7941. [Land Art and Country House] – Turrell, James / Wick, Oliver.

The Irish Sky Garden. With an essay by Günter Metken.

Skibbereen, Liss Ard Foundation, 1992. 29.7cm x 25.3cm. 111 pages. With 64 original illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

7942. 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.

7943. Olson, Charles.

The Maximus Poems. Edited by George F. Butterick.

First Edition. Los Angeles / London, University of California Press, 1983. Quarto. 652 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Unusually Excellent condition. Very heavy volume that is often broken at the spine – not this one !

7944. Murray, Peter.

Maritime Paintings of Cork and Associated Historical Material, 1700 – 2000.

Cork, Gandon Editions, 2005. 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only very minor signs of external wear but with the advantage of the Mylar-jacket.

7945. [Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

7946. 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.

7947. [Knight, Chareles].

The Penny Magazine of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge – Volume I: Number 1 – Number 48. [The Inaugural Volume].

London, Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East, March 1832 – December 1832. Quarto. Folded Frontispiece, 389 pages with 215 illustrations throughout plus two pages of Index and a List of Illustrations. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Front endpaper detached, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This being the very rare, inaugural Volume in unusually excellent condition.