Abbe Mac Geoghegan / O’Kelly Patrick (translator).

The History of Ireland. Ancient and Modern. Taken from the most authentic Records and dedicated to the Irish Brigade.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1844. 24 x 16 cm. 622 pages. Engraved title page, Frontispiece and one more Plate. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Hard cover. Spine label and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Severily rubbed and bumped. Binding rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. First and last pages age darkened, worn and occasionally stained. Internally clean.

Kelly, Walter Keating.

Syria and the Holy Land. Their Scenery and Their People. Being Incidents of History and Travel, from the best and most recent Authorities, including J.L. Burckhardt, Lord Lindsay, and Dr. Robinson by Walter Keating Kelly. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty wood engravings.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. viii, 451 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Blind decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Binding severily rubbed and bumped. Small losses to top of spine (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down, together with a small piece of paper from an auction catalogue. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise internally clean and complete.

Kohl, J.G.

Russia. St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkoff, Riga, Odessa, the German Provinces on the Baltic, the Steppes, the Crimea, and the Interior of the Empire.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1844. 22 x 14 cm. iv, 530 pages. With a folded map. Original brown cloth with elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Edges age darkened. Front free end paper missing. Some closed tears to Map.

Blaise Pascal.

Pensees Fragments et Lettres de Blaise Pascal & Lettres Provinciales par Blaise Pascal.

Four Volumes. Paris Andrieux, Editeur & Au Bureau Principal des Editeurs, 1844 & 1830. 21 x 13 cm & 20 x 13 cm. Vol.1: lxxxvii, 410 pages / Vol.2: 430 pages. With a facsimile portrait in volume 2. / Vol.1: 408 pages / Vol.2: 380 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Black spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Ex Libris of previous owner. A nice set.

Blaise Pascal / Faugere, M. Prosper (editor).

Pensees Fragments et Lettres de Blaise Pascal. Publies pour la Premiere Fois conformement aux Manuscrits Originaux en Grande Partie Inedits par M. Prosper Faugere.

Two Volumes. Paris, Andrieux, Editeur, 1844. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: lxxxvii, 410 pages / Vol.2: 430 pages. With a facsimile portrait in volume 2. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Black spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Ex Libris of previous owner. A nice set.

Lever, Charles (Harry Lorrequer) (editor) / Phiz (illustrator).

Our Mess. Tom Burke of “Ours”. Volume First & Volume Second. With Numerous Illustrations on Steel by Phiz.

Two Volumes. Dublin & London, William Curry, Jun. and Company & William S. Orr, 1844. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xi, 372 pages & 24 Plates, as listed. / Vol.2 x, 294 pages & 20 Plates, as listed. Contemporary red half morroco over marbled paper boards. Gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some abrasions (see images). Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste downs. Internally clean but occasionally age darkened / browned.

MacFirbis, Duald, (1585-1670) / O’Donovan, John (editor).

The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach. Commonly Called O’Dowda’s Country. Now First Published from the Book of Lecan in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy and from the Genealogical Manuscript of Duald Mac Firbis, in the Library of Lord Roden. With a Map of Hy-Fiachrach.

First Edition in this Form. Dublin, For the Irish Archaeological Society, 1844. 23 x 19 cm. xii, 524 pages, 20 pages [Royal Archaeological Society Info, incl. members list]. With a folding map (frontispiece) and a large multi-folding chart. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed with minor losses. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled (see images). Inscription on front free end paper. Closed tear (repaired) on folding chart. Internally clean.

Knox, Alexander / Kane, Dr. R.

The Irish Watering Places. Their Climate, Scenery, and Accommodations; including Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs, by Dr. R. Kane, and Remarks on the various Forms of Disease to which they are adapted, together with Directions for the Regimen of Invalids, and Observations on Indigestion, Gout, Pulmonary Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest, Stomach, and Nervous System.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 336 pages with a small frontispiece and some small illustrations in the text. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. Very good condition. This book has been recased using the original boards. New spine and new end papers. Boards rubbed, bumped and faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean. Stamp of previous owner on half title page. Several closed tears to last two pages (Subscribers List).

By a Member of the Ursuline Community, Blackrock, Cork.

Practical Reflections for the Principal Feasts of the Year. With a Prayer or Novena for each Feast. To which is added, Devotional Exercises for the six Sundays preceding the Festival of St. Aloysius Gonzaga.

Dublin, James Duffy, 1845. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. vii, 264 pages. Contemporary calf with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front joint started to crack. Minor material losses to binding (see images). Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally age darkened and foxed, otherwise clean.

Macray, William Dunn.

A Manual of British Historians to A.D. 1600. Containing a chronological Account of the early Chroniclers and Monkish Writers their printed Works and unpublished MSS.

First Edition. London, William Pickering, 1845. 21 x 13 cm. xxiii, 109 pages. Decorated Initials. Half calf over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Sound binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.