Antiquarian Books

Saki ( H.H Munro ) - The Square Egg | The Toys of Peace | The Westminster Alice | When William Came | Reginald and Reginald in Russia | Beasts and Super-Beasts - 6 Volume HB c1929

A partial set (6 uniform volumes) of the collected works of H.H Munro - who wrote under the penname Saki , published by The Bodley Head UK, circa 1929/30 ( the first printing of this collected ediiton was 1926, the originals mostly date from the period...

P.W Joyce - Irish Names of Places - Volume III - HB - c 1918

Hardcover, presumed first edition, 1918 ( but Phoenix/ Talbot publishing were notoriously bad for putting dates of publication on reprint on their titles, meaning this could also be a subsequent (uncredited) reprint.  In the original slightly faded...

P.W Joyce - Irish Names of Places - Volume III - HB - 1918

Hardcover, presumed first edition, 1918 ( but Phoenix/ Talbot publishing were notoriously bad for putting dates of publication on reprint on their titles, meaning this could also be a subsequent ( uncredited) reprint.  Rebound professionally in...

''Political Economy''(R.W Gamble- Pseudonym) - The Irish Landlord and his Accusers, with an Account of Misguided Legislation and Consequent Demoralization and Danger, Social and Political - HB 1882

The Irish Landlord and his Accusers is an 1882 book by R.W. Gamble detailing the intense social, political, and economic conflicts between Irish landowners and tenant farmers.The book traces the era's agrarian agitation, including tenant unrest, early...

Leopold Mc Clintock - The Voyage of the Fox in Arctic Seas - HB - 1908

Hardcover, published by John Murray UK , 1908. Illustrated with period photographs and drawings, as well as fold out maps. The first 'Popular Edition' (a lower cost mass market edition)  Heavy age foxing (spotting) throughout internally. Binding is...

Julius Benedict - Benedict's Lily of Killarney ( Opera) - Vintage HB (Boosey & Co) - Words by Dion Bouccicault (The Colleen Bawn)

Hardcover in red cloth with black blue and gold / gilt finish  to front cover dsand wityh titles in faded gilt to spine.  Based on eth true story of the murder of the Colleen Bawn on the Shannon, this story saw many incarnations, both in a...

Thomas Davis - Essays and Poems - HB - c1918

An undated Gresham Publishing Company edition (circa 1915-1920) of the collected works of Irish nationalist Thomas Davis , comprising essays, political writings and poems ( Dvis died very young, aged 31 in 1845) - he is perhaps best known as the writer...

Darrell Figgis - A Chronicle of Jails - PB - 1917 - Talbot Press

Darrell Figgis (1882-1925) was a journalist, author and nationalist propagandist. William Murphy is a lecturer in Irish Studies at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Fearghal McGarry is a lecturer in Modern Irish History at...

John D'Alton & J.R O'Flanagan - The History of Dundalk - 1st Edition 1864 ( with Signed letters )

The History of Dundalk and its Environs. From the Earliest Historic Period to the Present Time; with Memoirs of its Eminent Men. Published by William Tempest , Dundalk  1864. First Edition. Pp, xvi, 40, Illustrated with 4 plates and five maps. With...

Denis Carolan Rushe - History of Monaghan for Two Hundred Years 1660-1860 - HB - 1921

A History Of Monaghan For Two Hundred Years: 1660-1860 by Denis Carolan Rushe (1852-1928) was published in 1921 by William Tempest Publishers, Dundalk. It covers the history of County Monaghan from the Restoration to just after the Famine ( and follows...

Missale Romanum, Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, S. PII V. Pontificus Maximi. Jussu Editum, et Clementis VIII. Et Urbani VIII. Auctoritate recognitum. Accuratissima Editio novis Missis et Indulto Apostolico Concessis Aucta.

Published in Dublin, mdccclviii Dublini: (Duffy, 1858) Quarto. pp. xliv, 468, 155 (Index), 5. Bound ( in what I'm assuming is a contem[porary or near contemporary full red morocco by James Duffy of Dublin - Duffy Binder Dublin' ( so bound by the...

Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett) - The Sword of Welleran - HB 1908 UK 1ST Edition

Hardcover, first edition ( date in Roman numerals as mcmviii [1908] to title page) published by George Allen & Sons, London.  Predates the (slightly commoner) US 1916 1st Edition ( Edward Luce, Boston) by 8 years.  Lacks original...

Harrap & Co. Publishers - Essays of Today and Yesterday Series - 8 HB 1926

A collection of 8 uniformly sized books, as issued in small format hardcovers with illustrated covers, text in gilt to spine on each. ( This is not the complete collection, as further books were planned for the series)  A previous owner has added...

Piaras Béaslaí - Michael Collins and the Making of New Ireland - HB - 2 Volume Set (Phoenix PressReprint) - 1930

Published by The Phoenix Publishing Company, Dublin, 1930, a two volume uniform hardcover set in pale green cloth with titles in ( faded) gilt to spine.  Reprint from December 1926, the first printing being in NOVEMBER 1926  A somewhat rare set...

A.W Ward, G.W Prothero & Stanley Leathes ( Editors) - The Cambridge Modern History , Volume II - The Reformation - HB 1904

The standalone second volume ( covering the European and English Reformation era ( approximately 1503 to the close of the council of Trent circa 1568) - a period in which all of Europe underwent rapid flux and change , and where religion, wars of...

Horace ( Edited & Translated by C.E Bennett) - Odes and Epodes - HB - 1927

Published by William Heinemann, London & New York, 1927, small format hardcover, edited and translated by C.E Bennett  of Cornell University, originally published 1914.  Moderate to heavy underlining throughout the text in pencil...

Howard Angus Kennedy - The New World Fairy Book - HB 9th Edition Reprint, 1932 ( Originally 1904)

Hardcover, this edition published by Dutton USA, 9th reprint edition, 1932. A solid copy in red cloth , titles in decorative gilt littering to front and spine. In the original dustjacket which is chipped, edgeworn and dustdarkned, as well as being...

Lytton Strachey - Eminent Victorians - Vintage HB - 1932

 Cardinal Manning * Florence Nightingale * Thomas Arnold * General GordonLytton Strachey's biographical essays on four 'eminent Victorians' dropped a depth-charge on Victorian England when the book was published in 1918. It ushered in the modern...

James Morier - The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan ( Iran) - 2 Vol HB - 1895

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan is a satirical Oriental novel, written in 1824 by James Justinian Morier, a former British envoy who lived in Qajar dynasty Iran (Persia) in 1808–1809 and 1810–1814, amidst the diplomatic difficulties...

S.R Crockett - Red Cap Tales - HB 1908

Red Cap TalesStolen From the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North [SCOTT, Sir Walter] / CROCKETT, S.R. A & C Black, 1908 ( The first edition was 1904) . Orange pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on the upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 16...

E.K Chambers ( Editor) - The Oxford Book of English Verse : 1250-1918 - HB New Edition 1953 ( Originally 1900)

First published in 1932 (this is a 1950 reprint, hardcover without the original plain dustjacket.    Internally unmarked but light uneven sunning/ faded to external blue cloth covers.   

S.R Crockett - Red Cap Tales - HB - Illustrated - 1908

Gresham Publishing Company - Irish Orators and Oratory - HB c1915

Hardcover, published by Gresham Publishing, undated as was the usual policy with Gresham Editions, lacking the dustjacket. Embossed with a convent ownership stamp, no other marks or damage noted.  Solid in green cloth covers, scuffing to covers, but...

George A. Birmingham - Up the Rebels - Vintage 1923 HB

George Birmingham was the pseudonym of James Owen Hannay (1865-1950), an Ulster clergyman who was also a supporter of the Gaelic League. He was a prolific author, here giving an account of the new Irish Republic. Originally 1919, here in the third...

Oxford Books - The Great Book of School Stories For Boys- Vintage HB - 1931

Undated, but probable 1930's . A solid copy, illustrated throughout, with some full page colour images also. Crack ( but holding) to front edge of binding.  There is a school prize inscription. dated 1932, Birr, Offaly on the blank endpage...

Collins Schoolboys Annual - Vintage HB

Undated, but probable 1930's . A solid copy, illustrated throughout, with some full page colour images also. The title page is loose, otherwise binding solid.  Tales of derring do, brave schoolboys, colonial adventures etc. Almost a throwback to...

Dean Books Publishing - Ideal Book for Boys - Vintage HB 1950

Undated but circa 1950 (with a gift inscripion dated 1951) - this is an 'Adventure Stories For Boys'' collection of derring do tales , with illustrations ( And note that given the era, the depictions here differ from what woyuld be in a modern book) 

Horace Greeley - The American Conflict - Two Volume Set 1865-67 - US First Printings

Hartford: O.D. Case & Company, 1865-7. First edition, first issue (copyright 1866; title page dated 1867). Hardcover set of two. Very good. Bound in embossed leather (?) over marbled paper boards, with gilt spine titles on red leather labels, raised...

W. Morley Punshon - John Bunyan - A Lecture - Rebound Pamphlet

Booklet in a modern marbled boards rebinding, undated but 19th century, on the author of the hugely inflential Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory. 

Hugh Egerton - Proposals Relating to Parliamentary Reform : A Sketch of the History of the Question since 1832 - HB Rebound Booklet - 1883

Rebound in marbled effect boards, the original pamphlet is 31 pages, published by Conservative Central Office, 1883. 

W.E Gladstone - Parliamentary Oaths - A Speech 1883 ( Rebound Booklet)

The full text of a House of Commons speech by Gladstone, , April 1883, rebound in modern  marbled effect boards, with paper label fixed to front. Original booklet is 16 pages, published by the National Press Agency, London. 

Walter Scott / Waverley Novels ( Circa 1880) (21 Book Collection)

Sir Walter Scott / Waverley Novels Circa 1880 (21 Book Collection)   Count robert of paris antiquary ivanhoe waverley castle dangerous ETC. the highland widow etc. woodstock the abbot the bride of lammermoor the monastery the talisman the black...

Patrick MacGill - Songs of the Dead End ( HB 1st Edition USA 1912)

A relatively uncommon First edition first impression Hardback Year Book Press publication of 'Songs of The Dead End' by Patrick MacGill. A collection of poetry including: 'The Navvy', 'The Bootless Bairn' and 'Hell McSurley's Bar, 1911' etc,. A Good...

William H. Prescott - History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella - 3 Volume Set - 1859-61 ( Third Edition) ( Originally 1837)

"The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic''  by William H. Prescott is a historical account written in 1837. This detailed work explores the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, focusing on their significant...

Dr Gordon-Stables - Alfred The Great - HB c 1900

Hardcover, undated but circa 1898-1901 ( the school gift label inside the front cover is dated 1902)  Dr Gordon-Stables was a RN doctor, this is one of a series of military themed adventure stories . Partly based on a history of the Anglo-Saxon King...

Hugo Riemann - Dictionary of Music ( Maynooth College Binding) - HB

A handsomely bound edition of Hugo Riemann's Dictionary of Music ( Augener's Edition, 9200) - translated by  J.S Shedlock. No date of publication, but the translation was originally in the 1890's .  Binding solid, marbled endpapers, quarter...

Robert Macintyre ( Editor) - Tales of Mystery - HB - 1930

A collection of 8 ' Tales of Mystery' published by Harrap UK, 1930, possibly intended as a school or study text, as it includes ' exercises at the rear cover.  Faded covers. 

Gustav Dore - The Doré Gift Book of Illustrations to the Idylls of the King - HB Illustrated

The plates bring together Doré's illustrations from Tennyson's poem sequence Idylls of the King, namely Enid, Elaine, Vivien and Guinivere. These were each published separately by London publisher Moxon. "One of the finest lyrists of the English...

Lucy Graham-Toler ( Countess of Norbury) - Summers of yesterday : or, memoirs and Wanderings in Northern Lands - 1934 - HB Scandinavia Travel

Published byCassell UK 1934. 160pp. 10 plates (4 in colour). 8vo. First edition. Light blue cloth binding, the front cover with dark blue title and author, the spine with the same plus publisher. Dust jacket is foxed, protected by a clear transparent...

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...

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,...

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...

E.A D'Alton - History of Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Present Day - 6 VOLUME FULL SET - Gresham Publishing 1910 ( 3rd revised EDITION)

The printing history of this series is somewhat complex - and as follows - Originally published in 1903 ( the first edition , but incomplete).  -  this was a long-running project covering Irish history from the ‘earliest times to the...

Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine)

Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with...

T.H Browne - 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...

Elizabeth Knobel - 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...

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...

T.W Earp - 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...

William John Fitzpatrick ( Editor) - The Life, Times and Correspondence of the Doctor 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...