Various Authors.

Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service – Vol.1 – No.1 – 1915 – FACSIMILE

Facsimile Edition. 102 Pages. With B&W Illustrations. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good Condition. Bright and clean.

Various Authors.

Nursing Illustrated. 53 Issues of ‘Nursing Illustrated’ published between Jan 1939 and Jan 1941.

London, Hulton Press, Ltd., 1939 – 1941. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Original light blue paper wrappers. Stapled. Soft covers. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping; some dust dulling. Overall clean.

Coffey, George.

Guide to the Celtic Antiquities of the Christian Period preserved in the National Museum, Dublin.

Second Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. 21.5 x 14 cm. ix, 111 pages. With 19 Plates and 114 Illustrations in Text. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Royal Irish Academy Collection.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1791 / 1795. 26 x 17.5 cm. Vol.1: (2), FP, Title Page w/ Vignette, iv, xlii, (18), 88 pages, iv (Index). With 138 Views on 135 Plates (incl. Frontispiece). / Vol.2: (2), FP, Title Page w/ Vignette, xv, 98 pages, vi (Index). With 124 Views on 121 Plates. See comments for more Explantions on Plates. Contemporary polished calf with gilt titles and decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. Marbled end papers. Armorial Ex Libris (‘Woolsington’). Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Both joints of volume 2 are split, but still attached. One leaf (pages 11/12) lose. Page 13 misnumbered as 31. Internally bright and clean. See comments for more information on Plates.

Various Authors.

The Journal of Irish Archaeology. Vol.1 1983 to Vol.8 1997.

First Edition. Eight Volumes bound in two hardcover Volumes. Belfast, Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983-1997. 28 x 20 cm. iv, 62 / (2), 79 / (2), 80 / (2), 79 / (2), 80 / iv, 62 / iv, 116 / ii, 121. With B&W Illustrations and Photographs. Modern blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Hard covers. The original stiff blue paper covers are bound in with each volume. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small stains and a little dust dulled. Overall a nice clean set.

Fitzgerald, Rev. P. / M’Gregor, J.J.

The History, Topography, and Antiquities, of the County and City of Limerick. With a preliminary View of the History and Antiquities of Ireland. By the Rev. P. Fitzgerald. Vicar of Cahircorney in the Diocese of Emly and J. J. M’Gregor, Author of “The History of the French Revolution” &c.

First Edition. Two NON-UNIFORM Volumes. Dublin, Printed for George M’Kern, Limerick. Also by Baldwin, Chadock, and Joy, London, 1826 & 1827. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: ii, 424 pages. With a large folding Map of the County of Limerick, a folding distance Table and two engraved Plates. / Vol.2: x, 623 pages, lxvi [Appendix], (20) [Index]. With a Frontispiece and two more engraved Plates. The folding Map of Limerick is not present. Vol.1: Stiff card boards held together by spine tape. Front board almost disconnected. Ex Libary with a library stamp on the title page and three further pages (209,0301 & 361). / Vol.2: Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and line decorations on spine. Fair condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Small book sellers stamp on front past downs. Name and Address of previous owner in pencil on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / damp & ink staining, otherwise internally clean. Rear hinge cracked, but binding sound. A good reding copy or candidate for rebinding.

Hardiman, James.

The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the present Time, embellished with several Engravings. To which is added, a copious Appendix, containing the principal Charters and other original Documents.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 26 x 21 cm. xvi, 320 pages, lvi, (4). With 7 Plates and 4 fragments of Plates (see comments). New (2021) dark red half calf over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. New end papers. Good condition. New Binding. Text pages and seven plates complete. Only fragements remain of the folding plates (see images). Age darkened and thumped throughout with some dog ears and annotations in ink, pencil and colour pencil. Faint damp staining and some repairs to some pages & plates. Gift inscription (‘The Right Honourable Nathanial Earl of Leitrim’s Gift to James [O’Fair?] 15th January 1826’) in ink on title page.

Musgrave, Richard.

Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: with a particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIII D of May MDCCXCVIII; the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it; and the Characters of the principal Actors in it. Compiled from original Affiidavits and other authentic Documents and illustrated with Maps and Plates.

Dublin and London, Printed by Robert Marchbank for John Milliken and John Stockdale, 1801. 27 x 20.5 cm. x, (2), 636 pages plus 166 pages Appendix plus 10 pages Index and Errata. With 10 Maps and Plates, nine of them folding. New (2021) dark green half calf over marbled boards. New end papers. New attractive binding. Internally age darkened throughout with occasional foxing / browning. Name of previous owner in ink on first blank. Internally clean. All 10 Plates present, however, Plates 1 & 3 appear to be facsimiles.

Muir, Percy.

English Children’s Books 1600 to 1900.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954. 24 x 19 cm. 255 pages. Illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original blue cloth in original price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket permanently mounted inside plastic jacket. Very good in very good jacket.

Plomer, Henry R.

A Short History of English Printing 1476 – 1900.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1915. 20 x 13 cm. xii, 276 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Paper label with title. Very good condition. Ex Libris (‘Lawrence Wallis’) on front paste down. Second spine label with book title pasted onto front free end paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Nice copy.