Vol. 2: 49 Plates / Vol. 3: 49 Plates / Vol. 4: 49 Plates. Each tissue guarded plate accompanied by text page(s). Contemporary uniform calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Tones edges. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spines. New marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing / browning.

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

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.

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.

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.

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 / 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.

Aringhi, Pauli / Bosio, Antonio.

Roma Subterranea Novissima. In Qua Post Antonium Bosium Antesignanum, IO: Severanum Congreg. Oratorii Presbyterum, Et celebres alios Scriptores Antiqua Christiamorum Et praecipue Martyrum Coemetria, Tituli, Monimenta, Epitaphia, Inscriptiones. Ac Nobiliora Sanctorum Sepulchra. Sex Libris Distincta Illustrantur. Opera Et Studio Pauli Aringhi Romani Congreg. Eiusdem Presyteri.

Romae (Rome), Expensis Blasij Diuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum, Typis Vitalis Mascardi, 1651. 40 x 26 cm. Vol.1: Half Title, Engraved Title Page, Frontispiece, (2), 626 pages, (29) [Index]. Collation Vol.1: [HT, ETP, FP, (2), ++ – ++6, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Nnnn4], With a folding Map of Rome, 92 Full Page Engravings and small Engravings / Illustrations in Text. Vol.2: Half Title, Frontispiece, Engraved Title Page, (6), 718 pages, (24). Collation Vol.2: [HT, FP, TP, (6), A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Xxxx4, a4-c3]. Volume 2 with 128 Full Page Engravings, of which 7 are folding. Small Illustrations in Text. Old calf, later repaired/rebacked spine and corners (see images). Gilt title and decorations on spine. Spine labels. Very good condition. Binding repaired, rubbed, bumped, scratched. Age darkened throughout. Large sections damp stained (see images). Some minor tears, paper losses, none affecting the text or Illustrations. A very impressive set.

Balkenhol, Stephan et al.

Ueber Menschen und Skulpturen. About Men and Sculpture.

First Edition. Stuttgart, Edition Cantz, 1992. Octavo. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H, Allom, T (drawings).

Scotland / Caledonia. Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By Messrs. T.Allom, W.H.Bartlett, and Others.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and New York, George Virtue, ND (c. 1840). 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1 : 200 pages / Vol.2: 172 pages. Illustrated with steel plates. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some foxing / browning. Gift inscription in ink in both volumes. A nice set in good sturdy bindings.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett; Esq.

First Edition. London, George Virtue, 1836. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: (4), 188 pages, engraved title plus 57 Plates (see comments!) / Vol.2: (2), 152 pages, engraved title plus 48 Plates, plus a folding map of Switzerland in the back. Contemporary half morroco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Rear free end paper of Vol.1 and front free end paper of Vol.2 missing. Some tissue guards missing. Names of previous owners neatly inscribed in ink. Internally with some browning, foxing and large visible damp stains on most pages, incl. Plates. (see images).

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie.

First Edition in this Form. Two Volumes – Complete. London, George Virtue, 1842. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 190 pages and 65 (out of 66) Plates. / Vol.2: 155 pages and 60 Plates, as listed. Including frontispieces and engraved title pages. Uniform contemporary dark morroco with gilt titles and gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris sticker on front paste down of both volumes. Stamp of a previous owner on both title pages and on rear free end paper of volume one. Some foxing. Some tissue guards with a colour tinge. Otherwise a clean attractive copy in sturdy attractive bindings.

Benington, Jonathan (author) / O’Conor, Roderic (artist).

Roderic O’Conor. A Biography, with a Catalogue of his Work.

First Edition. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1992. 28 x 24 cm. 247 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Bewick, Thomas.

A History of British Birds. Vol.1: Containing the History and Description of Land Birds / Vol.2: Containing the History and Description of Water Birds.

Newcastle, Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick, 1926. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xliv, 382 pages / Vol.2: xxii, 432 pahes. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Black morroco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some abrasions to corners and edges. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally mildly foxed. Some edgewear and closed tears.

Bickham, George.

The Universal Penman. Or, the Art of Writing. Made Useful To the Gentleman and Scholar, As well as the Man of Business. In all the useful and ornamental Branches of Modern Penmanship; with some necessary Observations on the Excellency of the Pen, and a large Number of select Sentences in Prose and Verse; various forms of Business, relating to Merchandize and Trade; Letters on several Occasions; accurate Specimens of the Oriental Languages, and Alphabets in all the Hands now practis’d. Written with the friendly Assistance of several of the most Eminent Masters, and Engrav’d by Geo. Bickham. The Whole Embelish’d with beautiful Decorations for the Amusement of the Curious.

London, Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and Print Seller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street, ND [Engravings dated 1733 to 1741]. Folio [c. 36 x 24 cm]. Blank, unnumberred engraved Frontispiece, Engravings numbered 1 to 119 and 121 to 212. Page 120 is missing. Old black polished calf with elaborate gilt decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Gilt title, author and publishing date (‘London 1733’) on spine. Five raised bands. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some minor material losses to spine and corners (please review images). Front hinge started to open with front free end paper and leading two blanks partially loose. Remnants of a red morocco Ex Libris on front free end paper. The two blanks in the front of the book and the one at the end are creased and lack a corner each. The entire text black, consisting of 212 Engraved pages in Excellent condition. Mild age darkening and occasional very mild foxing throughout. The occasional small ink stain. A tiny worm hole close to the binding (not affecting any of the actual engravings) visible between pages 180 and 198. Overall an exceptionally well preserved and clean copy of this scarce item.

Black, Bernard / Nadeau, Hugues-W.

Michel Anguier’s Pluto: The Marble of 1669 – New Light on the French Sculptor’s Career.

London, The Athlone Press, 1990. 28.6cm x 21cm. 120 pages. With 50 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Blunt, Wilfrid.

Married to a Single Life – Autobiography 1901-1938 / Slow on the Feather – Further Autobiography 1938-1959.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes (complete set). Salisbury, Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., 1983 / 1986. 14cm x 22cm. 306 and 270 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good price clipped dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Spine of volume 1 faded. Internally bright and clean.

Blythe, Ronald.

First Friends. Paul and Bunty, John and Christine – and Carrington.

First and Limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 1997. 33 x 22 cm. 175 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over decorated paper boards. Spine label. In slip case. As new condition. A clean and bright copy.

Boccaccio, Giovanni / Young, Bartholomew (translator) / Leone, M. (illustrator).

Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.

Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.

Boccaccio, Giovanni (author) / Aldington, Richard (translator) / Kent, Rockwell (artist).

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.

Boland, Robert Leslie [Bob].

Thistles And Docks.

Limited Edition. Not signed or numbered! Tralee, Co. Kerry, Kenno Ltd. 1993. 30 x 19 cm. Unpaginated. With Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover in slip case. Gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Bonar Law, Andrew / Bonar Law, Charlotte.

A Contribution Towards a Catalogue of the Prints and Maps of Dublin City and County. Volume 1: Prints / Volume 2: Maps.

First Limited Edition. 25/500 (Vol.1) & 136/500 (Vol.2). Two Volumes – Complete. Shankill, Co. Dublin, Published by The Neptune, 2005. 29 x 20 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 248, (14) / Vol.2: ii, pages 251 to 411, (10). Illustrated thoughout. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jackets (now inside archival jackets). Books in very good + conditions. Dust jacket for volume 1: good condition (some creases and short close tears). Dust jacket for volume 2: very good condition. Both jackets protected by clear archival jackets. Volume 1 signed by both authors on front free end paper. Gift inscription on ffep. Books internally bright and clean. A nice and rare set.

Brockedon, W.

Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With original and selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockedon.

Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1833. 23 x 16 cm. Unpaginated. Contemporary half morocco over red cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding a little worn (see images). Internally mildly damp stained, mainly to edges (see images). Ex Libris. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Binding weakened. Loose gathering in volume 2.

Brockhaus, Albert.

Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Mit 272 Schwarzen und 53 Bunten Abbildungen.

First Edition. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 482 pages. Illustrated throughout. Complete with 53 coloured Plates and numerous B&W Illustrations. Original full grey soft leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Silver decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some wear and minor material losses to extremities (see images). Somewhat discoloured. Internally a bright and clean copy. A few of the tissue guards torn, but all tissue guards are present. See notes below. Overall a very good clean and complete copy.

Broder, Patricia Janis.

Taos: A Painters Dream.

First Edition. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1980. 25.5cm x 28.5cm. 321, (1) with 60 colour illustrations and 255 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, price-clipped dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket a little pale / Name of previous owner on the endpaper.

Brown, Richard.

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.

Butcher, David.

British Private Press Prospectuses 1891 – 2001.

First and Limited Edition. No. 136 of 350. Risbury, The Whittington Press, 2001. 28 x 20 cm. xii, 147 pages. Illustrated. With losely inserted facsimile prospectuses. Cloth spine over decorated paper boards. Gilt title. Inside matching slip case, as issued. Fine deckle edges. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

By A Graduate of Oxford (Vol. 1 and 2) / Ruskin, John.

Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I and II. / Volume II. Containing Part III. Sections 1. and 2. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. / Volume III. Containing Part IV. Of Many Things. / Volume IV. Containing Part V. Of Mountain Beauty. / Volume V. Completing the Work, and Containing Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty. VII. Of Cloud Beauty. VIII. Of Ideas of Relation. 1. Of Invention Formal. IX. Of Ideas of Relation. 2. Of Invention Spiritual.

Vol. 1: Third Edition – Revised by the Author. Volumes 2-5 First Editions. Five Volumes – Complete Set. London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: lxiii, 422 pages plus 32 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xvi, 217 pages plus 3 pages publishers list / Vol.3: xix, 348 pages plus 16 pages publishers list and 18 Plates / Vol. 4: xii, 411 pages. With 35 Plates / Vol.5: xvi, 384 pages plus 32 pages publishers list and 34 Plates. Also small illustrations in text. Green cloth with elaborate blind decorations to boards. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Small binder label in volume 1: ‘Westleys & Clark, London’. Very good condition. All bindings are rubbed, bumped and some are stained. Various degrees of fraying to spine ends. Spines age darkened / browned. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. All Plates are present, a few are lose. Bindings sound. A nice complete set of this important publication.

Captain Batty.

French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards.

First Edition. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. 28 x 22 cm. Engraved title page, vignette, dedication, followed by 63 (out of 64) Plates. Each plate accompanied with a text description. The missing plate is Paris ‘Boulevard des Italiens’. Contemporary half calf. Textured cloth boards. Spine label and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Severe rubbing and abrasions to binding (see images). Internally age darkened and damp stained in places (mainly title page – see images). Most of the plates are clean with some age darkening towards the edges of the page. Overall still a nice copy.

Carr, John.

The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.

Chagall, Marc (artist) / Mourlot, Fernand (text) / Jolas, Maria (translator).

The Lithographs of Chagall 1957-1962.

First Edition. Monte Carlo & Boston, Andre Sauret & Boston Book and Art Shop, 1963. 32 x 24 cm. 208 pages, (2). Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Includes 11 original Lithographs. Complete. Original pale cloth with title on front board and spine in black. Inside original decorated dust jacket, which is inside a clear plastic jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Edges dust dulled and top edge with a few small spots. First name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A very nice, complete copy. See all images on our web site westcoastrarebooks.com.

Church, John / Tookey, James (artwork) / Ibbetson, Julius (artwork).

A Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Consisting of Highly-Finished Engravings, by James Tookey; from Drawings, by Julius Ibbetson; with Historical and Scientific Descriptions, by John Church.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London and Cardiff, Printed for Darton and Harvey and W. Belch, 1805. 32 x 25 cm. Unpaginated. Engravings, accompanied by descriptive text pages. Two engraved title pages. 84 copper-engraved Plates. Contemporary fine morocco with gilt and blind decorations. Two black morocco spine labels. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some abrasions with minor material losses to boards (see images). Bindings remain sound. Two ex libris of previous owners . Occasional mild foxing / browning, otherwise clean. A very nice set.

Clogan, Paul Maurice.

Medievalia et Humanistica – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture.

Cleveland and London, Case Western Reserve University 1970 24 x 15 cm. VII, 251 Pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cole, Hugo.

Eleven Nursery Rhymes. Wood Engravings by Gwyneth Eedy.

[First Edition]. London, Novello and Company, 1958. 28 x 22 cm. 24 pages of sheet music and B&W Illustrations. Original decorated soft paper covers. Very good condition. Near Fine.

[Cornelius Goggin, Dublin, Ireland]

Rare Irish Hand Carved Bog Oak Book Slide. The adjustable base with allround Laurel Leaf decoration and a central split carving depicting a view of a Church or Abbey (Muckross Abbey, Killarney?). Two hinged folding bookends, one carved depicting an Irish Celtic Cross, the other as an Irish Harp surrounded by shamrocks.

Ireland, 19th Century. Folded dimensions: c. 53 x 18 x 4 cm / Expanded dimensions: c. 76 x 18 x 21 cm. Excellent condition. See images.

Coulter, Henry.

The West of Ireland: Its Existing Condition, and Prospects. By Henry Coulter, Correspondent of Saunders’s News-Letter. (By Permission).

First Edition. Dublin and London, Hodges & Smith and Hurst & Blackett, WM. Blackwood, 1862. 20 x 12 cm. x, 372 pages with 36 tissue guarded Plates, some in colour. With a Map of Ireland. Lacking the Map of Telegraph Stations. Original green cloth. Gilt and blind decorations. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Rebacked in 2024. Edges end papers. Mild dust dulling, foxing and damp staining. See images.

Cripps, Wilfred Joseph.

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.

Cundall, H.M.

The Norwich School.

London, Geoffrey Holme, 1920. 29cm x 23.5cm. vii, 32 pages. Additional pages with 80 illustrations in colour and B&W. Hardcover. Unusual Ludgate Spring Back Binder. See images. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Cusack, M.F.

A History of the Irish Nation. Social, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Industrial and Antiquarian.

Ireland & London, Kenmare Publications Office & J.G. Murdock, 1876. 28 x 22 cm. xvi, (2), 956 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary dark cloth with blind decorations to boards. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Rear hinge open and rear free end paper missing. Binding is shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Dali, Salvator.

Les Métamorphoses érotiques. Choix de dessins exécutés de 1940 à 1968.

Limited Edition. Number 551 / 900 on Zerkall. [Lausanne], A l’Erotitiade, 1969. 33 x 25 cm. 60 unbound pages, followed by map with ten losely inserted Plates, some tipped in – complete. Red cloth hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. All contents are losely inserted, as issued. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and mild staining to boards (please see images). Edges dust dulled. Paper sticker with gift inscription on front paste down (see images). Internally clean with occasional mild foxing, mainly towards the edges. Plates are clean and complete.

Donovan, Very Rev. Jeremiah.

Rome Ancient and Modern and Its Environs.

First Edition. Four Volumes – Complete. Rome, Printed for the Author by Crispino Puccinelli, 1842 – 1844. 21 x 13.5 cm Vol.1: xxvi, 652 pages with one folding map and five Plates / Vol.2: 508 pages with three Plates / Vol.3: pages 507-1074 with 21 Plates / Vol.4: 933 pages with 30 Plates. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Red speckled edges. Black spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Raised bands. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small stamp (‘Canon McNamara Bequest 1956’) and a number in ink on all four front paste downs and on one page in each volume (see image). Internally very clean. A very nice complete set.

Downey, Edmund (Editor) / Walker, Francis S. (Artwork).

Killarney’s Lakes and Fells. Twelve Mezzotint Engravings by Francis S. Walker. Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers; Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. With some Accounts of Killarney, its Legends and its Poems. Edited by Edmund Downey.

First Edition. Ordinary Edition, printed on India paper by Gilbert & Rivington. London, Downey & Co., 1902. 27 x 37 cm (oblong). (4) [Title / TOC], 120 pages plus 12 Mezzotint Engravings, as called for. Original boards, rebacked in 2024 with new cloth spine. Original green moire cloth boards with gilt title across fron board. New black end papers. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, and damp damaged (see images). Half-title and first title page chipped on side edges; light chipping to edges of feps and pages. Internally dust dulled with light ink smudging from plates to opposite pages. Most pages show mild damp staining to the bottom edge, not affecting the text or the actual angravings. Despite the wear; still an impressive book with wonderful illustrations.

Dugdale, William.

Monasticon Anglicanum. Or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales: Also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries, as did in any manner relate to those in England. Containing a full Collection of all that is necessary to be known concerning the Abby-Lands, and their Revenues, with a particular Account of their Foundations, Grants and Donations; collected from original MSS. the Records in the Tower of London, at York, and in the Court of Exchequer, and Augmentation Office: As also the Famous Libraries of Bodley, King’s-College, Camb. the Benedictine College at Dowey, Arundel, Cotton, Selden, Hatton, &c. Illustrated with original Cuts of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and the Habits of the Religious and Military Orders. First publish’d in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, Kt. Late Garter Principal King at Arms. To which is added, Exact Catalogues of the Bishops of the several Dioceses, to the Year 1717. The whole corrected, and supplied with many Useful Additions, by an Eminent Hand.

Three volumes in One. London, Printed by R. Harbin; for D. Brown and J. Smith et al., 1718. 34.5 x 21 cm. New blank, engraved frontispiece, TP, xvi [Preface], 124 [Volume the First], 125-244 [Volume the Second], 241-375 [Volume the Third], (8) [Index], (1) [Publishers List), blank. With 104 Plates (1-103 with two Plates numbered 101), of which 16 Plates are folding. New (2025) brown half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Please see images. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. Edges dust dulled. Very few small library stamps. Ocassional mild foxing / darkening. Otherwise internally very clean. A very nice copy.

East, Alfred.

The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour. With Illustrations in Colour and Black-and-White.

Second Reprint. London et al, Cassell and Company, 1911. 28 x 22 cm. xvi, 107 pages. With numerous Illustrations, some tipped in colour Illustrations. See pictures. Contemporary pale cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner (Ex Howth Castle, County Dublin) on front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy.

Ebers, G. / Birch, S. (Introduction) / Bell, Clara (Translator).

Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.

Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.

Egan, Desmond (Editor).

James McKenna. A Celebration.

First Edition. Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Goldsmith Press, 2002. 23 x 15 cm. (4), 168 pages. With illustrations in colour and B&W. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

F. Ternisien D’Haudricourt.

Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].

Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).

Finden, Edward.

The Beauties of Moore. A Series of Portraits of His Principal Female Characters from Paintings by Eminent Artists, executed expressly for the Work. Engraved by, or under immidiate Supervision of Mr. Edward Finden. With a Memoir of the Poet, and descriptive Letterpress.

London et al, John Tallis and Company, ND [c. 1850s]. 35 x 26 cm. Frontispiece, engraved Title Page, Title page, viii, (2), 47 tissue guarded engraved Plates, each with a two page text description. Complete with all Plates as listed. New (2021) red cloth binding. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Internally foxed and water stained to various degrees. See images.

Flinders Petrie, W.M. / Griffith, F.Ll.

The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties. 18th and 21st Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

London, The Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund and Kegan, Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1900 & 1901. 31 x 26 cm. Part 1: 51 text pages and 67 Plates (some coloured) / Part 2: 60 text pages and 60 Plates. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Formaggio, Dino.

Basiliche Di Assisi. Musei E Monumenti.

Novara, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1958. 26 x 20 cm. 164 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original pale green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition book with poor dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Binding rubbed, bumped and occasionally discoloured. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket shows significant paper losses and tears. Internally book is bright and clean.

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.

Furniss, Harry.

Some Victorian Women: Good, Bad and Indifferent.

London, The Bodley Head, 1923. 15 x 22.5cm. 226 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Blue clothbound hardcover. Slightly foxed, shelf wear to edges, otherwise in very good condition.

[Gogh, Van] Landais, Benoit.

Van Gogh: Original oder Fälschung? – Der Streit um die Sammlung Marijnissen. Aus dem Französischen von Michael Hein.

Hamburg, Rogerner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlags KG., 2004. 22cm x 14.5cm. 240 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Grose, Daniel / Stalley, Roger (Editor).

Daniel Grose (c.1766-1838) The Antiquities of Ireland. A Supplement to Francis Grose.

First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 x 25 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter black morocco over cloth covered boards. Gitlt title and line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally clean. A nice copy.

H.D.C.P. [Pepler, H.D.C.] / E.P.J.G. [Gill, Eric P.J.].

Nisi Dominus. Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam.

First Edition, limited to 500 Copies. Ditchling, Sussex, Printed and Published at S. Dominic’s Press, 1919. c. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. (viii), 56 pages. Illustrated by Eric Gill and H.D.C. Pepler. Original gray paper wrappers. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Hamilton, Walter.

Dated Book-Plates. (Ex Libris). With a Treatise on their Origin and Development. Part 1: Dated Book-Plates prior to 1700. / Part 2: Dated Book-Plates of the Eighteenth Century. / Part 3: Dated Book-Plates of the Nineteenth Century to 1895. With about One Hundred Illustrations.

First Combined Edition. London, A.C. Black, 1895. 27 x 21 cm. 124 & 225 pages plus 22 pages Index. With B&W Illustrations, some full page. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2018 using original boards and spine. New end papers. Edges and pages dust dulled. A few stains. A very nice copy.

Harding, J.D.

Elementary Art; or, The Use of the Lead Pencil. Advocated and Explained.

A New Edition. London, Charles Tilt, 1838. 38 x 28 cm. 80 pages of text plus 28 full page plates. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / damp staining.

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.

Henry, Paul / O’Faolain, Sean (foreword).

An Irish Portrait [Signed]. The Autobiography of Paul Henry R.H.A. With a Foreword by Sean O’Faolain.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, 1951, 22 x 15 cm. xi, 116 pages. With 12 Plates – complete. With a losely inserted letter, signed by Mabel Young, Paul Henry’s second wife, to whom the book is dedicated. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair only dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper. Dust jacket worn with significant paper losses (see images).

Hockney, David.

A Bigger Picture.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2012. 30 x 30 cm. 301 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. New. Still in publishers plastic protection.

Holmes, Richard R.

The Queen’s Pictures: Illustrating the Chief Events of Her Majesty’s Life. Reproduced by Her Majesty’s Special Permission. With Descriptive Notes by Richard R. Holmes. Being the Jubilee Number of the ‘Magazine of Art’ 1887.

London, Cassell and Company, 1887. 32 x 22 cm. (2), 46 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary dark cloth. Hard cover. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling.

Hourihane, Colum (editor).

Irish Art Historical Studies in Honour of Peter Harbison.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004. 27 x 21 cm. xix, (4), 310 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Hoving, Thomas.

False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes.

First Edition. New York / London, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 16cm x 24cm. 366 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Ireland, John.

Hogarth Illustrated.

Third Edition. Three Volumes – complete. London, J.N. Boydell and Co., G. and W. Nicol, 1806 / 1812. 23 x 14 cm. Vol.1: (8), cxxii, 237 pages / Vol.2: (2), 379 pages / Vol.3: xxiv, 370 pages. All volumes illustrated. New (2019) uniform brown cloth with gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New bindings. Text block seriously age darkened / browned and foxed. Some dark water stains. A good, complete study copy.

Jack B. Yeats (Art Work).

Broadside Characters: Drawings by Jack B. Yeats. ‘Broadside Characters by Jack B. Yeats’ with an Introduction by Anne Yeats is printed on Irish Paper at the Cuala Press, 116 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Alistair Carwood was the press-man, The Edition consists of three hundred hand coloured copies. December 1971. This is Number 175.

First and Limited Edition in this Form. Dublin, Cuala Press, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. Top edges uncut. Original blue cloth. Hard cover with paper label on front board. Fine. Very minor shelf wear and dust dulling.

Joannis Ciampini Romani.

Vetera Monimenta. In quibus praecipue Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac Nonnulli Antiqui Ritus, Dissertationibus, Iconibusque Illustratur. Pars Prima.

[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Ex Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Bohemi, apud S. Angelum Custodem, [1690]. 33 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, title page, (12) [Dedication etc.], (6) [Praefatio], (2) [Index Capitum], 276 pages plus 22 pages [Index Rerum], (2) [Errara + Blank]. With a frontispiece and 71 further plates of which 16 are folding and one is in text. See comments below for list of plates. Later modern cloth. New end papers. Fore edge deckle. Good condition with several plates being absent. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally spotted. Some stains and small tears. Remains an impressive folio with more than 70 original architectural copper plate engravings. Please review all ten images to gain better insight in the condition of the book and its binding.

Jones, Sydney R.

Posters & Publicity. Fine Printing and Design.

First Edition. London, The Studio, 1926. 29 x 20 cm. 165 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue textured cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Bookseller stamps on front paste donw and front free end paper. Mild foxing, otherwise internally clean.

Joyce, P.W. / Sullivan, A.M. / Nunan, P.D.

Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland. Part 1: A Comprehensive Delineation of the Thirty-Two Counties / Part 2: The General History [of Ireland].

New York, Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. 27 x 21 cm. Part 1: (14), 40 colour plates of Arms, 32 County Maps, Text and Images, (24) [Index] / Part 2: x, 290 pages (6) [Robert Emmet]. Later half morroco over cloth covered boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. See images. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. A few closed tears. Last few pages (section on Robert Emmet) with some creases / edgewear. Occasional mild damp staining. Overall a very nice copy in a modern sturdy binding.

Kennedy, S.B. (author) / Henry, Paul (artist).

Paul Henry.

First Edition. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2000. 29 x 24 cm. 176 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue cloth. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. No inscriptions. A very nice copy.

Lacouture, Annette Bourrut / [Breton, Jules].

Jules Breton. Painter of Peasant Life.

New Haven, Yale University Press & National Gallery of Ireland, 2002. 28 x 25 cm. 263 pages. Illustrated. Original soft cover. Excellent condition. A bright and clean copy.

Laver, James (Editor) / Goetz, Walter (Illustrator).

Memorable Balls.

First Edition. London, Derek Verschoyle, 1954. 28 x 21 cm. xi, 116 pages. Colour Plates. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust age darkened. Internally clean.

Le Brocquy, Louis.

Louis le Brocquy and his Masters. Early Heroes Later Homage.

First Edition. Dublin, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, 2007. 27 x 23 cm. 94 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Small close tear and mild rubbing to back of the dust jacket. A very nice copy.

Le Prince, Jean Baptist (artwork) / Abbe Chappe (artwork) / McIntyre, Archibald (engraver).

[A Collection of Engravings showing Habits & Dresses from Various Countries]. [Unknown Title and Publisher – No Title Page].

No publishing Information. c. 1790-1800. 21 x 13 cm. 35 engraved plates. No title or text pages. Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front board detatched. Dust dulled throughout. First three pages with edgewear and minor losses, not affecting the engravings. See images.

Ledwich, Edward.

Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for Arthur Grueber, 1790. c. 25 x 21 cm. (4) [Dedication & TOC], iv [Subscribers]. (4) [Preface], 473 pages, (12) [Index]. Complete with a frontispiece, engraved title page and a further 38 Plates, as listed. One plate in colour. Contemporary tree claf. Red spine lable with gilt title. Gilt lines to spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and weak! Front board barely connected. Front joint and hinge open. Would benefit from rebacking or rebinding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and a few damp stains. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. Despite the weak binding a nice complete copy of the scarce first edition.

Ledwich, Edward.

The Antiquities of Ireland. To which is Added A Collection of Miscellaneous Antiquities.

The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections. Dublin, Printed by and for John Jones, 1803 / 1804. 26 x 21 cm. xxii [blank, frontispiece, engraved title, title page, dedication, preface, subscribers], 526 pages, (14) [Index]. Complete with 40 Plates as listed. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decorations. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Mild age darkening and foxing internally. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page (see notes on Provenance below). Overall a very nice copy.

[Lee-Johnson, Eric.] Turner, John B.

Eric Lee-Johnson. Artist with a Camera.

First Edition. Auckland, PhotoForum Inc., 1999. 29.5cm x 23.5cm. 111 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

Lefrak, Ellen (artist) / Roach, Max (forword) / Lynda Ashby Ludy (editor).

The Irish Connection & Jazz Gallery. Two Art Catalogues.

[Westport], Published for the Artist, Not dated (c. 2005-2015). c. 28 x 21 cm. 60 and 80 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Trade paperbacks. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Both catalogues inscribed and signed by the artist.

Leitch Ritchie (text) / Turner, J.M.W. (artist).

Wanderings by the Seine. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. Author of Heath’s Picturesque Annual, Schinderhannes, Romance of French History, &c. With Twenty Engravings from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A.

[First Edition]. London, Paris & Berlin, Longman, Reese, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman / Rittner and Gaupil / A. Asher, ND [1835]. 21 x 13 cm. (6), 256 pages, (2). Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary cloth. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Rebacked in 2024 using original boards and remaining parts of the spine. See images. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Part of original spine missing. Internally mild dust dulled and occasionally damp stained.

Lipshitz, Fay.

What it all Meant [Signed]. Poems and Monotypes by Fay Lipshitz.

First Edition. Israel, Design and production, Danny Battat, 2015. 27 x 21 cm. 42 pages of poems and art. Laminated boards. Hard cover. Fine condition. Inscribed (‘Fay’) by the author on verso of front board. See images.

Loughman, Thomas J.

Fierce Reality – Italian Masters from Seventeenth Century Naples.

Milano, Skira Editore S.p.A., 2006. 28.1cm x 24.2cm. 151 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

Lovett, Rev. Richard.

London Pictures. Drawn with Pen and Pencil. With One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations.

First Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890. 27 x 19 cm. 223 pages with B&W Illustrations. Eight pages of publishers list. Orininal decorated cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Tight and clean. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Lucie-Smith, Edward.

Adam – The Male Figure in Art.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1998. 28.7cm x 23.8cm. 192 pages. With graphic illustrations of the nude male body. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Mahr, Adolf.

Christian Art in Ancient Ireland. Selected Objects Illustrated and Described. Edited on behalf of the Government of the Irish Free State by Adolf Mahr, D.PH., M.R.I.A., Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum, Dublin with the Collaboration of the Royal Irish Academy.

First Editions. Two Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Stationary Office of Saorstat Eireann, 1932 / 1941. 36 x 27 cm. Vol. 1: xxvii (text) followed by 80 Plates in B&W / Vol.2: 184 pages (text), followed by Plates 81 – 130. Original half cloth hard covers. Two tone design. Gilt titles on front boards and spines. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Bindings age darkened and a little stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Sound bindings. Internally bright and clean. Two nice copies.

Maile, Roger (editor).

Best of Friends 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 & 10. The Yearbook of Creative Monochrome.

Eight volumes. Croydon, Surrey, Creative Monochrome, 1994 – 2003. 27 x 24 cm. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. All books bright and clean copies.

Manners, Lady Victoria / Williamson, Dr. D.C. / [Kauffmann, Angelica].

Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. Her Life and Her Works. With seventy-nine Illustrations in Colour and in Black & White.

First Edition. Limited to 1000 Copies. London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. 28 x 22 cm. xiii, 268 pages plus publishers list. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Good condition only due to extensive water staining of the fore edge. See images. Dust dulled edges and end papers. A good reading copy since the damp staining does not effect text or images.

Marc Alexander,

A.E. Stegmann The Life and Art of a Remarkable Artist.

First Edition, London, Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, 2000. 22 x 30 cm, 163 pages. With many photos and paintings by this artist. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

[Michelangelo] Hall, Marcia.

Michelangelo – The Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Photographs by Takashi Okamura.

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2002. 30.5cm x 25.2cm. 239 pages. With 93 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Some lines (ball point pen) on text pages. Otherwise bright and clean.

Millais, John Guille.

British Deer and their Horns. 185 Text and Full-Page Illustrations…

First Edition. London, Henry Sotheran and Co., 1897. 38 x 30 cm. xviii, 224 pages. Illustrated thoughout. See images. Original decorated boards. Rebacked in 2022 with new end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. An impressive book.

Monaco, Domenico.

The Principal Objets [Objects] of Art in the National Museum of Naples. Engraved on Copper-Plates by the best Italian Artists. Text by Domenico Monaco, Curator of the Museum of Naples.

Naples, [Published by the National Museum], 1880. 28 x 22 cm. 34 text pages, followed by 160 Plates, incl. one folding Plate. Contemporary dark green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, dust dulled and a little slanted. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner inscribed on title page. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean with occasional very mild foxing.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1819. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, TP1, Dedication, TP2, (2)[TOC], 444 pages, xcvii [Appendix, Additional Notes and Illustrations]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (see images). Black spine label with gilt title. Blind and gilt decorations to spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front hinge professionally reinforced. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild browning and mild damp staining to a few pages. Otherwise internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy contemporary binding.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

Large Paper Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1820. 34 x 27 cm. FP, Title page, (8), 478 pages, xcvii [Appendix]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Later dark green quarter morroco over marbled boards. Five raised bands. Fore and tail edge deckle. Unopened top edge. Gilt title and author on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Unopened. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise very clean. Small bookseller label on front paste down (‘Hodges Figgis, Dublin’). A very nice copy.

Moss, Peter.

Hong Kong Style.

First Edition. Hong Kong, FormAsia Books Ltd., 1999. 26 x 16 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Most Rev. John Healy.

Maynooth College. Its Centenary History 1795 – 1895.

First Edition. Dublin, Brown & Nolan, 1895. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. xxiv, 774 pages. Folding frontispiece. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original quarter leather over olive-green boards. Hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Both hinges cracked. Internally clean, with occasional very mild foxing.

Mrs. S.C. Hall.

Tales of Irish Life and Character. With sixteen Reproductions from the Paintings of Erskine Nicol, R.S.A.

First Edition. Edinburgh & London, T.N. Foulis, 1909. 19.5 x 13 cm. 323 pages plus two pages publishers list. Complete with 16 tipped in images and their title pages. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Dark end papers. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine slightly faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.