The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

The Beauties of the Press. With an Appendix containing the Speech of Arthur O’Connor, on the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons of Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795. Also his Letter to Lord Castlereagh.

London, [no publisher – privately printed for John Stockdale?], 1800. 21 x 12 cm. vi, 602 pages, 48 pages (Letter to Lord Castlereagh). Full brown calf. Small gilt decorations to spine. Blind stamp on front board (St. Patrick Library). Good condition. Binding worn. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine label missing. Ex Library: Ink writings on title page and TOC, number 394 on spine and TOC. Head and tail bands damaged. Joints cracked, but boards attached and binding sound. No front free end paper. No half title. Half of rear free end paper missing. Otherwise text block complete. Title page creased. Internally age darkened with some stains and occasionally foxed.

Calwell, H.G.

The Life and Times of a Voluntary Hospital. The History of the Royal Belfast Hospital for sick Children.

First Edition. Belfast, Brough, Cox and Dunn, 1973. 26 x 20 cm. xiii, 138 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Green end papers. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket rubbed and faded. Internally bright and clean.

Sibbett, R.M.

For Christ and Crown: The Story of a Mission.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed at “The Witness” Office, 1926. 18 x 12 cm. viii, (6), 344 pages. With a frontispiece and various other illustrations in B&W. Original red cloth with title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Front hinge nearly fully cracked, but holding. 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.

Smith, Rev. Sydney.

The Wit and Wisdom of Rev. Sydney Smith. A Selection of the most memorable Passages in his Writings and Conversations.

Fourth Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. 19 x 12 cm. viii, 355 pages plus four pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine and front board. Elaborate blind decorations. Brown end papers. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Book sellers (Manchester) blind stamp on front free end paper. Binders label on rear end paper. A few small nicks. Internally clean.

Lewis, Wyndham / Stephan, Dom John et al.

A History of the Benedictine Nuns of Dunkirk. Now at St. Scholastica’s Abbey Teignmouth, Devon. Edited by the Community.

First Edition. London, The Catholic Book Club, 1957. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 209 pages. Original blue cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled and foxed. A few nicks and small custs to dust jacket. Age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Beveridge, Janet.

Beveridge and his Plan.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. 20 x 13 cm. 239 pages with many B&W Photos and Illustrations. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. No dust jacket. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some staining to boards.Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Lucking, J.H.

The Great Western at Weymouth. A Railway and Shipping History.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. 21 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. In price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. In very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with a few nicks and small amount of fraying to top of spine. Internally bright and clean.

Clark, Roy.

The Longshoremen.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.