761. Boyd, Andrew.

Fermenting Elements. The Labour Colleges in Ireland 1924-1964.

Belfast, Donaldson Archives, 1999. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 172 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

762. Boyd, James I.C.

The Schull & Skibbereen Railway.

Mon, The Oakwood Press, 1999. 21,8 cm x 15,3 cm. X, 235 pages. Whit many original photographs throughout. Original hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare. Out of Print.

763. Boyd, William.

An Ice-Cream War.

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1982. 14 cm x 22 cm. 370 pages. One black and white map. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author William Boyd on the titlepage.

764. Boylan, Henry.

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1979. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. xi, 385 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowners namesticker on endpaper.

765. Boylan, Henry (Editor).

A Dictionary of Irish Biography.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1999. 15 cm x 23 cm. 462 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

766. [Boyle Bernard, Richard (Dean of Leighlin)] Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Buffon’s Natural History, Abridged – Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street, 1792. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Volume I: Frontispice [″Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist”], Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius], XXXVII, Errata-Leaf, 353 pages / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of fowling at the steep cliffs of St.Kilda)], 494 pages including a thorough Index. With 106 [of 107 Plates] spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes. Hardcover / One Volume rebound to style and one Volume in its original 18th century full leather. Original bookplate / Exlibris of Dean Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge to pastedown of Volume I. Both Volumes now housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

767. [Boyle, Family] Budgell, Eustace / [Theobald, Lewis].

Memoirs of The Lives And Characters of The Illustrious Family of The Boyle’s. Containing Many Curious Pieces of English History, not extant in anyother author. The Whole Extracted From Original Papers And Manuscripts. [Including an Epistle to the Right Hon. John Earle of Orrery, by Lewis Theobald]. Also an impartial Account of the Life, Character and parliamentary Conduct of the Right Honourable Henry Boyle, Esq.; Speaker of the Hon. House of Commons, one of his Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and twelve Times sworn one of the Justices of Ireland. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Dorset, &c.

Dublin, J.Esdall, 1754. 17,3 cm x 11 cm. VIII, pages XVII -XXIII, 268 pages. [Lacking the list of Subscribers (IX – XII) and Start of Content-pages (XIII-XVI)]. Later, 19th century Hardcover / Half – leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly damaged and broken. Bookblock tight and clean besides a faded dampstain and some lesions to outer margiuns of several pages. Needs some attention from a bookbinder. Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry J.B.Clements on pastedown [Clements was landowner in County Mayo and County Galway (Rosshill House connection)].

768. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.

769. [BRACKETT, Oliver] Smith, H. Clifford (ed.).

English Furniture Illustrated / Le Mobilier Anglais Illustré / Englands Möbelwerk in Bildern. French translation by Eric Whelpton. German translation by Nora Wydenbruck.

Trilingual Edition: English, French & German. London, Spring Books, 1958. 24 cm x 31 cm. 404 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Includes indexes in English, French and German. 240 plates. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear, for example some discoloration to the front cover and fading of the outside spine.

770. Braddon, Russel / Several authors.

River Journeys.

London, British Broadcasting Cooperation, 1984. 25 cm x 19,5 cm. 208 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.