Understanding Augustine.
[First Edition]. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1997. 23 x 15 cm. 165 pages. Dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. A nice clean copy.
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The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland. Illustrated with Chromo and Other Lithographs, and several Woodcuts.
First Edition. London & Dublin. Smith, Elder and Comapny & George Herbert, 1863. 27 x 19 cm. vi, 118 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original dark green cloth with blind decorations to boards. Gilt title on front board. Very good condition. Binding worn (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris and small sticker with address of previous owner on front paste down. Small bookseller sticker on front paste down. Mild damp staining to some pages (see images).
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Sir Hervey’s Bride, and other Poems.
First Edition. London, Marcus Ward & Co., 1882. 18 x 13 cm, 200 pages. Original brown cloth hard cover with black and gilt decorations and text on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. End papers browned and edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Spine faded. A very nice copy. Not ex library.
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Irish-English Dictionary. Containing upwards of Twenty Thousand Words that have never appeared in any former Irish Lexicon with copious Quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of obscure Words; and numerous Comparisons of the Irish Words with those of similar Orthography, Sense or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages. In their proper Places in the Dictionary, are inserted the Irish Names of our indigenous Plants, with the Names by which they are commonly known in English and Latin… to which is Annexed, a compenious Irish Grammar.
First Edition. Dublin, Printed by John Barlow, 1817. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Eight unnumbered pages (Title, Dedication, Preface & Subscribers), 28 pages Irish Grammar followed by the complete Dictionary on unnumbered pages using double columns. Later quarter cloth over papered boards. Leather label with gilt title on spine. Red marbled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and paper age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing and a few faint water stains. Name of previous owner on title page in ink.
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Spirit Flowers. Poems and Essays by Stephen O’Reilly. Who in company with his gallant brother fell valiantly fighting for Irish Freedom on that great day of hero-deeds when Ireland’s Army smote by Liffey’s side The Custom House of Britain. With a Foreword by Brian O Huiginn, dated 1922.
[First Edition]. Dublin, The Gael Co-Op. Society, Ltd., 1923. 18 x 12 cm. 40 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and a few small stains on front board. Internally clean. Scarce.
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The Mirror of True Womanhood. A Book of Instruction for the Women in the World.
Seventh Edition. Reprinted from the Thirteenth American Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1900. 18 x 12 cm. xx, 410 pages. Original decorated green cloth. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind decorations on rear board. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner pencilled on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise bright and clean internally. A nice copy.
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Mud and Purple. Pages from the Diary of a Dublin Man.
[First Edition]. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1918. 21 x 13 cm. (2), 96 pages. With small in text illustrations. Half cloth over stiff cardboard boards. Gilt title and author on front board. Small paper label on spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping, Mild age darkening throughout. Text block bright and clean.
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