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This list is alphabetized by author and title. Items with a CW before the inventory number (e.g. CW 410516) are available at our Spring Lane location. You may notice extensive listings in a particular subject area as we buy collections or catalogue different areas of our stores. Our inventory (or at least that portion which has been inventoried) can be searched on the Advanced Book Exchange. As a rule, we only have one copy of these items, so they are available on a first-come basis.  Please call or email to check availability. We accept all major credit cards, checks and money orders. Shipping via UPS unless otherwise requested. Institutional billing available. Reciprocal discount to the trade.

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Bagnall, Roger S.. THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PAPYROLOGY (OXFORD HANDBOOKS). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009. 8vo. Cloth. 688 pp. Light shelfwear. Light soiling to page edges. Blue ink marginalia on p. 373, with an annotation related to this at rear free endpaper. Very good in a very good jacket. $60 CW428661

Baily Jr., Walter L.. INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON AUTOMORPHIC FORMS (PUBLICATIONS OF THE MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1973. 8vo. Cloth. 262 pp. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Jacket with light sunning to spine, and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $30 CW428659

Cosgrove, Richard A.. THE RULE OF LAW: ALBERT VENN DICEY, VICTORIAN JURIST (STUDIES IN LEGAL HISTORY). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. 1980. 8vo. Cloth. 319 pp. Light shelfwear. Soiling to top of textblock. Jacket rubbed at edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $30 CW428680

Cross, William. RECORDS IN ONE-MOVER CHESS CONSTRUCTION TASKS. Richmond, Surrey: The Q Press. 1970. Limited edition, number 207 of 250. 8vo. Stapled wraps. 8 pp. Wraps sunned at spine and edges. Very good. $50 CW428670

Dawson, T. R., edited. C. M. FOX, HIS PROBLEMS. Thornton Heath, Surrey: n.p.. 1936. 8vo. Stapled wraps. 23 pp. Wraps sunned at spine and edges, with splits at head and tail of spine. Very god minus $40 CW428671

Dawson, T. R.. CAISSA'S FAIRY TALES. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Stroud News Publishing Ltd.. 1947. 8vo. Stapled green wraps. 37 pp. Illustrated with examples. Bottom of spine bumped. Wraps with light wear at edges, and light sun-fading to spine and edges. Very good. $50 CW428669

De Burca, Marcus. THE GAA: A HISTORY. Dublin: Cumann Luthchleas Gael. 1980. 8vo. Cloth. 280 pp. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by de Burca on the title page. Rubbing to edges. Front free endpaper removed. Jacket with wrinkling and wear at edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $75 CW428677

Douglas, R. M.. THE LABOUR PARTY, NATIONALISM AND INTERNATIONALISM, 1939-1951 (BRITISH POLITICS AND SOCIETY). London: Routledge. 2004. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards (hardcover). 299 pp. Light shelfwear, bumping to spine ends, else very good, no jacket. $45 CW428682

Eliot Hearst; John Knott. BLINDFOLD CHESS: HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY, TECHNIQUES, CHAMPIONS, WORLD RECORDS, AND IMPORTANT GAMES. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland. 2008. 8vo. Blue cloth. 437 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight bumping to corners. Bar code sticker to rear board. Very good, no jacket. $40 CW428663

Gibbins, N. M.. FAIRY CHESS PROBLEMS. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Stroud News Publishing Ltd.. 1946. 8vo. Stapled wraps. 8 pp. Black and white illustrations. Wraps with light soiling and wrinkling, and some small closed tears at the top edges, including a half-inch closed tear that affects both covers and all the pages. Very good minus. $65 CW428668

Grant, John N.. EDITING GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS: PAPERS GIVEN AT THE TWENTY THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EDITORIAL PROBLEMS UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, 6-7 NOVEMBER 1987 (CONFERENCE ON EDITORIAL PROBLEMS PROCEEDINGS). New York: Ams Pr Inc. 1989. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 197 pp. Light shelfwear. Corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good, no jacket. $75 CW428664

Ingólfsson, Árni Heimir. JóN LEIFS AND THE MUSICAL INVENTION OF ICELAND (MUSIC, NATURE, PLACE). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. 2019. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards (hardcover). 383 pp. Light wear to exterior. Light soiling to page edges. Very good, no jacket. $50 CW428675

Jordan Jr, Donald E.. LAND AND POPULAR POLITICS IN IRELAND: COUNTY MAYO FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE LAND WAR (PAST AND PRESENT PUBLICATIONS). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. 8vo. Brown cloth. 369 pp. Light shelfwear. Bar code sticker to rear cover. Occasional pencil marginalia. Very good, no jacket. $45 CW428684

Kemp, C. E., edited. THE FAIRY CHESS REVIEW, VOL. 4, NO. 3, NOVEMBER 28, 1939. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Stroud News Publishing Ltd.. 1939. 8vo. Stapled wraps. 21-68 pp. . Illustrated with examples, Covers detached but present with chipping at edges. Dampstaining visible to top edges and fore-edges throughout. Good only. Scarce. $150 CW428673

Lord George Hill. FACTS FROM GWEEDORE. Belfast: The Queen's University of Belfast. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1887 Fifth Edition. 8vo. Green wraps. xxii, 64, xxiii-xxvii. Folding plate at rear. Wraps sunned at edges and with light wear to edges. Bump/tear at tail of spine. Bookseller's label to bottom of front cover. Very good. $25 CW428685

MacCarthy, Robert. THE TRINITY COLLEGE ESTATES, 1800-1923: CORPORATE MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF REFORM. n.p.: Dundalgan Press. 1992. 8vo. Cloth. 273 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket with light wear at edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $50 CW428686

McCormack, W. J.. SHERIDAN LE FANU AND VICTORIAN IRELAND. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 1980. 8vo. Cloth. 310 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket with two old price stickers to front panel, a vertical crease to front flap, and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $30 CW428683

McCracken, Eileen. IRISH WOODS SINCE TUDOR TIMES: THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION (INDUSTRIAL HISTORY). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1971. 8vo. Cloth. 184 pp. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by McCracken to front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Occasional pencil notes/marginalia. Jacket with light wear and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $30 CW428679

Moody, T. W.. NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND: VOLUME III: EARLY MODERN IRELAND, 1534-1691. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 1976. 8vo. Cloth. 736 pp. Black and white illustrations. Light shefwear. Front free endpaper cut out. Jacket lightly faded at spine, with light wear to edges, a few small tears at edges, and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $45 CW428681

Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J.. NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND: VOLUME VIII: A CHRONOLOGY OF IRISH HISTORY TO 1976: A COMPANION TO IRISH HISTORY, PART I (VOL 8). Oxford : Clarendon Press. 1983. 8vo. Cloth. 581 pp. Light shelfwear. Light toning to page edges. Jacket with light wear at edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $50 CW428678

O Gallchobhair, Prionnsias. HISTORY OF LANDLORDISM IN DONEGAL. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat Ltd. 1962. Small 8vo. Cloth. 192 pp. Jacket with rubbing, soiling, and some wear. Bookseller's label to lower part of front panel. Light shelfwear. Very good in a very good jacket. $40 CW428676

Salzman, Michele Renee. ON ROMAN TIME: THE CODEX-CALENDAR OF 354 AND THE RHYTHMS OF URBAN LIFE IN LATE ANTIQUITY (VOLUME 17) (TRANSFORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL HERITAGE). Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press. 1991. 8vo. Cloth. 315 pp. Light shelfwear. Small stain to fore-edges. Jacket with light wrinkling and wear at edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $45 CW428665

Satake, Ichiro. ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES OF SYMMETRIC DOMAINS (PUBLICATIONS OF THE MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1981. 8vo. Cloth. 321 pp. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Jacket with some moisture rippling, a closed tear to top edge of rear panel, and some light soiling. Very good in a very good minus jacket. $65 CW428660

Sehlmeyer, Markus. GESCHICHTSBILDER FUR PAGANE UND CHRISTEN (BEITRAGE ZUR ALTERTUMSKUNDE) (GERMAN EDITION). Berlin and New York: De Gruyter. 2009. 8vo. Gray cloth. 375 pp. Text in German. Light shelfwear. Corners bumped. Front cover with a small pen mark and some small dampstains. Very good, no jacket. $85 CW428666

Selman, John. RECIPROCAL STALEMATE. n.p.: University of Limburg. 1991. 8vo. Green wraps. 30 pp., printed rectos only. Illustrated with examples. Light fading to edges, else very good. $25 CW428672

Wolfthal, Diane. IMAGES OF RAPE: THE 'HEROIC' TRADITION AND ITS ALTERNATIVES. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1999. Tall 8vo. Cloth. 286 pp. Black and whilte illustrations. Light shelfwear, jacket lightly sunned at edges, and with a one-inch closed tear at top of rear flap, else very good plus in a very good jacket. $75 CW428674

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