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History of Scottish medicine

By: Comrie, John D

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, The Welcome Historical Medical Museum by Bailliere, Tindall & Cox: 1932

Seller ID: 8787

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Vol 1: 396pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Signature of Ian Maclaren Thompson, 1896-1961, Canadian physician, dated during his time at Berkeley, CA. Pictures, decorative endpapers. Book has dark blue cloth covers with gold text and design on the front, gold text on the spine and back, gilt on the top edge of the textblock. Book has minor wear to head, tail and corners, minor tear on tail, corners slightly bumped, front pastedown shows evidence of removed sticker. Text is clear and unmarked. (398 pages). Vol 2: 441pp + 9 unnumbered pages. Pagenated as 412-852. Signature of Ian Maclaren Thompson, 1896-1...
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A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal

By: Hamilton, John Noel

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast: 1974

Seller ID: 10641

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

[viii], 342 pp. Includes a dictionary and notes, additions, corrections. Quarto. Bright green softcovers library bound into hard cover. With remains of library stickers on front cover and spine and scar on front cover. Interior has library marks and remains of pocket, otherwise clean, unmarked and sturdy. Text in Irish, else English. Vol. 3 in the series, quite scarce. Hamilton died in Belfast in 2017. ; Studies in Irish Language and Literature; Ex-Library; Vol. 3; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 342 pages
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The Monastery of Saint Mochaoi of Nendrum

By: Lawlor, H.C.; MacAlister, Prof. R.A.S., Foreword

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Belfast, Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society: 1925

Seller ID: 004699

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

xxviii + 187 pp. Folding plate at frontis, illustrated with plates. Original dark blue cloth covers are generally worn, library tape on bottom spine to cover library marks, spine gilt legible, back joint has been reglued with some reippling of the cloth, interior has normal library marks, pocket removed. Folding plate has a long tear across the middle which has been archivally repaired, endpapers darkened, but otherwise clean. Respectable but aged, priced low to reflect condition. Scarce book on an early medieval monastery in northern Ireland. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall
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Cunninghame Graham a Centenary Study

By: MacDiarmid, Hugh

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Caledonian Press: 1952

Seller ID: 8783

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

40pp. DJ is faded cream with black text on the front with black and white picture on front. DJ has wear and tears to head, tail, edges and corners, minor mark on back cover, previous owner wrote on front cover. DJ has been wrapped protectively in mylar. Book has green cloth covers with gold text on the front. Wear to head, tail and corners, corners bumped, minor mark on front cover, spine cocked, boards slightly bent. Minor browning on first two pages and last page, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; 40 pages
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Slainte Deich MBliana de Chlo Iar-Chonnachta

By: O'Conghaile, Micheal (editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Clo Iar-Chonnachta Teo: 1995

Seller ID: 5561

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

1874700397 572 pages + (4) Irish language, contains plates, DJ dark blue with illustrations and white and yellow lettering, wear to head, tail, edges and corners, minor tear along upper right side of spine, book navy blue cloth covers with gold lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, previous owner's signature on endpaper, otherwise pages clear and unmarked; Irish Edition; 572 pages
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The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland

By: O'Sullivan, Aidan

Price: $89.00

Publisher: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy: 1998

Seller ID: 10642

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

1874045623 Xiv, 236 pp. Bibliography. Illustrated with maps, plates, figures, some in colour. Quarto. Blue, green and dark blue dust jacket has slight remains of library stickers, now in Mylar. Book itself has minor wear to covers, small remains of jacket attachment to boards, interior has normal library marks, otherwise clean and unmarked. "The archaeology of lake settelement in Ireland is rich, complex and intriguing and could provide us with many new insights into the settlement and environment of the Irish landscape since earliest times. ..begins by examining the history of these studi...
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The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, or the Invasions of Ireland by the Danes and Other Norsemen. . The Original Irish Text, Edited, with Translation and Introduction

By: Todd, James Henthorn

Price: $80.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer.: 1867

Seller ID: 10643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Ccvii, 348, [i], 16 pp. Two colour plates of the manuscripts at the front, one folding. Red and black title. Ads at rear. Octavo. Text in Irish with translation beneath, two columns of notes below that. In umber library buckram with gilt library title to spine, covers have remains of library stickers. Interior has library stamps and pocket, small ink link on first blank. Very occasional light pencil marginalia, page 4 of the ads at the rear has a small lack at the fore-edge, otherwise clean and nice. James Henthorn Todd (23 April 1805 – 28 June 1869) was a biblical scholar, educator, and Iri...
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The Manuscript and Meaning of Malory's Morte Darthur Rubrication, Commemoration, Memorialization (Athurian Studies)

By: Whetter, K. S.

Price: $49.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, D. S. Brewer: 2017

Seller ID: 10343

ISBN: 1843844532

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Xiv, 242, [4]. Index, ads, bibliography. 12 colour plates of manuscript leaves in the center. ; Octavo. Hard paper covers showing a rubricated manuscript, black spine, covers are clean and unmarked. Interior has very light occasional pencil marks, otherwise clean and nice. "The red-ink names that decorate the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte Darthur are striking; yet until now, no-one has asked why the rubrication exists. This book explores the uniqueness and thematic significance of the physical layout of the Morte in its manuscript context, arguing that the layout suggests, and th...
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A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland. Fourth Edition

By: [Mudie, Robert, Attributed]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd: 1822

Seller ID: 10060

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

338 pp. 5 large folding plates. Original brown cloth with blind ruling, royal coat of arms in gilt to front cover, gilt to spine. Spine cover is lifting and has detached at front joint, weak at rear joint but boards still holding if threatening and book block is sound. Interior yellow end pages are a bit discolored, otherwise clean and unmarked. One of the larger folding plates has a clear tear at the gutter, otherwise the plates are in very nice condition. A lovely bit of history, the story (attributed to Robert Mudie) of George IV's trip to Scotland, the first English king to visit in many y...
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