Bernstein, Marcelle.

Nuns.

London, Collins, 1976. 13.5cm x 21.5cm. 361 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than minor tear to dustjacket.

Blackwell, Meike.

Ships in Early Irish History.

First Edition. Whilegate, Co. Clare, Ballinakella Press, 1992. 21 x 15 cm. vii, 65 pages. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. Near fine. Inscribed by the Author and signed ‘Meike’. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Cusack, M.F.

A History of the Irish Nation. Social, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Industrial and Antiquarian.

Ireland & London, Kenmare Publications Office & J.G. Murdock, 1876. 28 x 22 cm. xvi, (2), 956 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary dark cloth with blind decorations to boards. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Rear hinge open and rear free end paper missing. Binding is shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Clarke, Howard B. / Johnson, Ruth (Editors).

The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the Battle of Clontarf.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 2015. c. 23 x 15.5 cm. xxxiv, 526 pages with Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Image (from dust jacket?) tipped onto the front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

[Lamb, Charles], Walton, Izaak, [Defoe, Daniel].

The Essays of Elia. / The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson. / Memoirs of a Cavalier. The Essays of Elia. First & Second Series / / Memoirs of a Cavalier, or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England, from the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.

London, Edward Moxon, A. Bell, J. Osborn, W. Taylor and T. Warner, all 1840. 23 x 14 cm. TP, iv, 94 / TP, vi, 80 / TP, vii, (2), 107 / TP, (4), 96 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Speckled edges. Very good condition.Front board detached. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Internally clean.

Hull, Eleanor (editor).

The Poem-Book of the Gael. Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse. With a Frontispiece.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. C. 18 x 12.5 cm. xxxviii, 370 pages. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page and small celtic decorations in text. Contemporary half morroco over cloth. Hard cover. Five raised bands, gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Michael Morris,Baron Killanin’) on front paste down, together with small sticker of another previous owner. Overall a very attractive copy of the scarce first edition.

Newton, Thomas.

Dissertations on the Prophecies. Which have remarkably been fulfilled and at this time are fullfilling in the World.

The twelfth Edition. Two volumes – Complete. Berwick, Printed by W. Gracie for J. Rennison et al., 1803. c. 21 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xxii, (2), 378 pages, with a frontispiece / Vol. 2: xxiv, 440 pages. Contemporary tree calf. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations to spine. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with minor material losses (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing. Name of previous owner. Internally clean.

Grantham, Sybil.

Silent Songs.

First edition. London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1915. 16 x 10 cm. vii, 119 pages. Small vignette on title page. Contemporary pale white cloth, hard cover with dark green title on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1917. Internally very mildly foxed otherwise clean. A very nice copy of this scarce book.

Sarr, Kenneth [Kenneth Sheils Reddin]. Colum, Padraic (Foreword).

The White Bolle-Trie. A Wonder Story by Kenneth Sarr. Illustrated by Maurice McGonigal.

First Edition. Dublin & Cork, The Talbot Press Limited, 1927. 22 x 14 cm. 96 pages. With a Frontispiece and four B&W Plates. Original cloth with white title on front board. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped; partially faded and mildly stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally clean.

Armstrong, Olive.

Edward Bruce’s Invasion of Ireland.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1923. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 179 pages. With a folding map. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small sticker with name of previous owner on front free end paper. Mildly age darkened, otherwise a very nice copy. See images.