Burke, Brendan, Commins, Willie et al.

Monivea and its People. The Story so Far. A Village in Galway.

1995. 21 x 14 cm. 170 pages, (10) [Plates]. Illustrated in B&W. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Zukoff, Mitchell (editor).

Robert Altman. The Oral Biography.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 23 x 18 cm. xiii, 560 pages. Original hard cover inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Pope Benedict XIV.

Heroic Virtue. A Portion of the Treatise of Benedict XIV. on the Beatification and Canonization of the Servants of God. Translated into English from the original Latin.

London, Thomas Richardson and Son, 1850. 19 x 12 cm. xxiv, (2) [TOC], 377 pages. With a Frontispiece. Hard cover. Rebacked in 2024 with a new spine, using the original boards. New end papers. Blind decorations to boards. Very good condition. Rebacked. Edges dust dulled. Initial of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Le Pape Benoît XIV [Pope Benedict XIV].

HISTOIRE DES MYSTERES ET DES FÊTES DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR ET DE SA SAINTE MERE.

First Edition. Two volumes bound in One. Paris, LOUIS VIVES, 1863. 21 x 13 cm. 520 and 444 pages. Original yellow wrappers bound in with text. New dark cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Binding new. Internally mildly age darkened and occasionally foxed.

Naughten, Mary.

The History of Saint Francis’ Parish Galway.

First Edition. No publishing information. 2008. 21 x 15 cm. 60 pages. Illustrated. Folding Plan in the back. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear.

Hayes, Richard.

The Last Invasion of Ireland. When Connacht Rose.

First Edition. Dublin, Gill and Son, 1937. 21 x 14 cm. xxvi, 341 pages. Complete with six Illustrations, as listed. Original green cloth. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy in the scarce dust jacket.

MacSweeney, Micheal / O’Riordan, Kitty / Cunningham, John.

Galway Golf Club 1895 – 1995.

First Edition. Galway, Printed by the Connacht Tribune, 1995. 25 x 19 cm. 144 pages. Illustrated. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Various signatures on front free end paper. Also signed by Gerald F. Molloy and Maire Swan inside the book.

Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae Juxta Ritum Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum. Jussu Editae.

First and Limited [220 copies] Edition. Ditchlin in Anglia. Typographia S. Dominici [Saint Dominic’s Press], 1923. 28 x 22 cm. Title page in red and black, 73 pages (2). Blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board. Morocco spine label with gilt title. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small abrasion on front board (see image). Edges dust dulled. Page 42 misnumbered as 24. Faint remnants of sticky tape on pages 46 to 51. A very nice copy.

Freart, Roland / Evelyn, John / Alberti, Leon Baptista.

A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise on Statues. By John Evelyn Esq. Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Second Edition with Large Additions. London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al., 1707. 34 x 22 cm. Title Page [Freart], (18) [Epistle Dedicatory], 115 pages with 40 full page Plates. Small Illustrations in Text. Second Title Page [Evelyn], (4) [Dedication / To the Reader], 75 Pages with two small Illustrations in Text, (1) [Advertisement]. Half leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Damp stained and foxed throughout to various degrees. Some edge wear and minor losses. Some repairs / reinforcements. Old annotations and inscriptions. Various misnumbered pages & plates, but appears to be complete.

Knight’s Vases and Ornaments. Designed for the Use of Architects, Silversmiths, Jewellers, Modellers, Chasers, Die Sinkers, Founders, Carvers and All Ornamental Manufacturers.

London, Published by J. Williams, Simpkin & Marshall Stationers & Ackermann and Co., 1833. 33 x 27 cm. 50 numbered plates, incl. title page. Quarter morocco over textured cloth. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening and foxing.

O hOdhrain, Micheal.

Sleibhte Mhaigh Eo.

First Edition. Dublin, FNT, 1964. 21 x 14 cm. 203 pages. Illustrations in text. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Burke, Basil.

Kiltimagh Remembered. Volume 4. A Collection of stories and pictures from the Kiltimagh area.

Kiltimagh, 2011. 29 x 21 cm. 144 pages. Original Trade Paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Front cover a little creased. Internally bright and clean.

Cloherty, Gerry.

The Story of Rahoon Hurling 1889 – 2002.

First Edition. Signed. Galway, Rahoon / Newcastle GAA Club, 2004. 26 x 20 cm. viii, 152 pages. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Signed and dated by the Author on the title page. Tipped in newspaper clipping. Internally clean.

Reidy, Tommy [Editor].

Crossmolina Parish Annual – Chronicle 2012.

Crossmolina, 2012. 29 x 21 cm. 272 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some advertising. Original Trade Paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition.

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.

Semple, Maurice.

A Century of Minutes. Or, (The Story of the Corrib Club 1864 – 1966). Volume One.

First Edition. Galway, Published by the Author, 1997. 25 x 19 cm. 64 pages. Ilustrated throughout in B&W. Trade paperback. Soft covers. As new.

Feely, Barry.

A Life in Stone [Signed].

First Edition. Boyle, Published by the Author, 2014. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original trade paperback. Near fine. Signed by the Author on title page.

Aukland, Dudley / Surrey County Council / Hollan, E.J (Foreword).

Administration of Poor Law Functions.

[First Edition]. Kingston-on-Thames, Knapp, Drewett and Sons, 1929. ix, 189 pages. Original brown cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on front board. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Mild damp staining. Internally bright and clean.

The Georgian Society.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin. Vol. III.

First Edition. Volume 282 of 550. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press, 1911. c. 30 x 24 cm. xxv, 135 text pages, CIII [103] Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed and bumped (see images). Small losses to spine ends and corners. Ex Library with the usual labels and stamps. Occasional mild foxing.

The Georgian Society.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin. Vol. IV.

First Edition. Volume 70 of 550. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press, 1912. c. 30 x 24 cm. xxx, 126 text pages, CXXII [122] Plates. Original cloth. Rebacked in 2025. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound binding. Occasional mild foxing.