Baker, Joe (author) / Duffy, Jarlath (editor).

My Stand For Freedom. Autobiography of an Irish Republican Soldier.

First Edition. Westport, Westport Historical Society, 1988. 21 x 14 cm. 106 pages. With B& W Illustrations. Original trade paberback. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A bright and clean copy.

Bannerman, David A.

The Canary Islands. Their History, Natural History and Scenery. An Account of an Ornithologist’s Camping Trips to the Archipelago.

First Edition. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1922. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 365 pages. With Illustrations, photographs and Maps, some folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke on front paste down. Author’s inscription on front free end paper: ‘To Alan Brooke from his friend David Bannerman’.

Barker, William Burckhardt / Ainsworth, William Francis (Editor).

Lares and Penates: or Cilicia and its Governors. Being a short historical Account of that Province from the earliest Times to the Present Day.

First Edition. London, Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. 22 x 14 cm. xiv, 394 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Later professionally rebacked using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, age darkened and stained. Edges age darkened. New end papers. Single stamp (Franciscan Church Waterford) on title page. Closed tear to folding map (see image). Internally clean, no annotations etc.

Barrett, Mary Jo et al.

Ballyglass. It’s People and Places. Random images of Ballyglass over the past 100 years.

2000. 29 x 21 cm. C. 100 pages with B&W Photographs. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear.

Barrow, John.

A Tour Round Ireland. Through the Sea-Coast Counties, in the Autumn of 1835.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1836. 20 x 12 cm. xi, 379 pages, 38 pages Appendix. Complete with a folding Map, Plates and Illustrations in Text, as listed. Later green cloth with gilt title on spine. New dark green end papers. Very good condition. Sound new binding. Name of previous owner and gift label on front paste down (see images). First and last pages age darkened and mildly foxed. Internally clean.

Bayle St. John.

Purple Tints of Paris. Character and Manners in the New Empire.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. 19 x 12 cm. xxii, 322 pages / xi, 330 pages. Contemporary black half morroco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped with small material losses to spine ends and corners. Some foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Library sticker on front board of volume 2. No further library marks or stamps. Ex libris of previous owner (‘Maurice Brooks’) on front paste down of both volumes. Top of front hinge of volume 1 started to crack. Bindings sound.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H, Allom, T (drawings).

Scotland / Caledonia. Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By Messrs. T.Allom, W.H.Bartlett, and Others.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and New York, George Virtue, ND (c. 1840). 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1 : 200 pages / Vol.2: 172 pages. Illustrated with steel plates. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some foxing / browning. Gift inscription in ink in both volumes. A nice set in good sturdy bindings.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett; Esq.

First Edition. London, George Virtue, 1836. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: (4), 188 pages, engraved title plus 57 Plates (see comments!) / Vol.2: (2), 152 pages, engraved title plus 48 Plates, plus a folding map of Switzerland in the back. Contemporary half morroco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Rear free end paper of Vol.1 and front free end paper of Vol.2 missing. Some tissue guards missing. Names of previous owners neatly inscribed in ink. Internally with some browning, foxing and large visible damp stains on most pages, incl. Plates. (see images).

Beglane, Fiona.

Anglo-Norman Parks in Medieval Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2015. 23 x 15 cm. xii, 227 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. As new.

Bennett, George.

The History of Bandon.

First Edition. Cork, Henry and Coghlan, 1862. 19 x 12 cm. xv, 373 pages. Original bright blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Blind decorations. Professionally rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spine. New decorative end papers. See images. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded. Internally clean. A nice sturdy copy of this scarce first edition.