Sheehan, Captain D.D.[Daniel Desmond].

Ireland since Parnell.

[First Edition]. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. viii, 326 (2). Original green cloth with black title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine discoloured and stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small abrasion to top of front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally bright and clean.

Manning, Archbishop H.E.

Ireland. A Letter to Earl Grey.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868. 20 x 13 cm. 44 pages. Pamphlet in recent plain paper wrappers. Very good condition. New warppers. Original pages a little brittle. Some minor losses to edges, not affecting the text. Internally very 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.

Ford, Alan.

James Ussher. Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England.

First Edition. Oxford, University Press, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 315 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Portrait of Ussher (from dust jacket?) glued to front free end paper. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally very bright and clean. A very nice copy.

[Johnson, Samuel].

Johnson’s Pocket Dictionary of the English Language. Greatly improved by an Augmentation of some Thousand Words and Technical Terms. The Accentuation corrected according to the most approved Mode of Pronunciation. Subjoined is a concise Classical Mythology, a List of Men of Learning and Genius, Phrases from various Languages, and Translations of the Mottos of the Nobility.

London, Printed for T. Tegg & Son et al, 1835. c. 11 x 7.5 cm. iv, 252 pages. With a tissue-guarded Frontispiece showing Samuel Johnson. Contemporary dark green textured cloth. Blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Tiny material loss to top of spine. Occasional mild foxing. A lovely little item.

Various Authors.

Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service – Vol.1 – No.1 – 1915 – FACSIMILE

Facsimile Edition. 102 Pages. With B&W Illustrations. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good Condition. Bright and clean.

Wheen, Francis.

Karl Marx.

First Edition. London, Fourth Estate, 1999. 23 x 15 cm. 431 pages. Original paper covered boards, inside original decorated dust jacket; now inside archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Roger [Katz] on the title page.

Vansittart, Jane (Editor).

Katharine Fry’s Book.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. 21 x 14 cm. 160 pages. With Illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Decorated end papers. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket age darkened and edge worn; now in archival jacket.

Stancliffe, Clare E.

Kings and Conversions: some Comparison between the Roman Mission to England and Patrick’s to Ireland. Sonderdruck aus Fruehmittelalterliche Studien. Jahrbuch des Instituts fuer Fruehmittelalterforschung der Universitaet Muenster.

Berlin & New York, Walter de Gruyter, 1980. pages 59 to 94. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition. Front cover lose. Internally bright and clean. Short inscription by the Author [Clare] on front wrapper. See images.

Bryant, Arthur.

Kriegswende (1939 – 1943). Aus den Kriegstagebuechern des Feldmarschalls Lord Alanbrooke, Chef des Empire-Generalstabs.

Second Edition (Zweite Auflage). Duesseldorf, Droste Verlag, 1957. 22 x 14 cm. 717 pages, with B&W photographs. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt title on front board and spine. In original dust jacket, glassine wrapper and a small paper band around dust jacket. Now in protective archival jacket. Good condition. Binding damp stained and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and partly browned. With a gift inscription: ‘To Brookie with Love from [Buster?] 1960. This may complete your collection – it is perhaps fitting that its the German edition.’ Dust jacket age darkened and rubbed. Small paper losses to glassine wrapper. Internally clean.