A Biography of Yeats' Beloved Maud Gonne
Illus. 436pp. 8vo, d.w.; light wear to d.w. NY: Readers Digest Press, 1976. More
Illus. 436pp. 8vo, d.w.; light wear to d.w. NY: Readers Digest Press, 1976. More
Dublin: William Curry, Jun, 1839. Illustrations Phiz. Frontis, engraved title page plus 20 plates. xv + 344 pages. 8vo, brown polished calf with elaborately gilt-decorated spine; foxing to some plates, minor scuffing at spine ends and some edges. Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. A very good(+) copy of this handsomely bound book. More
Dublin: Curry, 1841. Edited by Harry Lorrequer, with Illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 2 volumes. Frontispieces, extra titles, and 40 other plates by Browne. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 light brown calf with ornately gilt spine (leather rubbed but sound and attractive). Dublin: William Curry, 1841. First Edition in volume form. Very good. The most popular of Lever's novels. It displays "his best qualities at their best." Halkett & Laing I 321. Houfe 248. More
Edinburgh: Lizars, William, 1832. Map (diptych-north and south joined, image measuring 32 x 20 1/2 inches). Engraving with original full hand coloring and peach color border. Beautifully detailed map of Ireland. Colored by counties. Towns, rivers, lakes, and mountains are noted. William Home Lizars (1788--1859) was an engraver and painter based in Edinburgh. After the death of father, Daniel Lazars, he took up the family engraving business and expanded into etching and copperplate printing. This lovely map is a fine..... More
Edinburgh: Lizars, William, 1832. Map (diptych-north and south). Engraving with original hand outline coloring. Each image measures 16.5" x 20.75", each page measures 19" x 22.5". Beautifully detailed map of Ireland with rail and ship lines and distances. Ink manuscript pagination. Some offsetting and light stains but overall in good condition. Can be joined to form a large map. William Home Lizars (1788--1859) was a Scottish engraver and painter based in Edinburgh. After the death of father, Daniel Lizars, he..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. 320 pages. 8vo, white boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. 236 pages. 8vo, navy cloth-backed boards with silver lettering, d.w. (sunned at tail). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989). First Edition. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Illus. w/photos. 499pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped). Boston, 1971. More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. 53pp., green cloth, d.w. London: Secker & Warburg, (1979). First Edition. Signed, and inscribed "Best wishes." More
London: Reeve, 1867. 207pp., title page darkened (perhaps from a newspaper article laid in). 12mo, blue cloth. London: Reeve & Co., 1867. First Edition. Very good (+). Scarce. Bookplate. More
London: bohn, 1848. 2 volumes, scattered black & white illustrations, 12mo, 3/4 green morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, ornately gilt spines. London: Bohn, 1848. Near Fine. More
London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. With over 400 illustrations in b/w and color. 503 pages. Large, thick 4to, mustard cloth, d.w. (London): Thames & Hudson, (2004). A fine copy in a lightly scuffed near fine dust wrapper. More
Glasgow: Alexander Maclaren, 1948. xvi + 281 pages, short 8vo, green cloth; lightly rubbed. Glasgow: Alexander MacLaren & Sons, (1948). A very good copy. More
1933. 2.25 x 4.5 inches, no place, dated March 27, 1933, with the addition of a sentiment written in Gaelic (not translated). Fine condition. Irish radical politician who served in the governments of Eamon de Valera and Sean Lemass in a range of ministerial positions. During the 1916 uprising, he mobilized at Dundalk and fought in the General Post Office Garrison. This action earned him a sentence of death, later commuted to life in prison and soon after, released in..... More
Portland: Mosher, 1903. 76 pages, slim 8vo, paper wrapper over boards. Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1902. One of only 450 copies. More
New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. 8vo, blue cloth stamped in white. New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. First American Edition. The end-papers are browned, with a small ownership rubber-stamp. More
Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1979. Illus. Small 8vo, pr. wrs. (Dublin): Gill and Macmillan, (1979). Very good(+). More
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1946. Frontis. 8vo, green cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing, (1946). More
Glasgow: Chapman and Hall, 1895. Being the Introduction to the Edition of His Miscellaneous Works, Published in 1816. Frontispiece portrait. This is the extra-illustrated edition with 25 fine contemporary engravings. 210pp. Short 8vo, bound in contemporary brown 1/2 leather over marbled boards (rubbed but sound and attractive; large contemporary inked name on flyleaf). Glasgow: R. Chapman, (no date, circa 1895). Very good. A very good copy of this limited extra-illustrated edition. Number "0:" of only fifty copies. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1967). Very good. More
Brussels: Erasme, 1947. 64 black & white plates. Tall slim square 8vo, rust cloth (rubbed at the top of spine). Brussels: Editions Erasme, 1947. First Edition. Very good. Les Publications de Scriptorium. Vol. I. With the small ownership label of art historiam Meyer Schapiro. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. 288 pages. 8vo, two-toned black and red cloth, top edge of pages dyed red, d.w. (toned, price-clipped and edgeworn). New York: The Viking Press, (1959). Pages lightly toned. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
456pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Barnes & Noble, (1996). vg. More
London: Becket, 1799. 86pp. 8vo, modern wrappers. London: T. Becket, 1799. Second Edition. Very good. Satirical poem in defense of Patrick Duigenan's answer to Henry Grattan's Irish address. Old signature on title. More
London: Harrap, 1946. Illustrated in black and white. 331 pages, 8vo, blue cloth (outer joint torn; spine sunned, very small paint stains on front cover and the folding map on page 290 has a closed tear). London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1946. A good copy. More
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