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182971297ENew York: J & J Harper 1829. Good hardcover in original binding; spine has wear but paper label on spine is still legible; binding nice and tight; heavy foxing to endpages some foxing to page edge otherwise pages nice and clean; Signed on front end page by U.S. Representative Jeremiah Smith. Book was his. Extremely scarce edition; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; box 91132 . Signed. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. 5 x 8". J & J Harper Hardcover
1888013453Dublin: Sealy Bryers and Walker 1888. No dustwrapper some fading to spine of red boards but gilt titles thereon are still clear as are those on front board. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red bevelled-edged boards original owner's details and gift message dated 1889 on f/ep otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A long poem 91pp on the life and work of John Wycliffe along with one on Luther some on sixteenth century Protestant Martyrs one on the Siege of Londonderry one on the Syro-Phoenician Woman Matthew 15 21-28 and one on Nehemiah. The author full name Timothy Clifford O'Connor was Rector of Donoughmore & Donard Co. Wicklow. 244pp. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sealy, Bryers and Walker Hardcover
1862BOOKS245374London UK: Lewis and Comapny. G/No Dustjacket. ca1862. . Cloth. Consisting of One Hundred and Forty-Four Engravings Copied from the Large Originals and Including Many of the Author's Minor Pieces. The Whole Delineated in the Best Style of Art by Mr. Cooke and Mr. Davenport with Descriptions and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by the Rev. John Trusler with Anecdotes of the Author and his Works by J. Hogarth Ireland and Others. . 4to. v. p. cover rubbed bumped faded frayed bookplate foxing . Lewis and Comapny hardcover
1889104876London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co 1889. Robert Louis Stevenson's first edition copy of the writings of one of his favorite prose writers William Hazlitt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel botanical gilt vignette to the front panel tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hazlitt. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Robert Louis Stevenson on the half-title page "To Robert Louis Stevenson Esq with Alex Ireland's cordial regards & remembrances Southport 9 Leicester St. October 2 1889." With Stevenson's Vailima bookplate to the pastedown which is singed by Stevensons stepdaughter Isobel Strong. In good condition. An exceptional presentation. A great admirer of Hazlitt's prose style Steveson frequently discussed with friedns his interest in writing Hazlitt's biography. But it is in his Walking Tours that Stevenson gives his warmest expression of his admiration for the great romantic essayist: "I should wish to quote more for though we are mighty fine fellows noawadays we cannot write like Hazlitt. And Hazlitt's essays would be a capital pocket-book on such a journey" Stevensonia 92. Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
18299507Edinburgh; Thomas Ireland Junior 1829. 1829. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto 5.5" x 8.5" all edges uncut; pp. iv 362. With eight engraved plates including portrait frontispiece of William Burke as called for. Recently rebound in brown full calf with blind fillet borders and centrepiece ornaments to boards 4 raised bands to spine scarlet morocco spine label with gilt spine title leaves uncut. Small closed tear to frontispiece repaired plus two or three short closed tears in text a few small nicks to leaves mild scattered foxing throughout. An sympathetically rebound copy in fine condition. The first and most comprehensive book on the infamous body-snatching serial killers William Burke 1792-1829 and William Hare being published in the same year as the trial and execution for a British audience eager for the macabre details of the sensationalist case. The authorship has been attributed to the publisher Thomas Ireland with the help of various contemporary sources. Contains dramatic trial reports confessions crime scene illustrations a harrowing description of Burke's execution phrenological measurements and descriptions of Burke's public dissection "The quantity of blood that gushed out was enormous that. the classroom had the appearance of a butcher's slaughterhouse from its flowing down and being trodden upon". Cheaply printed on rag pulp paper copies tend not to have survived; those that are found in commerce are either ex-library foxed or as here rebound. Certainly not one for the squeamish but a significant book for true crime enthusiasts and social historians. Rare. Edinburgh; Thomas Ireland, Junior, 1829. hardcover
1859AQ27861New York: Published by S. A. Rollo & Co. 1859. xvi 3 14-531pp 1. With a lithograph frontispiece and additional lithograph title page a double-page lithograph map and 69 engraved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed chipping to lower joint spine dulled. Scattered spotting. The first edition of John Ireland’s thrilling narrative of his extensive world tour. Having thrown off the shackles of his Wall Street career the author travels to London to witness the opening of the Great Exhibition and briefly engage with Queen Victoria before setting out for Asia via the Continent and the Middle East. His destinations include inter alia the Plains of Troy Palmyra Jerusalem Petra Kashmir Peshawur the Khyber Pass Java China and finally Mauritius. . First edition. 8vo. Published by S. A. Rollo & Co. hardcover
185918374<p>Good HC no DJ. Half bound in smooth calf leather with nonpareil marbled paper over boards; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt stamped title and blind stamped leaves in panels; all edges marbled; marbled end papers; color frontispiece and extra added title page; plates interior are tissue-guarded. Clean covers and spine; rubbing wear on both covers in center; rubbing wear at cover edges boards just exposed; leather in Very Good condition and remains supple; leather rubbed at fore corners boards just exposed; tightly bound; contemporary gift inscription on front fly leaf; bright clean interior; supple leaves. Large 8vo 531 pp; index; many engraved illustrations. See OCLC #82915615.</p> New York: S.A. Rollo + Co. hardcover
184463111London: J.&C. Walker 9 Castle Street Published by Longman & Co. ca. 1844. 16mo. 3.5 x 5 in. folding out to 13.25 x 16.5 in. dissected 15-panel hand-coloured steel-engraved map linen-backed w/ 3 leaf folding population and mileage distance chart from Dublin by County mounted on front pastedown. Dark gray-green publisher’s cloth portfolio pocket binding decorative borders in blind gilt lettering stamped on front cover a NF copy. First edition thus of this very scarce dissected pocket map of Ireland published against the backdrop of the full impact of the Great Potato Famine which from 1841-1851 resulted in the diaspora and death of nearly 30% of the Irish population and as reflected in the mileage table mounted with the map the population in 1845 had already dropped from 8.2 million in 1841 to 7.7 million by 1844 and it would plummet further to below 6.5 million by 1851. The bulk of these emigrated to the United States Canada and the United Kingdom resulting in the fact that Ireland’s current population still resides below the high of 1841 and nearly 38 million Irish-Americans claim descent from the successive waves of migration much of which channeled through New York’s Lower East Side and the Bowery in the 19th-Century. John Walker 1787-1873 was a British mapmaker engraver lithographer hydrographer draughtsman and publisher publishing nautical charts and geographical maps with his brothers Charles and Alexander in their firm J.&C. Walker located at 9 Castle Street Holborn from 1841-1847 and moving to 37 Castle St. in 1848 where they remained to 1875. Much of their work was published under the auspices of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or S.D.U.K. Worldcat locates 1 copy Yale. J.&C. Walker, 9 Castle Street, Published by Longman & Co., hardcover
183212762London Joseph Thomas 1832. REPRESENTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE ON SATURDAY APRIL 2 1796 AS A SUPPOSED NEWLY-DISCOVERED DRAMA OF SHAKESPEARE. 8vo. 2xvi58pp. Folding frontispiece. Arnott & Robinson English Theatrical Literature 1559-1900 3946. unknown
1884614491London: W & R Chambers 1884. Hard cover in original green binding in very good condition for its age. General shelf and handling wear; spine is tanned with creasing and wear to spine head and foot nicks and small slivers noted. Light rubbing and bumping to board edges and corners minor blemishes. Pageblock tanned and foxed this leading into the first few pages both front and rear including title page. Internally binding is firm; frontispiece is detached but present. Light tanning to page edges with occasional spotting within. Content clear and bright. More photographs or details upon request. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. W & R Chambers Hardcover
1884939T30London: W. & R. Chambers 1884. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A twelfth edition of this work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers. Twelfth edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A work of speculative natural history and philosophy originally published anonymously. It brought together various ideas of stellar evolution with the progressive transmutation of species in an accessible narrative which tied together numerous scientific theories of the age. The work was well received by Victorian society and became an international bestseller. However its unorthodox themes contradicted the natural theological theories of the time and were reviled by clergymen and by scientists. Written by Robert Chambers a Scottish publisher geologist evolutionary thinker author and journal editor who was highly influential in mid-nineteenth-century scientific and political circles. With an introduction by Anthony Ireland. In the original green cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine resulting in minor loss to the head. Front hinge tender with rear hinge starting but firm. Internally firmly bound with frontispiece detached but present. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the first and last few pages. Contemporary inscription to the title page with the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good W. & R. Chambers hardcover
1808015143London United Kingdom: Printed by John Barlow 1808. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Ireland printed by John Barlow Dublin 1808 First Edition. Six transactions bound in hardcover including the original rules of the Gaelic Society. Contents 1. The Rules of the Gaelic Society of Ireland for the first general meeting 19th January 1807. 2. Address to the Gaelic Society by Rev Paul OBrien in 1807. 3. P. MElligott - Observations on the Gaelic Language 4 Advice to a prince by THADDY MAC BRODY or MAC BRODIN son of Dary being the Inauguration Ode of DOnach OBrien published 1808. 5. Theophilo O Flanagan INSTITUTIO PRINCIPIS published 1808. 6. Deirdri Or The Lamentable Fate Of The Sons Of Usnach 1808. 7. The ancient historic tale of the Deth of the Children of Usnach. Hand coloured map inserted before first page. xxvi 40 54 35 238 pp. Quarter bound brown cloth back strip marble boards. Printed by John Barlow Hardcover
182715612London: J. L. Cox Printer to the Royal Asiatic Society . for Parbury Allen & Co Publishers to the Society. To be had also at Messrs. Dondey Dupre and Son's Paris Booksellers to the Society on the Continent 1827. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 4 vii-x 2 vii-xxiii 1-534 537-540 537-540 541-548 537t-548t 549-640 pages. BOUND WITH 1824 Membership listing London: G. Schulze 10 11-32 pages. BOUND WITH 1827 Membership listing London: J. L. Cox 32 pages. BOUND WITH "Regulations for the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.1827" London: J.L. Cox 12 pages. 4to 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. All bound in leather boards expertly rebacked saving the spine labels original boards and endpapers. Ex-library Ames Library of South Asia properly deaccessioned. Previous owner bookplate of Richard Strachey of Ashwick Grove. Bright and clean internally with occasional library markings. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Boards. The first of only three volumes issued under this title from 1827-1834. The Royal Asiatic Society separately published the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland" beginning in 1834 and continuing to this day.<br /> <br /> In addition to the scientific articles offered in this volume bound in are two membership directories 1824 and 1827 and the regulations of the society from 1827 providing an excellent snapshot into the beginnings of the Society. All plates called for are present.<br /> <br /> "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society has been published by the Society since 1834 and is distinguished not only by its longevity but also by its consistency in providing a forum for scholarly articles of the highest quality on South Asia the Middle East together with North Africa and Ethiopia Central Asia East Asia and South-East Asia. It publishes articles on history archaeology literature language religion and art and reviews of books in these fields." Official statement on journal site. J. L. Cox, Printer to the Royal Asiatic Society, ... for Parbury, Allen & Co, Publishers to the Society,. To be had also at Mess unknown
1864BOOKS061937ILondon: William Tegg 1864. HC. good original green cloth hardcover light edgewear. B&W illustrations. Volume I 427pp; and Volume II 430pp. William Tegg unknown
1889z011381Edinburgh: Bekk and Bradfute 1889. First edition. Hardcover. good. 1889. First edition. Hardcover 8vo. in blue cloth with gilt spine title. 311pp. plus several p. ads. Good plus. Slight learn to spine cloth corners and spine ends frayed boards rubbed front inner hinge wobbly. Ownership inscription on flyleaf contents are toned but remain complete and unmarked. Digital images available upon request. Bekk and Bradfute hardcover
1896004989Dublin: Alex. Thom 1896. Staples rusty; scribbling on flyleaf spine very worn frayed and split in fact not a lot of it left covers worn slight worm nibbling edge of back cover and endpaper; few page corner creased small piece torn from one. Illustrated engravings. Short passages of verse and prose on various subjects. . New Edition Revised . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Alex. Thom Hardcover
190052785Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good . Large octavo 10-1/4" x 7". 10 volumes. Original half red morocco over rose cloth spines lettered in gilt with elaborately gilt decorated compartments. Top edges gilt. This set is Illustrated with over 150 steel and copper plate engravings printed on India Paper mounted on leaves of heavy paper stock. Each plate has a tissue guard printed in red. Each title page is printed in red & black and with a copper engraved vignette. This deluxe edition is limited to 1000 numbered sets this being #46. Some of the outer hinges and spine extremities are lightly rubbed and the outer front hinge of Vol. X is cracked but holding soundly. All in all a very attractive set. <br /> <br /> Note: "This edition of the life and works of Hogarth is edited from the texts by John Nichols F.A.S. George Steevens F.R.S. and Samuel Ireland with a new critical introduction by John La Farge . and a chronological catalogue raisonné by Austin Dobson. The steel and copper plate impressions are from the engravings by Armstrong Cook Engleheart Holl Mottram Radclyffe Romney etc. George Barrie & Son hardcover
1890006456London: Cooke and Davenport. 159pp. illustration pages. Date is estimated based on the cover design no actual date given. Blue cloth gold stamp design and lettering. Cover is damaged in multiple ways including water tears soiling and rubbing. The front cover ii only barely connected by a small patch of cloth. Inside the text has soiling foxing and some tide lines as well as some tears but over all the readable and viewable. The fronis illustration is gouged out where Hogarth's face would be. This is volume I only. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. K6 . Poor. Hardcover. 1890. Cooke and Davenport hardcover
188441694New York P. J. Kenedy 1884 hardcover. Later printing 1887. Cover subtitle: Cyclopaedia of Irish Poetry. In addition to the standard songs there are songs by "country school-masters and others with a smattering of poetic taste called called 'Come All Ye's' included for those who heard them in their youth." Includes title index. Frontispiece engraving of Thomas Moore with tissue guard. -- Hardcover green cloth with elaborate gilt and red stamped design 504 pages. Condition: very good minus spine is rather dulled and front cover rubbed; stain rear-cover; endsheet cracked but not broken. -- Binding is tight and pages are bright. P. J. Kenedy hardcover
1846230028Dublin: James Duffy 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimos; 418. 318 pages full calf extra-gilt spines marbled edges and endpapers one cover detached. some foxing; ex libris John Sheepshanks 1852: he was a businessman art collector philanthropist. <br/><br/>This work covers the years 1760-1820. Wolf Tone and others inspired by the French Revolution organized in 1791 to throw off the English oppressors. resulting in the 1798 Rebellion which was crushed by British forces. Madden made it his focus to assemble original sources to report fully on these Irish participants. This is the third of four series in the complete work.It contains all the names of the conspicuous and illustrious families of Ireland." With 10 portrait engravings. "It has been very generally complained of that the arrangement of the materials of the preceding series is defective. I acknowledge the defect; but had it been wholly avoided I must have dealt with original documents and authoritative statements in a way that would have taken from their value - namely by omissions and transpositions of matter which . would have taken from the real value of the work which consists of a large amount of unbroken information of an authentic kind" - Notice. James Duffy hardcover