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A good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Ownership inscription on half title. A little pencilled marginal writing. 423 pages + 112 pages of adverts. Folding frontispiece map of Ireland. Several other folding maps and plans.
Published : Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1880,
£25.00
Softback. A good copy. Unopened. Small pieces missing at spine ends. Articles on "Occupation of the County of Galway by the Anglo-Normans After 1237", "The King's and Queen's Corporation for the Linen Manufacture in Ireland", "The Christian Sepulchral Leacs and Free-Standing Crosses of the Dublin Half-Barony of Rathdown" etc.
Published : Hodges, Figgis & Co, Dublin 1901,
£10.00
Nd. but gift inscription is dated 1937. A very good copy in decorated yellow card covers. 18 pages. 9 attractive line drawings of cats. One of the "Saint George Series" of booklets.
Published : Alexander Moring Ltd. The De La More Press, London, First Edition
£10.00
4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Pp.xx,318. Tables. Illustrations. 17 Appendices.
Published : Brough Cox & Dunn Ltd., Belfast 1972, First Edition
£9.00
Hardback.. A near fine copy in publisher's dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. 318 pages. Fine illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. A novel of literary lifde in Dublin in the 1950's.
Published : Paul Harris Publishing, Edinburgh 1977, First Edition
£7.00
A good copy in green cloth. Spine lettering faded. Ownership incription on front end-paper. 155pp. Frontispiece and 4 illustrations.
Published : Evangelical Publishers, Toronto 1927,
£6.00
A good copy in rather soiled card covers. Spine a little chipped. Two stamps of a church on front end-paper. Pp.xi,154. Poems of Ireland.
Published : M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin 1906,
£12.00
Illustrated by Phiz.
Hardback. A fair copy only in the original gilt-decorated green boards. Some wear and tear to the spine. Pp.xii,468. 19 (of 20) illustrations by Phiz, lacking the illustration at page 49 (and with two others transposed). A good reading copy of this tale of the abuses of Irish landlordism.
Published : James Duffy, Dublin 1847,
£14.00
Nd. c.1957. A very good copy in the original red cloth lettered in black on upper board. 57pp. The unionist viewpoint on Northern Ireland.
Published : William W. Clelland Ltd, Belfast, First Edition
£5.00
Illustrated by E. Mackinstry.
Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in white on the spine. In a near very good dustwrapper which shows a little spotting and with minor wear and tear at the top of the spine. The wrapper is now protected in a clear,removable sleeve. Gift inscription on half-title. A little foxing to edges and early and late pages. Pp.[xii],156. 6 illustrations (one double-page). The story of Saint Columba in Ireland and Iona.
Published : Sheed & Ward, London 1936, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in grey cloth lettered in gilt. In a good plus dustwrapper which shows some fading to the spine but with the lettering clear. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.lxii,982. 32 plates. 17 maps. Plan. This very heavy book will require extra postage.
Published : Oxford University Press 1987, First Edition
£54.00
Hardback. 12mo. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 71 pages. Errata slip. A retelling in poetry of 12 celtic legends.
Published : Marcus Ward, London 1896, First Edition
£12.00
Hardback. Nd. c.1930? A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. In a near very good dustwrapper which has small tears at the top of the spine. Some, mainly edge, foxing. No ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,390. 12 illustrations (on five pages). A study of Irish gaelic literature with a chapter on Scots gaelic and Manx literature.
Published : The Talbot Press, Dublin,
£18.00
4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which shows some fading to the spine although the lettering is clearly readable. Ownership inscription on the half-title. Pp.xvi,576. 83 plates (nearly all in colour). Maps. A volume in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland series. This is a very heavy book which will require extra postage.
Published : The Stationery Office, Dublin 2005, First Edition
£38.00
Hardback. Nd but probably 1st edition of 1902. A good copy in green cloth letterd in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Board tips a little bumped. No ownership inscription. Some browning/foxing to end-papers. Pp.xviii,[2],314 + one page adverts. Frontispiece and eight plates. Preface by Edward Martyn. Includes eccleasiastical architecture, sculpture, stained glass etc.
Published : Sealy, Briers & Walker, Dublin,
£22.00
A very good copy with illustrated front board and photographic endpapers. Signed by author on title page. Numerous colour photographs. 240 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. The wrapper is now protected by a clear, removable, sleeve.The author's life on an island in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Published : Blackstaff Press, Belfast 2009, First Edition
£20.00
4to. A very good copy. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper otherwise near fine. Pp.vii,125. Figures Tables. Chapters include: "Bardic Poetry and National Identity," "Settlement Patterns and National Identity," "Nationality and the Medieval Church in Ireland" and "Legal Systems in Medieval Ireland." This is a title in the British Archaeological Reports series (BAR 367).
Published : Archaeopress, Oxford 2004, First Edition
£28.00
. A near fine copy. Pp.xii,[ii],248. 9 figures. This is an examination of an Irish intellectual movement which was active from 1954 to 1975.
Published : Manchester University Press 2012, First Edition
£15.00
4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription on front end-paper and title page. Pp.xiv,186. 21 colour plates. 145 figures. Described as "the first detailed study of the medieval churches of an Irish county---it charts the development and decline of the eccleasiastical sites and church buildings of Offaly over a period of 1700 years."
Published : Government of Ireland 1998, First Edition
£38.00
Hardback. Nd. c. 1920? A good plus copy in blue cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt on front board. Spine lettering dull. Pp.viii,[2],118. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings.
Published : The Talbot Press, Dublin,
£7.00
A near fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and lettered and decorated in gilt on upper board. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xii,130. 8 colour plates. Numerous black and white illustrations. A study of the fine European book bindings - mainly from the 16th-18th centuries- in Marsh's Library, Dublin.
Published : Ashgate Publishing Limited 2004, First Edition
£50.00
Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and with harp in gilt on upper board. A little wear to spine ends and board tips. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,[1],320. Six illustrations. Includes a memoir of Edward Bunting in nine chapters, a memoir of Arthur O'Neill in four chapters, three chapters of the diary and letters of Patrick Lynch and chapters on the harp in ancient Ireland, the last harpers, famous harps etc.
Published : John Murray, London 1917,
£65.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a bit darkened on spine and with one small closed tear. Small previous owner's inscription on front end-paper. 229pp. Includes tributes by Maud Gonne, Edmund Dulac, C. Day Lewis etc.
Published : Macmillan, London 1940, First Edition
£25.00
Illustrated by J.Humbert Craig, R.H.A..
A very good copy. Small ownership label on front fixed end-paper. Coloured frontispiece and numerous plates throughout. Map in pocket at rear. 164 pages. Very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover. A knowledgeable book about an attractive area of the Irish countryside.
Published : W.Tempest,, Dundalk 1993,
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.xii,110. Text in Irish and English.
Published : Irish Texts Society 1988, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's black cloth with title in gilt on spine., No inscriptions. 111 pages. Introduction by Carlos Baker. Good illustrated dustwrapper which is price-clipped, has minor edge wear and a large closed tear on front panel.. The wrapper is now protected in a removable cover. This is Theodore Holmes' fourth volume of poetry and it contains mainly hitherto unpublished poems written in Donegal, Irteland during the last years of his life.
Published : The Mitre Press, London 1973, First Edition
£9.00
. A good copy in light blue cloth lettered in dark blue. Gift inscription on front end-paper dated Christmas 1916. 250 pages + 2pp adverts. Pages browned. Described as "a story of love and poverty in Irish peasant life." A volume in the publisher's one shilling novels series.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London 1916,
£10.00
Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's illustrated cover which has a slight crack rear board near top of spine (sounds worse than it is). No inscriptions. Colourfully illustrated on each page, 32 pages. Good plus dustwrapper which has a two inch tear on back panel, not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover.
Published : The Bodley Head, London 1971, First Edition
£12.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Pp.xi,216. Map.
Published : David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1972, First Edition
£8.00
Hardback. A good copy in a good dustwrapper, now protected, which is largely complete but which shows a little edge wear and tear. The book has a fairly considerable spine lean. 489 pages. Frontispiece and ten illustrations. Described as "a monumental and exhaustive history of every facet of the dramatic movement in Ireland".
Published : The Kerryman Limited, Tralee 1946, First Edition
£40.00
Hardback. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 238 pages. "By examining nineteenth-century Ireland from the perspective of gender history, this volume is a pioneering study".
Published : Irish Academic Press, Dublin 1997, First Edition
£18.00
A very good copy without dustwrapper. Small neat ownership inscription otherwise a lovely clean copy. 47 pages. A slim early volume by the well-known Irish poet.
Published : The Dolmen Press, Dublin 1958, First Edition
£7.00
Hardbacks. A near fine two volume set in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean set with no ownership inscription or other marking. Reprints dated 1996 and 1998 respectively. Vol. I,pp.cviii,280. Vol.II,pp.viii,360. Text in Irish and English. Also included is a small booklet containing a new Introduction to this edition by Padraig A. Breatnach. (This new Introduction is also in vol.I).
Published : Irish Texts Society,
£70.00
A very good copy in a dustwrapper which is a little soiled but which is otherwise very good. Pp.xvi,206. This is "an assessment and a portrait of the clerical Swift purely in his temporal capacity, quite apart from his religious ideas or faith".
Published : Oxford University Press 1965,
£12.00
Hardback. A good plus copy in a quarter leather binding. Green cloth boards. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xxviii,258 + one page adverts. The boards are now protected by a clear, removable, cover. Folk tales from the coast of Connaught and Donegal. This is a volume in the Camden Library series.
Published : Elliot Stock, London 1893, First Edition
£65.00
A very good copy in a good, slightly chipped, dustwrapper. 198pp. 11 statistical tables. A study of self-government in Northern Ireland up to 1964.
Published : Clarendon Press, Oxford 1965, First Edition
£14.00
Hardbacks. The full three volume set in black cloth lettered in gilt. Volume I, "The First Phases and the Romanesque," is the first edition of 1955 and is a good copy with (damp?) fading to the edges of the boards. Ownership inscription. Upper board tips a little bumped. 173 pages. Frontispiece and 20 plates + 100 other illustrations. Volume 2, "Gothic Architecture to 1400,"is the third impression of 1990 and is a very good, bright, copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 162 pages. Frontispiece and 28 plates + 77 other illustrations. Volume 3, "Medieval Gothic The Last Phases,"is a 1985 reprint and is a very good, bright, copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 190 pages. Frontispiece and 29 plates + 81 other illustrations. A definitive work on early and medieval Irish ecclesiastical architecture. [Extra postage may be required for this three volume set].
Published : Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd, Dundalk 1990,
£50.00
Softback. A very good copy. Ppxix,377. 5 maps. Deals with "the Scot in 1600", the Plantation of Ulster by lowland Scots in the 17th century, their life in Ulster and the migration of many Scots-Irish to the USA in the 18th century.
Published : The University of North Carolina Press 1989,
£8.00
A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 224 pages. Colour plates. Black and white illustrations. Includes a roll call of lighthouse keepers.
Published : New Island Books, Dublin 1993, First Edition
£15.00
Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
A good copy in maroon cloth which shows a little wear at spine ends. Top edge gilt. Pp.xii,530. Many illustrations by Harry Furniss. Includes a few chapters on Parnell and Irish matters.
Published : Cassell, London 1892,
£15.00
Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Reprints dated 1934 and 1946 respectively. Both clean copies with no ownership inscription or other marking. Vol. I is unopened. Text in Latin, Irish and English. Notes and Glossary by the editor.
Published : Irish Texts Society,
£38.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a fair dustwrapper which has some edge tears and minor chipping, some soiling and with a name written on the rear panel. A clean copy internally without foxing or ownership inscription. 192 pages. No frontispiece and no trace of there ever having been one.
Published : Victor Gollancz Ltd., London 1944, First Edition
£8.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a good, price-clipped, dustwrapper which shows a smallish water-stain at the foot of the spine. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xii,324. The author's story of his boyhood and young manhood in the mountains of Donegal.
Published : The Talbot Press, Dublin 1947, First Edition
£18.00
Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other marking. Moderate edge foxing. 694 pages (continuously paginated). 32 illustrations. Macready was a senior British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War and who held senior staff appointments in the First World War. The book's principal interest, however, lies in the fact that he was the last British military commander in Ireland prior to independence. He was sent to command British troops in Ireland in April 1920 to carry out a counter-insurgency role against the Irish Republican Army in the Irish War of Independence. He had already expressed his view of Ireland in writing as follows: "I loathe the country--and its people with a depth deeper than the sea and more violent than that which I feel against the Boche." He believed that Ireland could be suppressed in the Summer of 1921 but following instructions from his political masters negotiated a truce in July 1921 and withdrew his troops form Ireland the following year. Photograph available on request.
Published : Hutchinson & Co., London 1924, First Edition
£270.00
Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in orange and white. Inscribed presentation copy from the authors. Pp.xxix,269. 8 illustrations. This is a catalogue and breviate of British Government papers concerning Ireland in the 19th century arranged by subject areas which include e.g. "Ownership and Valuation of Land", "Poverty and Relief Measures", "Education and Culture" etc. A valuable guide to primary historical source material.
Published : Pergamon Press, Oxford 1979, First Edition
£20.00
Just about good although the spine is a bit marked, has a small label on it and has some fading to the title lettering. Prize label on front end-paper but no other internal markings. Pp.viii,350.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1904, First Edition
£15.00
Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 228 pages. 116 colour plates. 61 black and white plates. Described as "the first complete study of the renaissance of the visual arts in Ireland.
Published : Antique Collectors' Club, London 1990, First Edition
£20.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 229pp.
Published : Oxford University Press 1958, First Edition
£25.00
A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. End-papers and title page very browned. Pp.[vi],104 + 2pp. adverts. McSkimin was 23 years old when the uprising against British rule in Ireland broke out in 1798 and had personal knowledge of much of what he describes regarding the uprising in Ulster. Includes a biographical sketch and notes by E.J. McCrum. First published in 1849 this work seems to be uncommon in any early edition.
Published : James Cleeland / William Mullan & Son, Belfast 1906,
£45.00
A very good copy of this slim volume in original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 46pp. This is a medieval Irish version of the story of Ulysses.
Published : The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1958,
£35.00
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