Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland. (2 Volumes). With a new foreword by Liam de Paor.

Kilkenny, Wellbrook Press Ltd., 1982. 19 x 25.5cm. Volume One: (24), 88 pages / Volume Two: 97 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, as new.

Gwynn, Stephen.

Irish Books and Irish People.

Dublin, The Talbot Press, Not dated. Library label shows 1943. 13 x 18 cm, 120 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition. Ex Library with library labels on front free end paper and rear paste down. Spine a little shaky, but binding intact. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges darkened. Spine label missing.

Madam Belloc (Bessie Rayner Parkes).

The Flowing Tide.

First Edition. London, Sands & Co., 1900. 13 x 18 cm, xi, 298 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Spine faded and parts of boards are discoloured (see images). Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Some tanning, mainly to endpapers.

Garvin, Tom.

Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so poor for so long?

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 2004. 16 x 24cm. (14), 278 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition other than sunning to spine.

Gaskin, J.J. (Editor)

The Viceregal Speeches and Addresses Lectures and Poems of the Late Earl of Carlisle, KG. Collected and Edited by J.J.Gaskin.

First Edition. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1865 / 1866. 16 x 22 cm, cxxxv, 483 pages including 24 pages List of Subscribers. Frontispiece showing Carlisle. Signature (‘yours very faithfully Carlisle’) assumed to be printed. Small illustration of Castle Howard on first title page. Second title page text only. First title page dated 1865, second title page dated 1866. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Fine gilt crest of carlisle on front board. Blindstamp decoration on front and rear boards. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Some shelf wear. Corners, boards and spine a little bumped and rubbed. Age darkening, some browning the foxing, mainly to end papers and first few pages. Text block bright and clean. A very nice copy.

A Collection of five Historic Acts and Declarations. Collection consists of five individually bound volumes: Vol.1: An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland. (1657) / Vol. 2: A Declaration of His Highness The Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, for a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in the Three Nations. (1656) / Vol. 3: An Act for an Assessment at the Rate of Five and Thirty thousand Pounds by the moneth upon England, Six thousand Pounds by the Moneth upon Scotland, and Nine thousand pounds by the Moneth upon Ireland, For Three Years from The Twenty fourth of June 1657. / Vol. 4: An Act and Declaration Touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the Twentieth of April 1653. and before the Third of September 1654. and Other Acts. / Vol. 5: An Additional Act for the Better Improvement and Advancing the Receipts of the Excise and New-Impost (1657).

Five Volumes. London, Henry Hill and John Fields, 1857, Vol. 1: (2), 24 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 2: (2), 5 pages, (74 blank pages) / Vol. 3: (2), 28 pages, (50 blank pages) / Vol. 4: (2), 40 pages (not consistently numbered), 50 blank pages) / Vol. 5: (2), 61 pages (2). Vol. 1-4: Modern three-quarter dark blue leather with blue cloth boards. Some gilt line decorations to boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. (Bindings by Period Binders, Bath, England) / Vol. 5: Modern half-leather with pale blue cloth. Gilt line decorations on boards. Gilt titel and decorations on spine. Very good condition. Bindings for vol.1-4 as new. Binding for vol. 5 with some shelf wear, some staining and discoloration to boards. The actual acts show age darkening, browning and occassional foxing. Edges are darkened. Pages have small tears and small amount of paper loss, but not affecting the actual text. A few pencil lines. A very handsome collection in tasteful bindings.

Feehan, John.

Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment.

First Edition. Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, 2003. 21 x 30cm. (16), 606 pages, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations and figures throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Boards, text and dustjacket clean and bright, binding firm. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. A very nice copy.

Ó Duinn, Tomás.

Ar Mo Chonlán Féin.

First Edition. Dublin, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo., 1980. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 149 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear. Text and boards clean and bright, binding firm.

O’Donnell, F. Hugh.

The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar.

Third Edition. London, David Nutt, 1903. 16 x 23cm. (23), 202 pages. Original brown clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering. Some bumping and scuffing to corners and edges, otherwise in good condition, text clean and binding firm.

Gibbings, Robert.

Lovely is the Lee.

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1945. 21 x 14 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated with Engravings by the Author. Original dark green cloth with red and gilt decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some age darkening, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Inscription by previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1946. Some minor stains inside, otherwise bright and clean.