McCarthy, Justin / Mrs. Campbell Praed.

Our Book of Memories. Letters of Justin McCarthy to Mrs. Campbell Praed.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. 22 x 15 cm. viii, (2), 463 pages. With Illustrations. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Hull, Eleanor (editor).

The Poem-Book of the Gael. Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse. With a Frontispiece.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1912. C. 18 x 12.5 cm. xxxviii, 370 pages. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page and small celtic decorations in text. Contemporary half morroco over cloth. Hard cover. Five raised bands, gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Michael Morris,Baron Killanin’) on front paste down, together with small sticker of another previous owner. Overall a very attractive copy of the scarce first edition.

The Georgian Society.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin. Vol. IV.

First Edition. Volume 70 of 550. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press, 1912. c. 30 x 24 cm. xxx, 126 text pages, CXXII [122] Plates. Original cloth. Rebacked in 2025. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound binding. Occasional mild foxing.

Powicke, F.M.

The Loss of Normandy (1189-1204). Studies in the History of the Angevin Empire.

First Edition. Manchester, At the University Press, 1913. 22 x 15 cm. xix, 603 pages plus publishers list. With folding maps and a handwritten letter, signed by the Author. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title. Top edge gilt. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening. Front joint started to open. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down.

O’Leary, Patrick.

St. Mullins Illustrated. A local History and the Life of St. Moling. [SIGNED]. Compiled from Ancient MSS. With Notes and Traditions by Patrick O’Leary.

Graig-Na-Managh, [Printed by The People Printing Works – Wexford], 1913. 18 x 12.5 cm. 75 pages, (2). With several B&W photos and a Frontispiece (see images). Paper wrappers. Soft cover. Good condition only. Front cover and part of spine paper missing. Some wear to corners. Age darkened. Text block appears to be complete. Frontispiece and nine Plates present. Inscribed by the Author on the ‘Introduction’ page.

Joyce, P.W.

A Social History of Ancient Ireland. Treating of the Government, Military System, and Laws; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient Irish People.

Second Edition. Two Volumes. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1913. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xxiii, 632 pages / Vol.2: xi, 651 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings, maps, photographs. Original green cloth with gilt decorations (Celtic Design) on spine and front board. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Remnants of a paper label on front free end papers. Neat gift inscription (‘x-mas 1914’) in volume 1. Internally bright and clean. A very set.

Healy, T.M.

Stolen Waters. A Page in the Conquest of Ulster.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. 21 x 14 cm. x, 492 pages, folding colour map. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened edges and end papers. Occasional mild foxing. Names of two previous owners on front paste down. Internally clean.

Anon.

Programme of the “Good Samaritan” Performance Promoted by Madame Sarah Bernhardt. In Aid of the French Hospital in London, and of Lord Lonsdale’s special Appeal for Funds for the Charing Cross Hospital, held at the London Coliseum Saturday Evening, October 11th, 1913. Under the most gracious Patronage of their Majesties the King & Queen & Members of the Royal Family.

[London], No publishing information, [1913]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered pages, printed on heavy textured paper. With many tipped in photographs in B&W. Gilt decorations. Silk covered boards with gilt crest on front bopard. Hand cover. Text block held place by silk string. Gilt dentelles Good condition. Voards worn and dust dulled. Silk covers torn at the edges (see images). Internally dust dulled, otherwise in very good clean condition.

The Georgian Society.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin. Vol. V. With complete Index to the Series, Vols. I-V.

First Edition. Volume 518 of 600. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press, 1913. c. 30 x 24 cm. xxvi, 129 text pages, followed by CXXIX [129] Plates. Original cloth. Hard cover. Black title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally occasional age darkening / foxing.

Coffey, George.

The Bronze Age in Ireland. With eleven Plates (complete) and eighty-five Illustrations.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1913. 25 x 16 cm. xi, 107 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Top of spine frayed and top front joint started to crack. Binding sound. Internally bright and clean.