Lorrequer, Harry [Lever, Charles]. Phiz (illustrator).

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. With numerous Illustrations by Phiz.

First Edition. Dublin & London, William Curry & William S. Orr, 1839. 22 x 14 cm. (4) [Ads], xv, 344 pages. Complete with 22 Plates, as listed. Contemporary cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Paper label with number on front board. Some damp staining and foxing, mainly to Plates. Text pages generally bright and clear.

Mahony, Edmund.

The Galway Blazers. Memoirs.

First Edition. Galway, Kenny’s Bookshops and Art Galleries, 1979. 24 x 18 cm. (6), 125 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth binding. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

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.

Black, F.A.

Natural Phenomena. A Collection of descriptive and speculative Essays on some of the By-Paths of Nature.

[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis, [1906]. 20 x 14 cm. xiv, 366 pages. Illustrated. Original textured cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise, internally clean

Haig-Brown, Captain Alan R. / Ward, Colonel Sir Edward (introduction).

The O.T.C. and the Great War.

First Edition. London, The Offices of “Country Life”, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xi, 245 pages, 18 pages publishers list. Complete with ten Plates, as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding somewhat faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Front hinge started to crack, but binding remains sound. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Anon.

Cassell’s Popular Natural History. Vol.3: Birds & Vol.4: Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, Worms, Crustaceans, Molluscs, Sea-Stars, Echinoderms, Corallines, Corals, and Animalcules.

Two volumes bound in One. London, Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, ND [1870-80]. 26 x 19 cm. Vol.3: vi, 408 pages / Vol. 4: vi, 346 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half morroco over cloth covered boards. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. End papers mildly foxed. Internally clean.

O’Halloran, S.

A History of Ireland. Volume 1. An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, and Ierne Defended.

Volume 1 Only (of 3). Dublin, Printed by J. Christie, 1819. 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: 581 pages, two Plates. Vol.1 Full tree calf. Name of previous owner blind on front board. Morroco label with gilt title. Very good condition.Binding worn with minor losses to spine ends and corners. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean.

Ó Móráin, Padraig.

Annála Beaga Pharáiste Bhuiréis Umhaill. A short Account of the History of Burrishoole Parish.

First Edition. Westport, Berrys, 1957. 18 x 12 cm. 160 pages. With B&W Plates and a folding map in the back of the book. Quarter black morroco over cloth covered boards. Spine label with gilt title. Raised bands and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Some mild wear to boards (see images). Edges dust dulled. A very nice copy, complete with the large folding map in a nice solid binding.

Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

Anon. [Otway, Caesar].

A Tour in Connaught: Comprising Sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country, and Achill. By the Author of “Sketches in Ireland”. With Illustrations engraved on Wood.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. 16 x 10 cm. xi, 442 pages. Complete with eight Illustrations, as listed. Later quarter green morroco over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Very cood condition. Minor shelf wear. Mild staining to bottom of spine and rear board (see images). Edges age darkened. Some of the Plates age darkened and damp stained. Name of the Author inscribed twice, but most likely not by the Author, as the name is misspelled.