Marsh's Library, Dublin; All Graduates & Gentlemen
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003. Illus. 4to, brown boards, d.w. sunned on front and spine portions, d.w. with small tear, bottom of front board faded. (Dublin): Four Courts Press, (2003). More
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003. Illus. 4to, brown boards, d.w. sunned on front and spine portions, d.w. with small tear, bottom of front board faded. (Dublin): Four Courts Press, (2003). More
Dublin: 1863. 1 page, 7.25 x 4.5 inches, Dublin, June 19, 1863, to Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, a fellow explorer and surveyor who named the highest mountain in the world after Sir George Everest, his friend and predecessor in the post of Surveyor-General of India, in full: "Very many thanks for the card of visitation for the 24th which you have sent me. Had I remained in town to the present time, it would have been a strong..... More
Staten Island: Stone Street, 1996. 74 pages Thin 12mo, bound with hand made and lettered paper; Japanese four hole binding; collaged label. Staten Island: Stone Street Press, (1996). A near fine copy of this handsome, and hand-made, book. One of 1001 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1996. Frontispiece, 8vo, full black morocco, ornately gilt covers and spine, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1996). A fine copy. Signed on the limitation page and on the certificate of authenticity. More
New York: Scribner, 1996. Frontis. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (New York): Scribner, (1996). Very good. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Hyperion, (1998). vg. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1943. 306 pages. 8vo, blue boards, spine and edges faded. London: Faber & Faber, (1943). A very good(-) solid copy. More
1925. 3.5 x 4.5 inches, no place, February 24, 1925. Signed in full with the addition of a sentiment written in Gaelic (not translated). Very good(+) condition. Irish radical politician who, in 1916, joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He fought in Marrowbone Lane in the Easter Uprising and was subsequently jailed in Wormwood Scrubs and Brixton prisons in England. He was a member of the Irish Republican Army, the guerrilla army of the Irish Republic, and successfully organized many bank..... More
Boston: Little Brown, 1997. 70 black-and-white photographs by Simon Marsden. 128 pages, oblong 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Boston: A Bulfinch Press Book--Little, Brown and Company, (1997). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Crescent Books, n.d. More
Dublin: 1928. 3.5 x 4.5 inches, signed %u201CJames McNeill," Dublin, February 2, 1928. Near fine condition. Irish politician and diplomat who served as first High Commissioner to London and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State. More
Cologne: Petrus Bertius, 1618. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 19 5/8" x 15 3/4". This ancient map of the British Isles issued by Gerard Mercator was first published in the 1584 edition of Tablae Geographicae. This Ptolemaic map includes the present-day United Kingdom, Ireland, and shows parts of France and Germany. The map includes an ornate title cartouche and a sea monster that appears to be a cross between a bird and a fish. Important towns and cities..... More
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1612. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13 1/4 x 15 inches. Sheet measures 18 x 22 inches. Stains and chips to margins but otherwise in good condition. Beautiful map of the eastern part of Ulster, featuring Down and Antrim Counties in Northern Ireland. Mercator's famous moire pattern in the sea is used and relief is shown pictorially. The map appears in the French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was an accomplished mathematician..... More
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968. Preface by John Stallworthy. A collection of twelve papers published separately between March 1965 and April 1968. Illustrated, 523 pages, orange cloth, d.w.board slipcase. Dublin: Dolmen Press, (1968). First Edition. Near Fine. One of 850 copies signed by the editor. More
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1968. Preface by Jon Stallworthy. Illustrated profusely in black and white. xvi, 523 pages. 8vo, red cloth with black spine label, lacking dust wrapper. Minor interior foxing, small stain at rear. Overall, a very good(+) copy. Originally published between March, 1965 and April, 1968 as twelve separate papers this copy is one of 850 sets signed by the editor. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1977. 209 pages. 8vo, tan boards with green spine, lacking a dust wrapper. Boston: Little Brown, (1977). A very good copy, boards unevenly sunned. More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1987. 158 illustrations, 77 in color. Small square 4to, green cloth, pictorial d.w. New York: Thames and Hudson, (1987). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Dublin: M. H. Gill, 1918. Illustrated. xlvii, 463pp. 8vo, green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, edges of corners lightly worn. Dublin: M. H. Gill, 1918. Very good. Journal of an Irish prisoner originally written in 1854. He was aboard various prison ships. Mitchel writes of his time aboard the ships and the ports he visited. He traveled from Dublin to the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, San Francisco and finished in New York. More
New York: Knopf, 1977. With 86 full-bleed plates in full color, 48 black and white illustrations. 4to, brown blind-stamped cloth, dust wrapper (lightly worn at upper edge and a clean vertical slit on the front cover). New York: Knopf, 1977. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Swan Sonnenschien, 1887. 254 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1887 Inscribed "To Evelyn Marshall Field in memory of the summer in Munich."The spine is partially destroyed, & the front cover is loose, but otherwise a fine, clean copy of a scarce book, in a half morocco slipcase. With the bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon. More
Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1816. [4], 176 pages. 12mo, full contemporary calf with gilt spine and borders (spine and front joint rubbed and neatly repaired but still attractive; several early ownership signatures; light spotting on a handful of pages, otherwise clean). Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1816. First American edition. A very good copy of this scarce American imprint. OCLC lists only 6 copies. -- Shaw/Shoemaker 38280. More
104 black & white plates, small 4to, white cloth, d.w. (slightly worn), Stuttgart: Gustav Kilpper, (1958). Very Good. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
New York: Franklin, 1811. 3 volumes in one, 279 pages, overall browning, 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, joints strengthened, red leather label on spine. New York: Franklin Company, 1811. First Edition. Very good. Scarce. A commentary on the effects of European colonialism & religious intolerance. Essential reading for anyone interested in Romantic Orientalism, Ireland and the development of the early 19th century novel. OCLC 2376647; Shaw & Shoemaker 23436;. More
London: Mackenzie. Pictorial title pagess, and over 200 full-page charming chromolithographic plates on heavy stock. 6 volumes. 4to, elaborate gilt-decorated burgundy cloth, all edges gilt, some foxing. London: William Mackenzie, no date (circa 1868-1877). A very good(+) set. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1999. Profusely illustrated with photographic images. 240 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper has very light wear. New York: Barnes & Noble, (1999). A near-fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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