Gwynn, John.

Why I am a Catholic. [A Series of Lectures given in the Jesuit Church, St. Francis Xavier’s, Dublin].

First Edition. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1909. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 101 pages. Original green cloth with red titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine darkened. Edges and end paper dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy of this rare book.

Craigie, Eric.

Irish Sporting Sketches – Signed.

First Edition. Gigginstown, Mullingar, The Lilliput Press, 1984. 21 x 14 cm. 108 pages. With small B&W Illustrations. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the Author (‘Eric’) on the first blank page. See images.

Craigie, Eric.

Telling Tales – Signed.

First Edition. Scarriff Bridge, Ballivor, County Meath, Zircon Publishing, 1990. 21 x 13.5 cm. v, 89 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Losely inserted invitation to the book launch. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the Author (‘Eric’) on title page.

MacManus, Diarmuid.

Between Two Worlds. True Irish Ghost Stories.

Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks., Colin Smythe, 1979. c.21 x 14 cm. 154 pages. With a frontispiece. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges age darkened. Internally clean. A nice clean copy.

O’Hara, Eliot.

Watercolor Fares Forth / Making the Brush Behave / Making Watercolor Behave [Three Volumes].

Fifth Impression / Tenth Impression / Thirteenth Impression. Three Volumes. New York, Minton, Balch & Company 1938, 1935, 1932. 20 x 14 cm. 178 pages / 136 pages / 90 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Elliott, Arthur H.

The Witty and Humorous Side of the English Poets. With a Variety of Specimens arranged in Periods.

First Edition. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880. 20 x 13.5 cm. (4), 335 pages. With title page and Illustrations printed in black and red. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding a little shaky! Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing and a few pencil lines / annotations. From the library of Howth Castle, Ireland. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1883. Overall a very nice copy.

Stokes, Margaret.

Early Christian Art in Ireland.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1887 / 1888. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 210 pages plus eight pages of ads. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary green cloth. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Edges dust dulled. Binding weakened. Names of previous owners on front free end paper and title page. Internally clean.

Fitzpatrick, WM.J.

Curious Family History; or, Ireland before the Union. Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s Unpublished Diary. A Sequel to the Sham Squire and the Informers of 1798.

Fifth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, W.B. Kelly, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xxiv, viii, 268 pages. With a folding frontispiece. New (2020) black cloth. With gilt title on spine. Facsimile copies of the original boards have been pasted onto the new boards (see images). New ened papers. Good condition. Internally age darkened and stained on a few pages. Closed tears to frontispiece and title page (see images). A few small tears.

O’Sullivan, William (Editor).

The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo. (R.I.A. MS 24 E 15).

First Edition. Dublin, Stationary Office for the Irish Manuscript Commission, 1958. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. x, 245 pages. Original brown stiff paper covers with titles on front cover and spine. Laminated covers. Printed on off-white paper. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

D. Alfonso De Ligorio.

Homo Apostolicus. Instructus in sua vocatione ad audiendas confessiones, sive praxis, et instructio confessariorum.

Editio Quinta. Three Volumes in One. Bassani, Sed Prostant Venetiis Apud Remondini, 1782. 24.5 x 17.5 cm. xvi, 199 pages / viii, 166 pages, 120 pages. Contemporary fine calf with gilt title and decorations. Red and black morroco spine labels. All edges red. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Mild damp staining to a few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.