Cronin, Anna (O’Shea) (Editor).

St. Raphael’s College 1917 – 2017. Centenary Celebration.

First Edition. 2017. 208 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original trade paperback. Very good condition.

Casserly, James.

Patrician Musical Society 1952 – 2006 [Signed].

First Edition. 181 pages. Original hard cover, inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author.

Cardinal Cahal B. Daly.

Steps on my Pilgrim Journey. Memoirs and Reflections.

First Edition. With a card signed by Bishop John Buckley, Cork. 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 Bishop John Buckley, Cork, is fixed with clear tape to the half title page. Dust jacket excellend with very minor shelf wear. Text block clean, no annotations etc.

Anon.

The Centenary Record of St. Joseph’s College Galway (Patrician Brothers) 1862 – 1962.

Galway, Published by the Patrician Brothers’ Pupils’ Union, 1962. 89 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Wrappers mildly creased. Internally bright and clean.

O’Toole, Jimmy.

Grange. The Path to the Present [Signed]. A History of a Community in County Carlow.

First Edition. Grange, Co. Carlow, Grange G.A.A. Club, 1987. 20 x 14 cm. 174 pages. Illustrated. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author.

Forbes, John.

Memorandums Made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852. With a Map and Illustrations.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1853. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 308 pages, 16 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xv, 414 pages. Complete with Map, Plates and Illustrations as listed. Original green cloth. Blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to top of spine of volume 2. See images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris in both volumes.

Walsh, Maurice.

The Quiet Man.

First Edition in Book Form. Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1933. c. 18 x 12 cm. 52 pages. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover. Black title and line decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some abrasion to boards and spine. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Orpen, William.

Stories of Old Ireland & Myself.

First Edition. London, Williams and Norgate, 1924. 21 x 17 cm. viii, 94 pages plus publishers list. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Original quarter pale cloth over green cloth covered boards. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelfwear. and spotting to binding (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Two newspaper cuttings pasted on front end papers. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title page, dated 1931. Internally clean with mild foxing to text pages.

[Campbell, Thomas / Watkinson, John].

A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland. In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for Whitestone, Sleater, Chamberlaine et al., 1778. Ocatavo. xvi, 478 pages. Four Plates (out of six), incl. 2 folding Plates. Lacks the Frontispiece and the ‘Rock of Cashel’ Plate. Later fine half morocco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Fine binding. Two Plates missing. Top corner of title page torn off (see images). Ex Library with a few stamps. A very good reading copy in a sturdy attractive binding.

Harris, Walter / Smith, Charles.

The Antient and Present State of the County of Down. Containing a Chorographical Description, with the Natural and Civil History of the same. Illustrated by Observations made on the Baronies, Parishes, Towns, Villages, Churches, Abbeys, Charter Schools, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Medicinal and other Springs, &c. With a Survey of the New Canal; as also a new and correct Map of the County.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by A. Reilly for Edward Exshaw, 1744. 20 x 12 cm. xx, 271 pages, (20)[Index]. Large folding Map of County Down as Frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Spine label with gilt title. Edges dyed green. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of Castle Hacket, with Percy Paley’s Signature and dated November 1963. Internally clean. Front joint started to crack, but binding remains sound. A very nice copy.