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.
EUR 30,-- Order
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An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, in Consequence of some late Discussions in Parliament, relative to the Reflections on the French Revolution.
First Edition. London, Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall, 1791. 20 x 13 cm. HT, TP, 139 pages. Later fine half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor edge wear and age darkening to half title and title pages. Internally very clean. A very nice copy
EUR 195,-- Order
Athlone in the Victorian Era [Signed].
First Edition. Athlone, Old Athlone Society, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xvi, 310 pages. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket and archival jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Signed by the Author and other gift inscriptions (see images).
EUR 50,-- Order
Cabool. A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City in the Years 1836, 7, and 8.
Facsimile Reprint of the Second Edition. Lahore, Government of West Pakistan, 1961. 24 x 15 cm. xi, 317 pages. With Plates, some folding. Red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Some shelfwear and dust dulling. Internally clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
Lives, Characters, and a Sermon preached at the Funeral of the Hon. Robert Boyle.
A New Edition, with Large Additions. Dublin, Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for W. Watson, 1804. 17 x 10 cm. ix, (14), 327 pages. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations and dentelles. Marbled end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. First blank coming loose. Neat ink inscription on blank, dated ‘Oct. 69’. Faint inscription on top of title page. Internally clean. A nice copy. See images.
EUR 150,-- Order
The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. The First Part: Of the Progress made in it during the Reign of King Henry the VIII. / The Second Part: Of the Progress made in it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth’s Reign / The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish’d. By the Right Reverend Father of God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
‘The Third Edition, Corrected’. Dublin, Printed by Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Smith and W. Bruce, 1730, 1731 & 1733. Large Folios. Vol 1: (16) [Subscribers, Dedication, Preface], 282 pages, (4) / Vol.2: xv, 320 pages (4) / Vol.3: xvi, 328 pages, viii. With a Frontispiece in each volume and numerous other engravings. Contemporary tree calf boards. Old reback with matching spines. Spine labels and gilt decorations. See images. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Edges dust dulled. Tiny short bookworm tracks to end papers in volume 1. Internally very clean. A lovely set.
EUR 600,-- Order
[Theologiae Moralis] Index Locupletissimus Resolutionum omnium, quae continentur, tam in Medulla R.P. Hermanni Busenbaum, S.J. Quam in Omnibus ad illam a Reverendo et Eximio P. Claudio La Croix, ejusdem Societ. Jesu, SS, Theologiae in Unversitate Coloniensi Doctore & Professore publico, Factis additamentis, secundum ordinem Alphabeti digestus a R.P. Leonardo Colendall, ejusdem Societatis Sacerdote. Tomulus IX.
Cologne, Apud Servatium Noethen, 1717. 1014 pages. Contemporary full pig skin with blind decorations to both boards. Leather and metal clasps. Handwritten author and volume number on spine. Raised bands. Blue coloured edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened throughout, otherwise clean. Name of previous owner on top of title page. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy contemporary binding. See images.
EUR 295,-- Order
British Private Press Prospectuses 1891 – 2001.
First and Limited Edition. No. 136 of 350. Risbury, The Whittington Press, 2001. 28 x 20 cm. xii, 147 pages. Illustrated. With losely inserted facsimile prospectuses. Cloth spine over decorated paper boards. Gilt title. Inside matching slip case, as issued. Fine deckle edges. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.
EUR 220,-- Order
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principle Saints. Compiled from original Monuments, and other authentic Records; illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians.
12 Volumes bound into four Books. Dublin & London, R. Coyne & Joseph Booker, 1838. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Vol.1 with a frontispiece and engraved title page, lxiv, 1145 pages in four volumes, incl. 12 titel pages. Each volume contains three months. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Black spine labels with titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and occasionally foxed / damp stained. See images.
EUR 240,-- Order
The Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland. Sermon preached at the Dedication of the New Church, Ashford, Sunday, 27th October, 1918.
Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1919. 18 x 12 cm. 20 pages. Decorated paper wrappers. Stapled. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Staples corroded. Age darkened. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.
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An Exact Abridgment of All The Irish Statutes. From First Sessions of Parliament in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward II. to the End of the Seventh Session of His Present Majesty King George II. Together with An Abridgment of All the English Statutes in Force in Ireland, from Magna Charta, to the End of the Seventh Session of His Present Majesty King George II. With Tables…
Dublin, Printed by George Grierson, 1736. 24 x 20. Three blank pages, (2) [Approval], Title page, (2) [Preface], 770 pages, (34) [A Table of the Titles of the statutes…], (66) [A General Table. containing the Substance of each Clause…]. Three folding Tables. Modern half brown morocco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Name of a previous owner on first blank. Three library stamps on frontispiece and title page (see images). No further stamps. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A few small annotations. Occasional mild damp staining. Overall a very nice copy of this scarce book.
EUR 1.200,-- Order
Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I and II. / Volume II. Containing Part III. Sections 1. and 2. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. / Volume III. Containing Part IV. Of Many Things. / Volume IV. Containing Part V. Of Mountain Beauty. / Volume V. Completing the Work, and Containing Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty. VII. Of Cloud Beauty. VIII. Of Ideas of Relation. 1. Of Invention Formal. IX. Of Ideas of Relation. 2. Of Invention Spiritual.
Vol. 1: Third Edition – Revised by the Author. Volumes 2-5 First Editions. Five Volumes – Complete Set. London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: lxiii, 422 pages plus 32 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xvi, 217 pages plus 3 pages publishers list / Vol.3: xix, 348 pages plus 16 pages publishers list and 18 Plates / Vol. 4: xii, 411 pages. With 35 Plates / Vol.5: xvi, 384 pages plus 32 pages publishers list and 34 Plates. Also small illustrations in text. Green cloth with elaborate blind decorations to boards. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Small binder label in volume 1: ‘Westleys & Clark, London’. Very good condition. All bindings are rubbed, bumped and some are stained. Various degrees of fraying to spine ends. Spines age darkened / browned. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. All Plates are present, a few are lose. Bindings sound. A nice complete set of this important publication.
EUR 1.500,-- Order
An Independent Irish Parliament. The Path to Peace.
Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1921. 18 x 12 cm. 56 pages. With a frontispiece and Plates. Green cloth with paper label on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Paper internally browned, but otherwise clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series: Vol. 5: Tain Bo Fraich.
First Edition in this Form. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1933. c. 18 x 12 cm. ix, 50 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Front cover damp stained (see picture). Name of previous owner on ffep. Some annotations.
EUR 48,-- Order
Tiernaur Oral History Group: Remember Us. The People’s War, Newport Area, Mayo 1914-1924.
First Edition. Castlebar, Tiernaur Oral History Group, 2019. 22 x 22 cm. 388 pages. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 40,-- Order
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).
EUR 25,-- Order
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.
EUR 22,-- Order
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.
EUR 175,-- Order
Letters written by His Excellency Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Year 1675. To which is prefixed an Account of his Life, and deplorable Death in the Tower of London.
The Second Edition. Dublin, Printed for T. Walker, 1773. 21 x 12.5 cm. xxxix, 367 pages. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Internally clean
EUR 220,-- Order
French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards.
First Edition. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. 25 x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved frontispiece vignette and titel page plus 62 full page engraved plates (of 64) with views of France. Dark green morocco with elaborate gilt decorations to spine and boards.All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine and edges age darkened. Internally dust dulled with occassional mild foxing. Some water staining.
EUR 150,-- Order
French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards.
First Edition. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. 28 x 22 cm. Engraved title page, vignette, dedication, followed by 63 (out of 64) Plates. Each plate accompanied with a text description. The missing plate is Paris ‘Boulevard des Italiens’. Contemporary half calf. Textured cloth boards. Spine label and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Severe rubbing and abrasions to binding (see images). Internally age darkened and damp stained in places (mainly title page – see images). Most of the plates are clean with some age darkening towards the edges of the page. Overall still a nice copy.
EUR 100,-- Order
In the Celtic Past.
Dublin & Cork, The Educational Company of Ireland, ND [before 1940]. 18 x 12 cm. 107 pages. Original cloth with green and black celtic design. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1940. Internally clean.
EUR 35,-- Order
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.
EUR 30,-- Order
On Heroes, Heroe-Worship, and the Heroic in History. Six Lectures: Reported, with Emendations and Additions.
Third Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. 18 x 11 cm. 383 pages. Contemporary fine calf with gilt decorations and title. Dark morroco spine label. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Small library label on front paste down (see image). Name of previous owner in faded ink on first blank, dated 1848. Very mild foxing to first few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.
EUR 200,-- Order
The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.
First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.
EUR 980,-- Order
The English Scene [Signed]. The Spirit of England in the Monuments of her Social Life and Industrial History. Special articles from “The Times”, with additional chapters by the same author.
First Edition. London, A. & C. Black, 1930. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 125 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding partially faded (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 50,-- Order
The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey, Prime Minister to King Henry VIII.
Volume 1. Adorn’d with Cuts, and a complete Index. London, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author… 1742. 19.5 x 12 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (4) [Dedication], ix [Preface], 402 pages, (46) [Index]. Complete with 9 Plates, as listed. Rebacked in 2023 with a new cloth spine and end papers. Original contemporary boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Rebacked. Boards rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners (see images). Top of title page and first page of Dedication cut off, not affecting text. Lower corner of page vii/viii of Preface missing. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places.
EUR 180,-- Order
Geographia Antiqua. Smalcaldensis Geographia antiqua. Recognita denuo, & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historiocorum maxime idemtidem castigata & Quinta editione plurimis locis aucta et immutata.
London, S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J. Osborn, & T. Longman, 1731. c. 20 x 12 cm. viii, 180 pages. 26 (of 27) Maps, lacking map of ‘Acarnania, Graecia Propria & Peleponnesus. Contemporary calf. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. No free end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped. Hinges tender. Lacking one map. Otherwise a very nice clean copy. See images.
EUR 240,-- Order
Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the Famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1846.
Dublin, Hodges and Smith, Grafton Street, 1852. 22 x 14 cm. xxi, 478, (6). Contemporary dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding sound. Appears to be rebacked in the past, using the original spine and boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Title page mildly foxed (see image). Rubbed and bumped. Name of previous owner (Wilson Armistead, 1852) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 395,-- Order
Ceremoniale Episcoporum Clementis Papae VIII. et Innocentii X. Jussu recognitum…
Rome, Michaelis Angeli & Petri Vincentii de Rubeis, 1713. 23 x 16 cm. Half title, title page in red and black with engraving, (8), 327 pages plus 37 pages Index. Numerous engravings. Modern fine red morocco. Gilt title and decorations. Red speckled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Edges dust dulled. Some old underlining. Some bookworm traces. Overall a very nice copy.
EUR 380,-- Order
Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of Similar or Related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere. With numerous Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs by the Author.
First Edition. London & Dublin, G. Bell and Sons & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. 28 c 20 cm. xxxiii, 258 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Blind title on front board. Gilt title on Spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bymped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.
EUR 120,-- Order
On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. With Studies in Bird Life. With 170 Illustrations by the Author and E. Caldwell. Sketch-Maps and Photographs.
First Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated. Fine dark half morocco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small abrasion to rear board (see images). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Ex Libris of previous owner (Alan Francis Brooke) on front paste down (see notes below). Internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy very attractive binding.
EUR 400,-- Order
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, in Connection with the Grand Trunk R’y of Canada. Including Great Western Division forming the Niagara Falls Air Line.
Chicago, Jones Stationary and Printing Co., 1886. 18 x 10 cm folded. 36 x 76cm folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map (33 x 52 cm). Blue and black printing. Issued August 24, 1886. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened. Some tears along the folded lines. A few small brown spots.
EUR 69,-- Order
Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles.
First Edition. London, W.& R. Chambers, 1940. 23 x 16 cm. xiv, 274 pages, followed by 16 Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Ex Library with the usual library stickers and stamps. Internally clean. A very good reading copy.
EUR 35,-- Order
The Longshoremen.
First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.
EUR 24,-- Order
Underground To Overseas. The Story of Petroleum Development Oman.
First Edition. London, Stacey International, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. vii, 123 pages [English] / 123 pages [Arabic]. Illustrated throughout. Original hard cover in original decorated dust jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 48,-- Order
The Vengeance of Fionn.
First Edition. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1917. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. (2), 60 pages. Contemporary half cloth over paper covered boards. Paper label with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened / browned. Very mild foxing to first and last few pages (see image of title page). Internally clean.
EUR 75,-- Order
The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the Battle of Clontarf.
First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 2015. c. 23 x 15.5 cm. xxxiv, 526 pages with Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Image (from dust jacket?) tipped onto the front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.
EUR 250,-- Order
Biography for Beginners. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of upper Forms.
First Edition. London, T. Werner Laurie, ND [1905]. 28 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.
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