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.

Haliday, Charles / Prendergast, John P. (editor).

The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin.

First Edition. Dublin, Alex. Thom & Co, 1881. c. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. cxxiii, 300 pages. Complete with seven folding maps / plates, as listed. Contemporary textured brown cloth. Blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Front free end paper missing. Binding weak, but holding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. All maps in excellent condition.

Eogan, George.

Catalogue of Irish Bronze Swords. [National Museum of Ireland].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, 1965. 28 x 22 cm. xxxix, 190 text pages, followed by 97 Illustration Pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild ring stain on front board. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner inscribed. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

Monasticon Hibernicum. The Monastical History of Ireland. Containing, I. All the Abbies, Priories, Nunneries, and other Regular Communities which were in that Kingdom. II. The Time when, and the Titles under which, they were founded. III. The Name and Quality of their Founders. IV. The Provinces, Counties, Cities or Towns in which they were seated. V. The several Regular Orders to which they belong’d and the most remarkable Circumstances relating to their Foundation and Suppression. VI. Historical and Critical Observations, and Draughts of their several Habits, with a Map of Ireland.

First Edition. London, Printed for William Mears at the Lamb with-out Temple bar, 1722. 23 x 14 cm. Folded Map, Title page in black and red, (28) [Introduction], 416 pages, (8) [Index], one blank. Complete with Map and eight Plates. See comments below for misnumbering etc. Contemporary full calf. Gilt decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Leather dried out and brittle, with minor material losses to spine and corners. See images. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Spine label missing. Internally mildly age darkened (see images). Some short annotations and name of a previous owner inscribed throughout the book.

O’Hara, Bernard (editor).

Mayo. Aspects of its Heritage [Signed].

First Edition. Special Limited Edition. Galway, The Archaeological, Historical and Folklore Society, Regional Technical College, 1982. Halt title, title page, (8), 313 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth. Hard cover. Inside red slip case. Near fine inside very good slip case. Edges dust dulled, otherwise bright and clean. Signed by the Authors, who contributed to this collection. Losely inserted invitation to the book launch at GMIT Galway in 1982. See images.

Burke, Bernard / Fitzgerald Kenney, J.C.

Pedigree of the Family of Kenney of Kilclogher (or Kenne-Court,) Co. Galway. Extracted from Sir Bernard Burke’s “Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.” with Additions of some Notes, by J.C. Fitzgerald Kenney, Esq.

Dublin, 1868. 25 x 18 cm. 12 pages, losely inserted into dark paper wrappers with title information on front wrapper. See images. Losely inserted Plate with the Armour of James C. Fitzgerald Kenney, Esq. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition.

Burke, Bernard / Fitzgerald Kenney, J.C.

Pedigree of the Family of Kenney of Kilclogher (or Kenne-Court,) Co. Galway. Extracted from Sir Bernard Burke’s “Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.” with Additions of some Notes, by J.C. Fitzgerald Kenney, Esq.

Dublin, 1868. 25 x 18 cm. 12 pages, losely inserted into dark paper wrappers with title information on front wrapper. See images. Losely inserted Plate with the Armour of James C. Fitzgerald Kenney, Esq. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition.

Willis, N.P & J. Stirling Coyne (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (drawings).

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett; The Literary Portion of the Work by N.P. Willis and J. Stirling Coyne, ESQRS.

Two Volumes. London, George Virtue, ND [1840s]. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 170 pages & 62 Plates / Vol.2: 186 pages & 60 Plates. Lacks portrait of Mr. Willis, otherwise contains all Plates as listed. The Plates of ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ and ‘Carrigogunnell Castle’ are both present but are in each others place. Uniform contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Complete with all Plates with the exception of the listed Portrait of Mr. Willis, which appears to be missing from all copies. Sturdy bindings, but rubbed and bumped with minor losses. Internally clean, with occasonal mild foxing / age darkening. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Small name & address sticker of another owner on front paste downs. A very nice set.

Raftery, Joseph.

The Tumulus-Cemetery of Carrowjames. Co. Mayo.

Galway, Reprinted from the Journal of Galway Arch. and Historical Society, 1940. Pages numbered 16 to 85. With Plates and Illustrations. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Good condition. Ruubbed and bumped. Wrappers and first pages coming apart. Dust dulled.

Mac Amhlaigh, Donall.

An Irish Navvy. The Diary of an Exile. Translated from the Irish by Valentin Iremonger.

First Edition. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. 21 x 14 cm. ix, 182 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A nice clean copy. See images.