Barrett, Mary Jo et al.

Ballyglass. It’s People and Places. Random images of Ballyglass over the past 100 years.

2000. 29 x 21 cm. C. 100 pages with B&W Photographs. Original decorated stiff paper wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear.

Lyons, Tommy / Higgins, Tom.

Breaffy. School and Parish.

Westport, Berry’s Printing Works, 1990. 29 x 21 cm. 159 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original decorated stiff paper boards. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Daly, Donal (Editor).

The Karst of Ireland. Limestone Landscapes, Caves and Groundwater Drainage Systems.

Dublin, Geological Society of Ireland, 2000. 29 x 21 cm. 37 pages. Illustrated in Colour. Original soft covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

MacAlister, R.A.S.

Muiredach. Abbot of Monasterboice 890 – 923 A.D. His Life and Surroundings. The Margaret Stokes Lectures, 1913.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1914. 32 x 24 cm. xii, 85 pages. With eight Plates (complete) and Illustrations in Text. Quarter olive cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Sligo. Report on the Proposed Municipal Boundary and Division into Wards of the Borough of Sligo.

No Publishing Information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Sligo and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below the maps. Very good condition. A little dust dulled.

Anon.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Tuam. Report on the Proposed Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Tuam.

No publishing information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Tuam and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below the maps. Very good condition. Mildly dust dulled.

Municipal Corporation Boundaries Ireland: Castlebar. Report on Proposed Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Castlebar.

No Publishing Information. [C. 1835]. 33 x 21 cm. Two leaves from a Folio. Leave 1: Text on both sides, describing Castlebar and proposed boundary changes. Leave 2: Two small hand coloured maps on one side, verso blank. With a signature in ink below Very good condition. Mildly dust dulled.

Stokes, Margaret.

Notes on the High Crosses of Moone, Drumcliff, Termonfechin, and Killamery. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Society. Volume XXXI, Part XIII.

First Edition. Dublin, Published at the Academy House, Sold by Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1901. 32 x 25 cm. Pages numbered 541 to 578. 24 Plates numbered XXVIII to LI. Original paper wrappers with title information. Soft cover, as published. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cover and edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Maxwell, Donald.

The Log of the Griffin. From Switzerland to Teddington. The Story of a Cruise from the Alps to the Thames by Donald Maxwell. With Illustrations by the Author and Cottington Taylor.

[First Edition]. London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1905. 22 x 14 cm. 298 pages plus Appendix and Publishers List. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated green cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Ruubed and bumped. Spine dulled and a little frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Internally bright and clean.

Seoighthe, Padraic.

Diabhal Smid Bhreige Ann!

First Edition. Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin), FNT, 1980. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. 123 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated, unclipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Including two newpaper clippings about the death of the Author.

MacNamara, Brinsley.

The Clanking of Chains. A Story of Sinn Fein.

[First Edition]. New York, Brentano’s, 1919. 18.5 x 12.5 viii, 262 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original green cloth with black title on front board and spine Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge cracked. Internally bright and clean.

Grimble, Arthur.

A Pattern of Islands.

Second Reprint. London, John Murray, 1952. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, map, 250 pages. With B&W Illustrations in text. Original cloth with title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket unclipped, but with edge wear and some paper losses to spine ends (see images). 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.

Gunsaulus, Helen C.

The Japanese Sword an its Decoration. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago. Anthropology Leaflet 20.

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. 22 x 14 cm. 21 pages with B&W Plates. Stiff paper covers. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, a little dust dulled, but internally clean.

Holley, George W.

The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1882. 20 x 14 cm. xv, 183 pages with B& W Illustrations. New (2019) black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. New binding. Internally age darkened.

Woodfall, William.

An Impartial Sketch of the Debate in the House of Commons of Ireland. On a Motion Made on Friday, August 12, 1785, by the Rt.Hon. Thomas Orde, Secretary to the Rt.Hon. Charles Manners, Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant, for Leave to Bring in a Bill for Effectuating the Intercourse and Commerce between Great Britain and Ireland, on permanent and equitable Principles, for the Mutual Benefit of both Countries. Together with an impartial Sketch of the principle Speeches on the Subject of the Bill that were delivered in the House on Monday, August 15, 1785. With a Copy of the Bill, presented to the House of Commons of Ireland…

[First Edition]. Dublin, Printed for Luke White, [1785]. 23 x 14 cm. Title, ii, 200 pages (Sketch), (2), 24 pages (Bill) plus eight pages publishers list. Modern paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Hard cover. New end papers. Fore and tail edge rough deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, slightly faded. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened. Some water staining. Title and next two pages (‘To the Public’) with tape repaired closed tears. Occasional foxing.

O’Callaghan, John Cornelius.

The Green Book. Or Gleanings from the Writing-Desk of a Literary Agitator.

Second Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. Dublin, James Duffy, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. xii, pages 12-349, (2). With a Frontispiece and Vignette Title Page. New (2019) green cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened, mildly browned and damp stained. Number and stamp on verso of frontispiece, no other annotations.

Beglane, Fiona.

Anglo-Norman Parks in Medieval Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2015. 23 x 15 cm. xii, 227 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. As new.

Father Henry (Editor).

The Capuchin Annual 1956-57.

Dublin, Church Street, [1956]. 25 x 17 cm. 538 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some colour plates. Original dark brown soft paper covers. Very good condition. Covers slighly worn. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

O’Donnell, J.F.

Memories of the Irish Franciscans.

First Edition. Dublin, James Duffy, [1871]. 14 x 9 cm. xxiii, 171 pages. Dark green embossed cloth with gilt decoations and title. Very good condition. Ex Library with one stamp and one paper label on front end papers. Internally clean. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A nice copy.

Roscoe, Thomas.

Sketches of France and Frenchmen.

London, I.J. Chidley, 1841. 21 x 13 cm. 280 pages plus six pages publishers list. Original brown embossed cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some ink stains on boards. Spine faded. Front hinge started to open. Name of previous owner in ink opposite title page. Internally dust dulled, but clean.

Maxwell, John S.

The Czar; His Court and People: Including a Tour in Norway and Sweden.

Dublin, James M’Glashan, 1849. 16 x 11 cm. xvi, 334 pages plus two pages publishers list. Embossed brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Fore edge deckle. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and mildly foxed.

Leakey, Arundell.

Ghent. Archeological and Historical. Illustrations and Notes. (Issued by Order of the Municipal Council).

Ghent, Ad. Hoste, 1897. 12.5 x 19 cm. vii, (2), 66 pages plus ten pages advertisements. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Original red cloth with silver title and decorations on front board. Very good condition. With a gift inscription by the author. Minor shelf wear. Some dust dulling. Internally clean.

Mottley, John.

The History of the Life of Peter I. Emperor of Russia.

Volume 1 of 3 only! Dublin, Re-printed by and for George Faulkner, G. Risk, G. Ewing, W. Smith and O. Nelson, 1740. 16 x 10 cm. viii, 336 pages plus 40 pages Index. With a three folding maps and a folding view of Moscow. Full calf. Spinal label with gilt title. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spinal label worn. Age darkened throughout. Names of previous owners on title page. Some tears and minor paper losses, not affecting text.

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.

Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, in Connection with the Grand Trunk R’y of Canada. Including Great Western Division forming the Niagara Falls Air Line.

Chicago, Jones Stationary and Printing Co., 1886. 18 x 10 cm folded. 36 x 76cm folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map (33 x 52 cm). Blue and black printing. Issued August 24, 1886. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened. Some tears along the folded lines. A few small brown spots.

Picturesque B and O East or West. Only Line via Washington. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Time Tables and Advertisement.

Chicago and Baltimore, Knight and Leonard, May, 1886. 10 x 20 cm folded. Single folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map. Colour printing. Large (80 x 40 cm) coloured map on rear. Good condition. Age darkened. Very weak folded lines with long closed tears along those folds. Minor paperlosses to some corners, not affecting text or images.

The Queen’s University of Belfast. Centenary Celebrations held 25th-30th September, 1949.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed by Marjory Boyd for the Queen’s University, 1951. 27 x 22 cm. 77 pages with Illustrations in B&W. Dark blue cloth hard cover with gilt title and decorations on front board. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mild fading to boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Wood, Herbert / Langman, Albert E. / Griffith, Margaret C.

Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls or Proceedings in the Court of the Justiciar of Ireland I to VII Years of Edward II. Prepared under the Direction of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records.

First Edition. Dublin, Published by the Stationary Office, [1952]. 26 x 17 cm. vii, 406 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Two Ex Libris on front paste down, including one for Castle Hacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Swayne, H.G.C.

Early Days in Somaliland and other Tales. A Pioneer’s Notebook.

First Edition. Durham, The Pentland Press, 1996. 23 x15 cm. vi, 233 pages. Illustrated throughout with maps and B&W photographs. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Illustrated end papers (map). Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled, otherwise, as new.

Madame C—(Calderon) de la B—(Barca) – Frances Erskine / Prescott, W.H. (Foreword).

Life in Mexico. During a Residence of two Years in that Country.

First British Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1843. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 436 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Dark brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed throughout. Some fraying to spine ends. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Weber, Rev. Francis J.

Documents of California Catholic History. (1784 – 1963).

First Edition. Los Angeles, Dawson’s Book Shop. 1965. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 364 pages. With a frontispiece with tipped in colour photograph. Losely inserted card by Dawson’s Book Shop ‘Review Copy’. Original dark grey cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Some age darkening to sust jacket. Top edge and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Lindsay, Deirdre.

Dublin’s Oldest Charity. The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society 1790 – 1990.

First Edition. [Dublin], The Anniversary Press, 1990. 21 x 15 cm. xi, (2), 177 pages. With a few illustrations. Original green cloth with silver title to spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Tail end of spine bumped. Top edge dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Best, R.I.

Bibliography of Irish Philology and Manuscript Literature. Publications 1913 – 1941.

First Edition. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1942. 24 x 16 cm. x, 253 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few underlinings and tick marks inside, otherwise bright and clean.

Crory, William Glenny.

A Treatise on Industrial Resources (Still Neglected) in Ireland. In which the manufacturing powers of Ireland are pointed out, their value estimated, and how to work them on purely commercial Principles fully set forth.

[First Edition]. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1860. 17 x 10 cm. xxii, 182 pages plus 18 pages of Advertising, mainly Galway interest. New black cloth and new end papers. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Edges dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean. Minor shelf wear.

Davies, Sir John.

Historical Tracts. by Sir John Davies, Attorney General, and Speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland. Consisting of 1. A Discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the crown in England. / 2. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury on the State of Ireland, in 1607. / 3. A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, in 1610; giving an Account of the Plantation in Ulster. / 4. A Speech to the Lord Deputy in 1613, Tracing the ancient Constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new Life of the Author, from authentic Documents.

First Edition. London, Printed for John Stockdale, 1786. 21 x 13 cm. xxxii, 317 pages plus three pages publishers list. Full calf with gilt decorations on spine. Very good condition. Front board detached. Binding rubbed and bumped, material losses to spine. Leather brittle. Spine label missing. Edges age darkened. Two stains to top edge. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise surprisingly clean.

Lovett, Rev. Richard.

London Pictures. Drawn with Pen and Pencil. With One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations.

First Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890. 27 x 19 cm. 223 pages with B&W Illustrations. Eight pages of publishers list. Orininal decorated cloth with gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Tight and clean. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Denison, Charles.

Rocky Mountain Health Resorts. An Analytical Study of High Altitudes in relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. 20 x 14 cm. xii, 192 pages plus 18 pages of advertisement. Includes a large colour fold-out map and a large folded ‘Chest Examination Chart’ in a pocket. Dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards, corners and spine. Spine ends frayed. Very small stain on front board. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Closed tear on fold-out map (not affecting the map).

Reece, Dr.R.J / Low, Dr. R. Bruce et al.

Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals Liverpool. This book contains various reports, observations, letters etc. regarding smallpox and smallpox hospitals in Liverpool and Germany published between 1902 and 1905 namely: Text 1: Report by Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-1903. / Text 2: Observations of the Medical Officer of Health upon the Report of Dr. R.J. Reece. / Text 3: Memorandum by Dr. R.J Reece, as to questions raised by Dr. Hope regarding his report on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool 1902-03. / Text 4: Letter from W.E.Knollys, Esq. Assistant Secetary to the Local Government Board, to the Town Clerk, relating to Dr. Hope’s “Observations” on Dr. Reece’s Report. / Text 5: Letter from the Town Clerk to the Secretary of the Local Government Board, in reply to the above. / Text 5: Dr. Bruce Low’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Arrangements made in Germany fro the Isolation of Small-pox Cases.

London, Liverpool, His Majesty’s Stationary Office, City of Liverpool (C. Tinling and Co.), 1905, 1904. 32 x 21 cm. TOC typed to front paste down / Text 1: 15 pages w 23 full page maps. / Text 2. 23 pages w two large foldout maps and six digrams incl. one foldout. / Text 3: 18 ‘typed’ pages / Text 4: 3 ‘typed’ pages / 5: 15 pages plus several full page colour plates showing hospital setups in Germany. Quarter leather over clothed boards. Gilt title on spine and front boards. Small decorations. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Front joint broken, but front board still attached to volume. Fading and discoloration to boards. Edges dust dulled. Some browning and age darkening to end papers. Closed tear to one of the foldout maps. Otherwise internally very clean.

Botkin, B.A.

A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.

Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Grattan Flood, W.H.

History of the Diocese of Ferns.

First Edition. Waterford, Downey & Co. 1915. 24 x 18 cm. xxiii, 214 pages (8). No Illustrations. Red cloth. Hard cover. Blind decorations on boards and gilt title and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Some fading, mild discoloration to spine and boards. Edges dust dulled and darkened. Internally a very bright and clean copy.

Davey, John (General Editor).

Newtown School Waterford. Bicentenary Celebrations 1998.

Waterford, Newtown School, 1999. 24 x 17 cm. vi, 186 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Illustrated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally clean.

O’Brien, R. Barry.

Thomas Drummond. Under-Secretary in Ireland 1835 – 40. Life and Letters.

First Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. 22 x 14 cm. viii, 401 pages. With a frontispiece showing Thomas Drummond and three plates, one being a fold-out. Original decorated cloth with black title and lines on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Spine faded. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Internally some mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Small neat stamp of a previous owner on title page. Bright and clean inside. Many pages unopened. A very nice copy.

The Book of the Highlands.

Glasgow, Published for the Central Advertising Board for the Highlands by John Menzies & Co. Ltd, 1934. 12.5 x 18.5 cm, 336 pages. Illustrated with many B&W photographs. Countless advertisements for local Highland businesses. Illustrated soft covers. Very good condition. No annotations. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Darwin, Charles.

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ Round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy.

Eighteenth Thousand. London, John Murray, 1888. 13 x 18 cm, x, 519 pages. With a few small B&W Illustrations in the text. Original decorated leather spine with gilt decorations and title on new boards and new marbled end papers. Professonally rebound in 2017. Marbled edges. Very good condition. New boards and marbled end papers. Original spine plate a little worn and darkened. Internally clean and bright. Some foxing, mainly to end papers and first / last pages. Gift insription on ‘half title’ page, dated 1943. A handsome little book.

Motley, John Lothrop.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. A new Edition. Complete in one Volume.

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1894. 14 x 19 cm, xi, 930 pages. Frontispiece showing ‘The Siege of Maestricht’. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands. Gitl title on red leather. Gilt decorations on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Shelf wear, rubbing and minor bumping. Solid binding. Presentation plate glued to front pastedown, dated 1896. Text block is bright and clean. Title page has a fold line. Two-column text.