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London: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 1904. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 39, black printed covers grubby, creased and stained, some minor losses to bottom edge, top corner turned, some staining continues through to early pages but improves thereafter, some dog-earred pages and the occasional mark. Includes a P & O Passengers' Luggage form (unused).

London: David Nutt, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. London: David Nutt, 1904. First edition. Very Good. Part I (of three) of Epochs of Irish History, the others, by the same author, being Early Christian Ireland (published in 1905) and Ireland Under the Northmen (never published although Hull did produce The Northmen in Britain in 1913). The joint publisher of this volume is M.H. Gill of Dublin. Some fraying to foredge of cover, corners and spine ends a little rubbed, a faint stain to front, spine tanned, interior with a crack starting to front hinge but otherwise crisp and clean, the binding is tight. A very good copy.

London: Oxford Medical Publications, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, pp. vi, (4), 188, publishers original plum coloured grained cloth with black and gilt lettering, very slight fading to top and bottom of spine, otherwise bright and fresh, end papers slightly toned, owners' signatures to ffep, signed on title page by author, old tape stain on page opposite title page with shadow on title page, interior otherwise fresh, binding sound.

Baile Atha Cliath: Oifig An tSolathair, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo, pp. 566, dust jacket torn and with small losses, rubbed, original blue cloth with gilt lettering a little rubbed, interior with tanned end papers, fore edge foxed, occasional foxing within but largely clean, binding tight.

London: Faber and Faber, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. London: Faber and Faber, 1961 First UK edition Near Fine/good Dj spine faded and with minor splits to top of spine and corners, contents with very occasional foxing mark, otherwise clean and with tight binding

London, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 16mo, pp. 56, cream coloured covers with yellow ochre lettering, grubby, interior with a single stain to the first page, thereafter clean and bright, slight bruise to corners, binding sound.

Proscenium Press. First thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, original fawn cover with brown lettering and decoration, these a little grubby, some mild handling creases, split to front hinge at base, corners bumped, price sticker to back cover and inside front cover, a stain to the top of pages throughout, not affecting text, some incidental foxing amongst the opening and closing pages, otherwise clean, binding sound.

London: Faber and Faber, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, pp. 128, unclipped dust jacket mildly rubbed and with minor creases, some very light toning to spine but otherwise bright, as is the original red cloth with gilt lettering, the odd mark to opening and closing pages but substantially clean, bright and crisp throughout, some very mild foxing to fore edge, tight binding.

Chicago: Bantam Books, 1958. First edition thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 245, pictorial cover, rubbed, corners bumped, spine creased, interior largely clean, page edges yellowed, binding opening at front hinge but sound.

London, 1948. Paperback. Good. London, 1948 First edition Paperback Good Biography by Eric Newton, the exhibition catalogue from the Tate Gallery, held between March and May, 1948 Cover grubby, small tear to bottom edge, content pages a little creased, otherwise clean

Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo, pp. 120, original blue cloth with black lettering, faded spine, rubbed, interior crisp and clean, the merest hint of foxing to fore edge, binding tight.

Boscombe, Hants.: A. P. Measures. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. P. Mendoza and H. L. Oakley. 4to, pp. (8), colour wraps, black and white illustrations within, cover bright and fresh, staples rusted, interior similar. A concert programme for 'The Pedlars', the 32nd Division concert party, c.1919, includes list of personnel, performers and back stage members, and a number of cartoons and silhouettes of 'Our Generals'. With loosely inserted slip detailing cast changes. The 32nd Division was a New Army organisation, raised mainly in the north of England. They fought on the Somme in 1916, in the environs of the Ancre in 1917 and back to the Somme in 1918. Rare, particularly in this condition.

Cambridge: Pembroke College. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 40-70 per volume, in cream papers covers with black or blue printing, these lightly soiled, edges creased and some loses to upper margin of first three, interiors with some occasional foxing, otherwise largely clean and crisp, binding sound. Scarce.

London: Whittaker & Co., 1837. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo, pp. xii, folding map, 335, contemporary half calf over marbelled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, boards rubbed and paper lifting in places, corners bumped, early pages with some foxing, owner's name to title page some pages with folded corners and some light insect damage, not affecting text, principally to prelim pages but also on one occasion later on, map with some toning, all edges marbelled, binding tight.

Mexico City: Ediciones Tolteca, 1953. First Mexican edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp.443, full calf with gilt tooling and lettering, rubbed, particularly on bottom edge, interior with marbled end papers, text crisp, clean and bright, binding tight.

Manchester: Carcanet Press Limited, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo, pp. 208, unclipped dust jacket with some toning, especially to top edge, original cloth and gilt lettering crisp, interior with some foxing to the end papers, prelims and fore edge, author's signature dated May 1989 on front end paper, binding sound.

Liverpool: George Philip and Sons, 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Coloured map of Ireland on thirty sheets backed onto linen, each sheet 6 x 4 inches, contained in a blind stamped gilt decorated and lettered cloth case, damaged at top of spine which does not affect map, the latter clean, a few folds on lower edge, again not affecting map itself, advertisements at opening a little grubby and with owner's name to top of page. Scarce this fine.

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1912. Hardcover. Good +. Percy Tarrant. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1912. First edition. Good +. Percy Tarrant. A scarce book. Gilt and black decorated green cloth, faded to spine, corners a little rubbed, interior crisp and clean, edges a little dust dulled, presentation inscription on dark grey fep deleted with black marker pen, binding sound.

Dublin: R.M. Timms, M. Keene & Son and F.W. Wakeman, 1833. 1st English Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. xxxii, xxxii, 37-361, errata bound in at rear, original dark green cloth with paper label title, this with a minor chip, to spine, with some marks but overall clean, spine dulled, interior with some foxing, particularly in and around illustrations and maps, ink owner's name to fep and a pencilled observation on ffep 'A melancholy instance of how a book should not be written', top and fore edges uncut, binding tight. O'Brien had obtained a B.A. at Trinity College in 1831 and a year later he published his dissertation on the Round Towers of Ireland which he submitted to the Royal Irish Academy for a prize of a gold medal and purse of £50. The award went to George Petrie but O'Brien was awarded a consolation prize of £20. Pages xii - xxxii of this book are reprinted letters from O'Brien to various officers of the Academy to put his case as to why he too… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1986. Hardcover. Good/Good. London: Hutchinson, 1986. Reprint. Good/good. D.j. price clipped, spine faded, a few minor tears and cover creased, interior with foxing, mainly to prelim and closing pages and foredge, signed and dedicated by author on title page, binding tight.