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Captain Rock (psuedynom for Thomas Moore): Memoirs of Captain Rock The Celebrated Irish Chieftain with Some Account of his Ancestors

CODE: 0304093

£74.99
In stock
London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. 1824.

First Edition. Half calf with marbled boards. Hardback. 16mo. 376 pages. The binders initial have been added in ink inside the front cover. In the same hand the following is on the front blank end page, "Col. Sindon of Park". Red fleck page edges. Some patchy foxing. Small closed tear to top edge of title page. Minor chipping/wear to cover edges.

Very Good condition

Charles Lever: The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. With Numerous Illustration By Phiz

CODE: 1201101

£39.99
In stock
Dublin. William Curry Jun and Co. 1839.

Full period dark green cross hatched leather binding. Hardback. 8vo. xv/ 344 pages. Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot K Browne). Red marbled end pages. Hinges worn. Binding is firm. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing mainly to the edges of the plates. A few minor ink marks. Small section of pages starting to loosen.

Good condition

Laurance Sterne: The Works of Laurence Sterne in four volumes.

CODE: 102325

£179.99
In stock
London. Printed for A. Strahan; G. Wilkie; Lackington; Allen & Co; Longman; Hurst..... 1815.

Complete set in 4 volumes. Full leather. 12mo. xvi / 440 pages. xviii / 408 pages. xi / 356 pages. viii / 355 pages. Volumes contain black and white illustrated plates including frontis to volume 1. Five slightly raised bands to spine with gilt decoration. Armorial bookplates stuck to front pastedowns. Red speckled page edges. Contains sermons and letters with a life of the author written by himself. Title plates missing from spines. Some light foxing being heavier to first and last few pages and plates. Internal hinges to volume 1 cracked and repaired. Volume 2 has been misbound from pages 1 to 4. Some corner. surface and edge wear to covers and spine. Some small patches of loss to top layer of leather on covers. There is a small tear to leather at top of spine of volume 1 and slight edge wear to first few pages. Small hole to first blank page of volume 3 approx 2mm.

Good + condition.

Laurence Sterne: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Gentleman.

CODE: 101744

£149.99
In stock
London. Joseph Wenman. 1783.

Reprint. Six volumes bound in two. Full period calf leather bindings. 32mo.. 109 pages. 111 pages. 131 pages. 121 pages. 110 pages + 2 pages of pub. adverts. 98 pages. Engraved frontiss. Some blank end pages missing. Spines cracked and chipped (esp. vol. 2). Internal hinges cracked. Boards are loose but attached.

Good condition

Padraic Martin: Arcadian Holiday

CODE: 102265

£19.99
In stock
London. Gerald G. Swan. 1944.

First Edition. Hard back. No dust jacket. Small 8vo.. 192 pages. Spine sunned and faded.

Good + condition

[Jonathan Swift]: A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. (With) An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. Jamess Library.

CODE: 101671

£174.99
In stock
London. Benj. Motte. 1733.

Eighth edition. Full period natural tan calf leather binding. 16mo.. xxiv/ 220 pages. 7 engraved plates. Three parts in one volume including A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Spine rebacked to match. 2" closed tear to margin of one plate. Covers marked and slightly water stained. Owners name on blank end page.

Very Good condition
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