Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

Large Paper Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1820. 34 x 27 cm. FP, Title page, (8), 478 pages, xcvii [Appendix]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Later dark green quarter morroco over marbled boards. Five raised bands. Fore and tail edge deckle. Unopened top edge. Gilt title and author on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Unopened. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise very clean. Small bookseller label on front paste down (‘Hodges Figgis, Dublin’). A very nice copy.

Moody, T.W. / Simms, J.G.

The Bishopric of Derry and the Irish Society of London, 1602 – 1705. Volume 2: 1670 – 1705.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Stationary Office for the Irish Manuscript Commission, 1983. xix, 580 pages. With a B&W Map. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket edgeworn and damp stained. See images. Internally bright and clean.

Moore, N. Hudson.

Old Glass – European and American. With Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Ilustrations. [With a Chapter on Irish Glass / A Chapter on Waterford Glass / A Chapter on Dublin and Cork Glass].

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no year (c.1935). Octavo. XVI, 394 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover [Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on spine andfront board]. Original binding in very good condition with some strong signs of spotting and staining to the covers. Interior in very good condition. The binding still very firm.

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.

Mrs. S.C. Hall.

Tales of Irish Life and Character. With sixteen Reproductions from the Paintings of Erskine Nicol, R.S.A.

First Edition. Edinburgh & London, T.N. Foulis, 1909. 19.5 x 13 cm. 323 pages plus two pages publishers list. Complete with 16 tipped in images and their title pages. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Dark end papers. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine slightly faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Mulloy, Bridie.

Itchy Feet & Thirsty Work. A Guide to the History & Folklore of Ballinrobe.

First Edition. [Castlebar], Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association, ND [c. 1990]. 21 x 15 cm. 268 pages, (4). With Illustrations, maps etc. in B&W. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Losely inserted invitation card for the launch of the book.

Mulloy, Sheila.

O’Malley People and Places [Signed].

First Edition. Whitegate and Westport, Ballinakeela Press and Carrowbaun Press, 1988. 21 x 14 cm. 95 pages with B&W Photos, Maps and Illustrations. Original dark green cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Inscribed, signed and dated by the Author on title page.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Castlebar. Report on Proposed Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Castlebar.

No Publishing Information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Castlebar and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below Very good condition. Mildly dust dulled.

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.

Murphy, Rev. Denis (editor).

The Annals of Clonmacnoise. Being Annals of Ireland from the earliest Period to A.D. 1408. Translated into English A.D. 1627 by Conell Mageoghagan and now for the first Time printed.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed at the University Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1896. 25 x 16 cm. ix, 393 pages, 4. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / age darkening. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Murray, Patrick.

Church of Saints Peter & Paul Athlone [Signed]. An Illustrated History and Guide.

First Edition. Athlone, Saints Peter and Paul’s Parish Forum / Pastoral Council, 2007. 31 x 24 cm. 224 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Signed by the Author. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket with some edge wear. Internally clean. Overall a very nice copy.

Musgrave, Richard.

Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: with a particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIII D of May MDCCXCVIII; the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it; and the Characters of the principal Actors in it. Compiled from original Affiidavits and other authentic Documents and illustrated with Maps and Plates.

Dublin and London, Printed by Robert Marchbank for John Milliken and John Stockdale, 1801. 27 x 20.5 cm. x, (2), 636 pages plus 166 pages Appendix plus 10 pages Index and Errata. With 10 Maps and Plates, nine of them folding. New (2021) dark green half calf over marbled boards. New end papers. New attractive binding. Internally age darkened throughout with occasional foxing / browning. Name of previous owner in ink on first blank. Internally clean. All 10 Plates present, however, Plates 1 & 3 appear to be facsimiles.

Musgrave, Sir Richard.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: Also, A Particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIIID of May, MDCCXCVIII; with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it.

The Third Edition. Dublin, Printed by Robert Marchbank and sold by J. Archer [and others], 1802. c. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: xviii, (2), 583 pages / Vol.2: vii, 552 pages, (16) [Index]. With nine out of ten listed Maps, lacking the ‘Ground-plan of the town of Antrim’ in volume 2. Contemporary tree-calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Lacking one map. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. Some long closed tears to other maps.

M’Vittie, Robert B.

Details of the Restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. With a Brief History of the proceeding Condition, from the Date of its supposed Foundation (A.D. 1038) to the present Time.

First Edition. Dublin, Porteous and Gibbs, 1878. 18 x 12 cm. 156 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Original cloth covered limb boards. Gilt title on front board. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening. Inscribed by the Author (see images). An interesting and scarce work, giving full details of the extensive restoration financed by Henry Roe. With lists of monuments, tablets, etc., and also of the deans.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Brown, Patrick (text) / Walsh, Wendy (illustrations).

Flowers of Mayo. Dr Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. Introduced, Transcribed & Edited by E. Charles Nelson F.L.S. Original Watercolours & Vignettes by Wendy Walsh.

First and Limited Edition. No. 3 / 150. Dublin, Eamonn De Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. Folio. (10), 275 pages, (4). With 15 tipped in colour Plates and other Illustrations. Quarter goatskin on handmade paper, title inset on printed label on upper cover and in gilt on spine; red and maroon endbands. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Please see images. Fine. Inside original green and brown slip case. A very nice copy. Numbered by hand (No. 3) and signed by the Editor, Artist and Publisher.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Walsh, Wendy F. (illustrations).

An Irish Flower Garden Replanted [Signed]. The Histories of some of our Garden Plants.

Limited Signed Edition. No. 55/150. Castlebourke by Eamonn De Burca, For Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. ix, 276 pages. Illustrated. Limited Edition quarter green morroco over mustard coloured cloth boards. In illustrated matching slip case. See images. Fine condition. Blind stamp and pencil note of previous owner on title page (see image). Internally bright and clean. Losely inserted bookmark by the publisher. Signed by the Author, Illustrator and Publisher on title page. A very nice copy.

Newman, Jeremiah.

Maynooth and Georgian Ireland.

First Edition. Galway, Kenny’s, 1979. 19 x 25.5cm. 267 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt edges and dustjacket in protective Brodart cover. Excellent condition, with no markings or annotations.

Nicolson, William.

The Irish Historical Library. Pointing at most Auhors and Records in Print or Manuscript, which may be serviceable to the Compilers of a general History of Ireland by William, Lord Bishop of Derry.

A New Edition. No publishing information. [1776]. 28 x 23 cm. Title, Dedication, vii (Preface), 90 pages plus two pages Index. New (2018) half calf over cloth boards. Blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. New marbled end papers. Excellent condition. New binding. Text block age darkened but very clean.

Nutting, Wallace.

Ireland Beautiful. Illustrated by the Author with three hundred and four Pictures covering all the Counties in Ireland.

First Edition. Framington, MA, Old America Company Publishers, 1925. 25 x 17 cm. 302 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Later quarter morroco over marbled boards. Raised bands. Black spine label with gilt title and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Neat inscription by previous owner, dated 1925. Ex Libris of previous owner. Internally clean. A very nice copy in an attractive binding.

O Cadlaigh, Cormac.

Gnas Na Gaeldilge.

First Edition. Baile Atha Cliath [Dublin], Oifig An tSolatair, 1940. 21 x 14 cm. xxiv, 660 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded. Front free end paper neatly cut off. Stamp of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner on half title. Number ‘28’ written on top edge. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.