741. Bowlt, John E.

Russian Theatre and Costume Design. From the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Introduction by John E Bowlt. Catalogue prepared by Nikita D. Lobanov, Nina Lobanov and Aime Troyen.

First edition. San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1980. 28cm x 21.5cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money.

742. 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 !

743. [Boycott, Captain Charles Cunningham] Rooney, Philip.

Captain Boycott – [The Man whose name gave a dreaded word to the english language in the stormy days of the Land League].

Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Anvil Books, 1966. 17 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

744. Boyd, Andrew.

Fermenting Elements. The Labour Colleges in Ireland 1924-1964.

Belfast, Donaldson Archives, 1999. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 172 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

745. Boyd, James I.C.

The Schull & Skibbereen Railway.

Mon, The Oakwood Press, 1999. 21,8 cm x 15,3 cm. X, 235 pages. Whit many original photographs throughout. Original hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare. Out of Print.

746. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

747. Boylan, Henry.

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1979. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. xi, 385 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowners namesticker on endpaper.

748. Boylan, Henry (Editor).

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1999. 15 cm x 23 cm. 462 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

749. [Boyle, Family] Budgell, Eustace / [Theobald, Lewis].

Memoirs of The Lives And Characters of The Illustrious Family of The Boyle’s. Containing Many Curious Pieces of English History, not extant in anyother author. The Whole Extracted From Original Papers And Manuscripts. [Including an Epistle to the Right Hon. John Earle of Orrery, by Lewis Theobald]. Also an impartial Account of the Life, Character and parliamentary Conduct of the Right Honourable Henry Boyle, Esq.; Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons, one of his Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and twelve Times sworn one of the Justices of Ireland. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Dorset, &c.

Dublin, J.Esdall, 1754. 17,3 cm x 11 cm. VIII, pages XVII -XXIII, 268 pages. [Lacking the list of Subscribers (IX – XII) and Start of Content-pages (XIII-XVI)]. Later, 19th century Hardcover / Half – leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly damaged and broken. Bookblock tight and clean besides a faded dampstain and some lesions to outer margiuns of several pages. Needs some attention from a bookbinder. Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry J.B.Clements on pastedown [Clements was landowner in County Mayo and County Galway (Rosshill House connection)].

750. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.