OUP 1912. 1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. 163pp. + 128pp. 110 plates. Light marginal browning, ex.-lib. with sm. marginal blind stamps to plates, rebound in modern cloth with gilt lettered morocco title label to spine. With 1611 illustrations depicted on the plates. US$270 (Book ref. 164129) £150.00
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[156474] Crookshank, Anne & The Knight of Glin. THE PAINTERS OF IRELAND c.1600-1920. Foreword by James White.
Barrie & Jenkins 1978. 1st Ed. 4to. 303pp. 65 cold. plates, 285 ills. Margins lightly browned, original cloth sl. rubbed, sl. bumped, d/w. creased and curled to tail with sl. loss to corners. US$108 (Book ref. 156474) £60.00
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[161833] Bourke, Cormac (Editor). FROM THE ISLES OF THE NORTH Early Medieval Art in Ireland and Britain.
Belfast HMSO 1995. 1st Ed. 4to. xi + 280pp. Numerous figures. Very good in d/w. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Insular Art held in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, 7-11 April 1994. US$63 (Book ref. 161833) £35.00
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[152638] (1901 Glasgow). IRELAND: Industrial and Agricultural. Handbook for the Irish Pavilion Glasgow International Exhibition 1901.
Dublin Eire HMSO 1901. Royal 8vo. [x] + 290pp. Profusely ills., several folding plans. Marginal browning, rebound in modern gilt lettered cloth. US$225 (Book ref. 152638) £125.00
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[147187] Pollard, A.W. & Redgrave, G.R. (Compilers). A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND. And of English Books printed abroad 1475-1640.
The Bibliographical Society 1969. Facsimile of 1946 Ed. Royal 8vo. xvi + 609pp. Original cloth with gilt to spine, lightly soiled. US$86 (Book ref. 147187) £48.00
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[153545] Clark, Hugh & Wormull, Thomas (Engravers). THE ARMS OF NOBILITY, Of England, Scotland, & Ireland, bought down to the year 1778. With the Mottos translated into English.
G Kearsly March 12th 1778. Sm. thin 8vo. xvi. Engraved frontis., 72 plates including 7 blank. Some plates split along lower ‘frame’ of image with several lacking the lower portion, light spotting, original wrapps., some soiling, rebacked in modern paper. US$153 (Book ref. 153545) £85.00
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[150213] Burke, John. A GENERAL AND HERALDIC DICTIONARY OF THE PEERAGES Of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance. [ENGLAND].
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831. viii + [ii] + 632pp. Lightly browned port. frontis. (edges very sl. waterstained). Marbled e.ps. and edges, ex.-libris Thomas Bartholomew, inner gilt dentelles, gilt filleted edges, full gilt edged pigskin sl. rubbed to edges, head of joints sl. cracked, gilt ruled raised bands gilt compartments and gilt title to lightly faded spine. US$360 (Book ref. 150213) £200.00
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[159703] Stockdale, John (Publisher). THE LONDON KALENDAR: Or, Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1804. Including a List of the present Parliament, more extensive and useful than in any other Book of the Kind yet published. Containing England. I. Lists of both Houses of Parliament; the State, Law, Revenue, and Public, Offices, at the Court, in the City of London, and different Parts of the Kingdom; the Army and Navy: Baronets, Universities, Seminaries, Medical Societies, Hospitals, &c. &c. ... [And] RIDERS’S BRITISH BERLIN: For the Year at Our Lord God 1804. Being Bissextile or Leap Year ... [And] THE ARMS OF THE Peers, Peeresses, &c. of England Scotland, and Ireland ... [And] NEW COMPANION to the London and Royal Calendars, or Court and City Register, for the Year 1804: ...
... London N.d. c.[1803]-04. Large 12mo. iv + 60pp. + 363pp. + 120pp. 96 engraved copper plates of Arms. Some light browning, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, gilt fillet edged straight grained morocco, extremities rubbed, dec. gilt ruling and motifs with gilt lettering to sl. creased spine. US$288 (Book ref. 159703) £160.00
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[155048] Malham, Rev. John. THE GRAND NATIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Civil and Ecclesiastical, From the Earliest Period of Genuine Record to the Year 1816; Comprehending A Faithful Narrative of Historical Occurrences from the First Sources, Their Causes, and the Consequences and Events Therewith Connected; Describing With the Strictest Impartiality, the Various Changes and Revolutions Which Have Been Effected in the British Dominions, and the True Principles by Which They Have Been Occasioned; Including the Modern History of Europe, From the Commencement of the Reign of King George the Third, So far as it is connected with a faithful Representation of these Realms and the Government of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland; and containing a copious Display of Interesting Anecdote, of biographical Character, of instructing Narrative, and of authentic History, founded on the best Information and Authority.
Thomas Kelly ... 1816. 2nd Ed., Enlarged, With An Appendix, Containing An Account of the Progress of the Sciences, from the Earliest Times. Folio. vi + 1114pp. + xxii. Allegorical frontis., additional engraved t.p., map, 36 plates. Light browning, ex.-lib. with bookplates and markings to verso of t.p., contemporary gilt block edged tree calf, corners bumped with sl. loss to calf, minor marking to boards, intricate gilt dec. spine chipped with loss. This compilation, more generally known as ‘Lowndes’s History’, had been previously issued under Malhams editorship in 1812. US$540 (Book ref. 155048) £300.00
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[157681] (George V). AN ACCOUNT OF THE CEREMONY IN WESTMINSTER HALL on Thursday May 9th 1935 on the occasion of the PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES by Both Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to His Majesty King George V Congratulating Him on the Celebration of the Silver Jubilee of His Most Illustrious Reign.
CUP 1935. Sm. thin 4to. Black and blue printed t.p. 1 plan, 2 phototype plates., dec. one cold. initial letters. Ex.-libris David D. Reid, ex.-New College lib. with bookplate and ink stamp, full gilt lettered morocco with intricate gilt chain to edges and gilt devices to upper board, morocco rubbed to two compartments, material d/w. sl. frayed and marked, t.e.g. Enclosed in cloth slipcase with bookplate removed from one board. With ‘The Silver Jubilee Ceremonial to be Observed at the Presentation of Addresses To His Majesty The King ...’ 9th May 1935. [viii]pp. Original wrapps. With lib. bookplate loosely inserted. US$225 (Book ref. 157681) £125.00
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[152348] (Ireland). Craggs, Stewart R. (Compiler). JOHN IRELAND. A catalogue, discography and bibliography. With an introduction by Geoffrey Bush.
O.U.P. 1993. xviii + 161pp. Very good in d/w. US$54 (Book ref. 152348) £30.00
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[152392] Beedell, A. V. THE DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH MUSICIAN 1788-1888. A family of English Musicians in Ireland, England, Mauritius and Australia.
O.U.P. 1992. xv + 329pp. 23 ills. Very good in d/w., lightly browned to inner flaps. US$63 (Book ref. 152392) £35.00
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[153774] Cruickshank, Dan. A GUIDE TO GEORGIAN BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 320pp. Numerous ills. Margins lightly browned, d/w. lightly browned & rubbed. US$45 (Book ref. 153774) £25.00
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[152630] (1853 Dublin). IRELAND’S CRYSTAL PALACE, 1853.
... OUP 1981. Thin 8vo. pp.249-270. Rebound in gilt lettered buckram. From Irish Population edited by J.M. Goldstrom. US$36 (Book ref. 152630) £20.00
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