8441. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8442. Moir Bryce, William.

Holyrood. Its Palace and Its Abbey. An Historical Appreciation. With 49 Illustrations (tipped in photographs with their original, titled tissue-guards).

Edition de Luxe (One of only 200 copies printed / this one unnumbered). Edinburgh, Otto Schulze and Company, 1914. 28.3cm x 22cm. xliv, 122 pages. Hardcover / Half leather with gilt lettering on spine and marbled endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8443. Summerson, John.

Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 (Pelican History of Art).

London, Penguin Books, 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVIII, 373 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to edges, front pages and endpaper. Pages slightly tanned. Rear endpaper separated from book block. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding strong.

8444. O’Brien, Jacqueline / Guinness, Desmond.

Great Irish Houses and Castles.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1992. Folio. 264 pages with illustrations throughout the volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8445. Gibson, Edmund.

The Late Bishop of London, Dr. Gibson’s Five Pastoral Letters to the People of His Diocese ; Particularly to those of the two Great Cities of London and Westminster. THE THREE FIRST [Letters] iIn Defence of the Gospel-Revelation, and by way of Preservative against the late Writings in Favour of Infidelity. THE FOURTH [Letter] Against Lukewarmness on one Hand, and Enthusiasm on the Other. And the FIFTH and LAST [Letter] On the late Rebellion, and exciting to a Serious Reformation of Life and Manners. With a POSTSCRIPT, setting forth the Danger and Mischief of POPERY.

London, Printed and Sold by E.Owen in Warwick-Lane, and W.Johnston in Ludgate-Street, 1760. Small-Octavo. [6 unnumbered pages], 314 pages plus 5 unnumbered pages of a Book-Catalogue by Publisher W.Johnston to the Rear. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with five raised bands. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding rubbed and bumped but firm and rather excellent overall. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.