1781. [Tone, Theobald Wolfe]

Speeches from the Dock – Or, Protests of Irish patriotism. Containing, with introductory sketches and biographical notices [speeches delivered after conviction by Theobald Wolfe Tone]. By T.D., A.M. and D.B. Sullivan. New Edition – Re-edited and extended to cover the period up to the signing of the Treaty of 1921 by Sean Ua Ceallaigh.

Dublin, Gill and Son, 1953. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece of Theobald Wolfe Tone, LVI, 488 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, illustrated, original dustjacket. The rare jacket slightly frayed but overall the Volume inunusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1782. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

1783. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.

1784. Mathers, E. Powys.

The Eastern Anthology – Anthology of Eastern Love. Eastern Love: Volumes I & II & III: The Lessons of a Bawd and Harlot’s Breviary. English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra. Volume I: The Lessons of a Bawd of Damodaragupta. Volume II: The Harlot’s Breviary of Kshemendra. Volume III: The Book of Women and The Education of Wives.

3 Volumes in one (complete set). London, John Rodker For Subscribers, 1927. 15.2 cm x 23.5 cm. Pagination: Vol I: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 92 pages / Vol II: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 100 pages / Vol III: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 152 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful, actually stunning, private full morocco in Art Deco – Style (see images), Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Top edge gilt. Gilt on spine and red leather hardcover. Minor discolouration and staining to front and rear pastedown enpapers and endpapers. This edition of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta, the Samayamatrika of Kshemendra, the Zenan-Nameh of Fazil-Bey, and Ta’Dib Ul-Nisvan, being Volume I, II and III of the “Eastern Art of Love”, are here translated into English for the first time, by E. Powys Mathers. This edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux, 3 & 4, New Street Hill, London. The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd. This copy is No. 695.

1785. [Capek, Josef] Seifert, Jaroslav.

Osm Dni.

Prague, Melantrich, 1937. 4°. 22 unpaginated pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Illustrated with four original lithographs by Josef Capek. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

1786. Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

Lays of Ancient Rome – With Ivry and the Armada.

London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge’s Pocket Library (No.7 of 27)].

1787. Geigy-Hagenbach, Karl.

Album von Handschriften berühmter Persönlichkeiten von Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit [Album with historical signatures of famous personalities from the Medieaval times until the Modern Period].

Trilingual edition in english, french and german. Basel, Rud. Gering, 1925. 4°. 4 Bl., 206 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Einführung in deutsch, englisch und französisch / Introduction en francaise, anglaise et allemande / Introduction in french, englisch and german. Excellent condition of this rare publication.

1788. Shaw, [George] Bernard.

The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw.

London, Odhams Press, 1934. Large Octavo. VIII, 1219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Besides some minor foxxing to the edges this monumental publication is in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription to Naturalist Norman Hickin on the pastedown.

1789. [Homer] Bekker, Immanuel.

Carmina Homerica – Volumen Prius: Ilias / Volumen Altertum: Odyssea [Odyssey].

Bonn, Apud Adolphum Marcum, 1858. Octavo. VI, 594 pages / 480 pages. Hardcover / Original, 19th century half-vellum with marbled-paper-covered boards. Bookseller-Sticker of William McGee (College Bookseller – 18 Nassau Street – Dublin) to the pastedowns of both Volumes. Both bindings with staining and wear. The Odyssey – Volume with minor split to lower spine. Interior in excellent condition besides an occasional appearance of a fainted dampstain.

1790. Todd, John.

The Student’s Manual: Designed by specific Directions to aid in Forming and strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of The Student.

The Tenth Edition. Halifax, Printed & Published by William Milner, 1848. Miniature Book (8 cm x 12 cm). IV, 237 pages. Original Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The binding unusually form and the original endpapers intact.