Nelson, E. Charles / McCracken, Eileen M. / Walsh, Wendy F. (illustrations).

The Brightest Jewel [Signed]. A History of the National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin, Dublin. With original water colours by Wendy F. Walsh.

First Edition. Kilkenny, Ireland, Boethius Press, 1987. 30 x 21 cm. (12), 275 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex Libris of Sue and Charles Nelson on front paste down. Charles Nelson’s signature on front free end paper (‘Charles Nelson Office copy’). Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy signed and previously owned by one of the Authors.

Ó Móráin, Padraig / O Moghrain, Padraig.

Annála Beaga Pharáiste Bhuiréis Umhaill. A short Account of the History of Burrishoole Parish.

Proof Copy with the Authors Revision Marks. Westport, Berrys, 1957. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. HT, TP, (4), 160 pages – text only. Without the Plates and folding Map of the Final Edition. Stiff paper wrappers with paper labels on front board and spine, now iside a clear plastic wrapper. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A few ‘corrections’ in pencil, most likely by the Author himself. See images.

Hayes, Richard.

Irish Swordsmen of France. With a Foreword by Rev. Patrick Browne, M.A., D.Sc.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1934. 21 x 13.5 cm. xix, 307 pages. With a coloured frontispiece and seven additional Plates, of which one is folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened and mildly foxed. Dust jacket with some edgewear and losses to spine top and rear. Internally bright and clean.

Feehan, John.

Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment.

First Edition. Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, 2003. 21 x 30cm. (16), 606 pages, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with minor edge wear, now inside clear archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Various Authors.

The Dublin Saturday Magazine. Vol.2: With Issues No. 53 to 108.

First Edition. Dublin, John Mullany, Not dated [c.1865]. 27 x 20 cm. Title, (2)[Index to Volume 2], 56 Issues with 672 pages in total. Illustrations on all title pages (see images). Contemporary green cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Front and rear hinges cracked. Binding weak, but holding. Half of page 375 missing, some small tears, dog ears etc. Clean copy without annotation marks etc.

Valentine Lord Cloncurry.

Personal Recollections of the Life and Times … of Valentine Lord Cloncurry. With Extracts from the Correspondence.

First Edition. Dublin, James McGlashan, 1849. 22 x 14 cm. xi, 510 pages, (2). Original dark green cloth. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt decoration mon front board. Gilt title on spine. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on title page. Both hinges cracked, but binding remains sound. A few pencil annotations on rear free end paper. Internally clean with very mild foxing to a few pages. Overall a nice copy.

Townshend, Thomas.

Third District of the Eastern Part of the County of Mayo. Plate XVI. No. 1 – Third Report of the Commissioners on the Nature and Extent of the Bogs in Ireland.

[London], House of Commons, 1814. max. 95 x 65 cm. Irregular Shape. Single sheet map – folded. Unbound. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening.

Townshend, Thomas.

Map of the Southern Part of District No. 8. Surveyed by order of the Commissioners for Improving Bogs in Ireland. [Plate 5 – Third Report of the Commissioners on the Nature and Extent of the Bogs in Ireland.

[London], House of Commons, 1814. c. 57 x 54 cm. Single sheet map – folded. Unbound. Very good condition. Minor edgewear and age darkening.

Townshend, Thomas.

Map No. 7 of the Lough Neagh District. Surveyed by order of the Commissioners for Improving Bogs in Ireland. [Plate XXIV. No. 7 – Third Report of the Commissioners on the Nature and Extent of the Bogs in Ireland.

[London], House of Commons, 1814. c. 59 x 50 cm. Single sheet map – folded. Unbound. Very good condition. Minor edge wear and age darkening.

Townshend, Thomas.

Map No. 6 of the Lough Neagh District. Surveyed by order of the Commissioners for Improving Bogs in Ireland. [Plate XXIII. No. 6 – Third Report of the Commissioners on the Nature and Extent of the Bogs in Ireland.

[London], House of Commons, 1814. c. 54 x 44 cm. Single sheet map – folded. Unbound. Very good condition. Minor edge wear and age darkening.