Seamus O’ Ceallaigh (editor).

Colaiste Einde. 75 Bliain Faoi Bhlath. [St. Enda’s College 75].

Galway, St. Enda’s College, 2003. xii, 156 pages, Illustrated. Black cloth. Hard cover. Inside dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

A.P. [Patterson, Alexander].

Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, or, A Collection of the Antiquities of the English Franciscans. Or Friers Minors, commonly call’d Gray Friers. In two Parts. With an Appendix concerning the English Nuns of the Order of Saint Clare. Compil’d and Collected by A.P.

First Edition. London, Printed by Thomas Smith, 1726. 22 x 17 cm. xxviii, 272 pages [Part 1], viii, 42 pages [Part 2], 4 pages [Nuns of the Order of St. Clare], (4) [Errata & Blank]. With four Plates. New [2024] red half morocco over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt title. Gilt decorations. New end papers. The old rear free end paper has been bound in to preserve the elaborate signature of a previous owner. Very good condition. New sound binding. Internally occasionally worn, age darkened/foxed. Ex Library with only one stamp on verso of frontispiece. Names of previous owners on verso of frontispiece and old rear free end paper. Felt pen ‘star’ on verso of frontispiece and title page. See images.

Vallancey, C. [Charles].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis. Number XII. Contents: Of All hallow Eve / Of the Gule of August, or Lammas Day / Description of the Banqueting-hall of Tamar or Tara / Of the Kiss of Salutation / Miscellaneous / Second Letter from Charles O’Conor, Esq., on the Heathen State and Ancient Topography of Ireland.

Dublin, Printed by W. Spotswood and sold by Luke White, Dame Street, 1783. 20 x 12 cm. clxxv, pages numbered 444 to 682. Complete with two plates, as listed. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Mildly age darkened throughout. Ex Libris of previous owner. A nice copy. Not a Reprint.

Laurentius Heisterus [Heister, Lorenz].

Compendium Anatomicum Totam Rem Anatomicam Brevissime Complectens Editio Quarta Prioribus Longe Auctior At2ve Emendatior.

Two volumes in bound in one. Norimbaergae [Nuremberg], Georg. Christoph. Weberi, 1736. 20 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page vol.1 with title vignette, (2) [Dedication], xxvi [Prefatio], 205 pages, (2)[blank], title page vol.2, 190 pages, (38) [Index], nine folding plates [Tab I to Tab IX]. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Five raised bands. Red speckled edges. Binding very worn with material losses to spine and spine ends. Joints and hinges cracked. Small paper losses to end papers. (see images). Internally in very good condition. Occasional mild browning and small damp stains, otherwise very clean.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 422 pages with many maps and photographs in B&W. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Neat owners name inscribed. Binding weak. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. (4), 422 pages. Illustrated. Original green cloth. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Robinson, Tim.

Connemara. Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer. [NO MAP].

First Edition. Roundstone, Co. Galway, Folding Landscapes. 1990. 20 x 15 cm. 146 pages. Original trade paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to wrappers. Internally bright and clean.

Leadbeater, Mary / Edgeworth, Maria (Notes and Preface).

Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.

Lowe, Henry N.

County Fermanagh One Hundred Years Ago: A Guide and Directory 1880.

Belfast, The Friar’s Bush Press, 1990. 13cm x 19.5cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Griffith, Richard.

County of Mayo. Valuations of the Several Tenements in the Union of Newport.

Dublin, Alex. Thom and Sons, 1855. 33 x 22 cm. 94 pages. Later purple cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Blue end papers. Very good condition.

Fredengren, Christina.

Crannogs. A study of people’s interaction with lakes, with particular reference to Lough Gara in the North-West of Ireland.

First Edition. Bray, County Wicklow, Wordwell, 2002. 25 x 19 cm. xvi, 332 pages. Illustrated. With CD in back-pocket. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Gift inscription on half title page. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Complete with the CD.

Criminal Trials.

Two Volumes. London, Charles Knight, 1832 / 1835. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: 520 pages / Vol.2: xvi, 409 pages. With a frontispiece in volume 2. Half leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Very good condition. Age darkened. Some stains internally. Rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Front hinge of volume 1 starting to open, but binding is sound. Inscriptions by previous owner on end papers in both volumes. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.

Silberman, Charles E.

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.

Lord Macaulay.

Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. Authorized Edition.

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. viii, 850 pages. Black and brown half calf. Gilt vignette of Queen’s University Belfast on front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Five raised bands. Blind decorations on spine and boards. All edges speckled. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped, mildly stained. Edges age darkened. Front hinge opened. Front free end paper lost two corners. Internally mildly foxed and age darkened. A few annotations in text. Binding sound, but a few pages lose.

Reidy, Tommy [Editor].

Crossmolina Parish Annual – Chronicle 2012.

Crossmolina, 2012. 29 x 21 cm. 272 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some advertising. Original Trade Paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition.

Fitzpatrick, WM.J.

Curious Family History; or, Ireland before the Union. Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s Unpublished Diary. A Sequel to the Sham Squire and the Informers of 1798.

Fifth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, W.B. Kelly, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xxiv, viii, 268 pages. With a folding frontispiece. New (2020) black cloth. With gilt title on spine. Facsimile copies of the original boards have been pasted onto the new boards (see images). New ened papers. Good condition. Internally age darkened and stained on a few pages. Closed tears to frontispiece and title page (see images). A few small tears.

Grose, Daniel / Stalley, Roger (Editor).

Daniel Grose (c.1766-1838) The Antiquities of Ireland. A Supplement to Francis Grose.

First Edition. Dublin, The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991. 28 x 25 cm. xxiv, 214 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter black morocco over cloth covered boards. Gitlt title and line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Hamilton, Walter.

Dated Book-Plates. (Ex Libris). With a Treatise on their Origin and Development. Part 1: Dated Book-Plates prior to 1700. / Part 2: Dated Book-Plates of the Eighteenth Century. / Part 3: Dated Book-Plates of the Nineteenth Century to 1895. With about One Hundred Illustrations.

First Combined Edition. London, A.C. Black, 1895. 27 x 21 cm. 124 & 225 pages plus 22 pages Index. With B&W Illustrations, some full page. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Professionally recased in 2018 using original boards and spine. New end papers. Edges and pages dust dulled. A few stains. A very nice copy.

Par M. Necker, [Jacques].

De L’Importance Des Opinions Religieuses

First Edition. A Londres, et se trouve à Lyon, chez G. Regnault, 1788. c, 19 x 12 cm. Title page, 542 pages (2). With a Frontispiece. Contemporary speckled calf. Elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A lovely copy. See images.

Marchetto, Annibale, [San Luigi Gonzaga].

De Rebus Gestis Beati Aloysii Gonzagae E Societate Iesu.

[First Edition]. Florence, Typis Sereniss, 1687. Octavo. TP, (12), 374 pages, (18) [Index & Errata]. Small vignettes and leading letters in text. Later fine calf. Gilt title and decorations. Dentelles. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Ex LIbris of previous owner on front paste down. A bright clean copy in an attractive binding. See images.