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.

Hornor, William S.

This Old Monmouth of Ours. History, Tradition, Biography, Genealogy, and other Anecdotes Related to Monmouth County, New Jersey. With a new Introduction by Milton Rubincam.

Reprint of the 1932 Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Cottonport, Polyanthos, 1974. 25 x 18 cm. (10), 444 pages. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. Internally bright and clean.

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, unpaginated. Numerous plates, some in colour. Original cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Good condition only. Binding poor with damp stains and strong fading to parts (see images). End papers age darkened / stained. Internally clean. Binding weak, but holding. A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Hawking, Stephen.

The Illustrated On the Shoulder of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy.

First Edition, first Printing. Philadelphia & London, Running Press Book Publishers, 2004. 25 x 18 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and scratching. Now inside protective Brodart jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with text by a secretarial hand.

Hawking, Stephen.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time.

Updated and expanded Edition. London et al, Bantam Press, 1996. 25 x 19 cm. (4), 248 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Losely inserted postcard to the collector stating: “Here is the book duly signed…”. Pam Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with quote and text by a secretarial hand.

Jones, E. Alfred.

The Loyalists of New Jersey. Their Memorials, Petitions, Claims, Etc. from English Records. [Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume X].

Newark, N.J., New Jersey Historical Society, 1927. 24 x 16 cm. 346 pages. Unbound text block. Losely covered in a leather sleeve (see images). Very good condition. No binding. Some shelf wear. Textblock clean.

Purves-Stewart, Sir James.

The Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases.

Sixth Edition, Revised. London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. 22.5 x 15 cm. viii, 648 pages. With many Illustrations, some in Colour. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Professionally rebacked in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound new binding. Edges age darkened. Some damp stains to end papers. Mild foxing to first and last few pages, internally clean.

Manchee, Dorothy / Howitt, Sir Alfred B. (Foreword).

Textbook for Almoners.

First Edition. London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1947. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 466 pages. With a Frontispiece and six Plates (complete). Many tables and charts in text, some folding. Original pale cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Neat inscription by the authors for her parents (‘To Mummy and Daddy who have watched this book grow…’) dated Feb. 48. Some damp staining to bottom, mainly to binding, end papers and first few pages. Inscribed by the author.

Pankhurst, Richard.

An Introduction to the Economic History of Ethiopia from early times to 1800.

First Edition. London, Lalibela House, 1961. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 454 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Last, Murray.

The Sokoto Caliphate. Ibadan History Series.

First Edition. London, Longman, Green and Co., 1967. 21 x 14 cm. lxxxii, 280 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Five folding charts in pocket at the end of the book. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.