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The Haw Lantern
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The Haw Lantern

by HEANEY, Seamus

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INSCRIBED TO A FRIEND AT THE BELFAST LAUNCH
first edition, hardbound issue 8vo. [12], 51, [1 (blank)]pp., red cloth lettered in silver, paper very lightly toning around the edges as usual, else fine in fine dust jacket.
Inscribed on title page "Seamus Heaney/ at the Belfast/ Launch, 39.vi.87".
Brandes & Durkan A41. Published in June 1987 in both cloth and paperback.
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Hayti
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Hayti: or the Black Republic. Second Edition

by ST. JOHN, Spenser

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EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS extra-illustrated 8vo. xxiv, 389pp., folding coloured map, extra-illustrated with 17 small tipped in contemporary photographic portraits and a larger one of a medal, original olive green cloth, front board blocked in black and gilt, spine gilt lettered, title page foxed, else very good. Contemporary armorial bookplate of J. Y. Calwell and an article on Hayti clipped from the Belfast News-Letter of June 1 1802 tipped to verso of front free endpaper.St John (1825-1910), British diplomat, became British chargé d'affaires in Haiti and in 1871 took up the same post in the Dominican Republic. He was promoted to Minister in Haiti late in 1872. His assessment of the country based on twenty-five years experience which occurs on the first page of the introduction was that it was "a country in a state of rapid decadence". The book includes a description of the country and its troubled history, together with chapters on the population, "Vaudoux-Worship and… Read More
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The Heimskringla or The Sagas of The Norse Kings.
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The Heimskringla or The Sagas of The Norse Kings.: [Translated] From the Icelandic of Snorre Sturlason by Samuel Laing. Second Edition, Revised with Notes by Rasmus B. Anderson. With two maps.

by STURLASON, Snorre

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'AMONG THE GREAT HISTORY BOOKS OF THE WORLD' first edition thus 4 vols. tall 8vo. xxxvi, 398; xxviii, 410; xxviii, 416; xxviii, 418pp., 2 folding maps, title pages printed in red and black, original blue cloth pictorially blocked in gilt and black on front covers and titled and ruled in gilt on spines, top edges gilt, spines a trifle darkened, ends of spine of vol.I trifle scuffed. A very nice copy. Limited to numbered 520 copies (310 copies for England, 210 for American) market: this copy no 314. Rare in this condition. The Heimskringla is an important collection of sixteen sagas containing an account of the history of Norway and a compendium of ancient Scandanavian mythology and poetry. First published in Stockholm in 1697 (Printing and the Mind of Man 138) in the original Icelandic, with translations in Swedish and Latin."Iceland is the main source of all Norse literature and history, and if one name must be chosen to stand for the whole body of literature which has come… Read More
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An Hibernian Atlas;
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An Hibernian Atlas;: or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland: divided into Provinces; with its sub-divisions of Counties, Baronies, &c. showing their Boundaries, Extent, Soil, Produce, Contents, Measure, Members of Parliament, and Number of Inhabitants; also the Cit

by SCALÉ, Bernard

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A BEAUTIFUL ATLAS OF IRELAND - RARE EDITION WITH POST-UNION UPDATES 4to. 78 engraved leaves comprising 4 preliminary leaves (title page with large emblematic panel, dedication page with large emblematic panel, preface, and index) and 37 leaves of hand-coloured maps each with an accompanying page of engraved explanatory text, modern half rich tan calf, spine panelled by raised bands highlighted by gilt fillets, panels decorated with blind rolls and a large central tool, rose morocco title label gilt, one panel direct lettered gilt, marbled sides, preliminary leaves a little foxed else a nice fresh copy. A rare edition with post Act of Union updates added at the foot of the engraved text. BONAR LAW Printed Maps of Ireland, A15The 37 maps comprise a general map of Ireland, 4 province maps, and 32 county maps. All are very attractively hand coloured in outline and in wash. The county maps are coloured in baronies, the provinces in counties and the general map in provinces. These maps were first engraved… Read More
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Historical Records of the Royal African Corps
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Historical Records of the Royal African Corps

by CROOKS, John Joseph

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RARE HISTORY OF AN COLONIAL ARMY CORPS first edition small 8vo. viii, 136, [2 (bibliography & advt.)]pp., maroon cloth lettered and with a design in black on upper cover, fine bright copy, essentially as new. Rare, especially so in this condition. Library Hub (formerly COPAC) locates only in Cambridge, T.C.D., Aberdeen, London Library & Instit. Historical Research. OCLC adds only a copy in France. The Royal African Corps (1800-1821), an infantry unit in the British Army, grew out of Fraser's Corps of Infantry which had been raised in 1800 for the defence of the Island of Goree off the Senegal coast. It was renamed the African Corps and then in 1804 the Royal African Corps. It was composed primarily of deserters and prisoners with some additional indigenous African soldiers being attached to make up numbers and it was used for colonial garrison duty, often of penal establishments. In 1806 the Corps was split with a section sent to the West Indies as the Royal West India Rangers. The… Read More
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Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce,
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Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce,: from the Earliest Accounts, containing an History of the great commercial interests of the British Empire. To which is prefixed an Introduction, exhibiting a view of the ancient and modern state of Europe; of the importance of our Colonies; and of the Co

by ANDERSON, Adam

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IMPORTANT HISTORY OF COMMERCE - THE BEST EDITION - GREATLY EXPANDED & REVISEDfirst edition thus revised and expanded (second overall) 4 vols. 4to. [2 (title)], (v)-lxxxviii, 556; [2 (title)], 647, [1 (blank)]; [2 (title)], 508, [59 (chronological index)], [1 (blank)], [11 (index & appendix)], [1 (blank)]; [2 (title)], iv, [4 (list of subscribers)], 718, [43 (alphabetical & chronological index)], [1 (blank)]pp., 2 folding maps, 1 frontispiece plate, 1 folding table, contemporary speckled calf, sides with a decorative gilt rolled border, spines panelled by gilt highlighted raised bands, panels gilt tooled, black morocco title labels and olive green morocco numbering labels, labels on vol. 2 renewed (very close match to originals), minor old worm trace in a few early gatherings of vol.2 very skillfully repaired, minor damps stains to margins of some leaves (mainly of terminal leaves), some minor cracking of joints sometime very skillfully refurbished. Overall a nice and a handsome… Read More
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The History of the Civil Wars of France.
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The History of the Civil Wars of France.: Translated from the original Italian of Henrico Caterino D’Avila

by DAVILA, Enrico Caterino

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IMPRESSIVE PRODUCT OF A DUBLIN FEMALE PRINTER first Irish edition folio (35.6 x 22 cms.) [4 (title & preface)], [2 (list of subscribers)], 734, [16 (index)]pp., title page handsomely printed in red and black, attractive woodcut initial letter borders at section heads, early nineteenth (or possibly late eighteenth) century polished calf, triple gilt fillet border on sides, spine panelled by broad raised bands, panels richly gilt tooled, black morocco title label, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, minor cracking at ends of joints with trivial chip at head of rear joint, else a very nice tall, wide-margined and fresh copy. Armorial engraved bookplate of the Earl of Clancarty. ESTC t145513 Printed by Elizabeth Jones, printer and bookseller. This is one of the largest format and impressive publications of mid-eighteenth century Dublin. There are 163 named subscribers, three of whom took multiple copies giving a total of 178 copies. It is probable that about 200 copies were printed.… Read More
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History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century
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History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century: Part I. The Mongols Proper and the Kalmuks. Part II. The So-called Tartars of Russia and Central Asia. Part III. The Mongols of Persia

by HOWORTH, Henry H.

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CLASSIC WORK ON MONGOL HISTORYfirst edition 4 vols. tall 8vo. xxviii, 743; xxxiv, 626; [2], (627)-1087; x, 776pp., 2 folding coloured maps, very handsomely bound in later rich russet-red morocco with red cloth on sides, old scored-out library stamps on margins, else a very nice copy. Although intended to bring the history up to the nineteenth century these four volumes, all that were published during Howorth's lifetime, only covered the period to the fourteenth century. The project then collapsed but a very rare supplement and index (ca.378pp) was published in 1927.
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The History of Philosophy,
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The History of Philosophy,: from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century; drawn up from Brucker's Historia Critica Philosophiae by William Enfield. In Two Volumes. Vol.I [II]

by BRUCKER, Johann Jakob] ENFIELD, William (translator)

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PRINCIPAL AUTHORITY FOR KANT & THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS -'IMMENSELY LEARNED AND DETAILED' first edition of the first English version 2 vols. large 4to. xxviii, 503, [1 (blank)], [60 (index)]; [4], 628pp., large folding engraved plate (a biographical time chart) in vol. I, contemporary diced russia, gilt fillet and roll pattern on front cover, spines with gilt highlighted raised bands and gilt tools at panel centres, direct lettered gilt, some scattered gatherings lightly browned as usual, spines little rubbed and some cracking of joints, but generally a very good and attractive copy. Partially erased engraved armorial bookplates of the Broadhurst family on the front endpapers. The great German scholar Brucker (1669-1770) first published his magnum opus Historia Critica Philosophiae at Leipzig in 5 quarto volumes between 1742 and 1744, and it was reprinted with an additional 6th volume in 1767. This monumental work is the foundation of the modern historiography of philosophy. Enfield… Read More
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The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards.
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The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards.: Done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. By Thomas Townsend Esq.

by SOLIS, Antonio de

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CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO - FIRST & BEST EDITION IN ENGLISH first edition in English folio (35 x 23.5 cms.) [6 (title page, dedication & preface)], [4 (list of subscribers)], [10 (contents)], 163, [1 (blank)], 252, 152pp., decorative initials, head and tail pieces, engraved frontispiece portrait (of Cortes), 2 maps, 6 engraved plates (of which 2 are large folding), contemporary calf with nesting blind Cambridge panels on sides, edges sprinkled red, very handsomely rebacked with the original end papers reused, spine panelled by gilt highlighted raised bands, large blind tool at panel centres, russet morocco label gilt, corners refurbished, portrait and title page with minor Japanese tissue repairs to fore edges, a few closed tear (no loss) in folding plates professionally repaired (barely noticeable), a couple of old worm holes running into the upper margin of the text block, first few leaves lightly dust marked and with a barely visible water mark at upper corner, a few other… Read More
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The History of England,
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The History of England,: from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes. A New Edition, Corrected. To which is added, a Complete Index. [and including The Life of David Hume, Esq. written by Himself]

by HUME, David

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HANDSOME TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN PRIZE BINDINGS FROM THE McKENZIE WORKSHOP 8 vols. tall 8vo. vol.1: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], (5)-20 ('Life'), 490; vol.2: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 508; vol.3: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 455, [456 (blank)]; vol.4: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 472; vol.5: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 520; vol.6: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 576; vol.7: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 527, 528 (blank)]; vol.8: [4 (half-title & title)], [4 (contents)], 330, [238 (index)], engraved portrait of David Hume engraved by P. Halpin after the painting by Donaldson in vol. 1, handsome Trinity College Dublin prize binding of contemporary tree calf, sides with a gilt fillet border and with the oval arms of Trinity College Dublin boldly gilt blocked at the centre of both sides, smooth spines richly gilt tooled in panels and with a red morocco title labels gilt and olive green morocco… Read More
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History of the Conquest of Mexico,
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History of the Conquest of Mexico,: with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilisation, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes.

by PRESCOTT, William H.

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NICE COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTHfirst edition 3 vols. tall 8vo. xxxii, 442; xvi ,440; xvi, 456pp., portrait in each vol., folding maps, 1 plate, original cloth blocked in blind and gilt, vol.3 partially unopened, spines little faded, heads of spines little scuffed. A very good in original condition.Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell of Marchmont.The true first edition. This English edition preceded the first U.S. printing by three months.The classic account by one of the greatest scholars of Spanish history, and especially of its development in the Americas.
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