Adams, Rev.H.C.

The Widow’s Son.

[First Edition]. London, George Routledge and Sons, [Not Dated, 1887?]. 18 x 12 cm. Pages numbered 290 to 352. With a frontispiece. Original green cloth with black illustrations and title on front board. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some faint staining to boards. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Hinge opened after title page. Binding holding. Various extensive inscriptions to front and rear end papers (see image). Main inscription is dated 1887. Some large numbers written on top of page 310. Internally foxed and browned.

Ebers, G. / Birch, S. (Introduction) / Bell, Clara (Translator).

Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.

Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.

Loftie, W.J.

Westminster Abbey. With many illustrations chiefly by Herbert Railton.

New edition, revised. London, Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891. 20 x 14 cm, xii, 319 pages. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Many full page plates. Full leather binding with blind and gilt decorations to boards and spine. Prize binding for ‘Cambridge Local Examination Honours. First Class’. Gilt decoration in centre of front board (Owen’s School Founded 1613’). Raised bands and gilt title on spine. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Sound binding. Large prize label of the Owen’s School on front paste down. Mild foxing and age darkening. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Still a very handsome book to hold.

Murphy, Rev. Denis.

Triumphalia Chronologica Monasterii Sanctae Crucis in Hibernia De Cisterciensium Hibernorum Viris Illustribus. Edited, with a Translation, Notes and Illustrations by the Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., Member of the Council of the Royal Society of Antiquaries (Ireland), Author of ‘Cromwell in Ireland’.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Editor by Sealy, Byers & Walker, 1891. 23 x 19 cm. lxxi, 315 pages. With eight Illustrations, incl. two in Colour. Missing one Plate (‘East End of Holy Cross Church – to face page 1’) Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Professionally rebacked in 2020, using original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Solid binding. Minor rubbing and bumping. Some dust dulling to edges. Occasional mild foxing to some pages. A very nice copy.

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne.

Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima.

Third Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton, Miflin, The Riverside Press, 1892. 19 x 13 cm. vi, 350 pages. With a frontispiece and two more plates. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Hinges cracked. Binding a little shaky, but holding. Free end papers missing. Some pages dog-eared, some rough cut, but not affecting text block.

Wedgwood, Julia.

The Message of Israel in the Light of Modern Criticism.

First Edition. London, Isbister and Company, 1894. 22 x 14 cm. 310 pages, (4) [Index], two pages publishers list. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris. Internally bright and clean.

Farrar, F.W.

Woman’s Work. As Daughter, as Wife, and as Mother.

London, James Nisbet & Co., 1895. 18 x 9 cm. 109 pages plus two pages publishers list. Cloth covered stiff paper boards. Soft cover. Title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed bumped and dust dulled. Binding coming lose. Paper sticker on front board (‘File Copy’) – see images. Internally bright and clean.

Most Rev. John Healy.

Maynooth College. Its Centenary History 1795 – 1895.

First Edition. Dublin, Brown & Nolan, 1895. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. xxiv, 774 pages. Folding frontispiece. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original quarter leather over olive-green boards. Hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Both hinges cracked. Internally clean, with occasional very mild foxing.

Ryan, Abram J.

Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous. Containing his Posthumous Poems.

New York, P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1896?. 18 x 13 cm. xxxviii, 360 pages. With a frontispiece and several B&W plates. Original decorated green cloth. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to binding. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Internally bright and clean. Household Edition of the Poets.

Borlase, William Copeland.

The Dolmens of Ireland. Their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in other Countries; together with the Folk-Lore attaching to them; Supplemented by Considerations on the Anthropology, Ethnology, and Traditions of the Irish People. With four Maps, and eight hundred Illustrations, including two coloured Plates.

First Edition. In three Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman & Hall, 1897. 26 x 17 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 312 pages / Vol.2: pages numbered 313 to 712 / Vol.3: pages numbered 713 to 1234. Complete with the four folding coloured Maps and the two Frontipiece Plates. Original green cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Black end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some discoloration (see images) to Bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small stamp of previous owner (‘Rosturk Castle’) on half title page of all three volumes. Internally very bright and clean. A lovely set.

Monseigneur D’Orleans De La Motte.

The Perfect Religious. For the Use of Confessors in Convents, the Inmates of Convents, and those who Aspire to the Religious Life.

New York et al, Benziger Brothers, 1899/1900. 16 x 11 cm. 242 pages plus 14 pages publishers list. Contemporary black textured cloth. Gilt title on spine. All edges red. Black end papers. Very good condition. Small paper label on front paste down: Library Carmelite Monastery St. Joseph’s – Kilmacud’. Internally bright and clean.

Madam Belloc (Bessie Rayner Parkes).

The Flowing Tide.

First Edition. London, Sands & Co., 1900. 13 x 18 cm, xi, 298 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Spine faded and parts of boards are discoloured (see images). Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Some tanning, mainly to endpapers.

O’Reilly, Rev. Bernard.

The Mirror of True Womanhood. A Book of Instruction for the Women in the World.

Seventh Edition. Reprinted from the Thirteenth American Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1900. 18 x 12 cm. xx, 410 pages. Original decorated green cloth. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind decorations on rear board. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner pencilled on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean internally. A nice copy.

Stokes, Margaret.

Notes on the High Crosses of Moone, Drumcliff, Termonfechin, and Killamery. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Society. Volume XXXI, Part XIII.

First Edition. Dublin, Published at the Academy House, Sold by Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1901. 32 x 25 cm. Pages numbered 541 to 578. 24 Plates numbered XXVIII to LI. Original paper wrappers with title information. Soft cover, as published. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cover and edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Russell, Matthew.

The Life of Mother Mary Baptist Russell. Sister of Mercy. By her Brother the Reverend Matthew Russell, S.J.

[First Edition]. New York, The Apostleship of Prayer, 1901. 18 x 12 cm. 187 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Good condition only. Text complete. Binding frail and a few pages are lose. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally clean. Remains a good reading copy.

Wadmore, James Foster.

Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Skinners of London. Being the Guild or Fraternity of Corpus Christi.

London, Blades, East & Blades, 1902. 25 x 16 cm. x, 340 pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth with armorial gilt decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckle. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional foxing, otherwise internally clean. Some pages unopened.

O’Donnell, F. Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar.

Third Edition. London, David Nutt, 1903. 16 x 23cm. (23), 202 pages. Original brown clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering. Some bumping and scuffing to corners and edges, otherwise in good condition, text clean and binding firm.

Hedley, John Cuthbert.

A Bishop and his Flock.

First Edition. London, Burns & Oates, 1903. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 414 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth with gilt decorations and titles on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened and foxed. Internally occasional foxing. Text block clean.

Joyce, P.W. [Patrick Weston].

A Social History of Ancient Ireland. Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient People.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London et al, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xxiii, 632 pages / Vol.2: xi, 651 pages. Both volumes profusely illustrated. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles and celtic style decorations. Top edges gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Hinge of volume 2 open and spine disconnected. Occasional mild foxing. Names of previous owners inscribed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Abbot Gasquet.

English Monastic Life.

London, Methuen, 1904. 22 x 14 cm. xix, 326 pages plus 40 pages publishers list. Illustrated throughout, including foldout plans. Original red cloth with gilt titles on spine and front boards. Gilt decorations. Good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded, frayed and cracked. Water staining to many pages in the book, including frontispiece and title page. Edges age darkened. Internally clean with no annotations.