801. Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

802. Potter, Beatrix.

Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes.

Third Printing – with “Ltd.” added to the publisher’s name. London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1919/1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 49 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 3/6). Binding firm ! Frontispiece cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket with some larger tear to the rear, some spotting and fraying (childrens drawing on the inside of the jacket).

803. Potter, Beatrix.

The Story of Miss Moppet.

Later Edition (Print Code 1623-964). London / Banbury, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. / Henry Stone & Son, no year [c. 1950]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 34 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, priceclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 5/net). Binding firm ! Excellent condition of the Volume itself with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper. “The Town Mouse” present in the listing of Potter publications on the endpaper, which dates this edition at 1918. The jacket with some minor wear only.

804. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.

Later Edition with red lettering on cover. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1930]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to the bottom of pages 10/11. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper.

805. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

806. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and covers slightly stained. Minor stain on title and frontispiece.

807. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1942]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 111 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to lower frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent !

808. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice [with vintage Ephemera advertising leaflet on Beatrix Potter “Jig-Saw Puzzles” / “Peter Rabbit’s Bookshel” etc.]

[1904 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1904. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 (2) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding shaky with interior bookblock slightly broken (no effect on the outer spine) ! Pages slightly loosened. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent ! The loosely inserted advertising leaflet with a clean tear that separates one part of the leaflet.

809. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

810. Ludlam, William.

The Rudiments of Mathematics: Designed for the Use of Students at the Universities. Containing an Introduction to Algebra, Remarks on the First Six Books of Euclid, the Elements of Plane Trigonometry.

The Fifth Edition, corrected and enlarged by M. Fryer. London, Printed for W. Baynes, 1809. Octavo. V, (1), 352 pages plus three folded plates. Original Hardcover / Full contemporary leather with gilt lettering on original, red spinelabel. Upper hinge with small defect. Binding rubbed but overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

811. [Praeger, Robert Lloyd] Collins, Timothy.

Floreat Hibernia. A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865 – 1953). Preface by David Bellamy.

Dublin, Royal Dublin Society, 1985. Large Ocatvo. XIV, 151 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print.

812. Fell, Walter William.

A Treatise on the Law of Mercantile Guaranties, and Engagements in the Nature of Guarantie.

First Edition. London / Dublin, J.Butterworth / J.Cooke, 1811. Octavo. XXX, (2), 311 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather. The binding stronger rubbed but firm after being professionally repaired and with new spine-label. Still with minor loss to leather (see images). Name in ink on endpaper of Solicitor David Hall (probably of Rockmahon, Cork – his son was Frederick Hall of Blackrock, Cork). Extremely scarce !

813. Higgins, Tom.

The History of Irish Tennis [Three Volume Set complete] – Volume I – The Sporting irish / The Evolution of Tennis / Tennis as a Social Development / The Organisation of Tennis in Ireland / The Irish Lawn Tennis Association etc. / Volume II – Elements of Competition – The Wimbledon Factor / The Olympics / The Davis Cup / Who’s Who in Irish Tennis / The Irish Close Championships / The South of Ireland Championships / The West of Ireland Championships / The East of Ireland Championships / The Ulster Championships / etc. Volume III: More than just a Racquet / Tennis in the North West etc. etc.

Sligo, Tom Higgins / Sligo Tennis Club, 2006. Quarto (21.5 cm x 30.5 cm). 1397 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare, complete set of this sought after work !

814. Jennings, Payne.

Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads. With Letterpress Description by E.R.Suffling. [With 100 photographs of the Norfolk Countryside]

Third Edition. Ashtead (Surrey), The Studio – Art Photo Works, [1897]. Octavo. 103 pages including an advertising for the Great Eastern Railway – “The Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk” – ‘Fares from Liverpool Stree of St. Pancras’. Original Hardcover. Poor condition ! Binding shaky with some staining and slight damaging to upper spine; endpaper loosened.

815. Leland, Mary.

Port of Cork – That Endless Adventure – A History of the Cork Harbour Commissions.

Cork, City Print Limited, 2001. Oblong – Quarto (22 cm x 30.5 cm). 272 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The dustjacket with some minor staining. Otherwise in axcellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare book !

816. Murray, Peter.

Maritime Paintings of Cork and Associated Historical Material, 1700 – 2000.

Cork, Gandon Editions, 2005. 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only very minor signs of external wear but with the advantage of the Mylar-jacket.

817. [Felix, Nicholas] Brodribb, Gerald.

Felix on the Bat. Being a Memoir of [cricketer] Nicholas Felix. Together with the full text of the second edition of Felix on the Bat: Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of the Cricket Bat; together with the History and use of the Catapulta, containing also coloured drawings, woodcuts and vignettes, illustrative of the principles of Batting; new diagrams and theoretical demonstrations, illustrative of the great question of “Leg before Wicket”; – A Dissertation on the Different Styles of Bowling; much new and important matter relative to the disposition of Fieldsmen, more especially of the additional number when brought into action against the “Eleven of England”: Also The Laws of the Game as revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

The Text of Part two is a facsimile of the second edition of 1850. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Octavo. XIV, 145, VIII, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some staining to the binding and dustjacket ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the binding.

818. Werner, E.T.C.

Myths & Legends of China [Myths of Epidemics / Myths of Medicine / Myths of Exorcism etc.] With Thirty-Two Illustrations in Colours by Chinese Artists.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1934. Octavo. Colour-Frontispiece, 454 pages including an excellent Index. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The rare, original dustjacket torn and with a larger part of the jacket missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

819. [Tuohy, Patrick] Murphy, Patrick J.

Patrick Tuohy. From conversations with his friends. [With a Catalogue of known works by Patrick Tuohy]

First Edition. Dublin, Town House, 2004. 20 x 25 cm. 206 pages including numerous illustartions and an index. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on titlepage and endpaper.

820. Gulbransson, Olaf.

Und So Weiter.

2.Auflage. Muenchen, Piper, 1973. Quarto. [102] Seiten, durchgehend illustriert. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / Aussergewoehnlich gut erhalten.