Antiquarian Books

John Cooke ( Editor) - The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909 - HB 1924

Published by Hodges Figgis & Co, Dublin, 1924, hardcover in green cloth with gilt finish ( very much in the style of th Oxford Series of Collected Verse)  Includes Mangan, Goldsmith, thomas Moore, William Carleton, Gerald Griffin, Samuel...

Kaiser William II ( Wilhelm) - My Memoirs 1878-1918 - HB 1st Edition 1922

''When I was a Prince I purposely held aloof from party politics, concentrating my entire attention upon my duties in the different army branches to which I was assigned. This afforded me satisfaction and filled up my whole life. For this reason I...

James Rennie - Insect Architecture - HB -1857 ( Illustrated by John George Wood )

Insect Architecture is a book written by James Rennie and published in 1869. The book is a detailed exploration of the architectural structures created by various species of insects, including ants, bees, wasps, and termites. It examines the intricate...

Rosa N. Carey - Cousin Mona - HB - 1910

'The story of two girls suddenly bereft of their father- their mother having died during their childhood- and their trials is told in Miss Carey's interesting and inimitable way'  A reprint edition from the ' Religious Tract Society', who had issued...

Peadar O'Donnell - Adrigoole - HB US 1st Edition 1929

A hardcover US first edition, Putnam, 1929, of the novel by Peadar O'Donnell - Adrigoole. The second work by the writer and prominent Republican activist O'Donnell to be set in Donegal, recounting the misfortunes of a Cork family who all died of...

Ernest Hemingway - The Spanish Earth - HB - 1ST Edition Numbered - 1938 - RARE

The Spanish Earth by Ernest Hemingway published in Cleveland Ohio by The J. B. Savage Company, 1938. First (and sole) printing from the era. Illustrated by Frederick K. Russell,  introduction by Jasper Wood. A small format 60 page...

Frederic Arthur De Vere Robertson - Aircraft of the World - HB 1924

First edition, published by Oxford University Press, 1924, illustrated with colour plates, and black and white illustrations.  In illustrated boards, bumped and scuffed, binding tight, all images intact internally.  A history of aviation in...

Richard L.E Ford - 3 Vintage Nature Guides - British Reptiles and Amphibians, Eggs and Nests, British Wild Animals - ( Black's Young Naturalists Series) 1967 reprints

These three books are from the multi volume Black's Naturalist Series, published in teh 1960's. All three copies are former convent school reference library copies, and have a school name stamped on the blank endpapers, as well as brown ghostmarks from...

Walter de la Mare - The Three Mulla-Mulgars - HB 1st Edition, Illustrated 1921

A trio of royal monkey brothers — Thimble, Thumble, and Nod — receive a magical amulet from their mother, who instructs them to set out in search of their father. It's been many years since the father vanished after undertaking his own quest...

Walter de la Mare - Three Vintage POETRY HB - The Fleeting & Other Poems ( 1933 ), Stuff and Nonsense ( 1927) , Memory & Other Poems ( 1938 )

Three vintage hardcover Contable poetry collections from Walter de la Mare, all in unoiform pale green/ khaki cloth covers, two with titles tro front and spine, one without.  All in uniformly sized hardcover, all without dustjackets   Stuff...

Rudyard Kipling - The Five Nations - HB 1st Edition 1903 - Poetry

A hardcover first UK Edition, ( Methuen london, 1903) of Kipling's ' Five Nations' , including the text of Recessional ( firts published in the Times Newspaper in 1897.  Recessional" contains five stanzas of six lines each. As a recessional is...

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Gerard - HB -1903 - US 1st Edition

Adventures of Gerard (The Adventures of Gerard in some editions) is a volume collecting 8 linked short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published on 22 september 1903 by George Newnes , London. These short stories have been...

Edward F Griffith - Modern Marriage and Birth Control ( Left Book Club Edition ) ( Vintage PB 1937)

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Conrad Aiken ( Editor) - Modern American Poets - HB Modern Library Edition 1927

An anthology of American poetry -Modern American Poets ( from circa 1850-1920)  with contributions by Emily Dickinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Anna Hempstead Branch, Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Alfred Kreymborg, Wallace Stevens,...

Sophocles - Oedipus Coloneus ( With a Commentary by Shuckburgh & Jebb) - HB 1903 Edition )

With full text in greek , full commentary in English, notes , grammar, map, textual analysis .  Oedipus at Colonus (also Oedipus Coloneus Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ...

Collins Forward Library - Danger and Pluck - Vintage Adventure Tales HB 1900'S

Undated, published as part of the Collins Forward library Series. Looks to be circa 1905-1910 - the content refers to the exploration by Nansen of Greenland in the mid 1890's among a host of other tales, many set at sea, and including a few historical...

Browne, T.H - A History of the English Turf 1904-1930 ( Volume 1 ) - HB - 1931 - Horse Racing

Intended as a supplementary updating to the larger 'History of the English Turf' by T.A Cook.  In brown cloth, leather effect covers, with an embossed gold image of seated rider on front cover.    Contains black and white photographic...

Knobel, Elizabeth - When Little Thoughts Go Rhyming - HB USA - 1916 - Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright

Hardcover, published by Rand McNally, USA, 1916, Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright, colour plates inside throughout, and b&w illustrations interspersed in the text as well.  Previous period gift inscription to the blank endpaper, as well...

Schiller, Frederick - Works - Wallenstein, William Tell & History of the Revolt of the Netherlands - 1846 Bohn's Classics

Wallenstein is the popular designation of a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp (Wallensteins Lager), a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini (Die Piccolomini),...

Edward John Plunkett ( Lord Dunsany) - Tales of War - UK HB 2nd Printing 1918

Tales of War was a political work. It often delves into the fantastic realm, which is partly why it is of interest to readers of classic Dunsany. Stories included in this collection are: The Prayer of the Men of Daleswood, The Road, An Imperial Monument,...

Begbie, Harold - The Lady Next Door - HB 1ST Edition 1914

"The Lady Next Door", in other words, Ireland, is an account of the tour of Ireland by a pro-Home Rule British Liberal journalist, published in 1914. It provides valuable interview material and personal impressions of several prominent Nationalists and...

Francois Deschamps - L'intrepide Marcel - HB 1907 ( In French )

Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 297 pages  ( & 11 pages advertisements) . - coiffes et coins frottés - Tranches, titres et motifs sur le 1er plat dorés.  This edition 1907 - Paris,...

Seaman, Owen - War-Time Verses - PB 1914 - Poetry

Seaman, Owen [1861-1936]   Published London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover, with wraparound green paper covers, heavily creased and cracked to spineIn original green wrappers. Owen Seaman was the...

Report of the Superintendent of Education of the Province of Quebec 1876-1877

Published as a parliamentary report bythe legislative assembly of Quebec, Canada, 1876-77, this iss the full text based account of school inspections carried out throughout the province ( sometimes frank, sometimes critical, and often despairing of teh...

Earp, T.W - Augustus John - HB - Illustrated - 1930

Hardcover, published by Nelson & Sons UK, Undated but circa 1930.  Untrimmed pages, ( some at rear are still uncut) , includes 6 full colour reproductions. Green cloth with titles in dark green to front. Ths copy has a neat bookshop stamp from...

Hayden, Arthur - Chats on English China - HB - 1922 - Antiques

Originally published 1904, this is the 10th printing, 1922, of a guide to English china and ceramics, illustrated throughout. published in this hardcover edition by T Fisher Unwin, London.  Chapters on - Old Derby, Chelsea China, Bow China, Old...

Fitzpatrick, William John ( Editor) - The Life, Times and Correspondence of the Rev Dr Doyle Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin - Volume 1 ( to 1826) - 1880

Issued as a two volume edition, This is a second edition ( revised and expanded edition) of the collected letters and correspondence of Rev Doyle, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kildare and Leighin ( known as JKL)  This is volume 1 only, with...

An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the management and improvement of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks and Chases; of the Land Revenue within England & Ireland , 19th June 1829 - Act of Parliament

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C.A.P 9th & 10th Victoria - An Act to Alter Certain Duties of Commons - 26th June 1846 - House of Commons Act of British Parliament

An original Uk act of parliament, rebound preofessionally in brown cloth covers , titles in gilt to front cover - an original act of the Uk parliament, printed by Ryre and spottiswoode, 1946, London - this act deals with teh increase in Customs charges...

O'Donoghue, David J - Life of William Carleton - Vol 1 -1896 HB Literary Biography

A hardcover first edition, Downey & Company , London, 1896, of the biography of William Carleton ( issued as two seperate volumes, this being volume 1 covering his youth and rise to fame as an author. Includes full list of all his publications,...