Burke, Brendan, Commins, Willie et al.

Monivea and its People. The Story so Far. A Village in Galway.

1995. 21 x 14 cm. 170 pages, (10) [Plates]. Illustrated in B&W. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping.

Burke, Edmund.

An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, in Consequence of some late Discussions in Parliament, relative to the Reflections on the French Revolution.

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall, 1791. 20 x 13 cm. HT, TP, 139 pages. Later fine half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor edge wear and age darkening to half title and title pages. Internally very clean. A very nice copy

Burke, John.

Athlone in the Victorian Era [Signed].

First Edition. Athlone, Old Athlone Society, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xvi, 310 pages. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket and archival jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Signed by the Author and other gift inscriptions (see images).

Burnes, Sir Alexander.

Cabool. A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City in the Years 1836, 7, and 8.

Facsimile Reprint of the Second Edition. Lahore, Government of West Pakistan, 1961. 24 x 15 cm. xi, 317 pages. With Plates, some folding. Red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Some shelfwear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Burnet, Gilbert.

Lives, Characters, and a Sermon preached at the Funeral of the Hon. Robert Boyle.

A New Edition, with Large Additions. Dublin, Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for W. Watson, 1804. 17 x 10 cm. ix, (14), 327 pages. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations and dentelles. Marbled end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. First blank coming loose. Neat ink inscription on blank, dated ‘Oct. 69’. Faint inscription on top of title page. Internally clean. A nice copy. See images.

Burnet, Gilbert.

The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. The First Part: Of the Progress made in it during the Reign of King Henry the VIII. / The Second Part: Of the Progress made in it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth’s Reign / The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish’d. By the Right Reverend Father of God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.

‘The Third Edition, Corrected’. Dublin, Printed by Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Smith and W. Bruce, 1730, 1731 & 1733. Large Folios. Vol 1: (16) [Subscribers, Dedication, Preface], 282 pages, (4) / Vol.2: xv, 320 pages (4) / Vol.3: xvi, 328 pages, viii. With a Frontispiece in each volume and numerous other engravings. Contemporary tree calf boards. Old reback with matching spines. Spine labels and gilt decorations. See images. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Edges dust dulled. Tiny short bookworm tracks to end papers in volume 1. Internally very clean. A lovely set.

Burns, Pagraig (editor).

Soccer History Westport United 1911 – 2011.

First Edition. Westport, CPR Publications, 2011. 24 x 17 cm. 335 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original red cloth hard cover. Gilt titles. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Fine condition.

[Burns, Robert] Esslemont, Peter.

Brithers A’ – A Minute A Day with Burns, Poet, Lover and prophet. With a Foreword by Professor J.Y. Simpson.

London, Oliphants Ltd., n.d. 22cm x 14.5cm. 191 pages. With historic iusstrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only external wear.

Burrows, A.R.

The 1st Battalion in the Great War. The Faugh-A-Ballaghs.

First published in 1925. Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2003. 19 cm x 25 cm. 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Reprint of original 1925 publication.

Busenbaum, Hermann / P. Claudio La Croix [Claude Lacroix] / Colendall, Leonardo.

[Theologiae Moralis] Index Locupletissimus Resolutionum omnium, quae continentur, tam in Medulla R.P. Hermanni Busenbaum, S.J. Quam in Omnibus ad illam a Reverendo et Eximio P. Claudio La Croix, ejusdem Societ. Jesu, SS, Theologiae in Unversitate Coloniensi Doctore & Professore publico, Factis additamentis, secundum ordinem Alphabeti digestus a R.P. Leonardo Colendall, ejusdem Societatis Sacerdote. Tomulus IX.

Cologne, Apud Servatium Noethen, 1717. 1014 pages. Contemporary full pig skin with blind decorations to both boards. Leather and metal clasps. Handwritten author and volume number on spine. Raised bands. Blue coloured edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened throughout, otherwise clean. Name of previous owner on top of title page. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy contemporary binding. See images.

Busselle, Michael / Blythe, Ronald.

England – The Four Seasons.

London, Pavilion Books Limited, 1993. 31cm x 21.6cm. 144 pages. With beautiful photographies by Busselle. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Butcher, David.

British Private Press Prospectuses 1891 – 2001.

First and Limited Edition. No. 136 of 350. Risbury, The Whittington Press, 2001. 28 x 20 cm. xii, 147 pages. Illustrated. With losely inserted facsimile prospectuses. Cloth spine over decorated paper boards. Gilt title. Inside matching slip case, as issued. Fine deckle edges. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

Butler, Lambert.

Poems by Lambert Butler.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1878. 18 x 12 cm. 208 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Scarce.

Butler, Rev. M.

The Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland. Sermon preached at the Dedication of the New Church, Ashford, Sunday, 27th October, 1918.

Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1919. 18 x 12 cm. 20 pages. Decorated paper wrappers. Stapled. Soft Covers. Very good condition. Staples corroded. Age darkened. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Butler, Samuel.

Hudibras in Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. With a Life of the Author, Annotations, and an Index.

London, Printed for J. Walker et al. 1809. 12.5 x 7 cm. viii, 336 pages plus 16 pages index. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Closed tear to edge of frontispiece (see image).

By a Barrister at Law.

An Exact Abridgment of All The Irish Statutes. From First Sessions of Parliament in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward II. to the End of the Seventh Session of His Present Majesty King George II. Together with An Abridgment of All the English Statutes in Force in Ireland, from Magna Charta, to the End of the Seventh Session of His Present Majesty King George II. With Tables…

Dublin, Printed by George Grierson, 1736. 24 x 20. Three blank pages, (2) [Approval], Title page, (2) [Preface], 770 pages, (34) [A Table of the Titles of the statutes…], (66) [A General Table. containing the Substance of each Clause…]. Three folding Tables. Modern half brown morocco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Name of a previous owner on first blank. Three library stamps on frontispiece and title page (see images). No further stamps. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A few small annotations. Occasional mild damp staining. Overall a very nice copy of this scarce book.

By A Graduate of Oxford (Vol. 1 and 2) / Ruskin, John.

Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I and II. / Volume II. Containing Part III. Sections 1. and 2. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. / Volume III. Containing Part IV. Of Many Things. / Volume IV. Containing Part V. Of Mountain Beauty. / Volume V. Completing the Work, and Containing Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty. VII. Of Cloud Beauty. VIII. Of Ideas of Relation. 1. Of Invention Formal. IX. Of Ideas of Relation. 2. Of Invention Spiritual.

Vol. 1: Third Edition – Revised by the Author. Volumes 2-5 First Editions. Five Volumes – Complete Set. London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: lxiii, 422 pages plus 32 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xvi, 217 pages plus 3 pages publishers list / Vol.3: xix, 348 pages plus 16 pages publishers list and 18 Plates / Vol. 4: xii, 411 pages. With 35 Plates / Vol.5: xvi, 384 pages plus 32 pages publishers list and 34 Plates. Also small illustrations in text. Green cloth with elaborate blind decorations to boards. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Small binder label in volume 1: ‘Westleys & Clark, London’. Very good condition. All bindings are rubbed, bumped and some are stained. Various degrees of fraying to spine ends. Spines age darkened / browned. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. All Plates are present, a few are lose. Bindings sound. A nice complete set of this important publication.

By An Angler [Davy, Sir Humphrey].

Salmonia: or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a series of Conversations. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the Genus Salmo.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1828. c. 17 x 10 cm. viii, 272 pages, two Plates (out of three) and Illustrations in Text. Contemporary calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Ex Library with a library label on front paste down. Last text page as facsimile. Binding weak, but holding. A very good reading copy.

By An Irish King’s Counsel.

An Independent Irish Parliament. The Path to Peace.

Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1921. 18 x 12 cm. 56 pages. With a frontispiece and Plates. Green cloth with paper label on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Paper internally browned, but otherwise clean.

By “The Hurler on the Ditch” [Emily Ussher].

The Trail of the Black & Tans.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1921. c. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 230 pages. Original beige cloth. Black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Some age darkening / foxing towards the edges. Internally clean. A nice copy.