Fr. Felix / Fr. Henry (editors).

The Capuchin Annual 1955. Twenty-Third Year of Publication.

Dublin, 1955. 538 pages. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Original dark brown paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Wrappers worn with some closed tears. Some ‘dog-ears’. Internally clean.

Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

O’Sullivan, T.F.

The Young Irelanders.

Tralee, The Kerryman Ltd., 1944. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 686 pages. Illustrated. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Weak binding with both front and rear hinge open. Name of previous owner inscribed and several ownership stamps. Pages age darkened. Otherwise internally clean.

Downey, Edmund (Editor) / Walker, Francis S. (Artwork).

Killarney’s Lakes and Fells. Twelve Mezzotint Engravings by Francis S. Walker. Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers; Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. With some Accounts of Killarney, its Legends and its Poems. Edited by Edmund Downey.

First Edition. Ordinary Edition, printed on India paper by Gilbert & Rivington. London, Downey & Co., 1902. 27 x 37 cm (oblong). (4) [Title / TOC], 120 pages plus 12 Mezzotint Engravings, as called for. Original boards, rebacked in 2024 with new cloth spine. Original green moire cloth boards with gilt title across fron board. New black end papers. Good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, and damp damaged (see images). Half-title and first title page chipped on side edges; light chipping to edges of feps and pages. Internally dust dulled with light ink smudging from plates to opposite pages. Most pages show mild damp staining to the bottom edge, not affecting the text or the actual angravings. Despite the wear; still an impressive book with wonderful illustrations.

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, 51 plates, each with cover page and text description. Some plates in colour. Original cloth with elaborate celtic style gilt decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and taile edge deckle. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally a little dust dulled, otherwise clean. A nice copy of an impressive book.

Joyce, P.W. / Sullivan, A.M. / Nunan, P.D.

Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland. Part 1: A Comprehensive Delineation of the Thirty-Two Counties / Part 2: The General History [of Ireland].

New York, Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. 27 x 21 cm. Part 1: (14), 40 colour plates of Arms, 32 County Maps, Text and Images, (24) [Index] / Part 2: x, 290 pages (6) [Robert Emmet]. Later half morroco over cloth covered boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. See images. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Edges dust dulled. A few closed tears. Last few pages (section on Robert Emmet) with some creases / edgewear. Occasional mild damp staining. Overall a very nice copy in a modern sturdy binding.

Mrs. S.C. Hall.

Tales of Irish Life and Character. With sixteen Reproductions from the Paintings of Erskine Nicol, R.S.A.

First Edition. Edinburgh & London, T.N. Foulis, 1909. 19.5 x 13 cm. 323 pages plus two pages publishers list. Complete with 16 tipped in images and their title pages. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Dark end papers. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine slightly faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Henry, William / Nally, Tom / Burke, Ray / Martyn, Hilary (prefaces).

Galway Through Time & Tide. Volumes 1 – 4.

Four Volumes – Complete Set. Galway, Published by Galway Independent Newspapers Ltd., 2010, 2011, 2013 & 2014. 27 x 21 cm. 181, 201, 195 & 194 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated trade paperbacks. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Three volumes are signed by the Author.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Brown, Patrick (text) / Walsh, Wendy (illustrations).

Flowers of Mayo. Dr Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. Introduced, Transcribed & Edited by E. Charles Nelson F.L.S. Original Watercolours & Vignettes by Wendy Walsh.

First and Limited Edition. No. 3 / 150. Dublin, Eamonn De Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. Folio. (10), 275 pages, (4). With 15 tipped in colour Plates and other Illustrations. Quarter goatskin on handmade paper, title inset on printed label on upper cover and in gilt on spine; red and maroon endbands. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Please see images. Fine. Inside original green and brown slip case. A very nice copy. Numbered by hand (No. 3) and signed by the Editor, Artist and Publisher.

Yockney, Alfred (essay), Monk, W. (artist), Paterson, Emily M. (artist).

The Art Journal: Clew Bay & Croagh Patrick. A Silent Waterway.

London, Virtue, 1907. 34 x 27 cm. Pages 1 – 4 [Art Journal Advertiser], pages numbered 257 to 288, pages 5-8 [Art Journal Advertiser]. Illustrated throughout. With two full page Plates, one in colour. Original paper wrappers. Stapled. Very good condition. Paper wrappers frayed with minor losses to spine (see images). Internally bright and clean.