Petrie, George / Stokes, M. (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Vol. 1. [NOT A REPRINT]. Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Volume 1 Only. Dublin, Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 23 x 29 cm, 86 text pages without the plates. Illustrated throughout with Drawings by George Petrie with a total of 179 Drawings on 74 Plates. Original half leather binding with gilt line decorations on boards. Leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear: Edges and Corners rubbed and bumped. Boards rubbed and partially faded. Ex Library. Some glue stains on boards and end papers. Paper glued to front paste down (Markree Library). Name of University (Univ.Coll.N.Staffs) embossed on the bottom of the title page (small and neat). Some foxing. Pages and edges age darkened. Top edge gilt. Front edge deckle.

Botkin, B.A.

A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.

Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Lord Macaulay.

Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. Authorized Edition.

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. viii, 850 pages. Black and brown half calf. Gilt vignette of Queen’s University Belfast on front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Five raised bands. Blind decorations on spine and boards. All edges speckled. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped, mildly stained. Edges age darkened. Front hinge opened. Front free end paper lost two corners. Internally mildly foxed and age darkened. A few annotations in text. Binding sound, but a few pages lose.

Bradley, Henry / Bridges, Robert.

The Collected Papers of Henry Bradley. With a Memoir by Robert Bridges.

College Park, Maryland, McGrath Publishing, 1970. 21 x 14 cm. x, 296 pages. With a frontispiece and two facsimile letters in the text. Green cloth with silver title on spine. Very good condition. Mild shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Best, R.I.

Bibliography of Irish Philology and Manuscript Literature. Publications 1913 – 1941.

First Edition. Dublin, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1942. 24 x 16 cm. x, 253 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few underlinings and tick marks inside, otherwise bright and clean.

O’Reilly, Edward.

Irish-English Dictionary. Containing upwards of Twenty Thousand Words that have never appeared in any former Irish Lexicon with copious Quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of obscure Words; and numerous Comparisons of the Irish Words with those of similar Orthography, Sense or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages. In their proper Places in the Dictionary, are inserted the Irish Names of our indigenous Plants, with the Names by which they are commonly known in English and Latin… to which is Annexed, a compenious Irish Grammar.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by John Barlow, 1817. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Eight unnumbered pages (Title, Dedication, Preface & Subscribers), 28 pages Irish Grammar followed by the complete Dictionary on unnumbered pages using double columns. Later quarter cloth over papered boards. Leather label with gilt title on spine. Red marbled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and paper age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing and a few faint water stains. Name of previous owner on title page in ink.

An Tiomna Nuadh. [The New Testament in Irish]. Ar Dtiearna agus ar Slanighheora Josa Criosd: ris an tahair is onorsighhe a Ndia Uilliam O’Domnuill, Aird Easpoug Thuaim.

London, Printed by Richard Clay for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1847. 18 x 11 cm. 561 pages. New (2018) Half calf over green cloth boards with gilt line decorations. Gilt title on red spinal label. Binding new. New end papers. Bottom part (about one third) of original title page missing. Previous owner inserted a facsimile of the title page (see images). Internally age darkened and with a few minor nicks and tears.

Maunder, Samuel.

The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference. Revised throughout by B.B. Woodward, John Morris and W. Hughes.

New Edition. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1866. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. (4), 899 pages. With a frontispiece. Full calf with red spine label and gilt title on spine. Five raised bands. All edges red speckled. Gilt decorations. Blind line decorations on boards. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Age darkened. Text block bright and clean.

Jacobi, Mary Putnam.

Physiological Notes on Primary Education and the Study of Languages.

[First Edition]. New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1889. 19 x 13 cm. (2), 120 pages plus two pages publishers list. Few B&W Illustrations. Decorated end papers. Marroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp (Hodges, Figgis, Dublin) on front free end paper (both sides). Half title pages missing. Half of rear free end paper missing. Internally age dulled and mildly foxed. A few dog ears. Text block clean.

MacHale, John (Translator).

An Irish Translation of the Book of Genesis from the Latin Vulgate. With a Corresponding English Version, chiefly from the Douay. Accompanied with Notes from the most distinguished Commentators. To be followed by that of the other Books, in successive Parts, to the Close of the inspired Writings.

Published in Tuam, Sold by James Duffy, Dublin, 1868. 28 x 22 cm. viii, 388 pages. With a Frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally darkened with occassional mild foxing, mainly to outer leaves. Neat gift inscription in ink on verso of Frontispiece, dated 1881. Internally clean.