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.