Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.
First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.
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The Tyrol. Illustrated.
First UK Edition. London, Duckworth & Co., 1905. 19 x 13 cm. xx, 328 pages with 32 plates (complete). Original green cloth with gilt decorations and title. Top edge gilt. Uneven fore edge. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2019 using original boards and spine. New end papers.
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Irish Books and Irish People.
Dublin, The Talbot Press, Not dated. Library label shows 1943. 13 x 18 cm, 120 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition. Ex Library with library labels on front free end paper and rear paste down. Spine a little shaky, but binding intact. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges darkened. Spine label missing.
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The Nightingale 1938.
First Edition. La Junta, Colorado, Published by the Students of the Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium School of Nursing, 1938. 27 x 20 cm. 72 unnumbered pages. With many B&W photographs and other Illustrations. Original stiff cardboard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling.
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The Nightingale 1941.
First Edition. La Junta, Colorado, Published by the Students of the Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium School of Nursing, 1941. 26 x 19 cm. 84 pages. With many B&W Photographs and other Illustrations. Stiff laminated boards with blind title on front board. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.
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Deutsche Baukunst des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. Old German Architecture. Ancienne Architecture Allemande.
[First Edition]. Koenigstein im Taunus, Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1920. 29 x 21 cm. xvi, 192 pages. With 200 photographs, mostly full page. Multi-lingual text: German, English and French. Original pale cloth with dark brown decorations and title on front board and spine. Brown end papers. Top edge dark coloured. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some discoloration and staining. Top of spine frayed. Binding shaky, but holding. Gift inscription on half title, dated June 1930 (in German). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean and bright.
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The Japanese Sword an its Decoration. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago. Anthropology Leaflet 20.
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. 22 x 14 cm. 21 pages with B&W Plates. Stiff paper covers. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, a little dust dulled, but internally clean.
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The Book of Birds. The first Work presenting in full color all the major Species of the United States and Canada.
VOLUME 1 ONLY. Washington D.C., National Geographic Society, 1937. 25 x 18 cm. viii, 356 pages plus two pages publishers list. Highly illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Original green cloth hard cover with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed and bumped with minor discolorations. Some dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.
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England West.
First Edition. London / New York, The Studio Publications, 1950. 24.8cm x 15.5cm. 272 pages. Includes many illustrations and drawings by the author of locations featured in the book (black and white). Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine (slightly faded) and on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.
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The Charm of Ireland. Her Places of Beauty Entertainment Sport and Historic Association.
Reprint of Second Edition. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. 20cm x 14.8cm. 314 pages.With 36 beautiful black/white and coloured illustrations. Map Missing ! Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear and foxing. No text markings. Edges age darkened.Boards and spine darkened and dull.
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Bibliography of Irish Philology and Manuscript Literature. Publications 1913 – 1941.
First Edition. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1942. 24 x 16 cm. x, 253 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few underlinings and tick marks inside, otherwise bright and clean.
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Dublin’s Oldest Charity. The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society 1790 – 1990.
First Edition. [Dublin], The Anniversary Press, 1990. 21 x 15 cm. xi, (2), 177 pages. With a few illustrations. Original green cloth with silver title to spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Tail end of spine bumped. Top edge dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
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Data and Descriptions to Accompany Quarter Sheet 45 S.E. of the Maps of the Geological Surbey of Ireland.
Dublin, Printed by Alex. Thom & Sons, 1858. 24 x 15 cm. 27 pages with a few B&W geological illustrations in text. Paper wrappers. Soft covers. Good condition only. Rear paper cover missing. Front cover very worn. Text block dust dulled and with worn corners, otherwise complete and clean.
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French Personalities and Problems.
First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. 19 x 13 cm. 228 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Some paper clips loosely inserted.
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The Book of the Highlands.
Glasgow, Published for the Central Advertising Board for the Highlands by John Menzies & Co. Ltd, 1934. 12.5 x 18.5 cm, 336 pages. Illustrated with many B&W photographs. Countless advertisements for local Highland businesses. Illustrated soft covers. Very good condition. No annotations. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter.
First edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2003. 15 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckle edges. Excellent condition, like new. From the series ‘The Hinges of History’ (Book Four).
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The Life of Saint Fechin of Fore. The Apostle of Connemara. Preface by His Grace the Archbishop of Tuam.
Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1915. 18 x 12 cm. 58 pages. Original paper wrappers. Stapled. Good condition only. Binding weakened with frontispiece being lose. Age darkened. Metal staples corroded. Some annotations and underlining. Inscribed by the Author. See images.
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Niagara Portage. From Past to Present.
First edition. Buffalo, Foster & Stewart Publishing Corporation, 1949. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. V, 157 pages with 40 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition only. Rubbed and bumped. Damp staining to bottom of pages. Dust jacket with paper losses. Edges and end papers age darkened. Reading copy.
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A Tour of East Antrim. Historic photographs from the W.A. Green Collection in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
First Edition. Belfast, Friar’s Bush Press, 1990. 18cm x 21.4cm. 92 pages. With historic photographs of rural life in early 1900’s Antrim. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.
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An Gorta Mor i gCill Alaidhe. The Great Famine in Killala.
[First Edition]. December 1996. 21 x 15 cm. 66 pages. Illustrated. With a losely inserted letter from Patricia Fitzgerald to Westport Historian Jarlath Duffy. Original decorated paperback. Very good condition. Bright and clean. See images.
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The Story of St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral Armagh.
Second Edition. Gloucester, The British Publishing Company, Not dated. [c. 1940]. 19 x 12 cm. 32 pages. With B&W images and ads. Original dark red decorated stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Name and address of previous owner inscribed. See images.
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Paulstown Schools Past and Present. Compiled by Paulstown Education and Historical Society to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Scoil Bhride, Paulstown.
First Edition. Paulstown, Grange Silvia Publications, 2007. 24 x 17 cm. 178 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.
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The Life and Times of a Voluntary Hospital. The History of the Royal Belfast Hospital for sick Children.
First Edition. Belfast, Brough, Cox and Dunn, 1973. 26 x 20 cm. xiii, 138 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Green end papers. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket rubbed and faded. Internally bright and clean.
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Documents of California Catholic History. (1784 – 1963).
First Edition. Los Angeles, Dawson’s Book Shop. 1965. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 364 pages. With a frontispiece with tipped in colour photograph. Losely inserted card by Dawson’s Book Shop ‘Review Copy’. Original dark grey cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Some age darkening to sust jacket. Top edge and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.
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Basiliche Di Assisi. Musei E Monumenti.
Novara, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1958. 26 x 20 cm. 164 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original pale green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition book with poor dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Binding rubbed, bumped and occasionally discoloured. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket shows significant paper losses and tears. Internally book is bright and clean.
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Lovely is the Lee.
New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1945. 21 x 14 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated with Engravings by the Author. Original dark green cloth with red and gilt decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some age darkening, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Inscription by previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1946. Some minor stains inside, otherwise bright and clean.
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