Bourke, Eoin (editor)/ [Kuettner, K.G./ Voght, K./ Meidinger, H./ Pueckler-Muskau, H.v. et al].

Poor Green Erin. German Travel Writers’ Narratives on Ireland from Before 1798 Rising to After the Great Famine.

Second Revised Edition. Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2013. 21 x 15 cm. xix, 773 pages. Laminated illustrated boards. Hard cover. See images. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Bowen-Colthurst, Paddy.

Paddy’s Memories.

First Edition. Colchester, Privately Published, 1998. 23.5 x 15 cm. 333 pages, xiv. Illustrated in B&W. Modern cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and decorations on spine. Fine. Edges a little dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. With a losely inserted hand-written letter, signed ‘Sue’.

Bowen, Desmond.

Souperism: Myth or Reality. A Study in Souperism.

First Edition. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1970. 20 x 14 cm. 256 pages. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good, price clipped dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Brash, Richard Rolt.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland. to the Close of the Twelfth Century; accompanied by interesting historical and antiquarian Notices of numerous ancient Remains of that Period. With fifty-four Plates.

First Edition. Dublin, W.B. Kelly, 1875. 24 x 18 cm. xii, 174 pages. B&W Plates. Original green cloth with black and gilt decorations and titles to front board and spine. Bevelled edges. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed on half title, dated 1907. Internally bright and clean.

Bruce, Steve.

The Red Hand. Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 1992. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 311 pages. Losely inserted review copy slip from the publisher. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. A nice clan copy.

Burke, Bernard.

A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland.

Second Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1855. C. 25 x 16 cm. 264 pages [visitation of seats] with 18 plates, as listed & 82 pages [visitation of arms] with 21 numbered plates. Original red cloth with gilt castle decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Binding a little shaky with some of the plates inserted losely. Tissue guards age darkened. Some foxing, especially to edges. Some closed tears and edge wear. Please review images.

Burke, John.

Athlone in the Victorian Era [Signed].

First Edition. Athlone, Old Athlone Society, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xvi, 310 pages. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket and archival jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Signed by the Author and other gift inscriptions (see images).

Butler, Lambert.

Poems by Lambert Butler.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1878. 18 x 12 cm. 208 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Scarce.

Butler, Sir William.

The Light of the West. With some other wayside Thoughts. 1865 – 1908.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1909. 19 x 12 cm. (4), 246 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. All edges deckle. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding both faded and age darkened (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

By the Writers of “The Nation”.

The Spirit of the Nation. Ballads and Songs by the Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music. Arraged for the Voice and Piano-Forte.

Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1846. 21 x 17 cm. vi, 347 pages. With musical scores. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Binding weak. Neat gift inscription on verso of front free end paper. Internally dust dulled and occasionally spotted. Minor staining in places. See images.

Byrne, Joe et al.

Aghaidh Achadh Mor. The Face of Aghamore.

Westport, Berry’s, 1991. 21 x 29 cm. 128 pages. With Illustrations and Maps in B&W. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Bright and clean.

Calwell, H.G.

The Life and Times of a Voluntary Hospital. The History of the Royal Belfast Hospital for sick Children.

First Edition. Belfast, Brough, Cox and Dunn, 1973. 26 x 20 cm. xiii, 138 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Green end papers. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket rubbed and faded. Internally bright and clean.

[Campbell, Thomas].

A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland. In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for W. Whitestone, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine et al. 1777. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. xvi, 478 pages. Engraved frontispiece plus five further plates, two of which are folding. Plate 3 (Rock of Cashel, folding) appears to be a later facsimile. Contemporary calf. Gilt decorations, title label and five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine decorations and label worn. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Thomas Bond’) on front paste down. Internally occassional mild foxing and damp staining. Overall a sturdy clean copy.

Capel, Arthur.

Letters written by His Excellency Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Year 1675. To which is prefixed an Account of his Life, and deplorable Death in the Tower of London.

The Second Edition. Dublin, Printed for T. Walker, 1773. 21 x 12.5 cm. xxxix, 367 pages. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Internally clean

Cardinal Cahal B. Daly.

Steps on my Pilgrim Journey. Memoirs and Reflections.

First Edition. With a card signed by the author. Dublin, Veritas, 1998. 14 x 22 cm, 548 pages.With eight pages of B&W photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, close to new. The card signed by Cardinal Daly is fixed with clear tape to the half title page. Dust jacket excellend with very minor shelf wear. Text block clean, no annotations etc.

Carr, John.

The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.

Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends.

Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the Famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1846.

Dublin, Hodges and Smith, Grafton Street, 1852. 22 x 14 cm. xxi, 478, (6). Contemporary dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front and rear hinge cracked. Binding sound. Appears to be rebacked in the past, using the original spine and boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Title page mildly foxed (see image). Rubbed and bumped. Name of previous owner (Wilson Armistead, 1852) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Champneys, Arthur C.

Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of similar or related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere.

First Edition. London, G.Bell and Sons, 1910. 28 x 20 cm. xiii, 258 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original dark green textured cloth with blind title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean. Rear hinge cracked, but binding remains sound. Ex Libris (‘P.G.M. Dickinson) on front past downn.

Champneys, Arthur C.

Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture. With some Notice of Similar or Related Work in England, Scotland and Elsewhere. With numerous Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs by the Author.

First Edition. London & Dublin, G. Bell and Sons & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. 28 c 20 cm. xxxiii, 258 pages. Illustrated. Original dark cloth. Blind title on front board. Gilt title on Spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bymped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.

Clarke, Howard B. / Johnson, Ruth (Editors).

The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the Battle of Clontarf.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 2015. c. 23 x 15.5 cm. xxxiv, 526 pages with Illustrations in colour and B&W. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Image (from dust jacket?) tipped onto the front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.