201. Moriarty, Christopher.

A Guide to Irish Birds.

First edition. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1967. 11cm x 18 cm. 176 pages. With numerous photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Previous owner’s sticker to half title.

202. Bence-Jones, Mark.

A Guide to Irish Country Houses.

Revised Edition. London, Constable, 1990. 22 cm x 30 cm. XXXI, 320 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition of a rare book.

203. [New York] Hall, Edward Hagaman.

A Guide to the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City of New York.

Tenth Edition. New York, The Laymen Club of the Cathedral, 1931. 12 x 17 cm. 142 pages with 42 illustrations. Frontispiece photograph of North Elevation of the Cathedral. Original softcover with illustrated front cover. Binding a little shaky with some pages loosened / Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by preowner on front endpaper.

204. Wright, Rev. G.N.

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a Large Map of the County [the large map is missing].

Original, true first edition from 1822. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, [1],159, [7] pages. With 4 [of 5] illustrations, including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover of the early 19th century. Binding in poor condition. Illustrations slightly stained only. First layer of the bookblock slightly detached. Even though the large folding map and one of the iillustrations is missing , a rare and important, early tourguide through Wicklow with romantic descriptions of Bray, Glendalough,Luggelaw etc.

205. [Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen] Molen, Lise van der.

A Guide to the Works of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. A Chronological Bibliography with a Key to the Collected Works on Microfilm.

Essex (Vermont), Argo Books, 1977. 24 cm x 15,5 cm. 202 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

206. Whymper, Edward.

A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. With 79 Illustrations & Maps.

Fourteenth Edition. London, John Murray, 1910. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. XIV, 224 pages. 79 illustrations. One fold-out panormic photograph of Schwarze Glacier at rear. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘The Valley of Zermatt and the Central Pennine Alps.’ Softcover – publisher’s originally illustrated wrappers. Good- condition with stronger signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Rear cover is loosened and repairs have been made to the binding with some sellotape . Binding firm and strong otherwise.

207. Schweik, Susan.

A Gulf So Deeply Cut. American Women Poets and the Second World War.

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. 15 x 23 cm. 385 pages. Paperback. With an emotional inscription/dedication from the author to american poet, Jane Cooper. Very good condition with only minor signs of usage.

208. Thomson, Arthur.

A Handbook of Anatomy for Art Students.

Fourth Edition. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1915. 15.5 cm x 22 cm. XVIII, 459 pages. 66 full black and white plates and numerous other illustrations throughout. Hardback bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Evidence of strong wear with damage to front cover and detached front free endpaper and half-title. A brown-paper hand-written nameplate in pen and ink on front pastedown and occasional pencil markings in text.Overall shaky and poor condition but interior still enjoyable.

209. Payne, A.A.

A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Navy. Chiefly described from those in the collection of A.A. Payne, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. of which there are some 2,500. Illustrated with nearly Sixty Portraits, Orders and Medals.

Place of publication unknown, J.B. Hayward & Son, 1981. 25 cm x 17,5 cm. LXIX, 811 pages. Original Hardcover. In protective mylar. The Mylar slightly torn. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt spine, gilt medallion design stamped on front cover.

210. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Ardley, Denis H.

A Handbook of Fly-Tying. Photographs by John Tarlton and Drawings by Herbert Marshall.

First Edition. London, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1977. 22.4cm x 13.8cm. 175 pages. With 5 colour plates and over 80 text illustrations. Original hardcover in original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

211. Brunner, Felix.

A Handbook of Graphic Reproduction Processes. – A Technical Guide including the Printmaking Processes for Art Collectors and Dealer, Librarians, Booksellers, Publishers, Artists, Graphic Designers and the Printing Trade.

Trilingual: English/German/French. Teufen, Arthur Niggi Ltd., 1972. 22,5 cm x 21 cm. 379 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

212. Steere, Edward,

A Handbook of the Swahili Language – As Spoken at Zanzibar.

Fourth Edition, Revised. London, The Sheldon Press, 1943. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 184 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Interior bright and clean.

213. Orrin, Geoffrey R. / Cowley, F.G.

A History of All Saints Church Oystermouth.

Oystermouth, All Saints Church, 1990. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 110 pages. 26 black and white photographs and plates throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

214. Barnouw, Erik.

A History of Broadcasting in the United States – Volume I: A Tower in Babel [Period from the Beginnings to 1933] / Volume II: The Golden Web – [Period 1933 to 1953] / Volume III: The Image Empire [Period from 1953 (to 1970)].

Mixed Editions: (Volume I in Second Edition / Volumes II/III in First Edition). Three Volumes (complete Set). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1969-1970. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I – 344 pages / Volume II – 390 pages / Volume III – 396 pages. All Volumes with many illustrations and photographs throughout. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s cloth with the dustjackets in protective Collector’s Mylar. The jackets with some loss and minor tears have been beautifully preserved. The Volumes all in excellent, very clean condition.

215. Roberts, J.A.G.

A History of China. Prehistory to c. 1800.

First Edition. Stroud, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. 18 x 25,4 cm XVIII, 252. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper. [A History of China – Volume I].

216. Sykes, Sir Percy.

A History of Exploration – From the earliest Times to the Present Day.

Second Edition. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1935. 8°. XIV, 374 pages including Index. With 25 illustrations and 35 maps (some folded). Original Hardcover (red cloth). Very good condition with some stronger signs of external wear (some staining to the binding). Occasional foxing. Bookplate on pastedown. Phantastic, underestimated publication.

217. O’Callaghan, Conor.

A History of Hello.

No. 204 of only 250 copies printed. Nimes, Grand Phoenix Press, 2003. Octavo. 18 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor staining to the frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition.

218. Rubens, Alfred.

A History of Jewish Costume. Foreword by James Laver.

Enlarged edition. Jerusalem, Weidenfeld and Nicolson Jerusalem Ltd., 1973. 24.5 cm x 32 cm. 221 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

219. [English History Collection] – Mitchell, R.J. and Leys, M.D.R.

A History of London Life.

Harmondsworth, Pelican, 1963. 11.2 cm x 18 cm. 348 pages. Original Softcover. Back cover is creased and page edges have yellowed with age. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

220. Otway-Ruthven, A.J.

A History of Medieval Ireland.

Second Edition. London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1980. 14.5cm x 22cm. XV, 454 pages including a fold-out-map showing Ireland around the year 1300. Original Hardcover. With original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

221. Holborn, Hajo.

A History of Modern Germany – 1648-1840.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 8°. XII, 531, XXVI pages. original Edition from 1967 in original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Spine sunned and tp edge slightly stained. Otherwise in very good condition. Former ownership signature on endpaper. Inside absolutely clean with NO markings. This is NOT a library copy.

222. Stafford, William C.

A History of Music.

Edinburgh, Printed for Constable & Co., 1830. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15.5 cm). Advertising-Pamphlet bound before the publication, Engraved title-page, VIII, 387 pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s cloth with Facsimile-spine-label. Excellent condition besides some minor foxing. Engraved title slightly loosened. [″Constable’s Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science & The Arts – Volume LII: History of Music”].

223. Finney, Theodore M.

A History of Music. Illustrated.

First edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 635 pages. With 15 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper.

224. [Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich.

A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty – Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, The Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, The Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and The Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong. The Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam : Being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been published.

A New Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). London, John Murray, 1821. Octavo. Volume I: XXXI, 341 pages / Volume II: [3], 282 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Marbled paper on boards of both volumes slightly damaged. Otherwise both Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

225. Perrot, Michelle (editor) / Goldhammer, Arthur (translator).

A History of Private Life. Volume IV: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War.

Cambridge / London, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1990. 17.5 cm x 23 cm. 713 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

226. Gann, L.H.

A History of Southern Rhodesia – Early Days to 1934.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965. 16 cm x 24 cm. X, 354 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Originnal dust jacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean. Dust jacket very good.

227. Varadarajan, Mu.

A History of Tamil Literature. Translated from Tamil by E. Sa .Visswanathan.

New Delhi, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Shitya Akademi, 1988. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 375 pages. Photograph on inside front and back covers of sculpture from Nagarjunakonda, 2nd century A.D of three soothsayers interpreting Queen Maya’s dream. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Index slightly fingerstained. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

228. Douglas, Sir George.

A History of The Border Counties – Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles.

Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. 8°. XVII, 482 pages. Original Hardcover (red blind-stamped-cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front-board). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including the often missing maps (3 large, folded maps in pockets attached to the inner boards of the binding). Map I: Teviotia Vulgo Tivedail – (Map by Joan Blaeu of Teviotdale,Tweedale& Liddsdale) / Map II: Tvedia cum vicecomitatu Etterico Forestae etiam Selkirkae dictus (Twee-dail with the Sherifdome of Ettrick-Forrest called also Selkirk) by Joan Blaeu / Map III: Ordnance Survey Map of “The Counties of Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk”. The Blaeu – Maps with very minor damages only. [The County Histories of Scotland]

229. Flanagan, Very Rev. Canon.

A History of the Church in England (Vol. I & Vol II). From the Earliest Period, to the Re-establishment of The Hierarchy in 1850.

In Two Volumes (complete set). London, Charles Dolman, 1857. 15 cm x 23 cm. Pagination: Volume I: – XX, 633 pages / Volume II – X, 549 pages. Both volumes in original hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Errata-leaf included in Volume I. Some untrimmed pages in Volume II. Both volumes in good condition with signs of external wear. Spines sunned. Foxing throughout both. Tanning to intial and last few pages only in volume I and more extensive in volume II.

230. Gilbert, John T.

A History of the City of Dublin. Introduction by F.E. Dixon.

Three volumes (complete). Shannon, Irish University Press, 1972. 22.2cm x 14.2cm. Volume I: XVI, 437, (7) pages / Volume II: VI, 335, XIX, VII, (10) pages / Volume III: IV, 382, (10), 86 pages. Includes an especially compiled Index for this edition ! Original Hardcovers with original, unclipped dustjackets in protective Mylar. Some stronger foxing to the edges only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

231. Goldsmith, Oliver/ [Washington Irving] / [Sara Jeffares (Landscape, 1886)].

A History of The Earth and Animated Nature – With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom. Translated from the French of Baron Cuvier and with copious Notes, embracing Accounts of New Discoveries in Natural History. [Includes a Biographical Sketch of Oliver Goldsmith: “A Life of the Author”, by Washington Irving]. (Illustrated Edition with full-page portrait of Goldsmith, 45 (of 46) full-page hand-coloured Plates of Butterflies, Birds, Rhonocerous etc. as well as two hand-coloured, additional Titlepages with animal-scenes [plate XXVI (Crocodile) is missing and plates XXXI and XXXVIII were never inteded to be bound with the work]).

First Edition with the Biography of Goldsmith by Washington Irving. Six Parts in Two Volumes (complete set). London, Edinburgh and Dublin, A. Fullerton and Co., 1846-1848. Large Octavo. Pagination: Frontispiece-Portrait of Oliver Goldsmith by S. Freeman from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Engraved and hand-coloured Titlepage (with tissue-guard), LIV, Hardcover / Original, decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Plate 40 with a minor defect to the outer margins only (no image effected). Bindings in wonderful and firm condition. From the library of one Sara Jeffares (Landscape, 1886), her full name, year and place of lodgings signed by her on the titlepage.

232. Lathbury, Rev. Thomas.

A History of the English Episcopacy; From the Period of the Long Parliament to the Act of Uniformity; With Notices of the Religious Parties of the Time, And a Review of Ecclesiastical Affairs in England from the Reformation.

London, John W. Parker, 1836. Large Octavo. XV, [1], 363, 4 pages. Hardcover / Original full cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Spine worn and binding slightly stained but overall firm. Interior in excellent condition. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

233. Lloyd, Nathaniel.

A History of the English House – From the Primitive Times to the Victorian Period.

Second Edition. London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Quarto: (23 cm wide x 31 cm high). 487 pages with a large section of 888 (!) illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Binding slightly stained and bumped but overall firm and especially the interior in absolutely excellent condition.

234. Willius, Frederick and Thomas J. Dry.

A History of the Heart and Circulation.

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders & Co., 1948. 15 cm x 24 cm. XVII, 456 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent – super condition of the rare edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner W.S.Chisholm on pastedown.

235. Willius, Frederick A. / Dry, Thomas J.

A History of The Heart and The Circulation. [Includes wonderful portraits of important doctors / cardiologists].

First and only Edition. Philadelphia & London, W.B.Saunders Company, 1948. Octavo. 456 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Former library copy of the US Air Force. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

236. Ryan, Johnny.

A History of the Internet and the Digital Future.

First paperback edition. London, Reaktion Books Ltd., 2013. 21.5 cm x 14 cm. 246 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

237. Chalmers, Alexander.

A History of the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders, by Alex Chalmers, with a Series of Illustrated Engravings by J.Storey & J.Greig. / A History of the College Halls. And Public Buildings, attached to the University of Oxford. [With 31 plates / steel engravings (including frontispiece)].

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Oxford, Printed by Collingwood and Co., 1810. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Pagination: VolumeI: Frontispiece-Engraving of Oxford, engraved title-page, another title-page with a more explicit title, XVI, 260 pages / Volume II continues the pagination: Halftitle, Title, Pages 261 – 486 plus an Index (13 pages). plus 1 page (List of Plates). Original, very decorative, early 19th century full leather with gilt ornament to boards and masterfully rebacked spine with spine-labels. A superior copy of this often deranged and broken publication. A stunning example of british bindery-craftsmanship and with only minor signs of browning and foxing. The best example of this work we have ever seen. Firm, possible to be handled without fear of breaking, the leather smooth. A perfect gift !

238. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

239. [English History Collection] – Jasper, A.S. / Boswell, James (drawings)

A Hoxton Childhood.

London, Centerprise Publications, 1969. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

240. O’Looney, Brian.

A Hymn and Invocation to Jesus. Translated from the Original Irish.

Dublin, James Duffy and Co., Ltd., no year (c.1910). 14.2cm x 9.2cm. 28 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

241. Moore, John.

A Journal During a Residence in France, From the Beginning of August, To the Middle of December, 1792. To Which is Added an Account of the Most Remarkable Events That Happened at Paris from That Time to the Death of the Late King of France. [Including the Hand-coloured Map].

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Byrne, J.Moore, B.Dugdale, W.Jones, Colbert and J.Rice, 1793. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 303, 570 pages plus a Hand-coloured “Map of General Dumourier’s Campaign on the Meuse” (showing the area between Metz and Reims as well as Sedan and Nancy). Hardcover / Modern half-leather bound to the style of the 18th-century with spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I. Excellent condition !

242. Finkel, Donald.

A Joyful Noise. Poems.

First edition. New York, Atheneum, 1966. 13 cm x 21 cm. 70 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

243. MacManus, Seumas.

A Lad of the O’Friel’s.

Dublin, Browne and Nolan Limited, No Date (c.1925). 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 175 Pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight damages to covers.

244. Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

245. Wilkinson, Mrs. [Annie Margaret] /

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign. Being the African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J. T. Hayes. 1882. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front and rear boards carry pictorials. Richly coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to frontispiece. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

246. Major, J.R. [Head Master of King’s College School].

A Latin Grammar.

Fourth Edition. London, B.Fellowes, 1838. Small Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover / Full leather. Binding in poor condition. Rear endpaper missing. Front endpaper with tear. Drawings by a child to endpaper and pastedowns. A rare book !! Name of preowner (″Daniel Conner – 1839”) written on front board in ink. [Daniel Conner from Manch House, Bandon].

247. Brundrit, Jean.

A Lesbian Story: an exhibition project by Jean Brundrit.

No place of printer mentioned, Jean Bundrit, no year (c. 2008). 20cm x 20cm. 48 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

248. Cox, Barry.

A Lifeboat Year. Wrecks, Rescues and Events From the History of the RNLI.

First Edition. Storrington, Historic Military Press, 2001. 20 cm x 20 cm. 165 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

249. Stewart, Robert.

A Living From Lobsters.

First Edition. London, Fishing News (Books) Ltd., 1971. 14 x 21.5 cm. 67 pages with 17 illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

250. McCullough, Niall / Mulvin, Valeri.

A Lost Tradition – The Nature of Architecture in Ireland.

Gandon Editions, 1989. Octavo. 122 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Binding slightly stained but dustjacket in excellent condition. Interior in very good condition. This is now an Extremely Rare Book !!