Search Results: Titles starting with H from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Parapress Ltd., 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo, pp. x, 214, unclipped dust jacket with very minor light creases to bottom of cover, otherwise bright, interior with very light foxing to early pages, otherwise crisp, bright and clean, some very light foxing to top and fore edges, binding tight.

Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker, M.H. Gill & Son, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. viii, 464, original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, the latter dulled and with some fading to it and a portion of the front cover, some damp staining to rear at base (not affecting text), and some wear to base of spine, corners gently curled, interior with yellowing to peripheries of pages and some foxing, booksellers label to fep, bound-in errata slip, binding sound but opening in places, some pencil calculations to last page. Scarce.

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1934. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Stella Henry (nee Ross) . 8vo, pp. xiv, 368, 16 pages of publisher's list, original blind stamped and gilt lettered green cloth, gently rubbed but bright, author's inscription of thanks to Dr Stella Henry for supplying some of the illustrations on half title, remainder clean and bright, binding sound. Includes two letters loosely inserted regarding the involvement of Dr Henry's illustrations in the book. From the library of Dr George Henry (Master of the Rotunda 1981-87).

London: Her Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1901. Paperback. Good. London: Her Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1901. Reprint. Good. Ex M.R. Leeson Marshall, Capt. 4 R.M.F. Capt (later Major) M.R. Leeson-Marshall was born in 1859 and served with the 3rd and 4th R.M.F. He lived at Callinafercy House, Kilcolman, Co. Kerry and although he is included in the list of officers from Kerry who served abroad in the First World War, it would appear that he did not go to France. He would have been 55 in 1914. *vide Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, p. 460. The mekometer was the army's main range finder from 1899 to 1905 although some machines were still being used in the First World War. Rare. Ochre cloth covered paper cover a little tanned and worn, corners bumped, a crease half way down foredge throughout, another on top right corner, otherwise fairly clean, one illustration with pencilled annotations, ffep with owner's signature.

Balmain NSW: Ditty Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo, pp. 24, map on inside back cover, slightest of fading towards spine on cover, interior clean and crisp.

New York: P.M. Haverty, 1888. Paperback. Fair. New York : P.M. Haverty, 1888. First edition. Fair. Now stapled within brown card covers, original pictorial cover present but chipped and fragile, back cover missing, contents a bit dog-earred and paper yellowed but perfectly readable. Rare.

Dublin: New Island, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. Dublin: New Island, 2004. First edition. Near Fine. Signed by Maeve Binchy. Very minor crease to top corner of cover, otherwise crisp and clean.

London: Invicta Press, 1970. Reprint . Soft cover. Good. 8vo, pp. 97, original grey wrappers, these water stained and scuffed, interior clean, with some light handling marks, binding sound. A reprint from the Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of The Royal Society, Volume 16, November 1970.

London: Champan and Hall, 1888. Hardcover. Good. London: Champan and Hall, 1888. Reprint. Good. Original gilt and black printed red boards, spine faded and rubbed at top and bottom, corners bumped and bruises to front top edge, contemporary ink signature and date to ffep, age toning and dust on uncut edges, binding sound.

london: W. Flexney. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. xvi, 143, bound into a single volume with Jones, Rev J.P., Observations on the Scenery and Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Moreton-Hampstead and on the Forest of Dartmoor, Devon (Exeter, 1823, pp. 62); Two Private Letters From India to a Gentleman in England from his Son who Accompanied Earl Cornwallis on his Expedition to Lucknow in the Year 1787 (Peterborough, 1788, pp.70); [Dobell, Peter] Russia As It Is, and Not As It Has Been Represented (London, 1833, pp. 48), in half calf over marbled boards, title 'Moreton--Hampstead &c.' to spine, splits to leather at base of spine to the front and top of spine to the rear, corners bumped, loss of leather to one corner to the rear, several repairs to pages of the Indian Letter, Hibernia Curosia with four of its six fold out illustrations; Plan of the Giant's Causeway, Sketch of the Figures of the Columns as they appear on the top of the Causey (sic), A Plan of the Town and Water-Fall of… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1917. Hardcover. Fair. Twelve illustrations by Wildrake- Heath-Jellicoe. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1917. First edition thus. Fair. Twelve illustrations by Wildrake- Heath-Jellicoe. Spine faded, covers marked, corners bumped, interior with damp stains to preliminary pages, tanning to rear end papers, otherwise clean and sound binding

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. First edition. Very Good/good. Unclipped d.j. a little grubby and with some rubbing, interior clean, very minor foxing to foredge.

Warwick: H.T. Cooke & Sons Undated but Preface is dated 187. Hardcover. Good. Warwick: H.T. Cooke & Sons, Undated but Preface is dated 1875. First edition. Good. This would appear to pre-date the Simpkin, Marshall and Co. edition by a year and the brick red cover is also unique to this issue. Scarce thus. Gilt and black decorated brick red boards with shelf wear, particularly to top and bottom of slightly dulled spine, two old paint spots to spine, corners bumped, spine slightly cocked, interior largely clean, a.e.g., binding sound.

Kansas City, Missouri: The Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo, pp. vi, 315, original blue cloth with gilt lettering, a few light marks but generally bright, top corners mildly bumped, interior crisp, bright and clean, binding tight.

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. Hardcover. Good. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. Second edition. Good. A 16mo reprint of the foolscap 8vo original of 1821. This edition was first published in 1825 and is scarce. 16mo, original boards with splits to spine, some loss to top, paper label bearing title, complete with plan, this foxed, and fourteen engraved illustrations after George Petrie, some insect damage to top right corner of frontispiece, not affecting illustration, some foxing and minor staining throughout, binding fragile.

London: Macmiilan and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good +. London: Macmiilan and Company, 1928. First edition. Good +. Some minor water staining to spine and a very small portion of lower cover of gilt decorated dark red cloth, owner's name to ffep, otherwise interior clean and crisp, the spine slightly cocked.

Dundalk: William Tempest, 1986. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. xiv, 350, limited edition facsimile reprint by original publishers, some creasing at spine, otherwise bright and clean, binding sound.

Ely, Cambridge: Providence Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Anne Treadwell-Cook. Ely, Cambridge: Providence Press, 1982. First edition. Fine. Anne Treadwell-Cook. The half leather deluxe issue (the pictorial card cover and back cover are bound in at the back), signed by both authors, the illustrator and Peter Scott, who wrote the introduction. Rare thus. The slightest rubbing to the spine, owner's label to title page, contents as new

Baltimore, Co. Cork: Baltimore Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo, pp. 78, viii pages of plates, in stiff green card covers with gilt lettering, as new. Metcalfe wrote his manuscript between 1950-57 but it was not published in book form until Conor MacGillycuddy published this book, having added to the original with extracts from Rosemary MacGillycuddy's A Short History of the Clan McGillycuddy (1991).

Dublin: P. Byrne, W. Jones and J. Rice, 1793. 1st Dublin Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 755, contemporary full marbled leather, scuffed and minor losses, red label with gilt lettering to spine, corners bumped, very small splits to top of spine, interior with ffep and next page creased, split to ffep along spine, creases also to lower portion of half title, thereafter generally clean, some minor foxing to title page and some off setting throughout, some gently creased corners, binding tight.