La Saone / Le Rhone.
Two Volumes. Lyon, Rene Salagnac, 1958 & 1960. 29 x 20 cm (oblong). 21 and 15 folding Plates. Original stiff cardboard covers. Stapled. Very good condition.
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Questions on The Scriptures, for Young Persons Attending Catechetical Examinations. Selected and Arranged from Commentaries and Other Works.
[First Edition]. Cork, George Purcell & Co., 1853. 17 x 11 cm. 132 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. New binding. Internally dust dulled. Few annotations / lines in pencil.
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The Book of Modern Irish Anecdotes. Humour, Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Patrick Kennedy.
New Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1891. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. iv, 192 pages. New (2021) pale cloth. Facsimiles of the original paper covers are used on front and rear board. See images. Black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.
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Vetera Monimenta. In quibus praecipue Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac Nonnulli Antiqui Ritus, Dissertationibus, Iconibusque Illustratur. Pars Prima.
[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Ex Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Bohemi, apud S. Angelum Custodem, [1690]. 33 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, title page, (12) [Dedication etc.], (6) [Praefatio], (2) [Index Capitum], 276 pages plus 22 pages [Index Rerum], (2) [Errara + Blank]. With a frontispiece and 71 further plates of which 16 are folding and one is in text. See comments below for list of plates. Later modern cloth. New end papers. Fore edge deckle. Good condition with several plates being absent. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally spotted. Some stains and small tears. Remains an impressive folio with more than 70 original architectural copper plate engravings. Please review all ten images to gain better insight in the condition of the book and its binding.
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Crisis in Black and White.
First US Edition. New York, Random House, 1964. 21 x 15 cm. xii, 370 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover, inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some staining to binding (see image) and end papers. Internally bright and clean. Minor edge wear to dust jacket.
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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.
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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.
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Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1812. 23 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. Complete with engraved title page, two maps (incl. one folding), a folding panoramic view and 17 Plates. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Good condition only. Binding severely rubbed and bumped with material losses to corners. Age darkened throughout. Occasional foxing / browning. Small bookseller label and Ex Libris of previous owner on front past down. Some ink stains in red and black. Red ink used on title page engraving (see image). A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Begun in the Year 1641, with the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End and Conclusion there by the King’s blessed Restoration. and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660.
Dublin Edtion. Three Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Printed for John Hyde and Robert Owen, Booksellers, 1719. 32 x 19 cm. Vol.1: Blank, engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, xii [Preface], (4) [List of Subscribers], 422 pages. / Vol.2: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (4) [Dedication], 459 pages. / Vol.3: engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (6) [Dedication], 445 pages plus 33 pages Index. Small vignettes in text. Contemporary panelled calf. Blinf decorations to boards. Gilt decorations to spine. Spine labels with title and volume numbers in gilt. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small material losses / abrasions to corners and spine ends. Volume spine label missing on volume 2. Some joints started to crack, but bindings remain sound. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste down and title pages. Internally clean, mildly age darkened. A few minor tears. A nice set overall.
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Irish Monastic and Episcopal Deeds. AD 1200 – 1600. Trascribed from the Originals preserved at Kilkenny Castle. With an Appendix of Documents of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries relating to Monastic Property after the Dissolution.
[First Edition]. Dublin, Published at the Stationary Office, 1936. 23.5 x 15 cm. xxxi, 368 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.
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