McCarthy, Kieran.

The Odyssey for Arznel.

U.S.A., Published by the author, 2014. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. 315 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author.

McCarthy, Michael J.F.

Priests and People in Ireland.

Third Impression. Dublin and London, Hodges, Figgis & Co. and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1903. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 624 pages. Original red cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minro shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two stamps of previous owner on front free end paper and verso of Frontispiece. A few of the Plates coming lose. Internally clean.

McClendon, Lise.

Painted Truth. An Alix Thorssen Mystery.

NY, Walker Publishing Company, 1995. 15 x 22 cm. 243 Pages. Dark Blue Boards. Excellent condition – Like new. Dustjacket in Mylar cover. Signed on title-page by author.

McClintock, P.V.E. (Editor).

McClintock Family Papers. A Collection of genealogical notes on the McClintock, McCausland, Hime, Robinson, Dobbs, Reid, Powell, Elston and associated Families compiles by P.E.V.McClintock.

‘First Edition’. Lancaster, England, Published by the Author, 1986. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 258 pages. With a map of Ireland and various family trees. With two losely inserted letters, signed by the author, Red cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

McCormick, W.P.

The Railways of Northern Ireland and their Locomotives. Illustrated.

[First Edition]. Belfast, W.P. McCormick, 1946. 21 x 14 cm. 30 pages, (2). With B&W Photographs. Original paper covers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internallyu bright and clean.

McCrackan, W.D.

The Tyrol. Illustrated.

First UK Edition. London, Duckworth & Co., 1905. 19 x 13 cm. xx, 328 pages with 32 plates (complete). Original green cloth with gilt decorations and title. Top edge gilt. Uneven fore edge. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2019 using original boards and spine. New end papers.

McCrumb, Sharyn.

She Walks These Hills.

First Edition. New York / London / Toronto, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994. 16cm x 24cm. 336 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. From the Ballad series.

McCutchen McBride, George.

Chile: Land and Society.

First edition. New York, American Geographical Society, 1936. 21 x 14 cm. XIV, 408 pages with 58 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding age darkened and mildly discoloured.

McDaniel, Raymond.

Saltwater Empire – Poetry.

Minneapolis, Coffee House Press, 2008. 22.9cm x 15.3cm. 121 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

McDannell, Colleen & Lang, Bernhard.

Heaven: A History.

First Edition. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1988. 17 x 24 cm. XIV, 410 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

McDonald, Walter / Gwynn, Denis.

Reminiscences of a Maynooth Professor. Edited by Denis Gwynn.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 x 23 cm. Photographic Frontispiece, 411 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. Rare copy of the original first edition. Minor signs of rubbing and edgewear on the cover.

McDowell, R.B.

Alice Stopford Green. A Passionate Historian.

First Edition. Dublin, Allen Figgis and Company, 1967. 21 x 14 cm. 116 pages. With a frontispiece and a few B&W Illustrations. Original yellow cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Hard Cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name and address of previous owner pencilled in on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket shows some edgwear and tiny paper losses to spine ends and corners.

McElligott, Richard.

Forging a Kingdom. The GAA in Kerry 1884 – 1934.

First Edition. Cork, The Collins Press, 2013. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 487 pages. With B&W photos in text. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

McEnery, John Hartnett.

Fortress Ireland. The story of the Irish Coastal Forts and the River Shannon Defence Line.

First Edition. Bray, Wordwell, 2006. 24 x 16 cm. xiv, 222 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine in original decorated dust jacket. As New.

McGinniss, Joe.

The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin.

New York, Crown Publishers, 2011. 16cm x 24cm. 321 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

McHugh, J.B.

The Friary of Ross.

Galway, Kelly Office Printing, 1994. 19 x 14 cm. 76 pages. Illustrated. Original trade paperback. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy. Small spots on rear cover.

McHugh, Mary Frances.

The Bud of the Spring [Signed].

First Edition. London, Macmillan and Co., 1932. 19 x 12 cm. 320 pages. Original green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the front free end page. Scarce.

McKenna, Stephen.

Last Confessions. A Novel.

[First Edition ? ]. London, Hutchinson & Co., Not dated [1937 ? ]. 17.5 x 12 cm. ix, 432 pages. Original orange cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Text block mildly foxed, otherwise clean. Binding weak, but holding. See images for condition.

McLean Matthews, Anne.

The Cave.

First Edition. New York, Warner Books, 1997. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 277 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

McNamara Lacey, Margaret et al.

Carrakennedy National School. Echoes of the Past – A Vision for the Future. 1906 – 2006.

2006. 29 x 21 cm. 148 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated stiff paper covers. With a CD with Music by John Hoban. Very good condition. Price sticker on front Cover. Internally bright and clean.

McSorley, Joseph / Peterson, John B. (foreword).

An Outline History of the Church by Centuries. From St. Peter to Pius XII.

Fourth Revised Edition. St. Louis & London, B. Herder Book Co., 1945. 23 x 15 cm. xxx, 1083 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Meadows Taylor, Philip.

Confessions of a Thug. Edited with an introduction by Brian Rawson. Drawings by Clarke Hutton.

London, The Folio Society, 1974. 14.5 x 23cm. 372 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Green stained top edges. Endpapers illustrated with maps.

Merrick, James.

Annotations on the Psalms.

First Edition. Reading, Printed by J. Carnan and Co., and sold by Messrs. Newbery and Carnan et al, 1768. 26 x 20 cm. vi, 342 pages plus one page publishers list. Contemporary full vellum binding. Handwritten title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy. See images.

Metcalf, Paul.

Waters of Potowmack.[Signed].

First Edition. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1982. 16cm x 23.5cm. XV, 246 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed with a dedication by author.

M’Glinchy, Very Rev. James.

The Spirit of Irish Nationhood.

Second Edition, 5th Thousand. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1919. 18 x 12 cm. 36 pages. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Internally clean.

[Michelangelo] Hall, Marcia.

Michelangelo – The Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Photographs by Takashi Okamura.

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2002. 30.5cm x 25.2cm. 239 pages. With 93 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Some lines (ball point pen) on text pages. Otherwise bright and clean.

Middleton, Ivy.

Kay of the Pimpernels.

Second Impression London and Redhill, Lutterworth Press, 1942. 18.5 x 12 cm. v, pages 7 – 223. Original red cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover in original decorated dust jacket. Dust jacket now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Dust jacket age darkened, Edge worn and minor paper losses to spine, some closed tears. Not price clipped. Internally clean.

Middleton, R.D.

Newman & Bloxam. An Oxford Friendship.

First Edition. London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1947. 14 x 22 cm, x, 261 pages. With a frontispiece and seven additional B&W plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title. Decorated dust jacket in archival jacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of use or shelf wear. Dust jacket is faded and shows some small tears and minor paper losses at the spine and corners.

Mill, John Stuart.

An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the Principle Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings.

Third Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. 15 x 22 cm, xvi, 633 pages plus 24 pages Publishers List & Index. Blind stamped maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good Condition with significant shelf wear. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine faded. Front hinge opened, rear hinge starting to open. Binding still good. 4 cm crack to top rear joint. Edges and pages age darkened. This book is heavily annotated, mainly in pencil, but also some indelible marks. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1913. Some browning and foxing.

Mill, John Stuart.

Autobiography.

First Edition, but not First Printing (w/ Erratum). London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873. 15 x 22 cm, vi, 313 page, Erratum, Publishers List (2). Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Shelfwear and signs of use. Front and rear hinge open. Spine slightly slanted. Binding shaky. Front board with circular stain. Top and bottom of spine worn. Ex Library (W.H.Smith & Sons Subscription Library). Library sticker on front pastdown. Edges darkened. Text block is bright and clean.

Mill, John Stuart.

England and Ireland. The Separation of the two Countries Considered. 1868 – 1918 A Lesson for To-Day.

Dublin, Wilson, Hartnell & Co., 1918. 18 x 12 cm. 48 pages. Green wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on half title. Internally clean.

Mill, John Stuart.

Inaugural Address at St. Andrews. Delivered to the University of St. Andrews. Feb. 1st, 1867.

People’s Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., Not Dated. 19 x 13 cm, 48 pages. Original brown cloth hard cover. Gilt title and author’s name on front board. Blind decorations on boards. Good condition. Minor rubbing / bumping to boards, corners and spine. Small piece (9 x 3 cm) of front free end paper has been cut out. Some neat pencil underlining in text.

Mill, John Stuart.

Nature The Utility of Religion and Theism. Three Essays on Religion.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. 15 x 22 cm, xi, 257 pages plus two pages Publisher’s List. Original dark green cloth with black and gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Mild foxing, mainly to end papers. Edges darkened. Front and rear hinges started to open. Binding tight.

Mill, John Stuart.

The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill. Edited by A.O.J. Cockshut.

Second Edition. Halifax, Ryburn Publishing, 1992. 24.2cm x 16.3cm. XV, 253 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear on dustjacket.

Mill, John Stuart.

Three Essays on Religion. Nature. The Utility of Religion and Theism.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. 22 x 14 cm. xi, (4), 257 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original green cloth. Black and blind line decorations. Gilt title. Dark brown end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front and rear hinge cracked. A few pencil annotations by previous owner, otherwise bright and clean.

Millais, John Guille.

British Deer and their Horns. 185 Text and Full-Page Illustrations…

First Edition. London, Henry Sotheran and Co., 1897. 38 x 30 cm. xviii, 224 pages. Illustrated thoughout. See images. Original decorated boards. Rebacked in 2022 with new end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. An impressive book.

Millar, Florence M.

The Lone Kiwi.

First Edition. Dublin, Dawson Publications, 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 234 pages with six full page B&W Illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Cloth binding dust dulled with minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket has some large paper losses to spine and rear (see image). Marked by colour pens on front cover. Dust jacket now inside archival jacket.

Miller, Henry / Perles, Alfred / Durrell, Lawrence.

Art and Outrage: A Correspondence about Henry Miller.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, 63 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Boards, binding and text in very good condition. Slight signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to corners.

Miller, John Grider.

The Battle to Save the Houston. October 1944 to March 1945.

Maryland, Bluejacket Books, 2000. 23 x 15 cm. XII, 226 pages with 30 illustrations. Original Bluejacket Books Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Miller, Liam.

Dolmen XXV. An illustrated Bibliography of the Dolmen Press 1951 – 1976. Compiled by Liam Miller.

First Edition. The Dolmen Press, 1976. 27 x 18 cm. 96 pages. Illustrated. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good inside good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing. Dust jacket worn and stained. See images.

Miller, Sue.

For Love. [Signed].

First Edition. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. 16 x 24cm. (14), 301 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by author on title page.

Milligan, Alice L.

The Daughter of Donagh. A Cromwellian Drama in Four Acts.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Martin Lester, [1920]. 22 x 14 cm. 73 pages. Original brown paper covered boards with paper label. In original dust jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Pages are age darkened but clean. No annotations. Dust jacket with minor paper losses, now in archival jacket (see image).

Milner, C. Douglas.

Mountain Photography. Its Art and Technique in Britain and Abroad.

Reprint of 1945. New York, The Focal Press, 1946. 24 x 17,5 cm. 238 pages with photographies. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition with external wear on dustjacket.

Milton ‘Mezz’ Mezzrow / Bernard Wolfe.

Really the Blues.

London, The Jazz Book Club, 1959. 20 x 12.5 cm. (6), 388 pages. Original cloth hard cover with title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Spine faded. Internally clean.

Milton, John.

The Poetical Works of John Milton. Reprinted from the Chandos Poets, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes, etc.

London, Frederick Warne and Co., Not Dated [1886?] 14 x 19 cm, xxiv, 581 pages plus two pages of publisher’s catalog. Original dark blue cloth with small paper label on spine. Good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Name of previous owner neat on title page (dated March 1886). Edges and some pages darkened and mildly foxed. Small piece of paper (2 x 1 cm) missing from top of title page. Text block bright and clean.

Miss Corner.

The History of China and India, Pictorial and Descriptive. By Miss Corner, Author of “The Historical Library”, “Questions on the History of Europe” &c&c.

London, Dean & Co., ND [1846]. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. iv, ii, iii, iii, iii, iii, 393 pages. Complete with two folding Maps, 31 Plates and Illustrations in Text, as listed. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Morocco spine label with gilt title. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front joint just starting to crack at top. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally a little dust dulled. Some edge wear and nicks.

Mm. Scribe at Melesville.

Repertoire Du Theatre De Madame. La Chatte / La Demoiselle et la Dame / Le Comte Ory / Coraly / L’Interieur D’Un Bureau / Une Visite A Bedlam / Le Confident / Les Grisettes / Le Medecin De Dames / Les Femmes Romantiques / La Haine D’Une Femme / La Maitresse Au Logis / Le Solliciteur / Yelva / Le Bal Champetre / Les Inseparables / La Quarantaine / L’Ambassadeur / La Belle-Mere / La Mansarde.

Five Volumes. Paris, Baudouin Freres et Pollet, 1828. 12 x 8 cm. Uniform red leather over paper coverd boards. Gilt decorations and Titles. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed.

Mme La Comtesse De Segur.

Memoires D’Une Ane. Illustres de 75 Vigenttes Par H. Castelli.

Nouvelle Edition. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1888. 17 x 11 cm. 378 pages plus 16 pages of publishers list. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations to front board and spine. All edges gilt. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing internally. Binding a little weak. Short inscription on half title page dated 14 Avril 1993. Stamp on opposite page: ‘Alan F. Brooke Pau’.

Mme. De Genlis [Stéphanie Félicité de DuCrest de Saint-Aubin Genlis, Comtesse de].

Alphonse, Ou Le Fils Naturel.

Three Volumes – Complete. London, De l’Imprimery de R. Juigne, pour B. Dulau et Co., 1809. 17 x 10 cm. Vol.1: iv, 188 pages / Vol.2: 190 pages / 187 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening. Some material losses to leather and paper boards (see images). Paper coming off the boards in places. Internally ahe darkened, but otherwise clean.

M’Murtrie, H.

Sketches of Louisville and its Environs. Including among a greta Variety of Misc. Matter, A Florula Louisvillensis …

Facsimile Edition of the 1819 Original. G.R. Clarke Press, [Louisville]. viii, 255 pages, (15). With a folding map. Brown fauz leather. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally clean.