Allen, Nicholas.

George Russell (AE) and the New Ireland, 1905-30.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2003. 23 x 15 cm. 267 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

An A D’Imigh Huis! Agus A Chaill Feasog. Go Sruth Na Maoile.

Three First Editions. Three Volumes. Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1964 / 1965. 27 x 21 cm. Each volume contains 46 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated hardcovers. See images. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Short closed tear to last page of the first 1964 volume. Cover a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

An Tiomna Nuadh. [The New Testament in Irish]. Ar Dtiearna agus ar Slanighheora Josa Criosd: ris an tahair is onorsighhe a Ndia Uilliam O’Domnuill, Aird Easpoug Thuaim.

London, Printed by Richard Clay for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1847. 18 x 11 cm. 561 pages. New (2018) Half calf over green cloth boards with gilt line decorations. Gilt title on red spinal label. Binding new. New end papers. Bottom part (about one third) of original title page missing. Previous owner inserted a facsimile of the title page (see images). Internally age darkened and with a few minor nicks and tears.

Anon.

A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library Cambridge. Vol.1: Books printed in Dublin by known Printers 1602-1882. / Vol.2: Books printed in Dublin without Printer’s Name et al / Vol.3: Index.

[First Edition]. Three volumes – complete. Cambridge, Printed for the University Library and to be had of Bernard Quaritch, London, 1916. 25 x 17 cm. Vol.1: x, 690 pages / Vol.2: pages 690 to 1340 / Vol.3: pages 1341 to 1696. Uniform quarter black morrocco over black cloth boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Clean and bright with minor shelf wear only. A very nice sturdy set.

Anon.

London to Dublin. With a Trip to the Irish Lakes and the Mountains of Connamara. Interspersed with passing Glances at North Wales and the Manufacturing Districts of England. With numerous Engravings.

[First Edition]. London & Dublin, William S. Orr and Co. & James McGlashan, ND [c.1850]. Folio. 216 pages. With five Plates, incl. the Map of Ireland and other Illustrations in text. Original blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. (see images). Pale yellow end papers. Good condition only! Lacks the front free end paper and folding Frontispiece, otherwise complete. Rubbed and bumped, age darkened. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Edgeworn with minor paper losses (corners) to some pages, not affecting the text or images. A very good reading copy of this scarce book.

Anon.

South of Ireland Illustrated and Described. Cork, Queenstown, Glengarriff, Killarney Lakes, Fjords of Kerry, Etc.

London & Cork, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. & Guy and Co. ND [c. 1900]. 21 x 28 cm – oblong. 120 pages. Complete with the three maps, as listed, incl. one coloured multi-folding map. Many B&W images, some folding panorama images. Original textured cloth. Hard cover. String bound. Bevelled edges. Gilt title and decorations. See images. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild damp stain to the lower corners of a few pages. Internally clean.

Anon.

The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature: The First Forty Years.

First Edition. Dublin, Ashfield Press, 2016. 23 x 15 cm. 95 pages. Illustrated. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover. Near fine condition. Bright and clean. Losely inserted invitation card for the 2016 event and prospectus. Scarce. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Anon / O’Connor, Frank (Translator) / Yeats, Jack B. (Illustrator).

A Lament for Art O’Leary: Translated from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, with six Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, T.M. MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. 32 unnumbered pages, incl. blank and title page. Title page vignette and six further Illustrations. Original quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. Blue end papers. In original plain paper jacket. Fine in very good, somewhat creased dust jacket. See images.

ANON [Moore, Thomas].

Travels of and Irish Gentleman and Second Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion. With Notes and Illustrations.

First Edition. VOLUME 1 ONLY OF BOTH SETS! London / Dublin, Longman, Reese, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman / Richard Milliken and Son, 1833 / 1833. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Travels Vol.1: xii, 335 pages. / Second Travels Vol.1: xvii, 249 pages. No Illustrations. Uniform half morocco over marbled boards. Gilt line decorations. Gilt titles on spine. Top edges gilt. Fine marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Anon. “Crom A Boo”.

Poteen Punch. Strong, Hot and Sweet. Made and Mixed by “Crom A Boo”. Being a Succession of Irish After-Dinner Stories of Love-Making, Fun, and Fighting, some of which have already appeared in various Christmas Numbers of “United Ireland”.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1890. 18 x 12 cm. 150 pages. New (2022) red cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New Binding. Edges dust dulled. Small amount of damage to bottom of Title and TOC pages (see images). Name of previous owner inscribed to Title page, dated 1891. Small sticker of another previous owner on top of title page. Blind stamps of that owner on two pages. Occasional mild dust dulling, staining. Overall a very nice copy of this scarce publication.