British Interventions In Early Modern Ireland by Brady, Ciaran and Jane Ohlmeyer - [2005]

London: Thomas Payne and Son, and Edward Brooke. Fair. 1785. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather boards detached, gilt paste-on label on spine. Paper paste-on label on front states: "Enclosure No. 11267 from E. W. Adams (hand-written above printed name now blacked out) , to Mr. D. C. Lannes, Gen. Pat. Attorney, Western Electric Co. , Inc. , 195 Broadway, New York, U. S. A". Laid in at page 409 is a letter addressed to D. C. , from Clarence G. Stoll, 195 Broadway, New York, who was retiring on August 22, with no year given on the letter, the handwriting being of old school. Petrie, who ran unsuccessfully against John Bristow for a seat in the House of Commons from the Borough of Cricklade, discovered that the winner purchased votes, and took Bristow to court. Petrie prevailed, and this book deals with the lawsuit, as well as other issues which came to light. An extremely rare volume in its original state. Foxing, dampstaining, extremities rubbed and frayed. Old initials in upper… Read More

Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing 2002. Firmly bound and very carefully read. Both book & jacket are in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Collection of b/w photographs..

London: Vale Press, 1897. Very good with a few instances of minor spotting.. Single leaf announcing the book's publication, size, binding, and edition limitation. Printed in Vale type. Tomkinson 11 (for the book).

London: London: Printed for Thomas Kelly No. 17 Paternoster-Row, 1821. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, large quarto; viii + 724pp. In original half leather binding, very worn, boards detached, spine backstrip missing, opening and closing leaves loose with marginal chipping and creasing without loss of text, text block otherwise sound with unobtrusive sporadic light staining and soiling only, complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, extra engraved title page and 16 full page engraved plates. Despite its tired condition, still a complete working copy of this early illustrated biography in first edition.

The Woman in White. By Wilkie Collins. The Home Library Series A.L. Burt Company. P Undated, circa 1940. Maroon cloth boards with gold gilt topstain. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice vintage copy.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author 'For Anthony, Some shared places, with much affection George Nov 11/86' on the half-title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner and spine end bumps, light foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, corner chips, light wrinkle to top of front panel, short closed edge tear at front flap, in new Brodart sleeve. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773

Printed for the Cambrian Archaeological Association by The Bedford Press. London. 1917. Royal Octavo. xvi, 371pp. Engraved portrait plate, 1 photo plate. Later quarter calf, cloth boards. Spine in six with gilt rules, lettering, embellishment and leather labels. More recent endpapers. Lightly toned, with some foxing to prelims and towards the end. Ink splash to top foredge. Slightly strained at portrait.
Richard Fenton (1747-1821), poet and topographical writer. His friends included Oliver Goldsmith, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, William Owen Pughe, Theophilus Jones and Sir Joshua Reynolds. "He built up a large library of books, manuscripts … and toured Wales extensively to visit prehistoric sites, many of which he excavated, and other features in the landscape. His books and journals, more tour literature than history, are entertaining reading, being an attractive mixture of accurate reporting and recording interspersed with personal descriptions of scenery and accounts of… Read More

THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM TEGG, LONDON, 1866. 4 X 5/58. 373 5/8. pages, plus adverts. USED. Good condition. All gilting still visible on titling on spine. Foxed on a a few pages.

Nonsense Songs by Edward Lear, undated, ca 1900. Frederick Warne. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good – Condition original Brooke dust jacket is protected in mylar wrap. Poems/lyrics only, no sheet music if originally included. Red boards with owl drawing on front cover that matches the dust jacket illustration. Colour Frontis, all colour plates, and all black and white drawings are in nice shape. Rare/scarce.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More