1. Academy, Royal Irish.

Conspiracy – Irish Political Trials.

Portland, Royal Irish Academy, 2009. Octavo. 357 pages. Original Softcover. Edges with foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

2. Doolan, Brian.

Principles of Irish law.

Third Edition. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1991. 24 cm. xxxiv,478 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

3. [Doyle, James Warren] J.K.L. [acronym for “James / Kildare / Leighlin”] / [James Charles Coffey (1815-1880)].

Letters on the State of Ireland – Addresses by J.K.L. to a friend in England [With a section: “Administration of Justice and Spirit of the Penal Laws”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Richard Coyne [Printer and Bookseller to the Royal College of St.Patrick, Maynooth, and Publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland], 1825. Octavo (15 cm x 21 cm). VIII, 364 pages. Hardcover / Recently restored and rebacked original binding. Excellent condition after the restoration. From the library of Judge James Charles Coffey, with his name signed on the titlepage and dated May, 1860. Some mild foxing to first 10 pages, otherwise very good. Extremely rare publication !

4. [Healy, Francis J. (Cobh)].

The Constitution, Rules & Regulations of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland [Francis J, Healy’s personal copy with his name and date in ink on titlepage: “Francis J.Healy, Munster, Cork, 1915”].

[Cork], no year [c.1915]. Duodecimo. 16 pages. Original Softcover. Binding stained. Rusty staples. Very Rare, rather ephemeral pamphlet which usually had perished. The Constitution was adopted in February 1914. Significant provenance of this publication by Terence MacSwiney’s Defense Solicitor.

5. Hennessy, R.M. / [Molloy, Constantine] / [Wolfe, Jasper Travers].

The Justice of the Peace for Ireland. – A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Magistrates in Ireland. In Cases of Summary Jurisdiction and in other Matters founded partly on Molloy’s Justice of the Peace. With an Appendix of Statutes.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1910. Large Octavo. XXXVII, 989 pages. Stunning Original Hardcover Wallet Binding (beautiful full calf binding with original spinelabel and original leather flap). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Excellent Provenance: From the library of irish independent politician and solicitor Jasper Travers Wolfe of Skibbereen. With Jasper Wolfe’s name in ink on the endpaper. The price for this Volume includes the 1890-edition of Molloy’s “Justice of Peace (see images – Titlepage of this Volume is missing / The Volume belonged to William Boyle, Solicitor in Coote Hill).

6. Hughes, Ian / TASC (Organization).

Power to the people ? – Assessing democracy in Ireland. Written and edited by Ian Hughes with John Baker and others.

Dublin, TASC at New Island, 2007. 24 cm. 654 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [TASC report].

7. McBride, Lawrence W.

The Greening of Dublin Castle – The Transformation of Bureaucratic and Judicial Personnel in Ireland, 1892-1922.

Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 1991. 23 cm. xii, 337 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. [O’Connell, Daniel] / Armstrong, John Simpson / Trevor, Edward Shirley.

A Report of The Proceedings on an Indictment for a Conspiracy, in the Case of The Queen v. Daniel O’Connell, John O’Connell, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, Rev. Thomas Tierney, Rev. Peter James Tyrrell, Richard Barrett, John Gray and Thomas Matthew Ray in Michaelmas Term, 1843, and Hilary Term, 1844. By John Simpson Armstrong and Edward Shirley Trevor.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1844. Octavo. VIII, 891 pages. Original Hardcover / Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

9. [O’Connell, Daniel / Butt, Sir Isaac / Conner, Henry Longfield] Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet.

Sir Isaac Butt’s personal copy [with Trinity College Dublin-Reference on his armorial bookplate] of the famous Report of the Select Committee into the case of Daniel O’Connell’s motion against Judge Cusack-Smith upon him feeling offended by the Judge. The title is: “Charges of Baron Smith [Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet] also Addresses, Presented to him; and his Answers; Together with a Report of the Two Debates in the House of Commons, upon his Case; and An Appendix”.

Dublin, Richard Milliken and Son, 1834. Octavo. XVI, 544, CLXXXIV pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Bookplate / ExLibris of Sir Isaac Butt to pastedown and the name of Henry Longfield Conner above it (while the book came from the library of Sir Isaac Butt, it subsequently ended up in the library of Henry Longfield Conner, Manch). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

10. [O’Connell, Daniel] Levy, John / [John O’Connell].

A Full and Revised Report of the Three Days’ Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, With Dedication to Cornelius Mac Loghlin, Esq., and an Address to the People of Ireland – By Daniel O’Connell, M.P. To which are added, A Valuable Appendix, and the Petition from the Corporation to the Imperial Parliament, for the Restoration of Ireland’s Domestic Legislature. Edited by John Levy, Esq. [Bound with a relevant publication by Daniel O’Connell’s son, John O’Connell (1810 – 1858): “John O’Connell – An Argument for Ireland” – Dublin, 1844. III, 391 pages].

First Edition. Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1843. Octavo. VIII, 391 pages. Hardcover / Original half leather of the 19th century. This is NOT an ex-library-copy how so often is the case for this book, but an excellent condition First Edition. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

11. O’Sullivan, M.L. [Michael John] / [Moore, Thomas].

A Fasciculus of Lyric Verses : By the Late M.J.O’Sullivan, Esq., Barrister at Law, dedicated, (by Permission), to Thomas Moore, Esq. [With a Memoir of the Author and a “Biographical Sketch of the Late Joseph Augustine Wade – The Last Production of the AUthor, written a few days before his death”].

First Edition. Cork, From the Machine of W. Scraggs, 102, Patrick-Street, 1846. Octavo. 84 pages. Private half cloth – binding of the time. Bookblock nearly detached form binding. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Interior, pages and titlepage in excellent condition and very clean. Signed and dated by the preowner in the year 1847 (″JSA” or “HA”). Extremely Rare !

12. Ryan-Smolin, Wanda.

King’s Inns portraits. Wanda Ryan-Smolin ; photography by John Kellett.

Dublin, [Council of King’s Inns], [1992]. 26cm. ix, 88 pages with numerous illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is a floor plan for the locations of the paintings during an exhibition.

13. Viney, Michael.

The Broken Marriage – A Study in Depth of a Growing Irish Social Problem. Reprinted from The Irish Times.

Dublin, The Irish Times, 1970. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 26 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers.