Ó Donnchadha, Diarmuid.

Castar an Taoide [The Turn of the Tide].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1995. 8°. XIII, 637 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author.

Mac Giolla Chearna, An tAthair P.

Ceachta as Leabhar na Cruinne [Lessons from the Book of the World].

1955 Reprint. Dublin, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1955. 18 x 12 cm. 125 pages. Original soft covers. Very good condition. Front board partially faded. See image. Name of previous owner. Internally clean.

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, 51 plates, each with cover page and text description. Some plates in colour. Original cloth with elaborate celtic style gilt decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and taile edge deckle. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally a little dust dulled, otherwise clean. A nice copy of an impressive book.

Various Authors. Dillon, Myles (Editor).

Celtica Vol. X and XXVII.

Two Volumes. Dublin, School of Celtic Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, 1973 & 2013. 25 x 15 cm. Vol. X: 274 pages / Vol. XXVII: 8 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, and dust dulling.

Clarke, Joe.

Chapel, Famine and Demesne: Mountbellew 1822.

First Edition. Mountbellew, 2022. 24 x 16 cm. xiv, 225 pages. Laminated hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. As new condition.

Hughes, Harry / Ryan, Aine.

Charles Hughes. Lankill to Westport. 1876 – 1949.

First Edition. Westport, Charles Hughes Ltd. and Portwest Ltd., 2007. 24.5 x 17 cm. xvi, 351 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf and edgewear. Signed by both authors on the title page, together with a gift inscription by an unknown person. See images. Internally bright and clean.

Mahr, Adolf.

Christian Art in Ancient Ireland. Selected Objects Illustrated and Described. Edited on behalf of the Government of the Irish Free State by Adolf Mahr, D.PH., M.R.I.A., Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum, Dublin with the Collaboration of the Royal Irish Academy.

First Editions. Two Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Stationary Office of Saorstat Eireann, 1932 / 1941. 36 x 27 cm. Vol. 1: xxvii (text) followed by 80 Plates in B&W / Vol.2: 184 pages (text), followed by Plates 81 – 130. Original half cloth hard covers. Two tone design. Gilt titles on front boards and spines. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Bindings age darkened and a little stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Sound bindings. Internally bright and clean. Two nice copies.

Petrie, George / Stokes, Margaret (editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872 & 1878. C. 28 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original blind stamped dark cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with a new spine and end papers in 2023. Please see images. Spine design is NOT uniform. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with a few library stamps.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. [Margaret] (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 28 x 25 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original dark cloth with celtic blind decorations. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with faint numbers on spine and a few small stamps internally..

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

Jordan, Anthony J. / Collis, Robert.

Christy Brown’s Women. A Biography drawing on his Letters. Includes the Founding of Cerebral Palsy Ireland by Robert Collis.

First Edition. Dublin, Westport Books, Not dated. 21 x 14.5 cm. 178 pages. With B&W photos. Original decorared stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author to Westport Historian Jarlath Duffy. Internally bright and clean.

O’Connor.

Chronicles of Eri; Being the History of the Gaal Sciot Iber: or, The Irish People; Translated from the original Manuscripts in the Phoenician Dialect of the Scythian Language.

First Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822. 23 x 14 cm. Vol1: ccclxii, ii, 91 pages, with a frontispiece and four folding maps. / Vol.2: Coloured folding frontispiece, folding map of Eri, 509 pages with one folding plate. All maps and plates listed are present in both volumes. Contemporary fine red morroco. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to spine ends and corners. Joints weak, but bindings remain sound. Ex Libris ( ‘Ursuline Convent St. Joseph’s Sligo’) on front paste downs of both volumes. Various inscriptions on first blank pages of volume 1. Library stamp (‘Tullabeg College’) on both title pages. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two small paper stickers on spines. Overall a very nice set.

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.

O Conaill, Micheal.

Cineal Feicin Agus Siol Anmachadha.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Maire Ni Raghallaigh, 1932. 18 x 11.5 cm. 80 pages. Small sketches. Original stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening of wrappers.

Vallancey, C. [Charles].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis. Number XII. Contents: Of All hallow Eve / Of the Gule of August, or Lammas Day / Description of the Banqueting-hall of Tamar or Tara / Of the Kiss of Salutation / Miscellaneous / Second Letter from Charles O’Conor, Esq., on the Heathen State and Ancient Topography of Ireland.

Dublin, Printed by W. Spotswood and sold by Luke White, Dame Street, 1783. 20 x 12 cm. clxxv, pages numbered 444 to 682. Complete with two plates, as listed. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Mildly age darkened throughout. Ex Libris of previous owner. A nice copy. Not a Reprint.

Pearse, Padraic H. / Ryan, Desmond (Editor).

Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. The Story of a Success and the Man Called Pearse.

Dublin, Cork, Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., 1924. 21 x 14 cm. xii, 260 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark cloth with title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed.

Pearse, Padraic H.

Collected Works of Padraic H. Pearse. The Story of a Success. Edited by Desmond Ryan and the Man called Pearse by Desmond Ryan.

Dublin, The Phoenix Publsihing Co., 1924. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xii, 260 pages. With a Frontispiece and seven Plates in B&W (complete). Original green cloth. Hard cover. Embossed celtic decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally mildly age darkened / browned. Front hinge weak.

[H.G. Collins].

Collins’ Railway Map of Ireland. Coloured and Mounted on Linen. Two Shillings & Sixpence. Exhibiting the Mail, Coach and Turnpike Roads, the Lakes, Rivers & Canals, the Principal Rages of Mountains: also the Boroughs & Market Towns with their distances from the Capital. Compiled from Numerous Trigonometrical Surveys & Other Approved Authorities.

London, H.G. Collins, ND [c. 1860]. c. 67 x 83 cm unfolded. Very good condition.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 422 pages with many maps and photographs in B&W. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Neat owners name inscribed. Binding weak. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. (4), 422 pages. Illustrated. Original green cloth. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.