O’Meara, John J.

Understanding Augustine.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1997. 23 x 15 cm. 165 pages. Dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. A nice clean copy.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

Large Paper Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1820. 34 x 27 cm. FP, Title page, (8), 478 pages, xcvii [Appendix]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Later dark green quarter morroco over marbled boards. Five raised bands. Fore and tail edge deckle. Unopened top edge. Gilt title and author on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Unopened. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise very clean. Small bookseller label on front paste down (‘Hodges Figgis, Dublin’). A very nice copy.

Laheen, Kevin A.

The Jesuits in Tullabeg. Book Two: A Century of Service 1814 – 1914.

First Edition. Newmarket-on-Fergus, O’Brien Book Publications, 2009. 25 x 18 cm. x, 117 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title. Inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. Inscribed by the Author on title page. Stamp of ‘The Abbey’ Galway on Contents page. A very nice copy.

Hancock, Harriet.

Questions on The Scriptures, for Young Persons Attending Catechetical Examinations. Selected and Arranged from Commentaries and Other Works.

[First Edition]. Cork, George Purcell & Co., 1853. 17 x 11 cm. 132 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. New binding. Internally dust dulled. Few annotations / lines in pencil.

Haydock, The Rev. Geo. Leo (Editor).

The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate. Diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages and First Published by the English College, at Doouay, A.D. 1609, With Useful Notes, Critical, Historical, Controversial, and Explanatory, selected from the most eminent Commentators, and the most Able and Judicious Critics by the Rev. Geo. Leo Haydock. Enriched with Engravings.

Volume 2 (of Two) ONLY! Dublin & Manchester, Printed and Published by Thos. Haydock, at his original Catholic Publications-Warehouse and at his shop, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, 1815 & 1814. 42 x 26 cm. Frontispiece, title page, pages 1015 – 1383 (Old Testament), (4) [Index], title page (New Testament), xii, 446 pages, (13) [Index, References, Maps]. This volume complete with 12 Plates and two Maps on one page. New (2021) half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally age darkened and in places edgeworn. Some dog ears and minor tears. Last few pages show a damp stain. Overall a nice volume in a sturdy modern binding.

Barker, William Burckhardt / Ainsworth, William Francis (Editor).

Lares and Penates: or Cilicia and its Governors. Being a short historical Account of that Province from the earliest Times to the Present Day.

First Edition. London, Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. 22 x 14 cm. xiv, 394 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Later professionally rebacked using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, age darkened and stained. Edges age darkened. New end papers. Single stamp (Franciscan Church Waterford) on title page. Closed tear to folding map (see image). Internally clean, no annotations etc.

Joannis Ciampini Romani.

Vetera Monimenta. In quibus praecipue Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac Nonnulli Antiqui Ritus, Dissertationibus, Iconibusque Illustratur. Pars Prima.

[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Ex Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Bohemi, apud S. Angelum Custodem, [1690]. 33 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, title page, (12) [Dedication etc.], (6) [Praefatio], (2) [Index Capitum], 276 pages plus 22 pages [Index Rerum], (2) [Errara + Blank]. With a frontispiece and 71 further plates of which 16 are folding and one is in text. See comments below for list of plates. Later modern cloth. New end papers. Fore edge deckle. Good condition with several plates being absent. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally spotted. Some stains and small tears. Remains an impressive folio with more than 70 original architectural copper plate engravings. Please review all ten images to gain better insight in the condition of the book and its binding.

White, Newport B. (Editor).

Irish Monastic and Episcopal Deeds. AD 1200 – 1600. Trascribed from the Originals preserved at Kilkenny Castle. With an Appendix of Documents of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries relating to Monastic Property after the Dissolution.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Published at the Stationary Office, 1936. 23.5 x 15 cm. xxxi, 368 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Moody, T.W. / Simms, J.G.

The Bishopric of Derry and the Irish Society of London, 1602 – 1705. Volume 2: 1670 – 1705.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Stationary Office for the Irish Manuscript Commission, 1983. xix, 580 pages. With a B&W Map. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket edgeworn and damp stained. See images. Internally bright and clean.

MacDermot, Brian (Editor).

The Catholic Question in Ireland & England. 1798 – 1822. The Papers of Denis Scully.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Irish Academy Press, 1988. 23 x 15 cm. xxiii, 748 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.