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Privately printed, 1907. Paperback. Good. Privately printed, 1907. First edition. Good. A 64 page booklet on the running of Irish National Schools and the role of the Catholic church. Sacerdos is the Latin, and Sagart the Irish, for 'priest'', so perhaps not a balanced view! Very rare. Small piece of bottom right corner of cover missing, staples rusty, cover mildly tanned, interior largely bright and clean, a thunb crease along foredge throughout.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 330, unclipped dust jacket lightly marked but generally bright, interior virtually as issued, binding tight.

Dumfries: Robert Dinwiddie & Co. Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Dumfries: Robert Dinwiddie & Co. Ltd, 1961. First edition. Very Good. "If you want an insight into the sort of life which brings "the peace which passeth understanding", you should read "Thirty and Three Years A-Growing", a selection of diary entries by James Leslie Sadler . It is difficult to put into words the unique and intrinsic value of the book, but it is a deeply moving authentic record of the glory of the simple life. It leaves one with the feeling that this is how life should be lived, and with a renewed sense of the value of sincerity, integrity, and tolerance, even in the midst of sadness and war, and of other qualities only too often underrated and neglected in the world about us. On occasion the language is truly poetic, and there are passages of exquisite beauty." Unattributed newspaper review (copy pasted onto front end paper). Presentation inscription from the author to John and… Read More

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Undated (1905?), 1905. Hardcover. Good. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Undated (1905?). First edition. Good. From Jack's Shilling Scientific Series. Some staining to cover, interior with a bookplate to fep, owner's signature to title page, endpapers toned, some very mild foxing to title page and foredge, and some margin lines in ink. Scarce.

London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd Undated (c.1944), 1944. Hardcover. Good. London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd, Undated (c.1944). First edition. Good. Top corners bumped, spine faded at top and bottom, some foxing to edges of pages, otherwise clean and with sound binding

Santa Monica, CA: Roundtable Publishing Inc., 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo, pp. xi, 314, unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a small tear to lower margin of front cover and two splits at rear hinge, but generally bright, original green leatherette boards with gilt lettering bright and clean, interior with a lengthy inscription to ffep and small owner's address label to fep, thereafter clean, bright and crisp, a single, small mark to fore edge, binding tight. The book is signed and inscribed by American songwriter and actor, Buddy Pepper, who appeared at the Marmont in the fifties. The owner's label is from Pepper's library at Sherman Oaks, CA., and was acquired from the library of the recipient mentioned in the inscription. A fine association copy.

London: Faber and Faber, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. London: Faber and Faber, 1942. First edition. Very Good/fair. Losses to d.j. at head and foot of spine and corners, rubbed and foxed, contents and binding good

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo, pp. 244, unclipped d.j. with splits at corners and spine, losses to the latter and bottom right corner, top edge stained, fawn cloth with red lettering bright, interior with map end papers, owner's name to half title page, thereafter crisp and clean, binding sound.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1892. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. xvi, 94, two pages of advertising, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration, some rubbing but quite bright, interior with light foxing throughout but in otherwise god condition, small tear towards hinge of fold out illustration, binding sound.

Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1966. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. 274, covers with some uneven toning and fading, rubbed, top right corner bruised, interior clean, top and fore edges mildly foxed and marked, binding tight.

London: Hutchinson and Co., 1906. Hardcover. Good +. London: Hutchinson and Co., 1906. First UK edition. Good +. Translated by Frederick Whyte. The title is something of a misnomer; Schillings was one of the first people to advocate the shooting of African wildlife with a camera rather than a rifle. These volumes are testimoney to his adherence to that philosophy and included are several shots taken at night and many 'action' shots with animals on the move. Original pictorial greeen cloth covers with a few bumps, marks and rubbing but bright, corners mildly bumped, t.e.g., minor foxing to endpapers but otherwise clean and with sound binding. An attractive set.

London: John G. Murdoch & Co. Ltd.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to, pp. 364, 150 plates, in rebound half leather binding over cloth using original boards and spine, rubbed, interior with marbled end papers and edges, the odd foxing marks here and there but generally clean, binding tight. This is a heavy book and will attract extra postage. Please contact us for a quote before ordering.

Slimbridge, Glos.: International Waterfowl Research Bureau, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 368, pictorial card covers, creased and rubbed, very small tear to top rear cover, interior with owner's name and address label to title page, some handling marks to early pages, thereafter clean and crisp, binding tight. Scarce. Proceedings of the Third Technical Meeting on Western Palearctic Migratory Bird Management, held at the Biologische Station Rieselfelder Munster, Federal Republic of Germany, 12-15 October, 1982.

London: E.J. Larby No date (C.1910), 1910. Hardcover. Good. London: E.J. Larby, No date (C.1910). Student's edition (reprint). Good. Spine darkened, covers marked, interior with tanned endpapers, pencil signature to ffep, ink stamp to front paste down, contents clean and with tight binding.

Kilkenny: Kilkenny Journal Ltd., 1948. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo, pp. 25, original cream card with blue printing, a few handling marks but generally bright, interior clean and crisp, binding sound. Scarce.

Dublin: J. Exshaw and J. Williams, 1770. Hardcover. Good. Dublin: J. Exshaw and J. Williams, 1770. Good. From the library of Augusta Webber. Augusta Carree married Edward Webber in Cork in 1746. In full contemporary calf, gilt lettering to spine on red label to spine, owner's name in gilt lettering in panel below, a few marks, corners nildly bumped, interior largely clean and crisp, presentation inscription on title page, dated 1773, a few folded corners, now straightened, otherwise a good copy.

London: The King Penguin Books, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London: The King Penguin Books, 1952. First edition. Fine/fine. King Penguin # 63. One of many King Penguins in stock, many in as issued condition Unclipped d.j. with the faintest of rubbing, a few small tears, on back, contents as issued

Chicago: Bantam Books, 1958. First edition thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 245, pictorial cover, rubbed, corners bumped, spine creased, interior largely clean, page edges yellowed, binding opening at front hinge but sound.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First UK edition. Very Good/good. D.j. rubbed on spine and edges, small loss to head of spine, interior with foxing to endpapers and foredge, bookseller's ink stamp fbep, otherwise clean.

London: John Heyward and B.T. Batsford, 1888. Hardcover. Fair. London: John Heyward and B.T. Batsford, 1888. First edition. Fair. 'Taken from 80 examples, not hitherto illustrated, of chiefly 17th Century English carved oak'. Not sure some of the samples chosen would pass muster nowadays but an interesting insight as to what was thought to be 17th Century at the time. Cracks beginning along inner hinges, splits on spine, corners and foredge bumped, contents with some off-setting of illustrations otherwise clean.