Leask, Harold G.

Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings. Volume 1: The First Phases and the Romanesque / Volume 2: Gothic Architecture to A.D. 1400 / Vol. 3: Medieval Gothic. The Last Phases.

Second, Second and First Edition. Three volumes. Dundalk, Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest Ltd.), 1977 / 1967 / 1960. 19 x 25cm. 173, 162 & 190 pages, with illustrations and photographs throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition in very good dust jackets. A nice set. Small sticker with name of previous owner in volumes 2 and 3.

Galloway, Peter.

The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, 1783-1983.

First edition. Sussex, Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1983. 19 x 25cm. (14), 146 pages, with colour and B&W photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Mild foxing to top edges, otherwise excellent condition. Inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper.

John Feehan, Grace O’Donovan,

The Bogs of Ireland. An Introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands.

First Edition. Dublin, University College Dublin, The Environmental Institute, 1996. 30 x 21 cm. xv, 518 pages. Illustrated with many colour and B&W photos, maps, diagrams and drawings. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine in very good dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. A very nice copy of this now scarce book.

Goncourt, Edmond & Jules.

Pages from The Goncourt Journal. Edited, translated and introduced by Robert Baldick. With contemporary photographs by Nadar and others.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 15 x 23cm. 432 pages. Original litho-printed clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Orange stained top edges. Excellent condition. Slipcase shows slight signs of shelf wear.

Bernard O’Hara (Ed.).

Mayo. Maigh Eo. Aspects of its Heritage.

First Edition. Galway, The Archeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. 16 x 23 cm, 313 pages with numerous B&W photos, illustrations, tables etc. Original hardcover with dustjacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor losses to top of spine and small damage to front (removed sticker). Internally a bright and clean copy.

Kenny, Michael.

William Francis Roantree (1829-1918): Fínín Dearmadta Léim an Bhradáin.

Dublin, Coiscéim, 1996. 14 x 21cm. 63 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Previous owner’s name on title page.

Sean Lysaght.

Robert Lloyd Praeger. The Life of a Naturalist. [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1998. 16 x 23 cm, 208 pages. Colour frontispiece and various B&W photographs. Original hardcover in original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near Fine. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the Author on title page. A bright and clean copy of this rare book.

Cardinal Cahal B. Daly.

Steps on my Pilgrim Journey. Memoirs and Reflections.

First Edition. With a card signed by the author. Dublin, Veritas, 1998. 14 x 22 cm, 548 pages.With eight pages of B&W photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, close to new. The card signed by Cardinal Daly is fixed with clear tape to the half title page. Dust jacket excellend with very minor shelf wear. Text block clean, no annotations etc.

Jan K Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec.

Fallen Walls. Voices from the Cells that held Mandela and Havel. With a Foreword by Vaclav Havel.

First Edition. Robben Island, Lidove Noviny Publishing & Robben Island Museum, 2002. 14 x 21 cm, 194 pages with numerous B&W photographs. Original illustrated hardcover. Illustration based on an etching by William Kentridge. Excellend condition. Some shelfwear. Corners and spine a little bumped.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.