D’Alton, Rev. E.A.

History of Ireland. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day.

Six Volumes. London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1910. 22 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xxi, 284 / Vol.2: x, 285-539 / Vol.3: xii, 256 / Vol.4: xi, 257-555 / Vol.5: xii, 272 / Vol.6: xi, 273-580. All volumes contain a number of illustrations, mainly full page plates. Original celtic decorated cloth with gilt decorations to front boards and spines. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spines. Very good condition. Bindings show signs of shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping. Internally occasional foxing. Volume 4 shows some faint water staining. Closed tear to half title of Volume 5. Edges dust dulled and foxed. Internally clean and bright.

D’Alton, The Right Rev. Monsignor E.A.

History of the Archdiocese of Tuam.

First Edition. Two volumes. Dublin, The Phoenix Publishing Company Limited, 1928. 22 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiv, 388 pages. / Vol.2: ix, 379 pages. Complete with map and all illustrations, as outlined in the book. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Blind titles and decorations on front boards. Top edges gilt. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some blistering on front board of volume 2. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing. A few ink annotations inside. A nice set of this rare publication.

Davitt, Michael.

The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland. Or the Story of the Land League Revolution.

First Edition. London & New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. 22 x 15 cm. xvii, 750 pages. Original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding, rubbed, bumped and slightly discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Dornan, Brian.

Mayo’s Lost Islands. The Inishkeas.

First Reprint. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2001. 23 x 15 cm. 304 pages. Illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs. Original decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Gift inscription to title page. Otherwise a clean copy.

Eric Gruber von Arni.

Justice for the Maimed Soldier. Nursing, Medical Care and Welfare for Sick and Wounded Soldiers and their Families during the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642 – 1660.

First Edition. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, 2001. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 283 pages, Frontispiece and a few other Illustrations in B&W. Black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. The History of Medicine in Context Series.

Farrar, F.W.

Woman’s Work. As Daughter, as Wife, and as Mother.

London, James Nisbet & Co., 1895. 18 x 9 cm. 109 pages plus two pages publishers list. Cloth covered stiff paper boards. Soft cover. Title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed bumped and dust dulled. Binding coming lose. Paper sticker on front board (‘File Copy’) – see images. Internally bright and clean.

Fealy, Gerard, M.

A History of Apprenticeship Nurse Training in Ireland. Routledge Studies in Nursing History.

First Edition. London, Routledge, 2006. 23 x 15 cm. xiii, 200 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Decorated paper covered boards. Hard cover. As new. Appears unread.

Fortune, Robert.

Yedo and Peking. A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China. With Notices of the natural Productions, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Trade of those Countries, and other Things met with by the Way.

First Edition. Not a Reprint. London, John Murray, 1863. 22 x 14 cm. xv, 395 pages. With 22 Illustrations including a folding frontispiece, a map and several full page plates (complete). New (2019) black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding and end papers. A little age darkened and occasionally mild foxing. Ex Libris on half title page (Betty Fortune, possibly related to the author?). Name of another previous owner (James Watson 1870) in ink on title page. Illustrations complete. Number 14 is facing page 116, not 161 as listed in book). A few mild stains, but overall a very nice and clean copy of this rare book. See images.

Freeman, T.W.

Ireland. Its Physical, Historical, Social and Economic Geography.

First Edition. London, Methuen, 1950. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 8 pages of photographs, 555 pages. With various maps within the text. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. In original unclipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to book. Dust jacket a little worn with some minor paper losses to corners and spine. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so poor for so long?

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 2004. 16 x 24cm. (14), 278 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition other than sunning to spine.