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Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802027695 . Xlii, 325 pp. Index. Large octavo. Beige paper dust jacket with brown bust of Mill is intact and nice, very faint shelf wear, a few very short edge tears just starting. Book itself is clean and fresh. Good copy. Vol.32 only. ; Collected Works of John Stuart Mill; Vol. 32; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 325 pages .

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green. Good with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. KB50...lxxviii, 521, 15 pp. Glossarial index, general index. Texts in Latin, prelims and ads at end in English. Large octavo. Library bound in dark blue buckram with gilt title to spine, otherwise no sign of library marks except a number stamp on verso of last leaf. Rubricated half title with "medieval" style name of Norman Moore (possibly Sir Norman Moore, who along with being a student of medicine was also interested in medieval Ireland) with small repair to verso of page, rubricated Master of Rolls page and rubricated title. Clean and sturdy, some occasional light pencil marginalia but it is neat, mostly in the De laudibus. Neckamr *(1157 – 1217) was an English magnetician, poet, theologian, and writer. He was abbot of Cirencester Abbey from 1213 until his death. In this work is the first European notice of magnetized needles and the first description of the… Read More

London: Michael Joseph LTD. Good with no dust jacket. [1937]. First Edition. Hardcover. 112 pp. Small octavo. No date but Worldcat puts it at 1937. Book has dark orange cloth hardcover with silver text on spine "A Poetic Drama." Front cover a bit concave, corners a little rubbed. Yellow end papers, paper slightly toned, text clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages .

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0197259405 . lv, 93pp + 12 unnumbered pages. Volume 2 only. Photographs, glossary, index. Book plate on front pastedown. Minor markings and wear on covers and spine. Ex-library with stamps and stickers, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages .

Dublin: Four Courts Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 185182183X . 272 pp. Index. Bibliography. Figures and maps. White dust jacket showing an interpretation of the "Bantry Boat" in brown and black. Faint price sticker on cover, bit of edge wear on dust jacket but basically appears unread. Interior has price erased on first blank, otherwise clean and crisp. The Atlantic Ocean was seen as an internal Celtic sea linking the people of Britain, Ireland, Gaul and Spain. This collection of essays - 9 in French, 6 in English -- analyses the evidence of the historical and socio-cultural relations between Ireland and the Aquitaine region in the light of modern research. THIS IS NOT Lectures on the Manuscript Ancient Irish Hardcoverby Eugene O'Curry WHICH APPARENTLY WAS RECENTLY REISSUED USING THIS ISBN NUMBER. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .

Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1874045623 . Xiv, 236 pp. Bibliography. Illustrated with maps, plates, figures, some in colour. Quarto. Blue, green and dark blue dust jacket has slight remains of library stickers, now in Mylar. Book itself has minor wear to covers, small remains of jacket attachment to boards, interior has normal library marks, otherwise clean and unmarked. "The archaeology of lake settelement in Ireland is rich, complex and intriguing and could provide us with many new insights into the settlement and environment of the Irish landscape since earliest times. ..begins by examining the history of these studies in Ireland and goes on to reveal that the archaeology is more extensive and complex than understood...describes the often overlooked evidence for the lakeshore habitations of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic formers, and outlines the extensive evidence for Bronze Age lake settlements..." ; Discovery Programme… Read More

Stuttgart- Bad Cannstatt: Methuen & Co.. Good. 1907. Hardcover. Xvi + 520 pp. 40 pages of Methuen's catalogue at rear. Numerous plates throughout. Blue cloth boards. Book is in good condition. Edges slightly bumped, especially at base of spine. Book is ex-libris with bookplate inside front cover. Signed by 2 previous owners on half-title page. Interior is otherwise clean with no other marks. Usable copy. 2nd edition. ; Ex-Libris .

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. , Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. c1905. Hardcover. [iv], 62 pp. Large folding linen-backed map. Folding red cloth covers with brilliant gilt to front. Inside is a double-page ad for Chas Baker & Co, followed by a double page map of central London (scale 9 inches to a mile) , an ad for Nevill's Turkish Baths ("pronounced to be the Finest In Europe") , then the Strangers' Guide to London, including horse cab fares, an ad for Brand's Savoury meat Lozenges "world-renowned as Life Sustainers", then a number of pages of places of interest, then more ads for John Piggott, Ltd. And the Tranter's Hotel. Across from the guide is the large folding map, cloth backed. The guide and map are in good condition, some wear and separating at the spine of the red cloth cover but holding together well, bit of rubbing at corners. . The guide and the map are in good condition with some normal age darkening but otherwise clean and unmarked. No… Read More

Edinburgh And London: William Blackwood & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Second Edition. Hardcover. Xxvii, 692 pp. Folding map at rear. Large octavo. Extensive appendices. Frontis engraved plate, red and black title page. XLI illustrations. Original dark blue cloth with gilt seal to the front, gilt title. Spine tips lightly pulled and dusted, covers have some rubbing at corners and minor normal wear, front board slightly forward. Interior end papers are oxidized but otherwise text is clean and unmarked, remarkably nice condition. This is the New Edition , significantly added to after the 1867 first edition. Heavy for international or Canadian shipping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 692 pages .

London: John Murray. Good. 1859. Hardcover. xi, 360 pp. Index. Frontis plate with tissue guard. Older library binding in handsome dark oxblood buckram with gilt to spine. Library numbers and sticker at bottom spine. Interior new end papers, normal library marks, some toning and some pre-rebind humidity staining at top edge of last few pages, otherwise good. ; Ex-Library; 354 pages .

London: Macmillan. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. 0333270738 . Xvii + 333 pps. End notes, bibliography, and index at rear. Brown cloth boards. Book is ex-library with usual interior marks and pocket. Faint wear at top of spine as well as very faint remnants of stickers on front cover and spine. Book is otherwise in very good condition, clean with no non-library marks. ; Cambridge Commonwealth Series; Ex-Library; 9 X 6 X 1 inches .

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Xix, 344 pp. Index, bibliography. Illustrated with tables and charts. Octavo. Dark red original cloth with dull gilt to spine, remains of library marks on spine and front cover. Interior has normal library marks including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very scarce. The books seeks to analyse the major monetary controversies of the period 1650-1710 and to relate them to the institutions which then appeared, not all of which have survived. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages .

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. KBx...xi, 113 pp. Bibliographical note. Small octavo. Black cloth with blindstamped title and blazon to front cover, dark gilt title to spine. Spine cover lightly sunned, some normal shelf wear to covers. Interior has scholarly owner's name on first free end paper with 1952 date, paper a bit creamy, otherwise clean and unmarked. Surprisingly hard to find. Also printed at London by Humphries/OUP. ; Harvard Historical Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages .

Westport CT: Greenwood Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0837154537 . X, 161 pp. Dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine. Library stickers on front cover. Usual interior marks with pocket inside rear cover. Some pencil underlining throughout first half of the book. Otherwise in good condition. ; Ex-Library .

Palgrave Macmillan. Fair in Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1403968160 . + (20) 257 pages +(11) contains plates, notes and index, DJ glossy blue with white lettering and illustration, minor wear to head, tail, edges and corners, book blue covers with silver lettering on spine, wear to head, tail and top edge, many pages marked with pen, priced to reflect condition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Milan: Fratelli Treves. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. KB 15... Viii,291, [4]; [2] 323, [4]. Indices at the end of each book. Inscribed on the half title, "roma 15 Oct 1911, a Gino Bandini, in memore affetto, Emilio Piovanelli" Very good chance that is journalist, mason and Junior Mayor of Rome, Gino Bandini (1881-1948). Handsome dark green cloth with gilt ruling with gilt leaves inside the borders, spine has gilt ruling as well. Red polished page edges. Only a few signs of wear on the covers, bit of rubbing to spine tips. Interior floral endpapers, front endpaper has a small book plate "Bandini", else clean and unmarked. The story of the author's trip to Scotland and his look at the customs, history, language and people. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Southampton: University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0854321527 . KB31...219-481 pp. Appendices and Indices. Octavo. Handsome blue cloth with gilt to spine has very minor wear. Interior normal library stamps and pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. Vol. II only. Primarily in English. ; Southampton Records Series; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Southampton: University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0854321519 . KB31...cx, 218 pp. Illustrated with plates and tables. Octavo. Handsome blue cloth with gilt to the spine has minor shelf wear, spine a little faded. Interior has library stamps and pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. Cartulary in Latin, else English. Vol. I only. Indices and Appendices are in Vol. II. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages .

London: Joseph Butterworth and Son. Fair with no dust jacket. 1828. Third Edition. Full-Leather. [54] 766, plus extensive unnumbered tables and index. Original calf leather boards are scuffed, edges/corners worn, spine has later brown leatherette reback with black label, fairly handsome, some rubbing. Interior hinges have been repaired with library tape, owner book plate, text is clean and unmarked. Quite scarce in the original. Worn but usable and not bad looking. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 766 pages .

London: Macmillan. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is a hardcover, 7 1/2" by 5", 104 pages, plus several unnumbered preliminaries and 4 pages of facsimile letters before the title page; in fair condition. Cloth covers show rubbing at the corners, spine tip chipping. Interior hinges cracked, the 4 pages of facsimile letters are detached and the last fly is similarly cracking away from the binding at the gutter. There are old "Mercantile Library" stamps on the title page and a few other pages, otherwise, all pages are clean and unmarked. This is an exceedingly rare hardcover on Charles George Gordon, "Gordon Pasha" of the Sudan, printed in 1885, in the same year that Gordon died in Khartoum. It describes Gordon, "the inner man" as well as the outer man, and his exploits in the Sudan and Darfur. It includes 4 pages of a facsimile letter from Gordon, with a sketch outlining his trip up the Nile, as well as… Read More