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Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Company Ltd, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine (slipcase). Jack B. Yeats. Large Octavo, 9.7 in. X 7.2 in., pp. 111. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats with eight tipped-in color prints, thirty-two black and white line drawings, and sixteen tipped-in monochrome reproductions of paintings. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title and image of two older men to front; gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners lightly bumped. Old repair to top of spine repaired with inexact color match. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light tanning to prelims. Tape ghosts and toning to rear free endpaper. Newer slipcase covered in rich, Italian Vein marbled paper. "Life in the West of Ireland" is an affectionate but unsentimental portrait of a way of life that was disappearing in the early 20th century. Yeats's illustrations document the everyday life of inhabitants of towns like Sligo. From an early age Jack Yeats had an interest in theater and… Read More

Ireland: Dun Emer Press and Cuala Press, Various. Mixed. Very Good Plus. Jack Yeats, and others. Huge Collection of Dun Emer / Cuala Press printed in black and red. Photo-engraved title page emblems by Edmund Dulac, A.E., T. Sturge Moore, Elizabeth Yeats, Elinaor Monsell, Robert Gregory, et al. Most bound in the characteristic Cuala Press linen-backed boards with paper spine labels, blue-gray endpapers, several collected in linen-covered slipcases. Most printed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats on paper made in Ireland at Cuala Press. Some pages unopened. Largely First Editions. It would take a lifetime to collect the individual volumes of this series of limited editions from Dun Emer / Cuala Press which, considered from both the literary and the book arts perspectives, constitutes one of the most important private presses of the 20th century—if not of the fine press movement as a whole. At the confluence of the Irish Literary Revival and the Arts & Crafts Movement, the early 20th century witnessed… Read More

London, England: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1949. Limited, Numbered, Signed Edition (9/375). Hardcover. Near Fine in mylar, and housed in a slipcase.. Quartos. (10 3/16" x 6 1/4"). Two-volume set in beveled green cloth with bright gilt monogram device to front boards. . This edition limited to 375 copies, of which 350 were for sale. No. 9 of 375, signed by the author on the limitation page, published after his death. Printed on specially made Glastonbury Ivory Toned Antique Laid Paper, manufactured by Messrs. John Dickinson and Co. Ltd. The type selected is Fournier. The work was published on November 25, 1949. A tissue-guarded frontispiece of Volume I is a reproduction of a drawing by John S. Sargent of a young Yeats, and in Volume II, the frontis is from a painting of an older Yeats, by Augustus John.Very faint rubbing to lower corners, and a tiny bump to the outer edge of Volume II. Housed in a beige, cloth-covered and suede-lined slipcase, with some brown staining to one side. Prospectus laid… Read More

London, England: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Forest green cloth-covered boards, elaborate design stamped to front board, border triple-ruled in blind.

New York: Limited Editions Book Club/The Thistle Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in Very Good Slipcase. Quarto, 11" x 6 1/2." pp. xviii, 135, [3]. Black slipcase with gold spine label; mild rubbing and shelf wear to bottom. Quarter green leather over green linen boards. Binding very sound. Black leather spine label with gilt lettering. Oval black leather embossed portrait of Yeats to front cover. 16 colored plates. Internally very clean and bright. Limited edition 565/1500 signed by Jacques. W.B. Yeats was one of the prominent and influential poets of the 20th century. Although he populated his earlier poems with Irish legends and fairy lore, his later poems exhibited a deep engagement with society and the world of politics. Throughout his career, he varied his diction, tone, rhythm, and themes, gaining acclaim in Ireland, England, and U.S. In the introduction of the present edition, Tindall writes, "What distinguishes Yeats from his contemporaries is a grandeur and nobility at once… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: Cuala Press, 1935. Limited Edition (300). Loose, in Custom Box. Near Fine in Custom Box. 4to. EACH ONE OF 300 COPIES. 12 issues ("New Series") Numbers 1-12, January - December 1935), handcoloured illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, E.C. Peet, Maurice McGonigal, Harry Kernoff and Sean O'Sullivan. Each of the 12 songs, issued monthly, is 4 pages each. Tissue guards present in three of the twelve. Engraved music edited by Arthur Duff. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O'Connor, Lynn Doiyle, Bryan Guiness, Padraic Colum. LOOSE as issued, and now housed in later dark green cloth portfolio, ties. Red leather label to front panel, lettered in gilt, with gilt roll bordering. "Three hundred copies of each number will be printed. One hundred copies will be reserved for sale on completion of the set of twelve in specially bound volumes.". Lovely condition.

New York: Sidney E. Morse Jr. & Company, 1871. Softcover. Good. Softbound, 9" x 6 1/4", stitched bindng. 200 pages. Complete almanac featuring these Departments: Astronomical ;Civil and Commercial; Ecclesiastical; Church Work; Educational; Agricultural; Miscellaneous. Religious at base, not aligned with one sect by claim, anti-Roman Catholic obviously. INcludes List of members of the House of Representatives; Public Debt; Tax duties levied; Cotton Exports; Postage Costs; States of the Union; List of Congregational Ministers; Agricultural Statistics; Lots of great 150-years old ads, all quite wholesome. Long (12-page) article on the "Origin, Rise and Progress of The Typographic Art" The New York Observer, A Religious and Secular Newspaper was formed 1822 "in the interests of Evangelical Christiaianity" [but] "is the organ of no sect or party in the church,and while it is free from all denominational control...it aims to promote that which is good in all, and true Christian charity...Its comments are… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Will Rannells. Octavo, 8.75 in.x 6.5 in., pp. 178. Illustrated with ten drawings by Will Rannells. Blue-green boards with dark blue title to front and spine. Light shelfwear to top/bottom of spine. Unmarked interior. Rubbing and a few chips to edges of dustjacket. Sunning to dustjacket spine. Eleanor Youmans (1876 - 1968) was an American author of children's novels, short stories, and poetry. She published a dozen novels through the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Her short stories appeared in The American Magazine, Child Life, and Junior Home. The subjects of her stories were often cats, dogs, and children. (from Wikipedia).

Hartford, Connecticut: Dustin, Gilman & Co, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Rebacked leather over sheep. Scuffing and rubbing to extremities. Printed gilt spine label affixed to spine. Salmon colored endpapers. Front hinge started, but holding well. Previous owner's penciled inscription to front free endpaper. Frontis engraved portrait of Ann Eliza Young, protected by tissue guard. Light foxing to portrait. Clean, bright, supple pages, with illustrations. "...I dedicate this Book to you, as I consecrate my life to your cause. As long as God gives me life I shall pray and plead for your deliverence from the worse than Egyptian bondage in which you are held. Despised, maligned, and wronged; kept in gross ignorance of the great world, its pure creeds, its high aims, its generous motives, you have been made to believe that the noblest nation of the earth was truly represented by the horde of miscreants who drove you from State to State, in early years, murdering your sons and… Read More

Bury St Edmonds, England: Printed by J. Rackham, Stationer. For W. Richardson, No. 91. Royal-Exchange, London, 1793. Second Edition, Enlarged. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto, 8 1/4" x 4 1/4" pp. 182. Includes half title, and 1 leaf with two letters to the author from John Reeves, and Charles Edward Stewart. Missing 2 blank leaves. Rebound in modern gray paper-covered boards. Neatly trimmed edges. 2 bookplates (S.F. Watson, and Keith & Julie Campbell). Original stab-holes present in gutter. Light soiling to half-title page. Sharp print on thick laid, lightly tanned paper. Minimal foxing. Excellent copy. (ESTC T33672). Arthur Young (1741-1820) expressed his conservative position in this tract in which he denounces the violent course of the French Revolution. Initially, Young supported French revolutionaries call for a limited monarchy. His sentiments turned, however, once the revolutionaries decided to end the constitutional monarchy and form a new Republic. Young states in The Example of France, "it is… Read More

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Brick red textured cloth. Slight depression to spine. Structurally very sound. Previous owner's printed name to front free endpaper. 298 pp. After an introduction to the nature and habits of the Grizzly, stories include (but are not limited to): "The Grizzly as Lewis and Clark Found Him; "Saved by Three Grizzled Bears"; "Kidnaped by a Bear"; "Fear of Grizzlies. in Early Days" (Washington Irving); "Adventures with a White Bear"; Grizzlies on the Missouri; "John Glass and the Grizzly"; "A Grizzly vs. California Bulls"; "Hand-to-Hand Fight with a Grizzly; "A Fierce Battle with a Grizzly"; "A Fracas with Grizzly Bears"; "The Bull Moose and the Kodiak Bear"; "Jim Parker's Fight"; "The Grizzly of the Idaho Woods"; "Nat Straw, the Last of the Grizzly Hunters"; "The Grizzly Mother"; "History of Old Bruno"; "Old Three Toes of Monroe Mountain"; "Trapping a Grizzly", and more. Stories of unexpected encounters with the… Read More

Brighton, England: W. T. Pike & Co, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good (slipcase). Large Quarto, 12.5 in. x 9.7 in., pp. 640. Contemporary quarter calf with gilt rule over Irish linen boards with frame, shamrocks, and different coats of arms woven in blind to both front and back (Ulster coat or arms woven to front; Belfast coat of arms woven to back).Illustrated with color tissue-guarded frontispiece photograph of the Giant's Causeway, a tissue-guarded color painting of Belfast Harbor, a map of Ancient Ulster, and hundreds of smaller black and white photographs and engravings of Ulster's people and places. Gilt title, five gilt-decorated raised bands with gilt bandlines,to spine with decorative shamrocks to spine panels. Burgundy silk marker ribbon sewn-in. All Edges Gilt. Rubbing to extremities; light soilling to boards. Binder's stamp ("Bound by Mudie") to rear pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate ("John Stafford Reid Byers") to front pastedown. Another previous owner's name… Read More

Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co, Limited (Royal Ulster Works), 1896. Large Paper Edition, Signed, Limited 1 of 25 copies only. Hardcover. Very Good Minus in Good Only Dustjacket, in recent slipcase, marbled boards, edge-lined in linen. John and J.W. Carey. Large Quarto, 11 1/2 in.. X 9 1/8 in. De Luxe Large Paper Edition limited to 150 copies signed by R.M. Young, this copy one of 25 copies further enhanced by having plates hand-coloured by J.W. Carey. Beveled boards. xii. 287, [1 (printer's slug], [3 (subscribers)], [1 (illustration], [12 )advts.)] pp. on hand-made Dutch (Van Gelder) paper, folding double-page map, 1 colored printed plate with gilt and silver highlights 8 additional plates (in this rare issue, exquisitely hand-coloured by John and J.W. Carey, and Photo-engraved by Joseph Lewis. Plates printed on Japanese vellum. This special De luxe Edition features a large, double-page copper engraving of 'A Celebrated Itinerant Hardware Merchant of the North of Ireland', and a chromo-lithograph of an… Read More

Belfast, Ireland: Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, Royal Ulster Works, 1893. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 7.2 in. x 5 in., pp. [4] (advertising), 96, [4] (advertising). Illustrated with frontis of Henry Joy McCracken and black and white engravings throughout. Red pictorial paper boards over brown cloth spine. Rubbing to extremities; a few scuffs to the boards. Previous owner's name, dated 1924, in ink to front flyleaf. Spine and hinges tight. Robert Magill Young (1851-1925), who was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Belfast in 1895, was active in the public and cultural life of the city. He was a well-known and highly regarded local historian and antiquarian. He lectured frequently and published papers regularly in the revived Ulster Journal of Archaeology, of which he was also an editor, and in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. He edited The Town Book of the Corporation of Belfast: 1613-1816 (1892) and Historical notices of old Belfast and its… Read More

Belfast, Ireland: Marcus Ward & Co., Ltd, Royal Ulster Works, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. J. Thomson, James Smith. Quarto, 6.75 x 10.5 in., pp. xvi + 351. Illustrated with foldout two-color map, ten full page engravings, and over 50 woodcut illustrations by James Smith. Peach cloth boards with brown lines and gilt seal-medallion of Belfast to cover. Gilt title and two small brown designs to spine. Rubbing to extremities; corners bumped.Stains to front board. Cloth just separating from 5 inches of rear joint, but holding. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore-edge and bottom edges untrimmed. Elaborate initial caps and tailpieces throughout, bracketed side notes present to some of text, and numerous in-text illustrations. Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, stamped in purple to front pastedown, with "Reference Copy. Feb. 92" handwritten in ink, below.Title page in red and black, with red wax seal. New seal of city of Belfast to verso of title page. Very light foxing, most noticeably to endpapers. Map: "A… Read More

San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash, 1933. Limited Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 9.25" 6.25". This is number 246 out of 350 from this edition. Signed and inscribed by John Henry Nash to front endpaper. Staining to spine, previous owners name and date to front free endpaper. Lacks slipcase.

Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1677. Leather_bound. Good Plus. 241 pages. Title page vignette, vignette to dedication and preface. Full calf leather, 12mo [approximately 6 1/2 by 4 inches] Corners bumped, small chip to head and tail of spine, five raised bands to spine, cracking to spine and title faint. A few small spots to rear board, some scratches and discoloration to cover, textblock square, binding tight. Interior clean with uniform light toning. French translation of Pliny the Younger's Pangeric to the Emperor Trajan.